College football's new early signing period: What is it? What does it mean for Ohio State?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The real winner here is the fax machines. Yes, they still exist. But we only think of them every February when the country’s best high school football players use the outdated mode of communication to fax in their National Letters of Intent to college programs. Now? There are two signing periods. The normal period that opens every February, and the new one that will open later this week. Welcome to college football’s new early signing period. Good for fax machines. This is a big deal. The early signing period opens on Wednesday. Recruiting experts are expecting most of the country’s committed prospects to sign during the three-day window from Dec. 20-22. This is a radical change to the college football schedule, more chaos added to a time of the year that was already pretty chaotic anyway. Teams are preparing for bowl games and playoffs, coaches are still…

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