...who can provide a quick rundown on the big fish we're hoping to land. Don't have the time to keep up with it the way I used to! TIA!
Sorry we are limited to 3-4 pinned threads but you can always have a discussion thread.Isnt that the commit list? Faegan wants a list of hot/top SU prospects. I always thought something like that would be a good thing to have pinned at the top so that there could be a ongoing discussion of the current recruiting Status.
Isnt that the commit list? Faegan wants a list of hot/top SU prospects. I always thought something like that would be a good thing to have pinned at the top so that there could be a ongoing discussion of the current recruiting Status.
Bleich would count, He isn't a grad transfer. Only grad transfers don't count towards the 25.Here's my hot take on the run-up:
We have a lot of openings and a lot of options. Almost 30% of our class unfilled.
There have been a lot of decommittments and even more kids hitting the portal. I think things are very fluid as we may be re-adjusting our needs, and different kids are becoming available.
We have a high chance of getting 3 more kids on board by signing day. (Williams, Reed, Ndukwe) I don't think the JUCO WR is a take at this point but I'm just speculating and could be very wrong.
If we get the 3 above we still have 6 firm openings which we're hoping to fill with Mesidor (HS), Fortin (JUCO) and Bleich (traditional transfer). Bleich would not count against the 25 rule only the 85. The Eastern Michigan OT commit is another possibility though he hasn't popped up on the visit list yet. If we get Reed, the EMU kid might be out.
Our staff has proven to be sneaky good at keeping things on the down low but I haven't seen a sniff of a 'big' surprise. If there are any "big" HS surprises the only one I can see is Poitier. My hunch though from the tea leaves is that he's waiting for Florida or FSU to give him a commitable offer and I think we've moved on.
So far we haven't had any current Syracuse kids hit the portal yet. I have to imagine we'll see some attrition and we'll fill these holes with traditional transfers. There's so many P5 kids in the portal it's hard to make sense of it but there has to be some really good players available.
Unlike last year, we seem to be shaping up to have a lot of HS action in January to fill out our class.
Here's my hot take on the run-up:
We have a lot of openings and a lot of options. Almost 30% of our class unfilled.
There have been a lot of decommittments and even more kids hitting the portal. I think things are very fluid as we may be re-adjusting our needs, and different kids are becoming available.
We have a high chance of getting 3 more kids on board by signing day. (Williams, Reed, Ndukwe) I don't think the JUCO WR is a take at this point but I'm just speculating and could be very wrong.
If we get the 3 above we still have 6 firm openings which we're hoping to fill with Mesidor (HS), Fortin (JUCO) and Bleich (traditional transfer). Bleich would not count against the 25 rule only the 85. The Eastern Michigan OT commit is another possibility though he hasn't popped up on the visit list yet. If we get Reed, the EMU kid might be out.
Our staff has proven to be sneaky good at keeping things on the down low but I haven't seen a sniff of a 'big' surprise. If there are any "big" HS surprises the only one I can see is Poitier. My hunch though from the tea leaves is that he's waiting for Florida or FSU to give him a commitable offer and I think we've moved on.
So far we haven't had any current Syracuse kids hit the portal yet. I have to imagine we'll see some attrition and we'll fill these holes with traditional transfers. There's so many P5 kids in the portal it's hard to make sense of it but there has to be some really good players available.
Unlike last year, we seem to be shaping up to have a lot of HS action in January to fill out our class.
Bleich would count, He isn't a grad transfer. Only grad transfers don't count towards the 25.
LOL...now you are making me wonder. I'll double check to make sure who is correct. For some reason I thought it was just grad transfers.Thanks for the correction. I didn't think traditional transfers (like Trishton and Adams) counted against the 25 but maybe it was just a way they tweaked the numbers in the past.
That puts us in a bind if we have much attrition since we have 24 spots open as is. We'd be looking at operating under 85 next season.
I thought "initial counter" was defined as a player at the moment he receives his first financial aid from your school.And thinking about it Fortin may not count towards an initial counter either as he was signed to UNC.
PhatOrange You are right and I'm wrong. It's all transfers so Bleich counts toward the 85 but not the 25. But that still won't make much of a difference as things stand.
And thinking about it Fortin may not count towards an initial counter either as he was signed to UNC.
I wonder because he isn't a traditional JUCO. He used that loophole of transferring to a JUCO so he wouldn't have to sit a year as he would have if he had transferred directly to another FBS. He wasn't at that JUCO for two years or for grades.He''s a JUCO though. They've always counted the same as a high school kid.
I thought "initial counter" was defined as a player at the moment he receives his first financial aid from your school.
"A scholarship player signed out of high school counts as an initial. So does a junior college transfer. And so do transfers from four-year schools—be they undergraduates or graduate students. The Group of Five school our Power 5 staffer contacted had bad news: We’re full up."I'm not that well versed but it has to do with transfers having already signed an LOI and receiving a scholarship from a prior school. So a transfer doesn't count as an initial counter at the next school providing them a scholarship.
I saw that also. But I have seen other things that say not ture. I just remember discussions on here before about some kids not counting towards the initial 25. And this isn't the first time this discussion has happened on here. I'm confused."A scholarship player signed out of high school counts as an initial. So does a junior college transfer. And so do transfers from four-year schools—be they undergraduates or graduate students. The Group of Five school our Power 5 staffer contacted had bad news: We’re full up."
From this article: SI.com
I saw that also. But I have seen other things that say not ture. I just remember discussions on here before about some kids not counting towards the initial 25. And this isn't the first time this discussion has happened on here. I'm confused.