In these here parts, not much happens on signing day.
We've got only two three Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I) signees - Kaneland's Blake Serpa (Central Michigan) & Taylor Andrews (Army), Waubonsie Valley's Mark Szott (Northwestern).
And there was no drama with those two - both verbally committed before the prep season even began.
Here is a list of players signing today:
Kaneland
Blake Serpa -- Central Michigan
Taylor Andrews -- West Point (Army)
Tyler Callaghan -- College of St. Joseph
Waubonsie Valley
Mark Szott -- Northwestern
Devon Morgan -- University of Dayton
Oswego
John Hugunin -- Drake University
Marmion Academy
T.J. Lally -- South Dakota State
Nick Scoliere -- North Dakota State
Rick Armstrong
Mike Knapp
West Point - Army - is an FBS football school. In fact, Army won a bowl game in 2010.
You are correct David - my error!
Thanks for the fix. :-)
Is it safe to assume that Mark Szott is related to John Szott, who was a plebe (freshman) on the Army roster in the 2010 season?
The signing ceremony yesterday at Kaneland High School for Taylor Andrews was no "ho-hum" day for us (Maybe I'm biased because he's my son). Head football coach Tom Fedderly and head track & field coach Eric Baron both gave personal remarks to the crowd of approximately 50 people who included fellow teammates, teachers, personal family friend Don Van Thournout (CLO, Accenture), and KHS alum, Sargeant Jason Hardman, US Army. When you consider the "long gray line" of West Point cadets such as Patton, MacArthur, Grant, Lee, and sports figures who either attended or coached there like Lombardi, Doubleday (founder of baseball), Mike Krzyzewski, we think our son Taylor Andrews is about to embark on the ride of his life. So, if you want to call it "ho-hum", I guess it's a matter of perspective. For us, we're getting used to chanting "GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY! GO TAYLOR!". Our boy will go from being a Kaneland Knight today to an Army Black Knight when he reports on July 16, 2011.