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Per ESPN Insider

Cal visit now official for Armstead
December, 9, 2011

By Greg Biggins
Arik Armstead (Elk Grove, Calif./Pleasant Grove) was planning to take an unofficial visit to Cal this weekend and save his last two official visits for out-of-state schools. However, plans have changed.

“The visit will now be an official one,” Gus Armstead, Arik’s father said. “We just figured it was worth it to spend the whole weekend there so Arik could see everything and Cal could have as good a chance as anyone to impress him.

“This week has been busy with home visits from Cal and Oregon Thursday night and Auburn on Friday. All three schools sent their defensive line coaches down so it was great to hear what they all had to say and they were all very impressive.”

Armstead was expected to officially visit Texas and Auburn but with the Bears grabbing official visit No. 4, there is only one more visit left.

“Auburn has been out to see us four or five times,” Armstead said. “Texas hasn’t come at all so we’re definitely feeling a lot more love from Auburn and they’re definitely pushing a lot harder right now for a visit.”

Armstead had previously visited Notre Dame, Alabama and Oregon.

I've got a bad feeling about this....

Cal does this every year, it really sucks. I think they've by far become our biggest enemy in the recruiting scene.

UOducksTK1 wrote:Cal does this every year, it really sucks. I think they've by far become our biggest enemy in the recruiting scene.

Been that way ever since Tedford got down there. The reason we got so many Bay Area recruits before Tedford got there was that Cal sucked really bad. To go to a (somewhat) good program close to home, one needs to only travel a little ways instead of farther north and south.

Armstead's gone. McCarthy is cooling on us as well, new article mentioned Cal as his new #2.

duckydoug wrote:Armstead's gone. McCarthy is cooling on us as well, new article mentioned Cal as his new #2.

It's like déjà vu all over again.

duckydoug wrote:Armstead's gone. McCarthy is cooling on us as well, new article mentioned Cal as his new #2.

Internet rumor is big brother Armond will graduate early from USC (which won't medically clear him to play) and take graduate classes at Cal with a year of eligibility.

Cal must pay their players, this is ridiculous sometimes. I know they probably don't, but whatever they do to hypnotize these kids is crazy.

M4Dux

eDuck Administrator

Scout has interviewed both his dad and Arik himself.  He did not commit.

Fwiw

Tosh and Ed O can outrecruit everyone in the conference plain and simple. Here is who Cal had in this weekend and will have next. Already rumors of 2-5 commits from this weekend.

Recruit Name School
January 13, 2012
Michael Barton California commit
December 16, 2011
Brandon Beaver Undecided
Deforest Buckner Oregon, California
D.J. Foster California, Oregon, Asu, Usc
Darius Hamilton Undecided
Ken Lawler Just decomitted from Asu
Ellis McCarthy Usc,California, Oregon
Jaydon Mickens California, Oregon, Washington
Steven Moore ???
Kyle Murphy Usc, Stanford,California, Oregon
Yuri Wright ???
December 09, 2011
Ishmael Adams California Silent
Arik Armstead Will sign with California
Matt Cochran ???
Chris Harper Undecided California offered this weekend
Zach Kline California Commit
Christo Kourtzidis Florida St Commit
Byron Marshall Oregon Commit
Jordan Payton California, Michigan, Notre Dame
Darius Powe California Commit this weekend
Aziz Shittu California or Stanford Lean, Usc
Freddie Tagaloa California Commit
Shaquille Thompson California Silent Commit
Bryce Treggs California Commit
Pio Vatuvei USC Commit

southernoregonduck wrote:M4Dux

eDuck Administrator

Scout has interviewed both his dad and Arik himself.  He did not commit.

Fwiw

It really feels like it is just a matter of time though.

duckydoug wrote:Armstead's gone. McCarthy is cooling on us as well, new article mentioned Cal as his new #2.

Armstead isn't gone, but obviously Cal is looking good based on reports. Chip is visiting Ellis McCarthy this week, so maybe things will change after that. The thought all along was that it would be tough to pull Ellis away from the state of California, but I'm glad we are getting Chip in there to talk with him.

Am I the only one who finds this Cal recruiting thing to be completely overblown? A few guys who were expected to commit or already silent verbals visited & committed. And the other guys visited & really liked the visit just like every othe recruit ever in the history of the world. Seriously, it was a pretty normal end of season recruiting weekend. Maybe people should take a deep breathe before going into panic mode. Armstead didnt commit, he said so himself.

Actually forget everything I said, this just in:

RG3 actually flew over the Berkeley campus on his way back from the heisman ceremony & is transferring to cal for his SR season.

dthomas=ddixon wrote:Am I the only one who finds this Cal recruiting thing to be completely overblown? A few guys who were expected to commit or already silent verbals visited & committed. And the other guys visited & really liked the visit just like every othe recruit ever in the history of the world. Seriously, it was a pretty normal end of season recruiting weekend. Maybe people should take a deep breathe before going into panic mode. Armstead didnt commit, he said so himself.

Actually forget everything I said, this just in:

RG3 actually flew over the Berkeley campus on his way back from the heisman ceremony & is transferring to cal for his SR season.

I think some people since the McCain/King stuff have tended to exaggerate Cal on the recruiting trail due to being angry. Plus Lupoi isn't exactly every Duck fan's favorite coach, and Tedford used to coach here. You are right though, too many conclusions made upon something that was expected.....people just need to wait for this to play out before calling it a done deal..

Cal recruits elite athletes on the Defensive Line, while Oregon recruits at those positions at a mid major level.

With Tedford's history with the Ducks, and Lupoi's admissions about cheating last year against the Ducks, there is that added rivalry between the teams.

Remember, Cal and Oregon might be separated by a lot of miles but they are close to each other in terms of everything else. It's not a rivalry like UW or the OSU, but it is still a rivalry.