Celebration in Jordan-Hare and recruiting

I got the privilege of being able to attend the National Championship celebration today in JHS in Auburn.  This was a minor respite for me not being able to make the game in Arizona, but nonetheless, it was an awesome time.  I was able to meet up with some friends from work and we all got to sit together and freeze our rear ends off together.  The high temp was supposed to be around 47 but i dont think it ever got that high.  When i got back in my car after it was over, the thermometer read 44, but with the wind blowing like crazy and sitting in the shade for most of the ceremony it was more like 35.  It was a really good time and I am so so so so glad that I was there.  Jay Jacobs MC'd it and there were other speakers such as Jay Gouge (the president of AU), Gordon somebody who is the president of the AU letterman club, Robert Bentley (governor of AL), David Housel (former AU AD), Lloyd Nix (QB of the 1957 national champs) and players Kodi Burns, Nick Fairley and Cam Newton.  Gene Chizik also spoke and thanked God; I love it when he does that.  It will be something I will always remember and will be able to tell my grandkids about someday.

Now, on to recruiting.  Auburn has done a monster job these past two weeks in bringing in some major talent.  Robinson Therezie, a big-time DB verballed during the Army All-Star game as did LB Kris Frost.  Just this past Friday, Christian Westerman, the 3rd best OL in the country from Arizona decommitted from Texas and verballed to AU.  Unreal! We stole one from TEXAS??!!  Oh yeah, almost forgot, Auburn also stole another big-time recruit from bama in Brent Calloway.  He is a five star LB/RB that had been committed to bama since the summer and decided he wanted to be an Auburn Tiger.  This weekend AU hosted alot of prospects and some that were not supposed to be here but showed up anyway.  Erique Florence from Valley was supposed to be in Tuscaloosa but canceled his visit and came to AU instead and Sigler was supposed to be in LSU this weekend but also canceled and came to the celebration.  This looks good for AU.  It is really hard to know what a 17-18 year old kid is going to do as far as which school he is going to pick.  I dont envy the decision these kids have to make:  which school to go to for the next 4-5 years of their life.  Big, big decisions that could make or break their future careers.  I think AU will get their share of big-time players and will be good for years to come.  Gene Chizik has built this program into a contender based on love for each other and love for the game.  I cant wait to see how the next 10 days of recruiting plays out.  Should be fun...