Today is National Signing Day, when high school senior football players sign NCAA forms called "letters of intent" to attend the college of their choice.  This culminates for some a years-long recruiting process that is alarming in its breadth, depth, and expense.

I deliberately don't follow recruiting closely, for two reasons.  First, I will cheer for the Vols regardless of who wears the uniforms.  Second, the whole scene is kind of skeevy.  I mean, really, stalking high schoolers to see where they're going to college?  (Sample recruiting blog entry: "Jimbo was seen wearing a Florida hat at the mall last night!  Do we still have a shot at signing him?")

But if you want to educate yourself about this process and how the Vols did -- conventional wisdom says not so well -- here are three suggested links:

Tennessee's official site, with profiles of the new players:

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ESPN's recruiting blog, with "expert" analyses of how major programs fared:

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Hilarious recruiting and general college football commentary by a couple of Florida fans:

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