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    What Arizona State Fans Say About Losing Ra'Shaad Samples...

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    On 4/8/2024 at 11:30 AM, Charles Fischer said:

    "His stated goal is to become a Head Coach within the next 5ish years. Does an Oregon RB coach title get him closer to that? I’d understand if he left for an OC role but this move doesn’t appear to align with the career trajectory of a head coach."

     

    I believe he's being hired at Oregon as a RB/Assist. Head Coach.  It seems a step up for him.

     

    ASU point of view Samples leaving to Oregon from Richie Bradshaw of Locked on Devils.

     

     

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    Oregon Ducks to Hire Arizona State’s Ra’Shaad Samples as New RB Coach

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    Duck fans react to Oregon hiring ASU's Ra'Shaad Samples as new RB coach

     

    While there were rumors starting over the weekend, the official news broke on Sunday afternoon that Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks had made their deal to fill the RB coaching vacancy. 

     

    According to 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz, the Ducks are hiring former Arizona State WR coach Ra’Shaad Samples as their new RB coach. Samples was previously the youngest RB coach in NFL history, spending a year with the Los Angeles Rams before joining Kenny Dillingham’s staff with the Sun Devils. 

     

    Samples is a former player who is regarded as one of the best recruiters in the nation at the young age of 29. 

     

    As you would expect, Oregon fans were excited with the move when it was reported on Sunday afternoon. Here are some of the top reactions on social media.

     

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    It feels safe to say that Oregon fans approve of the Ra’Shaad Samples hire.

     

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    Oregon Ducks to Hire Arizona State’s Ra’Shaad Samples as New RB Coach

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    It didn’t take long for Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks to find a new running backs coach after Carlos Locklyn left to join the Ohio State Buckeyes at the start of April.

     

    Sources tell me that the Ducks will officially be hiring Ra’Shaad Samples, the former running backs coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils. The first report came from 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

     

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    Welcome Ra’Shaad Samples to Eugene, the Oregon Ducks’ new RB coach.

     

    Oregon set to hire Arizona State's Ra'Shaad Samples as running backs coach

    Dan Lanning and Oregon no longer have an opening at running backs coach.

     
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    Dan Lanning and Oregon no longer have an opening at running backs coach.

     

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    Oregon Football Spring Camp Updates: Practice 5

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    What Oregon players have said about playing with a left-handed quarterback

    Oklahoma transfer Dillon Gabriel is the favorite to replace Bo Nix as Oregon's starter in 2024. If that happens, he'll be the first full-time starting Duck QB since the 1990s.

     

    The process for integrating the receivers to this sort of motion began even before Gabriel arrived on campus. Per wide receivers coach Junior Adams, the moment Gabriel was committed they got to work.

     

    The team's monarch machine is capable of emulating every type of pass, kick or punt. It also allows you to tinker with the passing delivery, allowing the receivers to get practice catch from a lefty before one was officially with the team. 

     

    "We changed it to a left-hand spin so they can get used to seeing the spin," Adams explained. "So that's helped out a lot, and they pay a lot of catch and run routes with Dillon a lot."

     

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    Oklahoma transfer Dillon Gabriel is the favorite to replace Bo Nix as Oregon's starter in 2024. If that happens, he'll be the first full-time starting Duck QB since the 1990s.

     

    Oregon Football Spring Camp Updates: Practice 5

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    Oregon WR Traeshon Holden looking to make the most out of every opportunity ahead of 2024 season

    Heading into the 2024 season, Traeshon Holden will get a bigger role following the departure of Troy Franklin but is looking forward to the opportunity.

     

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    247touch.png Oregon WR Traeshon Holden looking to make the most out of every opportunity ahead of 2024 season

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    Heading into the 2024 season, Traeshon Holden will get a bigger role following the departure of Troy Franklin but is looking forward to the opportunity.

     

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    Oregon Football Spring Camp Updates: Practice 5

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    Oregon football held its fifth spring practice on Saturday morning out on the HDC practice turfs. Here is what media saw during the 18 minutes of open practice.

     

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    247touch.png Oregon Football Spring Camp Updates: Practice 5

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    Oregon football held its fifth spring practice on Saturday morning out on the HDC practice turfs. Here is what media saw during the 18 minutes of open practice.

     

    The Oregon football team was in full pads for another spring practice Saturday

     

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    The Oregon football team was in full pads for another spring practice Saturday morning.

     

    Arizona State's Ra'Shaad Samples a Target for Oregon Running Backs Coach Job

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    Less than a week after losing Carlos Locklyn to Ohio State, Oregon has zeroed in on a top target to replace him as the Ducks' running backs coach.

     

    Arizona State's Ra'Shaad Samples has emerged as a target for Oregon's running backs coach opening, sources tell 247Sports.

     

    Before being hired as Arizona State[s pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach last year, the now 29-year old Samples was the youngest running backs coach in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams after stints as a running backs coach at SMU and TCU.

     

    "When you think of Coach Samples, this is a guy who's been an assistant head coach in college football from the time he was 26," Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham said last year. "He's been the youngest position coach in the NFL."

     

    "This guy will be the youngest head coach in college football someday. It will happen. There is no doubt in my mind he's going to be. He's ready for it. He could go run a program today. I don't know if somebody is going to hire somebody that young. … But if somebody did, they could hire him today and he'd go run a football program."

     

    In addition to being regarded as one of the nation's top recruiters, Samples helped Arizona State wide receiver Elijhah Badger earn All-Pac 12 honorable mention recognition last season and helped Ulysses Bentley become a Freshman All-American running back at SMU in 2020.

     

    "He's a young dude, but he has a presence," Dillingham said of Samples last year. "He has leadership. He's not a young dude where everyday kids walk over him. He's a guy who has kids in the meeting rooms with him early. He's a guy who is hard on guys. He's a guy who has a standard."

     

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    247touch.png Arizona State's Ra'Shaad Samples a target for Oregon running backs coach job

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    Less than a week after losing Carlos Locklyn to Ohio State, Oregon has zeroed in on a top target to replace him as the Ducks' running backs coach.

     

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    Recent Study Shows Oregon Ducks not as Attractive in Realignment Landscape as Fans May Think

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    On 4/6/2024 at 11:05 AM, Duckley Palace said:

    'd like an article ranking the top ten mascots, see where Puddles rates.

    Here are a couple articles I found ranking College Mascots.  Puddles ranked No. 1:

     

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    6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Ranking college football’s most iconic and unique mascots

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    DucksWire names our favorite college mascots and of course, we all know who comes in No. 1 in our minds and hearts.

     

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    favicon16.png The 50 Best Mascots in College Football

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    If you've ever attended a college football or college basketball game, the one thing that you may look for right off the bat is where each team's mascot is. Okay, maybe not the first thing, but the...

     

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