Jon Joseph

Thanks, AOD, for the terrific post. TX Tech played five teams with winning records this season, defeating BYU twice. TT scored 21 plus points in all of its wins. OBD went 5-1 against teams with winning records, plus two wins over 6-6 Northwestern and Penn State. Both teams handled a common opponent, Oregon State, with ease. SOS - OBD 16 and TT 54. As you ask AOD, how much of TT's success was the result of playing inferior competition? On 1/1, will Oregon face an elite defense? By the numbers, the answer is 'Yes.' The TT defense is 1st in QB pressures, and No. 1 in TOs created with 31 on the year, including four against BYU in the champ game. Texas Tech finished the season No. 1 against the rush, allowing an average of 68.5 yards a game and 2.3 yards per rush. In 2024 and 2025 to date, Oregon is 25-0 when rushing for 100 yards or more a game, and 0-2 when rushing for fewer than 100 yards. If OBD cannot run the ball against TT, the Red Raiders should win the game. This should be a classic battle on the line of scrimmage. Wreck Tech!

Four not to be ignored. I'm hoping OBD, TOSU, and Indiana will all start the New Year right with B1G wins. 🤑 https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/college-football-playoff-a-quick-look-at-the-four-quarterfinal-matchups-that-will-ring-in-2026-043913463.html

Way to go, Gat! There's nothing better than a Ducks opponent being Swamped. 😁

OBD and TX Tech Game and Team Info. NOTE - OBD Strength-of-Schedule 16th - Texas Tech 54th. FanSidedOregon vs. Texas Tech preview in 5 minutes: Fast facts, p...The Oregon and Texas Tech have played just three times, the Ducks winning each meeting. The fourth time has a College Football Playoff semifinals berth at stake

Thank you, Doctor. The line is set close to a Pick 'Em. Despite the hyperbolic title of the linked article (🤪shocking, right?), the only message the early lines speak to is, 'Balance the Book!' The below referenced book has Texas Tech -1.5. This will be the first time this season that Joey McGuire and his Red Raiders match up against a team with a Blue Chip Roster and also a team that was in the portal pickers' top 5. Texas Tech will not have the roster advantage it had in all 13 games played before 1/1/26. TT played one game in the Eastern time zone this season, destroying West Virginia 49-0. TT and OBD shared one opponent this season, both played Beavis at home: OBD 41-7, TT 45-14. TT did have two impressive wins against BYU, scored often in the 4th quarter to win decisively over turnover-prone Utah in SLC, and lost at ASU behind its backup QB when Sun Devils QB Sam Leavitt was healthy. One of the wins over BYU was in Lubbock, and the other came in Arlington, Texas, where the Dallas Cowboys roam. Ohio State in the Cotton and not the Orange Bowl? Did the Buckeyes have their choice after Big Ten champ, Indiana, won the right to play in the Rose Bowl? If so, with Miami's win over A&M, Brutus got lucky on two fronts. No game against Miami, a team that does not travel well, in Miami's home stadium, and no A&M in Dallas. (Why do the Luckeyes get all of these postseason breaks?) I agree with above comments that TT will have the majority of fans in the Hard Rock Stadium on the 1st, I expect TOSU fans will take over Jerry's Joint. I hope Indiana and its fans, that have not visited Pasadena since 1968, can find the stadium? Grand Pa Duck could get his wish of playing Bama, but in Atlanta? No thanks. However, I don't think Cig's guys will help the Tide Roll Sooner than later. 9 AM body clock kickoff for OBD and fans, but no team has done better playing two or more time zones away from home than Danny and the Ducks. FWIW, my buddies and I have OBD +1.5. It should be a terrific game. Lasso the Tortillas! Oddsmakers send a clear message about Texas Tech, Oregon with Orange Bowl line

And Beck? What the heck was that? It was windy, but 103 yards; that's a lot of dinero per yard. I understand A&M only played eight conference games, but in the name of Greg Sankey, how did the Aggies, without a rematch, find seven SEC teams without a winning record to defeat? The epitome of mega-conference scheduling. Lasso the Tortillas!

ND, I expect and am hoping that your Dawgs assault and salt Ole Miss's title hopes in the Sugar Bowl. I'm UGA all the way, but we need a format without 1st round byes where Ole Miss QB and RB are dinged up in a game that the top seeds sit out.

