re: Jennings RB Travis Etienne commits to A&M

Again, Saban (and other SEC coaches) do this a lot when they have a position they need to stock up on. Saban didn't give a frick about Etienne when Akers was committed. Now he's lost a guy higher on the board and has landed at Travis. Bama needs depth at RB bad, so Saban is trying to fill the spots he set aside to fill that need. There's no telling how many other kids he's telling the same things, and if he has someone else higher on the board commit then Etienne's phone will magically stop ringing. LSU simply doesn't need RBs so badly that the coaches are willing to blow smoke up an instate kids arse only to potentially have to withdraw his offer if someone higher on the board commits. I've seen the kids film and he's a talented athlete but he is as raw as they come at RB. He will need a lot of coaching to be a productive RB in the SEC. LSU will be just fine at RB.