Believe it or not, Marcus Mariota is coming to Washington

[WoolleyDoog]

Always wanted to be a Husky.

Also, you never really know where a career might be salvaged. It's often in the unlikeliest of places. I've always liked him. Dude was beat up badly behind Tennessee lines that couldn't protect him and he got on that injury bug train. There are times you'd watch him play and think he totally belongs and should be a starter. Other times, it was like, yeah, career backup.

Herbert's parents who raised him in Eugene came away from the UW visit wanting him to go there.
Washington is retarded.

The only way this isn't one of the biggest recruiting blunders in program history to me is if they were pretty sure he would just flip to Oregon if they offered and losing him in that way at the last minute would have been a disaster.

 

[dtd]

Always wanted to be a Husky.

Also, you never really know where a career might be salvaged. It's often in the unlikeliest of places. I've always liked him. Dude was beat up badly behind Tennessee lines that couldn't protect him and he got on that injury bug train. There are times you'd watch him play and think he totally belongs and should be a starter. Other times, it was like, yeah, career backup.

Herbert's parents who raised him in Eugene came away from the UW visit wanting him to go there.
Washington is retarded.

The only way this isn't one of the biggest recruiting blunders in program history to me is if they were pretty sure he would just flip to Oregon if they offered and losing him in that way at the last minute would have been a disaster.

I can't believe you guys believe this shit.

 

[DerekJohnson]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767562728841859345

When you start with “believe it or not,” it gives away the ruse.

Yes you're right

 

[haie]

Always wanted to be a Husky.

Also, you never really know where a career might be salvaged. It's often in the unlikeliest of places. I've always liked him. Dude was beat up badly behind Tennessee lines that couldn't protect him and he got on that injury bug train. There are times you'd watch him play and think he totally belongs and should be a starter. Other times, it was like, yeah, career backup.

Herbert's parents who raised him in Eugene came away from the UW visit wanting him to go there.
Washington is retarded.

The only way this isn't one of the biggest recruiting blunders in program history to me is if they were pretty sure he would just flip to Oregon if they offered and losing him in that way at the last minute would have been a disaster.

I can't believe you guys believe this shit.

Believe what you want but when Petersen was at his peak and really wanted a kid he could close the parents better than any coach in the conference, and did with Herbert's. It's also how he got Molden and flipped BB.
He only lost badly on that front with the Stanford kids.

 

[WoolleyDoog]

Always wanted to be a Husky.

Also, you never really know where a career might be salvaged. It's often in the unlikeliest of places. I've always liked him. Dude was beat up badly behind Tennessee lines that couldn't protect him and he got on that injury bug train. There are times you'd watch him play and think he totally belongs and should be a starter. Other times, it was like, yeah, career backup.

Herbert's parents who raised him in Eugene came away from the UW visit wanting him to go there.
Washington is retarded.

The only way this isn't one of the biggest recruiting blunders in program history to me is if they were pretty sure he would just flip to Oregon if they offered and losing him in that way at the last minute would have been a disaster.

I can't believe you guys believe this shit.

Fuck man, you're right. Believing Herbert may have signed with UW before even the Oregon offer in 2016 is a wild notion.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

Always wanted to be a Husky.

Also, you never really know where a career might be salvaged. It's often in the unlikeliest of places. I've always liked him. Dude was beat up badly behind Tennessee lines that couldn't protect him and he got on that injury bug train. There are times you'd watch him play and think he totally belongs and should be a starter. Other times, it was like, yeah, career backup.

He sucks ass and has the best job in the world - backup QB.

 

[Doogles]

"Oregon's most celebrated son abandons pride and joins Washington Natives"

 

[dtd]

It's the same BS narrative that was spun around Mariota.

 

[WoolleyDoog]

It's the same BS narrative that was spun around Mariota.

Huh? From my understanding the "narrative" is UW wanted Mariota and it came down to Oregon and Washington and he chose Oregon. UW recruited Herbert but like almost everyone else they never offered because of the injuries, but he would have seriously considered UW had they offered. Where is the BS?

 

[dtd]

It's the same BS narrative that was spun around Mariota.

