[Can Lanning Bring the 2021-22 Georgia D Talent to Oregon?]

Thanks for the responses. My point is that Lanning is able to develop talent as well as recruit it. I don't expect to have a Georgia/SEC-CFP level defense in a year. We do have 4 and 5 star talent (Sewell, Flowe, Manning, et al) though, and I don't think Lanning takes the Oregon job if he doesn't think he can build that here. 

[Can Lanning Bring the 2021-22 Georgia D Talent to Oregon?]

 

 

 

Georgia had eight defensive players in the combine, and for the most part they put on a show. That wouldn't be a surprise if they were all 5☆ recruits, and three were, but more were 3-4☆ out of high school:

 

2022 NFL Scouting Combine winners and losers, Day 3: Georgia's Jordan Davis, Travon Walker, Devonte Wyatt turn heads

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Defensive linemen and linebackers took the field on Saturday at the NFL Scouting Combine. Who starred on the big stage? Who...

 

Jordan Davis   DL   3☆

Travon Walker   DL  5☆

DeVonte Wright  DL  4☆

Nakobe Dean    LB   5☆  

Channing Tindall   ILB  4☆

Quay Walker   LB   4☆

Lewis Cine    S    4☆

Derion Kendrick  DB   5☆

 

Dean and Kendrick, both 5☆, didn't do drills at the combine. Dean, Walker, Wyatt and Davis could all go in the first round with Tindall, Walker and Cine soon after. Lanning and crew took kids with varying levels of raw talent and developed them into NFL caliber players. I've got to believe that if they could do it there, they can do it here. 

 

 

[New Softball Star: Vallery Wong Earns National Player of the Week]

Wong reminds me of Gwen Svekis from that great 2018 team. Slugger and a force behind the plate,  ultimately an All American and NFCA National Catcher of the Year. Great catching makes good pitching better. Ms. Wong appears to have that level of talent. 

[Canzano Leaves Oregonian]

I enjoyed his work though he could be polarizing. He sometimes blew smoke and distorted opinion out of his northbound south end. And. I. Wasn't. Always. A. Fan. Of. His. Staccato. Sentence. Structure. He did gore the occasional ox that needed it (Larry Scott), though he went after the Chipster with a bit too much enthusiasm at times. Some Duck fans will cheer this. I'll kinda miss him.

[Oregon Receivers Surprising at NFL Combine?]

I think it's pretty apparent that from Herbert to Slough to AB and maybe even Thompson,  QB development at Oregon lagged behind what it could been during the Cristobal years. Nix was coached up by Dillingham at Auburn to be SEC FOTY. The talent in the QB room is there, maybe we get to see it now. 

[Don Johnson Jr. Home From Hospital, Recovering (Football Dir. of Player Personnel)]

Wow. If he had a massive MI and required airlift to OHSU for a ventricular assist device from heart failure, that could be in preparation for a transplant. I hope that isn't the case as the outcomes for that can be pretty grim, but most everything else could have been handled here without the need for transfer. Just speculating and I hope I'm wrong. 

[Phil Steele's 2022 Projected AP Preseason Top 10]

Starting with the Montana game, the Fuskies were certainly a "surprise "

 

On 3/2/2022 at 10:00 AM, 30Duck said:

I have to agree with this. With so much about Oregon untested it's hard to see how Steele projects a top 10 for Oregon. Steele of course predicted that Washington would be the "surprise" team last season.

 

[Oregon Loses Another DB to the Transfer Portal]

Forgot the trio of 4☆ incoming freshmen from Cali and Texas. 

[Oregon Loses Another DB to the Transfer Portal]

James Crepea of O-live just broke this news on Davies. Sorry to lose another player, but hopefully the DB room will be fine given the portal additions.

 

 

[Important Update: OBD Hate, Pride and Drama! "I Will PUNISH You Charles"]

 Charles, I applaud you running the site as you wish. I for one am tired of the confrontation that some people indulge in when they know they are anonymous and can spew their vitriol online without having the guts to face up with someone they disagree with. Like many others that follow and post here, I am of a certain advanced age. I grew up with "social media" that involved telling someone in person what you thought.

 

If you weren't willing to do that you kept things to yourself and shut the f*** up. Here, there is a standard of civility that makes me think I would be willing to have a beer with anyone I don't see eye to eye with. Thank you for the venue!

