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According to 247sports, Ryan Johnson is visiting Auburn this weekend. The 247 crystal ball is still predicting 86% Auburn, 14% Alabama, and he still has remaining visits with Texas (Jan. 26) and Alabama (Jan. 28).
In a search for positive tea leaves, in the last couple of days RJ did retweet Kyle McCombs' commitment tweet and Diron Reynolds' tweet re: Solomon Thomas winning the Morris Trophy.
On the other hand, it's going to be tough to convince the Class 5A Lineman of the Year from Alabama to spurn Auburn and Alabama for Stanford. Besides offers from most of the SEC, RJ also has offers from top programs in the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, N.otre D.ame, and U.SC, so it's a testament to Stanford's national brand that we are in his, apparently, top 4. (To my knowledge, RJ has only announced a top 6, but I don't think N.otre D.ame and Oregon are still in the running).
Given the late dates of his official visits, I'm guessing that RJ will announce on national signing day. However, all of the above was gleaned from publicly available free websites, so I would be happy to hear any additional rumors, insights or hunches from other folks on The CARDboard.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
