cash…When pictures of cash surface on social media and message boards call for the death penalty!

A reddit thread exploded yesterday as a result of Tim Irvin, a four-star safety recruit, supposedly sending a picture of a wad of cash via the Snapchat service. He recently visited Auburn and flipped his commitment to Auburn despite being previously committed to Texas. Put two and two together and you’ve got a nice narrative for that man gettin’ paid!

Of course in today’s world of the internet, we have no idea if the guy received cash, if the cash is his, or if the photo of cash is even real.

Isn’t Snapchat supposed to delete the photos you’re sending? Isn’t that the entire point? It might be time to move from Snapchat to Mark Cuban backed CyberDust which takes security to another level!

…When grown men have to be reminded to not tweet at recruits

Welcome to recruiting in 2015.

The first phase of the internet introduced the message board to the world of recruiting and it was never the same. The web 2.0 phase which brought us the joys of social media was equally as disruptive for recruiting. Much of the action now takes place on Twitter. Whether it is the recruits themselves making their own announcements or just the fact that fans have direct access to the players via the service, Twitter has changed the game.

But there are rules to make sure things don’t devolve into chaos. Recruits shouldn’t tweet photos of huge sums of cash, and 40-year old attorneys shouldn’t tweet at 17-year old football players begging them to come to their school. Anything else? Nah, that pretty much covers it.

…When pessimistic, bitter fans embrace optimism

Life can be harsh for the die-hard college football fan. Even if you’re a fan of a highly successful, championship winning program, there will be down years. Dark years.

Sometimes fans can wallow in the darkness for years. Even decades.

But, that stretch between the end of a disappointing season and National Signing Day offers a brief moment to step out of the darkness and into the sunshine. During this time, you let yourself feel again. You let yourself hope.

It’s during this stretch that a rational, educated and discerning man throws reason to the side and embraces irrational optimism. Every die hard recruitnik has explained to a peer during this time how his team will land not just one five-star recruit but a whole crop of them. You’ll hear things like “These kids want to play together.” Or… “They’re committed to (insert your school), they are just playing the game with other schools.” Or… “He’s a silent commmit, trust me.”

We gladly disregard the fact that we’re trying to read the minds of fickle 17-year olds through the lens of a nonsensical message board. It’s really a beautiful thing if you think about it.

Then, when signing day comes and goes, and your school fails to secure any of the five-star signatures that you’ve been proclaiming for the last two months, life can return to normal. You can go back to the darkness.

…When Snoop Dogg chimes in with advice on how to pick a school

Cordell Broadus is a four-star wide receiver with interest from schools like Notre Dame, LSU, USC and more. His dad is also Snoop Dogg. This means that we’re treated with nuggets of wisdom from the famous rapper during All-America games:

…When Tigers Woods loses a tooth

This has nothing to do with recruiting, but is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while.

Humor is a good thing. It can help relieve the tension between now and signing day.