We are now in an interesting time for football (or hoops) team.
The end of first semester and essentially a dead period for FB recruiting visits, etc. (nothing much happens the next two holiday weekends).
For FB, JUCOs who have their degrees and wish to enroll in January can NOW sign on the dotted line (I believe as of yesterday). I believe there is a short window say 10 - 14 days to allow these JUCO kids to get signed and enrolled in their 4-year schools. (we all remember what English pulled off last December getting the California JUCOs signed and enrolled for 2nd semester).
This is also the time where FB and hoop players can transfer between schools.
Murphy got anyone coming? Please. I love your transfers.
English has gotten transfers in the past.
I believe it is also the time when a 'gray shirt' can enroll. A gray shirt recruit enrolls in January, pays his own way for 2nd semester, but get a scholarship for next year. Gray shirt gets to do spring ball.
Any gray shirts??? (we don't seem to use it much).
This is the time across both FB and hoops where kids who aren't getting playing time, or homesick or don't like the weather or have a girl friend back home, or ill parents back home, etc. can leave their programs.
(We've had good luck with the California kids
- they've seemed to adjust to the Midwest very well - think we've had some retention issues with players from the southeast.).
Unfortunately, most schools won't release things like a JUCO signing or a player transferring into/out of the program.
That is pretty much up to us. Schools will announce on Feb 1 their whole group of signees.
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2011 FB Recruiting Class vs 2012 (so far)
