The Monday Morning Wash
by John Berkowitz on Jan 25, 2010 7:09 AM PST
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The next to the last recruiting weekend of the season ended with a few bangs last night. First of all news leaked out of Eugene that Keanon Lowe was now a Duck. I decided to have some fun with it doing the usual we didn't want him anyway mantra to pick up some reactions from the Oregon faithful. I went to dinner for a couple of hours and when I came back we had 114 replies to the sarcastic post with most having to be deleted for one reason or another.
For the record I think Lowe is a great athlete. His film is impressive and he would have fit in fine as a return artist, wide receiver, or defensive back at UW. What takes the sting out of this is Lowe wants to play WR which just happens to be a loaded position at UW which will only become more loaded in 2011.
Losing a commit to Oregon is always painful but if he was on defense I would say yes...it is a loss that will be felt. Since he wants to be a WR and his reviews in his all star game at CB was spotty at best I think the impact of him deciding to go to Oregon is neglible. Washington can use the open scholarship on a defensive lineman or linebacker which are two positions where the need is much more immediate and greater.
Washington hosted two four star visitors this past weekend and early indications are things went pretty well. DT Kirifi Taula is excited enough that he is seriously considering coming to UW. He still has a visit to Arizona next week that his family wants him to take so keep your fingers crossed on that one. The addition of another four star DT would be a great way to fill out this class.
S Sean Parker was the other vistor and he wasn't talking much after the visit. Reports say he enjoyed his visit but won't make a decision for another two weeks. Parker is one of the top safety prospects in the West and will decide between UW, USC, Miami, and Cal. The Bears and the Trojans were supposedly the leaders going into the weekend but the fact that UW got a visit bodes very well.
Basketball
Washington was swept in LA this weekend and the rebound that started the week before was firmly slapped to the ground by a last second loss to UCLA. The Hukies showed up flat on Saturday against USC and that performance may have doomed this team in the terms of post season play. The Huskies have a deep hole to climb out of the rest of the season and it looks like only two teams from the league will head to the big dance.
Next up is Seattle U on Tuesday night. The Huskies need to bring their A game for this one. If they don't the scrappy Readhawks who dispatched OSU by 51 points a few weeks ago will pull off the upset. On paper the teams aren't even close in talent but this game won't be played on paper. Look for SU to give the Huskies a better game than last season
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Honestly...
It sounds like Tuala verballed to UW, But Dad wants him to keep his commitment to Arizona. Is Tuala 18? Don’t want another Winslow JR situation happening.
Sounds like
his mom wants him to go to UW and his dad wants him to go to Arizona. Seems like the question should be who has more control, mom or dad?
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Parker
I thought Michigan was Parker’s 4th school? and I read somewhere that he wants to leave the state
I think
Taula’s last visit wins….we’ll know soon enough.
I agree we need LB’s and D or O line more than another WR
Parker
Parker’s coach says it is down to USC, Michigan, and UW. Coaches from the three schools will make in home visits this week.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 25, 2010 10:56 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Sounds like great news.
..if he wants to get out of california, UW winters>Michigan winters
I think we end up with both of thos weekends recruit
Taula- I lived in Tucson for a dozen years, and know the school well. Washington wins hands down when comparing both schools.
Parker- U$C has had plenty of time to reel in this kid, yet he still remains on the sidelines. Sark will be the key here.
MonMorWash
Well, john you certainly did get the reaction. I understood the intent of the post, but you obviously flew above the wit of the feathered fans. The reaction and comments by some of the posters leaves no doubt why UOs kicker and QB were in the news again this week.
Taula is going to be interesting when he finally sends in his LOI. Wish we had the last say but with his visit to AZ this weekend may be hard to get him. Parker would be an amazing get, but I keep thinking USC solid. Heimuli and Ioane if we could get 2 of 4, I would be ecstatic and I am very happy right now with what we have. Lowe would have been nice to have but like you said it really doesn’t hurt that much at that position
The BBall team was very flat and got embarrassed by USC. Galen is still the nicest venue in Pac10 so far, too bad more USC fans don’t show. What few there were though, got into it by the first 5 minutes of second half. This team is lost right now, not sure how to right the ship.
