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I thought I read Bridgewater is pretty much a Louisville commit with his WR teammate. Would love to have him though.
 
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Danny Shelton still has Oregon leading after visit to Washington

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ht...013665709_shelton_talks_about_washington.html
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btw... I really enjoyed reading the comments following the Seattle Times article I linked.

it's particularly funny to see them hating on the realist Husky fans (like Bomberboy) in their chat community... check the thumbs up/down ratings posters give each other.

my favorite post...
Look, right now the Ducks are kicking everyones butt, they are about to play in the national title game and are projected to be 5th ranked next year, and that is after losing a good amount of players. I hate this as much as the other Dawg, but that tells me that it will be a few years before anyone takes them down. Unless we can figure out there system and finally stop that Damn offense. Why would a young great studd not want to go there and possibly play for Rose and National titles his whole career. I really hate this, I do, but who is going to knock the Ducks off in the next couple of years? Try to think like a young 17 Y/O can not blame a kid for going to the Ducks. Like I said it though I hate it. I pray that the Dawgs will beat those Quacks every year.

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Todd Barr commits to Cal

http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrec...Barr-100684;_ylt=ArLJLp4VSc10x5Kkz14fLjxGPZB4

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Re: Todd Barr commits to Cal

Not really a huge surprise, is it? I thought he was a huge Cal guy all along, and the major upset would have been him going to Oregon.


I also hate to bring this up again, but Oregon lost out on another kid who will get to play in LA every year. I think this is going to be a huge obstacle
 
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Just goes to show you can have a shitty team and still pull big recruits.
 
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Not really a huge surprise, is it? I thought he was a huge Cal guy all along, and the major upset would have been him going to Oregon.
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no, not a surprise. He just jumped out on film to me so I'd hoped for him to sign on :smiley-grom:

I also hate to bring this up again, but Oregon lost out on another kid who will get to play in LA every year. I think this is going to be a huge obstacle
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yes you did say the same exact thing two days ago... are you going to say this every time a California kid signs with a California school? The Ducks won't be playing in the state of Arizona every year yet somehow they've got 3 new recruits from there. There aren't any games on the schedule in Hawaii, Texas, Florida & Iowa...

The Eugene small town college experience isn't for everyone, and this is probably especially so for big city kids from nearly 1000 miles away. I'd agree that the Pac-12 scheduling games the way they have doesn't help Oregon's cause recruiting in SoCal, but how much it hurts is certainly nothing that we can accurately gauge.

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another non-surprise... Jason Gibson to Cal

Ducks were the bridesmaid to Cal again but weak side DE is not a position that I'm all that concerned with.

Avery Walls announces tomorrow...

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MickZagger said:
Seems like every year that Cal is our main recruiting competition.
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they've certainly enjoyed an inside track for most SoCal and Bay Area kids... which is why it's such a good thing Oregon has gone national with their recruiting.

LA is roughly 850 miles from Eugene... thats not a drive the folks (or family/friends) will go there and back to see their son play over a weekend.

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Justin Hopkins on Duckterritory is calling Avery Walls to Cal also. So don't be surprised if he goes there.
 
Avery Walls to Cal... unbelievable run they're on

safety isn't a real position of need, but this one hurts in the sense Oregon seemed to be the favorite... Tosh Lapoi again is credited with bonding with a prospect over XBox

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Oh well. Fuck Cal. That kid will probably graduate never beating Oregon.
 
I hated Cal since the 06 game (I think it was)... Highly ranked, sure we would beat them, and we pretty much lose the game on the FIRST offensive play.
 
a little perspective to salve the wounds after wiffing on a top safety... Oregon projects to go into next season with Boyett, Javes Lewis, Marcus Davis, Brian Jackson, James Scales, Eric Dargan, with Ifo redshirting in the wings should a rash of injuries hit. Thats 7 guys, depth and quality are in good shape.

the D Line and WR spots are where there is a need for more quality recruits this cycle and some very bright prospects have Oregon at the top of their lists. In those spots there is the real possibility of early PT as a true freshman... any new recruit at safety probably will be asked to redshirt

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I'm also trying to keep in perspective how this process goes. I mean kids come and go and change their minds a lot. And we steal commits that are thought to be leans at other schools.

Darron Thomas was once committed to LSU
Huff was comitted to TCU up until signing day.
Heimuli was a complete surprise last years signing day.

Then I think of the J-Stew's, Cam Colvins, and Haloti Ngata's of the world.

Recruiting is a marathon not just a sprint.

There will always be the Bryce Browns, Tahj Boyds, Todd Barrs, Avery Walls as well.
 
I'm new to the whole recruiting thing, so losing out on big guys is disappointing, especially when they go to a school that has a shitty team.
 
would a new Duck recruit help lighten the mood?

ESPN is reporting Oregon has received a commitment from 3* LB Rodney Hardrick. He's a former teammate of another projected Duck safety I forgot to list a couple posts back, Derrick Malone. I understand he suffered a knee injury his Sr. year but was a pretty hot prospect prior to that.

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Natebishop3 said:
I'm new to the whole recruiting thing, so losing out on big guys is disappointing, especially when they go to a school that has a shitty team.
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gotta roll with the punches. I've only been paying real close attention to the recruiting part for about 4 years now. My best advice would be to remember that the Ducks are competing with 119 other schools for kids, and these big time kids pretty much can play at a school of their choice. And they have a LOT of people pulling them in different direcitons.

Its a fun thing to follow thats for sure, but there are highs and lows. Todd Barrs, Gibsons, Farmers etc are lost. But Darron Thomas, LaMichael James, Huff, Seastrunk, Dontae Williams etc are gained.

And guys like Patrick Chung, and Walter Thurmond and co werent highly recruited at all, and they turned out pretty good.

I would just say dont get too caught up in those highs and lows, LOI day is still almost 2 months away. And 80% of these kids wont even see the field until 2012 as it is.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I'm new to the whole recruiting thing, so losing out on big guys is disappointing, especially when they go to a school that has a shitty team.
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Oregon has been trending up both in recruiting and on the field for a while now. As Wheels points out, many of the best players in the recent history of Oregon's success were diamonds in the rough types who were lightly regarded by the recruiting services when they committed. While landing top prospects is exciting, it's not the end all. The recruiting classes who've earned this trip to the national championship game averaged a #24 overall rating by rivals...

enjoy the ride

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Ducks add the top rated JC receiver in the country Rahsaan Vaughn

for those of us who are juke box heros (got stars in their eyes), rivals is likely to bump him to 4* status shortly as he had a big 2nd year

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Anyone know when Lyerla plans to announce. Man I hope we get him. Please don't be another Owamagbe Odighizuwa or Gabe King.

With French here it begs the question, that if we land Lyerla what position do we put each at.
 
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