I can't imagine that today's effort will harm our recruiting

[uostudent]

The highlights and talk of the game on ESPN, etc. will peak some interest from recruits that were maybe not interested in the Ducks before but it will help to garner more interest from those who are already looking at the Ducks to some degree. Saturday night I went to a soccer match RSL/New York Red Bulls and was wearing a black "O" Ducks hat and I got a handful of comments from "Go Ducks" to "Did you see that game today",etc. Yesterday I wore my white with green "O" Ducks hat and got probably about 10 more comments from around town so people are familiar with the Ducks and are aware of the beatdown and I am sure it is not limited to where I am. One guy said " I know it was New Mexico, but I have never seen a highlight reel like that before...... The 2 RB's you guys have must be the fastest in the country!". So regardless of the opponent attention like that cannot hurt. As long as the Ducks continue to win and keep themselves in the spotlight they will continue to get better recruits.

I was wearing an Oregon shirt yesterday and four people came up to me and started talking about the game (3 USC fans and 1 Cal fan). They all commented on how awesome Barner was and said that they thought that Darron Thomas would be a better fit for Chip's offense than Masoli. One of the USC fans said that he believed that Oregon was the best team in the country (I politely disagreed with him).

[greenyellow]

The highlights and talk of the game on ESPN, etc. will peak some interest from recruits that were maybe not interested in the Ducks before but it will help to garner more interest from those who are already looking at the Ducks to some degree. Saturday night I went to a soccer match RSL/New York Red Bulls and was wearing a black "O" Ducks hat and I got a handful of comments from "Go Ducks" to "Did you see that game today",etc. Yesterday I wore my white with green "O" Ducks hat and got probably about 10 more comments from around town so people are familiar with the Ducks and are aware of the beatdown and I am sure it is not limited to where I am. One guy said " I know it was New Mexico, but I have never seen a highlight reel like that before...... The 2 RB's you guys have must be the fastest in the country!". So regardless of the opponent attention like that cannot hurt. As long as the Ducks continue to win and keep themselves in the spotlight they will continue to get better recruits.

I was wearing an Oregon shirt yesterday and four people came up to me and started talking about the game (3 USC fans and 1 Cal fan). They all commented on how awesome Barner was and said that they thought that Darron Thomas would be a better fit for Chip's offense than Masoli. One of the USC fans said that he believed that Oregon was the best team in the country (I politely disagreed with him).

You can go anywhere and people are starting to recognize Oregon as a legitimate powerhouse team. With Chip at the helm, I can only see that increasing to other areas that don't know too much about Oregon, especially the Deep South. If the Ducks really show up for the Tennessee game and get out with a win, I think that is going to help with recruiting down there. Plus, we have games scheduled against UGA, which can only show how far Oregon has come.

[duckgrad99]

I don't think one game against a lousy team will make any difference in recruiting. A win over Tennessee would be a lot bigger.

[Bigducker]

I don't think one game against a lousy team will make any difference in recruiting. A win over Tennessee would be a lot bigger.

A dominating performance over Tennessee would go a long way. Kinda like the michigan game in 07