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Oregon Ducks Predicted To Flip Kansas State 5-Star Tight End Linkon Cure? National Signing Day Looms
EUGENE – The No. 1 Oregon Ducks are the lone undefeated team in college football, finishing the regular season undefeated for the first time since 2010. The Ducks will now prepare to face Penn State in the Big Ten Conference Championship game on Dec. 3. However, this is not the only date Oregon’s coaching staff has circled on their calendar. Early National Signing Day is approaching as well, and the Ducks have emerged as a front-runner for one of the best tight ends in the class of 2025: Linkon Cure.
Cure, a four-star tight end out of Goodland, Kansas, has been committed to Kansas State since July 1, choosing the Wildcats over Kansas, Texas A&M, and Oregon. Since Cure’s commitment, Oregon’s coaching staff has been working to flip Cure from Kansas State to Oregon, and according to On3’s Steve Wiltfong, the Ducks have a good chance of securing the tight end’s commitment.
FONG BOMB: On3’s @SWiltfong_ has logged an expert prediction for Oregon to flip elite Kansas State TE commit Linkon Cure🦆
Cure ranks No. 40 NATL. (No. 2 TE) in the 2025 class.
Intel: https://t.co/ywXupeFsYK pic.twitter.com/Du4wTIJuYK — On3 Recruits (@On3Recruits) December 2, 2024
On Dec. 1, just a day after Oregon defeated the Washington Huskies, Wiltfong logged a prediction for the Ducks to flip the elite Kansas State commit. Cure was in Eugene Saturday for Oregon’s final game of the regular season.
“Everything stands out about Oregon for me,” Cure told Sports Illustrated’s Andrew Nemec. “What is there not to love, honestly? It’s a great route for me personally for a multitude of reasons, and we’ll just have to see how the weekend goes. It’ll be a lot of fun to be around the coaching staff. They are like a family to me.”
The 6-foot-6, 220-pound tight end is rated as the No. 1 tight end in the class of 2025 per 247Sports. The All-American is also a member of 247Sports’ 2025 Freaks List. Physically and athletically, Cure is on a different level compared to most high school tight ends and is without a doubt on track to reach his NFL dreams.
“Big, athletic, playmaking tight end prospect who can line up as a true receiver and provide mismatches in the passing game. Valuable two-way snaps at the high school level, combined with a strong multi-sport athletic profile… Enters senior season as an elite tight end prospect with high-round NFL Draft upside. Gifted flex tight end with physical tools and strength capacity to fit all TE modes at the high-major level, and potentially beyond.”
– Gabe Brooks, 247Sports
In November, the Ducks managed to flip four-star class of 2025 tight end Vander Ploog from Washington to Oregon, filling a much-needed gap in the 2025 class. Now, Oregon is working to flip yet another tight end to join the class of 2025 recruiting class.
Oregon sits at No. 8 in the nation in 247Sports’ 2025 Recruit Football Team Rankings and is No. 2 in the Big Ten Conference, just behind Ohio State. A commitment from Cure would help bolster Oregon’s 2025 class.
Cure is set to sign during the early signing period, meaning a decision will come soon.
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Gary Danielson talks Indiana football vs. Oregon rematch: ‘They seemed to not take IU seriously’
Gary Danielson just retired from calling college football games for decades, including this season’s Indiana at Oregon matchup on Oct. 11.
The Hoosiers (14-0) handed the then-No. 3 Ducks their only loss, 30-20, on the way to the nation’s No. 1 ranking heading into their Peach Bowl game Friday.
Danielson, who played quarterback at Purdue from 1970-72 before an 11-year NFL career, believes Oregon will be more focused for this game.
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The Ducks came into the matchup off an idle week after a double-overtime win over then-No. 3 Penn State at State College, Pennsylvania. Danielson sensed they were still basking in the glow of that win.
“I think Oregon will be very focused for this football game,” he said Monday on the “Dan Patrick Show.” “When Indiana beat them in Oregon, which is a tough place to play, Oregon was coming off their celebration for beating Penn State. Honestly, when we did our interviews, I was struck that they couldn’t get off the Penn State story. … They seemed to not take IU seriously. They’ll take them seriously for this game.”
Though IU made the College Football Playoff last season, some believed the Hoosiers were a one-year wonder, Danielson said.
“They were considered a fraud from their 2024 finish,” he said. “They weren’t frauds, but they weren’t ready for the big-time stage yet. I thought they were focused this year,” especially on defense.
The Hoosiers lost at Notre Dame in the first-round of last season’s CFP.
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PULLMAN, Wash. — Aaron Glass ‘ 16 points helped Washington State defeat Oregon State 81-67 on Sunday.
Glass went 7 of 15 from the field (1 for 7 from 3-point range) for the Cougars (8-9, 3-1 West Coast Conference). ND Okafor scored 13 points, shooting 6 of 8 from the field. Jerone Morton shot 5 for 8, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points.
Dez White led the Beavers (8-9, 1-3) in scoring, finishing with 16 points and three steals. Oregon State also got 11 points from Isaiah Sy. Yaak Yaak finished with nine points.
Washington State took the lead for good 21 seconds into the game and it was 47-33 at halftime, with Glass racking up 11 points. Washington State pulled away with a 10-3 run in the second half to extend a 14-point lead to 21 points. The Cougars closed out the victory over Oregon State from there, as Morton led the way with a team-high seven second-half points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Planned increases to Oregon’s gas tax, DMV fees, and payroll tax are on hold after a petition garnered enough signatures to challenge parts of a recent transportation funding bill.
The Oregon Secretary of State’s office confirmed that the petition, led by the group No Tax Oregon, will place the issue on the November ballot.
The group, spearheaded by Republican legislators Sen. Bruce Starr and Rep. Ed Diehl, launched the campaign following Gov. Tina Kotek’s approval of the bill last November.
On Dec. 12, No Tax Oregon submitted over 190,000 signatures to the Secretary of State.
The delay raises questions about the impact on the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and transportation funding.
On this week’s segment of Your Voice, Your Vote, KATU’s Angelica Thornton interviewed Rep. Ed Diehl and Rep. Susan McLain, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation, to discuss the implications of the referendum.
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