We're in the dead period until Wednesday, which means coaches can't make contact. The kids will have time to ponder their future, which is why we're starting to see decisions trickle in.
So far:
1. Akeem Gonzales to the Beavs.
2. Rudolph Fifita (0-star DE) is our J.C. defensive tackle in this class.
3. Earl Foster reaffirmed his commitment to Houston last night.
4. Darryl Paulo has decided on Washington State.
5. Juda Parker is Colorado unless there's a last minute change of mind.
6. Vivii Teofilo wants to sign with Oregon State, but his family has pressured him into an ASU commitment.
7. Kyrie Wilson was dropped by Oregon. He's a darkhorse to sign.
8. Samson Kaleikin, a offensive lineman from Hawaii, is in the mix. I think the Beavs will offer him once they officially strike out with better prospects. I think he'll sign after the Wednesday deadline.
#4 probably means Lopa accepts his greyshirt offer to Cal, so cross him off the board for now.
All of this can change in the next two days, but as of today it's looking like we sign the status quo, and strike out with the entire foursome from Grant. People keep assuming Rahmel Dockery is a lock. At one point he seemed to have high interest, but if true, what is he waiting for–a Washington offer? Do we really want someone so obsessed with the Huskies? I find it off-putting and sad. He has grade issues anyhow.
So who do we have to cling and hope to this year? First, there there is Davon Moreland. Some "in the know" insist he'll be a Beaver, but Moreland hasn't spoken a single word about Oregon State. He has academic issues, so at best would be a greyshirt, and more likely would be a sign & stash at a Junior College. That leaves Todd Peat Jr as the lone big fish to accept every egg from our basket of hope. How do you like that mixed metaphor? No doubt in my mind he'll wear an orange shirt on signing day; an orange shirt WITH A PITCHFORK ON IT.
What about:
Torian White
Cody Kurz
Patrick Onwuasor
Michael Thomas
Thierry Nguema
Walton Taumoepeau
Justin Rogers
Kendrick Williams
Keaston Walker
?????
If Robins really wants to earn his scholarship, he’ll be in Parker’s ear until Wednesday.
White dream is to be an actor–he will sign with an LA school.
Kurz has no interest.
Onwuasor–I don’t think we’re recruiting him anymore.
Thomas–cooled on the Beavs after they took 4 great WRs.
Nguema–never heard of him.
Taumoepeau–Beavs cooled on him…grade issues.
Justin Rodgers–does he exist? There hasn’t been info on him in ~8 months. He could be dead.
Kendrick Williams–I don’t know who this is.
Keaston Walker–I don’t know who this is.
We should probably add the Linebacker who de-committed from Oregon to the list. He could wind up a Beaver. I’m drawing a blank on his name.
haha, The Oregon LB didn’t de-commit so much as his offer was pulled so Kelly could offer someone with more stars by his name.
He’ll be Dominic Glover Part II
True.
Kyrie Wilson is the guy’s name. Added him to the list.
Grade issues for Kyrie Wilson…
I like Nguema, but does he like us? The kid is REALLY fast, and he’s a baller. Plus, he has a CB’s name. Check out the play at 2:15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doRVhx7Gqlc
News is silent on Justin Rogers because his father is Kenny Rogers. Google that name along with Cam Newton. Now tell me a) that Tuberville and Texas Tech know nothing about Auburn and Kenny Rogers, and b) we really want the kid. Justin shouldn’t pay for his father’s sins, so maybe Mike Riley is one of the few coaches who can bring him in without any perceived… ummm… goings on.
Kendrick Williams is a 6’4″, 320# OT from Spring Texas who is said to be a teddy bear off the field and a monster on it. Big Baby is his nickname. I haven’t heard much about him since early December, so maybe grades are an issue.
I have heard that Dockery might be an academic casualty. And I’m certain that he’s a Husky homer. I can’t blame the kid for wanting to go to school three blocks away from home, especially if he grew up a Husky die-hard. I would like him that much more because of the chip that will certainly be on his shoulder.
Eggers has some good stuff this morning: http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/print_story.php?story_id=129650610675652300
Three things stand out in this article.
