'15 CA QB Blake Barnett (Arizona State Transfer)

[jerboski]

Yep, Steve put in his CB so I think it will happen. Its pretty funny actually if this happens, I thought Oregon was his dream school...... lol

 

[Luckylucci]

Hopkins from the Oregon board,

"Once again, I'll remind all of you, Oregon could lose Barnett to Alabama, keep things in perspective, I guarantee you there is more to this than everyone knows right now and Oregon will be just fine at QB."

Not sure what that means but it sounds like he's hitting up the bank as we speak, haha.

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

Baby Blake's going to be a long way from home if true.

 

[T Town Tommy]

If Blake goes to Bama, I switch my vote for 'most likely to get banned' to Tommy.

Far too much sensitivitiy over this one, lol.

Nah... best case scenerio is Barnett to Bama and Waller to ND. Let Hopkins and Oregon suck on that for a while.

Besides, I don't get real excited about QB commits for Bama. We haven't exactly had a good track record there. Now... Eason - he could change my level of excitement pretty quickly.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Hopkins from the Oregon board,

"Once again, I'll remind all of you, Oregon could lose Barnett to Alabama, keep things in perspective, I guarantee you there is more to this than everyone knows right now and Oregon will be just fine at QB."

Not sure what that means but it sounds like he's hitting up the bank as we speak, haha.

Been there... done that. Actually it was Bishop that went but why split hairs?

 

[Luckylucci]

Nah... best case scenerio is Barnett to Bama and Waller to ND. Let Hopkins and Oregon suck on that for a while.

Besides, I don't get real excited about QB commits for Bama. We haven't exactly had a good track record there. Now... Eason - he could change my level of excitement pretty quickly.

I've thought this entire time it would be worth not taking a QB in an effort to start, already, going all out for Eason.

 

[jerboski]

Nah... best case scenerio is Barnett to Bama and Waller to ND. Let Hopkins and Oregon suck on that for a while.

Besides, I don't get real excited about QB commits for Bama. We haven't exactly had a good track record there. Now... Eason - he could change my level of excitement pretty quickly.

Would be great if that worked out however I think Oregon quickly becomes an option for Waller if Barnett rolls with the Tide, which I actually hope he does just to piss Oregon off

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

I've thought this entire time it would be worth not taking a QB in an effort to start, already, going all out for Eason.

ISD mods were just saying the same thing. If we don't get a top tier guy in '15, we won't be forcing the issue and will look to add a preferred walk on + all in on '16.

 

[Luckylucci]

Been there... done that. Actually it was Bishop that went but why split hairs?

Yea we already know that but it sounds like you may need to up the ante. Hopkins is going back for another installment.

 

[T Town Tommy]

I've thought this entire time it would be worth not taking a QB in an effort to start, already, going all out for Eason.

Agree. I would rather have Eason next year than either Barnett or Waller this year. One would think a Barnett commitment would maybe change Eason's thinking a bit if he is really serious about Bama. Who knows... maybe that's ND's ticket to get him. And if anybody else lands Eason, I would just as soon it be you guys. Not for fear of having to play against him... I love our setup at D Line for the future, but moreso out of the fact that you guys are pretty cool and I kinda like the Irish a little.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Yea we already know that but it sounds like you may need to up the ante. Hopkins is going back for another installment.

Damn kids gonna break me....

 

[dublinirish]

would be funny as hell if Barnett ended up at a rival Pac12 school and hammered Oregon for a few years

 

[koonja]

If Blake goes to Bama, I switch my vote for 'most likely to get banned' to Tommy.

Far too much sensitivitiy over this one, lol.

Agree. I would rather have Eason next year than either Barnett or Waller this year. One would think a Barnett commitment would maybe change Eason's thinking a bit if he is really serious about Bama. Who knows... maybe that's ND's ticket to get him. And if anybody else lands Eason, I would just as soon it be you guys. Not for fear of having to play against him... I love our setup at D Line for the future, but moreso out of the fact that you guys are pretty cool and I kinda like the Irish a little.

 

[IrishLax]

Hopkins from the Oregon board,

"Once again, I'll remind all of you, Oregon could lose Barnett to Alabama, keep things in perspective, I guarantee you there is more to this than everyone knows right now and Oregon will be just fine at QB."

Not sure what that means but it sounds like he's hitting up the bank as we speak, haha.

I read that as Oregon will make a move on Travis Waller... who has already visited and has a longstanding relationship with those coaches. This is why I said pages ago I wanted Blake at Oregon because I'm much more comfortable battling Bama for someone like Waller than Oregon. There are about 500 legitimate reasons why someone in Waller's shoes should select ND over Bama, but you lose a lot of those in Oregon vs. ND.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Justin Hopkins:

Currently a return visit to Oregon is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Barnett is expected to bring his mother and father on the visit. Our latest sources suggest that visit is in serious jeopardy.

In fact, we are also hearing a commitment to Alabama could take place by the end of the day. However neither is a certainty

Hopkins is like the gift that just keeps giving.

 

[jerboski]

JHOP just released another update that states a commitment may happen today for Barnett to Bama and the visit to Oregon is in serious jeopardy. He says if Barnett makes a decision today that he wont take the trip to Oregon however he isn't ready to move his CB just yet because of all the "moving parts"

Looks like he is conceding a bit that Barnett may very well end up in Bama

 

[#1rish]

He is quite impressionable isn't he?

I could probably sell him piece of poop and stick a peanut into it and told him it was a snickers

 

[IrishLax]

So the bigger question is how quickly does Oregon move on Waller, and how screwed are we if/when that happens? A little bit screwed, or royally screwed?

 

[T Town Tommy]

Wonder if Hopkins will have the "story" within minutes if Barnett commits to Bama?

#POS

 

[jerboski]

Wonder if Hopkins will have the "story" within minutes if Barnett commits to Bama?

#POS

Maybe Tom should go to the Oregon board after this and refer some QB recruits to their fan base lol

 

[#1rish]

So the bigger question is how quickly does Oregon move on Waller, and how screwed are we if/when that happens? A little bit screwed, or royally screwed?

Just a little bit IMO. I'm all for Waller, but like others have said we could just take a walk-on or lower rated QB this cycle and go all in for Eason, Henry, and Pass.

 

[jerboski]

he committed

 

[IrishLax]

LEWLZ

 

[#1rish]

There it is.

 

[ResLife Hero]

If we can just keep Waller away from UO, I'll be happy.

 

[BeauBenken]

LOL at Oregon and Hopkins.

 

[tko]

This is awesome. The Chris Clark of QB's.

 

[IrishLion]

Barnett worked closely with Bleacher Report through the last couple of weeks apparently:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I have officially committed to... <a href="http://t.co/PmGpMtjvRo">http://t.co/PmGpMtjvRo</a></p>— Blake Barnett (@BlakeBarnett_8) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlakeBarnett_8/statuses/479292785413984256">June 18, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[#1rish]

Wonder how Oregon is feeling right now.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]