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Anyone else beyond tired of recruits playing into the click bait tease game that seems to be the only reason for most (OBD not included) sports sites to exist so they can offer nothing but last weeks news? I’ve nothing but admiration for those athletes who announce their schools of interest and then shut up.

More details on why Jim Knowles left TOSU for PSU, with many the OBD mentions. Ohio State to Penn State: Jim Knowles opens up about move - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Jim Knowles moved from Ohio State's defensive coordinator to Penn State's DC this offseason. Week 5 at Penn State will be B1G in so many ways.

Financial Literacy>Academic Prowess

Absolutely! I hated it back when Clemson was getting to the Championship. Yes, they won. But they got there after playing an ACC schedule! It's not that much tougher in the ACC now.

The introduction of NIL to college football has put some big-time money into the pockets of players. Especially when playing for a program like Oregon, which recruits at as high of a level as anybody out there in the country. This has caused Dan Lanning to add a few financial lessons to his program. Dan Lanning preaches importance of financial literacy in NIL era - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning preached the importance of financial literacy in college football's NIL era.

Predicted Field of Baseball PO 64 Teams continues to have the No. 2 seed in the Irvine Regional. Field of 64 Projections: Chaotic week shifts NCAA Tournament picture, strengthens bubble - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Two weeks remain in the regular season, and the past week of college baseball has dramatically shifted our Field of 64 projections.

"No soup for you!" LOL! And thanks again, Charles, for the terrific editing job. College Football News (CFN) re-ranked CFB teams 1-136 post-spring based upon strength-of-schedule (SOS). The ranking considers roster changes after the second portal opening, including the Tennessee/UCLA 'QB trade.' I added the ranking for each conference member team (I know, get a life, right ) and divided by the number of conference teams to arrive at a back-of-the-envelope average SOS calculation for each conference. Using all the games to be played in 2025 when determining conference SOS, the B1G is much closer to the SEC than when using only out-of-conference (OOC) games. Makes sense as the B1G plays nine regular season games, one more than the SEC. While each SEC team, with the exception of Ole Miss, plays a P4 opponent OOC, for many teams in Dixie, the other three OOC games are against Hot Garbage; against teams ranked in the bottom third in the preseason rankings. Below are the results for the 'Power 4' conferences. Showing the conference team with the most difficult SOS compared to the bottom ranked team illustrates the difference in degree of difficulty found in these mega-conference in-conference schedules. SEC - 25.00 - Top team No. 1 Florida. Bottom team No. 63, Missouri. Nine SEC teams in the Top 25. B1G - 26.38 - Top team No. 2 Wisconsin. Bottom team No. 62 Penn State. (Another reason why pollsters are high on the Nits in 2025-26.) FYI - Ohio State No. 14, OBD No. 19, USC No. 15, UW No. 18, Michigan No. 21, Illinois No. 44, and Indiana No. 53. Ten B1G teams in the Top 25. ACC - 43.52 - Top team No. 8 Stanford. Bottom Team No. 68 Wake Forest. Three ACC teams in the Top 25. B12 - 45.93 - Top team No. 17 TCU. Bottom team No. 69 Texas Tech. Two B12 teams in the Top 25. (No. 6 Notre Dame does not play four G6 teams this season as it did in 2024. Games at Miami and Arkansas replace two G6 opponents.) SOS rankings will differ from site to site, but all of the top sites' rankings will show a clear separation between the Power 2 B1G and SEC and the Lesser 2 ACC and B12. Why would or should the Power 2 allow a committee that does its business in the dark to ignore the obvious; teams in the B1G and the SEC have much harder rows to hoe. Charles, thanks again.

It is amazing what the SEC has done for the OOC games....never would have thought it going into this!

Austin Novosad has long been assumed to be Oregon's backup going into 2025.

