Star-telegram Story

[SilverEagle]

Here is the link to the Star-Telegram story about our recruiting class.

http://www.star-telegram.com/college_sport...ory/459089.html

Here is one of my favorite quotes.

"DBs John Shorter and Royce Hill are polished punt returners."

Edited February 7, 2008 by SilverEagle

[UNTflyer]

"DBs John Shorter and Royce Hill are polished punt returners."

Good, hopefully we won't get pinned inside the 10 as often as we did last year.

[UNTLifer]

A lot to like there, but this stood out to me also.

. Five offensive linemen were signed and a sixth, Aledo's Ethan McMillan (6-foot-4, 295 pounds), has been invited to walk on after Houston rescinded an offer.

[akriesman]

This is my favorite line....

"In the Sun Belt Conference, North Texas is the new Texas in recruiting.

While many SBC coaches have bristled at early recruiting against the big boys, UNT's Todd Dodge was a trendsetter. Dodge rejected the notion of small programs waiting their turn in the recruiting process."

[GoMeanGreen1999]

That is great article, and if reading that doesn't get you fired up for the new season, not sure what will.

[GMoney]

If you played defense at UNT last season, get ready. Your job isn't safe

This may be the understatement of the past year!

[GMoney]

Forrest Rucker of Hearne and Kenny Barrett of Mart, are athletic big men at 6-5 and 6-4

This is another item that stuck out to me. If you add that to redshirt Frosh, Sam Roberson 6-4, we've got some serious size at WR.

[SilverEagle]

This is another item that stuck out to me. If you add that to redshirt Frosh, Sam Roberson 6-4, we've got some serious size at WR.

Well, considering what sort of size our WR's have historically been, this is amazing.

Besides Kenny Barnett (6'4") and Forrest Rucker (6'5"), we have (as you've already pointed out) Sam Roberson (6'4") as well as Brock Stickler (6'3") and Sam Dibrell (6'2").

Before this group of receivers, the tallest receiver that I could remember at North Texas was Brodrick McGrew, who was about 6'3" or 6'4". Before that, our receivers averaged somewhere between 5'8" and 5'11".

[filmerj]

Excuse my ignorance of NCAA scholarship rules, but if we sign juco players are we essentially giving these guys half a scholarship, and if so does this allows us to offer more scholarships? I guess what I am asking is, do scholarships add up to a total dollar amount, like a cap, or are they a certain Number of ships allowed to give no matter the dollar amount?

[UNTLifer]

Excuse my ignorance of NCAA scholarship rules, but if we sign juco players are we essentially giving these guys half a scholarship, and if so does this allows us to offer more scholarships? I guess what I am asking is, do scholarships add up to a total dollar amount, like a cap, or are they a certain Number of ships allowed to give no matter the dollar amount?

Scholarships are renewable each year, so a JUCO signee and a HS signee receive the same grant in aid.