Exclusive Interview Q&A With Chris Harper

Wichita has had alot of talent in the City League, but none are more dynamic than Northwest's Chris Harper. Harper was to attend Kansas St. in the fall, but then backed out of his commit and decided on national signing day to go to Oregon. He gave an exclusive interview with us

Andrew Hammond:What other schools did you have in mind other than KSU and Oregon?

Chris Harper:I had Missouri, Illinios and Notre Dame on my list.

AH:Do you feel like Kansas St. betrayed you?

CH:There was nothing they could do about it, Coach [James] Franklin has famliy in Maryland so he was doing what was best for him.

AH:Did you consider Maryland?

CH:Yeah, I though about it but I decided not to go after it.

AH:What made Oregon so intresting?

CH:The Offense, I like the version of the Spread Offense how it's very balanced

AH:What was a key factor in your decision

CH:Coaching and QB tradition, they have a very strong tradition there. The last seven starting QB's have all played in the NFL at some time and Coach [Chip] Kelly is a real cool and I like what he was doing with Dennis Dixon last season

AH:What places are you looking forward to in the Pac 10 on the road?

CH:I'm looking forward to UCLA, its the Rose Bowl. Also, I'm wanting to go to USC and Arizona St.

AH:At one point Notre Dame was serious about you, what were your impressions of ND?

CH:The campus is really nice and I like Coach Weis, but it was just too small.

Weekly Preview:Here it goes again....

On Wednsday, Duke coming in at 2nd in the country will face their longtime rivals from Chapel Hill in a showdown that is probably the first in a three part series. The next on in Durham and most likely in the ACC Tournament final . The last time these two played, this happend..http://youtube.com/watch?v=O5glRSAUVCQ I have a feeling that Gerald Henderson will get a warm welcome into the Dean Dome that night. Another thing to watch is the Return of Dickie V, thats a good thing and a bad thing.

Top 5 Games this week

1. Duke @ No. Carolina ESPN-Wednsday (Come on, its Duke-Carolina..The Grammys can wait)

2. Gonzaga @ St. Mary's ESPN-Monday (The West Coast Conference's two best teams go at it late into the night on Big Monday)

3. UConn @ Syracuse ESPN-Wednsday (A huge matchup between two teams rising in the Big East)

4. Drake @ Illinois State No TV-Tuesday (It's a shame that the biggest game in the Missouri Valley Confernce will not be shown on TV)

5. Tie- Missouri @ Kansas and Indiana @ Illinois ESPN (These two game involve intresting storylines and probably the thing that defines rivalry week, Hate)

stay tuned on Wednsday, we will have an exclusive interview with Chris Harper, the future Oregon Duck

The Andrew Hammond Show, Feb. 4 2008

Eli Manning's career has been sliced and diced throughout his whole career and on sunday he proved all the critics wrong and produced the greatest super bowl finish ever. The Patriots were coming undefeated and practally they were just their for the crowning but NY came out with a gameplan to hit Tom Brady in the mouth and they sucessfuly did that. Now we will cover the super bowl and other things on The Andrew Hammond Show...

Segment 1-3, Hour 1
Super Bowl

Segment 4, Hour 1
Kansas St.-Missouri Review and College Basketball National Landscape

Segment 1, Hour 2
Sports News

A Visit from Mikey O' Sullivan, Boston sports fan

Segment 2, Hour 2
Hot Stove Talk and How the Lakers might have won the West

Segment 3, Hour 2
Truth and Rumors

Segment 4, Hour 2
Andrew's 5 up and 5 down and the 10 questions that concern me