National Signing Day used to be a coast-to-coast, self-proclaimed holiday for college football fans anxiously waiting for which "can't-miss" prospects were going to sign scholarships to play for their favorite teams.
Today used to be the only National Signing Day, and its effect ranged far and wide.
It annually caused the NSD flu, an illness that caused an outbreak of workplace absences.
Initial symptoms were sweating caused by recruits who had already committed and de-committed to various schools, nausea that a five-star signee your school coveted chose to sign with a rival "because the helmets were way cooler" and constipation waiting for the prospect who revels in the drama of the announcement.