KIS
Recruit power forwards and a center would be a starting point. A team of featherweight guards and small forwards doesn’t get it done. Gitr done!!!!
Romar's ahead of you
Kanter and Simmons are both bigs. Jones is also a PF but is waiting until March. Simmons is 6-7 205, Kanter is 6-9 240, Jones is 6-7 205.
Still need your shooters to find their range
by Brian Floyd on Jan 25, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
we recruit bigs ...
… remember that Garcia was supposed to be here and not across town.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
the Down Lowe
JB…if you wanted to be controversial, mission accomplished! That was a lot of reaction considering the season has been over for over a month. It wasn’t as big as “the seahawks fired Mora and a few days later they were burning mattresses in Knoxville”, but you did get the local juices flowing, not to mention those of our unwashed friends south of here.
It seemed out of character for you, and all of the dissing by the posters of someone we had recruited, but it was interesting. In the end, giving up a small receiver for a DL or LB is a fair exchange. It did point out our local pride and the need to put a fence around the state and keep Oregon out. No doubt OR shares that same belief.
The Portland guy we really need is that 6-9 basketball player. Otherwise we might be in trouble next year when we “travel” to Seattle for the Redhawks game. We can probably handle them tomorrow at Hec Ed, but all bets are off when we go on the road.
Dawgdude
it is a little bit out of character but I have been known to be sarcastic at times to get the rival juices flowing.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 25, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Lowe – I love the Ducks! I love the Ducks! I can’t wait to play WR for them!
UO – You’re not good enough to play WR for us, but you can play DB!
Lowe – but I really want to play WR!
UO – and I really want to be considered better than the Paris Hilton of college football!
Lowe – so I’m not going to play WR at UO?
UO – not a chance we’re going national! We’re getting national recruits for WR!
National Recruit – I got an offer from UO, isn’t that the place with the jerseys and the guy who punched the player?
National Recruit’s Coach – Yep, plus I hear their QB is a real tech geek I hear he loves laptops!
National Recruit – Hmmm there’s no real tradition there but I really like their jerseys.
National Recruit’s Coach – Hey you got an offer from Alabama and Florida!
National Recruit – UO whoo???
UO – (on hands and knees) Hey Lowe you know how we said you’re not good enought to play WR for us? Well….that was just a joke! We were only kidding! We would love for your to come in and play WR for us (wink wink).
Lowe – But I was your first choice right? Im not your sloppy second choice right?
UO – But of course you are! Oh and ummm when you get here, please don’t go to frat parties with Masoli, he’s got sticky fingers!
by john_s on Jan 25, 2010 11:50 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Funny
The thing is Lowe is an afterthought for Oregon which didn’t recruit him till recently. I would have been offended…but hey a dream school is a dream school.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 25, 2010 12:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The thing is that's not correct.
Lowe was a target since his Junior year. It so happens that you guys got a verbal from him up until recently.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com
I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
Lowe was an afterthought as a WR
he was targeted solely as a DB by Oregon. Once they struck out with some of the bigger national names they came back and said he could play WR…that’s when he jumped.
There's a huge difference between targeting them for one side of the ball and them being an "afterthought."
Addicted To Quack [dot] com
I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
As a WR
He was a plan B guy.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
UO did not want him as a WR they wanted him to come in as a DB. Not until Travon Reed from Louisiana, Ivan McCartney, Kadron Boone, Shawn Corker, Josh Reese and Ted Meline from Florida all comitted to other schools did they come back to Lowe and said you can come here and play WR.
HE WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT!
Scene of the crime
Tough weekend for the Ducks…things are out of hand down there but it will all get covered up and dismissed by the time spring ball arrives.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 25, 2010 12:09 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Duck fans don't want to accept it,
but there will be heat coming down on that program now that the most resourced media outlet in Oregon is reporting the story.
