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Crain & Cone

Why Alabama Recruiting Isn't Going Away

Crain & Cone

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Sports

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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We break down college football's top recruiting programs going into 2024; Dillon Gabriel is projected as a top contender for the Heisman; and we preview SEC Media Days before they start next week.   Ep. 559   Get 10% off your tickets to Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot at http://angel.com/CRAINCO   - - -    Today’s Sponsors:   BetOnline - Use code "Booster" to receive a 50% signup bonus of up to $250 at http://www.betonline.ag   Raycon - Use code "BOOSTER" at checkout for additional savings on your entire purchase! http://www.BuyRaycon.com/Booster   Responsible Man - Get 30% off, plus additional savings, at http://www.Responsibleman.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Why Alabama's recruiting is not going to slow down anytime soon.

0:03.6

Dylan Gabriel is now projected as the top contender to win the Heisman

0:07.6

and we preview SEC Media Days before they start next week.

0:11.4

Check it out of more on the flaming dragon edition.

0:14.3

Crane and company, Raar, it's a dragon. Hey, Hey everybody out there listening if you get a chance with its Apple Podcast, Spotify, doesn't matter,

0:45.2

leave us a five-star review. Keep sharing the show. We really appreciate you guys.

0:49.4

Now to open the show on this magical Friday, I wanted to tell one of my favorite recruiting

0:54.9

stories that I've ever heard now I get asked all the time what's the craziest

0:59.6

thing that ever happened in recruiting when you were in coaching or you know give us some

1:04.9

some background or some insight into what really goes on but the story I want to tell you

1:09.5

guys I was told to me by a head coach that I worked for back when he was an assistant and I'll

1:17.7

tell the school I'm not going to say the name when he was at LSU I think

1:20.8

LSU in Texas A&M fans this this one may ring a bell, you may be able to figure out who did what.

1:27.0

And he's actually still a head coach right now, and again I'm not going to say his name or where, but he told me when he was assistant at LSU, and this is before cell

1:36.1

phones were big, you know, everybody kind of used a pay phone, that he was recruiting this top flight

1:42.1

running back and it came down to LSU in Texas A&M and the player

1:47.3

committed to Texas A&M.

1:49.0

The coach drove down there, went to his house, tried to talk him out of it, tried to talk him out of it, but the family

1:55.6

and the player were like, listen, coach, we're going to Texas A&M, that's what we want to do and

2:00.5

that's final. So he leaves the house the last time when he was

2:04.2

making his pitch and he goes back to the hotel he's getting ready to drive back to

2:08.1

Baton Rouge and he's packing up all his stuff and then he gets this idea.

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