[JohnR34231]

[quote author=JPRI link=topic=11330.msg108207#msg108207 date=1418482918]
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...ophy-proud

Couple of comments.
1. 4.0 student in HS? Wonder why we didn't recruit him?

2. Glad to see he's getting his degree. That definitely makes it even less likely he'll hang around the Duck pond for another year.

I don't know anything about Mariota's academics. But I wouldn't put too much stock in the somewhat casual reference to his being a 4.0 student. Sometimes a 4.0 is real, and sometimes it's a Reggie Bush 4.0 (which turned out to be far, far away from a 4.0 when the transcript arrived).
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That's certainly true, you have to take most of the internet HS "facts" you read about a player with a grain of salt. Then again, unless you have inside information (which few of us do) what else do you have to go on?

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=JPRI link=topic=11330.msg108207#msg108207 date=1418482918]
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...ophy-proud

Couple of comments.
1. 4.0 student in HS? Wonder why we didn't recruit him?

2. Glad to see he's getting his degree. That definitely makes it even less likely he'll hang around the Duck pond for another year.

I don't know anything about Mariota's academics. But I wouldn't put too much stock in the somewhat casual reference to his being a 4.0 student. Sometimes a 4.0 is real, and sometimes it's a Reggie Bush 4.0 (which turned out to be far, far away from a 4.0 when the transcript arrived).
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That's certainly true, you have to take most of the internet HS "facts" you read about a player with a grain of salt. Then again, unless you have inside information (which few of us do) what else do you have to go on?