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I really don't know we have any reason to expect a committee, of 13 people propped by ESPIN, operating without recognized criteria, to produce a clean bracket.

A trait often found in Oregon rivals.

This is why you should never expect the "Committee" to do the logical thing. The entire premise of the Playoff selection is chaos, and yeah, afterwards it looks like their decisions worked, like letting an Alabama in without even winning their division. But they won the championship. That doesn't mean it was the right decision, another team would have won it if Alabama hadn't been there.

In the lead-up to the Big Ten Championship, Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin stirred controversy with comments aimed at the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks, led by Dan Lanning, arrive with an impressive 12-0 record, but Franklin suggested that Oregon’s success stems from its “tremendous resources.” His remarks, made in an interview with Mike Poorman, imply that the Ducks enjoy significant financial advantages in the NCAA, overlooking the hard work and planning behind their achievements.

Exactly, that's why Prime is in the NFL Hall of Fame.

A lot of great receivers, so I can understand Tez, second team is acceptable for Boettcher, Burch missed games. But I really think that Harmon is better than 3rd team!

Now mind you, I'm not here saying that Husky fans can read. But if someone were to read the article to them, they wouldn't believe it. The only way that, "The Zeroe's get recruits and coaches is because Phil pays them!"

I agree. Alabama has been interesting this season. We discussed it here weeks ago, Oregon isn't getting talked about! That's great. "Oregon won again. Still unanimous No.1. Moving on" No chaos, except manufactured clickbait about Lanning leaving. Hopefully OBD stay boring for a long time.

Absolutely, Day is safe for sure now.

Could happen. Warren is a weapon for Penn State. But the Ducks have Tez, Stewart, Jones, Ferguson, Sadiq, Lowe, Whitttington, Holden. Eventually, Penn State won't hold up.

As the saying goes, "What happens in Indianapolis stays in Indianapolis." That does sound ridiculous and as you say, Darren, it would be if the game isn't moved to Las Vegas in 2029. The Rose Bowl too, makes sense. B1G teams traditionally had no problem getting there when it was B1G vs Pac-8, 10, 12. There's an episode of M*A*S*H when Radar is playing records, and Col. Potter insists he play "Sentimental Journey" by Doris Day, over and over and over. He plays it so many times that even Potter can't take it anymore. The memory of The Pick will stay with us forever, perhaps we should keep it there.

Payton knew Bo was his guy early and he was right. In Payton's system, Bo hasn't looked like a rookie since the 3rd game of the season. Winston threw for 496 yards, and 6 touchdowns, 2 of them for the Broncos. One of them as he had the Browns set to kick the go ahead field goal in the final minutes.

It certainly wasn't a great game for the highly ranked Broncos defense, but it's going to be a great rivaly between Justin's Chargers and Bo's Broncos!

I realize this goes completely against what ESPN is hoping for with the weekly Rankins Show, CHAOS!!! They love it. I on the other hand would be just fine if the Committee did, as Jon Joseph has suggested, reveal the criteria they use, though the results indicate so far, their criteria is W's & L's. The best thing would be to just do as "March Madness" does and wait until Selection Sunday to reveal the bracket.

In other, hardly breaking news, Cowherd still has osu2 & Texas in the Championship Game. Dismantle, Annihilate, Vaporize Penn State!

Currently, Oregon -3.5 over Penn State Texas -2.5 over Georgia Clemson -2.5 over SMU ASU -2.0 over Iowa State

Nix at Oregon? Sounds good.

Agree with everything. Alabama went cold at a great time for the Ducks, as the season goes it happens. Shelstad has had some clutch time shots so far, but I agree that he has a lot of room to get better, with accuracy and shot selection. We aren't really getting any, "take it to the rim" from the guards.

I think the 3 point shooting situation will improve, they didn't just fire them up early against Alabama, who, came back because a guy who had missed all his 3 point attempts before the game against the Ducks all of a sudden couldn't miss. For some reason guarding the 3 has always been a deficiency in Altman's D. OI agree about the Prima Donna sitch for USC, who the Ducks open against @ USC Wednesday night, then host UCLA Sunday afternoon.

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Good information and check out the prediction at the end. Big Ten championship game capsule: Oregon vs. Penn State WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Big Ten championship game Oregon (12-0) vs. Penn State (11-1) Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET Indianapolis, Lucas Oil...

Oregon is No.1, they don't have a loss, the Committee gets this right. I'm not a college football expert either, but for starters, I'd see that Georgia beat Texas, 30-15, in Texas. I would see that Texas does have 1 more L than Texas does. But I would notice that possibly the much more difficult schedule Georgia went through, compared to the Texas navigated, could have something to do with it, and have Georgia above Texas. Miami is taking care of themselves.

Agreed. This could just be an Altman team doing what his teams always do. Get better at the end of the season, but no reason it can't be great at the start.

After Oregon beats Penn State to win the conference championship and get a banner! It will have beaten Penn State, osu2, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois and Wisconsin, the bigs of the B1G, in the same season.