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If recruits like highlights, we scored even more, if thats possible.

Our passing game looks more opened opened up. Continue that & we'll be getting some of those WRs that are looking at us.

UCLA is in for a long season, puts us in a good position with Blackmon

duckydoug wrote:UCLA is in for a long season, puts us in a good position with Blackmon

But it sounds like USC is still in it for him, so I wouldn't say he's going to be easy to land.

The more USC, UCLA, Cal, and UW lose, the better for our chances of winning head-to-head recruiting battles with them.

AugustDuck wrote:The more USC, UCLA, Cal, and UW lose, the better for our chances of winning head-to-head recruiting battles with them.

This is true to some extent, but really, this is a bit of a catch-22.

The worse those prestigious programs are:

1. The more they can use the "hey we're just down right now and need a great athlete like you to come in and compete" card
2. The more they can say "look how deep Oregon is, you'll sit on the bench for your first 3 years, here you'll play right away"
3. The worse the Pac-10 looks. In the end this one might be moot, but if out-of-conference record and strength of schedule come into play for our rankings and/or bowl game seeding, that could bite as well.

As a rule I generally root for any Pac (and I guess by extension - at least for recruiting and image purposes - that means Utah and Colorado this year as well) to win any nonconference games, because you can always use the "we beat so-and-so head-to-head" argument, but you're right, if it's down to us and UCLA or Cal specifically, them looking bad CAN help our chances...

UofDuck wrote:If recruits like highlights, we scored even more, if thats possible.

a win at Tenn will impress recruits more

Every recruit is so unigue in terms of their motivations to commit, that you might as well be trying to understand how a womans mind works.

But a 72-0 win like that, the unis, the weather, the offense, the defense, the stadium, should all be like taking a recruit by the collar and slapping him around a few times and saying see, see.

Had Oregon shown a more balanced passing attack under Masoli, I have a feeling the Ducks might have had a couple more decent commits at receiver over the last couple seasons.

It will help a lot when DT starts settling in so there aren't so many high throws.

woundedknees wrote:Had Oregon shown a more balanced passing attack under Masoli, I have a feeling the Ducks might have had a couple more decent commits at receiver over the last couple seasons.

It will help a lot when DT starts settling in so there aren't so many high throws.

Hopefully that comes sooner than later....But, he did show some major signs of having an arm and some accuracy on a few throws yesterday...

I know every recruit has hot buttons and SC is near home/Hollywood...etc. but wins trump all/most. Depth didn't matter and competition is not a threat to many ballers. If we become the Alpha Dog, the kids will follow. If we did not have the fans and the facilities and the coolness factor, then the sell would be a bit harder, but we are in a position to really build something special here.

It won't hurt our recruiting ... in Ashland. Or Florence. Or Salem. Or any of the cities in the NW that actually get Comcast NW.

Horrible OSN won't hurt our recruiting, but being on a hyper-regional network certainly does recruiting no favors. I know it's early and UO will be on major networks most of the way out, but a recruit flipping around to see the schools he's considering or may consider was nowhere near seeing Autzen or Barner beyond a few seconds of highlights and a box score.

OSN on CSNW, everybody!!!!

Joe G may have scarred away a recruit or two with his his announcing. That dude is terrible, they need to hire someone else. I know he loves UO and all, but at least try to sound neutral, he sounds like the HS announcers from varsity blues. Hell he's worse than the OS guys, and they are bad.

Sorry for the rant, back to your regularly scheduled recruiting talk.

The highlights and talk of the game on ESPN, etc. will peak some interest from recruits that were maybe not interested in the Ducks before but it will help to garner more interest from those who are already looking at the Ducks to some degree. Saturday night I went to a soccer match RSL/New York Red Bulls and was wearing a black "O" Ducks hat and I got a handful of comments from "Go Ducks" to "Did you see that game today",etc. Yesterday I wore my white with green "O" Ducks hat and got probably about 10 more comments from around town so people are familiar with the Ducks and are aware of the beatdown and I am sure it is not limited to where I am. One guy said " I know it was New Mexico, but I have never seen a highlight reel like that before...... The 2 RB's you guys have must be the fastest in the country!". So regardless of the opponent attention like that cannot hurt. As long as the Ducks continue to win and keep themselves in the spotlight they will continue to get better recruits.

You hit it on the head. It stinks the game wasnt on national tv, but come next week, when the ducks are, there will be plenty of talk about those stats and highlights for the world to see. It was more of a stage setter in my opinion, but that is good too.