I heard this afternoon that the looming decision is going to be difficult. That is about as good a sign as can be for the Ducks here. No guarantees, but the odds crept up.
Clemson folks are still confident and believe that the retention of Clay Helton at USC, combined with the fact that he did a post-Clemson visit interview and has not done one since puts them as squarely the team to beat. There is some ‘projecting’ going on which makes them feel that the fan distaste for the way the Civil War played out will somehow infect the decision-making process, but multiple sources have told me the opposite today.
While some have made a big deal of the Georgia visit cancellation as being related to distance, it was not the distance itself, but the fatigue from all of the travel he has done in the past year. Some on the Clemson side felt he would also cancel the Oregon trip (that is their level of confidence) and that he made it is a good sign for Oregon.
Now we have to watch the in-home visits. Who gets in fist? Last? And how does the in-home from Oregon compare with the in-home from Clemson, USC, etc.
Clemson folks are still confident and believe that the retention of Clay Helton at USC, combined with the fact that he did a post-Clemson visit interview and has not done one since puts them as squarely the team to beat. There is some ‘projecting’ going on which makes them feel that the fan distaste for the way the Civil War played out will somehow infect the decision-making process, but multiple sources have told me the opposite today.
While some have made a big deal of the Georgia visit cancellation as being related to distance, it was not the distance itself, but the fatigue from all of the travel he has done in the past year. Some on the Clemson side felt he would also cancel the Oregon trip (that is their level of confidence) and that he made it is a good sign for Oregon.
Now we have to watch the in-home visits. Who gets in fist? Last? And how does the in-home from Oregon compare with the in-home from Clemson, USC, etc.
