Amazing, the Respect Oregon is now getting

[Bigducker]

First the Fans of Florida St, who's streak of 14 straight years in the final top ten poll will probably not be broken for a long time talking about how good Oregon is and now getting great respect from LSU fans.

On Seastrunk :
"Hes gonna go where he think he will be his absolute best at. Thats why he will go to Oregon, so he can be an amazing RB . This would be one interesting gamble...he automatically can basically be a future first round draft pick just by playing for Oregon...but if he goes to LSU, its not as good a chance as a future first round pick right off the bat like at Oregon."

Loving It ! Just hope Seastrunk does end up at Oregon.

[NCDucks09]

This was the logic being used on by BB would choose Oregon and he proved us all wrong. 18 year old kids don't use logic when making decisions like these. They use their feelings and gut. Or whichever school hooked them up with the prettiest blond during their visit.

[uo2010]

First the Fans of Florida St, who's streak of 14 straight years in the final top ten poll will probably not be broken for a long time talking about how good Oregon is and now getting great respect from LSU fans.

On Seastrunk :
"Hes gonna go where he think he will be his absolute best at. Thats why he will go to Oregon, so he can be an amazing RB . This would be one interesting gamble...he automatically can basically be a future first round draft pick just by playing for Oregon...but if he goes to LSU, its not as good a chance as a future first round pick right off the bat like at Oregon."

Loving It ! Just hope Seastrunk does end up at Oregon.

I would love this if it was true, but it simply is not. The only first round draft pick we have had was JStew. He was the top rated RB coming out of high school so it is not like our system "made" him.

[gofightingducks]

First the Fans of Florida St, who's streak of 14 straight years in the final top ten poll will probably not be broken for a long time talking about how good Oregon is and now getting great respect from LSU fans.

On Seastrunk :
"Hes gonna go where he think he will be his absolute best at. Thats why he will go to Oregon, so he can be an amazing RB . This would be one interesting gamble...he automatically can basically be a future first round draft pick just by playing for Oregon...but if he goes to LSU, its not as good a chance as a future first round pick right off the bat like at Oregon."

Loving It ! Just hope Seastrunk does end up at Oregon.

I would love this if it was true, but it simply is not. The only first round draft pick we have had was JStew. He was the top rated RB coming out of high school so it is not like our system "made" him.

Blount probably would have been had he not punched the Boise player. JJ is not considered to be big enough otherwise he could have been a high pick possibly. LMJ even with being smaller might end up being a first round pick. Though we have had good RB's in the past J Stew was the beginning of the great RB's!!! D.Will may end up being a great RB. I think Campbell does a great job at further developing RB's.

[uo2010]

First the Fans of Florida St, who's streak of 14 straight years in the final top ten poll will probably not be broken for a long time talking about how good Oregon is and now getting great respect from LSU fans.

On Seastrunk :
"Hes gonna go where he think he will be his absolute best at. Thats why he will go to Oregon, so he can be an amazing RB . This would be one interesting gamble...he automatically can basically be a future first round draft pick just by playing for Oregon...but if he goes to LSU, its not as good a chance as a future first round pick right off the bat like at Oregon."

Loving It ! Just hope Seastrunk does end up at Oregon.

I would love this if it was true, but it simply is not. The only first round draft pick we have had was JStew. He was the top rated RB coming out of high school so it is not like our system "made" him.

Blount probably would have been had he not punched the Boise player. JJ is not considered to be big enough otherwise he could have been a high pick possibly. LMJ even with being smaller might end up being a first round pick. Though we have had good RB's in the past J Stew was the beginning of the great RB's!!! D.Will may end up being a great RB. I think Campbell does a great job at further developing RB's.

I agree that we have done a great job developing talent. However, we are far from being able to "automatically" make someone a future first round pick, which was my point.

[ncduck]

The point of the thread is the perception of Oregon by non-Oregon fans. Not about where someone will be drafted. The increased quality of play at Oregon over the last 3 years has built this perception. And future success will only magnify it. This is how national recruiting is built. A combo of perception and a solid reality.

Going forward the LSU fan's point may just prove to be true. You can't look too far back into the past on that point as Chip's offense has only been here for a brief time.

[gofightingducks]

The team has been on the upswing no doubt since Kelly's first season. He turned a struggling Dixon into what probably would have been a Heisman winner and a team that probably would have won a NC or at least went to the NC in his first year. He followed that up with what was supposed to be a rebuilding year into a 10 win Top 10 Holiday Bowl winning team against a good Oklahoma State team season. Then in his first season as HC he won the conference and took the team to the Rose Bowl with another 10 wins with 2 players that received some Heisman buzz. He has helped to put together 3 good recruiting classes. Even though the team has been steadily improving since Bellotti and had 2 really good years 2000, 2005 and a great year 2001. The team has received national attention the last 3 years probably more then the entire history of the school before combined. With Bellotti at AD, Kelly as HC, the marketing and promotions team currently in place and the assistant coaches (outside maybe Alliotti, yet to be seen and maybe the new coaches as they have not had enough time to prove themselves long term) it seems everything is in place to start landing these top prospects and start making a run towards national prominence and beginning an elite team! The fact that the last 2 seasons the #1 player in the country was interested in the Ducks right up till the end and Lattimore, Owa and Easley (all top 10) this year were interested till almost the end and the possibility of landing Seastrunk speaks volumes of were the Ducks are headed. I travel a lot and almost always wear a Ducks hoodie, hat or beanie and everywhere I got I get comments, "Go Ducks", etc. This year in NY and D.C. at the airports several people started conversations with me that usually started with "What happened to the Ducks, I thought for sure they were going to kick Ohio State's butt!". So people are causally following the Ducks as college football fans, the way most fans are aware of what is going one with the top teams even though they may not be their team.

[freedjr]

JJ is not considered to be big enough otherwise he could have been a high pick possibly.

In all honesty, how many programs would have gotten JJ drafted in at all? Probably not many! I love how our system can make almost anyone look good. Heck, I could probably rack up 500 yards!

[Bigducker]

The point of the thread is the perception of Oregon by non-Oregon fans. Not about where someone will be drafted. The increased quality of play at Oregon over the last 3 years has built this perception. And future success will only magnify it. This is how national recruiting is built. A combo of perception and a solid reality.

Going forward the LSU fan's point may just prove to be true. You can't look too far back into the past on that point as Chip's offense has only been here for a brief time.

EXACTLY ! Some of you guys aren't getting it ! It's not that we are automatic at ALL. WE AREN"T, IT's the PERCEPTION around the country that we are !

[mjenk99]

This was the logic being used on by BB would choose Oregon and he proved us all wrong. 18 year old kids don't use logic when making decisions like these. They use their feelings and gut. Or whichever school hooked them up with the prettiest blond during their visit.

Brown actually fell for Kiffin's BS logic that the pro-style offense would make him a 1st round pick and prepare him best for the NFL, unlike Oregon (which we all know is total crap), that and a bag of cash.

[woundedknees]

This was the logic being used on by BB would choose Oregon and he proved us all wrong. 18 year old kids don't use logic when making decisions like these. They use their feelings and gut. Or whichever school hooked them up with the prettiest blond during their visit.

Brown actually fell for Kiffin's BS logic that the pro-style offense would make him a 1st round pick and prepare him best for the NFL, unlike Oregon (which we all know is total crap), that and a bag of cash.

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