Bigelow committed to Cal

[duckydoug]

rumors are Barr and Gibson might join him later.

[AugustDuck]

rumors are Barr and Gibson might join him later.

Snake Oil

[Supreme]

Great week.


Oh well.

[PDXShogun]

I'm disappointed but not heartbroken by this. With what Costa has gone through there are just some guys that, not matter how talented, just aren't built to compete at sports at a high level. He may go on to have a great career, but his two ACL tears in two years is a major red flag. With our depth chart he wold have been a nice luxury, but by no means a necessity.

[HomeFieldAdvantage]

Good. I was not looking forward to him getting injured again while playing for the Ducks.

[HomeFieldAdvantage]

I'm disappointed but not heartbroken by this. With what Costa has gone through there are just some guys that, not matter how talented, just aren't built to compete at sports at a high level. He may go on to have a great career, but his two ACL tears in two years is a major red flag. With our depth chart he wold have been a nice luxury, but by no means a necessity.

Spot on! I agree 100%

[duckydoug]

hard to turn down that tape though. not a big deal though, Cal's had good running backs for the last few years and havent been able to do anything but it looks like Gibson did commit to Cal.

[karlhungis]

Hopefully this means we close the deal with Carson now. It sucks that Gibson is going there as well. Oh well, as long as Cal doesn't land Farmer and Blackmon, I will be OK.

[Hoagduck]

He would've certainly red-shirted his freshman year, then (let's assume James stays just for his junior year) he would've been behind Barner, Seastrunk and Williams. Unless he moved to receiver, he wouldn't have seen the field until his Junior/Senior year.

[uostudent]

Not liking some of the responses in this thread. We did want Bigelow - he's a major talent.

I think he decided on Cal because:
1. Playing time. At Oregon he would have to compete with multiple guys for playing time, though I think he would have been an excellent slot receiver (he apparently has great hands).
2. Their recent history of sending RB's to the pros. Lynch, Best, and Vereen (as soon as this year).
3. He probably isn't too pleased with the way Oregon's staff has been ignoring his buddy (though I think this probably a minor issue).

[liberalduck]

He would've certainly red-shirted his freshman year, then (let's assume James stays just for his junior year) he would've been behind Barner, Seastrunk and Williams. Unless he moved to receiver, he wouldn't have seen the field until his Junior/Senior year.

It sucks when players we want don't commit to us. That being said, and no offense, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to diminish the loss by writing a bunch of drivel to try to make ourselves feel better. The fact is, the only thing we know is that had Bigelow committed to us, he would have redshirted next year. Beyond that we have no idea where he would have fit in the RB order. He may have been the best and become an instant starter or may never have seen the field due to continued injuries or just may have simply been beat out by Seastrunk, Williams, Barner, or someone else. CK wanted him and felt taking him was worth the risk. And most people on this board seemed to be really hoping he would commit to us. Now just because it looks like we won't be getting him, it doesn't mean it isn't a loss or at least a potential loss. Sometimes a particular player can be the player that a team really needs. LaMichael is that for us now. As good as Barner is, I don't think we are the same team without LaMike. Bigelow may or may not have been that type of player for us. We just have no way of knowing right now. I am not going to lose sleep over the loss of Bigelow, but I want every good recruit, and I am a little disappointed when the ones who look special get away. Life goes on and hopefully we will get someone who looks as good and really wants to be a Duck.

[picksix]

Cal has NO QB!! Now we just load the box and stick Bigelow and whoever else plays RB for cal. ; )

[Boom]

Tra Carson has an official visit set up.....

[Duckattack7]

Its okay with me. I will take a what we have now over a guy that has 2 ACL tears to the same knee. Bring on Thomas tyner Next year and we will be set! No problems with me.

[WestCoastDux]

Thomas Tyner is a sophmore this year