Even if recruiting coverage ranks somewhere around a trip to the dentist in terms of personal appeal -- nearly all real news related to a program should be and is connected to someone actually eligible to contribute to the on-field product -- there's no reason not to pass along some nuggets as they pop up.
Offensive tackle R.J. Dill committed to Maryland last night according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
Rivals.com lists him as the No. 61 offensive tackle in his class, whatever that means. While basketball rankings are fairly easy to construct -- after all, the guys play against each other in AAU tournaments all summer and can be evaluated head-to-head -- football rankings require a lot more guesswork and are probably as much a fine way to separate a man from his money than an accurate assessment of talent. But since this America and Barnum's axiom on suckers remains valid, God bless the profiteers.
The reality of the situation is to check back in on Dill at least two years down the road. Most college teams try to redshirt linemen en masse so they're bigger and stronger when they hit the field and get to use a year of eligibility as a 23-year-old rather than an 18-year-old. It appears Dill falls into that vast category.
So assuming everything goes right and you don't frequent fan message boards where middle-aged men obsess over the decisions of high schoolers before moving on to their next man-crush, you might hear about Dill on signing day in February and then again when camp starts in 2009.
