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4 OLs?
I don't know if the coaches want 4 or 5 offensive linemen this year.
But I am so surprised the transfer of Justin Boren is completely forgotten in this discussion. Some of you said we tried to sign 4 and got only 3 last year.
Boren was effectively a 5-star JUCO transfer. He is a...
Also, given the family tie to Ohio State (Joey Galloway's cousin), PSU coaches may consider EJ Bank an uphill battle to start with. It is like Mike Zordich was an uphill battle for Ohio State even though he lives in Youngstown. So is really PSU the in-state school? I am not sure. And the way...
But you also know Tressel never did that in the past (oversign and counting on players to leave in the spring and summer) and this is not how he operates. So if you want me to acknowledge that I was not 100 percent accurate, you get it -- you are right. But, don't you think practically what you...
Of course, if you know in the spring of 2009, half a dozen players will leave, you can sign 6 more. It goes without saying. But unless you are in SEC, you do not want to operate that way. That is not Jim Tressel, for sure.
What I am saying is this: to sign 25 or more than 25, you need some of the current players to leave, otherwise it violates the 85 total limit. Now the coaches may know some players are likley to leave early or transfer, so they may be planning for a class bigger than 25. Perfectly consistent...
Counting backward
There are 2 issues. One is the 25/year limit. The other is the 85 total scholarship limit. The players enrolling early can count toward the 2008 class. But the 85 limit is binding at this point. Unless we lose players between now and Feb to transfers and early departures, we...