The media attention on this issue will, alone, drive a prioritized police investigation on what is otherwise a rather routine incident. Duck fans, understandably, want it to go away. However, the fact that this involves a possible Heisman candidate will ensure that every rock is left unturned. Can you imagine the administration putting public funds behind a Heisman campaign for someone who, down the line, might end up getting tried?
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
I think they are trying to dismiss this as a college prank rather than a theft…will be interesting to see if charges are filed by the victim.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 25, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure they can dismiss this
I keep reading that the police are saying that Masoli and Embry are not suspects. Who is then? Unless it is an attempt to frame them, it seems to me that the fraternity guy has little reason to make the story up. If what he says is true, then Embry’s fingerprints should be on the projector screen (or whatever it was) that was handed back to him. That alone should corroborate the guy’s story. At that point, Masoli and Embry are in deep trouble.
If they try to pass it off as a prank, are they going to argue that the players were going to return the stolen items eventually? That stretches credulity to its limits. Plus, students kind of need their laptops to do their school work. That’s more than just a prank, it seems to me. Especially considering how much personal information can be on a person’s computer.
If no charges are filed and Oregon keeps them on the team, what message does that send? Masoli admitted to robberies in the past and spent time in juvenile detention for them. Oregon recruited him, anyway. Repeated robberies are more than just a youthful mistake or a misguided moment of anger, like Blount had. If it is shown that this incident happened the way the alleged victim is claiming that it did and Oregon keeps Masoli and Embry on the team, they have no standards. If Oregon spends money promoting Masoli for the Heisman Trophy, that’s even worse.
that is incorrect. The police have not said that they are not suspects.
Here is a link to what, exactly, the police are saying. Basically, “no comment”. This is not going to go away easily.
Masoli / Embry are Felons Link (JK – relax Yuck Fan)
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Will the "refs" call a penalty?
The situation involving the alleged theft at a fraternity house in Eugene is turning into a good mystery. I’m a strong believer in justice. If the Oregon players truly did nothing wrong, then I hope they are exonerated completely. However, that seems unlikely to me.
There are only a handful of possibilities that I can think of.
1) The fraternity guy who made the accusations is lying and attempting to frame the football players. This seems unlikely and would be hard to pull off even if the players showed up at the frat house uninvited late at night. (How convenient!) Why would he do something that could easily backfire on him and send him to jail? Plus, the fraternity members are said to be huge Duck fans. No surprise there.
2) The frat guy is confused. The players were at the frat house that night, but the frat guy misidentified the players as the thieves. This also seems unlikely. If O.J. Simpson showed up in your house, would you have any doubt about who it was? It is possible that someone else could have stolen the items just before the players showed up, but then what about the allegation that Embry was carrying one of the stolen items? And what were the players doing there if they weren’t stealing things? Were they invited? Apparently not by anyone who was actually home at the time. Why did they run?
3) The frat guy misidentified the players as the thieves and the players were not even at the frat house at any time that night. This scenario seems extremely unlikely, but it might explain how a frat guy caught a wide receiver in a foot race. Maybe the thief wasn’t a wide receiver, after all. Do the players have an alibi? Are the alibis separate or are they claiming that they were together, by coincidence, but at another location? Do they have evil twins? If they were at the fraternity house, why did only one person see them wandering around in a building they had no business being in? Maybe all of the other frat members were out brawling.
4) The two players are guilty. This shouldn’t be hard to prove if there are fingerprints at the scene and/or on the projector item that was allegedly handed back to the frat guy after he allegedly chased the wide receiver. If this is the case, the players should be removed from the team, even if no official charges are filed.
5) The players are guilty and other people, possibly even other football players who were not seen by witnesses, are also involved. Of the allegedly stolen items, only the projector/projector screen was seen with the two identified players. Either the two accused players made multiple trips into the fraternity house that night or the laptop computers, guitar, and possibly other items, were taken by somebody else, either in conjunction with the two identified players or in a very bizarre coincidence of simultaneous, unrelated thefts. How likely is that? (Then again, we’re talking about Eugene here…) This would be a worst-case scenario for Oregon.
