How Many???

[Tray Dub]

Vinny,

You don't have Ramsen Golpashin, and Max Forer listed. Both are in the current 2 deep and are underclassmen. Isn't there a good chance that these two will be given scholarships if they make the travel squad?

Not that I'm Vinny, but I'd be pretty surprised (and a little pissed) if any walk-ons got schollies at this point unless they became starters. We NEED scholarships right now.

[GrandpaDuck]

Tray, the thing is you have to reward your walk-ons when they pan out to keep them coming. Most walk-ons are not guys that just show up. They are invited to walk-on by the coaches and prove themselves because they were very close to getting an offer but weren't due to scholarship limitations.

Important walk-ons

Rory Cavaille is at this time #1 at wide receiver. (He again earned a scholarship but is a Senior so wont affect next year.)
TJ Ward starting safety
Brian Butterfield #2 corner
Max Forer #2 center with no real #3, he seems a lock for a scholarship
Ramsen Golpashin #2 at guard

Less than 1/2 of your scholarship players are in the 2 deep so a guy that walks on and actually makes the grade is more important than a scholarship that will be a crap shoot to actually ever contribute.

[Tray Dub]

Tray, the thing is you have to reward your walk-ons when they pan out to keep them coming. Most walk-ons are not guys that just show up. They are invited to walk-on by the coaches and prove themselves because they were very close to getting an offer but weren't due to scholarship limitations.

Important walk-ons

Rory Cavaille is at this time #1 at wide receiver. (He again earned a scholarship but is a Senior so wont affect next year.)
TJ Ward starting safety
Brian Butterfield #2 corner
Max Forer #2 center with no real #3, he seems a lock for a scholarship
Ramsen Golpashin #2 at guard

Less than 1/2 of your scholarship players are in the 2 deep so a guy that walks on and actually makes the grade is more important than a scholarship that will be a crap shoot to actually ever contribute.

Yeah I guess your right. It's just that when I look at the quality of the class, the huge needs we have at QB, RB, DT, and DB, and see the tiny amount of schollies we have to give out, it just seems like a bad time to be handing out schollies to players already on the team. But I definitely see your point.

[VinnyKnuckles]

Vinny,

You don't have Ramsen Golpashin, and Max Forer listed. Both are in the current 2 deep and are underclassmen. Isn't there a good chance that these two will be given scholarships if they make the travel squad?

That is certainly possible Grandpa. However, since we are talking about how things stand right now (at least based on publicly available information) and since I don't know for certain which walk-ons will receive scholarships, my list simply reflects players already on scholarship and incoming recruits. Needless to say, if any non-senior walk-ons are given a scholarship, a person would need to start subtracting from the number 14, just like we will be adding to it for every current scholarship player that leaves the program and/or incoming recruit that doesn't make it in.