(11-16-2017 12:09 AM)Lefty One Wrote:  A lot of the Power 5 team will sign most or all of their players on the early signing day period which starts on 12-20. A team like EMU can get some guys on the Feb, NSD that were left out by the Power 5 programs.

This is an article on early signing period.

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/nntb7ylbn0a...f-2018.htm

One thing which hasn't been discussed is how this effect a lot of bowl teams (looking at you, MAC) which has their bowl game early in the bowl season (unfortunately, not a problem for EMU this year). Can you imagine playing a bowl game on Dec 16, the third and final recruiting weekend before the 'early' signing period? How does a school host recruits if the coaching staff is at a bowl game????

http://www.espn.com/college-football/sch...asontype/3

Also, this really places a lot of pressure on teams to lock up as many recruits as possible during the 3 recruiting visit weekends in Dec (Dec 2, 9, 16).

Does the recruiting coordinator stay behind to coordinate the 3-day signing period while the rest of the coaches are at the bowl site?

BTW, I do like this early signing period. Recruits (and coaches) like the certainty of knowing that the LOI has been signed. It eliminates the process where a recruit flips or a school recruits over a recruiting target.