De'Anthony Thomas switching from USC to Oregon?

[wvduck34]

What is this, a caste system. Something is wrong with them if they are demonizing a kid if he thinks his interests are served best by going to oregon and not U$C.

Hmmm, go to Oregon and maybe a new change of scenery. Stay in U$C and have all my friends on my
back every five seconds if I don't deliver immediately. Easy choice. Don't you think??

[uo2010]

anyone w/ a subscription care to summerize the new 247 article/interview?

[ducksrock]

Seems to me that THIS is too good to be true..Spose we shall all find out come Wednesday....Would love to have the kid choose the Ducks....but, I am not holding my breath on this one....At my age, I need all the oxygen I can get...

[uo2010]

wow, what a pointless article that 247 one was. after hyping it today, i will never consider subscribing now.

[woundedknees]

Stay tuned... You know you will!

[TheMaehlMan]

I just want to know! Right now I feel like that kid a few days before Christmas that just wants to open up the presents and see what I got. I should probably learn to be more patient

[woundedknees]

USC doesn't seem to be slowing down recruiting, either:

TonyDiFrancisco Tony Di Francisco
Nice pickup for USC @BryanDFischer Looks like USC picked up WR Junior Pomee today, over UCLA & Florida http://bit.ly/hdTLUZ

" I supported him (all along) because he wanted to go (to USC)," said the elder Pomee. "The school is close to home and I told him whatever is good for him works for me.

I guess that means any other choice would have been unacceptable.

[pezsez1]

I didn't read the article, but I bet I can summarize.

"I really liked Oregon. Their coaches and facilities are amazing. The coaches rock, the guys are cool, they said I could compete right away at any position I want. But I've always had the Trojans in mind, so I can't just forget about them. I'm going to think about it and hopefully I'll make a decision Wednesday."

Just a guess... there's nothing new or definitive.

[woundedknees]

i'M GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE TO SAY, "i DON'T HAVE A CLUE!"



But I smell Roses!

[uo2010]

I didn't read the article, but I bet I can summarize.

"I really liked Oregon. Their coaches and facilities are amazing. The coaches rock, the guys are cool, they said I could compete right away at any position I want. But I've always had the Trojans in mind, so I can't just forget about them. I'm going to think about it and hopefully I'll make a decision Wednesday."

Just a guess... there's nothing new or definitive.

Wrong. Pretty much all DT said was that Oregon has really good players. Earth shattering news.

[pezsez1]

I smell... hmm... whatever is cooking down in the Bayou!

Roses are a nice backup plan though.

[woundedknees]

It's that scent the Ducks leave behind as they trample PAC10 championship aspirations of their Northwest brethren, big and small, on a nearly annual basis.

[monster]

I just want to know! Right now I feel like that kid a few days before Christmas that just wants to open up the presents and see what I got. I should probably learn to be more patient

haha, that's why I rarely enter this forum. I don't care a lick about recruiting, until I spend five minutes on here and then I can hardly handle it: where is he goooooing???! I can't standddddddddd the waiting!!!

[TheMaehlMan]

haha, that's why I rarely enter this forum. I don't care a lick about recruiting, until I spend five minutes on here and then I can hardly handle it: where is he goooooing???! I can't standddddddddd the waiting!!!

Totally get that cuz I'm going through that right now

[pezsez1]

Yesterday I posted how I was more concerned with landing Simmons than Mamba, until I remembered how awesome our defense was in the NC.

Now that I've read more about Mamba, I'd love to get this kid. He could play just about anywhere. I could imagine him playing opposite of Cliffy at corner, or switching around between RB and Taser positions. A kid with this much flat-out speed would be unbelievable, especially given all the other burners we already have on the roster... not to mention Sumler and Blackmon coming in!

We've been making teams look slow over the past couple of years, and we've been doing it really without a consistent burner at receiver... the additions of Sumler and Blackmon are already going to add a whole new dimension to our offense... throw in Thomas darting around the backfield, and dang... it's almost unfair.

That's why my hopes about this aren't so high though. The football gods seem to have a way with keeping perfection from occurring. If we get Thomas and all of our other recruiting targets, at some point in the next few years we could get about as close to perfection as a college football team could get.