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Thursday CFB Recruiting Notebook: OU Heating Up, SI99 Decommits

Six more days.

It's been Tweeted and hinted at by college football coaches and recruits alike all day Thursday, serving as a celebratory birthday party-like countdown for those settled but more like a shot clock with the game on the line for the parties looking to make a big decision.

Official visits are being set for the final in-person recruiting weekend of the year while the last in-home visits are going down simultaneously until the recruiting worlds takes a theoretical pause when the dead period (no in-person contact) kicks back in on Monday. Don't expect a true pause, though, as the phones, FaceTimes and DMs will continue to challenge battery life across the senior landscape.