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actual-fucking-clown · 3 years

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I just heard that you're doing requests!!! I already love your content and fully agree that Natsuo Todoroki is King~!!! If I may bother to ask a request? Just all the hcs you want to write about Ice Man bc it's getting to June where I live, and I don't mind cooling down~

Tera, my beloved, I'm going to be honest I literally fucking screamed upon seeing this request!!! I’ve been reading your fics before I even had like an acc here, so we vibin :) Also after the day I’ve had I need some fucking Ice man in my life n hopefully doing this will help me write my way out of the writers block that has been plaguing me for months!!!!

Future Blue here to say I had up to like all done last night and then my internet ate shit and I lost everything after 5. smfh. Woulda been done last night but the loss of my writing got me fucked up lolololololol. N e way

Warnings: cursing obvi, uh like nsfw for a hc or 2, my unorganized hcs that really follow no succinct line of thought and might not even be actual hcs???????

So Natsuo,

There is not a thing I wouldn’t do for this man, bc honestly after all the shit he’s put up with he deserves the world and then some. But I digress.

1. I think he’s a hesitant but attentive boyf. Like he seems like a genuinely friendly dude but I think it’d take him a while to properly warm up to someone enough to date them. And even then I think he might struggle to open up to his partner about anything like, emotionally. Not to say he’s entirely emotionally closed off or anything but somethings are just harder to trust people with. The main thing being his familial issues. And of course that’s were most of this stems from.

Now for the attentive part. His family dynamic has set a precedent on what not to do in a relationship so he’s always hyper aware of the things he or his s/o does, trying his best to avoid making any of the mistakes his parents made. Of course if he finds the right person he’ll be surprised to find that having a non-toxic relationship can be less stressful than he thought. It’s like a huge weight was just lifted from his shoulders.

2. He’s fucking hella romantic. Like he’s shitty romance movie romantic. He’s out here trying his best n woof. Gimme gimme. On date nights he pulls out all the stops. Sometimes it’s a nice classic dinner date at a pretty nice restaurant downtown, or it’s a picnic in the park at noon, or it’s stargazing from the roof of his or his s/o’s dorm/apartment/house, or driving out to a beach just for a long walk at sunset, or road trips to nowhere in particular. I could go on, I really could but you get the gist.

3. He’s got shitty pickup lines for days. Whenever I say shitty I mean like “god I hate it but at the same time I love it” kinda shitty. But yeah he likes to see his s/o’s reaction to his stupid pickup lines, whether they get flustered, or die laughing, or groan and make a snide remark, he’s here for it. Shoot one back at him and he get’s so absolutely red. Mans wasn’t ready. Mans will never be ready.

4. This just came to me but let’s be honest a lot of us here, myself included, have some sort of fucking daddy kink and like, I get it obvi but in this situation never call this man daddy. I feel like for him that is an instant turn off. I’m sorry to everyone I’m letting down but sometimes daddy issues don’t lead to a daddy kink.

5. But on the topic of kinks I think this man is pretty vanilla, he doesn’t scream “freak” to me, you know? Just normal amazing sex. Oh but he does enjoy hella praise both receiving and giving.

6. Hopping off that train of thought and onto another I think he kinda tries to keep his s/o as far away from his family as possible. He doesn’t hate them (when I say them you know i mean everyone except Enji bc he avoids that man like the plague and like keeping his s/o far far far away from that man was a given), no he just likes to have something so utterly untouched by his family issues. Mans needs a breath of fresh air.

-These next 2 I think will veer off from being hcs a bit and just like shit that I like to think about in general. Does that make sense? Who knows lololol. N e way. I like to think a lot about two aspects of this man, well 1 aspect of the man himself and one....dynamic? It’ll make sense in a few so just hear me out.

7. Ok so like I saw this post somewhere eons and eons ago. It was long before current manga events, maybe around the time we’d just gotten Natsuo in the manga. My memory of this post is hazy at best so bear with me as I stumble over my thoughts. Obvi at this point in time we had little to nothing on this beautiful, beautiful man, so people were left to theorize. So this one post, was really that shitty meme where it’s like “small brain if you think such n such, bigger brain if this, n galaxy brain if this, etc., etc.” Where in essence it was like, “He probably has a weak ice quirk but what if some sort of ice based healing quirk or no quirk at all!” N i think about it a lot to this day. I don’t believe that either of those are true but I do think it is absolutely immaculate food for thought so uh do with that what you will.

8. I guess this is back on hc territory but Natsuo isn’t picky with who he dates, as long as you’re not an asshole he’s kinda set, good to go. Now most of the fics for him you’ll see are like “ay yo, you’re another college hoe or like you’re just a civilian” but like what would the dynamic be if he dated a hero?????? I don’t think he hates heroes but his father has definitely had an impact on his view of them. He’s not enamored with them like I guess the rest of the population is so what if hero s/o?????? Perhaps?????? Have I suddenly had a fic idea??????? I like the idea of Natsuo with a like super popular Pro hero s/o or with like a super lowkey underground hero idk this whole post has been me spitballing shit.

9. Back onto proper hcs, it’s a common one that mans runs cold and ugh pls yes. It is also June rn and while the past few days have been cool and sexy the weeks prior had been hellish and on top of that I despise summer so give me all of that. Mans is your personal ac, he’s not opposed to his s/o just spending a hellishly hot day laying on top of him as they watch garbage reality tv.

10. Can we talk love language? Physical touch. He just radiates that energy. Probably touch starved, obviously due to you know what. But yeah definitely a hard physical touch. (Which is actually my least favorite love language considering I’m quite ✨𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓾𝓵𝓼𝓮𝓭 ✨but hey I’m not here to project I’m just here to tell you what I see n therefore think) He likes to be touching his s/o like 24/7. Out in public shopping or some shit? Holding hands, linked pinkies, arm around the shoulders or waist. At home? Sheesh be ready to be smothered bb.

TLDR: What a man 🥵

I think I’ve gotten most if not all of my thoughts about our beloved ice man out. I hope you enjoyed my nonsensical ramblings :)

Have a good morning/afternoon/night!!!!!

