Recruiting Junkie

I have a confession to make. I'm a college football recruiting junkie. Being an FSU fan, I've checked out this site called warchant.com over the last month about once or twice a day to see if they've picked up any new verbal commitments from high school recruits. I know. Pretty pathetic. But here's the best part ... or the worst, depending on how you see it. I don't even get any real information except the updated list of kids who have already made commitments to play at FSU (i.e. the "old" news). You have to pay to read the articles and get the latest info on who's going where, but I'm not going to shell out the $9.95 a month they want for that. All I get is the teaser-headlines with a sentence or two that's designed to break your will and get you to pay up because you just have to see whether or not Joe Blow is even considering wearing the garnet and gold.

Thank goodness National Signing Day (also known as "return to sanity" day for me) is almost here. That's the day when these high-school-kids-turned-temporary-gods are supposed to sign on the dotted line and make the final call on where they go to school. All too often, this is done in some ridiculous, over-hyped, theatrically televised showcase where they "take their seat on the throne" by putting on the hat of the school they've decided to grace their presence with for the next four years. Or maybe 3 if they leave early for the NFL. Or possibly just 1-2 if they flunk out or can't get a booster to post bail for them after their fourth arrest for marijuana possession. Yes, the madness ends on Wednesday. At least until next January, when the cycle is repeated.

What can I say ... I love this stuff. Enough talking about it, though. I need to go see if FSU hung onto that 5-star defensive end from Tennessee who the Vols are trying to steal away.