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by **stever20** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:34 pm

Just saw this-
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recru ... urn-tigers

Mustapha Heron is going to..... Auburn

That's 3 ESPN 100 commits since Bruce Pearl went to Auburn 2 years ago.

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by **hoyahooligan** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:33 pm

Rough for St. Johns. According to Rivals his top 3 were Auburn, Miss St, and Alabama. St. John's not even really in it.

by **marquette** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:35 pm

Yeah, and a few years back LSU was pulling big time recruits. Ebb and flow of college sports. Bruce Pearl is going to win wherever he goes, for a while, and will inevitably leave the school in shambles with NCAA sanctions.

by **marquette** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:07 pm

Reposting from another thread.

Yes, stever, the sky is falling because Auburn got a couple nice recruits.

In 2003 Mississippi had the #10 recruiting class, LSU #2, Arkansas #11, Missouri #4.
In 2004 Arkansas was #6, Missouri #21, Alabama #23, Mississippi State #25, LSU #26.
In 2005 Mississippi State #4, Alabama #10, Georgia #11, LSU #13, Auburn #22.
In 2006 Tennessee #10, Arkansas #18.
In 2007 Alabama #13.
In 2008 Tennessee #5, Alabama #12, Arkansas #22.
In 2009 Alabama #21, Mississippi #26.
In 2010 Tennessee #7, Missouri #13, Alabama #19, LSU #29, Auburn #32.
In 2011 Arkansas #7, Alabama #9, Mississippi State #14
In 2012 you got me, but even then a #35 Auburn squad pulled 1 top 100 recruit and a guy ranked 106.
In 2013 LSU #5, Arkansas #13, Missouri #19, Alabama #26.
In 2014 Missouri #13, Alabama #24, Auburn #30.
In 2015 Auburn #19, Mississippi State #20.

What can we glean from this? SEC teams are going to pull good players to mediocre SEC programs. Happens every year.

EDIT: Numbers from 247sports.com

by **xsteve1** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:29 pm

I thought St Johns was considered the leader?

by **Jet915** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:08 pm

hoyahooligan wrote:Rough for St. Johns. According to Rivals his top 3 were Auburn, Miss St, and Alabama. St. John's not even really in it.

He must really like football cause no one at Auburn give's a crap about basketball. Anytime Bruce Pearl is involved, something shady is probably happening. Tough loss for SJU though, "Slice" knew this kid for a long time....

by **mel ott** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:09 pm

stever20 wrote:Just saw this-
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recru ... urn-tigers

Mustapha Heron is going to..... Auburn

That's 3 ESPN 100 commits since Bruce Pearl went to Auburn 2 years ago.

The part not mentioned was that neither Marquette or St John's could pay the money Pearl could deliver. Funny how he didn't make ANY of the other visits.

by **marquette** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:40 pm

mel ott wrote:
stever20 wrote:Just saw this-
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recru ... urn-tigers

Mustapha Heron is going to..... Auburn

That's 3 ESPN 100 commits since Bruce Pearl went to Auburn 2 years ago.

The part not mentioned was that neither Marquette or St John's could pay the money Pearl could deliver. Funny how he didn't make ANY of the other visits.

I think it's more a matter of scruples than money. Sure, Auburn has football cash but they are paying Pearl less than a lot of BE schools pay their coaches. However, Pearl is more than willing to bend/break any NCAA rule he thinks he can get away with. He did it Iowa as an assistant, he did it at Milwaukee, he did it at Tennessee, and you can bet he's doing it at Auburn. 5 years from now Pearl will be under another show cause, book it.

by **mel ott** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:54 pm

marquette wrote:
mel ott wrote:
stever20 wrote:Just saw this-
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recru ... urn-tigers

Mustapha Heron is going to..... Auburn

That's 3 ESPN 100 commits since Bruce Pearl went to Auburn 2 years ago.

The part not mentioned was that neither Marquette or St John's could pay the money Pearl could deliver. Funny how he didn't make ANY of the other visits.

I think it's more a matter of scruples than money. Sure, Auburn has football cash but they are paying Pearl less than a lot of BE schools pay their coaches. However, Pearl is more than willing to bend/break any NCAA rule he thinks he can get away with. He did it Iowa as an assistant, he did it at Milwaukee, he did it at Tennessee, and you can bet he's doing it at Auburn. 5 years from now Pearl will be under another show cause, book it.

That was my point. Maybe I was a little too subtle in saying it. Perhaps my comment should have said " neither Marquette or St John's WOULD pay the money Pearl could deliver."

by **Westbrook#36** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:12 pm

Same old, same old from stever. Somethings never change.

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