Category: Recruiting

Okay, so I was gone for the day yesterday, had to run down to Eugene and check on my dad - he took a really bad spill last week, broke some ribs, bruised his kidney; I just needed to make sure he was okay. Ran some errands for him and checked on his welfare. All things considered, he was in pretty good spirits.This week at Duck Sports Authority we are going to take a look at wide receivers and the

Wait? What? A five star basketball commit did not whet your appetites enough?the Miles Norris commitment was a big boon for the class of 2018. It does not yet mean that every top tier recruit will want to join the flock - but this shows that Altman is beginning to reap the rewards of his fantastic work in Eugene.I have spoken often of Altman's reception in Eugene; it was much like an Oregon recept

Basketball WhispersIt’s always interesting to see how two people connected to different people can come to opposing conclusions about a single player. Such is the case with Kavell Bigby Williams. It is no secret that he has requested permission to seek a potential transfer opportunity. The request was granted by Oregon allowing him to pursue other opportunities.Now conflicting reports come out th...

I love Tuesdays, mainly because they are not Monday. Okay, really, Tuesday’s are the day I get to start looking deeper into Wednesday Whispers and War Room. Sometimes I run across things which are really not much for a Wednesday premium update, so I will try to put together some thoughts on tidbits I run across.QUARTERBACK HUNTINGFirst up is Justin Rogers. He was tentatively scheduled to attend th

The Ducks got more good news Friday - another commit when defensive tackle Mohamed Diallo, a raw but athletically gifted prospect, originally from Toronto, Canada, decided to commit to Oregon. It was a weird day commitment wise because head coach Willie taggart was in meetings when Diallo gave the news to Ray Woodie and Joe Salave'a. So, Diallo committed via a twitter announcement before Taggart c...

FOCUSED ON, Track & Field, baseball and footballI think on Friday’s I will talk about many things that relate to Oregon, recruiting and the world of college athletics, but not focus solely on football or basketball; get into the non-revenue sports and use this time to kind of do a ‘freeplay’ writing where I get to discuss things outside of football.One of the things that attracts me to this i...

Over at Duck Sports Authority, we do a weekly column titled 'Wednesday War Room' which originally began as Wednesday Whispers. I like to do stuff like that, just like Friday is 'Flock Talk' Friday. I think I want to bring back the whispers right here. This will be my daily thoughts on recruiting - non-premium stuff, of course. After all, I still work for a premium site and I cannot give the farm a

Wait? I came here for recruiting! I know, that last post was more depressing than a good ol' take on recruiting. No worries, more is coming. I just felt really strongly about the topic this morning and wanted to write about it.In general, I think that the world of recruiting coverage is changing. With the purchase of scout by 247, there are already some differences occurring elsewhere. The busines

THE GOODThe weekend which seems to never end for Oregon recruiting was one of the most impressive weekends I have seen in all of the years that I followed – and then covered – college football recruiting. Teams recruit. All coaches do it, and all coaches aim for the best recruiting classes possible. It is no secret that the Oregon football team was languishing in the early national rankings for th

What a long yet short weekend. One of the things I had planned to do this weekend was meet with some recruits in Eugene Friday. I had attempted to meet with some of the same kids when I was in California last month, but the timing did not make it as productive as I had hoped. This was about relationship building.Truthfully, there is so much in the world of recruiting that goes on, that I know thes