Two years ago, Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt defended signing 37 players to national letters-of-intent with a statement he probably intended as a joke.
"There's no rule that says that we can't sign 80," Nutt said at his 2009 National Signing Day press conference. "All I know is we have to have 25 ready to go in August."
With an assist from the embarrassment produced by Nutt's bounty, there now is a rule.
Sports Illustrated