Huff is a duck!

[maxduck]

Dontae= now my favorite recruit in this class..love players who recruit for us!

Don't forget Curtis White. Maybe co-favorites?

[briarduck]

Great to hear, dudes a beast!

Keep recruiting DWill!

GO DUCKS!!

[UOducksTK1]

Who's Alston? J/K. I feel sorry for any senior who starts fifth on the depth chart...again...

But I guess he's part of a great team and getting a free education.

Yeah, but if it weren't for injuries, who knows where Alston would be right now. Heck he could have been starting this past year even!

Sometimes things just don't go your way, I feel bad because he's put tons of work and effort.. Oh well, like you said, at least you get a degree.

[briarduck]

^Agreed I was always a big fan of his!

[HugeInTheEug]

I apologize in advance to the Pac-10 Defenses that have to face him next year

Who photoshopped Dontae's face on my body?

[wlduck]

I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.

just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..

Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.

I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.

Special team yards mean just as much as regular offensive or defensive yards. If a less qualified return man takes it out the 25, but your better guy takes it to the 40, you gain 15 yards. So what's the difference between getting hurt on a special teams play or at the end of a 15 yard run. Yards are yards.

[glazeduck]

I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.

just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..

Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.

I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.

Special team yards mean just as much as regular offensive or defensive yards. If a less qualified return man takes it out the 25, but your better guy takes it to the 40, you gain 15 yards. So what's the difference between getting hurt on a special teams play or at the end of a 15 yard run. Yards are yards.

Ughhh... I was hoping I wouldn't have to spell this out, but apparently I will...

This suggestion (using a guy like Lowe, Strunk, etc.) was using the assumption that these guys are right on the same level or negligibly comparable so we didn't HAVE to use a starter... NOT that we shouldn't use a starter EVEN if he's far superior...

[wlduck]

I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.

just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..

Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.

I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.

Special team yards mean just as much as regular offensive or defensive yards. If a less qualified return man takes it out the 25, but your better guy takes it to the 40, you gain 15 yards. So what's the difference between getting hurt on a special teams play or at the end of a 15 yard run. Yards are yards.

Ughhh... I was hoping I wouldn't have to spell this out, but apparently I will...

This suggestion (using a guy like Lowe, Strunk, etc.) was using the assumption that these guys are right on the same level or negligibly comparable so we didn't HAVE to use a starter... NOT that we shouldn't use a starter EVEN if he's far superior...

Ok- but Booms post specifically said he hoped "chip learned his lesson" about playing "our best player" on returns. I don't agree with his thinking.

[Boom]

I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.

just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..

Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.

I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.

Special team yards mean just as much as regular offensive or defensive yards. If a less qualified return man takes it out the 25, but your better guy takes it to the 40, you gain 15 yards. So what's the difference between getting hurt on a special teams play or at the end of a 15 yard run. Yards are yards.

The difference is that kickoffs are the most violent play in football with the most potential for injury

[duckgrad99]

This has to be the longest thread for something that isn't even official yet.

[wlduck]

I think its worth mentioning that one or more of these guys could handle our kick returning duties full-time(ish) so rotation players like Harris, Barner, LMJ, etc. don't have to risk injuring themselves ala WT3 @ Cal.

just because they got hurt on the kickoff return does not mean that you should not put your best returners back there. A whole lot of schools put their best players back to return kicks. Just from Oregon there has been Keenan Howry, Onterrio Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Phinnise(sp?) Jarius Bryd. All those players were key starters while they were returning kicks..

Actually Jonathan Stewert was taken off of kick return duties after his freshman year in fear of injury. Terrence Whitehead was the feature back when JStew was a frosh.

I have no problem with someone like Barner as our kick returner, but I hope Chip Kelly learned his lesson last year and not put our best player(Thurmond,LMJ) on kick return duties.

Special team yards mean just as much as regular offensive or defensive yards. If a less qualified return man takes it out the 25, but your better guy takes it to the 40, you gain 15 yards. So what's the difference between getting hurt on a special teams play or at the end of a 15 yard run. Yards are yards.

The difference is that kickoffs are the most violent play in football with the most potential for injury

Agreed, along with the most potential to change field position. See the Rose Bowl. We are not even close in that game without the field position created by Barners returns.

It's all good- it is a debatable point. I don't expect to sway your opinion. Lets just agree that it is good to have multiple athletes that can handle those duties.

[karlhungis]

This has to be the longest thread for something that isn't even official yet.

Actually, I think that honor is reserved for the Bad News Masoli thread.

[bellsduck]

This has to be the longest thread for something that isn't even official yet.

Actually, I think that honor is reserved for the Bad News Masoli thread.

May never be broken ala Nolan Ryan's K record.

[UOducksTK1]

Mops said that Ethan Grant is all TCU.

[uostudent]

Mops said that Ethan Grant is all TCU.

What's his twitter url?