Every coach claims to have a great national signing day. Nick Saban actually does — every year.
Wednesday was no different. By lunchtime, the Alabama coach had most of his latest highly rated recruiting class locked up.
The national signing period for high school football players opened with the usual plethora of pick-a-cap news conferences and a few high-profile flip-flops.
New Ohio State coach Urban Meyer showed that a year away from coaching didn’t hurt his ability to recruit. Meanwhile, Meyer’s old school, Florida, followed a mediocre season with a promising signing day — despite having Southern California pluck a couple of blue-chippers from Gator country.
Missouri didn’t need to leave the state to make the biggest grab of all on signing day, getting a letter of intent from arguably the nation’s most celebrated prospect, receiver Dorial Green-Beckham from Springfield, Mo.
In Tuscaloosa, Ala., there were no big surprises for the national champion Crimson Tide. And that was a good thing because Saban and his staff had already lined up a class that most of the analysts had ranked as either the best in the nation or very close to it.
“There was little intrigue or drama to this class,” said Allen Wallace of SuperPrep Magazine.
No,
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