Filed under: Notre Dame, Recruiting, Prospects
Of all things that could put a dent in National Signing Day, the massive winter storm that has blasted much of the country with snow and ice is wreaking havoc with plans to celebrate college choices.Schools in the Chicago metro area are closed due to blizzard-like conditions that have made roads impassable -- the first such closing for city schools in more than a decade.
Less than two hours away in South Bend, Ind., Notre Dame's school official in charge of verifying national letters-of-intent being faxed into the Fighting Irish athletic department was initially unable to make it to campus before a snow-suitable vehicle was dispatched to fetch him.
Schools throughout Oklahoma, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York were also affected -- as was the signing ceremony of a consensus Top 5 prospect. Five-star OT Cyrus Kouandjio (6-7, 322, Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha HS) was initially set to sign at 8 a.m. ET, but ice and snow has pushed his ceremony back to noon.
And for those athletes who aren't at school today and don't have a fax machine at home during the storm? At least one Big Ten school has come up with another solution -- sending out online maps indicating the location of several available fax machines within a 20-mile radius of each player's home, just in case the schools are closed and players don't have access to a school fax machine.
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