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Just curious since i just read about how popular the Meyer hire (and i get it) is with the recruits, anyone think the odds just went up that Stanford does not sign his LOI come Feb?

Remember football wasn't his only reason for choosing us. The business
school was one of the biggest reasons. I think and hope he sticks with
us.

pdxduck21 wrote:Just curious since i just read about how popular the Meyer hire (and i get it) is with the recruits, anyone think the odds just went up that Stanford does not sign his LOI come Feb?

That very thought crossed my mind as well. It comes down to a few things. First, how serious was Stanford when he spoke of the academics at Oregon? If he's being sincere then it shouldn't matter that Meyer was hired.

Also, I read yesterday that Ohio State is only going to be offering apx 16 schollies this season. It's going to depend on their needs. If they need receivers that fit his system then they'll likely go after him and the kid will have a decision to make. If they have greater needs elsewhere then they'll likely pass on him. I read that at least one WR commit commented about being happy with the hire, so they've got at least one guy committed there already.

Then again, Urban Meyer has his own way of doing things and may pull the offers from some kids and go after others. You just never know. We'll have to wait and see.

duckfan22 wrote:Remember football wasn't his only reason for choosing us. The business
school was one of the biggest reasons. I think and hope he sticks with
us.

Ohio State's business school is ranked 30 spots ahead of Oregon's.

They look pretty full at that position; but full is relative. I started to get the sense that toward the end of his tenure at Florida, Meyer was recruiting against us to keep players from us, more than their desire for that player. Maybe I'm experiencing the infamous Oregon "little man syndrome" again. OK, players is an exaggeration-Easley.

Frank Epitropoulos WR 6-3/195 69
Roger Lewis WR 6-1/195 78
Ricquan Southward WR 6-2/190 NR
Michael Thomas WR 6-4/203 NR

Not likely. Remember, they already knew what was going to happen before they committed. You forget that Adolphus Washington actually broke the Urban Meyer story (they committed together) by, during the press conference, answering the question "are you worried about the coaching situation" with "nah, I think Urban Meyer will be a great coach here" the day that anything happened. So they already knew before they comitted, no reason they would switch now.

USUaggieDuck wrote:

duckfan22 wrote:Remember football wasn't his only reason for choosing us. The business
school was one of the biggest reasons. I think and hope he sticks with
us.

Ohio State's business school is ranked 30 spots ahead of Oregon's.

Bus School yes - not the Sports Marketing Program and Nike tie which seemed to lure him...

Duffman57 wrote:Not likely. Remember, they already knew what was going to happen before they committed. You forget that Adolphus Washington actually broke the Urban Meyer story (they committed together) by, during the press conference, answering the question "are you worried about the coaching situation" with "nah, I think Urban Meyer will be a great coach here" the day that anything happened. So they already knew before they comitted, no reason they would switch now.

He really didn't break it; it's been rumored for quite some time before he committed. Probably not one of the best kept secrets.

I watched the commit video, and Washington said at that time that aOSU was guaranteed to get Meyer. So Stanford already knew Urb would be the hc and still committed to UO.

USUaggieDuck wrote:

duckfan22 wrote:Remember football wasn't his only reason for choosing us. The business
school was one of the biggest reasons. I think and hope he sticks with
us.

Ohio State's business school is ranked 30 spots ahead of Oregon's.

Business, yes. Sports business, not so much.....

His twitter handle is "GoDucksTooTall" & seems pretty hyped for tonight's game. I'd say he's 100% a Duck.

greenyellow wrote:

Duffman57 wrote:Not likely. Remember, they already knew what was going to happen before they committed. You forget that Adolphus Washington actually broke the Urban Meyer story (they committed together) by, during the press conference, answering the question "are you worried about the coaching situation" with "nah, I think Urban Meyer will be a great coach here" the day that anything happened. So they already knew before they comitted, no reason they would switch now.

He really didn't break it; it's been rumored for quite some time before he committed. Probably not one of the best kept secrets.

Reguardless, the point is that he already knew who the coach was gonna be, no point in him changing because something happened that he already knew was gonna happen.

He's been all Ducks on twitter recently