2012 National Signing Day Running Post… is done.

Are we doing this again? I guess so. It's National Signing Day. Three cheers. In all honesty, I'm glad it's here. Why? Because all of the committing and de-committing is over (mostly). We can put the 2011-2012 season in the books. We can move on to Spring and a new year.

Like last year, I will provide updates as soon as I get them. No doubt, with Twitter and all that, everybody in the world is going to tweet and retweet every single signing all day long. I'd guess each announcement will get at least 10,000 tweets. So why sift through all that? Let me do it for you. Just sit right here at the 'Blogle and hit refresh over and over. I'll give you everything you need to know.

Later in the day, once the class is final (at least for the day) and once Chizik has done his press conference at 3:00 PM CT, I'll do some sort of live chat like we did last year. It could be afternoon, it could be tonight, but it will happen. Again, keep hitting refresh and you'll see it.

I'll put the most recent updates at the top to make things easier on you. Be sure to check the schedule to know when guys should be making their announcements. Alright, that's enough. Now we wait for the faxes to come in...

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National Signing Day Schedule for Auburn Recruits

Well it's almost here. The day grown men spend pulling their hair out, screaming, cheering, and bragging over the decisions of a few 17-18 year old boys. I don't mean to knock it. It is very important. The teams with the best players usually win.

That being said, I don't follow recruiting too closely, but I do pay attention on National Signing Day. I want to see who wants to play for Auburn, and if they don't, then get them out of my face.

Here is the current schedule (all times CST, all ratings from Rivals) for every player that has committed to Auburn, shown interest in Auburn, or is even considering Auburn. As you'll see, there are a few that don't have a time, but they also happen to be locks or already enrolled, so don't worry about them.

7:00 am
Gimel President* (3-star DE) - Mt. Pleasant, SC (Wando) - Signed with Auburn.

7:45 am
JaQuay Williams* (4-star WR) - Tyrone, GA (Sandy Creek) - Signed with Auburn.
Will Adams (3-star OT) - Tyrone, GA (Sandy Creek) - Signed with Auburn.

8:00 am
Jonathan Jones* (3-star CB) - Carrollton, GA (Carrollton) - Signed with Auburn.

8:30 am
Joshua Holsey* (4-star CB) - Fairburn, GA (Creekside) - Signed with Auburn.

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Watch Your Mouth When it Comes to Bashing Recruits

Over the past few years, college football recruiting has become a sport of it's own. With 24-7 coverage all year long, fans now have something to cheer, brag, or sulk about even when the fields are brown and unpainted. In a sense, this off-the-field competition had become just as fierce as a regular game day for those fans who have no offseason.

As the coverage gets better and better (or worse and worse), the number of those types of fans grows. For most of them, it's actually more of a competition of just getting the guy that the other team wanted as well. Who cares if he'll actually contribute quickly or pan out in the long run? Let's just hope he signs with us so we can point and laugh at the other team.

Auburn fans saw a lot of that yesterday as 5-star running back, T.J. Yeldon, de-committed from Auburn and committed to Alabama. As the message boards and Twitter blew up, I remained mostly silent on the whole thing. Was I bothered? Sure. Did I lose sleep over it? None.

I was actually more bothered by some of the reactions from the Auburn fans that didn't take the news too well. I saw some pretty ridiculous and crude tweets sent straight to Yeldon, as well as a few others that were just downright whiny. I'm sure the immediate and incessant bragging from Alabama fans was the cause, but we all need to remember a few things...

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