I'm remembering some changes made a couple of years ago that limited the number of JUCO's you could take. I thought at the time that those limits would hurt K-State more than anybody; that may be part of Snyder's problems.
Is anybody familiar with the details on any recent JUCO changes?
I don't remember any; however, I found a Kansas "self imposed JUCO limit" article:
Football sanctions livable
Mangino was slowing flow of juco transfers
By
Ryan Wood, Journal-World Sports Writer
Sunday, July 17, 2005
What effect, Kansas University football fans are wondering, will self-imposed sanctions have on coach Mark Mangino's program?
The harshest punishments announced Friday were the loss of one scholarship for each of the next two recruiting seasons, as well as a limit on the number of two-year junior-college transfers Mangino can add.
The first penalty, although not desirable, can be swallowed. The second seems more harsh, yet may not turn out to be all that damaging.
"If you notice what Mangino and his staff have done, the juco transfers have been cut down each year," said Jon Kirby, who covers Kansas recruiting for rivals.com. "If he can continue to take three juco kids that all get in there at semester ... if the trend stays true to what he's proven, I don't see it being a big deal."
Kansas self-reported eight violations within the football program, most having to do with improper academic assistance for prospective junior-college transfers in the summer of 2003, when at least seven were taking correspondence classes in an attempt to gain eligibility.
With the margin for error tight, the key will be to make sure the three juco players KU brings in make an immediate impact.
In 2002-03 -- Mangino's first complete recruiting season at KU -- the Jayhawks signed 14 juco transfers, but the majority either didn't play in Lawrence or didn't finish the season.
KU signed just six jucos in 2003-04, but among them were impact players like Jermial Ashley, Rodney Harris, Charlton Keith, Jason Swanson and Theo Baines. The 2004-05 class had eight juco transfers, but only one needed the spring semester to complete his junior-college work.
Kansas coaches seem confident that midseason juco transfers -- those who earn their associate's degree in December and enroll at KU in January -- are ideal from an athletic standpoint.
Academics may have just been added to the list.
"He's been very successful at getting kids in the door that are semester kids," Kirby said of Mangino. "I think that the taking away of the juco players really, in the long term, may not be that big of a deal."
http://www.kusports.com/news/football_archive/story/114818
