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Athlete Marqise Lee (Gardena, Calif./Serra) took his second official visit of the year this past weekend to Oregon. Lee had previously visited Cal in October.
He has had a monster senior season on both sides of the ball and should be considered among the top five prospects in the state. He started off the season known primarily as a safety but is now being recruited equally as a receiver and would like to play on both sides of the ball in college.
"The trip to Oregon was incredible," Lee said. "I didn't get to spend as much time there as I did at Cal since we flew up Saturday morning instead of Friday night but I still had a great time. I mean, what's not to like about Oregon right now. They have a great football team, the fan support is incredible, Nike is really involved, the players and coaches are good guys and the facilities and campus life is incredible.
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Sounds good but we're going to have to wait a while until he finishes his visits. I do like our chances though.

Hopefully we can nab him and he can from along Farmer with him

Scott Frost made a comment along the line of "Just wait till we start beating the USC's of the world in recruiting." And Adding Lee, Blackmon would be a great start. Just imagine USC type athletes in our system. It'd be other worldly & completely unstoppable.

dthomas=ddixon wrote:Scott Frost made a comment along the line of "Just wait till we start beating the USC's of the world in recruiting." And Adding Lee, Blackmon would be a great start. Just imagine USC type athletes in our system. It'd be other worldly & completely unstoppable.

Yeah, but it takes the right kind of kid with skills to be successful in our system. Pre-Madonna's don't work, they cause team chemistry to crash. Look at Cameron Colvin, the last 5 star wide-receiver to come to Oregon, pretty much a bust his whole career. Then look at a guy like Brian Paysinger (Spencer's Older Brother), who was the best WR out of Colvin and 50/50 in 2007 before going down with a knee injury, who was like a 2 star recruit.

I like Blackmon because he seems to me to be very excited to play for Oregon, and can't wait to contribute, I like that passion and energy and think he fits the 'Oregon' mold. However, I'm weary of big time recruits like C.Harper, who just want to date chicks and get the rock on every single play. SC can have those guys all they want.

NCDucks09 wrote:

dthomas=ddixon wrote:Scott Frost made a comment along the line of "Just wait till we start beating the USC's of the world in recruiting." And Adding Lee, Blackmon would be a great start. Just imagine USC type athletes in our system. It'd be other worldly & completely unstoppable.

Yeah, but it takes the right kind of kid with skills to be successful in our system. Pre-Madonna's don't work, they cause team chemistry to crash. Look at Cameron Colvin, the last 5 star wide-receiver to come to Oregon, pretty much a bust his whole career. Then look at a guy like Brian Paysinger (Spencer's Older Brother), who was the best WR out of Colvin and 50/50 in 2007 before going down with a knee injury, who was like a 2 star recruit.

I like Blackmon because he seems to me to be very excited to play for Oregon, and can't wait to contribute, I like that passion and energy and think he fits the 'Oregon' mold. However, I'm weary of big time recruits like C.Harper, who just want to date chicks and get the rock on every single play. SC can have those guys all they want.

I have nothing constructive to had here and I normally don't do this, but "Pre-Madonna's" made me laugh so hard I couldn't resist.
According to Webster's Dictionary:
Pre-Madonna's - the era of music before women exposed body parts in MTV videos
Prima Donna - A tempermental, conceited person

The entire article is posted in the Serra Trio thread if you want to read the rest.

NCDucks09 wrote:

dthomas=ddixon wrote:Scott Frost made a comment along the line of "Just wait till we start beating the USC's of the world in recruiting." And Adding Lee, Blackmon would be a great start. Just imagine USC type athletes in our system. It'd be other worldly & completely unstoppable.

Yeah, but it takes the right kind of kid with skills to be successful in our system. Pre-Madonna's don't work, they cause team chemistry to crash. Look at Cameron Colvin, the last 5 star wide-receiver to come to Oregon, pretty much a bust his whole career. Then look at a guy like Brian Paysinger (Spencer's Older Brother), who was the best WR out of Colvin and 50/50 in 2007 before going down with a knee injury, who was like a 2 star recruit.

I like Blackmon because he seems to me to be very excited to play for Oregon, and can't wait to contribute, I like that passion and energy and think he fits the 'Oregon' mold. However, I'm weary of big time recruits like C.Harper, who just want to date chicks and get the rock on every single play. SC can have those guys all they want.

