2012 class even better?

[briarduck]

Mmmooopppsss thanks for stopping by!

Great list, I look forward to hearing more about them in the coming months!

[lukeyrid13]

The boom in applications after a successful sports campaign, which is almost always football is called the "Flutie factor". It all started with the "hail mary" against Miami. Boston College saw a huge spike in applications that next semester and attributed it to that one play. I did a report on this my freshman year in college and it happens everywhere and there are plenty of statistics and data that backs up people choosing a school cause of successful sports teams

An excellent case in point is Gonzaga. They were an after thought in the NW and cause they made a couple Elite 8's their tuition and applications have gone way up.

[GoDucksIn09]

Mops.. soooo nice of ya to swing by with that information. I have not followed this class as closely as others in years past but I am getting the feeling will be following the 2012 recruiting class very closely. I know Tom Luginbill has suggested that for duck fans the 2012 class should be very exciting. He expects us to make a big splash next year in recruiting. I will be hoping we might get 2 five star players. Ohhh to dream. We are lucky if get one. It would also be nice to get the number one player acrss the land to come here. I know it might be star gazing a bit and stars do not always translate to productivity but usually they pan out and with the coaches we have wow I can only imagine how good they would be in our system.

[alabamaduck]

Mops and Jhop both posting on the same day - is the world coming to an end?

It's great to see both of you, please come by more often!

[Mops]

2012 class will be players that saw Oregon finish in the top 15 the last three years in a row and be ranked No. 1 for a good chunk, playing in a Rose Bowl, and a BCS Title game. Oregon is a hot school right now. A lot of the 2012 kids will be looking hard at Oregon.

[greenyellow]

We are starting to fully see the rewards of recruiting that comes with great on-field play. I would love to see what would happen to recruiting if Oregon does win a NCG.

[dthomas=ddixon]

2012 class will be players that saw Oregon finish in the top 15 the last three years in a row and be ranked No. 1 for a good chunk, playing in a Rose Bowl, and a BCS Title game. Oregon is a hot school right now. A lot of the 2012 kids will be looking hard at Oregon.

I remember either you or Jhop saying on 247 that this year would probably the last where we aren't able to get whoever we want out of the state of Oregon. It'll be nice to be getting the Suh's & Owa's finally. There isn't a ton of talent there's usually 1 or 2 really good prospects.

And if there starts to be 8-10 guys worthy of an offer every year that will help recruiting immensely. When you can start your class out with 4-5 commits every year who you were able to get a look at & offer very early in the process because they were close by it makes everything much easier.

[TheMaehlMan]

I remember either you or Jhop saying on 247 that this year would probably the last where we aren't able to get whoever we want out of the state of Oregon. It'll be nice to be getting the Suh's & Owa's finally. There isn't a ton of talent there's usually 1 or 2 really good prospects.

And if there starts to be 8-10 guys worthy of an offer every year that will help recruiting immensely. When you can start your class out with 4-5 commits every year who you were able to get a look at & offer very early in the process because they were close by it makes everything much easier.

I'm so glad we got Lyerla to sign with us. After not signing Owa I was furious since I feel like we should own our state, looks like we are headed into the right direction in that regard. Obviously UCLA's education played a part in Owa's recruitment, but it still was angering.

[Bigducker]

I remember either you or Jhop saying on 247 that this year would probably the last where we aren't able to get whoever we want out of the state of Oregon. It'll be nice to be getting the Suh's & Owa's finally. There isn't a ton of talent there's usually 1 or 2 really good prospects.

And if there starts to be 8-10 guys worthy of an offer every year that will help recruiting immensely. When you can start your class out with 4-5 commits every year who you were able to get a look at & offer very early in the process because they were close by it makes everything much easier.

I'm so glad we got Lyerla to sign with us. After not signing Owa I was furious since I feel like we should own our state, looks like we are headed into the right direction in that regard. Obviously UCLA's education played a part in Owa's recruitment, but it still was angering.

Yeah, hope he enjoy's his education because he's not going to be winning much down there.