There is much about the events of last weekend that remains mysterious, but here’s what I do know:
1) If I were falsely accused of a crime, I would be loudly and publicly proclaiming my innocence.
2) One should think twice before sending one’s children to school in Eugene, especially to play football.
3) You need to be really careful about typos when repeatedly typing the words "frat guy."
by Scott Frost on Jan 27, 2010 12:55 AM PST up reply actions
Wait until it shakes out
Who knows what happened yet. It’s a he said she said deal right now and the loudest side is the kid in the fraternity, who is getting the coverage.
Players aren’t going to come out and jump around saying they didn’t do it when there is an open legal case, so there’s no reason to be suspicious of that yet. Just wait and see what’s going on before everyone jumps on things. There’s no more reason not to send a kid to Eugene than anywhere else. The U-district isn’t any safer place and neither is College Hill in Pullman.
Maybe you are right, but I never saw a large brawl on campus at Washington in the many years that I was there for various reasons. Not even close. But there do appear to be a lot of people associated with the Oregon football program that have character issues. I wouldn’t want my kid playing football there. They knowingly recruited a felon.
As far as the Oregon case, I am not jumping to conclusions. I’m simply laying out possibilities and looking at which seem the most likely. I would be saying the same thing if I were an Oregon fan or alumnus. It doesn’t look too good for them right now.
If I were in the situation that the accused players are in and I was innocent, I would at least be saying, “I am not guilty of any wrongdoing, which will be shown when the facts come out. Other than that, I have no comment at this time.” Maybe that’s just me.
Eugene is developing a bit of a reputation. Maybe it is overblown, but I’d still rather not take my chances there.
I do appreciate your sense of fairness, though. It’s very admirable.
I've seen riots and heard of strong armed robberies in the U-District
I’ve personally seen kids get their jaws broken in fights at WSU. Yet I wouldn’t call either of the campuses terrible places.
Both of our programs have recruited not so great kids before. It isn’t like Oregon is “the U” from the 90’s or even headed that way.
I’m just skeptical of the story up until now. The kid says Embry ran off with a projector and he caught him. When he came back he found two laptops and a guitar missing. Did Masoli just walk out with those and nobody saw him? There’s probably 30-50 guys in a fraternity and someone must have seen something. There’s something missing from it and I’m curious what comes out later.
The messed up thing is that these people were named by the media before being a suspect. There should be no reason for them to come out and say I’m innocent because they shouldn’t have been named in the first place. There’s been some shoddy journalism by bloggers and some mainstream members in this case.
I did.
A young sorority girl lost an eye from a thrown beer bottle in a Frat vs Frat brawl when I was in school at UW.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Happens at all campuses
Neither UW nor WSU are in a position to cast stones at Oregon about campus violence. We’re just as prone to it as anywhere else.
by Brian Floyd on Jan 27, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
True...
…but, unfortunatly, when it happens at UW (for example) – the ducks and cougs burn rubber to UW sites to pitch us crap about it. This is just rivals pitching crap to rivals. I don’t think anyone seriously thinks this only happens at oregon..
Masoli
A story in the Huffington Post identified Masoli as being accused of the theft of some laptop computers and said that he has done jail time for armed robbery in the past. That may make it hard to spin this as a prank and harder for the police to look the other way.
Oregon has some problems.
Problems that will be swept under the rug ... for now
The LaGarret Blount thing in Boise showed us what Oregon is about. I’m not convinced that Chip Kelly has a handle on things in Eugene. If what happened in Boise is an indication as to how they do things in Eugene, somehow the Chipper will find away to side step his star QB getting caught steeling.
Writing is on the wall … it’s just a matter of time before the entire duck program comes down.
All I saw was purple
You don't believe in second chances then?
The way the Blount situation was handled was admirable in my opinion. He would fail as a leader and as a coach if he were to wash his hands and toss the kid aside. College and high school coaches are there to mold men. Kids are sent to college with the expectation that coaches will build them in to better players and better people in the end.
