re: Anyone know why current commit Sam Gibson

Because we evaluated him and thought he was worthy of an offer, whereas auburn and alabama either evaluated him and did not think he was worthy of an offer or did not evaluate him properly...

Auburn screwed up because they need him. Bama had him as a maybe offer and i think saban was caught off guard when lsu offered. They were going to get him to a camp and take a look at him in person before offering, much like we do with "borderline" Louisiana prospects like curtis carter, elliot porter, who aren't extended offers immediately so that the coaches can see them in camp and in person. This is a calculated risk that state schools sometimes take on in-state prospects when they feel that the prospect is a big lean and will wait on an offer instead of committing to an out of state school. It's sort of like a reverse Darrington Sentimore from last year.

Just a case of us going out on a limb and extending an offer before those two schools were willing to. we didn't "steal" him from either program, but may have done a more efficient job of evaluating his potential. Only time will tell that.