Auburn vs. Alabama (The Saban effect)

[hogfan0307]

I thought this was interesting:

-Auburn has 7 commits (6 3-stars and 1 NR)...0 from Alabama
-Alabama has 12 commits (1 5 star, 6 4-stars, 3 3 stars, and 2 2-stars)...10 from Alabama

Breakdown of the top-30 from the state of Alabama:
-8 commits to Alabama
-2 commits to Georgia
-1 commit to Florida
-1 commit to Arkansas

In past years:
Year        Auburn's national class rank     Alabama's class rank
2008                    (NR in top 25)                           11
2007                            7                                    10
2006                            10                                   11
2005                            13                                   18

And it looks like we are in the lead for another Alabama product that holds an Auburn offer (Cam Henderson)

So what does this mean...Saban is in town and he is set on taking over Alabama (something that Shula was losing)...Auburn has an uphill battle in trying to get prospects from their state and keep them from the University of Alabama and from other national powers.