With your announced move to 1A, have you noticed an increased interest by in Topper football by recruits ?

We're in the mix for 1 or 2 three star guys. It's early still. We've missed the I-AA playoffs the last two years so we've been in a "slump" you could say. I think once we get through these two years of transition we will see the benefits more so.

The Haven is still the best resource for this kind of thing.

http://www.hilltopperhaven.com/board/vie...5ad3421982

Any of you members of the Touchdown Club? They are having a social to its members to give the first look at the 2007 recruiting class. They are going to have videos of all our recruits. I am going, so I'll try to remember a few details to share.

List of 2007 commits that are known as of Jan. 20. Look for the Toppers to sign at least 25 on signing day.

Mark Santoro, 6' 1" 185 Safety Riverside S. C.
Ryan Beard 6' 1" 175 Defensive back/receiver Bowling Green
Avery Hibbitt 5' 9" 179 running back Bowling Green.
Wes Jeffrires 6'5" 300 offensive line, Warren Central.
Paul Millay 6'4" 265 Offensive line, Owensboro Cath
Tristan Jones 6'3 235 Defensive End, George Rogers Clark (Clark Co)
Jihad Morris, Safety, 180 Hudson Valley CC - January Enrollee
Casey Tinius 6'1 175 kicker/punter, Bowling Green
Terald Clark 5'11" 295 DL Blinn Community College Galena, TX
Marcus Minor 6'1" 195 DB Joliet Junior College, Indianapolis
Zack Ray 6'3" 305 OL Copiah-Lincoln Community College Brookhaven MS
Clark Jeter 5'10 170 WR, Henry Clay HS, Lexington, KY
Trent Calhoun, RB/DB, Lincoln Co., Stanford, KY
Braxton Miller, RB/DB, Lincoln Co., Stanford, KY

Any of you members of the Touchdown Club? They are having a social to its members to give the first look at the 2007 recruiting class. They are going to have videos of all our recruits. I am going, so I'll try to remember a few details to share.

I will be looking forward to hearing about this.

So when is signing day for football?

I believe Wednesday, Feb. 7.

Seems like we have a lot of slots to fill over the next couple of weeks.

In the fall we will be recruiting from the picked over remains or will there still be good players to be had?

I'm almost positive we have at least 5 more commits, but I can't get official confirmation right now. We seem to be hitting the Jucos hard to cover our selves during the next 2 transition years.

Big Money G Wrote:I'm almost positive we have at least 5 more commits, but I can't get official confirmation right now. We seem to be hitting the Jucos hard to cover our selves during the next 2 transition years.

I understand we got to have players, but getting a bunch of Jucos defeats the whole purpose of transition. We're going to be hurting in two years for players. We need to get 4-year players to spread out our increased scholarships.

Quote:I understand we got to have players, but getting a bunch of Jucos defeats the whole purpose of transition. We're going to be hurting in two years for players. We need to get 4-year players to spread out our increased scholarships.

absolutely agreed. I would prefer a more sacrificial attitude towards this year. I would have preferred EKU and MTSU both at home in 2008 (since we have virtually no chance of making 15000 this year anyway) and recruiting as many freshman as possible... and redshirting as many as possible. That way we hit the ground running in 2009.

The purpose of the Jucos is to make sacrifices while we redshirt some of our stars such as Curtis Hamilton, Rumph, etc. Then when we become into the Sunbelt in 2009 we'll have a very seasoned experienced team with seasoned players.

I guess that makes sense. I am looking LONG TERM. This is not a quick success venture. Their will be bumps... I'm prepared to suffer through them. I want to do what is best for the long haul.

Hilltopper2K Wrote:

Quote:I understand we got to have players, but getting a bunch of Jucos defeats the whole purpose of transition. We're going to be hurting in two years for players. We need to get 4-year players to spread out our increased scholarships.

absolutely agreed. I would prefer a more sacrificial attitude towards this year. I would have preferred EKU and MTSU both at home in 2008 (since we have virtually no chance of making 15000 this year anyway) and recruiting as many freshman as possible... and redshirting as many as possible. That way we hit the ground running in 2009.

The attendance the next two years SCARES me. I agree with you. Put our two big games in the same year. Ransdell said in one of the forums that he wanted EKU and MTSU in separate years so if we miss it one year, we might get it the next. I subscribe to the idea of putting them both in the same year and slam dunk it every other year, which is what the NCAA is requiring.

Quote:The attendance the next two years SCARES me. I agree with you. Put our two big games in the same year. Ransdell said in one of the forums that he wanted EKU and MTSU in separate years so if we miss it one year, we might get it the next. I subscribe to the idea of putting them both in the same year and slam dunk it every other year, which is what the NCAA is requiring.

The only thing I can figure is that he wants people to get into the habit of buying season tickets every year instead of having "good years" and "bad years" where people can just skip the bad years.

As long as we get the Indiana, Navy, Vandy, South Fl, type games that he has mentioned along with those two, we'll be okay.

What is the deal with the CJ reporting that we had home and home with Indiana, Selig saying that we had home and home with Indiana... but then appearantly it is 2-1??? What gives?

Not sure, but the CJ also said it would start in 2007, and that didn't happen either, so I wouldn't read too much into it.

List of 2007 commits that are known as of Jan. 29. Look for the Toppers to sign at least 25 on signing day.

Mark Santoro, 6' 1" 185 Safety Riverside S. C.
Ryan Beard 6' 1" 175 Defensive back/receiver Bowling Green
Avery Hibbitt 5' 9" 179 running back Bowling Green.
Wes Jeffrires 6'5" 300 offensive line, Warren Central.
Paul Millay 6'4" 265 Offensive line, Owensboro Cath
Tristan Jones 6'3 235 Defensive End, George Rogers Clark (Clark Co)
Jihad Morris, Safety, 180 Hudson Valley CC - January Enrollee
Casey Tinius 6'1 175 kicker/punter, Bowling Green
Terald Clark 5'11" 295 DL Blinn Community College Galena, TX
Marcus Minor 6'1" 195 DB Joliet Junior College, Indianapolis
Zack Ray 6'3" 305 OL Copiah-Lincoln Community College Brookhaven MS
Clark Jeter 5'10 170 WR, Henry Clay HS, Lexington, KY
Trent Calhoun, RB/DB, Lincoln Co., Stanford, KY
Braxton Miller, RB/DB, Lincoln Co., Stanford, KY
Ben Duvall, LB, 6'4 200, Apollo HS, Owensboro, KY

25 is the maximum we can sign by rule.