Nevada Dawg

This is a really thoughtful post Jon and I could really see these events coming to pass.

Interesting analysis ChicoDuck 1. I haven't seen Frazier's film and might not properly interpret it had I seen it. My enthusiasm for the kid comes from the Georgia recruitniks who swear by the kid and think he fits the Dawgs system just fine. I am not trying to be argumentative, but those guys rarely miss on the merits of running backs. And Frazier was recently elevated to the number 1 RB recruit for the 2024 class. On the other hand, I can think of several instances in recent memory where #1 recruits at RB ended up having rather unremarkable college success. Maybe Frazier is one of those.

The most interesting thing about Steph's ace was his run down the fairway to the green, bouncing all the way. He looked more excited about it than if he had sunk a buzzer-beater 3 in an NBA playoff game.

I just saw this evening that Georgia was now the heavy favorite to land Frazier with the Ducks a distant second. The biggest fear in Dawg land is that Frazier will get an enormous NIL offer from aTm that might be hard to turn down. The information as to who leads comes from the national recruiting analysts "crystal ball" projections. The fear of an enormous NIL offer comes from past ATM recruiting behavior and Dawg paranoia about it. I am just passing along what I have run across this evening and have no direct insider information.

Not certain this will be of interest, but the Georgia crowd generally has very little respect for PFF, often claiming that their assessments of many issues are off the wall. Personally, I was shocked to see Oregon on the easiest schedule list. Even if one had the thought that the PAC-12 is "soft" which I don't, Oregon is going against the best of the conference, and I'll add that road games in Lubbock are a struggle, even for Big-12 powers. Texas has had their hearts broken in the Panhandle more often than they care to remember. If the Ducks get er done there, that is a quality win in my book.

Thank you Charles for the invite. That is meaningful to me. And thank you NJ Duck for the information. I will be visiting with my Duck buddy on Wednesday and will see if he wants to drive up for the game (provided we get tickets of course).

That was indeed a fun game to watch and I practically yelled myself hoarse pullling for the Ducks to hold on. Annie, now don't dwell too long on the past. Look to the future with a fair degree of optimism as I feel that the Ducks are on the verge of playing big games again and will see the playoffs, if not this year, in the near future. In fact, I am counting on it. Go Ducks!

I feel that I have come to know some of the regular posters a little bit over the past year and it would be great to meet them in this kind of gathering among rabid college football fans. Unfortunately Northern Nevada is a long way to drive for an evening gathering, and the chances of me scoring a ticket for the USC game are about as likely as Vanderbilt winning the SEC Championship this year and playing Colorado in the Natty, although wouldn't that make a heck of a story?

Someone lining up as a 5T is supposed to contain the edge, and Jordan is doing a great job of it in this clip. I knew when he pledged to the Ducks that you guys were going to like him. Lets hope that he stays healthy and has a great season. He certainly has the talent to become a significant asset.

Jon, I nearly died choking while chuckling about the Bama-Haley's comet reference while eating a hand-held burrito. Georgia hasn't been out west lately either for an OOC but have one coming up soon with UCLA. In a similar article on Dawgs fans requests for new OOC games, Oregon and Washington are always on the list, and many would also like to find out what a Riley USC team and Utah are all about.

Impact of game: Really indeterminant at this time on college football in general but possibly huge. In Eugene I'd guess: HUGE no matter what the circumstances. True Duck fans age going to want to stick it to the traitorous Trojans no matter what the teams' won-loss records. Autzen should be rocking este noche!

Thanks Charles for the kudos on staff evaluations over mere star ratings. Those of us who carefully follow Georgia recruiting have been amazed about how quick Kirby offers 3-stars and passes on higher rated players because the staff evaluates the 3-star as the better player with a higher upside. Not only have several of these kids become starters on an elite squad, but several have become first-round NFL draft choices as well. A while back a thread was posted showing that Georgia has a bigger recruiting budget than any other Power-5 school. I noted earlier at this is because the staff travels to scout more prospects than anyone else and that scouting so widely helps them to uncover the hidden gems out there. Its a great approach IMHO if you can afford it.

Indeed, for that next matchup: Me too!!! That tells us that both teams had a great season in whatever year the matchup occurs. And while honesty compels me to admit that I would pull for the Dawgs, should Oregon advance, I'd feel that I hadn't actually lost and would be screaming like crazy for the Ducks to vanquish their next foe.

You are telling me nothing that I didn't already know AMC Dawg and have been saying as much on this blog all this recruiting season whenever I had any meaningful information to add. But hey, all is good and Duck fans will enjoy and appreciate the feedback on Lanning's recruiting prowess from a Dawg fan in addition to me.

I agree Charles that this is an interesting case. Georgia's inside linebacker room is absolutely stacked with top talent and the path to significant playing time is likely much shorter in Eugene. Oregon will have the higher NIL offer I'd bet, but Georgia has the proven road to NFL draft success for MLBs that is hard to match. Indeed, the Tampa Bay Bucks head coach sent his own MLB son to Georgia for its developmental potential with talented MLBs. Is Justin Williams per chance an outside LB? If so that may favor the Ducks for that is what Lanning coached in an on-hands manner in Athens. This is the time of the year that tries the souls of LB recruiters (and recruitnik fans) as kids take their officials and have more and to think about. This is why so many recruits become more uncertain about where they are going and do more thinking about what is best for them as individuals. Trying to guess and feel confident about the mental machinations of 18-year-old kids can almost drive the hard-core recruitnik to drink.

