Christian French

[Tray Dub]

Reactions from Notre Dame fans:
"Not a great 40 year decision but it is a great 4 year decision. He would probably be sitting for a couple years at ND at WR or OLB... at Oregon he could potentially come in and play pretty early. They don't really have any stud TEs or WRs."
"Stings for sure, but I read ND was intrested in him as a LB.....We all see how much these verbals really means...Chip Kelly goes to Florida he is probably as good as gone. Look at Miami, down to 4."
"if anything we wouldve been a pet project for kelly "
"No knock on Christian for his choice. Oregon is in the NC so it can't be a bad choice at his point. We will see what happens with Chip and the domino effect from there."

A very classy and knowledgeable fan base. I think he would have actually gone to Iowa had they not collapsed at the end of the year. Iowa is a very good program with an outstanding coach that has a history of sending a lot of players to the pros.

Yeah I posted the DJ Davis article on Davis' tribute to the kid who died falling from the tower at ND, and their fans were extremely appreciative and complimentary of DJ. I was very impressed with the ND fan base.

I was being sarcastic. Those comments reeked of "we didn't really want him", "not a big loss", "Chip Kelly's going to Florida so French won't be going there anyways". I live in Los Angeles and there are so many Notre Dame bandwagon fans who have absolutely no affiliation with the school. The USC/Notre Dame rivalry is comical because Notre Dame fans actually believe that they are on USC's level. One of the most delusional fan bases I've ever encountered - up there with UW.

Haha oh, I didn't actually read most of the quotes. I looked at an ND board and most of them said they understand the decision and they don't blame him. They seemed pretty cool to me. I know it's common to hate all things ND, but I've never had much of a problem with them.

[duckydoug]

ND fans are going through a transition phrase, its finally hit them that their program will never get back to prominence and are lashing back at Oregon , TCU, and other programs with little history that are making it big.

[greenyellow]

Looks like Chip visiting in the last couple days helped seal the deal with him.

[uostudent]

Did scout just drop French to a 3 star prospect? I could have sworn that he was a 4 star prospect a few weeks ago.

Good work Fetters

[whodeyirish]

Did scout just drop French to a 3 star prospect? I could have sworn that he was a 4 star prospect a few weeks ago.

Good work Fetters

Congrats on the get. French is a physical specimen but definitely a project player. I really wanted the guy that's why I came on this Oregon board to see what if anything you guys had heard. I did post it was between Notre Dame and Iowa but that wasn't coming from me always had an idea he might be headed to Oregon. Kind of interested to see what position he ends up playing. I think he's better suited to be a defensive player but we shall see. Good luck in the title game.

[buckmarkduck]

Probably not Fetters this time, I would guess they have a midwest guy who's a homer for ND or the Big 10 and dropped him.

[Duck07]

Probably not Fetters this time, I would guess they have a midwest guy who's a homer for ND or the Big 10 and dropped him.

Well, was he a 3* prior to today? If so, can we end this "UW Scout Ranking" conspiracy talk already?

[jay13]

Hey Woodyirish I like the fact that you have taken the time to check out this board and actually post positive thoughts that were a different view.

[skdragon1]

they've had him as a 3 star for awhile now...

[Duck07]

By contract, Chip can't leave before a bowl game and has to give 15 days notice. That would mean Florida/Chip would have to cough up 4$Mil on Jan. 25.
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I liked this quote from French:

“This is a school that having a conversation with the coaches is like home … I know it’s far away from home, but I feel like being far away from home is what I need to become a man.”

Oregon recruited him as a tight end, but already has told him he’ll move to defensive end-outside linebacker if tight end doesn’t work out

French – who said he didn’t make his decision until Wednesday night – will major in sports marketing, another reason he chose Oregon. The school’s sports programs have been recipients of significant funding from Nike, which is based in the state.

“I was originally supposed to make the decision a long time ago, but that’s how hard it was,” he said. ”I finally decided after I left basketball practice last night. I’ve been thinking about it all yesterday and everything like that. After I left basketball practice, I just got the feeling Oregon was the right place for me. I went home and told my parents that’s what I wanted to do, and they were comfortable with it.”

[uostudent]

By contract, Chip can't leave before a bowl game and has to give 15 days notice. That would mean Florida/Chip would have to cough up 4$Mil on Jan. 25.
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I liked this quote from French:

“This is a school that having a conversation with the coaches is like home … I know it’s far away from home, but I feel like being far away from home is what I need to become a man.”

Oregon recruited him as a tight end, but already has told him he’ll move to defensive end-outside linebacker if tight end doesn’t work out

French – who said he didn’t make his decision until Wednesday night – will major in sports marketing, another reason he chose Oregon. The school’s sports programs have been recipients of significant funding from Nike, which is based in the state.

“I was originally supposed to make the decision a long time ago, but that’s how hard it was,” he said. ”I finally decided after I left basketball practice last night. I’ve been thinking about it all yesterday and everything like that. After I left basketball practice, I just got the feeling Oregon was the right place for me. I went home and told my parents that’s what I wanted to do, and they were comfortable with it.”

Good quotes. He sounds like a bright guy. Here's a brief video clip of him making his decision. He said that Oregon's success this year played no part in his decision. Sounds like Chip really did a fantastic job recruiting him and selling Oregon for the right reasons.

Video

[Sooth]

Looks like Chip visiting in the last couple days helped seal the deal with him.

i bet chip gets tired of drinking so much coffee.

[greenyellow]

I like how they said Chip started playing basketball with the son of French's coach. It shows that Chip doesn't take himself too seriously and can easily find ways to connect to just about anybody.