Blount messed up, and he did so in a big way. That cost him millions and he’ll have to answer those questions for the rest of his life. He had a legitimate chance to be a high round pick in the draft and a means to make a living that he screwed up in the heat of the moment. Kelly didn’t bring him back to win games, if he did Blount would’ve been playing against USC, Stanford and Arizona. He made the kid prove he was a better person before he let him step back on to the field. Kids mess up at every college program, but they also deserve second chances if they prove themselves so worthy.
The duck program isn’t falling. Every single college program has problems with their athletes. UW does, WSU does, Eastern does, all of them. There’s no writing on the wall that they’re dying. Wait until everything comes out in these cases and see what happens before passing judgment.
by Brian Floyd on Jan 26, 2010 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
Seconds chances
I do think that, in general, people should get second chances. The thing is, this already IS Masoli’s second chance. He served time in juvenile detention, allegedly for armed robberies. Oregon knew that when they recruited him. Embry might get a second chance, but I think Masoli might have blown it.
If the coaches give too many second chances, they risk creating moral hazard. The players will become convinced that they can get away with anything. Either way, it’s not good for the program at Oregon.
by Scott Frost on Jan 27, 2010 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
I wasn't talking Masoli, but was addressing the Blount situation
Wait until that shakes out to even see what happens. There’s a lot of misinformation on both side.
Embry isn’t even on the team and was already done with the program from what I’ve heard.
Masoli screwed up in high school in a bad way and all indications are he’s turned it around. I don’t like seeing people vilify a kid for something that happened in high school that he’s paid for. This isn’t a Oregon lost control of their program by any means.
Embry
That’s interesting about Embry. I hadn’t heard that. Is he transferring for lack of playing time?
No- Not when playing college football is a priveledge
In society I believe in 2nd chances. But playing college football and receiving a free education is a PRIVELEDGE that not all kids have a real shot at obtaining.
With that said, I firmly believe all college programs should have rules and regulations pertaining to conduct both on the field and off. A punch thrown at an opponent warrents immediate dismissal from the program, especially when the NCAA was promoting “sportsmanship” when the altercation occured.
It seems to me that Oregon doesn’t have a list of rules nor regulations to handle these types of altercations, seems like a lot of grey area in policy if you ask me. That gives them a window of opportunity. Playing college football and receiving a free education is a priveledge, what sort of message is Kelly sending to students that act like thugs? Call it a cultural situation if you want- in my opinion that is an excuse in order to get away with dysfunctional behavior.
Furthermore, LaGarret Blount did receive a 2nd chance. If I recall no criminal charges were brought forward. There’s your 2nd chance in society…
All I saw was purple
how many times are charges brought
Rarely if ever. Fights happen in these sports. Like I said you cannot criticize oregons handling of an on field situation. Both our programs have dealt with on and off field situations similarly. I don’t need to bring them up. Callin this some big issue that is unprecendented isn’t what it is.
Punches are thrown in football many times. Its an aggressive sport. This was thrown after a game and was handled as such.
by Brian Floyd on Jan 28, 2010 4:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You must be from the Mike Price "Givem a 2nd chace" School
Mike Price spawned all this 2nd chance B.S. up here in the Northwest. Why did Price offer 2nd chances? Price offered it in order to keep talent in Pullman. How hard is it to get talent in at WSU? To get talent in Pullman means you have to be a helluva salesman and offer the recruit something other programs don’t. The 2nd Chance was one of Price’s recruiting tools, especially to some recruits that weren’t ideal student-athletes.
Sorry cougfan, but I have principles that are not adjustable, bent, flexed, or thrown under the rug. My rules don’t differ from one student-athlete to the next. You break a rule then you pay the penalty. When you begin bending rules or offering a 2nd chance then how long before a 3rd and 4th chances are offered? Before too long all hell breaks lose and the coach and athletic dept. have lost all control of the program.
And I’ll go a step further- if a player on the Washington football team does what Blount did, then I’d be the first in line to request that player be dropped from the program. Sure he can play college football, but it won’t be at Washington!