#natsuo x reader #natsuo todoroki x reader #natsuo todoroki #mha xreader #mha #bnha #bnha x reader #BNHA Headcanons #mha headcanons #asks #god i hope at least some of this made sense #thanks for the request I had a fucking ball writing all this shit #:)

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carey-pricemas · 7 years

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The First Time Again- Tom Wilson

Tom... I love Tom... but why did he have to do me like that? Let the Leafy Boys hockey... Anyway! On to Tom. Omg I love country music anon and especially Jason Aldean so thank you! I hope you all enjoy it!

Warning: one cuss word, angst

Anon Request: Hi, I hope you're having a great day! I just wanted to tell you that you're an amazing writer and I love your imagines. And because I do I was wondering if you would write a Tom Wilson imagine based on the the song First Time Again by Jason Aldean (sorry if you don't like country)? Thank you so much!

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You weren't going to let this bother you.

Not again.

But seeing him with her hurt like hell.

You and Tom had broken up well over a year and a half ago, when you told Tom that you needed to finish college before you would even consider moving to DC with him. 603 days without your best friend and boyfriend.

Not that you were counting or anything.

You guys had been close growing up and in high school he had finally asked you out. You stayed together even when he moved to Michigan to play for the Whalers and you stuck by home, opting to go to school here until he had found his place in the hockey world.

You were there when he was drafted.

You were there on his very first NHL game, a playoff game at that.

You laughed with him every time you saw a clip of Tom struggling to the bench after he lost his skate blade during that first game.

And you were with him every step of the way getting to that point.

And you had watched every game he was in, every shot and goal and fight he was involved in. You were being as supportive as you could be from hours away.

Now Tom had finally found his place on the fourth line of the Washington Capitals and you couldn't have been happier for him.

But you had also found your own place in Toronto, cheering the Caps on when they came to the ACC with your new college friends.

Tom was upset that your new life didn't include him as much. He had brought up on several occasions that he was settled and wanted you with him. You kept putting him off, telling him another semester. Another year.

You honestly didn't blame him for getting fed up with it. For him being mad about you going back on your word time and time again.

But you also weren't going to give up the education you had worked so hard for for him.

And when you were having that argument, you probably should have said it a little better than that, but you didn't.

Tom had taken it like the slap in the face that it unintentionally was.

You had allowed yourself to continue following him on social media and watch all of his hockey games. Probably the worst mistakes you could have ever made.

You saw a picture of him with a girl a few days after the fight and wanted to call him and laugh with him about it. The second your hand reached for your phone though, you froze.

Tom wasn't your boyfriend anymore. Tom didn't want to see you again.

That made you cry.

You could only be mad at yourself. If you had explained to him better, then maybe he would have understood. Maybe he would have given you the last year you needed to get through school.

Maybe if you hadn't been such a bitch, your life wouldn't be the giant mess it was now.

You looked at the new picture on your dash. The one that led you to missing him like it was the first time all over.

Tom was hugging a beautiful blonde tightly in front of your old high school.

Tom must have been in town for the holidays.

You weren't going to cry. You weren't going to go and beg and plead and ask him to leave her for you.

But seeing them so happy, so in love, hurt just as much now as it did that first night he broke up with you and you tried to beg and plead with him to understand. To forgive you.

But he walked away.

And now here you were missing him again, crying over your own stupidity.

You needed a walk. You needed to escape the technology that brought on the pain. You needed to escape the pain that the loss caused. You just needed out.

You slid on your shoes and a sweatshirt and slipped out into the chilly Toronto air.

It was peaceful at 3 in the morning on Christmas Day. There was no hockey, no volumes of people doing last minute Christmas shopping, no one but you and the sidewalk.

You weren't sure where you were going, but your feet seemed to have their own destination in mind.

You stared at the tree sitting in front of your old high school. It was where Tom had first asked you out. Where Tom had first kissed you.

God you missed him.

You missed the way he would hold you and the way his eyes shone bright after a particularly good game. You missed the way he kissed you or the way he would say your name.

"(Y/N)." You froze.

Your mind was playing tricks on you. You were sure because there could be no way that-

"Tom?" you asked, turning to face your old boyfriend.

"Hey" he said, his hand tucked deep into his jacket pockets. "I like your sweatshirt." You looked down to see what you had picked up.

It was one of his old Caps sweatshirts. 43 printed on the chest.

"I'm sorry I didn't know I still had it. I'll just-"

"Keep it" he said. You nodded. "So, uh, how are you?"

Lonely. Stressed. Depressed. Missing you.

"Ok. You?" Tom shrugged.

"Ok. Hockey's keeping me busy." You nodded.

"Good. That's good." You paused. "I saw your game the other day. Good job."

"Oh, um, thanks." You both stood staring at each other for the longest time.

"I guess I should get going."

"Yeah me too." You gave him a wry smile.

"Yeah your girlfriend wouldn't like that too much."

"Girlfriend?" Tom's brows furrowed. "I don't have a girlfriend."

"Who was that then? In your Instagram picture?"

"Oh! That was my cousin! I hadn't seen her in forever" he said. You felt a pressure release from your chest. You weren't sure why because there was still no way Tom would take you back but-

"I'm sorry" you blurted. "I love you still and I miss you like hell but all I have is... I'm sorry."

"I am too" he said. You stared at him, tears filling your eyes. "Could we... would you, um, like to get a coffee and talk?" You nodded.

"I'd like that."

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Ok come on... I couldn't just leave it like that! I'm sorry! I hope you still like it! Let me know what you thought! Up next: Sidney Crosby!

#tom wilson #willy #washington capitals #nhl imagines #nhl imagine

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doriansbutt · 7 years

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I have no idea what the fuck this story is it legit took on a mind of its own and its all over the place and there’s probably some error n shit but here have some....fic. idek how to categorize it tbh

Nicos/Dorian (sorta kinda mostly idk) - 1833 words

The cool night air felt nice against Nicos’s warm face. He’d had enough of Mariah’s teasing for one night and left the tavern in a huff, making his way down past the blacksmith to stare up at the Breach. The nightlife of Haven was…oddly peaceful, and the Breach didn’t seem so frightening with the sounds of camaraderie filling the background.

Someone sat next to him and he flinched slightly before realizing it was his sister as she hooked her arm through his. He rolled his eyes and sighed, but he leaned into her.

“You okay, Little Bear?” she asked, squeezing his arm reassuringly.

He smiled and let out a little laugh. “Yeah, I’m fine. No worries.”

