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per Jhop twitter....
http://twitter.com/Hopkins_Justin

"To complicate matters for Oregon fans: KY QB Damarcus Smith will be in Eugene late tomorrow night."

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p= ... id=4110528

Where u at Jhop....whats the deal with this kid? Wasn't this the kid who's mom said "you better sign with Oregon if they offer" after watching Oregon/USC play?

I don't know if I am supposed to say this since it is on the DuckTerritory message board, but Justin said that DaMarcus got a call from Helfrich this afternoon telling him to cancel his visit to Oregon, due to Manziel committing.

Don't think Smith is at the level of the ones were already close to getting.

Isn't he committed to Louisville?

DaMarcus Smith is a dual threat QB who was very high on the Ducks after the USC game last fall... His mother reportedly told him, "If the Ducks offer, take it".

Much of the reason interest in Smith originally was low had to do with a knee injury suffered last year.

The Louisville commit is considered soft, at best.

KeenanHowry15 wrote:Isn't he committed to Louisville?

Yes, but he was still very interest in the Ducks, which is why he was willing to pay once again to visit unofficially.

KeenanHowry15 wrote:Isn't he committed to Louisville?

I think he is but that was only due to his grades possibly being a concern so he locked in a scholarship. Oregon can be really choosy in who they take since they got enough QB depth to do that. Being in Oregon's offense is like being handed the keys to a Ferrari, which is very tempting for a lot of spread-type QBs.

Jhop is saying that the visit isn't happening now because of the new commit.

So IMO with Randall and this Texas guy, we will still get one more QB. Add Hundley. I have a feeling Mariota won't be a duck, just my gut feeling.

UOducksTK1 wrote:Jhop is saying that the visit isn't happening now because of the new commit.

So IMO with Randall and this Texas guy, we will still get one more QB. Add Hundley. I have a feeling Mariota won't be a duck, just my gut feeling.

I am ok with that haha. Would rather have Hundley than Mariota. Would be a nice little bundle of QB's for this class.

UOducksTK1 wrote:Jhop is saying that the visit isn't happening now because of the new commit.

So IMO with Randall and this Texas guy, we will still get one more QB. Add Hundley. I have a feeling Mariota won't be a duck, just my gut feeling.

Thanks TK and didn't MM and CK sit down this past weekend? The writings on the wall it would appear!

All these QB recruits we are after are solid though!

GO DUCKS!!

UofO8 wrote:

UOducksTK1 wrote:Jhop is saying that the visit isn't happening now because of the new commit.

So IMO with Randall and this Texas guy, we will still get one more QB. Add Hundley. I have a feeling Mariota won't be a duck, just my gut feeling.

I am ok with that haha. Would rather have Hundley than Mariota. Would be a nice little bundle of QB's for this class.

Same here. I'm very happy with Randall & Manzeil, adding Hundley would be awesome.

Something to remember, Chip (the only person who's say matters) doesn't consider Randall an actual commit since he hasn't visited. In his mind Manziel is the only QB commit at this point. If Hundley decides to commit to Oregon before Randall visits, it's very possible that Chip tells Randall that the QB spots are full.

PDXShogun wrote:Something to remember, Chip (the only person who's say matters) doesn't consider Randall an actual commit since he hasn't visited. In his mind Manziel is the only QB commit at this point. If Hundley decides to commit to Oregon before Randall visits, it's very possible that Chip tells Randall that the QB spots are full.

Now that you mention it, it's probably how Chip is seeing the situation right now. He knows that Randall is "committed" but won't consider him that until he visits. He probably uses that as incentive for other QBs to visit.

PDXShogun wrote:Something to remember, Chip (the only person who's say matters) doesn't consider Randall an actual commit since he hasn't visited. In his mind Manziel is the only QB commit at this point. If Hundley decides to commit to Oregon before Randall visits, it's very possible that Chip tells Randall that the QB spots are full.

I'm not sure if i totally agree with this commitment policy by Chip, but he talks to the recruits so i feel he knows more on where they stand then any of us do. What if a guy doesn't have financial means to fly across the country for a visit but is a diehard duck and wants to be here more than anything. And plays a position "qb" which is notorius for early commits due to limited spots. This is all hypothetical, i know nothing about Randall and his family's finances just trying to use as an example to see what other people think. On the other hand i like it due to the fact, that only guys who really make the commitment to wanting to be ducks will make the effort to get out here just to see everything, and to avoid these last second head games and departures of years past.

neezy3 wrote:

PDXShogun wrote:Something to remember, Chip (the only person who's say matters) doesn't consider Randall an actual commit since he hasn't visited. In his mind Manziel is the only QB commit at this point. If Hundley decides to commit to Oregon before Randall visits, it's very possible that Chip tells Randall that the QB spots are full.

I'm not sure if i totally agree with this commitment policy by Chip, but he talks to the recruits so i feel he knows more on where they stand then any of us do. What if a guy doesn't have financial means to fly across the country for a visit but is a diehard duck and wants to be here more than anything. And plays a position "qb" which is notorius for early commits due to limited spots. This is all hypothetical, i know nothing about Randall and his family's finances just trying to use as an example to see what other people think. On the other hand i like it due to the fact, that only guys who really make the commitment to wanting to be ducks will make the effort to get out here just to see everything, and to avoid these last second head games and departures of years past.

Solid 'what-if', but under those circumstances, it'd be arguably hard to get a kid moved across country for college in the first place, much less get him back and forth for holidays, summer, necessary family emergencies, etc., so the first trip to see the campus seems as though it would be the tip of the iceberg. I imagine if this WERE a real situation and the kid were good enough, Chip would at minimum hold a spot open for him, but the reality is, if we can get another kid at the same position with equal or greater talent that's less of a questionmark, would you really blame Chip for going that way instead? Duck fan or not, recruiting is about getting reliable talent (read: why NOT to recruit kids like Chris Harper).

Fincances are one of the many VERY real hangups with recruiting kids on the other side of the country, and without breaking recruiting violations, there's only so much that we can do to overcome poverty. I believe the UO is allowed to pay for travel for official visits, so in that respect we could cover a kid getting here and back once, but after that, if money is a problem there's no telling what could happen, to my knowledge the NCAA doesn't allow schools to provide any extra scholarship money for travel expences, but perhaps there's some sort of waiver/application plan or extra financial aid for that sort of thing? I seriously doubt it, generally the answre to "why is out of state college so expensive?" is, "don't go out of state"... All Oreogn or not, sometimes these things just don't work themselves out...