Texas football coach Tom Herman seemed excited about the start of the three-day early signing period for recruits Wednesday. Like, really, really excited — possibly about having one of the best 2020 recruiting classes in the country — because while sitting at the head of the table in a coaches’ conference room, he flipped off the Longhorn Network camera in the top corner with the double bird.
Judging by Herman’s body language, along with that of everyone else in the room, he was clearly joking and just having a good time.
Also, Herman had no way of knowing that the Longhorn Network, which is owned by ESPN, would cut to the live feed of the conference room at that exact moment. But his timing on live TV was impeccable to kick off the early signing period.
The Longhorns are currently 7-5 going into the Alamo Bowl game against No. 11 Utah to cap off an underwhelming season that fell far short of preseason expectations. They were even dark-horse College Football Playoff candidates.
But the good news for them is on the first day of the the early signing period — which ends Friday and has replaced February’s National Signing Day as the most important time for college football recruiting — Texas has the No. 10 2020 class, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
The Longhorns entered Wednesday with 16 commits: 12 four-star and three three-star players. They are also expected to sign five-star commit Bijan Robinson, a running back from Arizona.
