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Originally Posted by NCD
Simmons and Sokol have signed letters per Rivals, so they would count towards last year right?
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No, the Big Ten rules are very specific. There is no counting against last years scholarships. Big Ten schools can only sign three above the 85-man limit. For example, if Michigan has fifteen open scholarships, the Wolves can sign eighteen recruits, no more. If a program oversigns, it has to document to the Big Ten office how it came down to the 85-limit. That is why Nebraska & Wisconsin have only about thirteen commitments this year.
Likewise, if a program has thirty open scholarships, it can sign up to thirty-three players. That is why, depending on your source, Minnesota signed either thirty-one, thirty or twenty-nine back in '08. This year Minnesota has twenty-eight commitments & counting.
But when you think about it, if a program only has fifty-five scholarship player, the program is hurting.