Ducks offer Herring--QB commit at UNLV

[briarduck]

I'm sorry...I love masoli as much as the rest and I was one of the few that had faith in him the whole way...as i did with clemens and dixon...but I would trade him for Pryor in a heartbeat...Saying thats a bad idea is ignorant in my opinion...you said have you seen his throwing motion...have you seen what CK does?...Pryor might have won the heisman this year and we might have been in the NC...did you watch the USC vs tOSU game?...Pryor was the only one that did anything and he was pretty much unstopped by USC the only problem is they only played him very little in that game

I was thinking more about the Texas game. When tOSU needed a pass, they brought in the other QB and moved TP over. I don't think that approach works long term.

Amen. Masoli could pass before he got here but had to adjust to the level of play as the season wore on. During the Fiesta, Pryor was being subbed by a guy who could throw down field passes.

Does Pryor have potential? Yes.
Does Pryor have poor passing mechanics? Yes.
Does Masoli have potential? Yes.
Does Masoli have poor mechanics? No, but sometimes he makes errant decisions off of his back foot. Masoli throws better looking deep balls than anyone since Akili. His lack of height is his only major liability, but it makes him a pretty tough runner too and potentially less prone to injury in our system.

Was there something inadequate about Masoli setting the rushing record by an Oregon QB? Hell, if Masoli had more guys who could catch the football rather than making some routine passes look like the ball was greased, his passing stats would have been better in every game he played save for the Civil War.

I'd rather have Masoli than Pryor because Masoli wanted to be a Duck.

Great post! I'm just glad we can look back on this and say we got a good! So I agree Masoli is a keeper!

[karlhungis]

Other than height and weight, does anyone have any other info on Herring? Would we be looking at him as a QB or can he play WR? What is his 40 time?

[alabamaduck]

According to Rivals he's 6'3" and 168lbs with a 4.75 40. As a senior he threw for a little over 3,000 yards with 36 TD's & 7 picks. No other offers but that may be because he committed to UNLV in June

[karlhungis]

According to Rivals he's 6'3" and 168lbs with a 4.75 40. As a senior he threw for a little over 3,000 yards with 36 TD's & 7 picks. No other offers but that may be because he committed to UNLV in June

Thanks. That is pretty slow so I doubt we would be targeting him as a WR. He really seems like a servicable back up guy to have on our QB depth chart though.

[Tray Dub]

Didn't he say he's still solid to UNLV despite the Ducks' offer?

[karlhungis]

I have no idea. I was just speculating what his role would be if he actually changes his mind.

[cordy02c]

I remember reading he told us thanks but no thanks

[roth]

i really don't think this has anything to do with losing boyd. I think Boyd will make his decision Monday and I'm sure the Ducks are just putting an offer for another qb. We all saw how many QB's can come and go in the Boise State game. And also Boyd will redshirt his freshman season