re: Sam Spiegs Rivals prediction piece

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Surtain was a given too.

I am not one of those guys that says he doesn't count guy until he signs but I definitely don't count a guy until he actually says publicly that he is going to LSU. If they won't commit, its cuz they aren't completely sold yet.

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You are right, if they won't come out and say it there's a reason.

However, there is reason you can't quite compare the two... at this time.

Surtain took his visits and still wouldn't declare. Leigh hasn't had his "full cycle" of recruiting just yet. Now, when the 1st signing period approaches and he's not committing publicly... then the comparison of situations/indicators/warnings are apt.

We're not there yet with Leigh.

And my personal opinion is that Leigh will commit publicly sooner rather than later. Have no idea if he'll sign in the early period so not making any comment on that.

- If he sees a continuity between the offense last year and this year- he'll commit.
- I certainly understand if he's waiting to find out if OVs are going to happen so he can take them as an uncommitted prospect. That's how you get the most out of them.
- If the NCAA were to come out and say with finality no OVs (which they won't), he'd likely commit.

And he just may commit on his next unofficial unofficial visit with Mom and GF in tow here soon and make both of us look stupid. I wouldn't be too surprised.