De'Anthony Thomas switching from USC to Oregon?

[gofightingducks]

He is rated as the #1 Athlete in the country by ESPN and the #1 CB by Rivals and Scout so regardless of need on the D-Line this is a kid that you do not pass up not only from a talent perspective as he would in all likelihood contribute right away even at a stacked postition but from a future recruting standpoint and of course it would be stealing a player away from USC which is HUGE!

[nogerO]

but something just smells about this. Guess we'll see in a couple of days. One can only hope...

[GoDuckYourself]

I agree, this smells. I'm not getting all wet over this until I hear it from his own mouth. Even if he did commit on the trip he still has a few days for Kiffin and his family and friends to change his mind.

[buckmarkduck]

Kiff won't be talking to him today though.

[woundedknees]

Unless Thomas is doing the calling, any contact with Kiffin would be another violation, but I am sure Orgeron and company have an idea how to work that out.

If it all is a scam/smoke screen, these guys are pretty desperate for a couple of yucks.

USC is already thumbing it's nose at the rest of the college football world.

[stromy]

If this is real don't you think that ESPN rumor board would be posting it? I go over there and no rumor listed.

[nogerO]

Sorry if this has been covered, but can anyone confirm that he did indeed visit?

[Phalanx]

Sorry if this has been covered, but can anyone confirm that he did indeed visit?

JHop seems to think he did, if that is sufficient confirmation.

[Supreme]

He visited. What happened during that visit? I'm not sure.

[briarduck]

Ya I don't think him visiting is in question its whether all the rumors of him committing to CK are true, I would love for all this to be true but I don't think it will be confirmed until his LOI comes in....so we just have to be patient.

Add Simmons and Heyward and this would be monumental!

[woundedknees]

This from Mosely:

http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index ... s-weekend/

"Two-way star De'Anthony Thomas, considered one of the top recruits in the country, visited Oregon over the weekend, he confirmed with DuckTerritory.com."

"The initial reports of his visit were accompanied by rumors of a commitment to the Ducks, but Thomas has not confirmed a switch from USC in any interview I've seen, yet."

[Phalanx]

http://wearesc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155395

"OK, there is a lot of stuff swirling around about the Mamba right now and here is what we know.

As of this morning, the Mamba has not de-committed from USC. The Oregon coaches are coming hard to try and get him to change his mind though and, from what I can gather, he is listening. This is not a situation where Trojan fans should be dismissive of this Oregon interest and think they don't have a chance to flip him, it's just that so far there doesn't seem to have been any official change of commit from DeAnthony and this is one battle that will likely continue for the next two days."

[Duck07]

That he visited this late is a pretty telling sign imo. I'm sure Thomas looks at UO and can see a program that can legitimately tell him that at either RB or DB, that we've got the track record (heh, you can also run track at one of the nations preeminent programs too!) of sending those guys to the nfl.

for those questioning why he'd come here with our current depth, its no different when SC was recruiting 8 deep at RB because elite players aren't scared of the competition. Looking at the spread wishbone again and throw him in, WOW.

I had posted a while back about how somebody nobody had been talking about or even expected was going to get their name thrown in late and I think the only name at this point that could be more surprising would be if Chip managed to visit JaDaveon Clowney when he went to see Byers.

I feel like Ricky Bobby is our recruiting coordinator right now and the class is based on 1 thing: hot, pure, bad-ass speed!

[Bigducker]

http://wearesc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155395

"OK, there is a lot of stuff swirling around about the Mamba right now and here is what we know.

As of this morning, the Mamba has not de-committed from USC. The Oregon coaches are coming hard to try and get him to change his mind though and, from what I can gather, he is listening. This is not a situation where Trojan fans should be dismissive of this Oregon interest and think they don't have a chance to flip him, it's just that so far there doesn't seem to have been any official change of commit from DeAnthony and this is one battle that will likely continue for the next two days."

Doubt that, De'Anthony's the one that contacted Chip and the coaches. From what I've read he's liked the Ducks a long time.

[ncduck]

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