syko,
I don't disagree with you. Those are just the numbers. Historically, attracting DLs has been tough at CU for whatever reason. By comparison to past years, we're actually doing pretty well. Pulling Kasa, Bonsu and West last year is about as good as it gets. If I was running things, I'd tell Bandison that his number is 13 (3 freshmen most years and supplement with JUCOs if there is attrition).
As far as scholarships, here's how I would bread down the 85:
QB: 4
RB: 6
WR: 10
TE: 6
OL: 15
DL: 13
LB: 11
CB: 10
S: 8
K/P: 2
Obviously give or take 1 at any particular position per year.
Based on those numbers, here's what we need this year (what we have so far in parentheses):
QB: 0 (2)
RB: 2 (0)
WR: 2 (2)
TE: 4 (2)
OL: 0 (3)
DL: 3 (2)
LB: 4 (1)
CB: 3 (1)
S: 2 (0)
K/P: 2
If Moten is a Safety (not QB) and Evans is a TE (not QB), then the numbers make a lot more sense. One of the big issues with getting where we need to be by position is that we over-signed on the OL in 2007 and have 7 guys in one class when it should be 3 per year. And then one of our OL recruits was a JC transfer into that same class.
But we are actually getting close to getting the number right on this team. The next step is class balance. 5 Classes into 85 scholarships is 17 per class (34 freshmen).
Right now, our breakdown is:
Seniors: 14
Juniors: 25 (including Richter)
Sophomores: 13
RS-Freshmen: 13
Tru-Freshmen: 14 so far (including Moten)
We have too many guys in that junior class and will need to supplement the classes behind it with JCs and other transfers in order to get up to numbers and balance this thing out. Probably need at least 2 non-freshman additions to the program every year for the next few seasons in order to get this fixed.