There are only four more weeks and three more recruiting weekends before the Feb. 4 National Signing Day, so Auburn expects to have a busy weekend.Our good friends at AubnrnSports.com are all over this recruiting stuff and are kind enough to help us print folks along in the lead-in to what some people consider the biggest day of the football season.
(Quick aside No.1: I, on the other hand, think it's kind of ridiculous to get too hyped up about players who probably won't make make any big contribution for two or three years. But I digress.)
(Quick aside No. 2: Is "Johnny Be Good" the only movie made about football recruiting? Somebody help me out here, but I can't think of another one. Basketball has "Blue Chips" AND "He Got Game." I guess "The Program" deals with recruiting briefly, but that's not the focus of the movie. Doesn't it seem like the football recruiting process would lend itself to a very entertaining movie? I mean, "Johnny Be Good" came out in 1988. We're talking 20-plus years here. Get on top of that, Hollywood.)
(UPDATE: This doesn't count, although I'm sure Riley Smith turned in an Oscar-worthy performance as quarterback Matt Sabo, who recruiting services said lacked the arm strength and field recognition to project to anything more than a backup in college.)
ANYWAY, here's a list of recruits Auburn is expecting this weekend, and keep in mind that we're dealing with football coaches and 18-year-old kids, two extremely unpredictable groups, so things can change at a moments notice:
Position, Player, Height, Weight, Hometown, Rivals.com rating (Other interested schools)
- WR DeAngelo Benton (PREP), 6-3, 210, Bastrop, La., 5-star (Committed to LSU) -- (UPDATE: AuburnSports.com says he will not be able to make it this weekend)
- WR Emory Blake, 6-1, 194, Austin, Texas, 4-star (Colorado, Texas Tech)
- DE Nosa Eguae, 6-3, 234, Arlington, Texas, 3-star (Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska)
- LB Donald Ford, 6-2, 190, Odenville, Ala., 3-star (Committed to Auburn)
- ATH Anthony Gulley, 5-11, 185, Brantley, Ala., 3-star (Troy)
- WR Cobi Hamilton, 6-3, 190, 3-star (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas)
- DT DeQuinta Jones, 6-4, 305, Bastrop, La., 4-star (Soft verbal to Michigan, Arkansas)
- OL Brandon Moore, 6-5, 313, Montgomery, Ala., 4-star (Alabama, Florida, Miami)
- LB Tana Patrick, 6-3, 215, Stevenson, Ala., 4-star (Alabama, Miami, USC)
- OL John Sullen, 6-5, 338, Auburn, Ala., 3-star (Soft verbal to Southern Miss)
- ATH Demond Washington (JUCO), 5-9, 185, Tallasee, Ala., 3-star (Soft verbal to Ole Miss)
In coaching news, Gene Chizik appears to be getting closer to hiring an offensive line coach. Auburn has reportedly interviewed J.B. Grimes and Steve Campbell.
Grimes spent the last five years at Mississippi State and has coaching stints at Arkansas, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M and East Carolina.
Campbell has spent the last five seasons at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, where he is 40-11. He won a Division II national championship in 2000 with Delta State University, winning national coach of the year honors. He was offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee State in 2002 and offensive line coach at Mississippi State in 2003.
4 comments:
All the right moves is sort of about recruiting.
It's got some recruiting. But it's mostly about a spiteful head coach, not the shenanigans that take place on the recruiting trail.
Plus, that movie came out in 1983. It's even older than "Johnny Be Good."
Friday Night Lights (the 2004 movie)?
Waterboy?
Someone should make a movie of Pat Dye's life - football, Bo, lost pants and now a post office cat...think of all the catchy southern fried phrases you could cram into the script!
I agree with jdinmacon, a Pat Dye movie would be awesome, besides we all need to know the true story behind the lost pants. Coach Dye says he doesn't know how he lost them and doesn't even remember losing them.... uh huh, suuuure.
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