[WBB: Oregon Trounces WSU 83-30]

Must've been a helluva pregame meal and pep talk. KG probably said, "take no prisoners and you starters only let up when you are on the bench waving a towel"

[WBB: Oregon Trounces WSU 83-30]

Yikes,  is that 66-22 score for real? And all without Nyara! DVR tonite for sure. Looking at the stats, Oregon can't miss and WSU can't buy one. Is it great D or did the Leger-Walker sisters not show up? Sure looks like Sedona Prince decided to make a cameo.

[WBB Oregon-Arizona: "Graves is a Bully, an Intimidating, Menacing Figure"]

I can see the headlines in the Arizona Daily Star now "Oregon's Coach Graves (team) Beats (other team's) Women!

[A Lincoln Riley Discouraging Word]

 

 

I read things like this about how Riley left OU and it makes me appreciate how Lanning did his exit from Georgia right. We all can understand the dicey nature of promising recruits continuity before the ink is dry on a coaching move, but there is a mild wafting odor of sleaze in the way Riley did it. This is not an isolated event. Too bad this kid followed the $$$ to TA&M, though.

[Random Thoughts and Ponderments Regarding Ducks Men’s Basketball…]

On 2/2/2022 at 8:21 AM, GangGreen2 said:

Which leads me to the Dante/Kepnang vs Bell/Boucher comparison . . . could the former become like the latter?

The big difference is that Boucher could sneak out to the wing and drain treys, a match up nightmare for opposing defenses. Still lament the what could have been had Boucher been healthy for that Final Four run.

[Mario Cristobal's DEADLINE DATE Has Passed: No OC or DC]

I'm in this camp. One can be critical of the how his departure came down, and of MC's limitations as a player developer and field general coach, but he stabilized the Oregon program when it was reeling from the Taggart departure and made us a national force again in recruiting and reputation. The job he took was at his alma mater where he won a national championship, in his home state, in a Cuban-American community that he was raised in and where his ailing mother lives along with his extended family. For heavens sake, wish the guy well. And be thankful that we appear to have found a new coach that can be everything Cristobal was and probably more.

On 1/31/2022 at 3:48 PM, JohninChicago said:

It seems many folks are happy that Cristobal has not had a smooth start at Miami. Folks have a little grace. Mario was good to Oregon and we should want him to do well also (so long as he loses to Oregon head to head). 

 

[Could Wisconsin's new OC have the Connection to get Caleb Williams?]

Kinda interesting to see the CFB media Lincoln Riley lovefest start to lose some traction. Still think the Williams kid goes to the U of Spoiled Children,  but I agree it's a case of s*** or get off the pot on his decision at this point for the rest of us.

[Florence wants to "See the Love," Duck Fans.]

Yeah, maybe commit, sign, earn a starting position and then feel the love at Autzen in the fall. Though it could be to see how much Duck fans support their teams. That folks can do.

[OL from Hawaii Commits to Oregon]

This young man seems to be pretty athletic at his size (6-6, 300#+), his picture shows very little 'bad' weight on him and his weight room numbers are really good. Kapa'a is a pretty small place on Kauai and I bet he didn't get the kind of national attention he would have in SoCal. Stepping into Oregon's strong Poly culture is his home away from home. Under the radar, indeed.

[Charger Fans Have Serious "Man-Crush" on Justin Herbert]

I kinda like 'em for first effort. Totally Eugene, too. "You know, you can't uncut it"

 

[Caleb Williams to Wisconsin, Really?]

Never had one but I hear they use the leftovers as bait and bottom weights for ice fishing. Walleye pike go nuts for 'em.

[How Lanning Can Make Oregon “Georgia West”]

No reason we can't recruit outstanding DLs. We have in the past with Ngata and Olshansky and more recently DeFo B and Arik A (and even Mondeaux, a Portland 3* who is carving himself out a nice spot with the Steelers).

Dorlus and Taimani look to be good start

[Oregon Gets an A for its new Coaching Staff]

Nice to see after the "B" grade given to the DL hire by Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports.

[WBB: Oregon No. 19]

Still waiting to see Sedona Prince become the high impact player she can be,  though the midrange shot is starting to fall and she seems more active at the post and on the boards. The real exciting development is the play of Pinto and Kyei, and that Rogers is finding her groove. If Paopao and Sabally stay healthy this is going to be a fun team to watch and an Elite 8 level team.

[Helmet to Helmet]

I couldn't agree more with Jon. The pro playoffs this weekend had several plays that would have been targeting in CFB, particularly with Pac12 refs (Stanfurd game, grrrr). Only rarely did you even get a call. Targeting should be reserved for when a player launches themselves with the crown of the helmet. Everything else should be either incidental contact, or a 15yd personal foul penalty and no ejection. Too many games have pivoted on this rule to not have a revision.