UPDATE: The staff at Bucknuts.com has heard that Trey DePriest "fully intends to pick Alabama" and that his visit to Columbus on Friday is a "courtesy look." The site also hears that Springfield assistant coach John Cupps, who has been the source of a lot of the DePriest-loves-Bama news, has dreams of coaching in the SEC and is trying to get in Nick Saban's good graces by steering DePriest to the Tide.
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Four-star OLB Trey DePriest of Ohio (No. 33 in the ESPNU 150) confirms to Erik Stinnett of ESPN affiliate CrimsonConfidential.com that he is down to Alabama and Ohio State, and reveals that he will visit both schools this weekend in an attempt to arrive at a decision.
DePriest will only spend a day (Friday) in Columbus, whereas he will be in Tuscaloosa for parts of three days (Saturday through Monday), but that's simply because he can easily take another visit to Ohio State if he feels the need to since he lives an hour away.
DePriest didn't offer a concrete timetable for making or announcing his decision, but he seemed to indicate that that was the reason for these trips. "That's why I'm making these visits -- so I can make up my mind"; "That's what I'm going to find out this weekend (whether one emerges as a favorite)"; "If I see (the deciding factor), I'll know what it is."
There has been a lot of speculation recently that Ohio State has made up ground on Alabama, but ESPN Recruiting's Bill Kurelic says that the Tide are believed to still be DePriest's favorite.
Glad I didn't get my hopes up. I felt he was 'Bama all along.
