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Thanks, G. The B12 does support the 11-5 format, but at least as of today, like the B1G, the B12 does not want the PO to expand unless the SEC plays 9 conference games. I do give Greg Sankey a pass on last season's fouled-up format—a format designed for 5 Power Conferences. He was able to eliminate a second G6 team as an automatic qualifier, but could not reach an agreement on changing the format to seeding that matched the rankings. As you note, last season's field was so unbalanced that 10 conferences and Notre Dame voted for this needed change in 2025-26. Of course, the 'balance issues' were exacerbated by the committee for no good reason ranking G6 Boise State the 9th best team in the nation. This screwed ASU fans out of a game in Glendale, Arizona instead of Atlanta. Is the 4-4-2-2-1-3 format (B1G format) bad for the ACC and B12? Looking back from the inception of the BCS in 1998, and projecting what a 16-team field would have been, the B1G would have had the most participants, followed closely by the SEC. Two teams each for the ACC and the B12 would have helped both conferences, especially the B12. Among his duplicitous comments regarding the B1G format, Sankey suggests that a guarantee of only 4 teams in the field would hurt the SEC. True in that all three 9-3 'left out' SEC teams would have been in last season's 16-team field. Notre Dame would score one of the three at-large bids every season, and the other two at-large bids could go to the B1G and SEC teams. Is there a reasonable SEC fan (an oxymoron?) who, after the 2024-25 postseason, believes six SEC teams deserved to be in the field? Does anyone with a modicum of objectivity believe that the SEC commissioner and SEC ADs, before arriving at the SEC spring meetings, were not aware that SEC coaches wanted to stay at 8 conference games? And an ESPN FPI pamphlet justifying 8 games because of the brutality of the SEC schedule just happened to be lying (lie-ing?) around? Right? At this point, without the SEC agreeing to play nine conference games, I'd as soon see CFB leave multi-millions of dollars on the table and stay with a 12-team field through the conclusion of the ESPN broadcast agreement, 2031-32.. With the condition that the Football Committee uses disclosed metrics, as does the CBB Committee, and none of the metrics come from an ESPN computer. (Unfortunately, CFB has a weekly rankings show, but the shows are built into the ESPN broadcast agreement, and ESPN will not give up the revenue.) Use the CBB model and move the start of the Season to Week 0, and also consider dumping or flex-scheduling conference champ games. This season's CFB champ game will be played on 1/19/26. In 2026-27, without a change to the schedule, the season will conclude on 1/25/28. CFB PO games will not have more viewers than NFL PO games. I also see no reason for continuing Greg Sankey's suggested Advisory Committee. I have no beef with the SEC fans who want to play nine conference games instead of NEWS Directional State. No beef with a Florida team playing 11 P4 games in 2025, and other SEC teams that play 10 P4 opponents. After all, a fish stinks from the head.

Chicanery? I agree 1000%. Let us not forget skullduggery (Merriam Webster's definition says see Greg Sankey!). It seems like the seeding can only be as good as the rankings; how good are the rankings when most of the SEC is ranked in the top 25? I am inclined to believe that Sankey would not be such a blowhard if the SEC was assured of making the most money annually; by conference and team. Money talks and it would say the SEC is best according to Sankey the Spin Doctor.

I think they are missing Kenyon Sadiq Athlon Sports Releases Preseason All-Americans WWW.SI.COM Vanderbilt had one player named to the preseason teams and it wasn't quarterback Diego Pavia.

I truly believe that Dan and his staff will not overpay for talent in the near future which may change over time. However if there is a dire need to over spend for a no-miss recruit then that might change their approach. The team at the present time is very solid and I expect that to continue although we may be forced to use the portal pretty heavily in the next couple of years. I have no problem with A&M training these kids and overpaying to buy a team. How well has that worked for them so far. Go s

Travis Hunter gets record rookie deal. Former Colorado football star Travis Hunter signs record rookie deal with Jaguars COLORADOBUFFALOESWIRE.USATODAY.COM After a few months of negotiation, Travis Hunter signs his rookie contract with the Jaguars with a rare twist to his signing bonus.

Two sport 4* offered. No 2026 QBs yet? What 4-Star Quarterback Recruit Matt Ponatoski Said About Dan Lanning, Oregon Ducks WWW.SI.COM Oregon Ducks football coach Dan Lanning and baseball coach Mark Wasikowski are recruiting four-star quarterback/shortstop Matt Ponatoski. Ponatoski is fresh off

Hummmm, offering the brother, I wonder how many other schools did that? Oregon football offers brother of 5-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks extended a scholarship offer to Michael Iheanacho, the brother of a major 5-star target on Sunday.

And Okie and Vandy beat up 'Bama, the strength of schedule is what the ESPN computer says it is, nobody is crowing louder than ESECPN about how great the SEC is, that the football product must be dominated by SEC teams. We DESERVE to only play 8 conference games.