And I agree both UDub and WSU have had issues dealing with dysfunctional behavior in the past. I just hope coach Sark doesn’t lower standards like Neuhiesel did. I want this program to be clean, competitve, and set high standards both on and off the field. Yet when you allow your kids to act the way Blount did, the standards have already fallen. That $hit should never had take place from the beginning and a head coach with tremendous integrity would never allow it. I’m out…
All I saw was purple
Dont even put this on Price
Go back to Don James if you’re gonna play that game. Its hypocrtical to point fingers.
by Brian Floyd on Jan 28, 2010 7:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Sorry, James isn't bad and that was uncalled for
Neuheisel, on the other hand, is worse than anything you say about Price. The point remains that you can’t point fingers and say any one person is responsible for another institutions misgivings.
You’re acting like Blount had 0 punishment at all, which wasn’t the case. You also assume this is a leak in a dam that will break, which isn’t true as well. I don’t know whether you want to tear down Oregon to build up Washington, but this is not the way to do it. Tearing down other programs in order to rise to the top isn’t how it should be at all. You should want a competitive conference, not for UW to win by default.
He broke a rule, he paid the penalty. That’s how it works. He wasn’t given a free ride by anything.
Before you sit here and say Pullman brought guys with problems in, perhaps you should think about it for a minute. Price was, by all accounts, a great salesman. He also took full advantage of partial qualifiers. This doesn’t mean the kids are bad kids, it means they were grade risks. It’s doing them a favor and the program a favor. Don’t bullshit me and say Price scooped up thugs and that’s why we won games. He took under-recruited guys along with some partial qualifiers, developed them, and had a run of good success. Was Trufant, Rien Long, Lamont Thompson, Erik Coleman, Jason Guesser, and the like thugs? While we were doing that, Neuheisel was running your program into the ground with worse problems off the field. So don’t sit here and put this on Price because I can do the same thing with your coaches.
by Brian Floyd on Jan 28, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Never warmed up to Neuheisel
He broke rules or tried to break rules everywhere he turned and I agree with you that Rick brought in questionable scholar-athletes. Let’s just say I am glad we brought in a coach and athletic administration to clean up the mess left behind.
Does it sound like I am attacking Oregon and WSU? Certainly not. I think both schools offer a unique flavor to the league. But I am going to stand on moral grounds. Any player who shoots off his mouth to the media leading up to the game, loses all composure during the loss, retaliates with a closed-fisted punch that is seen on national television while the NCAA is promoting sportsmanship deserves an immediate dismissal from the team.
It’s not like the kid would not be able to play college football anymore, I’m quite sure many FCS programs would bring him in. Am I trying to tear down Oregon? Certainly not. But I do see a lot of inconsistencies with in the duck program and I just hope those types of inconsistencies don’t find their way through Washington’s front door. Competitive league? Sure, I’m all for it. But at the end of the day to me, it’s all about Washington. In the end my only concern is Washington not how the league is perceived…
All I saw was purple
Lowe
Hey, Keanon! Want to rethink your decision? Who’s going to be throwing you the ball next season?
Me
By the way, I am NOT the Scott Frost who is an assistant coach at Oregon. I’m the cool one. :)
A little more on Lowe
Reportedly UW made it very clear that if he visited Oregon the offer was off the table. They weren’t going to wait on him to make a decision between the two schools. As we have said in the last two posts….UW has plenty of other options at different positions…This coaching staff doesn’t fool around…very similar to how Carroll ran things at USC…you are either in or you are out.
Lowe
That’s interesting. I agree with you that it’s not a tragic loss for the Huskies. It might turn out to be an unfortunate decision for Lowe, however. I kind of feel sorry for him.
But they are doing the same thing with Lagafuina are they not? And perhaps Tuala as well. I do understand that DT is a position of need right now..
It's a bit different for players who haven't committed yet and have other visits already scheduled
Lowe had given the coaches his word, then decided he was going to go looking around for another girl to dance with, so to speak.
Love it!
