National Signing Day thread

[cartman]

Tomorrow is the day that the recruits put pen to paper to commit to a school.

[tarcone]

Iowa has a pretty solid crew coming in.

[MIJB#19]

So, this isn't the thread about National Singing Day? :redface:

[cartman]

I cannot conclusively say that there will not be singing tomorrow. But there defintely will be lots of signing. :D

[MacroGuru]

I am excited. Kalani only had 6 weeks to make an impact, he might have pulled it off. But securing the ones that the old regime recruited that were good, and bringing in others that are solid players I think, it will be good. The class should end up rated in the 50's unless we can get a few flips we didn't expect.

[HomerSimpson98]

Will be interesting to see if the cliff-jumpers or the hold-the-rope Aggie fans are right about tomorrow. From what I hear, it could be a bit of a blood bath with flipping the wrong way.

[CU Tiger]

PAW - Passionate About Winning

[dawgfan]

Pretty nice class Chris Petersen has assembled for Washington - at least by Scout.com's ratings. It'll be a small class with 17 (unless something crazy happens tomorrow with Asiasi, Tagaloa or Harry) due to a very small graduating class, but on a per-star basis it's currently 17th in the country at a 3.47 average; only USC (3.92) and Oregon (3.50) currently have a higher average in the Pac-12, though UCLA could jump past them if they close strong tomorrow.

[MrBug708]

Everyone is getting Asiasi, Boss, and Mique. Well except UCLA

[Solecismic]

People here believe they are no longer a package. Asiasi coming here, Boss to UCLA. And full-blown panic on Gary now.

[MrBug708]

They were never considered a package.

I think there is too much "smoke" with Asiasi to Michigan

[dawgfan]

Best guesses I've seen are Tagaloa to UCLA and Asiasi to USC, though Tui to UCLA might be enough to sway him to the Bruins too. He's got a good relationship with Paopao also which is why Washington might have an outside shot still.

You'd have to think Mique to UCLA unless the LDS angle pushes him to BYU.

[CU Tiger]

No need to panic on Gary...

[MrBug708]

Best guesses I've seen are Tagaloa to UCLA and Asiasi to USC, though Tui to UCLA might be enough to sway him to the Bruins too. He's got a good relationship with Paopao also which is why Washington might have an outside shot still.

You'd have to think Mique to UCLA unless the LDS angle pushes him to BYU.

Stranger things have happened, but Boss has essentially be a UCLA lean since last spring. Strange things like lifelong UCLA fan, Alize Jones, picking Notre Dame because of his friendship with the scrub son a millionaire.

I'd like to be more optimistic about Asiasi, but these things never work out for UCLA

I think for Mique, it's down to UCLA and Alabama, but I dont think he leaves his family.

[Eaglesfan27]

Best guesses I've seen are Tagaloa to UCLA and Asiasi to USC, though Tui to UCLA might be enough to sway him to the Bruins too. He's got a good relationship with Paopao also which is why Washington might have an outside shot still.

You'd have to think Mique to UCLA unless the LDS angle pushes him to BYU.

I don't think Asiasi is coming to USC. I think he ends up at Michigan. However, USC should close nicely tomorrow with Jack Jack, a surprise, and 2 or 3 other nice names to finish with a top 10 class and probably the highest average star class.

[murrayyyyy]

Will be interesting to see if the cliff-jumpers or the hold-the-rope Aggie fans are right about tomorrow. From what I hear, it could be a bit of a blood bath with flipping the wrong way.

So there's a chance we can get the 5th best class in the west?:rant:

[Subby]

My son Tom and a few of his teammates are having their signing ceremony at their high school tomorrow. His mom and I are extremely excited for him and he is ecstatic to be continuing football in college. None of them are going to D1 schools, but I think it is cool they still get to have this ceremony.

[MrBug708]

Burton to UCLA

[cartman]

So far Texas is 6 out of 7 today on guys they targeted. Still quite a few to go.

[MacroGuru]

I think for Mique, it's down to UCLA and Alabama, but I dont think he leaves his family.

