Devon Blackmon on his decision

UofO8 · Post by **UofO8** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:29 pm

Yeeees! Amazing news and glad to be proven wrong haha

Phenom · Post by **Phenom** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:32 pm

What now haters? We jus got a future All-American. Think Huff but more agile.

What act huh?

ppilot · Post by **ppilot** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:37 pm

Figured Oregon the entire time.....way too much Oregon love the last couple months. That and ucla, USC made little sense looking big picture.

Bigducker · Post by **Bigducker** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:47 pm

greenyellow wrote:Now we got 2 of the fastest WRs in the country.

Actually 3 with Rahsaan Vaughn.

duxball · Post by **duxball** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:14 am

kinda off topic but will french or curtis white be playing tight end? fingers crossed we add colt into that mix as well? they could all play tight end, d end or line backer and french has a 40 time that looks wr worthy. any thoughts?

mijaha · Post by **mijaha** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:24 am

duxball wrote:kinda off topic but will french or curtis white be playing tight end? fingers crossed we add colt into that mix as well? they could all play tight end, d end or line backer and french has a 40 time that looks wr worthy. any thoughts?

I personally would love to see French playing TE/WR. With his speed and size going up against a safety or cornerback....would be devastating!!! Same with Colt

chapelhillduck · Post by **chapelhillduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:26 am

duxball wrote:kinda off topic but will french or curtis white be playing tight end? fingers crossed we add colt into that mix as well? they could all play tight end, d end or line backer and french has a 40 time that looks wr worthy. any thoughts?

Curtis has been hurt...French apparently needs to work on his hands

briarduck · Post by **briarduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:37 am

French is raw so I see him ending up on defense, mostly at DE (kRowes spot), Curtis will play TE and will be a great one! As far as Colt goes he looks headed to USC so good luck to him...

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:59 am

briarduck wrote:French is raw so I see him ending up on defense, mostly at DE (kRowes spot), Curtis will play TE and will be a great one! As far as Colt goes he looks headed to USC so good luck to him...

I have yet to see a solid point as to why this would be true.

-We've heard all along that Colt wants to play offense, specifically Tight End. That's where we've been hearing we've been recruiting him for.
-We know Oregon has recruited LBs VERY hard this season, so even if that's where Colt wanted to play, you can bet your house that we'd let him play there. Also, it would appear that we're still actively recruiting LBs, so even if he somehow changed his mind, he'd still have that opportunity to play LB here, it would seem. Even if he wanted to be a DE, that's a need for us as well. Everything he does fits our needs.
-We have an "eye-witness" who spotted Colt and his family purchasing a ton of Duck fan stuff. Certainly that can be returned, but it would seem logical that, this deep into recruiting, if he's loading up on gear, he's all in.
-We've seen that he wants to enroll early. Because SC is on the semester schedule, they're already into their 2nd semester, making it impossible for Colt to start practicing with the team. Yeah he could move down there and live on his own, but in Eugene he could actually be on the team in a few short weeks.
-We're the hometown team and in the Natty, SC is under sanctions, has had 2 down years in a row, and is going to experience coaching turmoil.
-SC is in the middle of a ghetto... I hope for that young man's sake that the 'rumors' of him are untrue, but if they are... I can't imagine Watts is the best place for him to become a better person.

Seems like a pretty easy answer to me. I truly believe we're seeing the death of the "because we're SC" recruiting pitch. Maybe SC ends up being his preference in the end, and if so I wish him the best of luck (except against us), but an assessment of the 'facts' seems to still weigh heavily in our favor...

briarduck · Post by **briarduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:20 pm

^glaze I hope your right because the USC board seems to think he theirs, I'm hoping like you that his trip to the DUCK Store means what we think it means but kids do change and get their minds changed all the time...we will see this weekend.

As far as French goes and others on the team I hope we put guys where their talent is not wasted and we get their MAX potentials wherever they end up!

Colt and a few top DTs and this recruiting class is stellar/epic!

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:59 pm

briarduck wrote:^glaze I hope your right because the USC board seems to think he theirs, I'm hoping like you that his trip to the DUCK Store means what we think it means but kids do change and get their minds changed all the time...we will see this weekend.

As far as French goes and others on the team I hope we put guys where their talent is not wasted and we get their MAX potentials wherever they end up!

Colt and a few top DTs and this recruiting class is stellar/epic!

I guess I'm just curious as to WHAT specifically, has them so convinced?

Not that I'm all-knowing and all-seeing or anything, but nothing that I've seen, read, or heard would support that...

karlhungis · Post by **karlhungis** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:02 pm

FWIW, they have "been hearing good things" about Colt since his visit. It will be interesting to see where he ends up. It seems like most signs still point to Oregon. If we lose him, I will be OK as long as we still land at least 2 top notch D-Linemen.

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:05 pm

karlhungis wrote:FWIW, they have "been hearing good things" about Colt since his visit. It will be interesting to see where he ends up. It seems like most signs still point to Oregon. If we lose him, I will be OK as long as we still land at least 2 top notch D-Linemen.

Agreed.

As weird as it is to say, at this point Lyerla's icing on the cake, an accessory, a luxury. While you always WANT the best talent to stay in-state, it looks as though we'll be just fine at both of his main positions of TE & LB...

I still think we get him, but we'll see on Saturday.

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:11 pm

Securing several of the McReynolds, Heywards, Moalas, Sheltons, Simmonss of the world is now, without question our biggest priority.

Bigducker · Post by **Bigducker** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:41 pm

briarduck wrote:^glaze I hope your right because the USC board seems to think he theirs, I'm hoping like you that his trip to the DUCK Store means what we think it means but kids do change and get their minds changed all the time...we will see this weekend.

As far as French goes and others on the team I hope we put guys where their talent is not wasted and we get their MAX potentials wherever they end up!

Colt and a few top DTs and this recruiting class is stellar/epic!

IF and that's a BIG IF Colt was at the Nike store getting Duck gear for his family, WHY in the world would he do that if he was going to be a Trojan. Doesn't make any sense !! Just think it would be extremely hard to change your mind after doing that.

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