My take is that UH wanted to recruit and NEEDED a QB for recruiting-year 2010.

Andrew had an offer on the table 2008 and did not accept it.

Spain, on the other hand, was available and accepted the offer.
I do not know why another QB was needed at this time having 5 or 6 underclassmen available for years 2010, 2011 and even up to 2012.
They were good enough to recruit but of course you want to better the pool.

Spain comes from a bigger school of possibilities – larger conference.
If Andrew was given a scholarship at this time, we would have, what 7 scholarships out for a QB.

From all the discussions from the experts here, we need reinforcements on the OL and DL. To get them, we certainly need scholarships.

I would like to see Andrew Manley on the UH team as he seems to be a good person and Player of the Year – even though no other school, other than NMSU, seemed impressed enough to offer him a scholarship.

ST ~ Thanks for the backstory on Manley.

Please stop all this talk of HF before Col. A-house gets riled. The worst case scenario would involve the Secret Service security detail shutting down the entire Windward side because of it.

A little more Peace on Earth please!

A few issues are at the forefront, namely the future of Athletics Director McKinley Boston, who is entering his sixth year at the university. Boston is about to work with his third school president during that period, with the arrival of Barbara Couture, and oversee, yet again, a department that has experienced a fair share of financial strain in the past year.<.b

One of Boston’s challenges has been juggling a financial situation that saw the athletics department eliminate all temporary positions as well as eight full-time employees, while reducing its budget by approximately $1.5 million in 2009. Boston didn’t rule out more change on the horizon as the Aggies move into the new year.

The financial crunch hasn’t come without hardships on the athletic programs. Ultimately, recruiting budgets are slashed and coaching staffs can feel underpaid or underappreciated.

But if I’m reading this right.. a gray shirt offer is a scholie offer but deferred by one semester.. The gray shirt player has to pay his own way for 9 credits in fall. As a resident, that’s not too shabby.