Certain regions across the country have their eyes glued to their computer screens today to check out high schoolers. No, not in a perverted way. It's the day when blue-chippers around the country sign their national letters of intent to play college football. Unfortunately with the extensive coverage paid to high school sports, most of the luster has been taken from this day. Most people know who is headed to their favorite program well before, but everything becomes official today. Not surprisingly the top classes are headed to USC and Florida, but the excitement extends well beyond those programs. It's being felt in football madhouses like the SEC country in the South, and the middle of the country powered by Big 10 fanatics. If your looking for a relative "Cinderella", it may be South Carolina. Having famed recruiter Steve Spurrier helps, but ESPN ranks them as the 4th best class in the country. Not bad for a team that only finished 8-5 a year ago.
Unfortunately, College Football does not have the same stranglehold in the Northeast. New Jersey and Pennsylvania are relative "hotbeds" for college talent, but the college programs have never quite caught up. Aside from Rutgers rise to prominence this season, there isn't much to get excited about in the Tri-State area. A once proud Syracuse program can't get out of the cellar in a diminished Big East and many Northeast programs are Division I-AA. The few big time recruits that arise in this area typically head to more traditional football schools like USC. Until New York and surrounding states start improving on the prep level, the College programs will continue to lag behind.
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