1. Happy to re-address this in December with you, BB. Just like last year when Oregon was doing so poorly in recruiting everyone (ie mainly Trojans + TEE) were wondering what the frack was going on with Oregon’s recruiting? Per 247, Oregon ended up #2 in the nation in 2026 recruiting, right behind your fav team. 🙂
2. We aren’t competing head to head with other teams as much as with USC. There is some overlap with a few (kudos to UCLA on their recent resurgence in recruiting!), and now specifically with Cal since their new head coach had currently coached at Oregon and has contact with some of our targets, of course, and where he can offer immediate playing time. We’ll steal a few from our Husky friends now and then. Or they will overpay for guys like Kodi Greene to make a “splash”. Oregon’s brand and recruiting reach has grown since the old Bellotti/Chip days, thanks initially to Mario and now to Lanning. Sure, would be great to land more CA kids, but not at the price of overpaying for them.
3. I think the word in California should be, if you’re not good enough, you won’t play at Oregon, thus the reason for unceremoniously shedding so many previous 4-star CA recruits. You could easily say their panties are in a collective bunch. Oregon still has yet to lose a starting player to the portal. And Oregon has been and is among the tops in the nation in the # of recruits who are drafted into the NFL.
I think the real story here is that Oregon is recruiting such solid players (look at the 3 of our true frosh who started last year for a team that made the semi-finals), it isn’t developing those players who aren’t good enough to develop. And those players are upset and complaining about it….lol!
There are worse problems to have in college football, ya know, BB? Like for instance….um…..ok, no, not going there, friend… 🙂
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