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Way to include only 1 of the major recruiting websites rankings (Rivals), considering Scouts.com and Scouts, Inc. (ESPN) have Alabama on top.

In reality, it was a great class for both teams. Recruiting isn’t an exact science, so the best thing about this is that all three of those recruiting services that I mentioned predict there to be some good Iron Bowls in the future.

cheers

Auburn is now recruiting on a level playing field with best in the country! We no longer have to simply play outside of our abilities to beat the best in every conference. If Chizik is true to his word, and I believe he is, then in a couple more years, Auburn will be contending once again for a shot at the BCS Championship.

WAR EAGLE!

your class is really loaded

the only problem with the post is that your claiming that beating us thirty days after we won the National Championship and that National Title should have given us advantage

however the title couldn’t really help us with this recruiting class considering that most of the top prospects were already narrowing their choices

where a national championship helps you out the most is in the following year of recruiting where you have an entire year to beat the National Title drum for recruit as opposed to thirty days

case in point: Florida last year they fell in the rankings this year they have the best class in the nation

so it is actually not that surprising given the momentum the Barn recruiting had built up before the Title game and even the SEC title game

aside from being something to piss my brother off with I don’t care about the rankings. What I care about is the fact that we filled our needs extremely well. That matters more for us than where the class ranks (same for the bammers). I will make one statement as an observation and that is the ESPN rankings are the least logical as they don’t rate or include JUCO players in their rankings…..both Rivals and Scout do.

Anyway, you guys did great. I had to laugh at:

How many times has a reigning national champion lost the recruiting battle to an in-state rival just weeks after claiming the crown?

That’s stretching it BIG TIME. But I will say that Gene has brought you all a LONG way from Tubby in terms of recruiting, and you should be much improved. Of course, we still won the in state battle (just like the iron bowl), so enjoy your next few months, three and two are on their way my friends! Auburn will continue to compare themselves to Alabama, and ride our coattails all the way.

An intelligent response is welcome here. We will even let someone flame a little. Responses such as CT229’s is just not acceptable.

WAR EAGLE!

who cares. who knows what these guys can do until the ball is in play and they
are all yelled at by us to kill each other…in the real IRON BOWL.
this recruiting hits close to home for many of these schools so bunched together, and it is clear that with time, a new look to the trail (AU’s chizik, trooper & the gang) has changed the landscape for teams like bama, kentucky, georgia, etc…
i heard urban meyer in a press conference after the sign day talk about each school / program as “product”…and i think this is an accurate word to use from a coach’s perspective,…but from the recruit / player’s perspective… this “product” is not just about a new football team with crazy cool locker rooms and hot chicks everywhere. it is about moving to a school, away from home, and finding comfort there. i think Auburn did a good job offering the Family for those players.

i never did see this as a battle between Auburn and Bama for recruits, though there were a couple. Auburn had some serious needs going into next year,…and we hope to have filled those with some good players that can jump in and play. this is where we won our own battle…to land the guys we needed, and to build a personality for Auburn for future recruiting.