A mother forges her son’s signature on a letter of intent. A newly committed Georgia player hoists a live bulldog to celebrate his college choice. A top-rated quarterback tries to avoid an argument by telling his mother, by text message, that he’s not picking her preferred school. Those were the highlights, or lowlights, of Signing Day, Act One.
Act Two comes Monday in Rock Hill, S.C., when defensive end Jadeveon Clowney celebrates his 18th birthday and gives his parents what he calls a Valentine’s Day present when he reveals his college choice live on ESPN. Clowney is widely ranked as the nation’s No. 1 recruit, reportedly once got over 800 cell phone calls in a single day, and has even been followed by a film crew in recent weeks. Fans at Alabama, Clemson, South Carolina and other schools will nervously await his pick.
Kentucky coach Joker Phillips has an answer. He blames LeBron James. "LeBron changed it," Phillips said. "I mean, let’s get real. He changed it, too." "Hat tricks, dog tricks, whatever people are doing, that’s changed it more than anything," Phillips said.
Then there was the story of Floyd Raven, who never told his mother his final choice was Texas A&M. She thought he was picking Mississippi. So she faxed the letter to Ole Miss on the morning of Feb. 2, unknown to her son. His real letter went out hours later, this time to the Aggies.
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