1. Storey to play WR at 6’2″, 220#? I know he’s a great athlete and a better football player, but his natural position is OLB. Why waste time at a position that is already deep without the WR’s coming in?
2. As noted, Zimmerman possibly to S? I thought he was coming here because he wanted to play WR. If he wanted to play S, he would have had his choice of schools.
3. Peat’s list of schools doesn’t include NU? Start the suicide watch on the N blogs.
So Zimmerman could probably end up playing safety, huh?
I saw that. That would be a drag. He looks like Anquan Bolden combined with Stroughter as a WR.
I guess that means Riley struck out with many recruits. He’s forced to put together an improvised/patch-work secondary.
Zimmerman will be a wide out. I’m fairly certain Eggers was just sharing his personal opinion, not that of the coaches.
I’m just gonna wait and see what happens from here on out. Hopefully there are some surprises.
It is looking like James Rodgers might not be back at full strength if at all. Hopefully he can make it back in time for the combine next year if he can’t make it back for the college season.
I emailed Cliff Kirkpatrick, and this is what he told me:
“Quality DBs are afraid to go to OSU, I’ve heard, because it plays man-to-man
much of the time. A lot of guys might be great athletes, but are mentally afraid
of getting burned. So, only guys who have the right mental strength come to OSU
as a DB.”
…and he assures us:
“OSU is loaded with DBs on the roster at the moment. You might be worried about
Hardin, but if he can’t do it there are Rashaad Reynolds, Keynan Parker and Ryan
Hanford waiting in the wings.”
I really like Cliff. Though I may not always agree with his assessments, he will respond to anyone’s email promptly.
I am interested to see what Parker can do. He is fast in the 100… doesn’t always translate though. Reynold had some decent speed in the return game too.
I find it difficult to believe that “quality” db’s are afraid of man-to-man coverage. I think quality DB’s love that sort of approach. I don’t think quality db’s like being responsible for man-to-man coverage when they don’t get get to play the ball. The way OSU’s db’s are coached, its usually TAC (tackle after the catch), and several passes defensed per year.
CB int’s have been few the last several years. I’ll bet Dockery’s 4(?) this year, are an OSU CB high for interceptions since before the Insight bowl – that was a slow year for INT’s. I think there was a CB int in that game that the announcers said was the first of the season or something like that, it really struck me.
OSU hasn’t had a lock-down, interception-grabbing, don’t-throw-in-my-direction corner in quite awhile,and I think “quality” db’s are more attracted to Az or Cal. And I think that’s why OSU’s db talent pool is thin – quality db’s aren’t coming here.
If you’re a quality receiver, you don’t go where the passing game isn’t featured.
And if it what Cliff heard is true, if your system discourages talented players, why not flex a little and change some things up? It took forever for Banker the Stubborn to insert additional DB’s into the situations. If mixing in some zones attracts better athletes, not adding some zones is beyond stubborn and approaching stupid. Besides, you take a young QB, rush him and have him throw into zone coverage, he’s going to throw ints. (I think that’s how Cal’s DB’s make their living). Throw against man coverage where the DB is not even looking for the ball, you risk an incompletion.
Cliff has poor logic, and he always stands up for the coaches. It’s really hard to believe great corners are afraid of getting burned. Are great guitarists afraid to do solos? When you are great you want the challenge and spotlight on you. I think the reality of the situation is the DBs watch scheme, and they listen to other coaches, who probably tell them Banker doesn’t allow the OSU CBs to play the ball. That makes a lot more sense than a great player being afraid of a challenge. That logic is as delusional as believing turning your head to play the ball slows you down (and if I concur that it does, then it also slows down the WR–he too has to look back for the ball).
Cliff’s comment is absolutely homerish. Who would believe that kind of crap? Given the recurring theme of our inability to recruit quality corners (a 3-star corner would be a huge prize for us), i’m guessing that other Pac-10 coaches are selling our scheme against us, regardless of whether it has any merit, and our coaches are doing nothing to counter the argument.
At this point, I don’t really give a fuck and am just waiting to see what will happen.
