Paytonlives said:WaGriz4life said:Thisbearly visible said:When I saw the most recent list of commitments, in a year with few scholarships to give, I saw no offensive or defensive linemen! How many running backs do we need for God's sake? Games are won/lost in the trenches. I think it is a big mistake to fail to recruit O and D linemen every year.
:arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: The coaches stated objective this year was to get "More Athletic". And that is what they are doing... :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
While Its true that the Griz only lost 12 seniors, and the TE that transfered to Oregon and I bet there will be others that are granted release. (Also, if JJ is gone +1) Remember this stuff can be cut throat. The Ath are only given a one year scholorship and after that each year is re-evaluated, so expect some names to be gone this spring/summer.
Currently UM has 10 known verbals, BUT:
Morales is a prefered walkon (0)
Delaney is a partial (1/4)
Schye is probably a partial (1/2)
I am guessing that Nico Graham (1/2) and Josh Janssen (1/2) are also partials. (Missoula kids)
That leaves (5) Simis (QB), Van (RB), Nguyen (RB), Rogers (WR) and Russell (CB) as Full-ride schollies.
Remember FCS schools have 63 full-ride scholorships but can use partials to get up to a total of 85 scholoshiped players.
IE you could have 63 full-rides or
50 full-rides and 26 half schollys (total of 76)
So that means that UM's verbal list could be at 7 scholorships and still have atleast 7 left to give.
BTW Delaney scholorship was for books... I think that counts as a 1/4 scholly.
:!: :!: :!: AMEN TO THAT :!: :!: :!: (to the above sentence I made larger)
I've been disappointed at UM's "athleticism"...I'm glad the coaches have identified that problem as well.
Really Good post, Paytonlives! :thumb: