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FIRST WORD ( RECRUITING RANKINGS) DON’T CRACK A KID’S CHEST OPEN AND LOOK AT HIS HEART.” New Texas football coach Tom Herman, when asked on signing day about his first class. No recruits rank among the top 100 players in the USA TODAY High School Sports composite list.

TWEETS OF THE DAY @ MassGovernor We have Koffee Kup’s lucky cupcakes & @ legalseafoods chowder on our # Patriots. # OneMore to ground the Falcons. And you @ GovernorDeal? # SB51

@ GovernorDeal You’re on, @ MassGovernor! I’ll wager Brunswick stew from @ FreshAirBBQue and chocolate- covered blueberries from @ ByneBlueberry. # RiseUp So the wager is set between Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on the PatriotsFalcons Super Bowl.

PRESIDENTIAL TWEET OF THE DAY @ GeorgeHWBush Getting fired up for Sunday and # SuperBowl. Former president George H. W. Bush after the announcement that he and his wife, Barbara, will do the coin flip for Sunday’s game in Houston.

LAST WORD “THE SIMPLEST THING IS, I JUST PLAY AWAY FROM PAIN. THAT’S IT. WHETHER MY SWING LOOKS CLASSICAL, RHYTHMICAL OR IT MAY LOOK UNORTHODOX, I DON’T CARE. AS LONG AS I DON’T FEEL THAT NERVE PAIN.” Tiger Woods, who’s looking for inspiration from Roger Federer, who won the Australian Open at 35 last weekend. Woods, 40, plays this week in the Dubai Desert Classic.

BAKER BY STEVEN SENNE, AP

DEAL BY DAVID GOLDMAN, AP