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This year's first bye feels better than last year's. Last year the bye was earlier though came at the right time to help sort out the offensive line. This year everyone feels healthy and it's a rest up and keep working week. Feeling good about next Saturday at the moment.

Maybe it's a trap? 🤢 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-race-2025-alabama-vs-vanderbilt-leads-week-6-slate-trap-games-await-ranked-teams/?ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=479713&ET_RID=52482716

How Dan Lanning's Transformed Several Transfer Quarterbacks' NFL TrajectoryDan Lanning has seen his starting quarterbacks achieve success since he took over as the coach of the Oregon Ducks. What did Dante Moore and former Oregon quarterbacks Bo Nix and Dillon Gabriel's NFL projections look like before and after transferring to Oregon? Oregon Ducks On SIHow Dan Lanning's Transformed Several Transfer Quarterbac...Between Ducks quarterback Dante Moore’s success at the start of the 2025 college football season and four former Oregon signal-callers starting NFL games this s

Reining In NIL, Maybe? Schools can no longer guarantee 3rd party collective NIL deals. The NIL deal reviewer, NIL Go (Don't Go NIL?), was waiting on this ruling before reviewing a backlog of NIL deals. Reminder: NIL deals with public companies not found to be 'boosters' are all good. Saturday BlitzThe NCAA finally adopted changes to help police NIL dealsThe world of College Football continues to trend closer to the NFL and professional ranks than we've ever seen before as significant changes continue to impact

Jeebuss whos next--Captn Kangaroo?

My first thought was, "The O. Von WHO?" Doesn't take as much as it used to to be classed as a "celebrity" these days, eh?

“I think it’s going to be Oregon and Ohio State, they’re going to play twice,” Meyer said on the Triple Option Podcast. “They’re going to play in Indianapolis (in the Big Ten Championship), and they’re going to play in the College Football Playoff. I don’t see that team in the SEC yet. To me, Oregon and Ohio State look a little bit different than everyone else.” Urban Meyer: ‘Oregon and Ohio State look a bit different than everyone else’

HUH? I guess Peewee and Tiny Tim, and Miss Vickie were not available? On3ESPN College GameDay announces guest picker for Vanderbil....

Clemson and UNC fans can relate to the flip side: I Wonder if I Care as Much. 🙃

Darren, thanks again for the terrific article. BTW, Miami and Mari-oh-oh are 0-4 in the last four road games vs. ranked opponents. This week, Miami has to travel farther than 30 miles from campus. Week 5 served up CFB caviar, filet mignon, and Dom Perignon. This week looks like a cold burger, soggy fries, and a flat Coke from the McDonalds Drive-Thru. 😁But these are the kind of weeks when strange CFB stuff happens.🤬 In addition to your rundown of this week's games, here are a few more from On3's Josh Pate. I liked your take on the Dabo Donut Holes vs. the 33rd NFL team. UNC's play is the only thing making the Cleveland Brownies look good. Nevertheless, Gabe, Blow Your Horn! On3Upset Alert: Which college football teams could be in dan....

Nitpicking the refs in everyone else's games seems more relaxing than a game like last week's 'Whiteout'!

Thanks, Jon. I agree with your sentiment. We chose to join the B1G, we knew what we were getting into. There's gonna be a lot of travel, and some challenging scheduling is going to happen.

A little Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love" just popped in my head. Oh boy, now i'll be hearing that all day. Thanks!!! lol

Between Hughes and Lamar, I think Hughes has the higher upside even if Lamar has more experience in the offense. A backfield rotation of Hill, Davison, Lamar and Hughes might be enough to keep him in Eugene for 2026 if Dink and Harris elect to move on. There has been some speculation that Offert and Hughes are a brother package and that keeping Offert is a staff priority, even if he uses a redshirt this year. I am hopeful that Hughes stays put and gives himself a big leg up for next season.

Alright! You get to critique games, refs, and the grandkids all day. That'll be your Jewel of the Nile!

Wins! Not clicks...

Yeah, gotta have a little initiation to the new pledges to the frat house!

Well, we gotta have a little soap opera to go along with everything!

Capitalism is risk and private equity is an integral part of that risk diversification. Jon noted several huge and now publicly owned companies that received PE boosts during their 20th century startup phases. Add 21st century successes like Spotify, Uber, Fanatics, DocuSign, Shopify, AirBnB to that list. Not to mention the 800# gorillas Facebook (Meta) and Twitter (X). A significant majority of the universities that importantly figure in CFB are state run enterprises. We have seen how that management and fiscal wisdom sometimes works out: PAC12 demise. This is not to make an economic or political statement on state run vs private run entities, as billions of dollars of private money have been dumped into fruitless holes in the ground. It is merely to point out that PE is not to be feared or avoided simply because that part of the deal is focused on return to investors. Of course the PE suits will push for the best deal they can get. The negotiators for B1G are not babes in the woods that will give away the farm. They are not total fools like Larry Scott. Remember that Petitti's background is law, media and MLB, all hardnosed private enterprises. I imagine that he and the B1G negotiators know what they are doing so I would give them the benefit of the doubt as these proposals get fleshed out.

Hahaha... agree!

Thanks, Darren, for another most enjoyable read. It isn't easy putting together a schedule for 18 teams that cover four time zones. Seeming inequities in scheduling will happen. But compared to playing eight B1G teams in a row without an idle week, this year's schedule is a piece of cake. Every team and its fans have scheduling beefs. Ohio State and its fans feel dumped on having to kick off so often at noon. IMO, both teams being idle the week before playing one another is not hurting one team or the other. The only egregious game on the schedule is having to play Minnesota on a Friday night after playing at Iowa. However, this gives OBD one more day to prepare for USC. The B1G did not schedule OBD's game against Beavis in Week 4. Oregon, like Penn State, could have avoided playing a game in Week 4. Maybe this is a reason why OBD's D ran out of gas in the 4th quarter, but a win cures all concerns. One of the very few times I have been disappointed in Dan Lanning is his joining the LA crowd, beefing about rather than embracing the challenge of the schedule. Four of 18 teams are located in the Pacific time zone. Scheduling stuff is going to happen. Don't Let Mendoza Cross the Line! Put Out That Cig!

I plan to supervise my grandkids on a couple home maintenance projects while recuperating from romancing the (kidney) stone. I'll sit and critique while they clean the gutters.

Friend Solar, there is risk, of course. However, with a 95% equity stake in Big Ten Enterprises, I believe Tony Petitti and his advisers have mitigated the risk. How is a 5% stake holder going to call the shots? I also note that Microsoft, Google, and Apple start ups were all funded with private equity. The financial world opined that Microsoft and its idea of personal computers would never work. Microsoft came close to taking down IBM. If this deal happens as was the case with the Big Ten Network, others will follow suit.

Giving Lanning even the slightest bit of motivational material is a BIG mistake.

Gat, I'm not saying anyone's concerns about a new enterprise aren't warranted. But how does a 5% equity holder tell the other 95% what they have to do? The format of the newly formed Big Ten Enterprises will own 95% of the equity. In 2007, B1G commissioner Jim Delaney had an idea. The conference would start its own network dedicated solely to the broadcast and coverage of a single conference's athletics. He convinced Fox to provide 61% of the new venture's start-up capital. Delaney, the Big Ten, and Fox were laughed at and skewered coast to coast over an insane idea that would be a disaster for the conference and Fox. I'm pretty sure Jim, the B1G, and Fox got the last laugh.