Kevin Lyttle, Austin American-Statesman writesIn about K-State beating texas on a regular basis with talent that is rated far lower than that of the 'horns. He makes some interesting points and, in my mind, raises another.
#1 he notes that K-State does not hit the juco's as hard as they used to. Though, I think with the exception of one or two years that is really an urban myth and an overblown piece of the MiM. A lot was made of it simply because it was not done much by P5 schools prior to Bill Snyder.
#2 he notes that K-State "red shirts everyone" and that 19 K-State starters are red-shirts.
Here is the point he raises in my mind: Bill Snyder is often credited with raising the value of juco transfers. Making juch transfers an integral part of a recruiting and "staffing" plan is his genius. Now, IMO, he has done the same thing with "gray shirts."
Basically, he has taken the old nebraska-Osborne model: walk-on-->redhirt-->fifth year starter, and added a year to the maturation process. gray shirt-->redshirt-->"5th" year starter with five springs in the program.
Of the 19 redshirt starters (as defined by Lyttle), how many were also gray shirts?
#1 he notes that K-State does not hit the juco's as hard as they used to. Though, I think with the exception of one or two years that is really an urban myth and an overblown piece of the MiM. A lot was made of it simply because it was not done much by P5 schools prior to Bill Snyder.
#2 he notes that K-State "red shirts everyone" and that 19 K-State starters are red-shirts.
Here is the point he raises in my mind: Bill Snyder is often credited with raising the value of juco transfers. Making juch transfers an integral part of a recruiting and "staffing" plan is his genius. Now, IMO, he has done the same thing with "gray shirts."
Basically, he has taken the old nebraska-Osborne model: walk-on-->redhirt-->fifth year starter, and added a year to the maturation process. gray shirt-->redshirt-->"5th" year starter with five springs in the program.
Of the 19 redshirt starters (as defined by Lyttle), how many were also gray shirts?
