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Oregon football coach Willie Taggart flashed the “O” sign while being introduced during halftime of the Oregon-Oregon State college basketball game Jan. 14 in Eugene. The Ducks have snared a number of high school players who had committed to play for Arizona.

At this point, Arizona's coaching staff should get a recruiting finder's fee from Oregon and coach Willie Taggart. 

(Credit to Michael Lev for that joke).

Seriously.

Thursday, Pima College defensive back Haki Woods announced he was reopening his recruitment just 10 days after committing to the Arizona Wildcats. So of course, one day later, Woods tweeted that Oregon had offered him a scholarship.

Taggart famously poached Arizona's 2017 recruiting class for a handful of highly-regarded players that had committed to the Wildcats year. That included defensive lineman Austin Faoliu and recevier Darrian McNeal. Four-star cornerback Thomas Graham was a silent commit to Arizona before ending up at Oregon.

Taggart also flipped four-star quarterback Braxton Burmeister just as he was about to enroll at Arizona in January, and offensive lineman Cody Shear the morning of signing day.

Arizona has 16 players currently committed for 2018.

As long as Taggart is in Eugene, none of them are safe. 


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