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That being said, like basically the entire defense, I thought he was looking much improved under Rossi in the last couple of games.
My understanding is that because ZA started his academic residency at Minnesota back in Jan 2018, he has been here a year and therefore his scholarship does *NOT* count against the 2019 class. That's the new rule, which is how they were able to start up the "Maroon Shirt" program. ZA was actually the first MS, they just didn't have a name for it back then.
Howden, on the other hand, I don't believe moved to Minnesota until summer 2018? So I think his scholarship counts against 2019.
Would love official clarification .... not GH posters citing the old "two year" rule.
Great to see! I think they are now at the 85 limit with the current class with the two additions...can anyone confirm?
I believe that it does put us at 85 currently. I have no idea how they are going to make the numbers with this class work. Lot of "difficult conversations" ahead for PJ.
We wanna see the "ceremonies"! Well deserved.
https://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/255/938/8938255.jpg
This has us at 90, including ZA and Howden with schollys, and including the last officially announced departure (Dom London to North Dakota), as well as the full 2019 class *including* K.Williams (unknown if he will sign).
But it doesn't include OJ Smith leaving or the Notre Dame grad transfer. It also doesn't include the USC WR transfer. So that would be 91 with KW, or 90 without him.
We wanna see the "ceremonies"! Well deserved.
Officially, they're still well over the 85. Unofficially, the coaching staff may have already gotten several commitments from players to move on, in one form or another, and that info just isn't public yet.
247 has it at 88, so 3-5 need to move on.
Would agree that it is a pretty safe bet that they would not be offering scholarships to players if they didn't have them available.
Guessing they're hoping a number of guys decide to move on after spring ball, when it becomes more obvious they aren't likely to be significant contributors here in their careers.
https://247sports.com/college/minnesota/Season/2019-Football/ScholarshipDistribution/
If the above is what you're referring to, it doesn't show any players from my grid missing. In fact, the grid I posted somehow was missing Aune at safety! So the scholarship count is really 91/92 (without/with K Williams).
I did additions and subtractions based on what I know to get to 88 from the 96 247 shows.
Which two scholarship players on the grid I posted are no longer with the team? Go through the 90 players names in black font, and mention the two.
OJ Smith is one, but has already been replaced with a Notre Dam transfer. Who else?
Which two scholarship players on the grid I posted are no longer with the team? Go through the 90 players names in black font, and mention the two.
OJ Smith is one, but has already been replaced with a Notre Dam transfer. Who else?
Sounds like too much math to me, and it seems to be a moving target. Are the gray shirts that hit 2020 counted in any of these totals?
Ryan Burns has a new podcast out and lists some players leaving. I can't remember any names of course. Someone going to Ball State
I'm sure if we just wait a couple weeks it will all become crystal clear. In the meantime it's not worth trying to do the math.
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Sounds like too much math to me, and it seems to be a moving target. Are the gray shirts that hit 2020 counted in any of these totals?
I'm sure if we just wait a couple weeks it will all become crystal clear. In the meantime it's not worth trying to do the math.