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Justin was the Josh Allen of the draft. Josh played for Wyoming and didn't have the receivers, nor the coaching to bring out the talent he had. The true talent scouts saw what each of these college qb's had, and didn't have in their programs. Justin languished under Cristoball, like all of our qb's have since, but no more!

Might as well, the dawgs are doing their best to turn Washington recruits into anything other than huskies. Wasn't there a song written about that. Momma's don't let your babies grow up to be huskies. Don't let 'em lick there, and wear purple and yellow Let 'em be Ducks and Students and such. Momma's don't let your babies grow up to be huskies!

I think we have a couple receivers who have a pretty amazing gift. If we bring in one or more transfers the next qb could be helped greatly. A qb needs a good O-line, check, good RB, check, and it really helps to have great receivers. The only thing better than a great freshman receiver is a sophomore receiver. Fortunately we have experience coming back. I was extremely impressed with the young receivers. I think there was something brewing which could be pretty special on the bench. The offense is waiting to explode into the Oregon Offensive Machine it once was, and will always be in the hearts of Oregon Fans.

Tis the season of the portal, not just freshman recruits. I have a feeling with a diverse coaching unit they have seen guys they want who have or will hit the portal. We have a strong group of receivers, just need to add some depth and experience. Remember the Oregon Basketball Program is full of transfers and it works out pretty well.

There it is 'a safe haven for raving,' ok maybe not.

'Threads without threats,' 'A community without impunity' but I do like 'The Forum With Decorum' and probably not 'Civil Drivel'

The cost per player seems a bit off the charts for some schools, parents. If each kid needs a custom helmet at close to $1k is that going to be a barrier to some of the kids, football needs. A great step, but is it going to be adopted at the junior level? It is nice to see another step being taken, and hopefully we will see more.

Agree, an astounding amount of work went into this article. Jon had an amazing amount of information put together ,and then a very interesting website, 247 Sports Blue Chip Ratio, which I had never seen, loved it. It was like a very good meal and dessert too! I tend to write a stream of consciousness, with a little fact checking thrown in. I might add, all done between work sessions, so not too bad.

Interesting thought, and great chess move. I think when we beat tosu there was no where to go but down, and it was only a matter of time. A young team having a big win early seldom ends well. I remember a shrewd coach told me years ago not to send my young son to a national competition. He said do you want your son to peak out at 12? An early loss to Georgia might be exactly what this team needs next year too.

Don't forget Bobby Moore, but it is great to see an acknowledgment to the past, while we move forward. Were we ahead of our times or what, Duck Dope!

If anyone one of them runs a sub 4.3 40 then yes, definitely. If any one of them has a proven ability to catch the ball and has blazing speed, then bring him forth!

The NFL owners do have controls on how much money a team can spend. The owners of the NFL realize they can't trust themselves to not compete, and just spend silly amounts of money. In college football it is just a purely competitive field where each program is free to spend as much as they want, based on their budgets. The only control is how stupid is each program in their decision making process. The coaching decisions is the easiest way to see which programs have made mistakes, because that is where the money has gone recently. Now with the NIL, and what Texas is doing, creating a non-profit to pay players, it will be interesting to see if we have a real arms race with players. It is a great question, but the college football world is a different animal than the NFL. It will suffer from the same issues as it does with the coaches as the money chases the players this time. Colleges will again do stupid things with the NIL and some will do well and others suffer.

I would add it is about the jimmies and joes, but also how long they have been learning the X's and O's. It is also about how long the coaches have been at that school teaching the X's and O's. Georgia and Alabama have coaches who have been at their schools well over a complete recruiting cycle. They have their players, their processes and procedures in place. The other programs have coaches who have been hired to catch up. The question is which programs are going to be patient enough to let these coaches get their processes and procedures in place. Now you have a Mario whose processes and procedures are suspect. Texas and USC are perennial under achievers lately. They have hired coaches who didn't have it. What is it, I think that is the over riding question for each program, and something I ponder often. The 'it' is a huge question which is multi-faceted, but has become an eight figure question. It is a question we will be asking as we watch Lanning grow, struggle and create data to substantiate each of our opinions.

We are definitely beyond those days. We haven't recruited a 3* recruit since, and haven't had the success at qb since, hmmmmmmmmm! Perfect example we recruited Shough while Brock Purdy went to Iowa State. Brock was the 3*, and looked like the kind of qb we use to have.

Love that, no star chasing. Chase potential, heart, football intelligence, and team players! Does the student athlete make everyone around them better, is he a leader! I want to hear a coach more excited about their potential than their star rating. Still remember our DB coach talking about the potential of Patrick Chung. Chung was a 3* and the coach said, just wait.

Fat, Drunk and Stupid. For the percentage of Oregon fans who haven't memorized this movie. Interesting, but with an F the floor is a zero and it goes all the way up to 59. A bigger range than from A-D. The dawgs are definitely failing, that is for sure, and this scene is a classic, flounder as the dawgs.

If we had payed Miami in the bowl game, what would have Mullens done? Bellotti was the answer either way, way too many Miami coaches on the field as it was. Kudos to the student athletes for playing with purpose and intensity for the program, the Oregon Program.

More about lost opportunity while sc, the dawgs, and just about everyone was asleep, and we just sat on the recruiting crown. Time to compete on the field as best we can. Who cares about preseason rankings, winning the recruiting wars, win the games!

I agree, all three of these guys, in the right situation, can be very good. I would add "in the eyes of the head coach." A coach who wants to really leverage each of these guys talents will see an amazing qb. I don't think we ever really saw what even AB could do. Wouldn't it be fitting if AB went on to a long career in the NFL as even a back-up. Herbert became the NFL Rookie of the Year, after being throttled. AB getting drafted and making an NFL team would be an interesting development.

Interesting take, and something to watch as the players become even more shrewd about the ways of the transfer portal. I do think there will be many more players looking to upgrade their schools as their skills become evident at the college level. If you weren't recruited, go the JC route, then sign on to a D1 team, it may be the same type of path. Why stay at Arizona, when you are dominating guys on teams beating your team? Some of the recent recruits may be asking this question sooner rather than later.

Agree all is not lost, but there was a huge lost opportunity while the Pac-12 was asleep.

"It's not clear how Oregon could own the Husky football program any more than all of this." You write a better line than this, well done SI!

Interesting to see coaches who played for Western Oregon, William Jewell College, Sam Houston State, and another who didn't even play college ball, instead starting coaching while in college as our coaches. Where is the elite player turned coach? I find it refreshing these guys who know football, are passionate about football, are the coaches. Just goes to show you don't have to be a great player to become a top coach. I suppose if you are an elite player coach you might not think you could recruit to Oregon.

He could rule at Akron, Joe loved the guy. I wish the guy all the luck going forward.

Georgia will be playing chess with a grand master. Much like one of my favorite movies of last year, The Queen's Gambit, the young prodigy is going to be sparring with the best. Hopefully this won't be his only battle, and he gets to take him on again as the leader of the Ducks!