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002 - Traditional signing period for football opens today 020525

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Traditional signing period for football opens today 

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0:00.0

Welcome back inside the Ann Arbor Studios of the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

0:06.7

So as we've been discussing a little bit, at least a little bit over the last couple days.

0:12.3

Today used to be a holiday.

0:14.5

Today was commitments.

0:15.5

We would have a big day a few years or a couple years.

0:18.6

Michigan had their signing of the stars event.

0:20.6

But we used to have our

0:21.5

signing day extravaganza. We would introduce you in person and on the phone to just about every

0:27.5

player in the Michigan football recruiting class. And times have changed, right? They changed the

0:32.4

recruiting calendar. They introduced the early signing period, which I don't think you can call it

0:36.9

the early signing period anymore if it is the primary signing period.

0:40.8

So I think we should call it the signing period.

0:44.3

And then this one is kind of the late signing period.

0:46.9

And guys are making decisions at the end of the equation.

0:50.9

And of course, the one that's making the decision today is Ty Heywood, who is a very

0:56.2

highly ranked player in the class of 2025. Another offensive lineman, he is, what, according to

1:05.9

247 sports, he is 42nd nationally, the 10th offensive tackle and the 12th player in Texas, according to

1:12.6

247 Sports Composite, which brings all the rankings together. He is the 39th player nationally,

1:17.7

and he is the sixth offensive tackle overall nationally. And you think about what he would add to

1:24.2

the Michigan offensive line room just in this class.

1:28.4

Obviously, you have Andrew Babelola, who is in this class, who is the number one offensive tackle

1:34.9

or the number two offensive tackle, depending upon, I guess, where you look in the rankings.

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