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Interesting factoid- Ex duck Brandon Bair is from Rexburg Idaho & Gatlin Bair is from Burley Idaho, 2 hours apart. No proof of any relationship but....

I would vote for Pavia, without him Vandy would be 6-6 at best. Indiana still would have won at least 10 games. That's just my opinion and we all know that opinions are just like.....

Mendoza probably wins the Heisman... I'm fine with that. As long as we block them from a national championship I am even more fine with it.

I actually think Benson is just as good of a match for EStew. JMac has been exceptional and I had predicted a big year for him with Stewart out. Getting GBJ and DAK back are the keys as Bryant is excellent finding the first down marker and sitting while DAK requires extra attention which is its own advantage. I'm more excited to see Poncho and the rest of the line healthy as our run game suffered mightily against that purple team. Either way we have more weapons than 2014 when Utah decimated our receivers, Sco Ducks

I've been a big proponent of this idea. I think a 16 team playoff with a 16 team NIT would be a win win for everybody. Throw in economic incentives round by round and the players could stay motivated and the teams and fans get much more than a mere Tatter Tot Bowl invite.

Great article David. In the past, when we had such injuries on offense? We were cooked... But now with a defense, and better depth in the trenches--we can survive these games and build depth as newbies get PT. But when just ONE of the wide receivers return? Look Out!

Pretty sure you don’t need to worry about Gatlin being completely out of shape. His mom was an All-American pole vaulter, dad was a decathlete, and two of his brothers were decathletes. They have competed at high levels, and the whole family is supportive of each other, and aware of how to stay in shape. Doesn’t mean Gatlin will be a phenom, but I like his chances.

What's the Over/Under on Heisman finalist Jeremiah Love and his coach, Marcus Freeman, sitting out the award ceremony? 😇

Following the 2024 century-award winner, Dillon Gabriel, Fernando Mendoza has been named The Chicago Tribune's 101st winner of The Silver Football Award. The Silver Football Award is awarded to the Big Ten's best football player in a given season. The award is older than the Heisman Trophy, being presented for the first time in 1924 to Red Grange. 2025 award winner, Indiana's QB Fernando Mendoza, was announced on the B1G Today program by Union League of Chicago Vice President Bob Kreisman. 😁 Fernando is the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy and should win the award, depending on how many Southern Region voters prefer Don Diego Pavia over Don Fernando and leave Mendoza out of their top three. Congrats, Fernando! Now, you and your Cigs smoke Alabama/Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl, and perhaps, OBD will get revenge in the semi-finals.

It does sound like sour grapes that ND is refusing to play in a bowl game, but it also makes me think of FSU playing in a bowl game against UGA after they got snubbed in 2023. They were missing like 20 starters or something and of course UGA just destroyed them! It was 63-3! I’m not saying that FSU would have won that game against GA if they had their true team, but they had zero chance with the opt-outs and everyone used that beat down as justification that the committee made the right call, when it’s obvious that FSU deserved a chance, even after losing their QB. I don’t have any idea how many ND players would have opted out, but the fact that they voted not to play makes me think many would have. This is likely a big reason to avoid the bowl game for the Irish. I’m certainly not a ND fan, but I can’t say I disagree with skipping a meaningless bowl if they were not going to have a team resembling their true 2025 team.

"anyone who may have been offended" is the classic P.R. line in every non-apology. It means, I don't really believe I did anything wrong, but if someone didn't like it, then that person(s) is a loon. It ain't me, it's them. And, I ain't ever gonna admit I did anything wrong. I would say it again, except my P.R. mentor told me to quit while I was ahead.

well maybe.. They have a clause that kicks in with the NCAA that if they are ranked in the top 12, they will be in the playoffs. if it was in place this year, they would be in.

Here’s a thought; play the game and run up the score. Prove to these players that you don’t always get what you worked hard for but you need to take what you get and make it stellar! Also, this will help send a message to the CFB committee to get it right. 55-3 ought to do it, don’t ya think? Missed opportunity IMO.

If basketball can support an NIT, why not football? If nothing else, it would make for a bunch of very happy cities that might otherwise be cut out of their traditional, year-end economic celebrations. Could even keep the NIT acronym: Next In-line Tournament?

We have the highest ceiling of any team in the playoffs with a floor that is right around our #5 seed/rank. Get your popcorn out, because we'll have to watch the games to see who and what shows up.

That's impressive that it's a B1G sweep this year, and we've played 2 of the best this season already.

Since everyone is hellbent on not getting to the final playoffs solution all at once, you have to embrace the process (started with the BCS Championship game decades ago) to get where this need to go. We're still in the process, it's just where we are at. So many people in positions of authority lacking vision and weighed down with too many conflicts of interest from the status quo, so we're gonna do this the hard way until the bitter last needed change. Last year was Oregon's turn to be shafted, this year is ND's turn and so on and so forth. Trust the process, lol it will still get us there eventually!

He 'apologizes' to 'anyone' he 'may have offended.' This is what is known as a non-apology and Kraft is what's known as a (expletive) 'putz.'

PSU was pretty low on my list of teams that I hate, but they've managed to move up a few notches with this debacle. That guy should be fired, but it's their program and if they're OK with this kind of representation from the AD then that probably tells me all I need to know. Too bad, I like Matt Campbell and I think he will be a good coach (although I'm not convinced he's an upgrade from JF).

QUACK! The SEC's best buddy 😁likes OBD to win it all! Autzen ZooDanny Kanell picks surprise team to win the national cham...CBS Sports and Sirius XM college football analyst Danny Kanell has filled out his bracket for the College Football Playoff.

2019 finalists: Oregon, Alabama, LSU, Ohio State - recipient LSU 2023 finalists: Oregon, Georgia, LSU, Washington - recipient Washington 2024 finalists: Oregon, Texas, Army - recipient Army 2025 finalists: Oregon, Indiana, Iowa Since 2019, Oregon is the only 4-time finalist. Two-time finalists in that period: Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Michigan. In that period, Alabama, LSU, Michiganx2 have won the award. The award (since 2015) is presented by the Joe Moore Foundation for Teamwork, and they state that "The Joe Moore Award for the Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit will annually recognize the toughest, most physical offensive line in the country", making it the only major college football award to honor a unit or group.

Hey Jon Joseph, thank you for the in-depth background on Coach Cignetti. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere but has been climbing the ladder for years.

Aut the Zoo likes Oregon's PO path. Autzen ZooPlayoffs give Ducks a chance at a sweet revenge tourIt is that time. The final College Football Playoff rankings and bracket were released on Sunday, leaving Ducks fans buzzing with anticipation. After going 11-1