re: Tony Brown making 2nd trip to Tuscaloosa for

He's visiting to see Bama actually on the field and the interaction of the staff with the players. The kid is being dilligent and also saying all the right things, as he should if he wants to continue getting the red carpet treatment. Every school he visits comes out thinking they have a legit shot.

Texas-their people are just now starting to believe the LSU hype. They stood by the "not as much a lock as people think" statement for a while. Momma's words finally changed their tune.

Bama- the biggest threat and can never be counted out but even they know they have a ton of ground to make up and running out of time to make it up. This will be their last ditch attempt to stay in the race.

TAM-have no clue where their hope comes from. Not even a minor threat

FSU-got a visit last weekend and now believe they are very much in the race even though they have considerable ground to make up

OSU-they got a visit and have thought they have a legit shot ever since. Starting to wane a bit now but he still gets mentioned every time they discuss the class. They are the most realistic point of view group of them all.

All this reads to me like a kid that enjoys his visits and says all the polite things that he should. This causes the coaching staffs to feel they have legit shots and hope. They then pass it on to sources and they pass it to websites and they run with it. Only part that matters imo is the words from momma, the commitment of sis and the wishes of dad. All those say LSU by a landslide.