Well obviously you need kids who will have the right attitude. And Colvin is a terrible example. He had a great attitude & tons of skill. He was just injury plagued & could never get on track. A healthy Cam Colvin woulda been an NFL draft pick.

The majority of recruits are good kids & willing to come in & do work. Harper wasn't even that highly rated & just a complete dbag.

Brian Paysinger and Spencer are cousins, not brothers... btw

Nice I learned two things today. Paysinger cousins and Prima Donna... THANKS!

That being said, C.Harper was a 4 Star Athlete... Pretty good recruit...ESPN 150 List.

"In comparing it with the Cal trip, I would give Cal the edge athletically and Oregon the edge football wise and the facilities as well."

What the heck does this mean?

Howry wrote:"In comparing it with the Cal trip, I would give Cal the edge athletically and Oregon the edge football wise and the facilities as well."

What the heck does this mean?

I wonder if he means Cal has Oregon beat academically, but you never know with some of these recruits.

greenyellow wrote:

Howry wrote:"In comparing it with the Cal trip, I would give Cal the edge athletically and Oregon the edge football wise and the facilities as well."

What the heck does this mean?

I wonder if he means Cal has Oregon beat academically, but you never know with some of these recruits.

I think you're right. Which just makes even more sense why he should attend Oregon.

dthomas=ddixon wrote:

NCDucks09 wrote:

dthomas=ddixon wrote:Scott Frost made a comment along the line of "Just wait till we start beating the USC's of the world in recruiting." And Adding Lee, Blackmon would be a great start. Just imagine USC type athletes in our system. It'd be other worldly & completely unstoppable.

Yeah, but it takes the right kind of kid with skills to be successful in our system. Pre-Madonna's don't work, they cause team chemistry to crash. Look at Cameron Colvin, the last 5 star wide-receiver to come to Oregon, pretty much a bust his whole career. Then look at a guy like Brian Paysinger (Spencer's Older Brother), who was the best WR out of Colvin and 50/50 in 2007 before going down with a knee injury, who was like a 2 star recruit.

I like Blackmon because he seems to me to be very excited to play for Oregon, and can't wait to contribute, I like that passion and energy and think he fits the 'Oregon' mold. However, I'm weary of big time recruits like C.Harper, who just want to date chicks and get the rock on every single play. SC can have those guys all they want.

Well obviously you need kids who will have the right attitude. And Colvin is a terrible example. He had a great attitude & tons of skill. He was just injury plagued & could never get on track. A healthy Cam Colvin woulda been an NFL draft pick.

The majority of recruits are good kids & willing to come in & do work. Harper wasn't even that highly rated & just a complete dbag.

Cam never was able to make it out of Belotti's doghouse for whatever reason. From all accounts it sounded like Mike was hard on him and never let up. To bad too, his senior year he really seemed to have his head in the right place.

dthomas=ddixon wrote:

NCDucks09 wrote:

dthomas=ddixon wrote:Scott Frost made a comment along the line of "Just wait till we start beating the USC's of the world in recruiting." And Adding Lee, Blackmon would be a great start. Just imagine USC type athletes in our system. It'd be other worldly & completely unstoppable.

Yeah, but it takes the right kind of kid with skills to be successful in our system. Pre-Madonna's don't work, they cause team chemistry to crash. Look at Cameron Colvin, the last 5 star wide-receiver to come to Oregon, pretty much a bust his whole career. Then look at a guy like Brian Paysinger (Spencer's Older Brother), who was the best WR out of Colvin and 50/50 in 2007 before going down with a knee injury, who was like a 2 star recruit.

I like Blackmon because he seems to me to be very excited to play for Oregon, and can't wait to contribute, I like that passion and energy and think he fits the 'Oregon' mold. However, I'm weary of big time recruits like C.Harper, who just want to date chicks and get the rock on every single play. SC can have those guys all they want.

Well obviously you need kids who will have the right attitude. And Colvin is a terrible example. He had a great attitude & tons of skill. He was just injury plagued & could never get on track. A healthy Cam Colvin woulda been an NFL draft pick.

The majority of recruits are good kids & willing to come in & do work. Harper wasn't even that highly rated & just a complete dbag.

Agree 100%. I didn't really know Colvin personally, but one of my friends was pretty good friends with him. Colvin was a good guy and a hard worker. It's really unfortunate how injury prone he was.