Posted by Steve Infanti - Today is national letter-of-intent signing day for high school seniors. Greg Robinson is adding about two dozen players to his program and he's starting to change the perception that all of the good local talent leaves town. Robinson got commitments from seven New York recruits including some of the best players in CNY -- CBA's Marcus Sales, Utica Proctor's Deandre Preaster, Auburn's Nick Lepak, and Pulaski's Ian Allport. Really with the exception of Onondaga Central's Latavius Murray -- all of the top local talent decided to stay home and play for the Orange.

Most of the well-known recruiting services have SU's class ranked in the top 50 nationally, which is saying a lot considering Syracuse is coming off its third straight losing season -- a 2-10 season at that. One thing Coach Robinson can offer these guys is playing time, and in some cases, immediate playing time. That's a big reason why he was able to sign the top recruit in all of New York State, Averin Collier. Collier passed up the opportunity to play with his brother at Pittsburgh because he sees a chance here to get on the field right away as a running back (with both Delone Carter and Curtis Brinkley still recovering from serious injuries).

So what do you think? Will this class be able to help turn the SU program around? Well, only time will tell... but at least it's a step in the right direction.