Actually I think Bama is out, I think you will get him at UCLA and we have like a 5% chance he comes to BYU. His mom loved her visit her, loved everything about it, but she isn't driving the bus. She has a small say, I think he goes to UCLA because of his dad.

[MrBug708]

Actually, his dad is more neutral on things, mom is running the recruitment and she's been Pro-UCLA the whole time, though she'd love him at BYU too.

[MrBug708]

4* RB, Brandon Stephens, a Stanford commit denied admission, commits to UCLA

[cartman]

Big last few minutes for the Longhorns. The get the top Safety in the state, Brandon Jones, and they get Erick Fowler to flip from LSU.

[Eaglesfan27]

4 star safety Jamel Cook flips from FSU to USC!

[murrayyyyy]

Big last few minutes for the Longhorns. The get the top Safety in the state, Brandon Jones, and they get Erick Fowler to flip from LSU.

Did they finally find a QB? Saw they got a kid from Arlington but no clue is he starts as true frosh.

[cartman]

Did they finally find a QB? Saw they got a kid from Arlington but no clue is he starts as true frosh.

The new OC they brought in runs the kind of offense that Jerrod Heard is used to. My guess is that unless Buechele just wows everyone in the spring, he'll be redshirted and Heard will be the QB.

[Logan]

Another year, another Rivals crash.

[HomerSimpson98]

Big last few minutes for the Longhorns. The get the top Safety in the state, Brandon Jones, and they get Erick Fowler to flip from LSU.

Yeah I gotta give credit to Charlie. No idea how he is doing as well as he is doing today when the probabilities of this season being his last in Austin. I guess the next coach will have lots of talent to work with, minus said QB :)

[MacroGuru]

Class has gone what I thought it would so far with BYU.

Simi Fehoko did stick with his Stanford commit, but he is a sign and send kid (Going on his mission first.)

Hank Tuipolotu has South Carolina and NC State pushing for him hard the last month and I was concerned they would flip him, but he is a legacy kid and chose to stay with BYU.

[murrayyyyy]

Yeah I gotta give credit to Charlie. No idea how he is doing as well as he is doing today when the probabilities of this season being his last in Austin. I guess the next coach will have lots of talent to work with, minus said QB :)

Really, I think between Charlie and Kevin that I'd bet Orange on who will be there longer :popcorn:

[HomerSimpson98]

So there's a chance we can get the 5th best class in the west?:rant:

Recruiting against Bama, LSU, etc is FUN!

[HomerSimpson98]

Really, I think between Charlie and Kevin that I'd bet Orange on who will be there longer :popcorn:

Its too early to be hitting the Fireballs bro.

[murrayyyyy]

Its too early to be hitting the Fireballs bro.

I think Strong saved himself for 3 years with the bosters buys...errr... flipping the kid from LSU.

As for drinking...You haven't seen our class...But in all honesty it's good enough considering Petrino was horrible at it and JL Smiley Smith didn't do any. This year was disappointing as we lost every kid that was 4* and would have us in the top 3 but we haven't been on those kids radars in the past.

[Thomkal]

I suspect this will be Coastal Carolina's best class ever. Moving up to Division I gives them around 20 extra scholarships to award. We will see how not being able to play in a bowl game next year affects who they sign or not.

[HomerSimpson98]

I think Strong saved himself for 3 years with the bosters buys...errr... flipping the kid from LSU.

As for drinking...You haven't seen our class...But in all honesty it's good enough considering Petrino was horrible at it and JL Smiley Smith didn't do any. This year was disappointing as we lost every kid that was 4* and would have us in the top 3 but we haven't been on those kids radars in the past.

LOL. I am sure Cartman has more insight than me, but unless Charlie pulls about 9 rabbits out of his ass, he is a goner this year.

And I like Fat Boy alot. His teams seem to get stronger as the season rolls on. If y'all wouldnt start so damn slow every year, yall could be a player

[cartman]

He still has the support of the administration and the big donors. I think he has to get to 8 wins this year to keep off of the hot seat.

