Actually, I take that back. Maybe he needs to see how badly we need a kick ass WR. AND it does mean a lot. Many of them that are on the fence will go the way of how they felt at a game. How confortable or caught up in the moment they were. I doubt DGB is riding the fence with us and Arky/OU, but if these visits meant nothing, they wouldn't exist.
Fact is, you can't know what will sway any kid one way or the other. It may be important to one kid to choose the winner, while another sees a chance to play early for the loser. One may come and simply love Auburn and not give a damn about the outcome of the game one way or the other, while another just won't feel quite at home even if we upset bammer. They may be following a teammate, regardless of choice, and yet another may be wanting to go against the grain of a teammate, family or friend. The visit isn't meaningless, but you never know what the individual recruit finds most important. I would suspect that the outcome of one game, isn't as big a deal, especially since last season can be brought up pretty fresh, as well as the last decade. If a kid is THAT emotional and short sighted that he makes his choice based solely on the scoreboard of one game, ANY ONE GAME, then somewhere down the line he'll make an emotional choice that doesn't benefit the team, maybe a few.
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