Quack Fix: Basketball kicks off off tonight, Ducks expected to roll ASU

by jtlight on Nov 13, 2009 8:38 AM PST in Morning Quack Fix Comment 18 comments

Well, it has been a rough week. The Stanford loss has really seemed to take the wind out of all our sails. However, basketball starts tonight, and the football team can get back on track tomorrow night, so let's get to today's quack.

The Oregonian has a preview of the men's basketball team, and focuses on the team looking for redemption. Also, with the depth the Ducks have, they will have a ten man rotation and look to wear other teams out with that depth. The Ducks start the regular season tonight against Winston-Salem State. The RG also has a preview of the basketball team.
Andy Katz of ESPN is also feeling optimistic about the Ducks, pegging them as one of his ten programs that will rise in 2010. Katz claims that the Ducks have the talent to finish as high as 3rd in the Pac-10, and will likely battle with OSU, UCLA and Arizona to finish in the 3-6 range.
Adam Jude of the RG has a piece this morning on D.J. Davis, who has stepped up as one of Oregon's top receivers. Davis has struggled with injuries, but in finally able to make an impact on the field, and one way he's setting himself apart is his blocking, which has been outstanding this season.
All Pac-10 has their preview of the ASU game, and like most other prognosticators, just don't see ASU being able to score enough points to stick with Oregon. Bruce Feldman and Nick Daschel agree, both picking the Ducks by at least 4 TDs. Jason Vondersmith of the Portland Tribune expects it to be only a two score game, but still expects a Duck win.
Unfortunately, one of the biggest recruits to visit during the USC game, Trovon Reed, has announced that he's going to Auburn. Reed was a long shot from the beginning, but the Ducks had really worked themselves into the mix. While it's frustrating when the Ducks miss out on these big recruits from the south, it's exciting that the Ducks have gotten some big visits. It's only a matter of time until this time starts to pay off in a big way.

That's all for now, as always, leave your comments and any other quack in the comments. GO DUCKS!

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My cynical take

Yeah, but how long before we stop saying “it’s only a matter of time?” I realize this hasn’t been going on THAT long, but Oregon’s been in the mix for some big time recruits for a few years now, and always winds up being the also-ran.

Yeah, I’m grumpy and ready for this week to be over. Humbug.

Defending maligned chants since 2009

by Gorbachav5 on Nov 13, 2009 8:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I think you raise a good point but remember. We are WAY early in the recruiting season. I have faith, still some big names out there

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Nov 13, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It does start to take a toll after a while…

At least it is early and not draining on and on in the spring ala Bryce and Pryor.

It's spelled "S-H-U-G-O-T-F-E-L-T-U-P"

by JShufelt on Nov 13, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Cameron Colvin

can anyone remember a class deeper, earlier than this years that we already have verbals from?

btw, USC, Fla, etc lose out on tons of kids too.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Nov 13, 2009 9:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Oregon’s recruits are of a good quality, but we are very very slow at actually getting commits. It was a problem last year too. Of all BCS conference schools, only Arizona St., Illinois, and UConn have less commitments than Oregon’s 10. Of course this is not the best way to measure recruiting success. But I am definitely a little worried about Oregon’s ability to fill out a deep recruiting class—the next step in our recruiting prowess may not be to just get the big 5 star guys, but to put together a class with guys like we have in the 2010 class, but more of them.

by eloomis20 on Nov 13, 2009 10:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Nobody really knows how many commits we get until the LOI is in.

It's spelled "S-H-U-G-O-T-F-E-L-T-U-P"

by JShufelt on Nov 13, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Right—but there’s little more predictive of recruiting numbers than verbal commit numbers and we are way behind, as we were at this time last year. The chances of getting more than a couple of last second switches is very low and certainly no higher than the chances of losing the guys we already have.

by eloomis20 on Nov 13, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If I remember right, Chip is making all of the recruits take an official visit before they commit. This might have something to do with the low numbers

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Nov 13, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think we’re really taking all that many commits this year, so we’re on a great track to bring in the number of players the coaching staff wants.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Nov 13, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Recrutiing tends to lag a year

If we do go to the Rose Bowl this year, we should get a big recruiting class next year. Happened after the 2005 season for example.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Nov 13, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Where's the USC game thread in the archives?

I was trying to go back and find the USC game conversation threads, and while I found the pre-game and post-game -celebration threads, I could have sworn there was a 1000+ comment thread during the game. I’m not seeing it in the archives listing…or am I being a giant forgetful or blind dufus?

by gamedaytribe on Nov 13, 2009 10:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm….It looks like no open threads show up in the archives, probably due to how we add open threads and how they are indexed by all SBNation sites.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Nov 13, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't care if we win tomorrow by 3 or 53

As long as we win and Masoli/James don’t get hurt.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Nov 13, 2009 11:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Osweiller is very very very tall

But you know what they say, the taller they are, the harder they fall:

You’re going down dude!

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Nov 13, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Great!

That means his ears will be slightly closer to the Autzen crowd.

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Oregon < Stanford < Oregon State < USC < Oregon: I love college football.

by ProbablyMonty on Nov 13, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs