Seems like classic USC overrating to me. Darnold the superstar? And Bama could have hung another 21 pts on the Huskies last year. I know, I know, the Fuskies QB was hurt, but still. USC No 2? Dubbies No ?
This is the year when Washington's win streak vs UO ends!


http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-fo...michigan-ohio-state/psln63tvfekn1qoi05ayqy1j9

He does not know a lot about Oregon yet, but he wants to visit.

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I read he HAS been talking to Altman et al., but word is he's visiting Duke this weekend. All the Blue Bloods are hot after him.Very low probability to quack, I'd guess, but he IS from Canada and obviously IS now good friends with Kigab.

He might be better than 2018 no. 1, Marvin Bagley. He might reclassify to 2018, or so says the rumor mill. His profile doesn't show a Duck offer, but that my not be up to date--doesn't show Duke offer either..

FIBA Quick Highlights

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Rivals Profile

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2019/r-j-barrett-840

About to blow up, teammate of Travis Dye (and Troy Dye last year).

Jarrett Bell

Lots to talk about..

https://oregon.rivals.com/news/wednesday-war-room-7-19-2017

Here we go. Some of our early thoughts on those scheduled to appear for teh July 29th event:

Flock Talk: Saturday Night Fever

Both were top 5 all stars. Much to look forward to.

Pritchard.

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Kigab has a nice left hand

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The third in our series of profiles of the amazing cast of athletes slated to attend Oregon's first-annual summer recruiting showcase, Talanoa Hufanga of Crescent Valley High.

https://oregon.rivals.com/news/the-stars-of-saturday-night-live-talanoa-hufanga

What impressed me most in researching this remarkable athlete is the combination of rare talent with genuine humility and character.

He accounted for 8 touchdowns in a game against arch rival Corvallis last September and afterward he told reporter Bob Lundeburg of the Gazette-Times, “I think (eight) is the most I’ve ever had,” Hufanga said with a smile. “But it’s not all me. My linemen are giving me the gaps I need to read and they are opening the holes and doing their job so I can do mine, which is to help get Ws.”

If the Ducks pull Lenzy, Jaramillo, Cota and Hufanga out of the state, it has to be their all-time recruiting haul within Oregon. But it will be a pitched battle to hold on to all four. Adding Eli'Jah Winston from Central Catholic would be worthy of a Weekend Update and an opening monologue.

I "heard" Altman offered this guy, Marcus Watson. Heck, why wait?

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/watson-taking-time-as-stock-continues-to-rise

Just won Nike MVP Award

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/recru...visits-arizona-oregon-kentucky-usc-manute-son

Interesting Bol Bol SI article.

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/07/11/bol-bol-manute-son-recruiting

Hey Guys: As was posted on here earlier, Arjei Henderson will be at Oregon's upcoming camp on the 29th. I talked to him this past weekend at Deion Sanders' Prime 21 camp about the Ducks, and although he called Texas his dream school and had been previously committed to Oklahoma - and still holds them in his Top 4 - he was really excited to making it out and seeing what things are all about out there.

Thanks for having a look: STORY LINK

We begin looking more at those who are expected/confirmed for the SNL event with the talented receiver from Colony High School in Ontario, CA...

https://oregon.rivals.com/news/snl-attendee-michael-ezeike

Positions not especially deep seem to be taking hits this off-season.

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I was out of touch most of the weekend. My dad had to go to the hospital on Thursday and so I spent most of the day Saturday at the hospital and running errands for him. Today I spent with my wife (she is far more neglected this summer than years past due to the non-stop news and my father's health, so figured I could be out of touch for a few hours)

In the interim, here are some things I have been able to get information on:

- Yes, Reitmaier is transferring and is likely to be closer to home. In the end, this was not simply a 'distance issue' in the same way that hardly any decision is a single factor decision. There are always multiple factors that lead to a player leaving.

- No one here has tried to speculate about his absence from the Jesuit scrimmage, which is good. There tend to be far too many rumors that are unsubstantiated garbage. don't believe something an anonymous 'insider' says. If their name is not out there, it's easy to talk trash about someone. Reitmaier worked hard during spring practices, he was very talented and that did not change because he chose to leave the program.

- Will the Ducks sign a huge 30 person class in 2018? I don't think so. With all of this attrition, it is easy to predict that every spot will be filled by the staff for the class of 2018, but look at the class of 2019 and you might see that the coaches cannot simply sign every open spot for 2018. The Ducks have just 9 spots for the class of 2019 as it stands (10 if we project Justin Herbert to leave early). There is no way that the staff is going to want to sign just 9 or 10 guys in a class. They are going to want to even it out just a bit.

