The Rant: National Signing Day

By JERRY BURNES

National Signing Day has come and gone. All the hype, the preparation, the televised announcements of high school players that could completely flop in college; all of it, gone, just like Christmas morning.

The day, to me at least, has always been a little over-hyped by ESPN, but thankfully, the farce from last year didn’t happen. Last year, a senior offensive lineman from Nevada faked his own signing to Cal, “choosing” between them and Oregon.

Here’s the thing, Cal never even talked to him.

Just for fun, I looked for what happened to the infamous Kevin Hart — he’s playing at some no-name school now.

Just goes to show, when you over-hype an event like National Signing Day, people will do anything to fit in and get the attention.