[jay13]

The next 5-7 years maybe longer Oregon should start keeping the best in state.The hype factor,the pub.,parents buying Duck gear even though they are just casual fans and other kids that are going to be growing into their own as Duck fans will explode! Just look at what the Fuskies split nat. champ. did for them.All their parents became engrossed into the UW program and now they are overbearingly enthralled up there and those kids now think it's a right of passage or the greatest thing to be a Fuskie!Unfortunately that program got sanctions that have made them mediocre at best(and the Kenny WheatonPick!!!).That's the only reason why they don't get ALL of the kids out of WA..

[greenyellow]

The next 5-7 years maybe longer Oregon should start keeping the best in state.The hype factor,the pub.,parents buying Duck gear even though they are just casual fans and other kids that are going to be growing into their own as Duck fans will explode! Just look at what the Fuskies split nat. champ. did for them.All their parents became engrossed into the UW program and now they are overbearingly enthralled up there and those kids now think it's a right of passage or the greatest thing to be a Fuskie!Unfortunately that program got sanctions that have made them mediocre at best(and the Kenny WheatonPick!!!).That's the only reason why they don't get ALL of the kids out of WA..

We can only hope that UO becomes like UW when it comes to keeping in-state kids home.

[Duck07]

The next 5-7 years maybe longer Oregon should start keeping the best in state.The hype factor,the pub.,parents buying Duck gear even though they are just casual fans and other kids that are going to be growing into their own as Duck fans will explode! Just look at what the Fuskies split nat. champ. did for them.All their parents became engrossed into the UW program and now they are overbearingly enthralled up there and those kids now think it's a right of passage or the greatest thing to be a Fuskie!Unfortunately that program got sanctions that have made them mediocre at best(and the Kenny WheatonPick!!!).That's the only reason why they don't get ALL of the kids out of WA..

The next 30-45 years should prove to be the most glorious time of Oregon Football ever!

As someone who grew up in Seattle (and even went to that 91' Rose Bowl, my dad is a poodle and i was 6) I don't buy your logic for why washington kids and their parents see U-Duh as the only program for them to go to.

You're right though, Kenny Wheaton is why Taylor Mays went to SC, Jake Heaps to BYU and I heard that Wheaton even spoke to God about telling him to have J-Stew not put U-Duh in his final list so he could commit to Oregon rather than WSU. Not to mention the countless others who have all gone out of state.

[jay13]

The next 5-7 years maybe longer Oregon should start keeping the best in state.The hype factor,the pub.,parents buying Duck gear even though they are just casual fans and other kids that are going to be growing into their own as Duck fans will explode! Just look at what the Fuskies split nat. champ. did for them.All their parents became engrossed into the UW program and now they are overbearingly enthralled up there and those kids now think it's a right of passage or the greatest thing to be a Fuskie!Unfortunately that program got sanctions that have made them mediocre at best(and the Kenny WheatonPick!!!).That's the only reason why they don't get ALL of the kids out of WA..

The next 30-45 years should prove to be the most glorious time of Oregon Football ever!

As someone who grew up in Seattle (and even went to that 91' Rose Bowl, my dad is a poodle and i was 6) I don't buy your logic for why washington kids and their parents see U-Duh as the only program for them to go to.

You're right though, Kenny Wheaton is why Taylor Mays went to SC, Jake Heaps to BYU and I heard that Wheaton even spoke to God about telling him to have J-Stew not put U-Duh in his final list so he could commit to Oregon rather than WSU. Not to mention the countless others who have all gone out of state.

Duck07 you are young enough to grow up at the same time as the demise of the Fuskies and you are right that not all kids like the same sports teams and schools as their family/friends.(imagine that kids who actually think for themselves)But for the most part we as a whole generally like the same teams as our family,maybe that's why for some reason there are kids who love the Beavs,too!As for me being a lot older,with friends and family up there and I have a lot of them there(All old like me) they all are HUGE Fuskie people and it's just a way of life.Maybe not so much with the younger generation anymore,but the older peeps definitely are.....BTW they all have that arrogant attitude,too..lol

[duckydoug]

we need to steal Shaq Thompson from Cal, hands down the best recruit on the west coast and the west coast is loaded.