This was the morning update in the Wednesday War Room...

Wednesday War Room: 7/5/2017

He's looking to visit Oregon this summer.

https://n.rivals.com/news/ucla-commit-chris-steele-keeps-landing-major-offers

I hope everybody has a fun and safe day. We are going to have some family over for a barbecue then we'll settle in and watch the fireworks over Fern Ridge. Have a great holiday.

Cuero, Texas TE who clearly is at a position of need.

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Assumes he will be among UO's best QB's and will play in the NFL. I like the optimism, but it seems just a tad premature. One thing is clear, he must have jumped Jonsen for PT, which does say something.

http://fishduck.com/2017/07/oregon-ducks-football-dual-threat-quarterback-braxton-burmeister/

4 star OLB from Georgia, a name to watch in the next couple of weeks.

Profile: https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2018/jj-peterson-15118

LINK -- https://n.rivals.com/news/three-point-stance-teams-with-best-springs-fireworks-decommits

Adam caught up with the big man for this update:

https://n.rivals.com/news/new-pac-12-offer-excites-four-star-dt-jacob-bandes

The second in our series of videos of impressive performances by current Ducks. Login to view embedded media

According to Flotrack, Western Texas College JC sprinter, Orwin Emilien will be attending Oregon.
Orwin is from Maurtis, Africa. I have not seen any confirmation of this.

http://www.all-athletics.com/node/539030

http://www.wtcathletics.com/sports/mtrack/2016-17/bios/emilien_orwin_06e5?view=news

Carmela Cardama Baez, from Florida State. She is from Vigo Spain. It's in Galicia....which is in northern Spain.

She was the Spainish national juniors champion in cross country, and in track in the 3,000m and 5,000m. Carmela was all ACC as a freshman. The good news is that she had to miss indoor and outdoor track as a freshman because of injury....hence no loss of eligibility. She also finished 3rd in the 5k in the European Juniors championships. All this and she is an outstanding student too.

Congratulations Carmela, and welcome to Track Town!
http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32900&ATCLID=210404390

Big double-double for Kigab:

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Ran into the new Oregon commit at the Opening for this exclusive and extensive interview.

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I caught up with one ITS at the Opening to get his thoughts on the Ducks. Definitely in the running for him and he will be visiting Eugene soon.

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We caught up with Chase to talk about his recruitment.

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I read on some free content he has Oregon on his final 5. Big guys are starting to get in on the game. That's good.


https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2018/joey-ramos-12852

Very interesting stuff from 4-star DE Tyreke Smith.

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Congrats Raevyn!
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My last update. Tomorrow is championship tournament day and something about returning to my job; end of month billing and all those things keeping me from one more day of the fun at Nike!

I want to say it was great to see Snook out there today! We had a blast covering this for you and so glad we were able to get some good content.

AJ got like 13 great interviews for you; so there is plenty of good stuff still to come. I spoke with several parents and really got some great insight into the program this weekend.

Okay, one thing I will say., Talanoa Hufanga is the best pure athlete in the nation, IMO. If asked for my thoughts, I would support bumping both he and Jevon Holland up based on what I saw this week.

With that said, here is the review:

The Opening Finals: Day Four Recap

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2719670-golden-state-warriors-updated-free-agency-big-board

Watch the video.

Okay, here is the latest from yesterday's late night session.

The Opening Finals Day 3 Recap

One of the Ducks' top OL targets Will Craig spoke with us at the Opening about where the Ducks stand with him.

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