behappp said:
84GRIZ said:
In the press conference yesterday Bobby said that we have 58 (I think that is the number he said) freshmen on the roster because of the Covid year. He basically said we do not need to get any younger. I took that to mean that pretty much everything else that happens recruiting wise this year was gong to be Juco players and transfer portal guys. Justin Greene said that anybody else they bring in thru the transfer route should be a potential starter.
It did seem like we had a lot of Freshmen and RS-Freshmen on the roster. Several needed to be called into service because of injuries which was a major story of the Griz team this year.
I saw where the NDSU Beezon had 24 signees which seems like a big difference. Do they normally keep a larger roster of total players than the us? Or is this just a case where they have a more Senior laden team than we did and needed more restocking of younger players?
The NCAA has a boat load of roster rules that limit size to fall camp and regular season sizes. Moreover they limit the number of players receiving financial aid.
1. The FCS scholarship limit is 65 but it can be manipulated significantly. Based upon scholarship equivalents and the cost to fully fund a out of state student, the schools can divide them into 1/2 or 1/4ers for and if your player is an instate player that 1/2 scholarship effectively counts as a 1/4.
2. The FCS limits scholarship rosters to around 90 players, similar to that of the FBS. The pre-season and regular roster sizes are a bit different. The max roster for the regular season, including non scholarship is around 100 players.
3. The FBS is allowed to sign 25 players a year, but they can't divide them and their rolling average of their roster can't exceed 85 players on scholarship (4 year average) and they can roster up to 100 players on scholarship. They can exceed that 25 limit if their rolling average is lower than 25, but have to ensure their next year doesn't exceed the 4 year or the rolling average.
If NDSU had a lot of scholarships, it is likely that two things were true:
1) they held scholarships back at the end of last year in anticipation
2) they are likely overbudgeting scholarship offers knowing that there will likely be departures in the winter and spring. A lot of schools do this because they know kids are always going to leave and some years are larger than others.
Montana likely didn't because they didn't anticipate or don't anticipate outward migration and that they are looking towards the JC/Transfer portal to use 3-5 more scholarships, if not more.
