{"id":43203,"date":"2017-01-30T03:10:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=43203"},"modified":"2017-01-29T19:37:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T23:37:10","slug":"rocket-football-to-hold-signing-day-event-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_30_2017\/rocket-football-to-hold-signing-day-event-feb-1","title":{"rendered":"Rocket football to hold signing day event Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo football coaching staff will host a special presentation of its 2017 recruiting class Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. in Savage Arena. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=43253\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Football-SigningDay-Web-01.jpg\" alt=\"football-signingday-web-01\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-43253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Football-SigningDay-Web-01.jpg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Football-SigningDay-Web-01-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. The event is free to all Rocket fans and will be streamed live on ESPN3. Fans may park for free in area 5 located west of Savage Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Jason Candle and his assistant coaching staff will review their 2017 recruiting class and show video highlights of each signee at the event. Feb. 1 is the first day that high school seniors are allowed to sign national letters of intent.<\/p>\n<p>Following the presentation, Rocket fans also will have a chance to meet the coaches at a reception and sign their own \u201cletter of intent\u201d with the football team. Fans who sign a letter committing to purchase season tickets for the 2017 season can get their \u201csigning day\u201d photo taken with Candle. <\/p>\n<p>Season ticket information will be available. Current season ticket holders may renew their season tickets at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The concession stands will be open at the event. Fans also may enter to win Rocket gear from Rocky\u2019s Locker, a 2017 football parking pass, or four tickets to the 2017 home opener.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets will open the 2017 season at home vs. Elon Thursday, Aug. 31. <\/p>\n<p>For season ticket information, call 419.530.GOLD (4653).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See you at signing day! Get a sneak peek at the 2017 football recruiting class Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. in Savage Arena. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43254,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43203\/revisions\/43254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}