From JTKSU:
Did you forget Energy? And besides Asprilla would take up a scholarship the year he comes so We would not lose it for 10' Also we have no idea is Asprilla will get released. And Never get a scholarship count based on graduating seniors.
I count 14 dudes on the roster, with Werner and OJ being walk-ons. That would still leave one open schollie for DPete or Asprilla. But, the majority of things that I have read/heard recently point to Asprilla not being released from his schollie at all and playing a year at a juco before joining us for '10. Kinda sucks that the coaches aren't allowed to comment on either player until he actually signs, it would be nice to know how Frank and Co. think things will shake out for DPete/Asprilla.
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JTKSU
Somehow through the use of the quote functionality my name got connected to somebody else's words so I am not sure to whom your post was directed, but I will respond.
Maybe I am just confused as to what you are saying, but if Asprilla gets a scholarship beginning this upcoming school year, in all likelihood he will have a scholarship in 2010 thus leaving (I believe) two scholarships for 2010, one of which is Spradling's. Obviously this assumes nobody leaves, which is not a given. And, yes, I am assuming Merriwether will not be on a basketball scholarship, which could be incorrect.
Whether or not Asprilla will get a scholarship seems still up in the air. It is my understanding he can appeal within FIU above the head coach. If that fails he can appeal to the NCAA. If he fails all those, yes, junior college seems the likely alternative.
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It appears that quite a few of us have totally forgotten how to properly use the quote function in this thread, myself included. I wasn't really responding to anybody in particular, more just to the posts above my own in general. I keep hearing rumors about Energy being awarded an academic schollie at some point, but I'm not sure if that will ever actually happen. I would be extremely surprised to not see him on any sort of schollie at all next year. I just don't see Frank rewarding him for his hard work and then taking it away. Unless, of course, that we just happened to have an extra one available, and Frank decided to reward Chris for a season. I guess that seems fairly logical.

And I think it's basically anybody's guess how the Asprilla situation plays out. I just hope it plays out soon.