re: Are Bama and Auburn tooling LSU in recruiting right now?

Well Maximus, I think it depends on your definition of "tooling". You are right that many recruits have been mentioning and visiting Auburn or Bama lately. What does all that really mean. Obviously it cant hurt their chances, but Im not ready to say LSU isnt recruiting well. LSU has a handful of quality men already on board. But I get what you mean. Few are mentioning LSU with as much fervor. It could be that they intend to visit LSU camps this summer, so why not see another school during the spring.

As for Lattimore, Im not sure I believe anything that the kid says. He seems like a good kid, but blows smoke about every school. Not sure about his 180 this week on his visit. I guess if youve been waiting your whole life to visit LSU why not wait a few more weeks or months.

As a rule of thumb, I only take recruits seriously when they sign the dotted line. I dont trust a commits pledge as my standard and I trust even less a prospects comments. They are kids who waffle their decisions too often and are too easily impressed.