College Football Recruiting & Commentary
College Football Recruiting & Commentary
It is a fascinating development over the last twenty or so years to monitor recruiting. What used to be a press release in February – with maybe some tidbits in local newspapers along with SuperPrep magazine – has become an industry to itself.Along with the proliferation of recruiting information has come a different feeling at times among fans; it’s like reading all of the NFL pre-draft hype the...
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National signing day 2018; what a roller coaster of emotions fans went through yesterday. This is the roller coaster on which every coach across the country rides every day, every week of every year. When you start recruiting people who are only 15 years old – with visions of collegiate and NFL stardom still dancing in their heads almost as vividly as the sugar plumbs dancing in the heads o...
Read MoreA DEEP HOLE - A DEEPER DILEMMAThe biggest scandal in sports – potentially the most destructive scandal in sports history – is not going away anytime soon. After the initial news broke that several college basketball assistants and two apparel company executives had been arrested, the news exploded then seemed to become just background noise.Until this week.More subpoenas have been issued to addit...
Read MoreEarly WSU Thoughts After a gut-wrenching victory which saw the Ducks exorcise some demons from last season, the Cal game also cost the team its star quarterback, star running back and a starter at linebacker.How on earth can Oregon win against Washington State? The Cougars are ranked No. 11 in the nation and are coming off of their first victory over a top 5 team in a quarter century. The Cougar d
Read MoreOfficial ImportanceThis past weekend, Oregon hosted its first official visitor of the year. Plenty of recruits have made their way to Oregon games this season, but did so on their own dime.The first official, though, was figuratively and literally a big visitor.Truly grateful for the hospitality that was shown this weekend at the University of Oregon. Thank you Coach @CoachTaggart and staff. #GO🦆s
Read MoreOkay, trying to get back into the groove even more, so going to work on making some public posts after premium articles.I had some thoughts about the game Saturday.Gridiron InsightsSpeaking of Taggart’s ‘next game’ as Oregon head coach, it might have stood out in Monday’s twenty-two minute press conference that Taggart said he would not watch much film on Nebraska-Oregon circa 2016.While it mig
Read MoreA couple of thoughts tonight.First, though, it has been a long week.About a month ago, my dad, who lives in Eugene and some of you have met at tailgates came to Portland and said he needed to meet up 'important.' His health has been deteriorating for some time and the doctors had told him he was probably at the 12-18 months range as a prognosis.Well, then about 10 days ago, he called and said t
Read MoreThis week Rivals spoke with some recruits to get their understanding about how the new early signing period might benefit them. Of the small sample size, the results were innocuous. Some did not even know there was a new rule, others saw little to no benefit. The truth is that it can be a blessing and a curse.Blessing for who? Every year we hear a story (there are hundreds of them across the nati...
Read MoreThis week at Duck Sports Authority we are doing a wide receiver focus. One of the things we did was name a top three all-time at the position for Oregon. While many want to go with the stand-by receivers that we all know, I dug a little deeper.In particular, I still don't think Bob Newland gets enough credit for his tremendous season in 1970. In an era where ground and pound was all anyone did - w
Read MoreNot a ton of scoop tonight. Jonathan Giles committed to LSU today. the talented transfer receiver had quickly narrowed his choices down to three - LSU, Florida State and Oregon. His commitment to LSU is hardly surprising to me.In my Monday morning article for Duck Sports Authority I led off with a quick look at Giles. One of the things I said there was that "this could come down to a couple of fac
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