So Alabama went out and signed what's being called one of the best recruiting classes in history.
The Tide would have claimed that with or without Evans, but his addition became the exclamatory statement of the day.
It was, well, a stunning turn of events.
Of the 47 recruiting experts who projected his landing spot on 247Sports.com's Crystal Ball, 96 percent thought he'd stay home at Auburn. The momentum for Alabama on that panel was at an all-time low.
"I was very intrigued by it," recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill said live on ESPNU. "In fact I was pretty surprised by it."
Just a few days ago, Luginbill called Evans "critical" to Auburn's recruiting class.
"He's got to stay home and you've got to make that a no-brainer for kids, that 'why would I go anywhere else?'" Luginbill said in the days leading up to Wednesday. ...
Dominance, my friend. Dominance.
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