re: Steve Wiltfong CB for 4* DT Siaki Ika Edit: Shannon Terry and Hank South Flips CB

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With that said- when you say “other talent out there” who exactly are you referring too?

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Byron Young

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Siaki Ika

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Ika is visiting Florida this weekend.

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That’s great news. He was suppose to be visiting Bama. I’m assuming he was given a call from bama and his precious offered spot isn’t available now.

Very much agree. As one other poster said, I’d take Ika and any one of Handy, Young, Pickering, Stripling, or Moore. I wish we could start to get a solid foundation with some Mississippi guys. I know we got Brennan and Cole Smith but it would be tough to go 0 for this year.

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I always hesitate to feel good about western kids until they put their name on the paper.

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Agreed. Especially with Oregon selling out for him.

This will be interesting. No one can feel great.

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It was that way, then Ish went off the rails after his state title game talking about playing with his brother once again. Definitely seemed like "if you dont offer you dont have a chance", although again, I think this is all just a big distraction from his side.

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I didn’t hear him after the game. I know one guy that has connections to the Amite program and he’s told me on more than one occasion that he thinks they’ll end up at the same place, extremely close brothers.

With that said I heard the same thing about Tony Brown and his sister before he went to Bama and how Marvin wilson wanted to stay close to his disabled brother before he went to FSU.

You just honest to god never know with highschool kids.

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With that said- when you say “other talent out there” who exactly are you referring too?

I’m going down the list of guys and it’s looking like most of these ships have sailed.

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I don't think the "other talent" necessarily has to be another DT. I'd hate to see LSU miss out on a much better player at another position simply because they were desperate to sign a guy that for all intents and purposes costs them two scholarships.

Maybe I'm completely wrong on this, but it appears to me that Orgeron is more concerned with the negative perception it would cause if Alabama takes a highly ranked LA player than whether or not it is actually worth it to give up two scholarships for said player.

To me, if his price tag for LSU is much greater than the price tag for Alabama, then that tells you where he really wants to be. And for a prospect whose biggest concern is motivation (or lack thereof) do you really want him if he really doesn't want to be with you? All so you can say that you beat Alabama in a heated recruiting battle, one that cost you a valuable scholarship on a guy (the brother) who appears to be a complete non-contributor?

IMO, the absolute WORST thing LSU could do in this situation is turn away a good player because they were holding a scholarship for the brother ONLY to then have Ish go somewhere anyway, leaving LSU holding two empty scholarships.

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But we all know what this means: if Ika comes here, we likely lose/don't get Ish.

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I'm not as sold on this. That doesn't mean Ish is coming, but our depth chart and signee list isn't exactly loaded on the DL.

Said it in another thread, but I would be very shocked if Ika did not end up at Oregon

I would be very shocked if he doesn't end up at LSU