Seven reasons to hate National Signing Day

Seven reasons to hate National Signing Day

National Signing Day arrives Wednesday, and we cant wait.Maybe we can. On one hand, its the official start to the 2015 college football season, and its OK to get a little jacked up. Yet the proce s of bringing in the next recruiting cla s has become an increasingly-bizarre circus, and there are several things we can do without. MORE: | | Here are seven such things:Don't humor me recently joked he was choosing between the University of Phoenix and ITT Tech.Yep, no. Not funny at all. Its a fantastic waste of everybodys time. Artie Burns Jersey Besides, everybody knows Art Instruction Schools is the way to go. Do you have what it takes?Hat gamesYou know that trick where a recruit lines up all the hats of the Mel Blount Jersey interested schools, then proceeds to turn it into a prolonged game of, Which one will he pick? Its run its course.Nobody will ever top Andre Smith in 2006. So why try?Giving propsIts time to put a stop to the props.Former Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell took it to the in 2011.Its cute and draws a social media crowd, but its just dumb. Just wait until a recruit brings live animals to the high school gym to make a decision between Colorado and N.C. State. It might go like this:That will draw a reaction, then put a stop to this madne s.Delayed announcementsJust goback to Signing Day in 2008, when No. 1 recruit Terrelle Pryor made an announcement that he was delaying his announcement.Pryor later chose Ohio State on March 20 with in which he picked The University of Ohio State.You know the rest. Crazy coachesThe live look-ins with the coaches shouldnt be televised.Its Lynn Swann Jersey understandable to a small degree. The a sistant coaches work their butts off on the recruiting trail, and Signing Day is the payoff. We get showing the kids you care, but you are showing a little too much.This was a live look-in at Vanderbilt in 2013 when James Franklin nabbed wide receiver Jordan Cunningham, who made his announcement on ESPNU.You would think this was the single biggest moment in program history. Two years later, Franklin is at Penn State and Cunningham has 19 catches for 150 yards.Adults blasting high school kidsThis is the worst of the worst. So for not coming to his school, which $10 says Joe Superfan didnt go to in the first place. It leads to educational discu sions on Twitter like this: shut the hell up. Kyler Donnie Shell Jersey Murray (@TheKylerMurray) Heres a four-word piece of advice for any functional adult that shames a high school kid based on their college decision:Re-evaluate your life now.MORE: | | Death by over-analysisFrom sunup to sundown, were going to hear bold predictions and over-analysis about how this cla s will change college football as we know it.Play the long game, and keep it simple. , Alabama and Florida State are the only two schools that have had Top 10 cla Jerome Bettis Jersey ses every year this decade. Their succe s is not an accident. Texas and Oklahoma havent been in the top 10 the last three years. No wonder Baylor and TCU are catching up. Focus on the long-range trends instead of the immediate payoff. Most of these kids wont make an impact until two or three years down the road.So with that in mind, whos ready for Signing Day? Or, who is ready for it to be over?

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