Javelina Football

['89HOG]

A bunch of new names on the Javelina roster on both lines, skilled players, etc. It appears there are fewer than 20 guys that have previous experience with our program. Hopefully they work out all the "gelling" during two a days.

[MooseLodge]

With the roster limits in D1, there are lots of new faces on many D2 squads. If you are a D2 coach and you took the spring off and didn't bring in your share of D1s, you're pretty well screwed this year. You will be out-athleted.

[cwfenn]

With the roster limits in D1, there are lots of new faces on many D2 squads. If you are a D2 coach and you took the spring off and didn't bring in your share of D1s, you're pretty well screwed this year. You will be out-athleted.

Think I heard somewhere that schools like top-5 level squads don’t even recruit D2-level athletes anymore. Maybe it was the Ferris State coach who said something to that effect, I wish I remembered.

[MooseLodge]

Think I heard somewhere that schools like top-5 level squads don’t even recruit D2-level athletes anymore. Maybe it was the Ferris State coach who said something to that effect, I wish I remembered.

The roster limits thing was a one-time bubble. But with less roster spots available on D1 teams in the future, the level of athlete on D2 teams is going up big time. A lot of athletes that could formerly play D2 ball aren't going to be playing in college anymore unless they play D3 or without a scholarship. And the talent disparity between FCS and D2 is going to be much tighter, although FCS schools will still have more scholarships.

['89HOG]

I dont follow the rules changes so the roster limits is new to me. That makes sense why there seems to be more D1 transfers on our roster. I'm a bit of an old school guy and still prefer the home grown talent. I was really happy about this year's recruiting class and hope we develop those players into starters in a couple of years.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

I dont follow the rules changes so the roster limits is new to me. That makes sense why there seems to be more D1 transfers on our roster. I'm a bit of an old school guy and still prefer the home grown talent. I was really happy about this year's recruiting class and hope we develop those players into starters in a couple of years.

Yeah its almost like accepting the 2000s Carthel model now as the norm and the days like NWMSU of recruiting players to stay the whole 4 years and graduate are long gone even at D2.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

With the roster limits in D1, there are lots of new faces on many D2 squads. If you are a D2 coach and you took the spring off and didn't bring in your share of D1s, you're pretty well screwed this year. You will be out-athleted.

Assuming the top half of the LSC is dong it, tiebreaker comes down to coaching.

[cwfenn]

I dont follow the rules changes so the roster limits is new to me. That makes sense why there seems to be more D1 transfers on our roster. I'm a bit of an old school guy and still prefer the home grown talent. I was really happy about this year's recruiting class and hope we develop those players into starters in a couple of years.

Roster stability makes writing season previews quite a bit easier too!