[murrayyyyy]

And I like Fat Boy alot. His teams seem to get stronger as the season rolls on. If y'all wouldnt start so damn slow every year, yall could be a player

Fat Boy will have to prove his worth this year. Only losing All American TE, both guards, both running backs and QB to the draft (Allen probably worked his way onto draft boards with his senior year and senior bowl performance).

[murrayyyyy]

He still has the support of the administration and the big donors. I think he has to get to 8 wins this year to keep off of the hot seat.

I think 7 wins are there and ND, Okla, Baylor, TCU are all home games.

[MacroGuru]

We just inked a C from Pularski Academy out of Little Rock.

Isn't that the school that doesn't punt and always kicks onsides kicks?

[cartman]

I think 7 wins are there and ND, Okla, Baylor, TCU are all home games.

It is all going to boil down to how well the new offense clicks. The one that Watson was trying to put in never did connect with the players.

[cartman]

We just inked a C from Pularski Academy out of Little Rock.

Isn't that the school that doesn't punt and always kicks onsides kicks?

Yep!

[cartman]

LB Jeffrey McCulloch just picked the Longhorns over Notre Dame, Stanford, and A&M.

[HomerSimpson98]

:(
Huge, huge loss for us

[MacroGuru]

Yep!

Cool, I am excited, he is another shorter, angry center like Tejan...I think we will be ok there.

[Eaglesfan27]

4 star RB Vavae Malepeai flips from Oregon to USC! :)

[Eaglesfan27]

4 star LB/DE Connor Murphy to USC! :)

[dawgfan]

The whole signing day show thing that Michigan has going on today is just really weird to me. Todd McShay? Way to blur the lines there on journalistic independence guy...

[Eaglesfan27]

USC signs JC DT Josh Fatu. Working the numbers, this makes me think Devin Asiasi is definitely not going to USC.

[BYU 14]

Pretty happy with BYU's class so far, no real surprises good or bad and outside of Trinneman no real sexy players on the offensive side, though dual threat QB Jaren Hall has great potential.

Really solid on the defensive side though with Warner, Tanielu, Tooley, Livai, Pili and another Kaufusi. A couple of key kids to plug in to the secondary in Warner and Tooley and a lot of really solid front 7 prospects.

[MacroGuru]

Pretty happy with BYU's class so far, no real surprises good or bad and outside of Trinneman no real sexy players on the offensive side, though dual threat QB Jaren Hall has great potential.

Really solid on the defensive side through with Warner, Tanielu, Tooley, Livai and another Kaufusi.

Trinnaman is a stud! So is Finau, but we are deep in the backfield and WR and it's all about the hogs up front. Kalani and Company had to scramble to get the guys we have, but don't forget who we have returning off their missions this year too..

[BYU 14]

Trinnaman is a stud! So is Finau, but we are deep in the backfield and WR and it's all about the hogs up front. Kalani and Company had to scramble to get the guys we have, but don't forget who we have returning off their missions this year too..

Agreed, we have a lot of experience back all over the offensive side and Trinneman will more than make up for the loss of Blackmon, with Moroni set to step in for Houk and Weeks could be a faster version of Mitch Mathews so we have plenty of weapons.

[BYU 14]

Dola - And with a secondary that could include Lake, Davis, Preator and Shelton at CB and Tooley, Nacua, Hanneman and Warner at safety have we ever had so much talent there?

[MacroGuru]

Dola - And with a secondary that could include Lake, Davis, Preator and Shelton at CB and Tooley, Nacua, Hanneman and Warner at safety have we ever had so much talent there?

Nope, I would say it's our best secondary every.

We just managed to flip

Pilimai
Latu
Saleapaga

lost Pututua to Utah

[dave731]

Clemson lands John Simpson....4 star OG that was possibly going to Florida. We got 1 more target...just minutes away from the announcement!!

[dave731]

Gary to Michigan....was it me or did he seem depressed making that pick?

[MrBug708]

Disappointed that the drama is over

[CU Tiger]

Gary will be a stud in yellow and blue (yes I know ;) ) . Congrats Michigan.

Fwiw coaches at both schools were nervous as recently as 15 minutes ago.

