We’ll take a time out for a little out and out homerism as the ACC and more importantly the Tar Heels schedule dropped yesterday. Since spring practice is still a month away and depth charts are just thinly written in pencil we’ll hold off on the detailed schedule analysis. However, here are ITB’s opening thoughts on our Heels 2010 schedule.

On a scale of 1-10 this is probably a seven or so in terms of schedule difficulty. The Tar Heels have eight games against teams that were in bowl games a year ago; they play both reigning ACC divisional champs, only six home dates and of course the most daunting task is the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff in Atlanta against LSU to open the season.

This edition of the In The Bleachers Podcast features the one and only Subway Domer from our Bloguin partner Subway Domer-A Notre Dame Blog. Expect plenty of big things out of the Subway Domer as we talk all things Notre Dame.

We're going to get into the newest additions to the Irish as weanalyze Brian Kelly's first recruiting haul for the Domers. The Domer and I will also talk Brian Kelly as I get into his true sentiments on the hire both before and after Kelly signed his first class.

Also tune in to hear about what troubles Brian Kelly faces in his first season with the Irish from a publicity, team chemistry and depth chart standpoint. After we break down the Irish's on the field prospects we'll get a blue collar assessment of the Notre Dame Nation. The Domer will break down the state of the Golden Dome and answer some tough questions about being a Notre Dame enthusiast in 2010.

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Everyone's gushing over the Marcus Lattimore signing but how close is South Carolina to turning the corner? A team that has never participated in the SEC Title game is coming up on a year where their three chief rivals are down for very different reasons. If the Gamecocks are going to make hay they've got to do so in recruiting and on the field.

South Carolina, the “other” USC and the “other” Carolina finished with a class ranked an average of 27.3 when all three services are combined. You can do the math yourself if you don’t believe me:

Rivals #25

ESPNU #23

Scout #34

For argument sake we’ll round that to 27 and given that there are 120 teams in Division-1 FBS football that is a pretty damn good class, better than 93 other teams or 78% of the nation. On the surface the folks in Columbiahave got plenty of things to be proud of; signing Marcus Lattimore, inking a top 22% class and the like.

It is here folks, we're going live at 8 am Eastern Standard Time with the best signings of the day. If you've got any news, comments or ideas drop them in the comment box and we'll be updating all day. You just hit refresh and I'll keep setting them up to knock them down.

The big overnight news, if you haven't heard, is the signing of Marcus Lattimore by the Sakerlina Gamecocks. A major victory for Spurrier and Co as he nets the nations most coveted running back.

Big surprises could come today as Seantrel Henderson (OL), Da'Rick Rogers (WR), Markeith Ambles (WR) and other big names have yet to decide where they'll enroll come summer. We'll get the news up just strap on in and ride with us!

7:49 am The first quick update comes from ACC land as the Jackets ink three before eight o' clock. Quayshawn Nealy (LB) of Lakeland, Morgan Bailey (OL) of Loganville and Jake Skole (DB) of Roswell all three stars, all destined for Atlanta.

8:01 am UNC comes in with two early Nick Appel and Tre Boston as the Heels raiser their class to 7 with 5 enrolled.

8:04 am per the AJC the Dawgs add TJ Stripling to their early haul. Richt needs to keep working as he's suffered some serious losses in the recent weeks.

8:10 am folks over at RTT reporting that Marcques Dixon is signing with Tennessee. Dooley holding the class together nicely.

8:11 am The Markeith Ambles announcement will be coming up at 8:30 folks. Be prepared for him to decide to go "bone on bone" with one school for the next four-five years.

Read more for the chronological re-cap of signing day!

Folks here's the long awaited debut of Rob Harley and Michael Felder's newest brainchild:

Hoot & Holler Live!

Once a week we'll be sounding off on the world of college football in locker room fashion. That means plenty of opinion, plenty of information and a ton of awesome from your two favorite safeties on the interwebs. This week we kick it off with some Senior Bowl thoughts and then get right into the biggest day without a game in the world of college football; National Signing Day! Rob and I will talk some recruiting, give some insight into the recruiting world and how folks get it done on signing day.

The show kicks off at 6:30 pm EST, so you know we're LOST friendly fools. We're not only accepting phone calls to the show but you can hit the show up on twitter @InTheBleachers OR email us your quieries at InTheBleachers AT Gmail DOT Com. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

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Also, there will be shameless LOST adulation and plenty of yearning for September.

