More and more energy behind Israel Abrams being Auburn's quarterback in the 2027 class,

and I love it.

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They need it bad.

Also a position battle on the offensive side of the football heading in the spring.

We actually differ on this one.

And then the main thing I want to talk about, Israel Abrams, and the traction around him,

Darrell, going to the Auburn Tigers.

I mean, a lot of people are feeling like Auburn's a big leader here.

Four star top five quarterback in the country, according to the 247 sports composite.

247 themselves has him at the number two quarterback in this cycle,

which you have to absolutely love from the Chicago area.

I love that this staff isn't afraid to kind of go national with a lot of these recruiting

battles while also valuing some of the in-state guys.

We may be able to get to that today.

But to me, I think we're, I don't want to say we're almost in limbo, but I think we are kind of there. Israel Abrams, I think is going to be the next big recruit that really says, okay, Alex, Golish, and the staff, they're not playing around. No, and I, you know, I think that there were some misinterpretations at the last time we did a show on Israel Abrams, that there was this belief that we didn't feel like we should take them or that his money wasn't going to be well spent. I don't give a crap. If you pay somebody now, it's called an investment. If you can use them two years from now, like you said, as long as you keep them. And then I'm also not ready just to, I mean, you know, the argument is, do you go after

high school quarterbacks now because of the portal?

The answer is emphatically, yes.

You still need to have that gem, that jewel in the class.

And I'm also of the belief now, having had a couple weeks to kind of ponder it,

you know, Auburn's had a freshman quarterback start before.

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