re: Updated: Devonta Pollard reportedly announcing on Friday. Is LSU still in it?

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I think Odoh is a done deal but I have ZERO resources to back that up. Just my own intuition and reading between the lines.

Pollard, I dunno. I think State was the leader till Stans was fired. Then I think G-town with their great tradition AND Kirby was tied with Alabama because I think Grant is a good recruiter... but Kirby at LSU and not far from home... who knows?

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It's pretty clear Odoh is coming here at this point. We certainly have the scholarship, he was Johnny's top recruit, he says he wants to follow Johnny and Forrest here, he plays a position we desperately have to have and so far Johnny's track record is pretty good in that when you can look at a situation and say "I can't believe he wouldn't do X," Johnny goes and does X. Getting Odoh is an immaculate example of doing X. I'd be shocked if he doesn't come here now that he has a release to do it. So I'm pretty sure the word I heard on that is accurate.

The thing about Grant is, and if Bubba remembers the discussion we had on this a few months ago he's going to give me shite about it, his performance doesn't particularly bear out the idea he's a good recruiter. He took a decent class last year who played as freshmen this past season, that's true, but this year he has royally sucked. I don't even think he has any commitments - Pollard is pretty much all he's got. Which means maybe he's a better recruiter than Trent is, but (1) that ain't sayin' much and (2) Johnny's a different story.

And once Georgetown and Missouri dropped off and Mississippi State imploded, you would have expected Pollard to do the math and figure Alabama was the obvious place to go. But he didn't. They've been atop his list all this time and he won't pull the trigger, which tells me there's something about that place he's not crazy about.