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That is his second D1 scholarship offer after Eastern Michigan. Vandy is barely an FBS program right now and in a full-blown rebuild with desperate need of warm bodies. We signed 3 scholarship DL in this class; signing a 4th (who has played more competitive video games than actual football in his life) won't move the needle and in fact probably screws up the scholarship distribution in following classes knowing our staff. Would way rather target 2-3 in 2022 than have Taylor and only target 1. Good luck to him at Vandy.

Without talking about this specific case (i.e., I have no idea of whether he is worth a scholarship or not), maybe the staff should abandon its older model of scholarship distribution, since it is clearly not working.  The model leaves us with one scholarship linebacker between the classes of 2020 and 2021, a two-year gap in defensive ends (assuming Josh Pekola leaves) and defensive tackles.

Given that we basically have to do a complete rebuild, there is nothing wrong with offering one more player this year (if he is worth an offer) and targeting 2-3 in 2022, especially given that we have had scholarships to spare for several years now.  Because, although we have been aggressive for 2022, and have a fair number of offers out to d-linemen, what happens if we target three but only sign one (or worse, strike out).  Again, if he's not a BCS caliber player, that's one thing, but a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, especially at positions of dire need.

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That is his second D1 scholarship offer after Eastern Michigan. Vandy is barely an FBS program right now and in a full-blown rebuild with desperate need of warm bodies. We signed 3 scholarship DL in this class; signing a 4th (who has played more competitive video games than actual football in his life) won't move the needle and in fact probably screws up the scholarship distribution in following classes knowing our staff. Would way rather target 2-3 in 2022 than have Taylor and only target 1. Good luck to him at Vandy.

Without talking about this specific case (i.e., I have no idea of whether he is worth a scholarship or not), maybe the staff should abandon its older model of scholarship distribution, since it is clearly not working.  The model leaves us with one scholarship linebacker between the classes of 2020 and 2021, a two-year gap in defensive ends (assuming Josh Pekola leaves) and defensive tackles.

Given that we basically have to do a complete rebuild, there is nothing wrong with offering one more player this year (if he is worth an offer) and targeting 2-3 in 2022, especially given that we have had scholarships to spare for several years now.  Because, although we have been aggressive for 2022, and have a fair number of offers out to d-linemen, what happens if we target three but only sign one (or worse, strike out).  Again, if he's not a BCS caliber player, that's one thing, but a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, especially at positions of dire need.

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