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I call Scott Sypniewski!

Too soon?

I have to say that I am a bit shocked by that offer and subsequent commitment, maybe because I am greedy. In reality though, it may not be such a bad thing. Sure, we won't have room for a more highly rated prospect, but this kid is ranked high for his position, and Hoke and Co. are doing a great job at filling the gaps. The only real need I thought we had left was WR, but never considered a long snapper because you don't notice them until they screw up, but they are a very important part of the special teams facet. Would I have liked to see the shollie go to a 4 or 5* kid? Sure, but the staff must think that this is a position of need worthy of spending a scholarship, and with the results they have shown so far, I certainly am not going to question them. So welcome Scott!!!

Not on these sites, Rubio Long Snapping is basically the only source of info on long snappers, and he's very highly praised there fwiw.

It's too early for them to be cutting their losses. I think there's an extra spot somewhere that we don't know about yet. These coaches are smart recruiters, I'm going to wait to see how things shake out.

This is surprising because you would think that the coaches could have offered late and still render a commitment, but they know more than we do obviously.

The reason for offering now has some meaning, and we can speculate all we want, but we'll never truly know why. I'm trusting the coaches on this one.

Im going with the same 3.. We agree!

I thought the exact same thing as soon as I heard this. I trust the coaches and if they think we need a scholarship LS in the 2013 class they have more than earned the benefit of the doubt. But I have also just adjusted my assumption of class size from 24 to 25.

No news is good news.

We would have to have 24 spots open by the fall of '13. There are 20 shollies available at this time, and attrition will get you there. How many seniors will not be offered a 5th year? I bet the coaches already know this, barring some unforeseen turnaround. One or two kids might transfer because they are buried on the depth chart, home sick, whatever. Having 4 spots open up by the time this class arrives is probably more likely than not.

Those final three, especially with the addition of our Whiskey Sippin' long snapper, makes this an unbelievable class, better than my wildest dreams a couple years ago.

And those three are probably the most likely at this point.

Go Blue, Long Live Coach Hoke!

With three spots left...I find it hard to believe they would take a 4th WR, unless there was no other option.

I'm not so sure about this. They just offered Darren Carrington. I believe we are looking at him at WR. Unless the staff doesn't feel that good about Quon, I don't see why they would offer more WRs with Paul Harris and Bailey both visiting still.