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Knoxville News-Sentinel LeFlore High School Danny Woodson Jr. dropped in and left saying Auburn is his favorite . . . Receivers coach Trooper Taylor, one of the masterminds behind the innovative recruiting tool, said bringing the weekend back was a no-brainer . . . What are you expecting from Kodi Burns in 2010? . . . Luper said last year's attention-grabbing events exceeded their expectations and that's why they're coming back . . . Auburn ended up signing the country's fourth-best recruiting class, and several of the prospects they signed were at the junior day event last year . . . Rather than scrambling to build a guest list, Auburn coaches now find themselves forced to make careful decisions about potential attendees . . . If the announcement of the Big Cat Sequel is any indiciation, the momentum will continue on the Plains . . . This year's version will be May 28 and promises to attract another crop of big-time recruits . . . Region says he's picked up a football offer from Tennessee and plans to visit Knoxville, "but my heart is still down here on the Plains . . . Calloway said spending the day in Auburn with his father certainly turned his head . . . While some of these kids are simply finding a way to bask in the spotlight a little longer, perhaps some have just learned at an early age that their responsibility in this process is to look out for themselves . . . Consider it friendly peer pressure that just so happened to unify many members of what might just be the best signing class in program history . . . Hearing the recruits say that Auburn feels like home should tell fans that Chizik not only sold them on the game of football but on the whole idea of Auburn . . . If the Tigers can repeat that performance in 2011, they will likely solidify themselves as one of the top players for an SEC championship in the near future—if they haven't already . . . Auburn fans should be thrilled with their class after 10 years with a staff that "would not recruit out of magazines . . . Taylor and Luper had a hand in signing at least 10 of Auburn's 32 signees, including all three five-star players and four of Auburn's 13 four-stars . . . The Tigers signed six offensive linemen . . . Rivals lists Auburn assistant coaches Curtis Luper and Trooper Taylor among its Top 25 recruiters for the 2010 signing class . . . Recruiting in this state is once again a real fight . . . The 6-foot-6, 330-pound Region planned to commit to Alabama, his favorite school since childhood, but he changed his mind . . . "I will be an Auburn Tiger, where I feel they really care about me . . . Those five prospects helped elevate Auburn's recruiting class to a consensus top-5 level even among the recruiting services that don't consider junior college signees . . . "I felt like I was taken for granted even by the coaching staff at Alabama. That's just not where I need to be. I'm not about to go into that kind of program . . . She flirted with scholarship offers from Purdue, Ole Miss and Florida, but she said she always expected to end up at Auburn . . . "They've done a good job of selling the program. Just kind of making these guys believe that they are turning the corner and getting Auburn back to where it wants to be in the SEC . . . Auburn was close behind at No. 4 . . . Only a few hours after signing one of the highest-rated recruiting classes in recent Auburn history, coach Gene Chizik set lofty expectations for 2011 . . . Savage, who has missed the past two seasons with a torn ACL and a torn Achilles, respectively, has been granted a sixth year of eligibility, clearing the way for him to make one more comeback . . . The only moment of anxiety came during defensive end Corey Lemonier's announcement . . .
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