Around the Dog Park: Welcome to the Early Signing Period Era of College Football

General G5 Football

• It’s finally here. College football joins the rest of the NCAA in adopting an early signing period.
• Bud Elliott breaks down the likely winners and losers of an early signing period.
• Here’s an interesting look at how high school student athletes view and talk about concussions in football.
• Every football season provides a few FCS upsets over FBS programs and 2017 won’t be any different. Here are seven potential upsets on this year’s schedule.
• Following the recent mass exodus of on-air talent at ESPN the network might be forced to combine their less prestigious channels.
• The NCAA is considering allowing freshmen to play in four games while still maintaining their redshirt eligibility.

American

• George O’Leary, formerly head coach of Georgia Tech and UCF, will participate in a roast for charity. That could get awfully interesting....
• Zach Abey returns to man the quarterback position for Navy in 2017.
• The Houston Cougars just picked up their second commitment for their 2018 recruiting class.
• LSU and Tulane will join forces to scout local Louisiana talent in an upcoming summer camp.
• Cincinnati's Luke Fickell answers a few questions from the media ahead of his first season as the head coach of the Bearcats.

Conference USA

• UTSA was awarded a major financial windfall after San Antonio voters passed a bond package that will help the university fund their athletic facilities.
• Old Dominion recently hosted a Q&A with cornerbacks coach Sam Perryman.
• The Monarchs are incredibly thin at the placekicker position following Chris Kirtley’s departure from the program.
• UNT is hitting the road this week to meet their alumni across the state of Texas.

Sun Belt

• The Ragin’ Cajuns come in at #108 in the Orlando Sentinel’s preseason rankings.
• Could Chattanooga be an expansion candidate for the Sun Belt?