“You know I was just kidding back there, right? I think you and Dorian would be great together…” she said quietly, her voice full of sincerity. “I mean, if that’s what you want,” she added when he hung his head and groaned quietly. “If you’re fine just being fuck buddies, that’s okay too.”

“Ugh, don’t say it like that!” Nicos swatted at her, pulling away as she laughed.

“Well, it’s true!”

Nicos buried his face in his hands, feeling the blush spreading from his ears down his neck. “It just sounds so…crass when you say it like that…”

Mariah laughed again and tried to hook her arm through his again, but he flinched away. “Well, what would you call him?”

Nicos was silent for a while, staring up at the Breach. What would he call him? At this point, sure, they were, as Mariah phrased it, fuck buddies. How she knew that was a little more than embarrassing and he shook the thought from his head quickly. From what he knew of the man, he knew he would love to have a more meaningful relationship with him, but he was a realist. These things never lasted long and always ended badly… That didn’t mean he couldn’t savor it while it lasted. “Erastís,” he muttered finally.

“Really?” Mariah sounded pleasantly surprised. “I thought…I thought maybe you’d be against that sort of thing…that sort of commitment, I guess.”

“A lover isn’t like…too serious…”

“That word means more than lover, you know.”

“Well, for now, for me, that’s what it means. Can we drop this?” Nicos sighed loudly.

Mariah nodded and patted his knee. “All right, Little Bear. I’ll leave it be.” She rose and offered him a hand. “Gonna head back to the tavern. Wanna come?”

Nicos shook his head. “Nah, I’m gonna stay here for a while if that’s okay.”

“All right. See you tomorrow, brother. Don’t stay out here too long, okay? Don’t need you freezing to death.” She threw him a sloppy salute and walked off, the sound of her crunching footsteps fading away bringing Nicos a new sense of peace.

Nicos moaned loudly as Dorian kissed his way down the sensitive column of his throat, earning a mischievous chuckle.

“Careful, Inquisitor. Wouldn’t want anyone to find out we’re here,” Dorian whispered hoarsely against Nicos’s neck.

Nicos pulled Dorian closer, his hands falling to his rear and squeezing which resulted in a small yelp and hitch of his breath. “Afraid of doing this in the Chantry?” Nicos asked, breathless and wishing Dorian would move faster.

“Not a chance,” Dorian muttered. His fingers began unbuttoning Nicos’s shirt with practiced ease and he kissed his way back up to his mouth.

Nicos’s breathing picked up pace as Dorian’s hands massaged his bare chest. He fumbled as he tried to remove Dorian’s shirt, getting lost among all the buckles. Dorian swatted his hands away and did it himself, quickly dropping it to the floor and pressing himself back against Nicos, pushing him against the wall.

Nicos hit with a quiet ‘oof’ and chuckled before Dorian smothered it with a fierce kiss. Dorian moved down to his neck again, Nicos feeling the smirk as he let out another loud moan. “Erastís…” he whispered, closing his eyes and letting his head fall back against the wall.

He felt Dorian’s movements falter briefly and he blushed, embarrassed that he’d said the word aloud. “I…uh…sorry…” he muttered.

Dorian kept kissing, his movements rougher than before and Nicos tried to push him off, suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

“Dorian, wait—ah…stop…please…” Nicos’s voice shook as he pushed harder, forcing Dorian to step back. “I…shit, I’m sorry…I can’t…”

Dorian stood back, flushed and panting and the unmistakable look of hurt in his eyes, but he nodded and cleared his throat before stooping to pick up his shirt. “Right, of course. I’ll see you around, Inquisitor.” He bowed slightly before leaving, head held defiantly high.

Nicos felt like crying. It wasn’t the first time he’d had to tell Dorian to stop, but this time just felt so different. His heart hurt. He’d clearly hurt Dorian’s feelings, but he wasn’t entirely sure how he could have kept going after letting…that word slip. He’d called Dorian his lover before, offhandedly calling him erastís, but this time the word meant something more. And it frightened Nicos.

Maybe it was best to let Dorian be hurt…maybe it was best to let that be the end. This was a mistake…this…this wasn’t going to end well—it never did. Maybe it was best to just…let it fall apart.

Nicos slowly put his shirt back on, swallowing the lump in his throat as he sat on one of the benches along the wall and staring up at the statue of Andraste, pulling his knees to his chest and curling up as much as he could.

He lost track of time, drifting in and out of sleep as he sat in solitude and he started at the sound of the door being dragged open.

“Little Bear?” Mariah sounded worried. She sat next to him, quietly looking him over, her brows drawn together in concern.

He acknowledged her with a half-hearted smile and turned his attention back to the statue of Andraste.

“Is…is everything okay? I saw Dorian and…” She paused to look him over, no doubt noting his messy hair and smeared eyeliner with more than a little anxiety.

Nicos bit his lip, ignoring the tears springing to his eyes. “Everything’s fine…” His voice sounded so small, almost like a whimper.

“Did he hurt you?”

The fear in her voice made Nicos’s chest tight. He hated that she was so worried for him, hated that she had reason to be worried like this. He’d assured and reassured her that Dorian wasn’t like that, he would never hurt him like that, but she was naturally protective of him.

“No, no it’s nothing like that, I promise. I just…I can’t do it, ‘Riah.” He buried his head in his arms and felt Mariah wrap an arm around his shoulders.

“Nicky…” He knew she wanted to tell him it would be okay, that it would work out. He knew she wanted to be that cheery big sister who had all the right answers. He also knew that she wanted to respect his boundaries. Wanted to. “Listen to me, okay? I want you to be happy, you know that, right? And cutting things off with Dorian…that doesn’t seem to be your best idea. Look at yourself right now. You’re a mess. You’re hiding in the Chantry. You don’t even believe in the Maker! The fact that you’re hiding out here looking like…this…you’re making a mistake.”

Nicos couldn’t help himself, he started laughing. It started as a stifled chuckle but grew to a full-bodied laugh. Mariah smacked him on the arm, saying something about how she was trying to be serious and hated seeing him like this, but he didn’t catch all of it.

