DanLduck

True, and there will always be dudes in the portal. For example, it's hard to believe both Manning and Ewers will stay 4 years at Texas. $$ or no $$.

Another potential big get for our wide receiver room. Oregon a finalist for five-star wide receiver 247SPORTS.COM Another five-star prospect has included the Oregon Ducks as one of his finalists. Five-star wide receiver Johntay Cook II of the 2023 class announced on Friday evening

QB Avery Johnson Announces New Top Schools, Sets Commitment Date WWW.MSN.COM One of Oregon's top quarterback targets will come off the board soon With Dontae Moore on campus this weekend, who does Oregon encourage?

Interesting topic Haywarduck. This is exactly something I've thought before. Playing multiple sports helps in many ways, most are intangible, and difficult to measure objectively. The ability to think quickly, react and recover, helping with footwork, seeing the openman, anticipating a pass, ( like in basketball), dealing with difficulty, learning to be a team player. Actually playing a game instead of only practice. Think how playing baseball could help; hitting .300 is considered good, but that's 7/10 times of disappointment. You have to learn to leave that last at- bat behind and move forward. That's a vital lesson for a qb. I prefer multi sport guys. They have less chance to be burned out or to have learned too many bad habits.

This is why the portal will be so important. Top ranked QB's are too few and hard to land anyway, and in the new NIL climate even more difficult. So landing a quality transfer may become the new way to go. Look at our own situation. We have 3 guys on scholarship that all appear capable to lead, yet only one will. So if Moore comes to OR, will one or more leave? Would Bo stay an additional year? Look at Texas. Two 5* guys vying for the start, and 2 more 4* in the wings, somebody(s) will be looking elsewhere soon enough. I hope we land Moore to help in recruiting more than anything. But the call of the portal can be a big help in the future.

I think our qb room is awesome. Yet at the same time I'm a bit blue cuz only one can play. To become great, they each need game experience. And barring injury, only one will get it. I expect the coaches will choose to start our best option to win, and with the competition it should only help make that one even better. I sure like the sound of Ty's attitude. He seems ready for his chance.

Great stuff. Loved that 'shout' video. Those two are feeling it! Go Ducks!!

Anonymous?!? Really?! Talk about hard up for click bait, man. Another nothing article with no news. Is Udub recruiting well in the PNW region? Not even in their own state. Besides us and USuC, who is recruiting better out of Cali? Sco Ducks!

Listen, they only need to win 6 games. Even Udub can do that. And yes, DeBoer is a great coach. In the end, his hire might be more significant than Riley. UW, WSU, USC, and Oregon should all show significant improvement with their new coaches. Yet, it is delightful to see them dawgs hoping for a minimum of 6 wins to get back to a bowl game, any bowl game.

I think this has to be a large part of it. The issues with him covered several years with multiple athletes. In today's atmosphere of zero tolerance, it's not too surprising he is let go. With our track history and new stadium, we shouldn't have any trouble getting an outstanding coach as replacement.

Well, we knew it would be one "hot" recruiting weekend! Go Ducks!! Go get 'em coach Lanning!

I expect we will see Quinn Evers change schools once again. He's already made more bank than all our UFA's made collectively this past draft! And he hasn't played one snap of college football. Who will end up with bigger payroll? Texas or Texas A&M?

UW is in Seattle. That place is a dumpster fire all on its own. Add in how poorly Udub has been compared to Oregon, why would anyone stay in state! Losing Riley this week stung a bit, so I can imagine a little how they must feel...and it doesn't bother me one bit. I see us getting 8 or 9 of the next 10 games against them, that means they will continue to lose instate to us till at least 2032. And by then our '2nd choice' coach will have played in at least 4 Natty's.

According to the wr group, Butters throws the best ball. Does he get a chance to show his stuff? Only time will tell, but I doubt it. I think all 3 guys can play, but Ty and Jay need to play to get that all important experience. Unlike TE's, we can only play one at a time. I fear that the only way they play will be due to injury.

Well, in the hearts of many faithful and loyal Charger fans, they still do.

I'm not feeling it. With the NIL climate being what it is, until some of these blue-chip studs commit, being in a top 4 list means nothing. I am keeping my fingers crossed...

It seems to me over the last decade, whenever we have changed DC, our defense improves dramatically that 1st year. At least statistically. I expect that to be the case this year too. After that it will depend on recruiting classes. As far as the game on 9/3 goes, our biggest advantage is that we are an unknown. With a new HC, a new OC, a new starting QB, there is a lot we fans don't even know! Lanning got a great opportunity. He left a quality program for another quality program that was NOT left in shambles. He has inherited arguably the best roster in the Pac12 (most blue-chip players). Coach DL has a chance to hit the ground running, as it were, at least on all cylinders. I sincerely hope we look good in Atlanta. Btw SoGaDawg, feel free to start a new topic anytime. Just check the rules if necessary. Your posts are a welcome and delight.

It's great we continue to send a rep to this camp regularly. It's a good image for us to sell to future QB's. I hope Ty has a great time.

Good food for thought David, thanks. Beside expansion not being a real alternative, the changes to college sports, and those on the horizon could really shake things up. I'm thinking of the potential to keep football revenue for the players and force the other sports to cover their own costs. I'm thinking of some schools simply bailing out of football because costs are escalating out of control. Should Oregon and the LA schools continue to fund Cal, AZ, or Colorado? I guess getting better on the field is the place to start. That's the one area where coaches have any say.

It sucks to lose out to MC though. Also, not surprising that all 3 schools are big on NIL.

The RB room really is stacked. Yet still a great deal unknown. All but James have some college experience too. Will there be enough touches to go around? Don't forget Seven on some end-arounds too. Once again, just one more thing to watch and learn about our Ducks this year.

Point #1- pound the rock. This is a big ask. Georgia has been and I expect will be, great against the run. In one of Nix's games against Georgia, he was leading rusher. We need, as Mr. Fishduck pointed out, to get good use from our receivers, especially Seven. He and Hutson will present key mismatches to help move the chains. That in turn will help the run game. Georgia has a couple very good db's. This should be a very fun game for Dillingham and Lanning to game plan for. They think they know Nix, but Lanning knows them, and Dillingham will have some new tricks up his sleeve. The pressure is all on them to not just win, but dominate. I think it will be a very entertaining game. We will have so much to watch for, in game coaching, how are guys play, the defense, the offense, who steps up, etc. This is a game we all better record, cuz we gonna watch it over and over. Can't wait. Go Ducks!

A.J. Abbott, a walk on qb who was with us last season has entered the portal. I have no idea if this is because of the 2 new walk-on qb's just added, or if they were added because they knew he was going. This leaves us with 3 scholarship QB's and 2 walk-ons.

Just remember, Oregon is the team pundits love to hate. We are too threatening to all their favorite teams. Seems we are always dissed, or at least very often.

Thanks for keeping it all safe Fishduck.