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Early Signing Period Preview

What Happens, What to Expect This Week

Wednesday is the beginning of the Early Signing Period(tm)! Here’s an overview of what’s going on and what to expect over the coming week ahead.

Recruiting Correspondent is a unique position for the Corn Nation staff. There is no “season”, no opponents to preview, no postgame recaps. I get to sell and spin way more than other guys. If the right offensive tackle, say, gave up the most quarterback hurries of any offensive lineman in the entire conference, Hoss or Husker Mike or Fearless Leader Jon have to talk about what went wrong and why. I get to talk about how this can be a recruiting sell – “One enticement was Bryce Benhart could start as a freshman!” Recruiting articles have a sales and spin aspect to them. I try to point out a fault or two for every player if I can just to temper expectations a tiny bit, but every player could be “the guy” that’s going to make the Huskers BEST TEAM EVARRRR! If a player ends up buried in the 2-deep, no one ever comes back and says “DAWG! You said Wandale Robinson was going to win 3 Heisman’s! He only won 2! What gives???” There’s always the next big thing everyone’s looking at. Recruiting is about optimism and the future. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy stalking underage boys on the internet so much.

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