Prediction: Oregon poised to land 5-star recruit Immanuel Iheanacho Prediction: Oregon poised to land 5-star recruit Immanuel Iheanacho WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Oregon is closing in on a 5-star commitment

Iheanacho moves up commitment date. Oregon Ducks 5-Star Recruiting Target Immanuel Iheanacho Moving Commitment Date? WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks hosted five-star offensive line recruit Immanuel Iheanacho for his final official visit of the summer before his scheduled commitment date of A

The ACC and Big 12 have sided with Sankey mostly because accepting the 4-4-2-2-4 model is like admitting they really are little brothers. The B1G is pushing for the SEC to get to 9 conference games, the SEC will use the strength of schedule argument to say its seasons are already tougher, and the B1G top beats up on its bottom. I don't know about any of you, but I'm over this old men in suits arguing over an extra million when they are already making billions. Let me know who's in, make the regular season still matter, and don't totally exclude the G5. Arizona State and Boise State were great stories, so was SMU and Indiana. Let's just seed the teams based off their true ranking please. Oregon would've made it to the CFP if they were in the Notre Dame/Penn State bracket. How in the heck did you reward Oregon for it's undefeated season by giving them Ohio State or Tennessee in the Rose? Meanwhile you gave Penn State the Boise State Broncos. Even if Oregon had gotten Tennessee and if they beat them, they would get Texas. Tell me which side is balanced. Oregon, Arizona State, Texas, Ohio State , Tennessee and Clemson vs Georgia(backup QB), Boise State, Notre Dame, Penn State, SMU and Indiana.

Will USC Explode or Implode? https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/usc-football-preview-2025-trojans-season-prediction-win-total-projection-top-players I like the predicted loss to OBD.

Can Luke Moga catch the ball? Be interesting to see him run with the receivers to see if his size and speed could create problems for a defense. Seems like a great athlete, and would love to seem him get some playing time.

Thunder No. 55, Isaiah Hartenstein is the son of former Duck basketball player Flo Hartenstein (played 112 games in late 1990's) Both Isaiah's parents: Flo and Theresa were U of Oregon students. Older sister Jasmine and Isaiah were born in Eugene where mom Theresa held the family together while Flo played in Germany. Then, reunite in the off-season. After playing, Flo became a coach in Germany. Isaiah moved to Germany with mom and Jasmine when he was 11.

I'm going to trust you and some others I've seen pushing this, it is a bit nerve racking to see so many recruits going to other programs though. I know I need to trust Lanning and others on this since they haven't really steered the program wrong so far.

I like Dan Lanning’s free agency strategy. Pay those who have proven themselves at the collegiate level.

I agree. Oregon is threatening the status quo. Now it's time to perform. I sincerely hope we not only win the title this year, but totally dominate. Leave no room for discussion. I want OBD to do some baaaaaad things to some reputable blue bloods. No mercy. Pure ruthlessness. I want fan bases to hate us for decades. We don't have talent stacked like Kirby and Nick have had. Dominating in this environment would make winning ever the sweeter. We were abused for decades. I want redemption.

Huge upside. But D1 db's are a totally different animal. Even more then a tough Texas conference. He did make a very impressive catch in the spring game! I see him as a deep threat not as often used like Tez was. 500 yds and 5 td's. Sadiq is gonna get a bunch of td's.

So it all comes down to development. I like our strategy. These kids need to show me they're legit. You get paid when you perform. There are too many 4&5 star misses to be throwing away money on hope and a prayer. I am so glad I don't have to tolerate people expecting me to pay them based on their potential.

I do believe this recruiting cycle is indicative of many programs NIL programs waking up and realizing they have money they can throw at players. Washington has loads of alumni with money and the same goes for USC. Both seem to be throwing money at recruits because they discovered they could do that. So they are really working with a 2022 framework of NIL and it is disrupting the whole system. Additionally this is year 4 of NIL and all these recruits in the 2026 cycle have been watching NIL pay out since 8th grade and they all want their turn at the big paycheck. And many believe they are worth more than they are... But right now there are plenty of programs happy to pay them out for the recruiting win. And interesting convergence of circumstance.

On the other hand, Brandon Arrington chose Tex A&M, which is 90 miles to Houston. College Station/Bryan may be more diverse, but not dissimilar from Eugene in size. And, four-star defensive lineman David Schwerzel, the No. 2 recruit from Washington joins the Bruins class one week after the No. 3 recruit in the Evergreen State, Ramzak Fruean, committed to UCLA

Would be interesting to see a list of decommitments, or close but not successful commitments, the Ducks have encountered in the last six months. Is there a trend, aside from presuming a player was offered a higher NIL? Here's some I can recall: Wesley to Austin Greene to Seattle Topui to Los Angeles Williams to Los Angeles Mulitalo to Salt Lake City (Provo) Tofi to Bay Area Tafa to Seattle Colman-Brusa to Seattle I'm sure there are other names, particularly in the close but not cigar category. But, looking at that list the one common thread is city size.

It would seem that Lombardi and her program have not only benefitted from the national impression of Oregon leading as a transfer friendly atmosphere, long established by the football program, but embraced it. We are becoming among the best places to be for top athletes to take the next step in their development. That said, the question still remains as to how to transfer that same energy and impression to high school recruits, irregardless of the eventual fate of NIL.

I saw a few comments on another site saying he was reclassifying as well. But I haven't been able to follow that up anywhere. But this one feels like it's a closer to home and a bigger payout was at play. It feels like Oregon never really had either parent fully recruited and both were wanting either more money (dad presumably) or closer to home (mom). This recruiting cycle has really become a bidding war. Yes, previous cycles had this aspect about it but this one really feels like players are going wherever the largest payout is coming from. I think Oregon will bring in a fine class but less flashy than it could have been with some of this crazy spending.