Brendan Bigelow

[bigsugarduck]

What the current word on this dude? He would certainly be welcomed replacing Alston on the roster. Thought I heard he was looking seriously at Cal, but Cal just picked up Daniel Lasco, a top prospect out of Texas.
http://oregon.scout.com/a.z?s=128&p=8&c=1&nid=3476005
Does this potentially change how Bigelow views Cal? How does us recruiting his WR buddy affect things? I hope he visits....

[oregonpride]

We are recruiting bigelow and his wr teamate Kelley. Bigelow is a very soft verbal to uw and wouldn't be shocked if he ends up signing wit cal or Oregon. Our depth chart doesn't look great for a top rb but we should bring in one for this class.

[MacDuck]

Something like Cal getting a stud RB commit will certainly help a little. Also having his current HS teammate favoring us (BJ Kelley) helps too, but IMO the biggest lure for Bigelow, if we are to overtake UW & Cal, would be to generate the kind of in season excitement like we did last year. When we started building serious momentum, esp from the USC game on, players were impressed. Having a great season is often times the one element that can take a player who is on the fence say between one program and another and push him to one side. If we can win the Pac-10 again this year players like Bigelow could easily be swayed despite a soft verbal to another school and our depth chart not looking so alluring.

[The411]

verbal to Cal forthcoming in the next few weeks ..

[hendrg]

He looks so fast, balanced and rock solid in his highlight video, he would be a great get.

[bigsugarduck]

verbal to Cal forthcoming in the next few weeks ..

inside info or just educated speculation (if there is such a thing)?

[The411]

It's no big secret seeing as he's visited Cal at least 3 times unofficially but inside peeps have suggested that he's going to announce in the next few weeks to Cal.

[bellsduck]

It's no big secret seeing as he's visited Cal at least 3 times unofficially but inside peeps have suggested that he's going to announce in the next few weeks to Cal.

Sweet! Follow that logic and Lyerla and Scarlett are ours.

[ChipKellyKapowski]

It's no big secret seeing as he's visited Cal at least 3 times unofficially but inside peeps have suggested that he's going to announce in the next few weeks to Cal.

Before visiting Oregon officially with his pal BJ Kelly?

interesting...

[MacDuck]

411's info certainly could turn out to be true (or the so-called Cal inside guys), but if it's coming from some place like the Rival's main recruiting board, etc. then I wouldn't put much stock in it. Right now it simply doesn't match up with what Bigelow has stated in fairly recent interviews. Folks who know him say he's fairly loyal and wouldn't back out of his UW verbal until at least thoroughly going through the process he has stated and that's checking out some other schools, etc. and also giving the Dawgs their fair shot as well.

[duckydoug]

his most recent interview was with DSA and Bigelow was raving about California while it seems like his interest in Oregon is just casual at this moment.

Bigelow should be amongst the top of our board not just because how devastating he would be in Chip's offense but keeping his talents away from UW and California who could both be in our Pac 12 division in a couple years.

[squintsdd]

his most recent interview was with DSA and Bigelow was raving about California while it seems like his interest in Oregon is just casual at this moment.

Bigelow should be amongst the top of our board not just because how devastating he would be in Chip's offense but keeping his talents away from UW and California who could both be in our Pac 12 division in a couple years.

I would rather see Oregon use the schollie for a position of need rather than use it just to keep Bigelow from going to another Pac10/12 school. Cal has NFL caliber RB's every year but they still sit in mediocrity. UW is on the rise, but they need a lot more than just a RB

That being said, if Oregon has an extra schollie to burn it would be a nice pickup, but RB certainly isn't a position of need.

[fecta23]

his most recent interview was with DSA and Bigelow was raving about California while it seems like his interest in Oregon is just casual at this moment.

Bigelow should be amongst the top of our board not just because how devastating he would be in Chip's offense but keeping his talents away from UW and California who could both be in our Pac 12 division in a couple years.

I would rather see Oregon use the schollie for a position of need rather than use it just to keep Bigelow from going to another Pac10/12 school. Cal has NFL caliber RB's every year but they still sit in mediocrity. UW is on the rise, but they need a lot more than just a RB

That being said, if Oregon has an extra schollie to burn it would be a nice pickup, but RB certainly isn't a position of need.

Have you seen his film ? In no way would it be burning a schollie, he is probably the best back in the nation.

[ChipKellyKapowski]

I had heard the coaches think he's probably better than Lache - no way to burn a scholarship on somebody like that.

[dgjducks]

If the Barner/James Tazer experiment works as well we all think it will - my guess is If Bigelow can catch, he’ll play regardless of depth chart! Coach Campbell, consistent 1,000 yard rushers, current NFL running backs, and shorter drive to Fresno give us a shot.