– On Thursday, there were two commitment announcements, in two different sports, Oregon fans were paying attention to. In the end, Oregon received a commitment from one high-profile recruit, while they saw another join a conference rival.

The morning started with Ryan Kelley, a four-star quarterback out of Chandler, Arizona, who was the top uncommitted quarterback in the 2017 recruiting class, pledging a verbal commitment to play his college football at Oregon.

But later on, T.J. Leaf, a five-star power forward and the No. 2 basketball recruit in the state of California, chose UCLA for his college destination over San Diego State and Oregon.

– For some recruits, Wednesday was National Signing day. The Oregon women’s basketball team, and coach Kelly Graves, secured the nation’s No. 6 recruiting class in 2016 with six new incoming players. Men’s basketball also signed two players while receiving a verbal commitment from another recruit.

– The women’s basketball team also played on Wednesday, beating Warner Pacific 99-46 in a preseason exhibition game.

– The Oregon volleyball team fell to No. 2 USC in straight sets on Wednesday, also.

– The Emerald released its weekly “GameDay” issue on Thursday. Stories include a look at the role reversal between Stanford and Oregon, defensive lineman DeForest Buckner’s draft stock, social media reaction with the team, a look at Heisman Trophy candidate Christian McCaffrey and a take from the Stanford Daily on why Oregon will lose to the Cardinal.

– Daan Maasland has become Oregon tennis’ “strongest player.”

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