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HEY EVERYONE WELCOME INTO SPORTS… WELL NATIONAL SIGNING DAY ISN’T UNTIL WEDNESDAY… BUT AUBURN PULLED OFF A MAJOR COO... OF SORTS… TODAY… WHEN THEY LOCKED DOWN A COMMITMENT FROM ONE OF THEIR TOP RECRUITS… /// DEFENSIVE TACKLE JEFFREY WHITAKER OF WARNER ROBINS… (GEORGIA)… ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO ENROLL AT AUBURN TODAY… /// HE’S BEEN RANKED AS A TOP FIVE PLAYER NATIONALLY AT HIS POSITION… AND HIS SIGNING WAS ENOUGH TO VAULT THE TIGERS RECRUITING CLASS (ABOVE) ALABAMA’S ACCORDING TO RIVALS DOT COM… ***

AND SPEAKING OF RANKINGS… AS WE MOVE TO THE DIAMOND… THE TIDE’S BASEBALL TEAM WILL OPEN THE SEASON AS THE 32ND BEST TEAM IN THE LAND… /// THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE TOP 35 POLL RELEASED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION… /// THE TIDE OPENS UP THEIR SEASON IN JUST 19 DAYS… ***

MEANWHILE… IN WHAT SHOULD BE A FORMALITY… ALABAMA’S DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR… KIRBY SMART… WILL BE GETTING A RAISE COME TOMORROW… /// THAT’S WHEN THE UNIVERSITY’S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETS TO APPROVE WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE A MASSIVE PAY RAISE… /// SMART WAS THE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR AND ACCEPTING THE RAISE AFTER BEING REPORTEDLY OFFERED A MORE LUCRATIVE POSITION AT GEORGIA… ***

AND FINALLY… IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OVER THE WEEKEND… WE HAD A BARN-BURNER OF A GAME SATURDAY ON THE PLAINS… /// WITH 12 SECONDS REMAINING… DEWAYNE REED HIT A FREE THROW TO TIE THE GAME AT 57… /// AND THEN… ON THE SUBSEQUENT POSSESSION… STOLE THE BALL FROM BAMA’S MIKHAIL TORRANCE… /// HE DISHED IT TO DEWAYNE REED… WHO PROMPTLY HIT ONE OF TWO FREE THROWS TO ICE IT FOR THE TIGERS… /// THE FINAL WAS 58… 57… AND IT WAS JUST AUBURN’S SECOND WIN IN THE S-E-C THIS SEASON… ***

AND THAT’S SPORTS FOR THIS MONDAY… I’M ADAM BAGNI… HOPE YOU JOIN ME AGAIN… TOMORROW NIGHT… GUYS… ///