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The helmets, the publicity, the offense, the Rose Bowl win. Does any of it count towards this year's recruiting class? I'm sure it helps with the underclassmen, but is it enough to sway some recruits who were on the fence?

Its hard to say but i cant hurt, right?

Doesnt someone ask this after every one of our big wins? Yes, winning helps. Winning big games helps even more. And winning BCS games helps even MORE.

A Rose Bowl won't get an Loi by itself, but it certainly helps to say "Rose Bowl Champs."

I think the real benefit of playing in and winning these types of games is for younger guys like HS freshmen and sophomores.

It is being cemented in their minds that the UofO is a top notch place to play. To these kids, we've been a very good team since they were just starting middle school. Thus, an Oregon offer becomes something to treasure and therefore a destination for top talent.

It takes time. In the case of players this year, I think most kids have already formed opinions of who we are and what we do and how they would fit.

It obviously won't hurt us, but I'm not convinced of any great benefit to this year's class.

ncduck wrote:I think the real benefit of playing in and winning these types of games is for younger guys like HS freshmen and sophomores.

It is being cemented in their minds that the UofO is a top notch place to play. To these kids, we've been a very good team since they were just starting middle school. Thus, an Oregon offer becomes something to treasure and therefore a destination for top talent.

It takes time. In the case of players this year, I think most kids have already formed opinions of who we are and what we do and how they would fit.

It obviously won't hurt us, but I'm not convinced of any great benefit to this year's class.

Great post! Not to mention the more you win, the more you get nationally televised games in time zones that most of the potential recruits don't normally get to watch Pac-12 teams. I grew up in Oregon, then joined the Marine Corps and moved all over and ended up in Alabama. One thing I can't stress enough is, unless your 1. looking to watch a Pac-12 team and 2. Are willing to stay up well past midnight, your just not gonna ever see a game living around here.

Most games here start at noon, and 3:00pm. The ranked team usually get the 7pm slot. If you want to watch a Pac-12 team, you have to search it out on some obscure channel like FSS(Fox Sports South), which, unless your intentionally looking for it, your not gonna find it, and they air it live. Which is great if you live on the West Coast, but horrible if you live down here and the games don't even START until 9:30pm and end well after midnight.

This is terrible for recruiting. I honestly believe despite the great record by Oregon since Chips arrival, no one really notices or watches the games because of the time zone. This itself hurts recruiting the 5*'s from the South.