re: If we are convinced Shopsher and Banks are Gumps

One thing not being discussed is how many players on the team will have to leave to make room for the 25 or 28. How many seniors of juniors going pro does each team have? Is keeping a jr. another year more valuable than getting a freshman? This is where the true processing takes place. Some schools will pull a scholarship offer from a committed kid, but you are taking a chance of alienating that school for a long time. With LSU, it is rare that enough seniors are on the team at the end of the year to make room for 25 new players. I would like to see the day when we can only offer 15. That would mean the upperclassmen that are good enough to turn pro stay for their senior year.