After reading Kerry Eggers article I remain surprisingly optimistic about this 2011 class! Now, I know it remains to be seen, but who else is thinking positively, glass half full kind of mindset? I think we might all be surprised, in a good way after signing day. Regardless of how high this recruiting class is ranked, we will really see how good our coaching staff is this next year! I mean their backs are against the wall, and they have a lot of obstacles/challenges to overcome. We will also see just how hungry the team is after last year’s disappointing season. A win at Wisconsin is just what this program needs, it really would be HUGE for OSU’s future! Now, I’m not predicting a win. I just think it is beyond time for a monumental win (specifically non conference road game) for this OSU program. Mike Riley desperately needs to win the Civil War, or things could get real ugly next year. I’m curious to hear what OSU’s goals & objectives are for the 2011 season, I really want to hear Mike Riley say “Our goal is to win the Pac-12 Championship, and of course to beat the ducks!” Let the players know from the 1st day of spring ball, it’s business time!
I am beginning to think that their are more good defensive players in this class than originally thought, so I can agree with the glass half-full.
However, we have seen what the coaching staff can do with their own recruits and backs against the wall. Riley will probably be conservative in playing RB’s (seniority over potential and talent), and Riley will once again wait for the team to “find its identity” rather than proactively forging one.
Any real hope of a competitive game at Wisconsin seems unrealistic. More likely, the best scenario is a TCU-like loss, where OSU is inconsistent, never in the driver’s seat, and the game isn’t as close as the score. We keep waiting for the huge noncoference win against a highly ranked team (LSU, BSU, TCU, etc) but they never materialize, I don’t see it at Wisconsin, where OSU will struggle to contain their running game.
The class is above average by OSU standards, but it’s still not good enough to get over the hump. I think we all see that, and that’s why it’s frustrating.
You have to be a little careful with Eggers. He and Riley are personal friends and go back a long ways. He is always going to present Riley in the most favorable light possible.
Do you guys play BSU at home this year? So hope you give them a serious beatdown. We blew our chance. I’m asking because it seems like there was a year delay in your home and home with them.
Nah, we don’t play them at home until 2016.
Next year, we’ve got Sacramento State and BYU at home. Wisconsin on the road.
Yeah, that’s right…a thumbs down just for being a duck.
Love,
Beaver “Stars Don’t Matter” Nation
I saw the Beavers offered a scholarship to a Austin Flynn a defensive end from LA Harbor CC. Only other offer right now is SJSU. Listed at 255 LBS. I wonder if this means the Beavers staff believes Parker is headed to CU and Lopa to Cal.
Anyone seen film on the guy?
Flynn was reportedly offered early last summer, so I don’t know what happens with him from here on out. If we were after him, I think we would have pushed to have him sign in December.
Yeah, you’re right.
I would like for the Beavers to get another DE that they could pair with Wynn for the future. Sounds like they struck out with Parker and Lopa. Not sure what they’re gonna do about getting another DE at the moment.
I’d like to see Odin Coe get a grey shirt offer. The kid is VERY high character, and he has an excellent work ethic due to his Olympic weight lifting regimen. I know he likes the Beavs. I remember seeing a picture of him while he was working in Haiti last summer, and he was wearing an Oregon State tee shirt.
At 6’3″, 265#, and smart as they come I think he’ll be better than most in the end.
They landed Gonzales–he’s starting at DE.
Let’s not forget Crichton from last year’s class. He was a good looking prospect.
For any of you twitter guys, Brandin Cooks just got one:
@BCooks4
http://twitter.com/BCooks4
God I love this kid. He’s a true Beaver.
http://www.fanfeedr.com/ncaa-football/2011/01/30/oregon-state-corvallis-prepared-lewis-for-super-bowl
Nice to see Keenan Lewis doing well and giving back to OSU what he can. Hopefully he can become a top 5 CB in the NFL, as it would help the Beavers publicity tremendously.
Check this out- written before the 2010 season and eerily prescient. I sure wish the second to last point had happened.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/11103/best-case-worst-case-oregon-state-3
I must have missed this article the first time around. Thanks for posting. Yeah, I do not think Langsdorf is getting a head coaching job at the D-1 level anytime soon.
B.Cooks is one of my new favorite Beavers…he’s going to be great. It’s nice to see someone “all in” instead of feeling like a recruit settled on OSU.
