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College football recruiting: Seven announcements to watch as 2020 National Signing Day approaches

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By Barton Simmons
| CBS Sports Verified
It's been a long time coming, but as the early signing period arrives on Wednesday, this weird, disjointed recruiting cycle will come to an end for most college football prospects around the country. Distracted by the ongoing college football schedule, the coaching carousel and all of the typical December festivities, this year's early signing period may feel less of an event than in years past. But due to those same factors, we could see plenty of drama and surprises.
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College football recruiting: Three biggest storylines to watch on early National Signing Day 2020

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By Barton Simmons
| CBS Sports Verified
Consider this your alarm clock. This may be Conference Championship Week in college football. In the case of the Pac-12, the season basically just started. But the third Wednesday in December marks the arrival of something much more important than most of the games being played this weekend. Dec. 16 is Early Signing Day, or perhaps it would be more apt to simply call it Signing Day.
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From late bloomer to No. 1 pick: QB superlatives for 2021

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By Barton Simmons
| 247Sports Verified
Manage A strange 2021 recruiting cycle is about to reach a bit of finality during the Early Signing Period (Dec. 16-18), with college football’s next crop of stars inking their letters of intent. In a year without most of the in-person, all-star events that we’re used to, several deserving prospects are without the hype they’d usually be getting.
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