National Signing Day 2013: Grades and Analysis for Ohio State
It didn’t take long for Urban Meyer to stamp his place in the history of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program. In 2012, Meyer delivered the school its 10th undefeated season. The Buckeyes…
From morning to night, Vanderbilt stages a Signing Day worth celebrating (Yahoo! Sports)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In a rare quiet moment in the Vanderbilt war room Wednesday, Ava Franklin walked in and was overtaken by curiosity. “What are the balloons for?” asked the impossibly cute, 5-year-old daughter of the Commodores’ head coach. For the National Signing Day party, she was told. Ava thought for a second, then delivered the perspective-packed question of the afternoon, “What’s Signing Day?” You’ll find out soon enough, kid. But if you must know now … Signing Day is what has obsessed your father and his colleagues for months. It is what gets him into the office before you awaken, and gets him home after you go to sleep. It is a high holy day in the college football world, a festival of hope for fans and a culmination of dreams for players. Related: Rivals.com’s top 25 recruiting classes And on Wednesday at your daddy’s office, Ava, Signing Day went like this: 5:35 a…
Ole Miss steals the show at National Signing Day
National Signing Day is normally pretty predictable. The top college football programs reap a bountiful harvest of high school talent and the lesser-tier teams fight for the leftovers. So when Mississippi emerged with the No. 1 recruit in the country, the top-ranked offensive tackle and the highest-rated wide receiver on Wednesday, there was a Rebel yell in Oxford. Coach Hugh Freeze reeled in a star-studded class to Ole Miss, led by linebacker Robert Nkemdiche, offensive tackle Laremy Tunsell, wide receiver Laquon Treadwell and No. 3-ranked safety Antonio Conner. By most accounts, it not only was the school’s best group of recruits in history, it was among the nation’s consensus top 10 and as high as the top five in several rankings. “It’s unbelievable,” Freeze said. “The guys in this room (current players) have done such a phenomenal job in building relationships with these guys.” It was no surprise, …
Ohio State Football: The Good and the Bad of National Signing Day
Urban Meyer and Ohio State closed out the 2013 recruiting class with a bang on national signing day, gaining commitments from a pair of prospects who were deciding between the Buckeyes and a…
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Buckeye National Signing Day 2013
Welcome to BuckeyeNation’s live coverage of national signing day for the Ohio State Buckeyes. We’ll be with you throughout the day providing up-to-the minute updates on OSU’s Class of 2013. Watch live coverage on ESPNU | Talk signing day on our “Horseshoe Pit” forum Follow the live blog after the jump. Already enrolled: CB Eli Apple (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) : Apple is the only five-star athlete for the Buckeyes and one of just 11 nationally according to ESPN.
Ohio State Football: Will Elliott, Jacobs Spurn OSU on National Signing Day?
College football coaches often say that securing a commitment from a high school prospect is hard, but keeping that commitment through national signing day is the real challenge. Urban Meyer and the Ohio…
National Signing Day TV Announcement Schedule
National signing day is just around the corner on Feb. 6. That day, a number of the nation’s top football recruits will announce their college destinations and 18 ESPN 300 prospects are scheduled to do so on ESPNU. Below is the full schedule of announcements on ESPNU, which kicks off with the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect, Robert Nkemdiche, making his long-awaited decision at 7:30 a.m. ET. Note: All times are Eastern
Ohio State Football: Buckeye’s Top Priority on National Signing Day
In the 2013 recruiting class Urban Meyer and his Ohio State coaching staff picked up right where they left off with the 2012 class. When Meyer took over in late November 2012 the…
Ohio State Football Recruiting: Buckeyes’ National Signing Day Wish List
National signing day is just two weeks away, and while the Ohio State Buckeyes will be very happy just to get their entire 2013 recruiting class inked, they do want one or two…
