Using a live animal was out.
Been done.
Another football recruit had used a bulldog to announce he'd signed with Georgia. And then there was the recruit from Ohio who used a dwarf caiman — closest thing he could find to an alligator, which aren't legal in Ohio — to illustrate his choosing Florida.
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A crazy haircut was a no-go, too. One recruit shaved "Vols" into his head to signal Tennessee.
Jimmy Clausen killed the Hummer-limousine announcement back in 2006, so that wasn't an option, either.