we should be thrilled that this kid apparently is looking elsewhere. Upon further review and as the evidence mounts, it does not appear that KA is the type of player that would have meshed with the “process”.

Good riddance!

Whole damn thing is just weird.

the recruiting thread up at sb nation sister site cal golden blogs. they have some interesting tidbits in that monster of a thread if you you are inspired to dig a little further (look for my avatar, i’ve posted a bit there when they’ve addressed the allen situation).

also, they are good people and friends of RBR so please play nice, or at least in the spirit of the thing.

 We don’t need that kind of drama.

…this kid is the RichRod of recruits?

recruiting and hate it at the same time, just because of things like this. I mean, The whole Pryor deal, holding out, and what not is another example. This one is in a league of it’s own. I just keep telling myself these are 17-18 yr old kids that haven’t matured yet. Good luck to the kid in whatever he does. We’ll get who the coaching staff needs.

From everything I have read about this kid, he (KA) has always wanted to play at Alabama, for Coach Saban. The fact that this handler is all but admitting that he and the family are using KA to get the half-brother to a different school obviously puts Alabama in the position to GTFO. Immediately.

I actually feel bad for KA. I think he wants to come here. I also think we should stop bashing him because it is very likely that he isn’t being allowed to make his own choice.

because the cost-of-living differential is H U G E !!!!

of this situation. From the time Allen started talking about going somewhere else my feeling was “let him go.” I still don’t think he is a Tebow, a program changing player, just a very good athlete. Who knows what position he will play? And, with this family thing there are going to be problems.

I think it would great if he went to PSU and then we could introduce him to Alabama football next fall.

If even half of the things going around about Allen and family are even remotely true, then not only should we not be not be bemoaning that we “lost” Allen

My only problem with this, is this always seems to be the modus operandi of fans whenever a player commits to another school. I read a lot of the rumors that everyone else is speculating about, and I agree that staying off probation should clearly be Alabama’s number one priority. All that being said, the coaches at Alabama have still been pursuing Allen, and they clearly wanted him to be a part of this recruiting class. There was no one around the Alabama program three weeks ago, who had an unkind word about Allen.

I hate it for him if last night’s rumors are true. It seems his dad and family are controlling his decisions. Oh well, this class is still great without him and I’m excited to see all of them join the Tide.

Lane Kiffin didn’t try to get him!

is acting as an agent. The ncaa has to do something with so-called “handlers.” They’re more appropriately called auctioneers.

a la Bryce Brown, and that there may be a job waiting for Otis at Cal.

Frankly I was just happy he was going to Dat Bo’s teams and not staying in the SEC. Cal? WTF?

Maisbikkja: It aint the women I can vouch for that. Cal is Berkely territory, the women are in sweaters and don’t shave their pits. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against hippies, but he aint going to Cal for the women!

I was there in October…got hit up for money about every 10 steps…. Tried to walk in Golden Gate park….couldnt…hippies everywhere. Wouldnt have been so bad if they wouldnt ask for money every 2.5 seconds…. It was like being in a strip club except without naked women, music, or drinks…or a pole or stage….

We do not know the whole story. This just may be a case of a kid caring too much about his family. From what I have heard, KA’s half-brother was a BG/TC(bad grades/team cancer) and Buffalo was happy to see him go. KA may just be trying to “save” his 1/2 brother. If it indeed was a “package” deal, then I am glad he is going elsewhere but let’s not judge the kid on his motives. We can only speculate.