Walk-On Scholly's - your opinion

[dylan]

as others have pointed out, it is one of the foundations of our strong walk-on program. probably the most important factor is that kids know that they will be treated just like the scholarship kids and be given a chance to compete on equal footing. after that though, the promise that they can earn a scholarship by proving it on the field is a big selling point. another way to look at it is that 2-3 scholarships given to walk-ons per year probably gives enough hope to land 3-5 times that many walk-ons every year, meaning that we're getting a lot of bang for our buck for those scholarships (particularly given that the players that get them have already proven to be major contributors).

 

we've got the walk-on program chugging again, let's not mess with one of it's major underpinnings. it's one of the few major advantages we have.

[flatwaterfan]

Since we had a smaller scholarship class this year, it was there intent to sign a larger walkon class. The football squad is bound by locker room space so there is a limit there. I don't think you will see a squad over 150.

[EZ-E]

You give a scholarship to a walk-on if he is better than your scholarshipped player at that same spot in my opinion. Why does a guy like Coffey or Nick Ash still have Choi's scholarship?

[zoogs]

Yeah - I think walk-ons earn their scholarships and other players lose them by not contributing. They don't get the scholarships left over from not recruiting a full class.