re: Chris Allen will officially visit LSU this weekend

The only reason I think Saban would actively support such a decision is if he felt there was a possibility that O was making up ground, had an in-home coming up, and felt an Allen official visit to LSU was inevitable. This would still give him the final visit. I could see him playing chess like that.

Just the fact that O has us back in the game with a puncher's chance gives me a little more confidence in him running recruiting as a head coach. He has to be the big time closer, and he now has the opportunity to close on severa big prospects down the stretch.