[Logan]

If Rutgers fired Flood back in 2013 and hired Narduzzi, I really wonder if we would have had a shot at half the kids Michigan pulled out of NJ this year. It sucks to hear about a kid for 4 years as the likely #1 player in the country in his class, and then have to spend another 3 or 4 years watching him destroy your team.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Gary will be a stud in yellow and blue (yes I know ;) ) . Congrats Michigan.

Fwiw coaches at both schools were nervous as recently as 15 minutes ago.

Sleepovers FTW!

[tarcone]

Iowa got a couple of kids from NJ, as well. The East coast is free game for the B1G. Rutgers better get things cleaned up.

[Butter]

Clemson literally got every other borderline prospect they were going for over the past 2 days, so can't be too sad about losing out on Gary. They will finish consensus top 10 with a class that is at less than max. capacity, which is still great. Disappointing that they got so close, but can't hate on the kid too much especially since he didn't pull any double-switch, mystery hat BS or anything like that.

[cartman]

Texas wraps up their day by getting recent Michigan decommit DL Jordan Elliott. Today was a very impressive day for Strong's staff. They moved up 20+ spots in the various recruiting class rankings.

[CraigSca]

If Rutgers fired Flood back in 2013 and hired Narduzzi, I really wonder if we would have had a shot at half the kids Michigan pulled out of NJ this year. It sucks to hear about a kid for 4 years as the likely #1 player in the country in his class, and then have to spend another 3 or 4 years watching him destroy your team.

Yep - as a Maryland fan, OSU came in at the last second and stole our 4-star QB and 4-star LB - the jewels of our class two weeks before today. Going to "love" facing them the next 4 years.

[dave731]

Clemson still reloaded and the front 7 will be tough to run against. It would have been near impossible with Gary plugging up the middle but now that affords an opportunity to somebody like Cervenka to step up and be the beast I know he can be. I talked to his mom a couple weeks ago and she said he was so happy to have that redshirt come off.

[Logan]

Yeah I followed Haskins a lot as Rutgers was among his original finalists, and his uncle is Mo Sanu. Kid is going to be a stud.

Ironically though, it seems like if Haskins stuck with UMD, Ohio State would have went after Tylin Oden who ended up at Rutgers. Pigrome seems like he can be really good too so hopefully everyone ends up with a solid QB.

[MrBug708]

Ucla loses Aaron Hansford to TAMU in an ironic twist. He liked the mazzones who never recruited a single kid to ucla in 4 years

[CraigSca]

Yeah, agreed. It's like dating a girl for an entire year and then have her go to the prom with someone else, and finding out the day before.

[Eaglesfan27]

4 star T EJ Price to USC! :)

[MrBug708]

Mique to UCLA!

[Kodos]

If Rutgers fired Flood back in 2013 and hired Narduzzi, I really wonder if we would have had a shot at half the kids Michigan pulled out of NJ this year. It sucks to hear about a kid for 4 years as the likely #1 player in the country in his class, and then have to spend another 3 or 4 years watching him destroy your team.

Even the Hoosiers got in on the action by flipping WR Taysir Mack. (I realize he is from NY, not NJ.)

[MrBug708]

Asiasi to Michigan. Stole him from SC

[miked]

We start the Ash era with the 86th class so far (just behind Middle Tenn) but apparently that is better than BC and Cuse. We got a 6'5" QB who weighs 175 pounds, and some decent transfers. But I think this goes to show how bad Flood had performed behind the scenes in building these local relationships.

[MrBug708]

Boom! Boss Tagaloa commits to ucla!

[Solecismic]

No surprises today for Michigan, which means it was a good day. Delighted to have Gary, who looks like a difference-maker from day one. Asiasi is huge and will fit what Harbaugh likes to do on offense.

I can relax now that the LoI is apparently in and the official UM football account is tweeting confirmation:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUbZ3HXEAAfdnX.jpg

Now the pranksters out here know Michigan's secret football fax number.

[Eaglesfan27]

5 star CB Jack Jones released a video announcing he is committing to USC! Great way for this staff to close out the class considering how much change they had and not much time for the new guys to get to know these recruits.