- They won't be able to sign 25 in 2019 under most scenarios, but they would like to get in the 15-18 range for that class which means that they are going to have to have 5-10 'open' spots for the class. The more people signed in 2018, the more lopsided the classes will become and this will become a real problem down the road.

- There was plenty of talk about the potential for multiple commits last week. I said to 'slow the roll' on this talk last weekend for a reason. None became public this week. One was not accurate; the rumor started with a different commits parent; one who had no actual knowledge of the situation.

- It's not a surprise at this point, but expect SNL to be a big event; but don't be surprised if it gets downplayed by everyone outside of Oregon. Why? Because many other schools have been doing something similar for a while now. In this regard, Oregon is playing catch-up.

- Deion Sanders' son was offered this weekend as a quarterback. But escaping the attention of many is that Ray Woodie was at the prime 21 Football Camp this weekend. I am told that Woodie has not given up entirely on Kalon Gervin. He has been trending to Virginia Tech for a while; and then Bama jumped in with a late visit for the CB. But Woodie has not given up on the Cass Tech product. The Ducks are going to continue pushing for Gervin because they really feel that good about his potential.

- Scott Pagano had some work done but should be good to go for the season opener. While the future took some hit with the loss of Reitmaier, the addition of Pagano and Austin Faoliu are both critical. Pagano will fill an immediate need and Faoliu will be a potential impact player down the road. Depth takes a bit of a hit, but Diallo steps in for the 2018 class and could be an important piece.

That's all I have for now. Will see what else I can dig up...

Oregon's Blake Haney runs 3:58.79 and recent alumnus Tim Gorman also sub 4 at International Meet.

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Not wanting to deprive our other kids of a trip through the Rockies, my wife and I decided to drive with Rocky from the Houston area to Eugene. His reporting date is July 30, so we want to arrive on the 27th. It is a caravan that includes five humans, and two canines.

Looks like we found a good place on VRBO, but wanted to know any other insight into places to stay, eat, do while in Eugene and Oregon. We are coming through Bend, and I'm looking forward to hitting the Deschutes Brewery - the brewer of one of my favorites, Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Is it worth spending half a day there on the river? We want to hit the coast, too. Not sure how long we are staying, that depends on whether we can watch Rocky practice.

Been talking to him about a bunch of things, but he is definitely solid. Told me he's not going to the FSU camp.

Fwiw, the silent he referenced last week is not McKinley... will out some more thoughts together for Wednesday War Room.

Big visits coming in the fall - UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington and maybe Michigan stand out most and he's planning to see all those schools.

https://n.rivals.com/news/pac-12-schools-plus-michigan-coming-after-aashari-crosswell

Check out his tweet:

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I have a thingy that alerts me when there are changes to the roster. It misses some but generally works OK. There has been some recent changes (drops) that are alarming and I'm not sure what to think because I have no other information so while I don't what to raise unwarranted concerns, I thought I'd ask to see if anyone has heard anything.

Four players have been dropped.
Dylan Kane
Darren Carrington
Rex Manu
Rutger Reitmaier

Of course we know about Carrington, so no surprise there, and Manu and Kane have been injured and at least for Manu there was concern that he might not be back. But Reitmaier?

Anyone?

Recall Armstead really wanted to play both--. they said he could. Yet after some time on the BB team he decided to just go with FB. Good thing he did, as he, Buckner and Balducci were a handful, he ended up a high pick with a nice contract.
Times have changed a bit since the days of the two sport TE's mentioned by Dale, not to mention AA's childhood idol, former UNC two way, Julious Peppers.Man, it was fun watching Peppers dominating guys around the rim...but not as much fun as watching him run through OL's and slamming RB's and QB's to the turf, lol.Peppers didn't play BB his last year before the NFL draft either.
I've read Oregonian articles assuming, with no analysis or explanation, TQ "couldn't play Ducks BB," but I'm not so sure he couldn't try-- as AA did. The recruiting classes AA, Buckner, Brown, "Too Tall" were in were all comprised of all state caliber two way athletes. I hope they say he "can give it a try" so he doesn't go to the Beav's. Then just let it play itself out. If he does go to the Beav's and is a two way, so be it, but he'd sure be a nice addition to this class..

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Gives a great interview at the end. Would love to see him get a shot on a roster.

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Karsten Battles (no Rivals profile currently)