[Husker] Young Team

[Aaron Wolfson]

Great point Mike, I haven't heard anyone mention that in the "recruiting
angst" discussions. I try not to worry too much about recruiting myself,
especially with the way the Pelinis have started to develop guys.

Aaron


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A side effect of this is that people who obsess about the recruiting
> ranking are going to need to deal with a low ranking next spring.  The low
> number of seniors means fewer scholarships available to give out, which will
> keep the Rivals ranking capped low.
>
>
>  Mike Jaixen
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Wilson, Rick" <rick.wilson at okstate.edu>
> To: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:39:05 PM
> Subject: [Husker] Young Team
>
> Steve-
>
> I double checked and your numbers are basically correct.  I counted one
> less freshman but my eyes don't work well anymore.
>
> I would postulate that the numbers distribution are explained by some of
> these phenomenon.
>
>
> 1)      Callahan's walk-on philosophy.
>
> 2)      Callahan's departure
>
> 3)      Pelini's walk-on philosophy
>
> 4)      General program attrition - 'handwriting on the wall, I'm not
> playing'
>
> I counted 39 Freshman, 40 RedshirtFresh, 22 Sophomores, 26 Juniors, 14
> Seniors.
>
> Lack of Seniors = coaching change possibly plus old walk-on philosophy.
> Abundance of fresh and redfresh = new walk-on change
> Lack of others = old walk-on thoughts.
>
> For perspective (and probably irrelevant!) ,  the 1995 Roster in the press
> guide listed 177 players.  (Why 1995 - it's in my office!).
>
> 122 players with numbers.
>
> 53 Freshman without numbers.  2 sophomores without numbers (Eric Warfield
> and Shevin Wiggins - ever hear of those guys?)
>
> 35 Freshman with numbers  (would they be the equivalent of redshirt
> freshman?)
> 36 Sophomores with numbers
> 29 Juniors with numbers
> 22 Seniors with numbers
>
> OK, my one semi-factual contribution to the Husker List for Fall of 2009.
>  No clue that it means anything.
>
> Hey, where can I get a 1962 replica jersey online?  No bidding on the whole
> enchilada thing for me.
>
> Rick L. Wilson, Ph.D.
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