Ready to rock, recruiting
I’m back off my extended vacation, and I’m ready to start covering the Oregon State football team again. Check back on the blog later today for many updates on what’s going on. And remember to follow my on at Twitter.com/cliffgt and/or at Facebook. The only thing that happened to catch up on while I was...
Another recruit
WR Jordan Villamin of Etiwanda, Calif., verbally committed to the Oregon State football team Tuesday, according to Rivals.com. He’s a three-star 6-foot-4, 195-pounder who had offers from Utah, Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington. Villamin could have been a hotter sought-after prospect, but he’s not yet qualified academically. He plans to have that sorted out in...
Recruiting news
It’s guaranteed when I take some time off, something happens on the Oregon State football team front. At least this time, it wasn’t anything major. The Beavers, however, picked up their second verbal commitment for 2013 last week from WR Victor Bolden of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Bolden is a three-star 5-foot-9, 165-pounder out of Los...
Beavers get a transfer
The Oregon State football team will receiver a transfer player from Hawaii, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser. DB Steven Christian plans to transfer after receiving his bachelor’s degree in four years. He’ll have two years of eligibility left after he receives an expected medical hardship waiver for a sixth year. Since he has a...
First commitment
The Oregon State football team picked up its first verbal commitment in the 2013 class in S Terin Solomon, according to Rivals.com. He’s a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder from Murrieta, Calif., who is unranked at the moment. He also had scholarship offers from Nevada and UCLA. DL coach Joe Seumalo originally found Solomon in his recruiting area...
Recruiting review, Part 2
Here’s the defensive recruiting rundown for the Oregon State football team. Thanks again to Rivals.com Nine DEs are offered, five of them four-star athletes. Two of the four-star guys are committed elsewhere. OSU takes another run of replenishing DTs with 10 offers, three to four-star guys. One of them is headed to Mississippi. Nine LBs...
Recruiting review
Thanks to the Rivals.com folks who track high school and JC athletes and their recruiting, here are some notes of interest. The Oregon State football team is up to 103 known scholarship offers, but no commitments yet. The Beavers are the only major conference team without a commitment at this point. Rivals believe the slow...
Recruiting to Corvallis
At the end of my last Oregon State football blog, I stated that coach Mike Riley is the best person to recruit to Corvallis. This topic has been brought up on the comments in my blog recently and it’s an annual topic. So let’s get it out of the way early this summer. A coaching...
Pac-12 football recruiting
Fans are getting anxious with the lack of verbal commitments for the 2013 season for the Oregon State football team. Part of the problem is looking at what the other teams in the Pacific-12 Conference are doing. ESPN’s Ted Miller breaks down recruiting in the conference. Check it out here. All the other teams have...
Football recruiting getting going
The Oregon State football coaches spent May in evaluation mode looking at prospects around the country at various camps. There have been no verbal commitments for the class of 2013, yet, but they should start in the next month or so. Recruits are deciding earlier and early these days. So, let’s look at what the...
End signing day
Last week recruits all across the nation signed their letters of intent to their college of choice in an out-dated ceremonial signing of a contract and faxing in the paperwork. How signing day is run must change. And it has nothing to do with the fax machine being so 1990s and will go way of...
The recruiting process
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley had some interesting thoughts this week about the recruiting process after he wrapped up his 2012 class. His feelings came from a tumultuous year of losing recruits, and nearly losing some others. Much was made of DBs Cleveland Wallace and Devian Shelton changing their minds on signing day and...
