Now we know how much Phil Knight spent on getting players for the Ducks. Nike seeks $2 billion in cost savings over 3 years, confirms significant layoffs
The Pac-2 and Pac-10 have reached a settlement to end litigation. Talked about it the the Pac-12 poof thread
? here's a link to the main Duck page: https://www.on3.com/teams/oregon-ducks/ and the forums: https://www.on3.com/boards/forums/recruiting-sports.26/
I actually found it. I was arguing with a fan on Reddit about seaton and I mentioned that we supposedly pulled ourselves out of the running so of course he asked for a link. It was in an article with updates about other targets.
it's true that Oregon had no composite 5-stars however, IIRC, they are/were (another NLI day in Feb.) 2nd to Georgia in number of 'blue-chip' recruits and also 2nd in number of 'Top-300' recruits ******************************************************************************* the composite scores are calculated by combining 247 + Rivals + ESPN's recruiting rankings. BUT, it's not a simple averaging: "The commitments are ranked from highest to lowest based on their star rating. The scores are weighted, based on the rankings, according to a Gaussian distribution formula or a bell curve. In other words, the top recruit is worth 100% of his rating value, the second commit is worth nearly 100% of his rating value, and down to the last recruit who is worth a small fraction of his rating value. This formula ensures that all commits contribute at least some value to the team's score without heavily rewarding teams that have several more commitments than others. the highest-rated recruits contribute more points to the total team score than the lower-rated recruits. Not just because their rating is higher, but also because they contribute a higher percentage of their rating than those commits with a lower ranking in the class. Here is the punchline: The top third of every class contributes most points to the team score, the middle third contributes some points to the team score, and the bottom third contributes very few points to the final team score. In our example, the top third contributed 74% of the 173 points Mathematically, the top 2/3 of every class contribute approximately 97% of the total score. In terms of total score, the bottom 1/3 is immaterial because it contributes only 3% of the total score."
yeah...Justin Hopkins he's fairly well connected and a bit conservative in what he divulges because he doesn't want to risk his sources. He's right a lot more often than he's wrong. But as he always reminds everybody when predicting what a prospect will decide: teenagers are fickle and change their minds often; especially in the age of NIL and the transfer portal
might not be so good. it became pretty apparent that while Mario was Oregon's coach he chased star ratings. He had a lot of high-rated busts & disappointments like Justin Flowe, Micah Pittman, Jonah Taunau'u, Bryan Addison, Isaah Crocker, Jay Butterfield, Bram Walden, Ty Thompson, Keith Brown, & Avante Dickerson those guys really goosed up Oregon's composite rankings a hell of a lot more than they contributed on the field
Lanning went back to the Georgia philosophy of having an absolute stacked D-line. Ducks will be geared up nicely for Big 10 play Michigan will be losing a ton next year. Along with their head coach most likely. I’m excited for some 9am Midwest kickoffs
I get 5 stars or any stars can be inaccurate, however there is a reason 5 star players are rated as such.
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Oregon's 2024 class might not be complete yet: he's a 4-star ranked #130 in the composite. Announcing some time today I don't think it's likely...he's been choosing between UW and Texas for weeks now. Not even certain Oregon is making a push, but the rumor is out there