“What the fuck is so funny?” she demanded.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he started once he’d calmed down enough to speak. “You think I broke things off with Dorian and came to mope in the Chantry?” At her suspicious nod, he chuckled again. “We were gonna fuck in here!” he blurted, suddenly hysterical. “Dorian and I, we were going to have blasphemous Chantry sex!”

Mariah took her hand from his shoulder, stuttering an attempt at a reply. “I…wait…what?”

“We started and I got a little freaked out because I actually have feelings for him and had to stop. I fucked it up again. How great, right? Who would’ve thought I’d fuck a relationship up? Oh, wait. Probably everyone because that’s all I do. I just ruin everything. I ruin everything I touch…” He started to laugh, a pathetic choked sound that quickly turned to sobs. “All I do is break things…how am I supposed to fix the world?”

“Oh, Nicos…” Suddenly Mariah’s arms were wrapped tightly around him, holding him securely as he cried. “You’re so strong. You’ve been through so much and come through it all. You’re not breaking things, you’re surviving things. Just because it doesn’t work for you, it doesn’t mean it’s broken. All these things have led to this, to you in this place. You’re going to save the world. You’re going to beat the bad guy because winning is what you do. You’re a survivor. And let me tell you something about Dorian. He has feelings for you, too. You’re so stuck in denial that you can’t see it, but he’s so fallen for you. So you need to buck up and do something about it, or you need to truly let him off the hook because stringing him along like this—all these flings?—it’s not fair. But you’re both so set on this self-loathing thing that you can’t see it, but everyone else can. Pick how you want your story to go. You’re the writer, you get to decide how it all goes.”

Nicos looked at her in confusion for a moment. “Since when did you become all poetic?”

Mariah chuckled and swatted his arm. “I got carried away a little bit there, I’ll admit…but I mean it.”

They sat in silence for a while, Nicos’s mind racing as he sifted through everything she’d said. “So…you really think Dorian and I—”

“Maker, yes. It’s so obvious I really don’t understand how you’re both still dancing around each other. Bags of bricks, both of you. Do something about that.”

“I’ll see. If he still wants to talk to me after today, that is. I wasn’t very…smooth.”

Mariah stood and offered a hand to her brother, helping him rise. “You’re never smooth, Nic. You have to accept this about yourself.”

Nicos playfully punched her arm. “Okay, Miss Loud Mouth. I’ll accept that I’m not smooth when you accept that you’re an annoying big sister.”

Mariah scoffed dramatically, a wide smile across her face. “Me? Annoying? Never. You take that back.”

“You’ll have to catch me first,” Nicos replied with a wink and took off running. Sure, he was the Inquisitor. He was supposed to save the world. He was twenty-three years old and he was falling in love. But that didn’t mean he had to grow up. Not today, anyway.

#nicos trevelyan #mariah trevelyan #dorian pavus #pavelyan #dragon age inquisition #fic #i really did not plan this to happen this way at all #it wrote itself #children pls #my oc #ship: dorcos #theres like a small amount of almost smut in here lol #they tried

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auburnfamilynews · 7 years

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Can Auburn stretch a stout Clemson defense? (Photo by Acid Reign.)

War Eagle, everybody! It’s a big game week for Auburn, in Week Two of the 2017 college football season. The Tigers travel to Clemson, South Carolina, to take on the defending national champions. Auburn won’t have as big a chance to make a statement to national voters and committees till the Iron Bowl in late November.

I have heard it opined elsewhere that this game isn’t particularly important, as Auburn will come out of it undefeated in the SEC, regardless what happens. I disagree. This Auburn team hopes to compete for a national championship. And if this team is to become a national champion, it has to win these sorts of games. It must be able to focus, block out distractions, and go into a hostile environment, and win. If the team can’t win in South Carolina, how is it going to fare during a 3 game road stretch to Baton Rouge, Fayetteville and College Station, later in the season?

I think back to the 1987 season, for a comparison. After blowing a 10 point lead in Knoxville and leaving with a tie, Auburn was on a tear. A tough road trip to Chapel Hill followed, and Auburn was up to the task, beating North Carolina. Florida and Emmitt Smith would tame the Tigers, or so the writers opined. Auburn blasted Florida 29-6, to move to 6-0-1, and 6th in the nation. Florida State came to Auburn, ranked 4th. Head Coach Pat Dye opined famously in a press conference leading up to the game, “This one ain’t important. It’s not an SEC game.” The team took Dye at his word, and mailed it in, that Saturday. FSU trounced Auburn, 34-6. Auburn would still finish the season with a 27-11 win at Georgia, and a 10-0 blanking of Alabama in the Iron Bowl. The Tigers were SEC Champions, headed to the Sugar Bowl to play unbeaten, untied Syracuse. That game featured the infamous last second field goal to tie, and Auburn finished 9-1-2. Had Auburn won against Florida State, they would have been playing for a national championship that year.

My gut feeling for this game is that Auburn will continue playing well on defense, as the unit has been very, very consistent over the past year. The defense can’t win the game by themselves, though. The offense is going to have to make some first downs, and avoid mistakes. We saw plenty against Georgia Southern, last Saturday. I think we’ll have to see some good throws down the field. Georgia Southern backed off and allowed dumpoffs underneath. Clemson won’t. They’ll press, and they will blitz. Last week, Auburn did not complete a single pass of 20 yards or more.

Thoughts around the SEC, after the jump.

I felt like before the season started, that Missouri had most of a pretty good offense coming back, and they might even contend for the SEC East title. In a tune-up against Missouri State, the offense did indeed set records. Unfortunately, so did the Mizzou defense. In the 72-43 Missouri win, the defense gave up 492 yards. The sad thing is that in the SEC east, it might not matter. There were offensive struggles throughout the division.

Vanderbilt traveled to Middle Tennessee, and took on the Blue Raiders on the road. In the past few seasons, this is the sort of game that Vanderbilt loses. Instead, they shut down the Raiders, and won 28-6. It was a good start towards getting bowl-eligible for a second year in a row.

Kentucky also went on the road, to Southern Mississippi. Kentucky had one of the better offenses in the East, last season. In Hattiesburg, that wasn’t the case. Offensive coordinator Eddie Gran’s bunch looked lost at times, and made mistake after mistake. Fortunately for the Wildcats, the Golden Eagles made even more mistakes, and Kentucky survived, 24-17.

