Correction: Stallion please confirm

[GoRedGoBlue]

Stallion, please please re-iterate your thoughts on this...

Recently I posted we were on 3 years scholarship reduction (I think I said 3 per year for 3 years).

It was actually 2 years, 4 per year in 1999 and 2000. Coincidentally, these are our upperclasses that are limited in quality and quantity.

What that means is that in 1999 and 2000 we were only allowed to give our available scholarships, minus 4 in 1999. Then available minus 4, minus 4 in 2000.

Example: say in 1998-99 we had 80 on scholarship, and 25 graduated. That's 55, so we COULD have given 25. We were only allowed 21. So that brings us to 76 for 1999-00. But in 2000, 23 graduated, which brings us to 53. We could have given 25, but not, we can only give 21...so we are back to 74.

Now, in 2001, say 24 leave the team, that brings us to 50, so in 2002 we give the max again, we are only back to 75.

Not to mention the QUALITY of the recruits we got since we lost out on many DUE to our probation, and the campus visit limitations and coaching limitations.

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Cut the number of official campus visits by high school recruits by 10 in addition to the eight visits cut by the university. SMU will be limited to 38 out of a total of 56 visits for the 2001-02 academic year.
n Extended a university sanction allowing one less coach to be involved in football recruiting until 2001-02. The university imposed the one-coach reduction in 1999-00, but not this last season.
--ordered the university to vacate the team's 1998 record and 10 of the games in which a student who engaged in academic fraud played. The record change must be reflected in all university records.
A year ago, the university imposed sanctions on the football program. The school cut four scholarships this academic year and four more next year for a total of eight, after discovering Malin's recruiting violations.

[GoRedGoBlue]

BTW, don't underestimate the affect this probation had in our current demise...

Alabama is JUST entering these effects. Mike Shula has a long road ahead. Thanks Mike Dubose.

Cavan would have had a huge fall off as well had he stayed.

TCU went through this during their 'living probation' in the mid-late80s when Kenny Davis was 'let go' by Wacker and the NCAA put them on probation/scholarship limitations.

[Stallion]

I can't remember the numbers but before the season we were up to about 82 at least so I don't think its affecting our 85 man limit right now.

[GoRedGoBlue]

yes, but I am only talking abouthow this class is back loaded due to the probation in these years.

[Stallion]

well that might have a very small effect but I think the turnover because of the coaching staffs and the fact we don't fill extra spaces with JUCOs has more to do with it. Seriously, this is what happens to schools that don't offer JUCOs. I swear we have been short in the upperclasses in at least 11 of the 14 senior classes(not scientific but I pretty sure is reasonably accurate). Its simple mathematics. You sign 22 kids most of which have been marginal recruits in SMU's case, half leave or are injured, 3-4 don't pan out but hang on. You're left with a handful of kids some who overachieve and reach greatness but many who do not. On the other hand, take a team like Tech which might give out 8 JUCO ships a year.(not saying we should do that). They have front loaded 16 physically more mature and experienced players on their team. All teams that use JUCOs have substantially more upperclassmen and what's more important is that they can be used to plug what otherwise might be a huge gap.