Dante Moore and Trinidad Chamblis TCB vs. G6 opposition. Next up, Texas Tech and Georgia. The QB play in these two warm-up games, assuming Chambliss will be good to go in the Sugar Bowl, along with the play of their respective teams today, serves as a stepping stone into the P4 PO. A warm-up game home win that helped TOSU last season, while OBD played Bye-Bye. Both teams and their QBs are 1-0 in what they and their fans hope will be a 4-0 postseason. Oklahoma's Mateer stole defeat from the jaws of victory. Bama QB Ty Simpson and the rest of his Tide teammates won a game they could and perhaps should have lost. But Ty is not Joe Namath. Hats off to winning QBs, but I saw nothing to convince me that Ty Simpson will outperform Mendoza in the Rose Bowl or that Trinidad Chambliss will lead his Rebels to a victory over Gunner Stockton and Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. In tough conditions, we witnessed a face plant by both Carson Beck and Marcel Reed. Beck struggled against a defense that gave up 41 points to Notre Dame and 42 points to Arkansas. Will things get better against Ohio State? Ryan Day and Julian Sayin have to be delighted to be playing Miami and not A&M in Dallas. On 1/1/26, we'll see a different and more efficient performance on both sides of the ball in Miami. The defense we saw tonight was a Muhammad Ali rope-a-dope. And there is downtime to figure things out. OBD's OC has other duties, but the O tonight was just fine. DC? Hats off to Tosh for hanging in before going Cal, but Danno knows a bit about D. Dante Moore played better than any 1st round QB. And I believe he will play better than TT QB Behron Morton. Texas Tech is about to play a game against the first Blue Chip Roster team it has played this season. TT lost at ASU, and its best wins are BYU twice and Utah once; OBD has been there, done that. The Red Raiders are a very good team, but on 1/1/26, TT will be playing the best and deepest team it has played this season. MASH McGuire! We've been there, and Nixed TT in Lubbock.

The best news? Crickets from South Bend. Miami beat ND, and beat the team that also beat ND. 😁👍👌❤️😍. Miami did not leave Florida before November, when the Canes tripped to Dallas to play and lose to SMU. Mario is now 1-1 in Texas, with the next game in the Cotton Bowl on December 31st. Today's game featured not-so-special teams. As was the case against Texas, the A&M offense was nowhere to be found. Aggies fans are probably happy to say 'Adios' to OC Colin Klein on his return to the Little Apple. Road teams in 1st round PO games are now 4-2. Miami, great defense played today, but if you can't score against A&M, what about TOSU? This is an A&M D that gave up 41 points to Notre Dame and 42 points to Arkansas. With some of the licks on Miami's DBs, are all of the U's DBs going to be ready to go on New Year's Eve? Ohio State's WRs are 'slightly' better than the Aggies' WRs. The Buckeyes open at -10.5 Saturday BlitzThe initial line for Miami–Ohio State is a brutal indictm...The Miami Hurricanes went on the road on Saturday and upset Texas A&M, giving the program it's biggest win since the early 2000's. The Hurricanes' defense was d

Not to jinx any team we know 😁, but the way this season has gone, how about the ACC vs the B12 for the title? 🤪

The way this Season of the Which has gone, how about a title game of Tulane vs. Oklah ..., er, OREGON?

Someone, please take both coaches out for a triple cheeseburger, chocolate shake, and a double order of greasy frend fries. Where's the Great Pumpkin when you need him?

ND, thanks for the spot on take. As you so noted, a meltdown decision by Mateer and the team fell apart to the point where it looked like the fix was in. The punter muffs a perfect snap. Mateer throws a pass for a pick six that was supposed to go to ...? How to upchuck a 17 point lead. A terrific win by Bama and DeBoer, first expanded playoff road win, but the OK coaches lost their poise and concentration and the team followed suit. A lot of the good will Venables built up this season after going 6-7 the prior two seasons left with the early departing crowd. I'm surprised Boz didn't make an arrest. Bama heads to Pasadena with Mo along for the ride. Best of luck to your Dawgs in the Sugar Bowl. Give Ole Miss the Kiff of PO death. PS - What happened to Bama WR Ryan Williams?

Both of these teams looked shaky tonight. Hats off to Bama, but OK did all it could to help Bama come back in this game. I like Indiana in the Rose Bowl vs. Bama. And following the Massey composite rankings, I think Indiana, Ohio State, and OBD are 1, 2, and 4. A nod to No. 3 Texas Tech, but I see OBD winning a hard-fought Orange Bowl game. (Knock on my head 😁)