Article: GOPHERS FOOTBALL; NATIONAL SIGNING DAY; New signees unveiled as coach chides the ballyhoo; Gophers coach Glen Mason likes his 2006 recruiting class but bemoans the "funny business" surrounding signing day.(SPORTS)

Transcript: Commentary: National signing day for high school ...
NPR Morning Edition;  February 14, 2001 ;     663 words ... ... 00-00-0000 Commentary: National signing day for high school football seniors Host ... Deford says what's known as national signing day brings out some of the worst in sports ... DEFORD (Sports Illustrated): National signing day is the day when high schools' football ...

Article: Yearlong frenzy ends with signing day
University Wire;  February 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... LINCOLN, Neb. -- It's called "Signing Day." It's a day where all the rumors ... glamour of New York City. The national signing day has come a long way from what it used ... college football fans. That's changed. Signing day is now a national phenomena that has ...

Article: Signing day becoming big event for college ...
AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  February 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... a Monet to me," knows that selling signing day is an art. Arizona will hold a reception ... and the Extra Point Club. National signing day has turned into a major event for many ... morning classes. That's the irony of signing day: While it serves as a Super Bowl for ...

Article: Signing day full of hope and hoopla
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... body last Wednesday, I had to smile. Signing day has come a long way, baby. When I ... signing, smiling, offering a thumbs up. Signing day has become to college football what ... season. For the true fan, it ends on signing day. That's when we hang on the decisions ...

Article: COACHES DIVIDED ON EARLY SIGNING DAY.(Sports)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... around the idea of an early football signing day. No, let's rephrase that: For the ... booted the idea of an early football signing day. We're wagering that maybe half the ... evenly and hopelessly divided on an early signing day proposal that it is ultimately tabled ...

Article: ESPNU, CSTV lead the way in National Signing Day ...
Charleston Gazette;  January 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... recruitniks, Wednesday's National Signing Day is their Super Bowl, World Series and ... election-style" coverage of National Signing Day with a six-hour special beginning ... can still get a heavy dose of their signing day coverage. ESPN2 will simulcast ESPNU ...

Article: Signing-day drama thing of the past
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  January 30, 2009 ;     696 words ... ... Lemming has been covering the national signing day for 30 years -- but the event never ... Switzer was inside. At 8 o'clock on signing day, Switzer came out of the house with ... More kids already are committed. Now signing day is largely a ceremonial process with ...