Andy Cross / THE DENVER POST)
Football recruiting received a few twists in the past few months, getting a new calendar and an extra signing date.
It's also produced a whole lot of head scratching.
"There's confusion about all of this," San Diego State coach Rocky Long said. "You hear the coaches talk about it. We don't understand completely how it works."
This season, programs can take advantage of a new early signing date, running Dec. 20-22. On July 7, the NCAA updated the recruiting calendar (which now runs Aug. 1-July 31 of the next season), one that effectively covers the end of one key recruiting period to the beginning of the next cycle.