Signing period's buzz absurd

Each year at this time, the South exacts revenge on the rest of the nation for losing the Civil War. Officially, it's known as the national signing period for college football recruits, but obviously, greater forces are at work. How else to explain why the first Wednesday in February is dedicated to teenagers who can barely diagram a sentence holding press conferences to announce where they will go to school to play a game 12 times a year?

Or adults tailgating at the university athletic complex and taking the day off of work in order to track recruits who land at their favorite — or least favorite — programs? Signing day essentially has become a national holiday for college football fans. Not to be confused with local football holidays that include the home opener, the spring game, fan appreciation day and the battle for the Commonwealth Cup or the Old Oaken Bucket or the Iron Bowl or whatever.

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