Juda Parker to CU. He says he appreciates that we named a county park in Coos County after him, but he’s going to the Rockies instead.
Smoo has read and referenced this post. Some don’t like that Moreland may be an academic casualty out of a sense of reality. But true Smoo thinks it’s sour grapes.
In the same breath, Smoo argues amongst himself about the admissions process maybe killing their chances with Moreland (a la Darryl Jackson). Note: This is not the Texas school that didn’t allow dancing on campus until recently. That’s the school in Whacko.
Apparently Brady Hoke used his new digs to re-recruit Moreland, and he almost got him to visit this past weekend. But they came in too late, and I think a June Jones in-home convinced him not to go to Michigan for an official.
I have heard that Devon will pull a hat trick Tuesday night. His decision is between the Ponies and the Beavs. Either way, he’ll be wearing black next year… right Smoo?
No hat trick for Moreland. I just talked to my friend in LA, and he wondered where all these rumors came from. There was never any recruiting battle for him. There was only a question of whether or not he would be admitted, and his friends all told him to come here if he didn’t make it.
June Jones is a part of the whole Mouse Davis coaching clan, and he’s connected to Mike Riley, Jay Locey, Seumalo and Cav as friends and co-workers. So he probably suggested OSU as a back-up in case Smoo admissions failed for Devon.
But I’m told the only coaches who tried to poach him were Fink and Weasel. He was always Smoo, and OSU coaches knew this.
So what’s with all the hand-wringing over his “decision” in the last week?
Hmmm Rivals?
Alex Mitchell to…WSU.
No great loss. I’m surprised Wazzu took a flyer on him. There’s potential, but he played himself out of any offers he might have received despite his early attitude issues.
It’s time to start thinking about who might red shirt. OL/DL targets should be Jordan Ellisen, Matthew Devereaux, Odin Coe and Nick Huelter. TE/LB/FB prospects should be Michael Balfour, Cole Naone and Brycen Stutzman. Kyle Gardner turned down a Portland State offer for a walk-on at OSU according to the G-T. I’ve always liked him, so I’m happy with that. But most everyone else on the list will have offers from Air Force or Directional U as well. I think a couple of them are worth actual offers from us.
Oh… and Manuia Ioane just has to be on this team. Cav would have field day with a kid like him.
I forgot Tanner Balderee. He should be on this list.
There are already a couple kids coming, if I recall correctly. The LS from De La Salle… and a P prospect?
If our coaches turn over every rock, why haven’t they found Kamalani Kaluhiokalani yet? The kid is raw, but what Hawai’i kid isn’t? He’s quick, agile and really strong. In other words, he’s a freak at 6’1″, 300#.
I do like the look at Samson Kalekini, but it makes me wonder sometimes if our coaches really do turn over rocks. Or do they rely on the “pipeline” method of finding kids? Kalekini has a lot of upside, but he wouldn’t get a look if Darren Hernandez didn’t have some kids already here.
They don’t turn over every rock. The list is predominantly from California. It shouldn’t be that difficult with electronic means and OSU grads all over the country to find good players. Granted, recruiting trips are expensive, so it’s easier to concentrate in a particular geographic area, but to say the OSU/Riley, etc., turn over every rock is an exaggeration,.
kids got bust written all over him… just my thought though.
Which one? I listed some ten or eleven of them.
Ahhh… never mind. You meant Mitchell.
I thought there was supposed to be an edit function.
I know for a fact the staff wants Patrick Carroll as a preferred walk-on.
Nevermind, just saw he committed to UNLV the other day.
He’ll have a helluva coach in Bobby Hauck. If you don’t know the name already, remember it.
Not a bad choice. He’s a big boy. I haven’t heard his name since before the season.
So I look him up, and he committed to UNLV a couple days ago. ESPN doesn’t say much good about his game. Interesting.
Brian Farley is another name I remember.
Question of the day: will you be happy if we sign all our commits tomorrow?
Meh. Does it matter if I’m happy? Apparently, a fan’s happiness (usually found in winning) isn’t the highest priority for Beaver Athletics. There’s one truth to this class- if a player from this class is more talented than someone that “sure worked hard” or was a “neat guy”, they will have to wait to play. And regardless of when these guys play I project the same mediocre results because Riley believes its okay to lose.
