Urban Meyer is a caring, compassionate man

The question of an early signing period was discussed today at the SEC coaches' meeting. The recruiting year typically ends in early February.

Leading the charge against an early signing period was Urban Meyer, who made out like a bandit during the end of the 2006-7 recruiting year by poaching a number of other teams verbal commitments. Meyer stated that "I think we should know their families. I think they should meet my family. That's when you usually get a good deal going. If you have an early signing period, that's not going to happen."

Color me skeptical. Meyer coaches Florida. Florida, unlike places such as East Lansing, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and South Bend, Indiana, happens to be warm in January and February when many highly rated football prospects are making their decisions. An early signing period would negatively impact this current advantage. (I haven't really thought about whether such a period makes sense otherwise).

So maybe, just maybe, getting Shelley's input isn't really the foremost of Urban's concerns.