Ouch...Solomon to Auburn
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Auburn's been killing it lately in this cycle. Stole a five-star from Bama the other day. They've got the culture and they've got the coach. Now all they have to do is avoid the scandal and I believe you'll see them in the Top 10 again soon.
Soloman's brother plays for Auburn and I'm sure had a lot to do with it.
Auburn had a slush fund back in the day and even though all schools can now pay it doesn’t mean tht fund has diminished. It’s probably grown larger and now they have a coach who matches their culture perfectly. Do anything to win.
Freeze is killing it, for sure. Really makes you wonder what makes him such a phenomenal recruiter.
Probably. Even with that, he was considered pretty much a lock for us, at least of Friday when I last read anything.
It's very hard to feel like any week in which you pick up a commitment from the #10 prospect in the country is a failure. It was a bummer to miss out on Paylor and Solomon and they would have boosted our class rank, but neither one represented an area of dire need at the moment. I still would have liked the optics of recruiting momentum.
Committed really means nothing anymore. No need to get excited until they sign
To an extent, yeah, but historically how many flips have we picked up? Not many.
We have lost some, however.
For the most part, though, kids tend to stick to their commitments. We remember the flips but they aren't the norm.
Flips usually require $$$. That’s why we don’t see that many. It’s minor league football now so the at least they don’t have to hide the money train
He's a great, sleezy salesman. And AU isn't afraid to put certain re$ource$ to use. A match made on the plains. If you think NIL killed the bag man, think again.
Seems to be for sure. Beamer scores his recruiting wins on the basis of relationships. That's the one common factor we see in every recruit who commits. Stewart said the same last week following his commitment.
I doubt Freeze is selling kids and their parents on relationships. Could be wrong, though.
Who wants a relationship with a character like Freeze, unless there are $$ involved to cement the "relationship".
It's all a perfect situation for Freeze, really. His best seasons at Ole Miss were the result of widespread and rampant cheating.
Now that pay-to-play can be easily done under the guise of NIL, there's really no stopping him.
NCAA is doing absolutely nothing to regulate NIL (and maybe legally it can't do anything) but still maintaining that pay-to-play is against the rules. Meanwhile, coaches openly acknowledge what is going on.
Solomon’s younger brother is the #1 LB in the Class of 2025. We won’t stop recruiting the kid. We have a solid class coming in for the secondary, so we’ll be fine. But a 4* Solomon would’ve been huge, especially since it would give us the inside track on a 5* LB for next year’s class.
Hopefully we can pull something off.
Hopefully we can pull something off.