Per DandyD: McCoy and Dixon leaving...Is Les making room for more commitments?

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  1. ParadiseiNC

    ParadiseiNC don't worry, be happy

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    So, if that is true, how are we talking about 25-28 signings this year, and how did Bama sign so many last year? I think I remember some posts about this last year, but have forgotten how that works. I know that since we lost out on Debose, Campbell, and some of the west coast kids, we are now likely to stop at 25 anyway.
     
    ParadiseiNC, Jan 22, 2009
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  2. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    They signed 33, but they had many academic casualties, so it balanced out.
     
    islstl, Jan 22, 2009
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  3. CParso

    CParso Founding Member

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    You can only add 25 scholarships per year. Any more players you sign over that 25 either don't enroll/qualify to enroll, take a grayshirt (which means delay enrollment until the next year's class), or walk-on & do not receive a scholarship.
     
    CParso, Jan 22, 2009
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  4. TigerBait3

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    Should also be noted that we can do it as well because of back counters.
     
    TigerBait3, Jan 22, 2009
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  5. DRC

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    Dont back counters have to enroll early? How many back counters do we have available?
     
    DRC, Jan 22, 2009
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  6. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    I asked Mike S if we can count either Benton or Duplessis back to 2008, and he said no, they both will have to count in 2009.

    I thought we had one to count back, but I don't know now.

    We had 26 in 2008 and Benton and Duplessis did not count, so I don't know why Mike S said what he said.
     
    islstl, Jan 22, 2009
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  7. TigerBait3

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    Five, I believe.

    Enrolling early counts as back counting.
     
    TigerBait3, Jan 22, 2009
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  8. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    How did you come up with that number?

    Maybe I'm confused as to what you define as a "back counter".
     
    islstl, Jan 22, 2009
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  9. TCUTiger

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    Were there any scholarship losses during the season??? New rules
    prohibit the coach from transferring ship until end of the semester they
    are in. ie........walk-on that gets a ship for the fall must have it before
    school starts in August/Sept whatever time it may be. Also, it is common
    to transfer the ship of a guy that leaves early for NFL to player for the spring and perhaps the summer semesters, with freshmen now able to report at beginning of summer the summer semester might not be as much of a player these days. FWIW.:geaux:
     
    TCUTiger, Jan 22, 2009
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  10. TigerBait3

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    Say only 23 enrolled last year. If two enroll early they count towards the previous years 25 and it will appear as if we are bringing in 27 in that year.

    edit:goes towards 85 i believe.
     
    TigerBait3, Jan 22, 2009
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