So it looks like we will sign 17 or so scholarship recruits this year when I believe we have 25 schollies to give. What do we do with those 8 extra schollies? Will we have less players on the team this year (ala USC) because of this and then have a massive class next year?<br /><br />Note - I am happy with the players we got - I think the staff did a nice job to pull in the class that has signed up.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">WhipItOutJoe;701091 said:</div><hr>So it looks like we will sign 17 or so scholarship recruits this year when I believe we have 25 schollies to give. What do we do with those 8 extra schollies? Will we have less players on the team this year (ala USC) because of this and then have a massive class next year?<br /><br />Note - I am happy with the players we got - I think the staff did a nice job to pull in the class that has signed up.<hr></blockquote><br />I think Tedford said that they'll be signing a couple more guys in the next few days (guys from JC). plus maybe they're giving schollies to the walk-ons?

<blockquote><div class="name-said">GoldenOski;701095 said:</div><hr>I think Tedford said that they'll be signing a couple more guys in the next few days (guys from JC). plus maybe they're giving schollies to the walk-ons?<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Yeah, apparently JT said another 3-4 coming in next few days. I'm still waiting to hear. Faxed my LOI at 6 am but not sure they can appreciate a 54year old athlete who runs a 5.9 40. Keeping my one good eye open and crossing the fingers that I still have. :gobears:

Any word on Diggs?

<blockquote><div class="name-said">calryno;701159 said:</div><hr>any word on diggs?<hr></blockquote><br /><br />2/10

5.9 40 at 54 years old is pretty impressive. Probably 99th percentile.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">slobear;701111 said:</div><hr>Yeah, apparently JT said another 3-4 coming in next few days. I'm still waiting to hear. Faxed my LOI at 6 am but not sure they can appreciate a 54year old athlete who runs a 5.9 40. Keeping my one good eye open and crossing the fingers that I still have. :gobears:<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Great post!

<blockquote><div class="name-said">MoragaBear;701148 said:</div><hr>They were counting on attrition to get to 25. There's not that many right now.<br /><br />A few walkons will likely get one year rides, I'm sure.<hr></blockquote><br /><br /><br />Is that attrition from the current team, or attrition from potential recruits?

<blockquote><div class="name-said">champbear13;701202 said:</div><hr>5.9 40 at 54 years old is pretty impressive. Probably 99th percentile.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Thanks--was wind aided though, and downhill.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">GoldenOski;701095 said:</div><hr>I think Tedford said that they'll be signing a couple more guys in the next few days (guys from JC). plus maybe they're giving schollies to the walk-ons?<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I thought we should have been going after some JC guys all along. These next two seasons are critical for Tedford. We already have some great DL guys on the roster. Win with the guys we have and the combination of that and the new stadium will bring in loads of recruits. If we don't, then Tedford's job will be in question and recruiting will be impacted.

A few more are going to come in, and probably use 2-4 for early enrollees next year. Also, a couple deserving walk-ons will get schollys. Jed Barnett says he's leaving due to financial reasons. Maybe give him 2 schollys. We're rich, b****!

<blockquote><div class="name-said">calumnus;701234 said:</div><hr>I thought we should have been going after some JC guys all along. These next two seasons are critical for Tedford. We already have some great DL guys on the roster. Win with the guys we have and the combination of that and the new stadium will bring in loads of recruits. If we don't, then Tedford's job will be in question and recruiting will be impacted.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Yeah, I think we should do well this coming season with the players we've been able to recruit the past few years and when you combine that with the facilities, the education and the location we should pick up even more steam in terms of recruiting in the future. I'm optimistic anyway.

:p<blockquote><div class="name-said">slobear;701111 said:</div><hr>Yeah, apparently JT said another 3-4 coming in next few days. I'm still waiting to hear. Faxed my LOI at 6 am but not sure they can appreciate a 54year old athlete who runs a 5.9 40. Keeping my one good eye open and crossing the fingers that I still have. :gobears:<hr></blockquote>

<blockquote><div class="name-said">champbear13;701237 said:</div><hr>A few more are going to come in, and probably use 2-4 for early enrollees next year. Also, a couple deserving walk-ons will get schollys. Jed Barnett says he's leaving due to financial reasons. Maybe give him 2 schollys. We're rich, b****!<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Would like to have seen some follow-up questions, but he seemed a little tight-lipped on this aspect.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">slobear;701223 said:</div><hr>Thanks--was wind aided though, and downhill.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />On a scooter.

So we signed 15 for this year, 2 EEs against last year, so do we still have 10 schollies? We will give these all to walk-ons and whatever last few good recruits we can rustle up? Given that depth is such a key to success over the course of a season, shouldn't we be looking to use all of these - even if it is for JC transfers? I know that players switching at the last minute makes it hard for the coaches to predict exactly what they will get.

sure this is a dumb question, but not familiar with how scholly $ works. if we don't give out all our schollies, is there no way we can reallocate this $ into another pool, say, an assistant coach fund? or does the school just not give the program credit?

<blockquote><div class="name-said">KoreAmBear;701657 said:</div><hr>On a scooter.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />busted!

Depth? 20-25% of our scholarship players at any given time are redshirting, theoretically available but rarely employed other than as practice squad fodder. I'd be more inclined to reward some walk-ons who play ST than throw a scholie to a project just to keep it from "going to waste". IMHO, the redshirt system is a huge contributor to the financial ills plaguing college FB. If eliminated, scholarship limits could be cut to 60-65 without significantly impacting game day performance.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">59bear;701981 said:</div><hr>Depth? 20-25% of our scholarship players at any given time are redshirting, theoretically available but rarely employed other than as practice squad fodder. I'd be more inclined to reward some walk-ons who play ST than throw a scholie to a project just to keep it from "going to waste". IMHO, the redshirt system is a huge contributor to the financial ills plaguing college FB. If eliminated, scholarship limits could be cut to 60-65 without significantly impacting game day performance.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I thought many D1 programs were rolling in money, so much so that the excess funds the other sports who really do have financial ills.

espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7528614/some-big-ten-offering-4-year-scholarships

Interesting development in Big Ten country. Imagine USC or UCLA's predicament with this rule in place. Hopefully this is implemented across the board. Good job Big Ten.

Mark Emmert wants the NCAA to adopt that approach.

Well, I suppose I should have said plaguing college sports rather than football. I assume most D1 football programs show a profit but almost none earn enough in football to cover athletic department deficits in other sports.