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Commitments and Verbals.
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blackfootbengal
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Berrey just sent his letter in, another solid contributor. An addition piece of information on all the kids we are signing. There are no D students in this group, all are academically sound.
blackfootbengal
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Both have signed, Heimuli is going on a mission before coming in. Go to facebook, ISU has a link to the Idaho State page where they are keeping a list of the letters that have came in. You can skip facebook and go direct to ISU athletic page as well.
SLCBengal
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bengalcub
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It is also nice to see that five walk-ons will be getting full scholarships.
Let’s face it folks, the APR hole is steep and giving scholarships to walk-ons is a necessary at this point. All will contribute on the field and trust me all must be getting it done in the classroom. This is a great way to hedge your bets on risk and a wonderful way to increase the teams APR.
Next—when you give a handful of scholarships to walk-ons, it has to be an attractive tool in recruiting a potential walk-on. Kids know that they really have a chance of getting some sort of reward for coming into the program as a walk-on and earning a scholarship.
This is also a great way to go for kids that may not quite be there academically. Come in, greyshirt—solidify things in the classroom, prove their worth on the field and have a reward in the end.
ISU is doing what it needs to fix this and I like that.
Let’s face it folks, the APR hole is steep and giving scholarships to walk-ons is a necessary at this point. All will contribute on the field and trust me all must be getting it done in the classroom. This is a great way to hedge your bets on risk and a wonderful way to increase the teams APR.
Next—when you give a handful of scholarships to walk-ons, it has to be an attractive tool in recruiting a potential walk-on. Kids know that they really have a chance of getting some sort of reward for coming into the program as a walk-on and earning a scholarship.
This is also a great way to go for kids that may not quite be there academically. Come in, greyshirt—solidify things in the classroom, prove their worth on the field and have a reward in the end.
ISU is doing what it needs to fix this and I like that.
By my count ISU has signed 10 high school kids (2 will go on a mission) along with 5 transfers. Additionally, 6 walk-ons will be given scholarships. That is 19 scholarships right there. Unless there were more losses than we figured... there can't be many more kids in the class.
Anybody know for sure how many scholarships ISU had available?
Anybody know for sure how many scholarships ISU had available?
SLCBengal
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The Honolulu Star-Advertister is reporting 3 players signed to play with ISU today...
Read more: Star-Advertiser: Hawaii Prep Stars Commit to Colleges
Read more: Star-Advertiser: Hawaii Prep Stars Commit to Colleges
bengalcub
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Great find SLC!
Does anyone realize the amount of talented kids that ISU is getting in this class? Seriously--will someone comment on the level of talent that Kramer is getting? Is it just me? Even with a short recruiting cycle...
With Bukoski committing, ISU may not take another JC WR. They may not keep the JC transfer WR Derek Graves, now. We will wait and see.
Does anyone realize the amount of talented kids that ISU is getting in this class? Seriously--will someone comment on the level of talent that Kramer is getting? Is it just me? Even with a short recruiting cycle...
With Bukoski committing, ISU may not take another JC WR. They may not keep the JC transfer WR Derek Graves, now. We will wait and see.
I haven't seen any video of these guys, but the buzz speaks volumes. My question is how does this compare to the past few recruiting classes? It seems everyone is excited by their recruits every year. In all honesty, how does this compare to what ISU did the last couple years?
I truly feel that the Bengals will be markedly better next year in every phase of the game.
I truly feel that the Bengals will be markedly better next year in every phase of the game.
bengallifer
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what happened to the guys that were said to be previously committed and those that were talked about on here today from hawaii? are these guys all going to be walk ons or did the end up signing elsewhere?
FormerISUSID
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The big key coming into this recruiting season was the fact that with the APR issue, Kramer and Co. could legitimately stress to kids that they have a chance to play right away. That could definitely sway a kid to coming....the new turf will help too.
Also, and someone closer can confirm, but I'm hearing Nick Whitworth was picked up as offensive coordinator at Montana-Western...if so that's a great move because it's a smaller school, but Nick will get to call the plays and run an offense, which is a good resume builder for him.
FormerISUSID
Also, and someone closer can confirm, but I'm hearing Nick Whitworth was picked up as offensive coordinator at Montana-Western...if so that's a great move because it's a smaller school, but Nick will get to call the plays and run an offense, which is a good resume builder for him.
FormerISUSID