South Carolina traveled to Charlotte, and took on a North Carolina State Wolfpack team everyone had marked as an ACC contender, this season. Under second year coach Will Muschamp, the Gamecocks refused to go quietly. Despite being outplayed by a Wolfpack offense that had twice as many yards, South Carolina made fewer mistakes, and hung on for a big 35-28 win.

Georgia hosted Appalachian State, and sleep-walked through the first bit of it, going three and out on their first three possessions. Then, starting quarterback Jacob Eason was lost to injury, and the Bulldogs rolled over in their sleep enough to put away a 31-10 win. Here’s hoping that they wake up enough to show up for a big game against Notre Dame in South Bend, this Saturday.

Speaking of sleep-walking, Tennessee did the same thing in Atlanta, Labor Day night against Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech had a big 21-7 lead in the 3rd quarter, and had thoroughly outplayed the Vols. Then, neither team could play defense in the 4th quarter. Tennessee stormed back, and Georgia Tech blew several chances to put the game out of reach. In the bottom of the second overtime, the Yellow Jackets tried to end the game with a 2 point conversion, and failed. Tennessee survived, 42-41. Tennessee gave up 535 rushing yards to the Jackets.

The worst performance of the week for the SEC had to go to Florida, who was thoroughly dismantled 33-17 by the Michigan Wolverines, in Arlington, Texas. Florida’s 2 touchdowns were both on interception returns for scores. The offense was beyond awful. It’s hard to believe that 5 years ago, Florida head coach Jim McElwain was a national championship-winning offensive coordinator.

If Florida was the worst SEC team of the week, Texas A&M was a close second. For more than a half, the Aggies dominated UCLA. The Aggies rolled up 382 rushing yards, and held a 44-10 lead. Then the Aggies gave up 5 unanswered touchdows. The worst of it was that the Aggies kept throwing incomplete passes, generously stopping the clock time and time again for the Bruins. UCLA stormed back and won the game, 45-44. I’m shocked that no one got fired, after that performance!

LSU played Brigham Young last weekend, in a game hastily moved to the New Orleans Superdome, thanks to bad weather. The LSU defense was dominant, pitching a shutout and holding the Cougars to 97 total yards. We kept hearing that the LSU offense was going to be different this year, opening things up. Instead, it was like Les Miles never left. LSU handed off, and handed off some more, and attempted only 18 passes. Derrius Guice carried the ball 27 times, in a game where the Cougars had no chance to score. I guess the staff learned nothing from beating Leonard Fournette into submission the past few seasons.

Arkansas kicked off the SEC season on Thursday night, and looked weak early against Florida A&M. Unlike some SEC East teams, Arkansas got it together, and blasted the opposition 49-7 in the end.

Mississippi State had little trouble with Charleston Southern, roaring to a 49-0 win. Southern managed only 33 total yards.

For the second year in a row, South Alabama was looking to open the season with an upset over an SEC team. Ole Miss seemed ready to oblige them, for about a half. The Ole Miss passing attack then came alive, and the Rebs pulled away in the second half, winning 47-27.

Alabama traveled to Atlanta in a big showdown with the Florida State Seminoles, for a defacto national championship elimination game. Alabama’s new-look defense looked just fine, in this one, while FSU’s offense was a no-show. Alabama won comfortably, 24-7.

This Saturday, we’ll have our usual open thread, and I’ll be doing a full play-by-play at game time. Auburn and Clemson will kick off at 6:00 PM, on ESPN national television.

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SPOILERS: BBC’s Line Of Duty Series Four was Brilliant TV

BETTER TO WATCH IT, Than read this LONG REPORT!

Line Of Duty has a reputation for moments of jaw-dropping, hard-hitting, drama – like throwing Jessica Raine off a tower block and amputating Thandie Newton’s hand.

But its fourth series had something even more shocking: a happy ending. Or several to be precise …

After an uncharacteristically mad, messy, opening episode, the finale of the BBC’s police corruption thriller was still stunningly ruthless and relentless but unexpectedly, positive.

All of the baddies were brought to justice (in one form or another) and (amazingly) none of the good guys from AC-12 were forced to resign or suffered a tragic demise.

On the contrary, ‘Balaclava Man’ was shot down by Supt. Ted Hastings who also cleared his name, remaining the hero of the show.

By the time we saw the innocently-imprisoned Michael Farmer had been re-united with his Nan and DS Arnott was walking again, writer Jed Mercurio had turned Line Of Duty into a cross between The Sweeney and The Waltons.

He proved yet again that Duty was (easily) our best cop show and arguably the most intelligent, enthralling, drama on British television. Apart from Poldark obviously…

Where else would you find a case that revolved around a corrupt cop with an amputated hand and some fingertips she’d cut off with a chainsaw that proved to be her undoing?

Here are 30 highlights from Series Four’s brilliant finale.

1. DCI Roz Huntley and her children moved into a hotel after she had framed her husband for murder (a killing we suspected Roz had herself committed).

‘Why aren’t you helping him?!’ her daughter complained.

‘It’s complicated,’ the scheming DCI muttered.

You could say that yes…

2. Supt. Ted Hastings lamented Nick Huntley was close to being charged by the Murder Squad, with AC-12 having been stood down by ACC Hilton.

‘She’s done it again !’ Hastings cried. ‘We had that case in the palm of our hands. She’s thrown everybody off the scent.’

The way DS Arnott rolled his eyes suggested even he agreed this hadn’t been difficult given AC-12’s disastrous investigation.

3. To compound Hastings’ humiliation, DC Desford was also now lording it over him, having transferred to AC-9 when Hastings accused Desford of being the mole/rat, and repeatedly called him ‘James’ instead of ‘Jamie’.

‘Hastings didn’t appreciate my ability,’ Desford purred. ‘Hilton does.’

Ouch !

4. ‘I’m sorry to hear about your accident,’ DS Steve Arnott’s ex-girlfriend Murder Squad DS Sam Railston commiserated, provoking Kate Fleming to step in. ‘You dumped him at the first sign of trouble. It’s a bit late for apologies!’

(Steve + Kate ! Can we call them State?)

5. Thanks to Nick Huntley’s interview, AC-12 finally realise Roz had been covering up a cut on her arm and that it might have been infected during her fatal fight with Tim Ifield.

‘The MRSA lives in the carrier’s nose,’ a doctor tells Kate Fleming. Great news.

