Badgers limited to 21 total schollies for 2012 and 2013 combined

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mattw1067 said:
I know we don't have too many scholarships for this year, but does anyone know off hand about how many it looks like we'll have next year?
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Are you talking class of '14 recruits? It should be in the neighborhood of 19-20 right now, so it will probably be 23-24 by the time NSD 2014 actually gets here.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Are you talking class of '14 recruits? It should be in the neighborhood of 19-20 right now, so it will probably be 23-24 by the time NSD 2014 actually gets here.
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Yup, thanks.
 




How does a program get this out of sync with schollies available per year without any NCAA sanctions?
 

popeyoung5 said:
How does a program get this out of sync with schollies available per year without any NCAA sanctions?
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It happens. A few preferred walk-ons getting rides(4). A couple of greyshirts. A couple of guys with multiple years lost to injury(Kelly & Phillips) who would otherwise be out of the program. One or two kids transferring in.

We have another 2-3 walk-ons who will be on scholarship next year, which will take away scholarships available for that class.
 

badgerman27 said:
It happens. A few preferred walk-ons getting rides(4). A couple of greyshirts. A couple of guys with multiple years lost to injury(Kelly & Phillips) who would otherwise be out of the program. One or two kids transferring in.

We have another 2-3 walk-ons who will be on scholarship next year, which will take away scholarships available for that class.
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Yeah, this is a good problem to have. Retaining your players and rewarding walk-ons is the ideal approach for a program like Wisconsin (or Minnesota, for that matter).

I do think Minnesota can work this to their benefit by, at the least, forcing Wisconsin to offer kids they might otherwise try to walk-on. TJ Watt will probably get a Wisconsin offer (rivals says he now has one but that's not being confirmed anywhere else I've seen), but I'm sure he's a guy that Wisconsin would have preferred have walk-on or greyshirt this year.
 



Gopherprof said:
Yeah, this is a good problem to have. Retaining your players and rewarding walk-ons is the ideal approach for a program like Wisconsin (or Minnesota, for that matter).

I do think Minnesota can work this to their benefit by, at the least, forcing Wisconsin to offer kids they might otherwise try to walk-on. TJ Watt will probably get a Wisconsin offer (rivals says he now has one but that's not being confirmed anywhere else I've seen), but I'm sure he's a guy that Wisconsin would have preferred have walk-on or greyshirt this year.
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Pretty sure TJ has a greyshirt offer now. They may up that to a full ride if some guys leave the program after the spring. There's a chance some guys who are buried on the depth chart may leave in search of playing time at another school. Usually lose a few guys each year that way - transfers down to ISU, WIU, etc.
 

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