At the end of last week we jumped on and knocked out all of the best schools to attend if you're an elite offensive prospect and now we're coming to the side of the ball that wins championships; defense. A brief FYI, no we will not be doing kickers, punters and long snappers. If you can punt, you can punt anywhere. Outside of playing in the altitude it doesn't matter. Same with kickers and long snappers, there is no system that will vastly alter their path.

So back to real football players, the men on the defensive side of the ball. These are the guys that I truly enjoy watching because while offense is nice, defense is still the most impossible thing to fake on a football field. There has never been a gimmick defense and there will never be a gimmick defense.

Here's the positions we'll check out: 

Thirteen more positions and once again remember folks, this isn't your rinky dink two star recruit from Nowhere, Montana. When we're making this list we're talking about the cream of the crop from Florida, Texas, Ohio, California and any other recruiting hot bed that you can think of.

Read more for where these 13 beasts of the defensive side of the ball end up...

You're salivating over 17 and 18 year old recruits wondering what it will take to get the to your school. You've paid your recruiting services, you've watched their highlight tapes and you know all of the guys that you want at your school i.e. every best player in the nation. Each speed burner, freak receiver and beast of a tackle is so highly coveted by boosters, fans and recruit-nics that signing day has become a circus of three hat monte.

Yesterday we broke down what goes into a recruits decision, today let's take a look, not at specific players but rather at 28 "types" of players. We're going to look at 13 "types" on offense and 13 "types" on defense plus 2 of the "types" most commonly labeled as athlete by recruiting services.

Here's our list:

Read more for where these offensive guys go to have the best college careers...

With just a week left until the biggest off the field day in college football, National Signing Day, things have really ramped up on the recruiting end of things. This is when the multimillion dollar business that is college football recruiting makes their money as their predictions, stars and rankings take center-stage for the moment.

Friend of In The Bleachers Lauren Goddard has written a solid article denoting things that every recruiting enthusiast should keep in mind when they're agonizing ove the decisions of these 17 and 18 year old guys. Another ITB buddy Wes Rucker of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, a twitter must follow, also had some wise words in a tweet:

People who follow recruiting so closely are just setting themselves up for anger. 17-18 year old males are fickle. Waste of time and energy.

While I'm not going to bash the recruiting-nicks, it is big business for a reason and since I'm not rolling in dough who am I to discount what others take interest in. I follow recruiting a bit, stick to the fringes and like every other fan out there I get a little smile when my team gets a kid that might make a legitimate impact.

That being said as Rucker and Goddard both pointed out, the kids are fickle. A kid who might be committed to a program for the summer before signing day can easily be swayed after a couple official or unofficial visits to another campus. There are plenty of reasons for these swaps, ego plays a tremendous role, players love to fawned over and of course plenty of fans will mention the illegal happenings angle that I'm not one to harp on unsubstantiated claims.

There are truly three angles that play a varying degree of importance in each recruits decision to pack up and head to a university. Each of these has multiple facets to them so we'll do our job here at ITB and break down how location, university itself and the scheme play a role in a recruits decision.

Read more for what goes into recruiting...

We've got a real treat in on a very special edition of the In The Bleachers podcast folks, John P. Wise from One Great Season stops by for a chat. Wise, has a great story to tell about the 2009 season as he packed up at the end of August and lived on the road for the year hitting games all over the nation. From Stillwater and Columbus to Lexington and Eugene, John hit all of the college football world's best spots.

He's got some great stories to tell and if you check out his sight he's got plenty of great photos from his sideline experiences. When Wisereveals who beat out LSU, Oregon and the rest of the places he visited for the hottest co-eds, you will be surpised.

Be sure to check out One Great Season and drop some dime into 30 Thousand Helpers to help out John, ITB's already dropped $50 in the cup.

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This quick hitter sees Rob Harley and I play host to our first female guest. That's right Lauren Goddard from the FSU website ScalpEm.com joins us to talk all things Seminole. We go through Bobby Bowden's messy transition straight into what makes Jimbo Fisher's future so bright.

Along the way we hit on the staff changes in Tallahassee as well as the 'Noles outstanding recruiting class. Lauren hits on the new defensive studs destined to fill out Stoops stable and then we wrap up with her parting shots at Urban Meyer.

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