Hot links: football recruiting wrap-up

National letter of intent day, when high school football recruits pledge their services to college programs around America, was last week — but there's still plenty of buzz.

We kept most of our recruiting coverage on the Fabulous Forum, so if you haven't checked out the football signings category you should take a look.

If you need more, here are the top 10 links that will make you sound like an expert on any L.A. sports talk radio show:

1. It's not easy being a freshmen, and it's especially hard to make an impact as a freshman football player. These five could do it. [Rivals.com]
2. USC, as usual, signed the best class in the Pac-10. UCLA, unexpectedly, was right on its heels. Find out how the conference stacked up. [ESPN]
3. While the nation gushes over five-star recruits, the player rankings are hardly a perfect system. [Associated Press]
4. As a result, team recruiting rankings don't always translate, either. [Da Wiz] 
5. Manti Te'o going to Notre Dame was the biggest news of the day, but did UCLA's Norm Chow make a last-ditch effort to keep him from USC? [Orange County Register]
6. What's it like inside Rick Neuheisel's office on signing day? Bruce Feldman went in as an embedded reporter. [ESPN]
7. Bryce Brown, the nation's top unsigned recruit, has, well, a very close advisor. Sounds more like a ticking time bomb. [New York Times]
8. Actually, it gets even worse. [Dr. Saturday] 
9. The final list (we think) of USC commits. [USCRipsIt.com]
10. The final list of UCLA commits. [UCLABruins.com]

—Adam Rose