re: Should we sign 25 if we don't land any of our top OOS guys?

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Negative. This year it's allowed, but this is the final year. IMO, the SEC will change this, unless the other BCS conferences follow suit. For Florida State to be allowed to sign 30 and SEC schools to only sign 25 in preposterous. Slive must revisit this issue, unless he actually believes the SEC's recent dominance should be slowed.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the new SEC rule only states that teams may sign no more than 25 per year to a LOI, but says nothing about how many can enroll without signing a LOI. If a kid enrolls early and doesn't sign a LOI, I think he could still count back if there is room under the general NCAA rules. I really don't think the SEC cares about counting guys back, so much as they care about grayshirting guys forward. Could be wrong though, and I've never seen a link to the actual language of the rule.