The hot topic in college football recruiting these days is early commitments, as prep prospects seemingly make their college choices earlier and earlier each passing year.

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel even suggested in a Big 12 conference call earlier this week that the early commitment trend is creating more parity in college football, along with the 85-scholarship limit and spread offenses.

Here's what the coach said.

"Early recruiting commitments, might, in some respects, help some programs. And I think it can hurt some programs.

"If you don't evaluate [players] right and you get early commitments, then you're in trouble -- I don't care if you're the No. 1 team in the nation or the 50th team in the nation. I don't know if evaluation is as good as it used to be.

"In the old days, we didn't start official visits until January. You could do really great evaluations on kids -- not only on a physical standpoint and an academic standpoint, but as far as the character of the player, the work ethic and all those things you want."

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Salt Lake Community College's womens basketball program will host a basketball jamboree on Friday at the Lifetime Activities Center. A lot of Division I coaches will be on hand to watch the junior college players.

Here's the schedule, with the court I game listed first:

9 a.m. -- SLCC vs. Snow, College of Eastern Utah vs. Colorado Northwest Community College

10 a.m. -- College of Southern Idaho vs. Casper, CNCC vs. Snow

11 a.m. -- SLCC vs. Casper, Western Wyoming College vs. CEU

12 p.m. -- CSI vs. Snow, WWC vs. CNCC

1 p.m. -- SLCC vs. CSI, CEU vs. Casper

2 p.m. -- SLCC vs. WWC, Snow vs. Casper

3 p.m. -- CNCC vs. CSI