6. ACC Hilton implored DCI Huntley to resign.

‘I’m not bent sir !’ she protested (optimistically). ‘I’m a diligent, dedicated, loyal officer. Why aren’t you backing me?!’

She was probably regretting making an enemy of Hilton by not sleeping with him before she had her stump.

7. Roz’s ludicrous lackey DC Jodie Taylor passed on the information that James Lakewell had been Michael Farmer’s solicitor and so had been aware of Farmer’s conviction for rape.

‘What does that mean exactly?’ Jodie asked.

We knew we were confused but she was supposed to be the detective. Although she didn’t look like one…

8. DS Arnott was frantically scanning CCTV footage for sightings of Roz Huntley’s car on the night Tim Ifield was murdered.

‘How you getting on son?’ Hastings asked in classic style, referring to the scheming DCI as ‘the wicked witch.’

9. Unfortunately (deliberately) Roz Huntley had headed into a huge area of woodlands where there were no traffic cameras. But Arnott deduced that at 3am the area would have been so dark that Huntley must have known where to dispose of the evidence from the killing. Ted Hastings heart swelled with pride as he watched his officers return to their desks. As did ours.

10. ACC Hilton (and the dreaded Desford) turned up at the search and ordered Hastings to leave it to the Murder Squad. ‘Don’t expect the hearing to go well ‘H’,’ he snarled. Ted was either being set up or really was the head of the network of ruthless criminals and corrupt cops.

11. As a result of the search Roz Huntley was (finally) arrested, using Jodie to trick solicitor James Lakewell into representing her for the questioning.

‘You’re the only person I trust right now,’ the steely-eyed glamourpuss purred. Thandie Newton that is, not Jodie…

12. A classic AC-12 interrogation saw DS Kate Fleming, DS Arnott and Supt Hastings presenting all the evidence discovered in the woodlands: Ifield’s rucksack stuffed with the tracksuit stolen from his flat worn by the killer to escape and female clothing stained with his blood that (Ted Hastings mused) ‘has deposits matching an individual whose DNA profile is held on the police database’, Who could it be?!

‘No comment,’ said Roz.

13. The bag also contained Tim Ifield’s mobile phone and his fingertips, which had been cut off and used by the killer to text Hana Reznikova and stop her from interrupting the (extensive) clean-up operation. Gory but ingenious to be fair.

14. Keeping the fingernails proved Huntley’s undoing. As Hastings pointed out: ‘Tim Ifield’s dying act was to claw at the murderer’s hand to capture their DNA under his fingernails. So not only do we have the murderer’s DNA. We have the exact strain of bacteria that was grown in the wound that he inflicted on his killer.’

An expert forensic scientist, truly Tim was a dedicated professional to the last.

15. Finally Roz Huntley announced: ‘I confess to accidentally killing Tim Ifield. Our children will need a parent. My husband took no part. My witness testimony was false. The evidence was planted by me a few minutes after my husband’s arrest’ (thanks to Kate Fleming). Not exactly ‘doing the decent thing’ but still…

16. Roz described the fight in Ifield’s kitchen and how after she had been knocked unconsciousness Ifield had gone to buy a chainsaw.

‘Are you telling me that one of our most experienced Forensic Investigators didn’t know that you weren’t dead?!’ scoffed Ted. At least Jed Mercurio acknowledged it was unlikely !

17. Roz revealed she had been trying to wrestle the chainsaw off him when it nicked his neck. Like Ifield she had (improbably) decided against simply calling the police and report the accident.

‘I know how hard it is to prove self-defence,’ she justified. ‘I couldn’t save his life but I could try to save mine.’ Perhaps not as noble as she thought.

18. At this point James Lakewell declared ‘a conflict of interest.’ His client Nick Huntley had been charged with the murder Roz Huntley obviously committed. ‘Am I still a police officer?’ Roz asked Hastings before then reading her solicitor his rights. Certainly unusual for a murderer…

19. ‘I think I should leave,’ gulped Lakewell hurriedly.

‘I think you should sit down fella. Or I will handcuff you to that desk.’

Ted was back in the game !

20. Just as the murder of Tim Ifield had effectively been cracked by Nick Huntley it was Jodie Taylor whose policework showed who had attacked Steve Arnott. She had traced three ‘burner phones’ from The Wire showing that just before Arnott’s arrival, Nick Huntley had called his solicitor Lakewell who then phoned ACC Hilton. Hilton then deployed Balaclava Man. Jodie had nailed Hilton, Lakewell, and ‘Balaclava Man’ !

‘Jesus Christ !’ cried Jamie Desford upstairs, reaching for his own phone.

21. Hastings informed Lakewell he was under arrest for Perverting the Course of Justice – depriving Arnott of the chance to exact revenge on the smarmy solicitor for mocking him as ‘Ironside.’

22. Lakewell revealed there were in fact several Balaclava Men, who used the threat of incriminating body parts to manipulate corrupt police officers and men like him. Lakewell doubted ACC Hilton was the ‘Top Dog’ (‘H’) mentioned in The Caddy’s dying declaration.

If he is, how come he bricks it every time a new body’s found?’ he asked not unreasonably.

23. Armed police found ACC Hilton had fled. He had been tipped off by DC Desford who then tried to smuggle Lakewell out of AC-12’s clutches by claiming he was taking him to a safe house. This chaos escalated with the arrival of (you’ve guessed it) Balaclava Man !

24. Just when you thought Hastings couldn’t get any more heroic, in the ensuing shoot out he took out Balaclava Man.

‘You got him sir !’ cooed Steve adoringly.

‘I got one of them,’ Hastings corrected him laconically like Sheriff from a Western. When Arnott made the mistake of referring to ‘the real criminals’, Hastings teased: ‘are bent coppers not criminal enough for you son?’ Classic AC-12 banter.

25. In a series of post-scripts, Line Of Duty briefly went all Waltons as we saw Steve Arnott was walking again and Michael Farmer was escorted out of prison by his grandma.

26. The dead Balaclava Man was identified as a long-term associate of Tommy Hunter – the violent criminal/sex trafficker from Line Of Duty’s first series and the golfer who had groomed Cottan to be ‘The Caddy.’

