Marcus Mariota admits he almost committed to Washington Huskies over Oregon Ducks

DerekJohnson

https://sports.yahoo.com/marcus-mariota-admits-almost-committed-160138928.html

PurpleBaze

We? would have wasted his talent. He made the right choice.

DerekJohnson

PurpleBaze said:

We? would have wasted his talent. He made the right choice.

He could have been a GREAT safety

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Thanks Taft!

FireCohen

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

We? would have wasted his talent. He made the right choice.

He could have been a GREAT safety

Punter*

AtomicDawg

We don’t deal in hypotheticals.

Joey

He said this in an interview a long time ago. His mom made him got to Oregon

Fenderbender123

DerekJohnson said:

PurpleBaze said:

We? would have wasted his talent. He made the right choice.

He could have been a GREAT safety

If he had played safety, maybe he would still be starting in the NFL.

WoolleyDoog

Recently rewatched highlights of the 2013 Oregon game after talking with @DerekJohnson about it and Mariota had his best game I could remember passing but he also just stood there for ages waiting for some JAG receiver to get open for the most part. What stood out more was how terrible the Husky OL was and then I looked up the depth chart and realized even when things have been bad recently how far things have come.

Not sure Mariota could have beaten out Lockner though. More heart.

trublue

JoeEDangerously said:

He said this in an interview a long time ago. His mom made him got to Oregon

(Old)News Flash:

Mariota’s parents let him visit UW after he had committed to Oregon. Marcus wanted to change his commitment to Washington after visiting UW.

His parents refused to let Marcus renege on his commitment to Oregon . . . Old school thinking . . . Your word is your bond.

dnc

trublue said:

JoeEDangerously said:

He said this in an interview a long time ago. His mom made him got to Oregon

(Old)News Flash:

Mariota’s parents let him visit UW after he had committed to Oregon. Marcus wanted to change his commitment to Washington after visiting UW.

His parents refused to let Marcus renege on his commitment to Oregon . . . Old school thinking . . . Your word is your bond.

Jimmy Lake needs more of those parents in his life.

RoadDawg55

WoolleyDoog said:

Recently rewatched highlights of the 2013 Oregon game after talking with @DerekJohnson about it and Mariota had his best game I could remember passing but he also just stood there for ages waiting for some JAG receiver to get open for the most part. What stood out more was how terrible the Husky OL was and then I looked up the depth chart and realized even when things have been bad recently how far things have come.

Not sure Mariota could have beaten out Lockner though. More heart.

Kim always told us the OL would be fine and we wouldn’t want to see Cozzetto mad.