Fact or Fiction: Mike Norvell was Alabama’s second choice

Rivals national recruiting analyst Adam Friedman is joined by national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr., Bob Ferrante of TheOsceola.com and Charles Kang of SUJuiceOnline.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION.

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1. Moving the Early Signing Period up to the Wednesday before conference championship games is good for the recruiting process.

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Friedman: FACT. Like all things, whether or not you like changes to the recruiting calendar is a matter of perspective. Moving the Early Signing Period up to the beginning of December, like the CCA approved on Wednesday, should bring some level of organization to the month of December and make roster management decisions easier for college coaches. On the flip side, prospects will potentially need to make these critical decisions during their team’s playoff run, something high school coaches will surely hate. They’ll have less time to make their final decision and take final visits too.

With an Early Signing Period that comes before the coaching carousel and postseason transfer portal window, we’re bound to see more “sign and transfer” prospects like Julian Sayin in the 2024 class. He signed with Alabama and enrolled before Nick Saban announced his retirement and then immediately put his name in the transfer portal before ending up with Ohio…


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Publish date : 2024-03-08 17:21:59

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