27. DCI Roz Huntley was eventually jailed (for ten years), as was Lakewell who refused to co-operate for fear of reprisals from the ‘Top Dog.’

28. Supt. Hastings said he was “satisfied ACC Hilton was H” but we weren’t so sure. Hilton certainly wasn’t ‘H’ anymore. He was found dead, slumped over a shotgun having shot himself. At least it had been made to look that way.

29. Ted Hastings ordered his photo to be taken down from senior officers whose names began with ‘H.’

30. Rows of pictures linked all the great characters in Line of Duty’s four superb series: from DCI Tony Gates, Lindsay Denton and DI ‘Dot’ Cottan to Huntley and Hilton. Not categorically identifying ‘H’ had been the only failure of the night but even this was good news in a way.

‘This is beginning to feel like a life’s work,’ Supt. Ted Hastings muttered looking over the huge board of faces – confirming he and AC-12 should be around for a few more series yet in British television’s best cop show since The Sweeney.

The best cop on British television: Supt. Ted Hastings was going to be calling everyone ‘son’, ‘fella’, or (regrettably) ‘darlin’ for some time to come

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The 21 wildest National Signing Day stories, from Willie Williams to Landon Collins

Every year, at least one recruiting story demonstrates the madness that is college football.

1. In 2012, it was Davonte Neal.

He skipped his Feb. 21 announcement at an elementary school, only to return hours later to apologize to the kids who'd missed class time and sign with Notre Dame.

It was a silly signing. The school's principal was nearly reduced to breaking out hand puppets to entertain the assembled children, the xylophone band had to play an extra set, and Fox Sports Arizona's reporters were all but breaking things in rage on air.

Was Neal's signing the silliest ever? Oh, far from it.

He wasn't even the first to delay until after his scheduled announcement. Greg Little and Terrelle Pryor did that. At least Neal's announcement actually counted. The year before, Cyrus Kouandjio announced on national TV he'd sign with Auburn before minutes later signing with Alabama.

Here are the greatest commitment stories in recent memory. Recent, because Signing Day only became a true spectacle during the recruiting ratings era. Most are from Signing Day itself, but the silliness starts earlier every year.

2. Kevin Hart, 2008

by Spencer Hall

Hart was the first football prospect from Fernley, NV, to ever receive a Division I football scholarship offer. He offered it to himself in a high school gym filled with his peers, choosing a Cal hat over an Oregon cap and thanking the students and staff and his family. There were cameras and microphones and a victory walk. There's footage and everything.

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Hart did not thank himself, and he should have. Without Hart, there would have been no scholarship offers to Hart.

He received no offers from any DI school, not even from Nevada. Cal didn't offer him, something the Bears verified after seeing his name pop up on Signing Day commit lists. Oregon did not offer, something the Ducks were happy to clarify once the press began to investigate the unheralded O-line prospect. It unraveled, he apologized, and it faded into the Internet's long history of Signing Day oddity.

That's not fair to Hart, who for his grand lie did have one perfect day of football glory (before eventually signing to play in Division II, four years later). There were cheers and a moment of triumph, and for a second he got to be precisely what he wanted to be: a hometown hero on his way to better things. He's got his knees and his brain intact and the memory of that day.

Well done, Kevin. I can't even complain about you wasting our time, because in the end this was totally worth the story. Entertainment always is.

3. Willie Williams, 2004

by Andrew Sharp

Growing up, you see movies like He Got Game in which the assistant coaches are porn stars, but you never really know that recruiting is out of control until you hear real stories. For me, Williams was the first guy to pull the curtain back on the wild and wonderful shitshow. It started with a recruiting diary for the Miami Herald, where Willie agreed to document the process. AND OH DID HE DOCUMENT IT. The actual diaries are buried in subscription-only archives, but you can Google to find snippets, and you still find articles like this, from the New York Times, where his Herald editor says, "Willie -- he has a mouth on him. These are things we've always heard about: the girls waiting for guys when they come off the plane, the booze, the food. Willie was more than happy to talk about it." For instance:

Dinner was tight. The lobster tail was like $49.99. I couldn't believe something so little could cost so much. The steak didn't even have a price. The menu said something about market value. I was kind of embarrassed so I didn't order a lot. But then I saw what the other guys were ordering, I was like, 'Forget this.' I called the waiter back and told him to bring me four lobster tails, two steaks and a shrimp scampi.

Williams was the person who made me certain that being a superstar athlete would be the awesomest life on earth. As Rivals noted, "One legacy of his recruitment is that the NCAA has since enacted reforms on what perks colleges can provide their schools." There was also his Auburn visit, when he talked about meeting "farmers girls," and when presented with spinach dip, told his hosts, "I ain't no animal. And I ain't going to eat no plant." THE BEST.

And finally, this line:

''Coach Bowden was cool,'' Mr. Williams said in his diary. ''But Ms. Bowden was the bomb.''

4. Markish Jones, 2007

by Bud Elliott

Sometimes the parent fouls things up. Other times, it is the kid.

The star receiver for Spartanburg (S.C.) Gettys D. Broome High School was heavily recruited all over the Southeast and given a four-star rating. Jones was committed to Clemson before backing out, likely due to academics. The decision came down to Clemson and Florida State.

Making matters more interesting was that each program was coached by a Bowden -- Tommy at Clemson and Bobby at Florida State. Jones signed to attend Clemson, as did his mom. That was a mistake, as Jones was not ready to make a decision. He did not fax the LOI to Clemson, and instead, after receiving a call from Florida State's coaches, signed the FSU LOI and faxed it to Tallahassee. Clemson persuaded Jones to send the other LOI to them, perhaps as a memento (hint: not really). Clemson appealed to the ACC and the NCAA, showing them Jones' Clemson LOI. Quick, 1Ls reading this instead of paying attention in class! Think back to contract law. What controls: the signature or the fax?

The ruling was that Jones must go to Clemson. He wasn't happy, but put on a good face and didn't raise a big stink. Jones would end up in a junior college before committing to Cal.

5. Antonio Logan-El, 2006

by Bill Connelly

This remains the Tale of Two Cities of football recruiting. Logan-El, from Forestville, Md., (between Washington, DC, and Baltimore), twice gave Ralph Friedgen and the Maryland Terrapins an oral commitment, and when it was time to choose a location for his ceremony, he picked Baltimore's ESPN Zone. The place was packed with Maryland fans, including Friedgen's wife, Gloria. All signs pointed to Logan-El becoming a fighting turtle.

