Blackmon down to 3

[greenyellow]

Anyone see Wall's post about how Eugene sucks because it rains all the time. Kid sounds brainwashed. I honestly think weather, as crazy as it sounds, does play a difference in Cal/UO recruits.

Look at Blackmon's fairly recent tweet:
@D_BLACK12: Man I need ya honesty, how much does it rain in oregon?

George Wrighster is the man and set things straight:
http://mobile.twitter.com/georgewrighster

Not bad to have someone give them some info, but not push them one way or another too hard.

[Handsome Dan]

I really wish I could talk to this kid and give him some advice regarding communicating with fans of prospective universities. He seems well-intentioned but incredibly naive - he shouldn't be letting his Twitter account become an arena for Oregon and USC fans to try to recruit him.

And as much as I want him to join the Ducks, he ought to know the number of days each month it rains, since it is the most important metric for him. Georgewrighster did a nice job of not making it sound bad, but it seems as if his question would have been answered much better by saying the weather is beautiful from April to October, but it rains half the days in each month from November to March.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Meh. I want Blackmon obviously because of his tremendous skills but he acts like he's about 14 a lot of the time. If you wanna go to Cal cuz the weathers a little bit better then stop wasting everyones time & commit to them. It gets old sometimes.

I'm not usually one of the "I want guys who WANT to be Ducks" fans but thats kinda how I'm feeling lately. Forget the guys who don't wanna play in a little rain, find the kid who loves to play the game & work their tail off & offer him a scholly. Let the prima donna's stay in sunny Cali at Cal, ucla & usc & spend their 4-5 years in college going to vegas bowls or no bowl at all. We''l keep winning conference titles with the guys who "WANT to be Ducks". Rant. Over.

[qckerbcker]

Cal? Let's see... currently experiencing unending rain and mudslides...
When is it wildfire season again?
Oh yea... and how 'bout those earthquakes?
Eugene is loooooookin' good!
Besides.... doesn't he know... "It NEVER rains at Autzen Stadium!"

[Phenom]

I think you guys are overreacting to comments. He is just trying to build suspense. You guys take this way too seriously.

[greenyellow]

I think you guys are overreacting to comments. He is just trying to build suspense. You guys take this way too seriously.

He's been doing this the whole recruiting cycle. To me, this is just like the time he was trying to get more followers and saying he would commit when he reached a certain number. He's a high school kid who is trying to enjoy a notoriously stressful situation. It's just that some people take him way too seriously.

[karlhungis]

D_BLACK12 I love how everybody thinks im going to The Ducks, or a TRojan, lol aha
about 10 hours ago

Oh boy...

[NCDucks09]

yeah, he's an 17 year old, immature, of course he's going to be a drama queen. the comments are about him trying to figure out what he wants, it's a big decision for him. if he hates rain that much, he may choose a UCLA or Cal. to me, a winning team and all the other perks of oregon would outweigh the weather issue, but then again, i'm 6th generation here. we'll all find out come signing day.

[uostudent]

I really doubt he goes to Cal, but UCLA had long been considered his favorite prior to his Oregon visit. He is by no means an Oregon lock....

[UOducksTK1]

D_BLACK12 I love how everybody thinks im going to The Ducks, or a TRojan, lol aha
about 10 hours ago

Oh boy...

I want to believe he's just spewing crap to keep people on their toes for when he finally does announce. But somewhere, deep inside this statement worries me lol.

[karlhungis]

D_BLACK12 I love how everybody thinks im going to The Ducks, or a TRojan, lol aha
about 10 hours ago

Oh boy...

I want to believe he's just spewing crap to keep people on their toes for when he finally does announce. But somewhere, deep inside this statement worries me lol.

I don't really care either way I suppose. I hope that he ends up picking the ducks but I'm sure we'll be fine if he doesn't. One encouraging note is that Jhop has a new story up about one of his teammates, a 2012 CB, having the ducks as his top team. Putting 2 and 2 together here, makes things look pretty good for us.

[greenyellow]

D_BLACK12 I love how everybody thinks im going to The Ducks, or a TRojan, lol aha
about 10 hours ago

Oh boy...

I want to believe he's just spewing crap to keep people on their toes for when he finally does announce. But somewhere, deep inside this statement worries me lol.

I don't really care either way I suppose. I hope that he ends up picking the ducks but I'm sure we'll be fine if he doesn't. One encouraging note is that Jhop has a new story up about one of his teammates, a 2012 CB, having the ducks as his top team. Putting 2 and 2 together here, makes things look pretty good for us.

Could be good news to have another teammate consider Oregon, but we've seen numerous times that it doesn't always work out that way. It would be nice if we could start pipelines to certain schools.

[UOducksTK1]

http://oregon.247sports.com/Article/So- ... n-top-9430
I believe this article is free.

"We (Blackmon and Deayon) are very close and talk often," he said. "I know he likes Oregon and he really enjoyed his official visit he took up there. USC and UCLA have also been recruiting him really hard so I'm interested to see what happens."

[UofO8]

D_BLACK12 I love how everybody thinks im going to The Ducks, or a TRojan, lol aha
about 10 hours ago

Oh boy...

Yeah, i don't like that comment at all. Maybe its just the pessimist in me, but i don't even know if we land this guy anymore.

[Bigducker]

D_BLACK12 I love how everybody thinks im going to The Ducks, or a TRojan, lol aha
about 10 hours ago

Oh boy...

Yeah, i don't like that comment at all. Maybe its just the pessimist in me, but i don't even know if we land this guy anymore.

Don't think he'd be pushing the Ducks to his buddy like he has if he was going elsewhere.