Good run down of where we stand with remaining recruits.

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Dante Moore up to 2!

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Finalists: Oregon, UCLA, Missouri, Arizona, Arizona State

2023 linebacker Jerry Mixon is set to announce his commitment this Friday and he has five schools among his final group. When he initially posted the graphic it only had Oregon and UCLA but he later reposted it with the other three schools added. The first two programs, however, are definitely the favorites of the bunch and I'd be surprised if Oregon isn't the pick after talking with him this evening to preview his decision. He said he's already made his pick and he says it is a dream school of his that he had growing up. The Ducks were the last team to host him on a visit when he made his way to campus for a quick trip a couple weeks ago. He also visited Eugene for the spring game.

He holds the staff at Oregon in high regard, and that has played a key role in the process. UCLA was the early leader in his recruitment because of his relationship with Ken Norton Jr., but the visits to Oregon have changed things and now the recruitment is trending in favor of the Ducks.

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Check out all the five-stars here:

The Associated Press released its preseason top 25 poll a few minutes ago, and Oregon will begin the season at No. 11 on the list. The Ducks received 831 points to land ahead of Oklahoma State and just behind Baylor, which will begin the season at No. 10. Utah is the highest-rated Pac-12 school at No. 7 overall while USC will be ranked 14th going into the season. UCLA was the only other school in the league to receive votes (2) in the poll, which is voted on by media members from across the country. The first-place votes were split among three teams — Alabama (54), Ohio State (6), Georgia (3). The Bulldogs, Oregon's first opponent this season, checks in at No. 3 in the preseason poll.

Jerry Mixon makes the list:

More here:

No media access at the scrimmage today and only Lanning spoke afteward.

Here's the video and Gabriel's story:


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This might be subscriber content, wasn't clear to me. Good article and data from Crepea. I'd say Love et al are doing a great job. TE's are at good weights. Gonzalez is in position to be a big, fast heavy hitter, for another example.
Also, GoDucks.com doesn't appear to show player weights, so it's worth keeping this in mind during the season.
It appears that most guys expected to play this year are at or near optimum. No small task. Shows dedication to the next level. Go Ducks!

He has to be great to get all those offers without any star rating! Lanning knows linebackers.

What a bummer, Hope its not serious.

A couple Oregon players made our list: https://portal.rivals.com/news/ranking-the-pac-12-s-top-transfer-portal-additions-for-2022

Gabriel with the coverage from practice today ...

From On3's list of NIL collectives. Eugene NIL Club allows fans to get in on the action. Seems like a good idea, since the cat has long been out of the bag. I'll be chipping in. Apparently, Taki Taimani just tweeted about it urging support.

Oregon (Eugene NIL Club)

Founders: Bailey O’Sullivan, Mick Assaf
The buzz: The Eugene NIL Club is a player-led collective. The Eugene NIL Club joins groups like Michigan State’s East Lansing NIL Club, Auburn’s Plains NIL Club, Arkansas’ Fayetteville NIL Club and Kansas State’s Manhattan NIL Club and many more which are setting off a new era of collectives in college sports. However, unlike other YOKE-supported clubs, The Eugene NIL Club allows fans to donate directly to financially support 75-plus Oregon football players and “join the ultimate fan experience” through online communities and digital events with players. Participating players will split the proceeds equally. The players partner with YOKE, a platform that offers business tools to athletes to allow them to launch a paywalled community. This provides fans a way to engage with Oregon athletes throughout the season via an online membership. NIL experts are not surprised by players making a move to have a seat at the table. The move also gives student-athletes the opportunity to have the cash funnel directly to them.

Hard to fault him for this. NW is a prestigious institution and he was at Univ of Chicago prior to UO so this seems to be an opportunity for him to return to his roots.

All I know is tomorrow? Ideas?

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Yesterday at a Starbucks, I met a man and woman. The woman wore a Michigan shirt and the man wore a Stanford shirt.
They had both gone to Michigan as undergraduates, and to Stanford for grad school.

The guy told me that he loved Michigan football. They had both grown up in Michigan and had been Michigan fans all through childhood.

I commented that Michigan games were considerably bigger deals than Stanford games. He didn’t complete agree, and responded that the Stanford fans have more fun.

How weird …. Fun? Doesn’t he know that being a college football fan is far too important an undertaking to be thought of as being about fun?

Right here:

Good story here from Gabriel about Sam "Taki" Taimani's physical transformation since arriving at Oregon, his role in the locker room and how the team has rallied together through the Spencer Webb tragedy.

From Jacob:

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Four-star defensive tackle Edric Hill has released his top six this evening and Oregon has made the cut alongside USC, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma and Missouri. The North Kansas City standout recruit has over two dozen offers on the table, so this is a significant cut. Alabama has been viewed as the leader up to this point, but Oregon certainly made him an early priority. He visited with the Ducks back in January. He took official visits to Alabama, LSU and USC in June.

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From Rivals basketball recruiting director Rob Cassidy: