Steven A Moderator No. 1 Share Posted September 26 Can't get enough of these. Oregon Ducks land massive recruiting flip of 4-star Tennessee prospect DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Big-time recruiting flip for the Oregon Ducks, landing 4-star OL Douglas Utu over the Tennessee Volunteers. 5 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrw Moderator No. 2 Share Posted September 26 Flip 'em, Dano! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 3 Share Posted September 26 That was a big one.... And it should hopefully get the ball rolling again in recruiting. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktmguy2018 No. 4 Share Posted September 26 On 9/26/2024 at 7:57 AM, jrw said: Flip 'em, Dano! I see the potential for a huge parody right there!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabbaNoBargain No. 5 Share Posted September 26 (edited) Sounds like this will be a small class, so will be tough to crack the top-5…but I like the look of our current “Star Average”, #1 on Rivals at least. Edited September 26 by JabbaNoBargain 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 6 Share Posted September 26 On 9/26/2024 at 9:17 AM, JabbaNoBargain said: Sounds like this will be a small class, so will be tough to crack the top-5…but I like the look of our current “Star Average”, #1 on Rivals at least. Depends on the recruiting service. Some services do take the quantity into account while others do not for their final rankings. But the biggest thing that usually matters is average rating. If you sign 30 3 stars that's not better than signing 15 4 stars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck No. 7 Share Posted September 26 That Flip gets a 10.0 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 8 Share Posted September 26 So we have four Rivals 5* players now? Holy cow!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 9 Share Posted September 26 Tit for Tennessee TE tat! Way to go Danno. Please, explain to me again what the word 'Commitment' means. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 10 Share Posted September 26 On 9/26/2024 at 10:18 AM, David Marsh said: Depends on the recruiting service. Some services do take the quantity into account while others do not for their final rankings. But the biggest thing that usually matters is average rating. If you sign 30 3 stars that's not better than signing 15 4 stars. Not completely true..the greater the number of individuals, the higher the probability of finding better players. Simple statistics. If I had 100 3 stars I'd argue I could field a better team than from 20 4 stars, especially at the college level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 11 Share Posted September 26 This is one of the very rare instances where Rivals rates a player a 5-Star, when the others put him at 4-Star. To make matters more interesting...he is on the offensive line where we need the quality help! We know that besides Oregon and Tennessee--that this young man was also offered by Washington, (Ha!) USC, Penn State, Oklahoma, Michigan, Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, Miami and Ohio State. Whew! Douglas Utu | DuckSportsAuthority N.RIVALS.COM Douglas Utu - 2025 5 Star Offensive tackle for Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) on Rivals.com 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Moderator No. 12 Share Posted September 26 On 9/26/2024 at 11:13 AM, Jon Joseph said: Tit for Tennessee TE tat! Way to go Danno. Please, explain to me again what the word 'Commitment' means. Commitment is a common step that precedes NIL bidding wars for top players. Allows fans to project future team success, at least for a month or two. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Moderator No. 13 Share Posted September 27 On 9/26/2024 at 11:45 AM, Solar said: Not completely true..the greater the number of individuals, the higher the probability of finding better players. Simple statistics. If I had 100 3 stars I'd argue I could field a better team than from 20 4 stars, especially at the college level. To be fair…Statistically, he did use a 2 to 1 ratio, and you changed it to a 5 to 1 ratio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartm25 No. 14 Share Posted September 27 On 9/26/2024 at 12:13 PM, Jon Joseph said: Tit for Tennessee TE tat! Way to go Danno. Please, explain to me again what the word 'Commitment' means. No offense to TEs, but I’d much rather have beef on OL. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 15 Share Posted September 27 On 9/26/2024 at 6:06 PM, cartm25 said: No offense to TEs, but I’d much rather have beef on OL. I would ALSO like a tight end... I have a feeling we'll get one soon enough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2785 No. 16 Share Posted September 27 This is such a huge pickup. I think the O-line is the thing that has had me worried the most about the upcoming seasons. It is so important to get the big uglies up front in order to dominate the line of scrimmage. Probably has as much to do with the fact that I haven't seen many of the youngsters play since we haven't had much garbage time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