His use of hats became the standard by which all future Hat CeremoniesTM would be judged. He pulled out a Florida hat, talked about why the Gators were a finalist, then cast the hat aside. He pulled out a Tennessee hat and did the same.

Next came a Maryland hat ... and he put it down as well.

Amid some cheers and quite a few boos, Logan-El donned a Penn State cap. Mrs. Friedgen famously asked for her check and charged out of the restaurant. Maryland fans yelled, "Traitor!" at him. Logan-El has no regrets, even though he flamed out at Happy Valley and ended up graduating from Towson. His high school coach, however, was rather embarrassed. But hey, why take others' interests into account on your big day?

6. Floyd Raven, 2011

by Bud Elliott

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What happens when a kid is undecided between Texas A&M and Ole Miss? In the case of four-star Louisiana cornerback Raven, his mother forged his signature and faxed it to Ole Miss.

Ole Miss couldn't read it and asked Raven to send confirmation, which didn't happen, because he did not send the original. The letter was voided, and Raven ended up at A&M after faxing a real letter later in the day. Raven defended his mother, saying both that she thought she was doing the right thing, and that she didn't know signing the papers was serious. For his part, Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt handled the situation well:

"His mom. Mom really wanted him here, David," UM coach Houston Nutt said, smiling, to Associated Press reporter David Brandt during today's news conference. "Mom wanted him here in the worst way. And so, (UM compliance director) David (Wells is) our expert on that, so the bottom line is when they told us that we said 'Hey, look, I want you to be here because you really want to be here.' And [Raven] was so torn. It's really hard, it's a hard hard decision, but when mom told me that, [I said] 'Hey, look, I want you to do what's in your heart.' And I think at the time he wanted to go elsewhere and look, I want them to want to be here." [...]

"Bottom line is, hey, we did get a signature, we did get a letter, but I want people that want to be here," Nutt said. "I want people that really truly want to be here. I'd rather just talk about the ones that we have."

7. Bryce Brown, 2009

by Jason Kirk

If you pay $10 a month for July recruiting news about your team, you have a problem. But what if you pay $10 for recruiting news about a single player, all provided by the player himself?

Wichita running back Bryce Brown, the nation's top recruit, was assisted during the process by trainer and mentor Brian Butler. Butler was a former felon, but let's not dwell on that. Butler published updates on Brown's status to a single-player pay website, charging $9.99 a month for news, including one about Brown skipping college to play in the Canadian Football League and probably one about him starting up his own college (that part is not true).

Brown committed to Miami, but didn't sign on Signing Day. He waited so long, in fact, that the offer expired.

Brown's recruitment never really ended, as he ended up signing with Tennessee (but not without a hat stunt), transferring to Kansas State (along with linebacker brother Arthur, who'd signed at Miami first), and leaving early for the NFL Draft despite playing in only 15 games in his entire college career. He somehow ended up being a contributor for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Just after Signing Day, Brown told Sports Illustrated he'd like to put on "seminars" to help other recruits through the process. I'd love to attend.

8. The Super Secret Double Double Cross, 2012

by Bud Elliott

A five-star defensive end was committed to an in-state school for over a year. He loved the school, but became concerned when a writer covering a rival school planted the idea that his school had a secret commitment from another defensive end.

The writer convinced him to get revenge. They concocted a plan in which the player kept telling the school he was committed, all the while planning to switch his commitment to a rival on Signing Day.

On Signing Day, the player noticed the other guy was committing after himself. This bolstered his belief that the school was prepared to sign them both. So he decided to go through with the plan. He faxed his letter to the in-state rival, burning the team to which he had been committed.

Of course, the writer who hatched the plan was lying. The "secret commitment" signed with a school out West.

9. April Justin, 2012 and 2014

by Jason Kirk

Kevin C. Cox, Getty

Five-star Louisiana safety Landon Collins committed to Alabama on air, during the Under Armour All-America Game. His mother, seated beside him in purple and shaking her head, wasn't happy.

"I feel LSU is a better place for him to be," Justin said as her son grimaced. "LSU Tigers, No. 1. Go Tigers."

She later blamed Nick Saban:

Landon included his mom when it came time to finalize his decision. That's how, with Collins leaning toward Alabama this fall, Saban came to visit Justin. She says the coach offended her during his stay by promising that her son would be a high NFL draft pick and receive a multimillion-dollar contract. "I think he stereotyped me," Justin says. In her mind, Saban had told her what he thought she wanted to hear, when her real concerns were about academics and how a program would take care of her son.

Two years later, Collins' brother, four-star defensive lineman Gerald Willis, would choose Florida over LSU, putting Justin again on national television during a moment of disappointment for her Tigers.

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"It is what it is. Florida Gators, that's where we'll be," she said, holding Willis' bag of Florida gear. "LSU's still No. 1."

And so many more

10. Derric Evans signed with Tennessee while sipping wine in a hot tub. He was soon jailed for seven years.

11. Before ending up at Virginia Tech, one player was tricked into committing to a fake Florida offer by ... uh, some asshole?

12. T.Y. Hilton chose FIU over West Virginia due to his son picking an FIU hat eight times in a row.

13. A drugstore fax gone wrong? Nay, an "omen" for Ohio State-turned-UCLA signee Durell Price.

14. Many recruits have claimed they'll decide by coin flip. Ka'lial Glaud did. In 2015, so did Chris Warren.

15. Remember Ron Weaver, the 30-year-old who managed to identity-theft his way into playing for Texas?

16. Running back Alex Collins chose Arkansas on Signing Day. Then his mother stole his paperwork.

17. Bobby Bowden once scheduled a visit immediately after rival head coach (and son) Terry Bowden's, crossing paths with him seemingly on purpose.

18. DeSean Jackson would've signed with USC if not for a news report about him signing with USC.

19. Kicker commits to Penn State via epic music video, then decommits after sleeping near Jim Harbaugh.

20. Nebraska missed out on Marshall Faulk once a Huskers assistant let it slip that they wanted him to play DB.

21. Most importantly, you must never forget that Jimmy Clausen committed to Notre Dame at the College Football Hall of Fame after stepping out of a stretch Hummer.

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