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New early signing period brings challenges for Bobcats, Griz

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Jeff Choate likens the new football signing period to having two Christmas days this holiday season instead of one. The new celebratory day for college football coaches has also meant a more vigorous sprint to the first of two finish lines this off-season.

On Wednesday, a new 72-hour signing period for Division I football will open up. Prospects will be able to sign before the New Year for the first time ever. Football is now more like college basketball with two signing periods, although football signing days are just six weeks apart. National Signing Day is the first Wednesday of February each year and falls on February 7 this year.

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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