re: Recruiting Fans: Official NSD Thread

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Michigan is pulling a historic class. It will be remembered along the likes of Alabama 2008 USC 2003 Miami 1998

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SEC has the goods to match Michigan’s celeb party of Brady, Jeter, Flair for National Signing Day

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Pop-music icon Katy Perry (left -- Ole Miss fan), pro wrestling legend Lex Luger (second from left -- Ric Flair rival), singer/actress Selena Gomez (second from right -- Texas native) and Dallas Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones (right -- Arkansas alum) would all be headlining acts for an SEC 'Signing Day' party.

Jay Clemons 
SEC Country Staff

The SEC redoubtably stands as the nation’s premier football conference (eight national championships since 2006), but the league lags behind some in one category related to National Signing Day:

Pomp and circumstance.

Remember when a fax machine was the star attraction for signing day at Alabama, as the ESPNU cameras were singularly captivated by an electronic device which cemented the Crimson Tide’s many blue-chip signings (along with program interns shuffling back and forth)?

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Well, the University of Michigan — led by maniacal head coach Jim Harbaugh (in a good way) — has taken things up a notch for college football’s national holiday, organizing a “Signing Of The Stars” party for signing day, where a slew of A-list celebrities (headlined by Tom Brady, Derek Jeter, wrestler Ric Flair) will celebrate the Wolverines’ 2016 class of prep recruits — in style.

There’s even a secondary listing of celebrities, featuring actress Jessica Szohr, NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski, musicians Mayor Hawthorne and Josh Gracin, baseball pitcher Derek Holland, longtime MLB manager Jim Leyland, ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay, two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Mike Shanahan and college football luminaries, such as Denard Robinson, Jon Jansen, Desmond Howard (1991 Heisman Trophy winner) and Lou Holtz (led Notre Dame to a national title in 1988).

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