Just Ducky you aren't imagining anything. My sources in Tuscaloosa contend that it is crystal clear that the Tuscaloosa police apply one set of laws to football and basketball players and another set of laws to the rank and file public. Interestingly, many posters on the Georgia blogs believe that both the Athens and the University police have it out for Georgia football players by arresting them for various forms of misconduct. They also think that the AJC is biased against the football team for investigating allegations. I have argued on these aforementioned blogs that both the cops and the AJC investigative reporters are simply doing their jobs and need to continue to do it. That brings me a hell of a lotta down votes from fellow commenters, but if you can't count on the police and the free press, we are all in trouble. Having said that, there is little evidence that Kirby looks the other way on sexual and domestic violence incidents and ample evidence to the contrary. And...the latest incident involving the 16-year-old recruit and the older women who solicited contact with him far in advance of the evening in question has been overblown by the AJC. An Athens friend who is an attorney and hardly a protector of football players, told me that more damning charge that could have been levied in this incident was soliciting or even statutory rape against the woman. The Athens police, wisely in my opinion, elected to file no charges in this "he said, she said" incident. Having said all this, I would still prefer to see stronger sanctions applied to misbehaving athletes and have them be public rather than internal. And believe me, I am in NO way tolerant of sexual misconduct of any kind.

I read the AJC story and was dismayed by the behavior of the Georgia recruit in question who exhibited thuggish behavior in my opinion. But this one case hardly means that Kirby has lost control of the program or doesn't take sexual and/or domestic violence cases seriously. When charged in 2018 I believe for domestic violence Kirby immediately dismissed the Dawgs top wide receiver. Last year, he immediately dismissed Georgia's top sack master and almost certain first-round draft pick who was indicted for rape and immediately dismissed from the team Two earlier domestic violators were immediately dismissed and welcomed with open arms by Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa.. By the way, my friend, who is a rabid Bama fan is very critical of the Bama staff for its permissiveness and the Tuscaloosa police for looking the other way at violations by Alabama football and basketball players. You don't hear a lot from Tuscaloosa because nobody comes down on the players. Auto racing and driving misconduct: Yeah Georgia has a big problem. But I'll say this about the recruit who was not charged for his conduct: He is on a very short leash and will be gone if there is any repetition of the allegations made, whether or not he is formally charged by the police.

Scuttlebutt on one of the Dawgs recruiting blogs tonight is that OT Baker is most likely a Duck. Congrats!

IMHO McRoy was a great get for the Ducks. Incidentally, I saw on one of the Dawgs recruiting blogs this evening that several OL recruits are ready to pop for Georgia and OT Baker is not one of them. The consensus is that Baker is a Duck all the way. If so, another great OL pickup in Eugene! Your understudy to Nix should have the makings of a great protective front in 25 and 26.

I concur that Sewell never reached his potential although he became a good player. It seemed as if he was asked to be mainly a run stopper in the Oregon scheme and he was good at it. As for Flowe, I think that he was badly overrated as a 5-star high school recruit. This is heresay so take it for what it is worth, but at least two people with alleged insider information said that Georgia quit recruiting Flowe after a couple workouts because the belief that he wasn't good enough to be a first-line contributor there and there were multiple guys that they liked better. As Georgia recruited Sewell hard and wanted him, Flowe was almost never mentioned that year.

Not completely. It has been reported on many sites who have inside knowledge, and they say that Oregon is NOT the top dollar NIL. We are competitive, enough to stay in the group a recruit is considering, but Lanning is selling the other aspects of Oregon to offset the pure payoffs. It's been working! Kirby Smart at Georgia does not offer incoming freshmen any more than the recruiting combine stipend that all Georgia players receive. Anything above that figure is dependent on those who have a big NIL value and can get someone to ante up. Development is the primary recruiting inducement and Smart can back that up with 34 NFL draft choices over the last three years, several of whom were 3-stars who ended up being selected in the first round--and that's big money worth many millions of dollars. My guess is that Lanning learned that development sells, and it does. It will continue to work on the recruiting trail as long as the Oregon staff has some meaningful success at backing it up.

Hope I don't get flagged for the above post of mine. Sorry Charles.

Remnants indeed! What a moronic post.

This kind of recruiting is what Lanning has to do, and over a period of several years, to build the kind of roster that will have the staying power of a truly elite program. It is extremely important to layer talent across all position groups to ensure the depth necessary to win championships. Dan Lanning was well schooled in roster building during his years at Georgia and I expected nothing less than this kind of aspirational recruiting when he became a Duck. This is one of the major reasons that I came on this blog soon after Lanning's hire to say that you rabid Duck fans are going to love this guy. Enjoy the process.

Numbers 1,4,5,and 6 are all Georgia recruiting targets. Wingo, who loves Dylan Raiola, will not be in Georgia's class because he wants upfront NIL and Kirby Smart doesn't roll that way---for anyone. Georgia sells development over NIL to incoming freshmen. As for Baker and Nwaneri, it is anyone's guess where they end up but Georgia is still in the game for both I am told. If the Dawgs don't get them, I sure hope that the Ducks do.