First, the good news: It's all changed. Miami football mined South Florida hard again for its 2017 signing class.
The true story from a couple of years ago was an assistant coach from a Midwest college arrived at the Miami airport to recruit as a Miami assistant waited to fly out.
"Where you going?" the Midwest assistant asked.
"To recruit," the Miami assistant said.
"Aren't the kids here?" the Midwestern assistant said.
So, yes, the first thing you need to know is it's all changed. That's the takeaway from Wednesday's National Signing Day.