So…no, I’m not happy with this class at all.
No, because the class could have been much better and we let Doe and Reynolds get away.
Richard Mullaney makes the Parade All-American team.
*impact player* one of the best “gets” of the class.
“To be angry, is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves.”
Interesting quote from Ted Miller on the ESPN Pac-10 blog.
Alexander Pope… no comma.
“Anger as soon as fed is dead; ‘Tis starving makes it fat.”
— Emily Dickinson
Buddha also had one about holding on to anger like it was a hot coal. I just can’t remember it off the top of my head. I only remembered Dickinson versus Pope because I wrote a paper about it once upon a time.
Here’s another from Pope I had to look up:
“A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.”
If you get a chance, read his Essay on Criticism. You’ll find many common quotes used today within that work… “To err is human”… “A little learning is a dangerous thing”… etc.
Pope wasone of the most brilliant morons to ever live.
Minor note…Kyle Gardner has chosen to walk on at OS. He had just one offer, Portland State.
http://gazettetimes.com/sports/high-school/article_fec53aee-2dc1-11e0-aec3-001cc4c03286.html
Oops, just saw this was mentioned above. Well, rest assured, he’s still as committed as he was yesterday!
What a relief…just when I began to think we’d run out of feel-good stories to tell about walk-on’s making it big!
And before he gets too excited about being a walk-on fullback…we had a fullback on the field an average of 2.31 snaps per game in 2010. (that’s just a guess, but if you carry it out your guesses to the hundreths it looks more credible).
Actually, the kid looks like an athlete…and we always need more “gunners” on kick-off. Although our kick-off team was pretty well rested for most of the season last year, so we didn’t really need to dig into our 2-deep.
Kyle Gardner goes to the same high school as my kids, has been a classmate and teammate of my oldest son, and has been over to our house a lot. I’ve seen him play football for four years. I can speak from personal knowledge about Kyle.
Kyle is a good, tough kid who is probably too small to play linebacker or fullback for OSU. Nonetheless, I expect he will become an outstanding special teams player for the Beavers (especially covering kickoffs and punts). Kyle is fearless, very strong and solidly built for his size, and hits like a ton. Great attitude, too, along with a nose for the ball. Expect Kyle to make some big hits and cause some turnovers on special teams for the Beavers.
Given that he’s a walk-on — and therefore won’t cost the Beavs a scholarship — the Beavers (and their fans) should be happy that Kyle Gardner has chosen OSU.
Like I said…looks like he’s a decent athlete and he’ll be a good “gunner” on KO.
I wish I’d have gotten a chance to walk-on at a school like OSU…but as it turns out in ’96 the Beavers were all full up of short slow white guys. Just my luck.
Day before Signing Day definitely feels like Christmas Eve…as in, you’re pretty sure that all you have under the tree are underwear, knitted sweaters, and bunny pajamas, but stil holding out hope for the Red Rider BB gun…actually, we do have a couple gems here, but it’d sure be nice to pull in a couple more surprises…
PS: I hope that 5-star D’whaterverhisnameis that is considering decommintting from USC for UoO has a crappy day today. Just because.
OK DE D’Vante Grant has committed to us. Apparently OU and OSU would of offered if not for his academic situation. He will likely greyshirt. This kid is a stud.
Yep, just saw that, http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-dVante-Henry-118781
I think it’s D’vante Henry not Grant though. Do you have and video or stats Warren?
It’s d’Vante Henry. He was mentioned long, long ago (last summer?) by someone talking about Zimmerman and Johnson, but I thought it was a joke with his position being DE and his weight being 180 or so.
His name is D’Vante Henry. My bad. I don’t know why I thought it was Grant.
bc we’re all thinking about the Grant foursome in the back of our minds.
Maybe you were thinking of one of OSU’s greatest defensive ends, Delawrance Grant! I miss that 2000 defense with Grant & La Darius Jackson on the edges!
lol. Apparently he ran a 4.35 forty and almost broke the track record in Oklahoma. if we can actually get him on the team, these are the types of DE’s we need. The Sooners wanted him to walk-on.
