jhopduck wrote:Before we go too far with the fireworks and champagne, you must visit Oregon before you commit, Randall has not. In fact Mariota will be here first on the 20th of June. Hundley will announce before Sept. likely which is when Randall will visit. He told me last night he committed, but I chose not to list it that way since I knew Chip's rule. You all are free to view him as you like of course, but there remains the possibility we fill up at QB before Sept 18th (his planned OV date).
BTW hi everyone.
Hey jhop, thanks for posting.
I wondering if he's keeping his options open in case we land Hundley
IMO we only take Randall if we miss on Hundley, which is possible. We do want two QB's in this class. If that is the case and they want to take Randall he's the one that moves to WR, he's pretty athletic and it would not be all that hard to imagine.
Mariota is vastly under rated, he's got a lot of tools, look at his arm strength in his vid, he barely steps into his throw and his eyes stay downfield the whole time, if he does take off, he's pretty fast and strong.
jhopduck wrote:IMO we only take Randall if we miss on Hundley, which is possible. We do want two QB's in this class. If that is the case and they want to take Randall he's the one that moves to WR, he's pretty athletic and it would not be all that hard to imagine.
Mariota is vastly under rated, he's got a lot of tools, look at his arm strength in his vid, he barely steps into his throw and his eyes stay downfield the whole time, if he does take off, he's pretty fast and strong.
Thanks for the clarification on the possible position changes.
jhopduck wrote:Mariota is vastly under rated, he's got a lot of tools, look at his arm strength in his vid, he barely steps into his throw and his eyes stay downfield the whole time, if he does take off, he's pretty fast and strong.
Absolutely ! I've been saying that for awhile. I really, really Like Mariota's upside. Very athletic, very smart, great size, speed, elusive in the pocket, great arm... very underrated IMO. I think he could be the best of the three, but we shall see.
jhopduck wrote:Mariota is vastly under rated, he's got a lot of tools, look at his arm strength in his vid, he barely steps into his throw and his eyes stay downfield the whole time, if he does take off, he's pretty fast and strong.
Absolutely ! I've been saying that for awhile. I really, really Like Mariota's upside. Very athletic, very smart, great size, speed, elusive in the pocket, great arm... very underrated IMO. I think he could be the best of the three, but we shall see.
+1
I'm a big time Mariota fluffer already, I want him over both Randall and Hundley (call me an underdog lover).
I think the real difference between the Easley situation and this one is that Easley's dream school was UF, but UO got in on him and won him over. Randall has grown up loving both UF and UO and UO has shown him a lot more love than UF has. I don't think UF can come in at the 11th hour on him and get him, they have slow played him and offered him at a spot they know he won't want to play, I bet he will stick to the commitment to UO once he makes it.
Jhop also said Randall is really trying to get out to Eugene in July, because he doesn't want to miss out on getting to commit to UO.
chump01284 wrote:I think Randall prefer to play QB. So we have better chance right there since Florida offer him to play WR.
But this could turn into a situation similar to Jordan Campbell, the USC LB who is now transferring. He was all set to come to Oregon as a LB after USC said that they would only offer him at FB. Once USC said he could be a LB, he committed to them. He was given his shot at LB but never cracked the lineup.
This reminds me a lot of the Darron Thomas situation. Had some big time offers, but some of the bigs schools that he liked wanted him at WR (like LSU I believe).
UOducksTK1 wrote:This reminds me a lot of the Darron Thomas situation. Had some big time offers, but some of the bigs schools that he liked wanted him at WR (like LSU I believe).
Randall's commitment does remind me an awful lot like Thomas' situation so hopefully it turns out that way and not like Easley or Campbell.
