It seems to me that this commitment could be the key to this whole class.
I remember waiting out Andre Smith and then Julio, but they would not commit early enough to give a kick-impetus to the class, at least not as early as we wanted.
Yes, every year Saban starts out a little slow, bringing in a couple or three 3-stars from somewhere like Mobile. Then, halfway through the process he is into high gear -- which is about where he is right now, maybe a little beyond. He finishes up with a flourish.
This sort of thing is new for Alabama. Bringing in a Mark Ingram from Michigan and now the best linebacker in Ohio -- that never happened under Bear Bryant. You go into the maw of both Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes and pull out top ballplayers like that?
This is the sort of thing done in Florida and Los Angeles, where the athletes who have stars in their eyes go, whether for the sun and sand or Hollywood. Nick Saban has turned Alabama into a national recruiting base.
We are watching a phenomenon here. As another writer said, this guy could sell a catchup popsicle to a woman in a white dress.
