Once the dinosaurs of generating social media buzz, the Oregon Ducks football program has put Twitter and Instagram to good use when it comes to reaching out to recruits.
Head coach Willie Taggart tweets out a customary, "ring, ring, ring" tweet to signal a new commitment, co-offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo has an active Twitter account and coach Keith Heyward used social media Wednesday to take a playful jab at Notre Dame.
Just over an hour after Tigard four-star athlete Braden Lenzy announced he had flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to Oregon, Heyward sent out a thinly-veiled GIF tweet that seemed to imply the Ducks didn't take too kindly to the Fighting Irish trying to steal away a key in-state recruit:
For those who aren't following, Sean Astin played Notre Dame legend Rudy Ruettiger in the 1993 film, "Rudy.