Now THIS is what I'm talking about

[Todd4State]

One of John Cohen's recruits is a guy from Gulfport named Nick Ray.

This is a guy who made Dandy Dozen, was recruited by Tulane, and had some pretty good numbers. He hit .440, had 7 home runs, hit .442 and his fielding PCT was .996. He plays first base.

Now you're probably thinking, well yeah, these are the kind of players we SHOULD be giving scholarships to...but here's the thing...he is WALKING ON. How did we do this? He has a GPA of 4.0 and an ACT score of 26. I would not be at all surprised if he is getting some financial assistance with an academic scholarship. I'm sure he can also get some MTAG money at the very least.

Was this really so hard to do in the past? We get a pretty good looking player and don't spend a scholarship on him.

In the article I read about him, he mentions that MSU just started recruiting him a couple of weeks ago. Ray says he thought it was because Tyler Moore went pro. I say it's because he didn't go to "the camp."

THIS will hopefully become the norm at MSU instead of 5'10" players who are "good kids" and a member of the FCA.

 

[ckDOG]

But, it seems Polk would rather incessantly ***** to the NCAA than to practice anything involving common sense. Having players walk on and give them academic scholarships would weaken his argument.

As evidenced by his departing comments, he would rather promote his own agenda than do what is in the interest of fielding the best MSU team possible.

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[War Machine Dawg]

Every MS resident that goes to college gets MTAG money. So that doesn't count toward the scholarship money. But as I understand it, any academic scholarship would. Walk-on usually means walk-on, period.

 

[maroonmania]

a college baseball player that can qualify for a separate scholarship does NOT count against the 11.7 allotted. Otherwise, there would be no real gripe about the lottery sponsored scholarships in certain states. If Ray qualifies for an academic scholarship then it essentially becomes a freebie for us. Football and basketball however don't work that way.</p>

 

[thedog]

understand it, the academic scholly would count againt the player limit on schooly but not have to use any part of the 11.7 available. I had a friend who went to UM on Sumner scholly and did not use his FB scolly because the Sumner was more, but he counted against the limit.

 

[War Machine Dawg]

And is probably the most accurate scenario. Personally, I don't have a big problem with that. It rewards schools for getting good players who are also good students. Save the 11.7 for the good players who are dumbasses.

 

[DawgBell]

This is what I'm talking about! A left handed first baseman with a brain!
GOOD JOB! Cohen and Burroughs are already makin some noise. That wasn't so hard now, was it?

 

[bulldogcountry1]

or next year?

 

[dawgstudent]

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[patdog]

In football and basketball, if you're getting any scholarship money it counts against the limits. This is NOT the case with baseball. If you've got a guy with a full ride academically, he can play and not count against the 11.7 scholarship limit. That's why Polk's been bitching about schools like LSU and Georgia having an unfair advantage. They can get 10 in-state guys in on academic scholarships and then use their 11.7 scholarships on out of state recruits. And as much hell as I've given Polk and as wrong as he's been about some things, he's absolutely right about that.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

His sister a Diamond girl? If not, we have no use for him.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

more like hoped so.

the quality is a little cheesy. i kept waiting for a tom emansky plug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJOdW-vb7d4

he's got a nice swing that can generate some good power. the weight room will do him a lot of good. i doubt he'll be able to stand that far up in the box against SEC pitchers, though.

 

[dogfan96]

all we need is Fred McGriff giving it his "full en-dorse-MENT".

 

[DerHntr]

this guy is going to have to study hard, resulting in a good education, to keep that scholarship so that he can continue to play baseball and go to college for free. it's almost like the academic part of his college experience is being encouraged by the athletic part of his college experience. amazing concept right there.

 

[McMeat]

getting a academic scholarship he may want to spell position correctly in his recruiting video.</p>

 

[lawdawg02]

using spelling smack, you may want to use the article "an" where appropriate.</p>

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seriously, i hope this kid can play outfield. 6'0", 190 lb. isn't exactly an ideal size for a first baseman.</p>