Ducks Claim JUCO Cup

Post by **dthomas=ddixon** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:40 pm

http://jcgridiron.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=910039

The Oregon Ducks can officially claim their first title of the year as they have captured the JCGridiron.com JUCO Cup for the class of 2009. Oregon landed a number of players that should make an immediate impact and would have won by a larger margin had they not let a few slip away.

The Ducks landed five players listed in the Rivals.com Top-100 JUCO prospects and clinched the win when they received a commitment from El Dorado (KS) Butler County College receiver Tyrece Gaines on signing day. Oregon also landed what JCGridiron.com considers the top linebacker in the class when Roseville (Calif.) Sierra College inside linebacker Bryson Littlejohn gave his word to the Ducks in mid-January. In addition, Oregon landed two defensive tackles listed in the JCGridiron.com Top-10 defensive tackles in Huntington Beach (Calif.) Golden West College defensive tackle Andrew Iupati (4) and Reedley (Calif.) Reedley College DT Terrance Montgomery (10). If that was not enough, the Ducks managed to convince JCGridiron's No. 5 defensive end in the country Zac Clark (Butler CC) and No. 8 wide receiver Lavasier Tuinei (Golden West College) to head to Eugene to continue their respective college football careers.

Oregon was on the cusp of greatness and was in a position to have arguably the greatest JUCO class ever before the signing day took its toll. The Ducks lost a few commits down the stretch when Visalia (Calif.) College of the Sequoias safety Anthony Leon and Butler County College corner Rudell Crim both decided to take their act to Arkansas, and former 2008 commit Torrance (Calif.) El Camino College defensive tackle Justin Thompson signed with Memphis. They also saw early commit Myles Wade from Yuma (AZ) Arizona Western College open his recruitment back up and find a spot to his liking at Texas Tech, or the Ducks would have had hands-down a class worth remembering for years to come. Despite it all, Oregon still may not be done as they have dabbled for months with El Camino running back Andre Harris, something that still has a chance to come to fruition now that the Ducks appear to be, on the surface, out of the mix for Bryce Brown. Harris is the No. 24 overall player in America according to the Rivals.com Top-100 JUCO players and the No. 4 running back according to JCGridiron.

bigsugarduck · Post by **bigsugarduck** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:44 pm

Thats an interesting distinction! I hope they can all contribute immediately

gofightingducks · Post by **gofightingducks** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:46 pm

It is too bad the State has their heads up their Beaver asses otherwise the class would have been far better! I hope the guys the Ducks were able to get make an immediate impact though and help the Ducks to no worse than a BCS Bowl....... a PAC-10 Championship and NC would be the ultimate, but I would be happy with getting a BCS bid even if it is not the Rose Bowl!

gofightingducks · Post by **gofightingducks** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:50 pm

The one thing that surprised me was Evans choosing Kentucky over Oregon (did he ever make it out to Eugene?) Rich Brooks stole two top guys from the Ducks, which is fine because no better person to lose out to than Brooks.

jasnwip · Post by **jasnwip** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:25 pm

Evans is an idiot that will regret that decision. I have wondered out loud if there were grade issues with him. KENTUCKY????????? They may be in the SEC but they are a bottom tier program with nowhere to go. I love Brooks but come on. GO DUCKS!!

duckgrad99 · Post by **duckgrad99** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:39 pm

jasnwip wrote:Evans is an idiot that will regret that decision. I have wondered out loud if there were grade issues with him. KENTUCKY????????? They may be in the SEC but they are a bottom tier program with nowhere to go. I love Brooks but come on. GO DUCKS!!

Hey man, a player isn't an idiot just because he chooses a school besides Oregon. Besides, Kentucky is in the SEC like you said and have actually won 3 straight bowl games.

echo31 · Post by **echo31** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:30 pm

dthomas=ddixon wrote:the Ducks appear to be, on the surface, out of the mix for Bryce Brown

Huh?

Post by **dthomas=ddixon** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:57 pm

echo31 wrote:
dthomas=ddixon wrote:the Ducks appear to be, on the surface, out of the mix for Bryce Brown
Huh?

Yeah not sure about that. Must have been written by division1watcher

VinnyKnuckles · Post by **VinnyKnuckles** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:41 pm

jasnwip wrote:Evans is an idiot that will regret that decision. I have wondered out loud if there were grade issues with him.

Yes, grades were an issue with him.

alabamaduck · Post by **alabamaduck** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:59 pm

Interesting that the article claims that Leon, Crim, Wade and Thompson all chose to sign elsewhere rather than pointing out that none of them would have gotten into school

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:58 pm

Nice job ducks. Our JUCO classes every year seem to be pretty strong.

Post by **greenyellow** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:00 pm

UOducksTK1 wrote:Nice job ducks. Our JUCO classes every year seem to be pretty strong.

I think that when the coaches go for JUCO transfers, they go for the top ones that can really bring an immediate impact to the team.

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