Every year on the first Wednesday of February, thousands of fans, coaches and players anxiously await the decisions of the top high school football players in the country. National Signing Day is Wednesday, and, in typical fashion, there will surely be drama and shocking news that will haunt the lives of recruiting super-fans until football season.”There’s going to be a lot of twists and a lot of turns,” said Sonny Shipp, recruiting analyst for Scout.com “There’s going to be excitement and disappointment; there always is. That’s the great thing about recruiting. You follow it for 12 months out of the year, and then when you get to this last week you go from having a good grasp on things to sitting around like everyone else waiting to see what kids are going to pick.”This year promises no different. LSU’s class is ranked No. 2 in the country by both Rivals.com and Scout.com. But with a few big names still out there, LSU could lock up the No. 1 spot on both sites depending on a few big name recruits like Rueben Randle (Bastrop), Barkevious Mingo (West Monroe), Kendall Kelly (Gadsen, Ala.), Darren Myles (Atlanta, Ga.), Sam Montgomery (Greenwood, S.C) and Darrington Sentimore (Destrehan).The nation’s eyes are on Randle, the top uncommitted prospect in the country. The consensus five-star wide receiver will choose between LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma. Four-star linebacker Mingo is widely considered an LSU lock and will shock everyone if he signs with someone else.While it seems Tiger fans have become more confident about Randle’s decision in recent months, Shipp still believes there’s the potential for fans to be broken-hearted Wednesday.”I still give LSU a slight edge right now [with Randle],” Shipp said. “If I had to bet on it, I’d say LSU, but I wouldn’t bet much.”If Randle commits elsewhere — like Alabama — it could remind Tiger fans of Joe McKnight’s disappointing commitment to USC. Shipp said the way Randle’s recruitment was handled with such respect wouldn’t make it feel as personal.Tiger fans have been sweating bullets worrying about how solid some commits are, including LSU’s top cornerback commit Janzen Jackson and, more recently, four-star wide receiver commit Kenny Bell (Rayville). Jackson’s recruitment took a turn when his father, Lance Guidry, was scheduled to interview for a position on the Tennessee coaching staff.”We just talked to [Jackson], and he’ll sign with LSU on signing day,” Scarborough said. “I don’t think there’s any issue there. Kenny Bell is one to watch. There’s been a lot of smoke there, and we’ll see if there’s some fire on signing day.”Darrington Sentimore is another name LSU fans will keep an eye on Wednesday. The four-star defensive tackle from Destrehan has been committed to Alabama since Oct. 5. But with LSU offering Sentimore a late scholarship, the 6-foot-2-inch defensive force could possibly make a signing day switch to LSU.As letters of intent are faxed Wednesday and the 2009 recruiting class is sealed and delivered, a question will arise in the minds of LSU fans: Is this LSU’s best recruiting class ever?”That 2001 class is the best they’ve ever had, and three years later proved it,” Scarborough said. “This one on paper is going to look as good as that one did when it was signed, and then we’ll find out in a couple of years if it actually measure up as good as that class.”—-Contact Tyler Harvey at [email protected]