Signing day
We are going to be full speed on the Twitter today and checking back here throughout the day for updates on Recruitmas – the informal holiday known as National Signing Day.
There should be a ton of excitement for all the area kids and programs to tell you the truth.
Alabama is going to clean up and likely will hold off USC for the top class in the country.
Auburn will likely land a top-10 class, as will UGA.
Tennessee will have a top-five haul and figures to add five-star tackle Drew Richmond.
The Mocs have a class of playmakers and likely should be preseason top-5 in the FCS next fall.
Dozens of locals led by Kareem Orr, Harrison Moon and Nick Tiano will live the dream of going to the next level.
All in all, it’s a good day (didn’t even have to use my AK).
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Sir Lance a goof
FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. Two of Lance Armstrong’s longtime business partners have agreed to pay the federal government $500,000 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former teammate, Floyd Landis, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File) Lance Armstrong was in the news again, this time as yet again the butt of jokes.
Armstrong apparently let his girlfriend take the rap for a hit-and-run incident during the holidays. Oh, Lance, Lance, Lance.
Wonder how Mr. Armstrong feels watching the motivational speech he makes Peter LaFluer in Dodgeball about not quitting and having no regret?
Good times. Thank you Chuck Norris.
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Titans home run
OK, when did the Titans decide to be shrewd?
The Tennessee Titans and the New York Giants line up in their game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in Nashville.Tennessee is reportedly close to hiring Dick LeBeau, the former longtime defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Wow, that’s a home run hire if there ever was one. Dude has forgotten more defensive schemes, strategies and techniques than most anyone else knows.
He’s a Hall of Fame player and coach for crying out loud.
Well done Titans.
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This and that
– Kentucky is still perfect. Tennessee lost at home to Mississippi State despite 30 from Josh Richardson. The former is good for UK. The latter is bad for Donnie K and Co.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) moves into the end zone for a touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) – The Atlanta Falcons have found themselves in a cheating scandal involving piped in crowd noise. What’s next, too much silly string during the postgame celebration? And while it affected the team that won the Super Bowl, here’s saying Atlanta’s Noise Pollution will not get anything close to the play that DeflateGate got.
– Off topic but needs to be discussed: Apparently they are remaking Poltergeist 2015. This time the clown that haunts our dreams has a more prominent role. No thank you. Clowns and cole slaw dominant the seventh circle of our own personal Hades.
– Wow, Facebook turns 11 today.
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Today’s question
Weigh on your favorite team’s signing class, or you view about the meaninglessness of it all. (Remember there were no five-star recruits on each roster of the two teams that played in the Super Bowl.)
Merry Recruitmas.