There will be no Stopping Nick Saban; Lands 19th Commitment Today
As mentioned, Alabama only has roughly 8 scholarships Seniors on their roster (including 5th year guys), yet they landed their 19th verbal commitment today. Guess there will be 11 Juniors leaving...
View ArticleDon’t Blame the Coaches
Here is a decent column written by Gary Laney, sportswriter for The Advocate, and although the overall tone of the column is one that excuses the actions of the coaches, Laney does admit oversigning is...
View ArticleGeorgia and Alabama
We stumbled across a nice little article over at DawgsOline.com on Georgia's scholarship situation and how it compares to a school like Alabama that oversigns. The discussion of oversigning and...
View ArticleInterview with Tim Hyland
A few months back, oversigning.com was approached by Tim Hyland at about.com to do a question and answer session on the topic of oversigning and about the creation of this website. This interview was...
View ArticleWall Street Journal – Round 2 with Alabama
Typically, this is the off season for oversigning.com as there is just not a lot of news during the football season and it's usually pretty quiet until the football season ends and the recruiting...
View ArticleStarting Early
Looks like Alabama is getting a jump start on the attrition needed to clear out enough space for their 2011 class that is projected to be drastically oversigned. As mentioned in previous posts,...
View ArticleReason 735,378,987,506 to End Oversigning
This is a follow up on the BJ Scott transfer story. By allowing teams to oversign, the NCAA and the SEC office are allowing these kind of scenarios to play out. "Nevertheless, while he never put it...
View ArticleUp to 20 + 2
Alabama landed verbal committment #20 picking up former University of Tennessee and All-SEC OL Aaron Douglas on waivers from JUCO today. That makes 20 verbal commitments plus the 2 kids that were...
View ArticleAlabama with Verbal Commitment #22 and #1 Recruiting Class
Alabama picked up verbal commitment #22 last night from Xzavier Dickson and they now have the #1 ranked class according to Rivals.com....
View ArticleTressel on Oversigning
This is a video we posted a long time ago of Jim Tressel talking about his 2010 recruiting class. Oversigning.com has had over 4 Million hits since its creation last February, but the vast majority of...
View ArticleBig Recruiting Weekend
Nick Saban and Alabama, despite already being on tract to having one of the most oversigned classes in the country is having one of its biggest recruiting weekends this weekend. "The Crimson Tide will...
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Saban Gets Head Start on the 2011 March to 85
As predicted, Saban has started early with the roster trimming this year. BJ Scott, a key recruit in the #1 ranked 2008 class, is officially taking the Star Jackson career path of transferring down to...
View ArticleWho Said That?
Several readers have asked about the quote at the top of the home page and who it belongs to. That quote was one of the inspirations for the site and it came from none other than Nick Saban. Here is...
View ArticleNick Saban Comments on the Accelerated Recruiting Time Table
According to Nick Saban, the recruiting time table has accelerated so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult to evaluate recruits. Listen to his comments at the 2:30 minute mark in this...
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Alabama’s Numbers
During his national signing day press conference, Nick Saban implied that no one outside of him knows Alabama's scholarship numbers. He also seemed rather irritated at all of the talk about...
View ArticleThe Worst Article Ever Written on Oversigning
We have read a lot of articles on oversigning and listened to a lot of people talk about the topic over the last year. The vast majority of people writing or talking about this topic don't fully...
View ArticleCompetitive Advantage and Ethics, Two Sides of Oversigning
The topic of oversigning is somewhat complicated, the numbers are hard to track, especially when a school redacts them from public documents, the terms used in the recruit game are hard to understand...
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Alabama Adds #25 to Class – Where is the Room?
Alabama had 12 scholarship players leave the team (8 to graduation, 3 juniors to the NFL, and 1 transfer prior to signing day) last year; Alabama also signed 23 new players (22 on signing day and now...
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The March to 85 Continues – Alabama
Looks like Bama Sports Report is going to take care of the heavy lifting this year with their complete breakdown of scholarship numbers for Alabama. Just like last year, our numbers are nearly...
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Alabama’s March to 85 Finished?
Updated with new numbers. Here is what appears to be the final shake down on Alabama's post NSD attrition this year. Much like last year, Alabama is one of the few teams in the country to lose...
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