Tobin they are sandbagging, always do. If you want to know what the player numbers are like, then go by the last player roster for SG7 to get an idea. I think the kitties are still outnumbered 5 to 1.
Edit: I just looked at Kruegs signup thread. I counted 5 players signed up. Do you actually think they are only gonna have 5 players besides Krueg and Risky?

Yeah, look at the SGO7 roster...and see how many switched sides to follow their favorite race...

Sandbagging...? Hardly.
The reason most of our guys signed up didn't post in a sign-up thread (I had one?) was because they either applied via sfc2net or I added them manually after they responded to a PM.
At least I see not everyone went by what was posted in any thread, they at least at the sense to look at the forum roster.

As far as who will put in lots of time to qualify as a nutter remains to be seen.
As does who will finish the campaign as opposed to who will play a few times and get bored or find other more pressing things to take care of.