LA beat writer for USC says Torian White will be a Beaver. According to “buzz” he’s hearing. That would some great news. I sure hope that’s what happens.
LINK?
http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/archives/2011/02/line-moves-2.html
Insidesocal (with Scott Wolf?)… it’s just a guess based on buzz he gets.
Yeah, it’s just a prediction. I’m hoping he’s right though. White is suppose to announce his decision tomorrow at 12 on foxsports.com. I’ll either be ecstatic or deflated lol
If he comes out wearing an orange polo, then I’m turning the TV off.
lol If he goes Owa style that will be just awful. I remember last year when I saw Owa come out with an orange polo and I was like “he’s gonna pick the Beavers!” then he said UCLA and I was like “is he serious?” Never know with these kids.
If you want to see his speed, he’s the last runner lane 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6nV4OEHqvI
from Cliff on Riley
“He said there are three guys who haven’t committed to anyone he really hopes sign with OSU, but believes they are long shots. They are an OL, DL and athlete.”
Any guesses? Peat, White and the ATH we just landed? Someone above is optimistic on White.
He’s talking about Dockery when he refers to the athlete.
that would be sweet.
My guess is Peat, White and Dockery.
I really think if we can find a starting LT for next year and a guy to replace Remmer’s when he is gone our O-line will be great. Linekhol (sp?) was solid but he played injured for much of the year. Go back and watch film, he is creating all kinds of space early in games and you can see him clearly wearing down. I got to think a healthy replacement at center will be an upgrade. Plus if the coaching staff can realize Phillip is naturally an OG we will be going from our O-line being a weakness to it being a strength in a couple of years.
Dockery to Boise State??
Where did you get that info from? I didn’t even know they even offered him a scholarship.
That’s why there are two question marks after it. That is what Condotta said.
We’ll see.
I wouldn’t care, but you guys are higher on him than myself.
Rivals.com shows BSU as having 4 DB’s already. Maybe we should swap a DE or two for some of their DB’s?
This from Sunday night:
https://twitter.com/DougPaceyTNT/status/31912135772602368
I don’t see it on Condotta’s blog.
I have an inkling Keith Mcgill is going to sign with us, check out his facebook page.
I’m not “friends” with him; what’s it say?
He just recently became friends with alot of current and former players as well as other people associated with OSU. Cooks, Poyer, and Jawsha James were lobbying him on his wall earlier in the week.
No way to tell if he’s adding OSU folk or if they are adding him. But we are certainly on his radar in a big way. His wall= “Utah Utes vs. Oregon State Beavers?” <-comments from players and students on both sides.
"Last day to make a decision that will effect me and my family for the rest of our lives….. hope I make the right one when I look back 20yrs from now." <–this post followed by K. Mcgill is now friends with everyone that attends/has attended OSU in the last five years lol.
good size and athleticism but I don’t like the description on Scout of him not being involved in many plays. Anyone had a chance to dissect some film on him?
Wow, that would be a great last-minute sign…that kid looks great.
Washington making a late push to sign Akeem Gonzales. They re-offered him a scholarship and are hoping to steal him away from OSU.
It’s a dead period; that would be a violation if true.
It’s Steve Sarkisian I am not the least bit surprised he’s trying to break rules. He did coach at USC.
Rumors are contrived according to the timeline:
Gonzales was set to official to UW and, in his words, commit on the spot. Sark told him to forget it. Sark found out he would have some academic NQ’s a day or two later. Sark re-offered Gonzales and begged him to official as planned. Gonzales told Sark to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. Gonzales commited to OSU.
Silence over that span made everyone guess about it all once info started flowing again.
I love seeing a kid just stick it to Sarkisian. He deserves it.
How the fack did we lose Darryl Paulo to WSU?? That’s a damn shame! Great pickup for them, he’d have made a fine MLB for the Beavs.
I don’t think it’s a big deal. He would’ve been alright but nothing special. I would’ve rather seen Puka Lopa be a Beaver.
Puka Lopa commits to Cal. No surprise there.
I’m not sure why people dislike Lopa. I think he looks good.
I like him a lot. I feel he could be a big time DE. Really wanted him to be Beaver.
