Can we get 28 commitments by NSD?

#76
#76
bigtennvol said:
Plan and simple 28 per year, 3 back counted or sign and place. 25 per academic year from Fall till Fall.
using your numbers that would be 36 for the year. The max is 28 per year. Ole Miss signed 37 last year, which got this rule started. Your saying Auburn can sign 36? No way! If you add 8 EE's to last years 20 that qualified, that would be 28 for the academic year. The max per academic year is 25, so your 3 over. The 28 for this year is 3 over, Only 25 can enroll this Fall when the academic year starts, so they would be sign and place, which gives you at least 6 over the limit.
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Arrrggh... NO again! 28 is the max amount per class you can sign. 25 is the max you can enroll. That number doesn't account for backcounts. Backcounts do not count in any way whatsovever toward the 28 limit. Let me repeat:

BACKCOUNTS DO NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 28 CAP!

They count towards last year's limit of 25 enrolled. If we only enrolled 20 last year we could have 5 early enrollees backcounted to last years class. They still for all intents and purposes count in this year's class which means the max we could sign would be 33.

You can still only enroll 25 of those plus your backcounts.
 
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#77
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Sabanocchio said:
Arrrggh... NO again! 28 is the max amount per class you can sign. 25 is the max you can enroll. That number doesn't account for backcounts. Backcounts do not count in any way whatsovever toward the 28 limit. Let me repeat:

BACKCOUNTS DO NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 28 CAP!

They count towards last years limit of 25 enrolled. If we only enrolled 20 last year we could have 5 early enrollees backcounted to last years class. They still for all intents and purposes count in this years class which means the max we could sign would be 33.
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I've looked this up several times and if I knew how to post a link I would. If you do a search on "SEC limits football scholarships" you will see several articles on it and they all say 28 is the limit annually. What your saying doesn't seem any different than what Ole Miss did.
 
#78
#78
bigtennvol said:
I've looked this up several times and if I knew how to post a link I would. If you do a search on "SEC limits football scholarships" you will see several articles on it and they all say 28 is the limit annually. What your saying doesn't seem any different than what Ole Miss did.
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You're wrong. This is very clear. The 28 per year limit doesn't apply to backcounts because in terms of allotment, they count toward the previous class. Trust me on this, you're mistaken.

What Ole Miss did was to sign a bunch of players that were qualifying question marks with the intention of signing and placing anyone they could not enroll. It had nothing at all to do with backcounts. The rule still allows you to count toward your previous class up to the 25 maximum enrolled.
 
#79
#79
Here's the question though...We are going to struggle to get 25 or 28. So what does CDD do? Does he offer 2-3* to fill the class or be quite a few short? Due to players leaving, we are short of bodies.
 
#80
#80
Sabanocchio said:
You're wrong. This is very clear. The 28 per year limit doesn't apply to backcounts because in terms of allotment, they count toward the previous class. Trust me on this, you're mistaken.

What Ole Miss did was to sign a bunch of players that were qualifying question marks with the intention of signing and placing anyone they could not enroll. It had nothing at all to do with backcounts. The rule still allows you to count toward your previous class up to the 25 maximum enrolled.
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Sab,
Its in black and white. 28 annually. To sign 28, 3 would have to be back counted or sign and place. If Auburn signs 33, then their 5 over the annual limit. This is what I read in several articles. So if I'm wrong, then so are the guys form the media.
 
#81
#81
bigtennvol said:
Sab,
Its in black and white. 28 annually. To sign 28, 3 would have to be back counted or sign and place. If Auburn signs 33, then their 5 over the annual limit. This is what I read in several articles. So if I'm wrong, then so are the guys form the media.
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You are wrong. And I haven't seen anyone from the media address the issue of backcounts.

I'm absolutely positive about this. It's been checked through the UT AD.
 
#82
#82
mtvols said:
Here's the question though...We are going to struggle to get 25 or 28. So what does CDD do? Does he offer 2-3* to fill the class or be quite a few short? Due to players leaving, we are short of bodies.
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It depends on the prospect and the position. If we don't land everyone we need to on the OL and the DL, then you may see us take some chances.

I am of the opinion that we would rather save room for next year when this staff will have a full year to recruit.
 
#83
#83
bigtennvol said:
Sab,
Its in black and white. 28 annually. To sign 28, 3 would have to be back counted or sign and place. If Auburn signs 33, then their 5 over the annual limit. This is what I read in several articles. So if I'm wrong, then so are the guys form the media.
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Link? Or else please stop arguing as if you know anything.
 
#88
#88
VolsFanRJ said:
We are at 22 now. At this rate, 28 will not be a problem.
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Yes, 22 now with a couple more that I have never heard of committing also. They must know something about some former commits going elsewhere, otherwise we would be holding the remaining few slots for Stone, Rogers, etc.
 
#90
#90
28 is not the magical number though, pretty sure 33 is because of our EE and backcounts, right?
 
#91
#91
Just keep'em coming, we need warm bodies. Preferrably ones that weigh 300+ lbs and have a mean streak, but right now we can't be too picky.
 
#93
#93
I think we get them, just need one more stud OL. Hopefully we can pull some big meat on the other side of the ball.
 
#94
#94
I hate to quote anything ever said by Obama, but just this one time I will:

YES WE CAN!
 
#98
#98
just think 10days ago people where wondering if we could fill the class, now we are wondering who is going to get dropped...very nice...very nice
 
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