Visit Oregon and it’s off the table. Make no mistake our coaches are ruthless! And if we think you are playing both sides, then we’ll drop the ax on you. We’ll just go out and find somebody better, who can see above the dashboard in your dad’s Buick!
All I saw was purple
http://www.dwightjaynes.com/some-news-about-jeremiah-masolis-background-and-its-not-pretty
I was just looking to see if Masoli was arrested yet and this is the fist thing to come up .between blunt and masoli they’re a strong arm robbery waiting to happen
scroll to the comments
And find the assult and battery crack. Pretty funny, with a good bit of truth behind it.
by B Money on Jan 25, 2010 3:23 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oregon appears to have more than a few guys with character issues. And USC just hired a walking secondary violation. This is supposed to be a quiet time for college football news, but the rest of the Pac-10 just keeps on giving. What’s next? Jim Harbaugh takes the Michigan job? (Just kidding. That is probably a season or two away.)
GREAT DAY TO BE A HUSKY !!! GO DAWGS
The Tunnel is Hallowed and Sacred Ground
by bigdawgdaddy999 on Jan 26, 2010 8:31 AM PST reply actions
Julious Moore
Whats up with him? I thought he was a solid UCLA commit.
O LINE
Bob Condotta has an interesting O LINE blog today. Another loss to medical hardship still on scholarship.
He breaks down the remaining ten O line by class:
3 seniors
5 juniors
2 sophmores
0 freshmen
WOW. You can see the deep hole we are in. NO FRESHMAN TWO SOPHMORES.
With the potential injuries on the O LINE we are very thin. Look for 2 or 3 freshman to play substantial time next year.
SARK is preparing for the future but Jake will need some quick out passes and a good running game to survive and go to a Bowl game.
At least its not as bad as Neuheisel left us
But we definitely have some work to do developing depth. Pretty tough when you have to keep playing freshman, especially on the Oline. Its going to take at least one more class before he can get to the point where we redshirt the majority of our oline…
Iteresting tidbit from Condotta's blog
Bob Condotta: He’s listed as a WR but I talked to his HS coach the other day and he thinks Campbell will end up on defense. Given UW’s immediate needs, makes some sense. But we’ll see. Lots of guys get tried at one spot early then moved depending on how things work out. I think Campbell could be a guy like that, who gets a first look at WR but then maybe gets moved.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2010894810_recruiting_chat_at_noon.html
Was Lowe playing both sides?
Lets take a closer look at the Lowe commitment to Washington. Currently we are heavy on receivers on the roster and we’re bringing in a few more with this 2010 class. If Lowe intends on playing receiver, where does he fit on the UDub roster?
Secondly, we are playing underclassmen at corner, who are really good and have the potential to be 1st team all leaguers. If Lowe intends to play CB, where does he fit on the UDub roster? To be precise, Lowe is a phenomenal athlete yet I find myself wondering how he would’ve fit in.
Meanwhile Oregon began a national recruiting campaign. It seemed apparent that one of their home grown kids was being overlooked by the ducks. Maybe Lowe decided early on to use a Washington commit to grab the attention of Oregon. Lowe IS tailor-made as a receiver for a spread offense. Size is irrelevent in a spread offense, because in the spread size is not necessarily a benefit towards the offense. In the spread you want numerous receivers, not just one or two. I think if Lowe wants to get on the field as a receiver, he’ll have better luck playing in a four receiver spread offense then a pro style offense that requires just a few.
Now I’ve mentioned we don’t need anymore 5’9" receivers on our roster. In a spread offense you have to recruit a lot of receivers, more so then in a pro style offense. As a pro style offense we can be a bit more choosey in who we recruit as receivers. Not the case in the spread- you need more. So with that said, it is wise to let Lowe go, even though he is a remarkable athlete. We play less receivers in our schemes and when you play less receivers per scheme means that you need to pursue the more prototpyical pro style receiver. FAST, HANDS, and HEIGHT are essential to play receiver in the pro. Those are what we need at receiver- you can coach up route running so that is not a big element you are looking for. Lowe was a casualty, but to me he was expendible…
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