I think when this is all over, someone should create a database with all the player names – who signed, who didn’t, sort out the prediction/expectation comments, and then grade the players’ status/performance at the end of the season. (or have you already done that in the past?)
I like the idea…we really need to keep better records of this.
Thanks, and I’d volunteer but I’d have a terrible time sorting out some of the player evaluation criteria, which is why I get a kick out of reading this board. Maybe post it as a project in the jobs section. Who knows, maybe some 6th-grader might take it on as a class project, but you might want to clean up your language a little.
Well Washington tried to get Akeem Gonzales to come up for a visit over the weekend but he declined and is gonna be a Beaver.
Only reason they offered him the scholarship because Aubrey Coleman will not qualify academically. They’ve been trying the last couple days to get him to commit to UW (even though it’s against NCAA rules) however, Gonzales has no interest in the Huskies any longer.
Not surprised Sarkisian would try to break the rules to get guys.
We really need to thank Marable for this one.
Need… new… post.
What are these rumors of Todd Peat leaning toward Oregon State? Did Paul Buker tweet something in relation to this?
I though Peat was an ASU lock?
What rumors are you referring to? I haven’t heard much about him as of late.
From some ASU guys on Rivals, they are feeling less and less confident and a couple said they think he will pick OSU. It’s all rumors though, nothing solid. They said 3 weeks it was 95% ASU, 1 week ago 65% ASU, etc. So, our chances have gotten a lot better.
If the Beavers land Peat and White tomorrow, BEST SIGNING DAY EVER lol Naturally, I won’t believe it at first, being a Beaver fan and all. Would love to get McGill to finish off the class if they were to get White and Peat.
How about Peat, White, McGill, Dockery, and Michael Thomas.
Would be a nice batch of players to finish out the class.
I think Peat has done a really good job of keeping his mouth shut. The ASU folks are dancing the same dance we are in saying they think he’ll go our way (to temper their disappointment). The truth is, he hasn’t talked about his decision and OSU, ASU, NE are all still in it. It’s anyone’s guess at this point.
If I had to guess I’d say he’s going to be a Corn Husker, I think Bo P. had the last in-home visit with him. I always hear that the last coach to have access to a recruit is often the winner.
Bo was there on Friday afternoon… a couple hours before Mark Banker visited.
James Rodgers update via correspondence with Cliff:
“James Rodgers has a bad injury. The chances of him being 100 percent next year
is zero. Riley just told me for my blog today that he’s worried about Rodgers’
recovery. Rodgers needs to come back next year to prove he can play for NFL scouts, and
get in shape for next year’s combine and pro day.”
___________________
So yes, don’t be surprised if James Rodgers doesn’t contribute next season… I believe his effectiveness as a Beaver is over. He is just coming back in hopes of rehabbing for next year’s NFL combine if he can even get healthy enough for it.
Well technically I believe if he doesn’t make it back for next season because his knee hasn’t recovered enough he could get a 6th season.
How does that happen?
The only reason he got a medical redshirt is because he played as a true freshman… This year is considered his redshirt year due to the injury. He he can’t go this coming year than he’s SOL as his eligibility will be used up.
“IF he can’t go…”
Him getting the medical redshirt had nothing to do with playing as a true freshman. Case Keenum of Houston got a 6th year and he redshirted his freshman year.
When Quizz declared there were people questioning why he didn’t want to play one more season with his brother, he probably knows that the chances of James actually playing next season aren’t good.
The Ducks will sign De’Anthony Thomas. #1 Corner in the country.
Greeeat.
Not that big of a deal, at least I don’t think so. I won’t worry about it.
I don’t see how this isn’t a big deal. Go watch tape of this guy, there is no way he doesn’t make an impact next year, he’s Cliff Harris X5. Aside from that, this is a big off the field story. Thomas grew up in SC’s lap, has been committed to them for months and all of sudden a last second visit to Eugene and he’s a Duck. Even with SC’s sanctions this kind of stuff doesn’t happen. We’ve grown accustomed to seeing most of the top players in Oregon go to college out of state but that doesn’t happen in Southern California. SC has had a vice grip on the 5* talent in SoCal for the past decade. The few that got away from SC went to premier programs across the country and none of them were committed to SC for essentially the whole recruiting year like Thomas was. Thomas going to Oregon is so much more than just the Ducks getting a great player.
