National Signing Day, Snow, etc...

There's nothing that happens in the off-season of college football that is more exciting than National Signing Day, the CFB's equivalent to the NFL Draft. It is the day when high school football players can either take their verbal commitment to the next level and make them concrete, or say "sorry coach but this program just doesn't look as appealing as it once did." The University of Georgia knows all too well what the latter feels like. WR Da'Rick Rogers, DT Jeff Whitaker, and ATH Christian Green are 3 of the recruits that pulled out of there verbal commitments to the Bulldogs and decided to take their talent elsewhere.

On the other side of the spectrum is the University of Florida. Heralded as the best recruiting class of all time, the Gators managed to bring in 17 players from the ESPN 150 top players in the nation (4 of them being 5/5 stars). Also, Penn State University has the #1 rated class in the Big Ten this year. Big name players such as QB Paul "Call me PJ" Jones and ILB Khairi Fortt top the list as the Nittany Lions look regain dominance in the conference.

One more note on this. I love college football as much as anyone, I could go as far as saying it's my favorite sport. But when the recruits are announcing the school which they are signing to, they always say, "I have tremendous confidence in (insert coach name here) ability to make me and the team succeed." The speech is ok until it reaches the end when they always sneak in, "...The great academics were also a factor in my choice." Sure the academics should be a contributing factor, but the only reason you're going to that SEC powerhouse is so you can play for 3 years then kiss it goodbye and make mad money.

What Else?

Last night (Friday) in Altoona, along with the rest of Northeasten America, there was a crazy snow storm that left us with about 2 feet of the white stuff. It kind has the same feeling as when The Overlook Hotel got snowed in, except not nearly as much blood. In other news, Team Starkid announced that a sequel to A Very Potter Musical will be released later this summer. If you haven't seen the first installment of this series, I suggest you finish up reading this post and immediately watch it here. But, if you haven't read the Harry Potter series I cannot advocate watching it. (To those of you who haven't read it, stop wasting your time on this site and start reading it now.)

Honorable Mention

David Sills, 13, of Bear, Delaware, recently gave Lane Kiffin a verbal committment to play football at USC. This "cougar" move by Kiffin is just what college football needs more of. The promises he made to Sills go as followed: No redshirt, significant playing time for his first year, and premium nap time.

Stay hungry, America

-Jake Harr