HomeGrownVol
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I have been waiting to hear Hubbs address Warren's effect on the numbers. I expect a few guys to transfer or to get "the talk."
I expect our final class to be in 29-31 range. The max we can back-count to 2009 is 6, meaning our early enrollees would count towards 2009 instead of 2010. Then we could take on 25 in the new calendar year of 2010.
The 28 rule means you can't over-sign and then put guys in JUCO's like Houston Nutt did in order to inflate his team's rankings. He knew those guys couldn't qualify when he included them in their class.
His test scores and or GPA was flagged. He is in prep school in Boston and going to enroll at UT to play next year.
"Brandon Warren is no longer on the team," said Kiffin, who's seen more than a dozen players leave Knoxville on their terms or his in 10-plus months on the job. "He has been dismissed for conduct detrimental to our team. We wish him the best of luck. We will give him full academic support and keep him going in school. That's going to be my only comment on it. It's very unfortunate."
Where are you getting 6, TJ? The most we can backcount remains 2. That would make 25 enrolled from last year. The only thing Warren would affect would be the overall number of 85.
Our 2009 class was 22. James Green didn't make it in, which reduces the class to 21. We back-counted 2 guys to 2008, so then 21 becomes 19...the max you can take in during a single calendar year is 25. If our 2009 class was 19 after the back-counts, then the maximum we could back-count would be 6. You always want to back-count the maximum, so that you have room in future classes.