Oregon Ducks Predicted to Land 5-Star Quarterback Ryder Lyons After Jared Curtis Commits To Georgia The Oregon Ducks have received a prediction to land 2026 five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons over the USC Trojans. This comes on the heels of five-star quarterback Jared Curtis committing to the Georgia Bulldogs over Oregon after a long recruitment. On3's Steve Wiltfong logged an expert prediction Monday for the Ducks to land a commitment from 2026 five-star quarterback Ryder Lyons, the No. 6 overall player in the class according to 247Sports' rankings. Oregon To Land 5-Star Quarterback Ryder Lyons After Jared Curtis Commits To Georgia? WWW.SI.COM After missing out on one of the top quarterbacks in 2026 recruiting class, the Oregon Ducks could soon be making up for it by landing a signal-caller that's arg

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Complete MADNESS!!!!!

One of the top 5 best players in the WNBA and a championship! Sabrina continues to shine! Top 5 WNBA Players Before 2025 Season: A'ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Caitlin Clark? WWW.SI.COM The WNBA is full of superstars with the season opener right around on the corner on May 16. Here are the top-five of the best players in the league right now. F

Wow...I forgot he was a starter early on last year. There was a ton written about him with high hopes...

Whoa! They list the starting pitcher for Oregon as Toby Twist? He was the No. 1 left-handed pitching recruit out of California two years ago, was injured about a third the way into last season, and this is the first time we've seen him this year! He only pitched 15 innings last year, and had a 4.60 ERA when he had the injury. We NEED another pitcher to emerge, and hopes it works out for him... SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM Ducks play two midweeks vs. Saint Mary's before hosting Washington in final home Big Ten series this weekend

I'm not sure if I like the matte helmets better than the traditional. Chrome looks good with your all white unis imo. I'm just trying to picture the tunnel run out in a sea of all white under the lights with the all black Duck unis. Kind of makes me mad knowing it's going to be at Noon. This could be a top five matchup with major conference and playoff implications.

The latest NCAA Playoff projections show Oregon as a Regional No. 2 Seed, and going to the Irvine Regional. Oregon State is a No. 2 Seed at the UCLA Regional...forget what their rankings are! NCAA baseball tournament bracket predictions: National seeds, regional host projections WWW.TENNESSEAN.COM Here are the latest bracket projections for the 2025 NCAA baseball tournament. See where Tennessee, Vanderbilt and others fall.

Michigan people have the nerve to say they are continuously being targeted. Remember that they haven't had any of their wins taken away, no scholarships or show clauses either. Michigan should've just hired Belichick. They both cheated numerous times and never got the punishment they deserved. New England did lose a first round pick, but it was pick number 32. What has Harbaugh lost in all this? He got a pay raise and another NFL gig. Remember he was on the verge of being fired and he even pulled out of an incoming beat down by Ohio State in 2020 because of "health concerns". Then in less than one year he figured it all out after 7 years and Michigan went on their run.

I LOVE that idea! And yes...we have a ton of black uniforms....

Why in the name of golden moments would the B1G not have a clause in the television contract saying there were five games a year that the conference could put in primetime? Happy Valley under the lights in a whiteout vs Oregon for the Ducks first ever visit is a missed opportunity. You know Oregon would have some cool all black look to offset the white out. They would be like Darth Vader or Batman coming in.

Jon...your research and conclusions are amazing...thanks so much!

I hereby disavow my headline! Not that it isn’t the truth, it is. However, does going LARGE with out-of-conference (OOC) scheduling make sense when we have a Playoff format that’s senseless, coupled with a Playoff Committee that, unlike its college basketball counterpart when ranking teams, prefers whimsey over viable, disclosed to the public, metrics. Yes, the Playoff Committee in 2024-25 ... B1G & SEC 2025 OOC Schedules: BIG, Go to Your Room! | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM I hereby disavow my headline! Not that it isn’t the truth, it is. However, does going LARGE with out-of-conference (OOC) scheduling make sense when we have a…

Yes, it's been very brutal. I wonder if we are trying to play the nice guy a bit too much and are allowing players to make decisions for the love of the game and our program. It's not enough- we need to pay a lot more if we keep losing out like this. Plus the defections? Just pay more. It's not my or your money.

Yea, let's ryde with lyons.

I think if OBD can get him, Ryder Lyons is a better fit in WS’s offense since he’s much more of a dual threat type of QB. His size and talent remind me of Bo Nix, plus the 1 year mission he’s taking leaves some extra time for the already talented QB room to spread out a bit.