Uncanny ability for being spot on.
By the way, that’ s how it went down with Seastrunk last year…Texas commit who switched to UO late…
Good post Uncanny…on the money unfortunately.
Meh… This is a kid who hurt himself tackling our walk-on DB last year.
Chip Kelly will have to balance playing time and carries between all those blue chip recruits…..
Lache Seastrunk has already voiced his concerns this past year, and now this just adds more concern for some players, especially with LaMichael James coming back to log jam things even more.
….based on Thomas wanting PT as a RB
Seastrunk has 4 years to make an impact – red shirting was the best thing that happened to that kid…and don’t anybody fool themselves…Seastrunk is going to be a Beaver Killer.
I’ve used the old “they can’t play all those guys at the same time” line before too…but they can play 11 of them at a time. James won’t be back after next year…but UofO will have 1000 yard running back DUO’s for the foreseeable future.
The De’Anthony Thomas situation is earth-shaking…USC has not had a real recruiting threat from anyone in the P10 in my lifetime. The “9” have always got to fight over whoever ‘SC didn’t want. This one sign is a game changer…and that’s not a good thing if you’re a Beaver.
-GWH
-FTD
If there’s one word to describe the Ducks recruiting class it’s: “we’re fucked for years to come.”
I know that’s not one word, but it should be…it describes our power position aptly.
Any bets when our next Civil War win will be? 2015? 2025? never?
This might apply to basketball too.
Rahmel Dockery will announce tomorrow where he’s headed at 11 am. it’s between OSU and WSU. Not sure why some people thought he was headed to Boise. I think he picks OSU. Would b
be a big time get.
What time is all this REALLY going happen tomorrow? I’ll be cheating looks at work. Angry, make sure you hook a brother up with some info tomorrow.
PS – the only thing I miss is the large faded out post number with this new format. It made it easy to find where you left off reading. Love the rest of the new stuff.
“…I’ll be cheating looks at work.”
The horror. I can’t imagine stealing time from a company like that. On a completely unrelated note, I don’t know who this other “GreatWhiteHunter” impostor is that posts between 6A and 6P every weekday…
I think kids can start sending LOI’s in anytime after midnight…we generally start seeing them 8 or 9 am if I remember correctly…which comes a little earlier for kids in Oklahoma (shout out to Ty-Z and JJ) or Missouri (‘sup Malcolm!).
Tonight feels like Christmas Eve! Signing day here we come!
I’m with BeaverBill w.r.t. something we could use to indicate which messages we’ve read.
TIA
Angry,
The new format sucks….you should go back to the wordpress format where
responses keep shifting
over to the right
until they
look
l
i
k
e
t
h
i
s
That was awesome.
I think the appeal of the big city school is gone. Too many people watching their every move. Towns like Corvallis and Eugene are almost safe havens for these guys. OS just needs to make the next step to close. We need more Civil War’s like 2009.
Agreed. I’m sick of hearing how it’s a miracle Riley gets anyone to come to little ol’ Corvallis. I think the size of the town or lack thereof being a deciding factor is wildly overstated. If you had to spend all your time hanging out with the permanent residents of Corvallis, sure, I could see some hesitancy. When you go to school somewhere though, your social network is the other 20K kids that live, learn, have fun in the same environment.
Tell Matt Leinert that.
Everyone get to bed. The LOIs start rolling in at 7am.
I have a post scheduled to go live at 5am pacific time; in there we can discuss all the signing. I’ll be at work much of the day, but I’ll try to post updates.
Thanks Angry! Your dedication is duly noted and well appreciated.
Regarding Keith Mcgill…that guy’s going to be a Beaver….BCooks, Jaswha James, Poyer, and even Calvin Haynes are recruiting pretty hard on his FB. Love it…
Jaswha Power James: “Come to Oregon St. and you’ll look back and be like damn I really won a National Championship”
I’m starting to get more and more excited about this class….we’ve got some solid kids coming in…let’s hope we can land a few big fish tomorrow.
I feel the same way, until I look at the Duck’s class…