Okay, the Tyler Boyd drama was about the only issue of the day. But in the end it was a lot of empty drama.

At the time of his verbal to Pitt, Boyd said that he planned to take official visits to both Michigan State and Tennessee. However, Boyd cancelled both visits and appeared to be set on Pitt.

But Boyd surprised many by making official visits to West Virginia and Tennessee on back-to-back weekends at the end of January. Boyd did not make his final decision until Tuesday afternoon and chose to be a part of Paul Chryst’s second recruiting class at Pitt.

He created a fair amount of angst with Pitt fans. Especially with tweets that cast more confusion in what he was thinking.

Boyd had every right to reconsider. It’s his decision. It’s his future. It’s his life. Just glad he made the correct call.

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Welcome to the 7th annual Signing Day Open Thread. I’ve followed signing day every year since starting the blog, but the signing day approach was a work in progress. From just a couple recaps as the disappointments of the day started to doing individual posts for groups during the day. Until finally settling on the format of one post with ongoing updates. Ah, memories.

The day is the culmination of a year-long obsession with athletic high schoolers. It will always be more than a little creepy, especially as we are already thinking about kids for next year. Did I actually rework my schedule this week to be at home all-day (aside from taking the kids to school)? Yes. I’m just as culpable in this sickness.

Attention must be paid to the twitter accounts from PantherLair (Rivals.com) and PantherDigest (Scout.com). Along with the Pitt football twitter account that will post updates when the NLI of the kids arrive.

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