Mack Brown had heaps of praise for Oregon and quarterback Bo Nix during Tuesday's pre-Holiday Bowl press conference, and Dan Lanning showed the same level of admiration for UNC's Drake Maye. Both players are set to be two of the top returning players at their position next season, and the matchup awaiting them Wednesday night in San Diego ended up being a big part of the conversation Tuesday.

Hit the link above to read some of the comments made by Lanning and Brown for their own and each other's quarterbacks.

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I saw this on Twitter.

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Pete Thamel tweet.

Looks pretty nice. At the very end they show a graphic of the finished product. Very nice, actually. It will probably be a while before USC ventures back into this territory.


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Duck fans!!!

First of all, I hope everybody had a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!

I just spent the morning making bookings for the HS all-star games. Here's what we have upcoming. It will be a heavy Ducks focus with my assistant Jeff going out to the Under Armour All-America game in Orlando later this week, both Matt and myself going to the All-American Bowl in San Antonio next week and Scott and I at the Polynesian Bowl in Honolulu next month.

Here are the Ducks signees/remaining targets we'll see ...

Under Armour All-America Game
Daylen Austin
Ashton Cozart
Kodi DeCambra
Iapani Laloulu
Ashton Porter
Rodrick Pleasant

All-American Bowl
Jurrion Dickey
Cole Martin
Austin Novosad
Matayo Uiagalelei
(Since Matt and I are both there, we'll blow out coverage on those guys video-wise)

Polynesian Bowl
Kodi DeCambra
Jurrion Dickey
Iapani Laloulu
Via Pome'e
Teitum Tuioti
Matayo Uiagalelei

Should be a fun month ahead!

We're rolling out bowl previews over the next two days -- Matt and Gabriel will be in San Diego for the Holiday Bowl press conference tomorrow and the game Wednesday.

Traveled to the coast in the RV over the weekend with my wife and oldest son. Did this from the road for your Monday reading:

I've found some on YT but they all seem to feature him at TE. Strange, as it sounds like everyone has his somewhere on the DL. He's certainly very fast for his size, great body control...I just don't find much wrecking ball footage. With his speed and potential to add 20 lbs I don't doubt he's got the goods, I just cant find defensive film.

Watching Air Force vs Baylor

SERVICE ACADEMIES:

NO REDSHIRT

NO TRANSFER PORTAL

NO NIL

And AF is up on Baylor at the half... trying for their 3rd straight 10-win season

Arkansas safety and 2020 SEC first team DB entered the transfer portal in the last week. He has missed two seasons with a shoulder injury, but when healthy, he is an elite safety.

He is originally from Mansfield, Texas, and I know that Powledge has a good relationship there and Oregon would absolutely love to look at him as an option moving forward.

Do we have a list of all of the Ducks that entered the transfer portal?

Never mind … I see it

Another chance to improve, get everyone some PT. Hopefully.

Denies getting direct offers, but doesn't deny others were contacted.. Leeds the team in rushing too. Great opportunity for portal RB's and WR's.

SCOOP DUCK

He or his agent...

The wild recruiting saga of four-star safety Peyton Bowen came to an end Thursday when he signed with Oklahoma on Thursday, one day after he flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to Oregon. Bowen had been a longtime Irish commitment before his stunning flip to the Ducks on National Signing Day. But Bowen wasn't done and flipped again Thursday when he made the announcement that he will join coach Brent Venables' Sooners in a post on Twitter.

"As I reflect on yesterday's whirlwind, I recognize that I made some mistakes that I regret and will learn from," he wrote. "Navigating this process has been a rollercoaster. With that being said, I also know that I was blessed to be in the position to consider multiple wonderful universities as I continue my football career.

"Soon after choosing Oregon yesterday morning, I came to the realization that the direction was not the best path for me. I immediately started to rethink my future."

Bowen also offered an apology to Notre Dame and Oregon.

"Oregon and Notre Dame faithful, I am sorry for how I handled this process," he wrote. "Changing my decision on Signing Day, the hat pump fake, all of it could have been handled better. I can't change what I did, but this experience is something that I will learn from."

I have yet to watch a single bowl game this year.
Sadly I have never been less interested

With all the new moving parts that the transfer portal has brought to the recruiting process, it would be nice if #Rivals could comprise a comprehensive ranking based on NSD & portal activity

Finishing up my review of the early signing period.

Set to be hired by Northern Arizona, he says the Ducks are in great hands with Klemm and next years line may be better than this years

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Two-way athlete Jordan Anderson has announced his commitment to Oregon today becoming the third four-star recruit to give the Ducks his pledge in the class. Anderson is a top-65 prospect overall from California who could legitimately play on either side of the ball in college. He's expected to come in as a receiver for the Ducks, however. I watched him a few times this season and he was impressive in each game. He's liked the Ducks for a long time and yesterday's explosion on signing day pushed things over the top for him.

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The latest:

Hearing Silva may have signed. Trying to confirm