[cartman]

Just unbelievable what the move to the SEC plus two trips to the championship game has done for our recruiting.

Indeed

[JonInMiddleGA]

A quick review of the day suggests to me that UGA pretty much closed the deal on almost everybody they had in doubt.

Local products Hardman & Laguins both wavered but signed. I'm not putting them at the top of the class or anything, circumstances just made those guys the most visible & familiar of the crop to me.

[Marmel]

We start the Ash era with the 86th class so far (just behind Middle Tenn) but apparently that is better than BC and Cuse. We got a 6'5" QB who weighs 175 pounds, and some decent transfers. But I think this goes to show how bad Flood had performed behind the scenes in building these local relationships.

Strange that you compare Rutgers class to 2 ACC schools.

[miked]

Just surprised that BC and Cuse were so low.

[Thomkal]

I suspect this will be Coastal Carolina's best class ever. Moving up to Division I gives them around 20 extra scholarships to award. We will see how not being able to play in a bowl game next year affects who they sign or not.

Ranked 119th out of 250 Division I schools, 8th in the Sun Belt. 5 3-star players which is the most ever. 29 players signed. Not bad for a team in Limbo for the next year or two.

[CU Tiger]

Just surprised that BC and Cuse were so low.

Part of the reason, and again PART not discounting the shit show that both programs currently are, is that none of the recruiting services have a dedicated New England analyst or, at least, not one worth a salary.

[CU Tiger]

Clemson still reloaded and the front 7 will be tough to run against. It would have been near impossible with Gary plugging up the middle but now that affords an opportunity to somebody like Cervenka to step up and be the beast I know he can be. I talked to his mom a couple weeks ago and she said he was so happy to have that redshirt come off.


DT rotation is stacked.

Wilkins, Pagano, Watkins, Huggins, Johnson, and Lawrence will all get reps before Gage at the 2 interior spots.

If he wants to see the field I think a transition to OG or C is needed. I watched him wrestle a bunch of tourneys my son was also in. Great young man, very good jumbo athlete. I think he has borderline NFL potential as an OL. I'm not sure he doesnt wash out of he stays at DT.

Im pulling for him to prove me wrong though.

[lungs]

Pretty happy with Paul Chryst's first class at Wisconsin. His recruiting ability was what gave some people pause when he first was hired. At least none of the signees are concerns for academic admissions, which Gary Andersen seemed to have a problem with.

There was concern that DT Garrett Rand would flip (to UCLA I believe?) but in the end he's coming to Wisconsin.

[MrBug708]

Couldn't beat out mom for Rand

[dave731]

DT rotation is stacked.

Wilkins, Pagano, Watkins, Huggins, Johnson, and Lawrence will all get reps before Gage at the 2 interior spots.

If he wants to see the field I think a transition to OG or C is needed. I watched him wrestle a bunch of tourneys my son was also in. Great young man, very good jumbo athlete. I think he has borderline NFL potential as an OL. I'm not sure he doesnt wash out of he stays at DT.

Im pulling for him to prove me wrong though.
We used him at NT and at FB in middle school. I could easily see him on the OL. He's very strong and definitely belongs in the trenches somewhere...

[CU Tiger]

Wow...

Clemson and Florida State combined to sign for four 5-stars and 28 4-stars in the current class. The rest of the ACC – 14 programs – combined for 30 4- stars and zero 5-stars.

[JonInMiddleGA]

While a bit below the national recruiting radar, I'm more than a little pleased to say that I spent the morning at the signing ceremony for Athens Academy QB Drew Richardson who will play at Washington & Lee (along with teammate RB Will Corry).

That's one of my son's dearest friends, making this one of the happiest occasions I've had the privilege to attend. Solid football player, a true scholar-athlete and a quality young man.

His coach summed it up pretty well I think "If you sat down at a computer & designed the high school player you wanted ... what you'd get is Drew".

Stupid allergies, I've needed an antihistamine on & off since about 9 this morning.

[MrBug708]

Demetrius Robertson picked Cal. I've since learned that UGA fans are mentally unstable.