As the summer dead period winds down, IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy discuss the NCAA's approval of an updated IMLCA recruiting calendar that will lengthen the dead period through July 10 in 2026, then unpack how Penn's parting ways with coach Mike Murphy and subsequent search will affect the recruiting landscape.

From there, they dive into the commitments that started on July 1, resulting from the NESCAC pre-reads affecting the Class of 2026 DIII recruiting and the service academies' ability to contact members of the Class of 2027.

To wrap up, they sweep through the player evaluations from Sweetlax Summer Challenge and Crab Feast, and tease the forthcoming coverage from: