David Marsh

I think for many of the blue chip recruits they are playing the NIL market a bit more. Some schools are willing to get into bidding wars early... Tennessee and Miami being two rather public cases with their 8mil+ quarterbacks. Other schools, and I think Oregon is one of them, are opting to build relationships and offer some NIL early but avoid any bidding wars, at least until the end of the process where NIL is potentially less of a factor, note less but certainly not a non factor. We saw Oregon swoop in and build a relationship with Connerly and then do some negotiating on NIL towards the very end of his recruitment.

Maybe the coaches... But that fan base is in firm denial. They think everyone wants to go to UW and are simply being bribed not to go. They are adorably delusional.

The Wayne news isn't great but it looks like a strong relationship has been built and let's hope that carries us through. Also it could be that after a year in Florida he just wants to leave and come home to the PNW.

Extra twist I saw with Wayne... He is going to IMG Academy for his senior year. IMG is located in Florida so that complicates matters as you-know-who who was recruiting him for the past few years is also in Florida. I'm hoping that Oregon can lock him on soon.

Washington would rather have our recruiting class right now. They have more commits in number but we have more four stars. In the end the blue chip ratio is what matters the most and that is the ratio that looks at the whole roster.

We have that big Nebraska transfer on campus now. He will need some work and some polish but he'll get some work in. Also I don't think we are national title contenders this year... Playoff... Yes, but not the whole thing just yet.

3 on this list is good for Oregon as it is the most from any one school I think. I was a substitute teacher for Kirkland when he was at Jesuit, not that he'd remember, and he was a big dude back then. Pitty he went to Washington but I think his dad went there too.

Right now I'm feeling that Oregon could land 4-5 5-star recruits. Moore, Young, and Wayne all feel well within Oregon's grasp right now. Uiagalelei also feels like an absolutely real possibility. David Hicks feels like a possibility but maybe a bit longer of a shot. Then there is a lot of talk that Dicky might earn himself a 5th star. I'm sure I'm also missing some other potential names. But even if we just get half of these guys it would be a major haul.

I think that's a big reason here too ... Oregon is a lot of people's second team. They'll watch Oregon and consider themselves a fan, even if they don't have a strong connection other than... Oregon is cool ... Which it is. I think this forum gives us a little taste of that as we have people from all over who would consider themselves Oregon fans even if it's not their primary team.

Makes pac-12 expansion a risky business. Again it is about growing the pie so everyone gets a bigger slice rather than just adding more slices. I do think USC is missing a generation of fans with USC having been "bad" for the better part of a decade. USC bad is most teams average, Oregon State would kill to have swapped records with them over the last ten years but USC hasn't won many fans over, especially kids.

Alabama is the evil empire at this point. Oregon is the chippy (pun in intended) upstart that had the cool uniforms and cool offense. That has at a few points scared the eveil empire. And with Dad Lanning (not a typo he gives off serious dad vibes) leading the way, it really does feel like Oregon is going to challenge the blue bloods once again.

Though I would think it would be nice to have the PAC absorb the big-12 I sorta doubt that is going to happen. Though doing a big move and adding basically a whole other conference would in some ways make more sense because it would enable the georgaphy to work better for scheduling and a good chunk of games. I wrote about how the Pac-12 is geographically isolated last week. Here's the article for those who haven't read it. If you disagree with my assessment I take no offense and would love the conversation. The Pac-12 is Geographically Isolated From the Rest of the College... FISHDUCK.COM Recently in a John Canzano Mailbag article, he was asked whether or not the Pac-12 should consider... Enjoy.

Came across this... Yeah Cristobal paid big for his QB.

What I absolutely love in all these pictures is that Dan Lanning is always looking like a goofy dad. Everyone else can be serious and cool... But not Lanning. He has a big grin on his face and isn't hiding the face that he is having a blast and doesn't care. . Can we just call him Dad Lanning?

I think MC is an average game day coach. There are some nice wins to his name from his time at Oregon and when he was with FIU he had some good wins there as well when he was the head coach. He will have some success at Miami... but unless he learns how to get out of his own way and let his coaches really coach... a National Championship is not in the cards.

Oops.. typo on my part there. I do recall typing PSU but it autocorrected to OSU.

I said effectively the exact same thing with Joe Moorhead. I was convinced that Moorhead would want a power five job again and needed to keep his reputation as a strong offensive mind in tact. Now, Moorhead did improve the MC offense but it never seemed to get close to the offense that Moorhead created at OSU.

He'll enjoy the Miami sun and handing the ball off to a RB who gains 2-3 yards after running into a defensive lineman. It's all good... by the sound of it we will get Moore so no tears here.

I would say there is a real sense of looking to find solutions within the Oregon fan base over the Washington fan base as well... granted I think that mostly stems from the FishDuck community as other forums are pretty toxic in general. At least here we offer solutions... though I'm not sure how often we are listened to.

I'm just going to drop this article link in here. Will Coach Locklyn Restore Oregon's Running Back Legacy? FISHDUCK.COM Oregon is a running back school and has produced some of the greats in both the college and the NFL... There is a real sense around the program right now that this is a continuation of the old ways at Oregon, which is a bit crazy to think about because there isn't a coach left from the original staff after trj Taggatt purge.

It would be a massive get. I think as fans we are so used to not landing these recruits that we don't get our hopes up too much. I will say this... I'm feeling this class could have 2-3 5 star recruits in it.

It is clear they haven't kept up with their Duck news. Granted, I tend to only read the Husky news that comes with the biggest side of tears.

Multi sport works more muscle groups and makes a better athlete. However, in the age of NIL I would think we see fewer because the need to be really good at just one sport will generate more NIL money than being a multi sport athlete. Additionally, less precieved chance of injury. Granted I think multi sport athletes probably weather the injury bug better than single sport.

Yeah.. the Huskies don't have a Yacht... they have a rowing team. They need to row!!!!

I agree I thinking that DeBoer will get the Huskies back to a bowl game this year. The Huskies roster is still good but there in lies the problem. Their roster is still good... Now... But recruiting wise they have been failing and with the transfer portal they are also bleeding talent. So how good will this roster continue to be?