National Signing Day Open Thread
by cocknfire on Feb 3, 2010 9:00 AM EST
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Your team is signing up players left and right. Or not. Here is where you can talk about this, with perhaps a comment from your humble correspondents every once in a while.
UPDATE from Year2
Here's links to all the signing day posts from the blogs around the network if you want to get team-specific commentary.
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Ambles to USC
Former Vol commit follows Kiffin out west.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:16 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Rogers to UT?
ESPN is reporting a switch of Da’Rick Rogers from UGA to Tennessee. Dawg fans apparently reporting it’s academics related.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Confirmed
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4* DE JC Copeland has switched from Tennessee to LSU.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:30 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
3* RB Miles Simpson (previously uncommitted) to Kentucky.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* WR Kadron Boone, a Texas Tech decommit, is going with LSU.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
3* LB Darrin Kitchens (previously uncommitted) to Florida. Almost certainly a sign that higher touted LB Christian Jones going elsewhere (i.e. FSU).
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Makes 9 commits from the greater Miami/south Florida area. That’s big news, since that area has mostly been Miami and FSU’s domain since the two of them got good at football.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
2 OL switches to Miss St.
3* Eric Lawson (decommit from TTU) and 2* Dillon Day (decommit from LA Tech).
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
5* OL Shon Coleman to Auburn over Alabama.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* DT Mike Thornton (previously uncommitted) to UGA.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 9:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* WR Ivan McCartney to WVU. Has been a target of many an SEC team.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* OG James Stone (previously uncommitted) to Tennessee.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
LB Christian Jones to FSU, just as Kitchens commit to UF indicated.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:25 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Jones seemed to be such a strong lean to FSU I didn’t really think he was in play anyhow. Would be nice to get one more of the big names left.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone seems to think it’ll be Chaz Green
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds good to me. Coxson would be nice too, of course – I can’t help but feel that this class is a little light on guys who actually, you know, score points. Though UF could be plenty deep in that department already if some guys develop, and I suppose that Debose could be considered the offensive stud of this class, since he would never have red-shirted if healthy.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
5* CB Keenan Allen switches from Alabama to Cal, per Rivals.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Trio to Ole Miss
3* TE Cordell Giles (previously uncommitted), 4* WR Vincent Sanders (previously uncommitted), and 3* LB Ralph Williams (former Tenn. soft verbal) to Oxford, per Rivals.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 10:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* OT Damien Robinson to Miss St. per ESPN.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Rivals confirming.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
3* CB Tony Grimes to Ole Miss, per Rivals.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nutt did get the memo about signing limits, right?
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4* ATH Delvin Jones to Ole Miss, per Rivals.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
OGGOA’s Adam Silverstein reports that UF signee Lynden Trail told him that Chaz Green is a Gator.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:16 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Linebacker kitty and her green glare of death approve.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If true, him + Coxson = end of Florida’s day. They make #27 and #28, and 28 is the SEC’s LOI limit.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll take it, no question – wrapping up a full-sized #1 class by mid-day is pretty much the perfect way to finish things off.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And it’s better than all the drama of last year, for sure
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Though Van hasn’t made it official yet, right? Any worries about him?
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
All rumors I’ve seen about him have been fleeting; there’s never seemed to be two that match.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
GatorCountry TV reports Van’s LOI is officially in.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m also hearing more reports on Coxson.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4* WR Adrian Coxson to Florida, per Scout.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
James Stone to UT is now official/confirmed.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* WR Jarrett Fobbs decommits from Texas A&M to sign with LSU. Miles is closing strong and getting kids to flip today.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* LB Corey Lemonier to Auburn, per Rivals.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* LB Telvin Smith from Valdosta spurns Georgia for FSU.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
That it has been.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Still...
plenty to be excited about with the current crop as is. 3 of GA’s top 4 defenders stay with the Dawgs, Richard Samuel moving to LB, Kris Durham returning to action this year. Lots to be excited about…
by allhailcale on Feb 3, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s a lot to like about what Georgia has coming back on offense, but I’m not sure about the rest. UGA still has a nice class, but it’s missed on some high profile guys today.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
very true...
…but I don’t think losing Rogers and Whitaker hurts the team itself nearly as much as it hurts UGA’s perception across the country as a national recruiting power. Georgia has plenty of horses at the wideout spots (including the possibility/probability of Logan Gray moving out wide) and picked up two great DT prospects today.
All this recruiting talk aside, Georgia’s 2010 season rests infinitely more on the play of Murray/Mettenberger than it does on any of these recruits signing on today…
by allhailcale on Feb 3, 2010 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
3* ATH Jerrell Priester decommits from Vandy, goes with Kentucky.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* DE J.R. “Ego” Ferguson to LSU, per ESPN.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Les Miles always struck me as the kind of guy who would leave his term paper until the night before… he’d probably kick-start the “creative process” with a shot of Jagermeister, too. Seems to be working today, though.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It sure is
For all the talk of him “running out of Nick Saban’s players” there, he does an excellent job at getting highly rated guys.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Now if he could only recruit a clock coordinator…
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
3* ATH Jarrett Lake to Arkansas, former Oklahoma commit pushed out by others.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 12:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* DT Byran Jones (previously uncommitted) to Arkansas.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 12:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Back later
Lunch break time, and no big announcements for a while, I believe.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 12:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* DT Calvin Barnett (previously uncommitted) to Arkansas.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 1:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* JUCO DT John Brown (former UF player) to Tennessee.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 1:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Now there’s a guy who, um, didn’t quite ‘fulfill his potential’. I think he was a 5* the first time around… [sigh]
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s why it’s best not to get too worked up over signing day.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Though this one has been pretty low-key for us so far, with almost of the excitement weeks back around the all-star games (and that helps tamp down the unreasonable swings of emotion) – all of the guys who came into the day verbally committed to UF (but not enrolled) signed LOI.
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4* S Demar Dorsey, who decommitted from UF and was expected to go to FSU or USC, has picked Michigan, per SI.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 1:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
What’s the surprise of the day so far? Allen to Cal?
by peachy rex on Feb 3, 2010 1:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
There has been some doubt about him for a while, and Cal was reported to be in the picture before today.
Overall, probably Calvin Smith to New Mexico because it’s freaking New Mexico. 4* guys from Florida just don’t go play at mediocre MWC schools. That, or LSU suddenly stealing guys left and right. I didn’t expect Miles to play robber baron all of a sudden.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 1:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vandy’s class is final and official.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 2:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
4* Chaz Green to UF is official.
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by Year2 on Feb 3, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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