Huh? From my understanding the "narrative" is UW wanted Mariota and it came down to Oregon and Washington and he chose Oregon. UW recruited Herbert but like almost everyone else they never offered because of the injuries, but he would have seriously considered UW had they offered. Where is the BS?

That he wanted to go to UW but his parents made him honor his committment to Oregon. It's the opposite side of the same coin being pulled out of a doog's ass in this thread.

 

[WoolleyDoog]

It's the same BS narrative that was spun around Mariota.

Huh? From my understanding the "narrative" is UW wanted Mariota and it came down to Oregon and Washington and he chose Oregon. UW recruited Herbert but like almost everyone else they never offered because of the injuries, but he would have seriously considered UW had they offered. Where is the BS?

That he wanted to go to UW but his parents made him honor his committment to Oregon. It's the opposite side of the same coin being pulled out of a doog's ass in this thread.

I don't think anyone has ever said this, especially considering was never offered. The narrative has always been resentment to Petersen and the staff for not offering/recruiting him.

 

[creepycoug]

It's the same BS narrative that was spun around Mariota.

Huh? From my understanding the "narrative" is UW wanted Mariota and it came down to Oregon and Washington and he chose Oregon. UW recruited Herbert but like almost everyone else they never offered because of the injuries, but he would have seriously considered UW had they offered. Where is the BS?

That he wanted to go to UW but his parents made him honor his committment to Oregon. It's the opposite side of the same coin being pulled out of a doog's ass in this thread.

I don't think anyone has ever said this, especially considering was never offered. The narrative has always been resentment to Petersen and the staff for not offering/recruiting him.

Well, 'anyone has ever said this' is a pretty broad statement. And, on this board, it has been said.

The story, as I've heard it a million times, is that Oregon wasn't recruiting him and there was some family or family friend connection, or some other thing like that, at UW that somehow got Herbert in front of the staff and that led to a visit by Herbert and his parents. And it goes that once Oregon realized that Herbert was generating interest they started paying attention and eventually offered him. When he visited Washington he wasn't being recruited by Oregon … or anybody else in P5 as I recall. Could be wrong about that part, but I don't think so. So, yeah, I'm sure at some point they were high on Washington, especially since home town wasn't giving him the time of day.
I have no idea about Mariota's recruitment.

 

[TheHB]

I could swear I’ve seen an interview with Herbert where he said he was ready to sign with UW until Oregon stepped in.

 

[RaceBannon]

Herbert was made to be a duck

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

Herbert - UW history lesson provided by the Spokesman Review.
How the Huskies’ interest in an unknown Justin Herbert nudged the QB to rival Oregon

 

[creepycoug]

Could Justin Herbert have ended up a Husky?
“There’s no doubt,” Mark Herbert said, “that had they continued on the path, that we’d have welcomed that (scholarship offer) in a heartbeat. It was really heading in that direction. … They were the only ones, the only big school talking to us.”

 

[WoolleyDoog]

Could Justin Herbert have ended up a Husky?
“There’s no doubt,” Mark Herbert said, “that had they continued on the path, that we’d have welcomed that (scholarship offer) in a heartbeat. It was really heading in that direction. … They were the only ones, the only big school talking to us.”

For the record I was on Doogman I think at the time and confounded why they weren't recruiting Herbert more. No one decent was signing since Cobra Jack started as a true freshman in 2015 so why not take a guy with big time potential. Instead they took Bridge fucking Gadd. Just the worst QB name ever.

 

[dtd]

It's the same BS narrative that was spun around Mariota.

Huh? From my understanding the "narrative" is UW wanted Mariota and it came down to Oregon and Washington and he chose Oregon. UW recruited Herbert but like almost everyone else they never offered because of the injuries, but he would have seriously considered UW had they offered. Where is the BS?

That he wanted to go to UW but his parents made him honor his committment to Oregon. It's the opposite side of the same coin being pulled out of a doog's ass in this thread.

I don't think anyone has ever said this, especially considering was never offered. The narrative has always been resentment to Petersen and the staff for not offering/recruiting him.

It's been said a million times.

 

[WoolleyDoog]

This dtd guy is so right. I would hang that banner next to your Fanduel favorite one.