Jon Joseph

A B1G summary of portal activity to date. A Cyclone hit Ames, Iowa. 19 Iowa State players are transferring to Penn State. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2026/01/02/big-ten-football-transfer-portal-tracker-live-updates-players-on-move-big-10-roster-changes/87394505007/

Doctor, no matter which team wins it all, it's going to cost a lot of money to rock hard in Miami. 🤑 https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/national-championship-game-ticket-prices-are-historically-high-ahead-of-indianas-matchup-against-miami-160159214.html

Thank you, Doctor, for providing more of your champ game thoughts. Yes, Miami has a fearsome pass rush, but Mendoza has a quick release and is en fuego. Back-to-back games against quality Ds where Mendoza has thrown more TDs than incompletions. Indiana's O-line will be the best Miami has played against in the postseason. The Ducks' DBs had Indiana's receivers covered, but with the quality of Indiana's receivers, you can't stop a passing attack when the QB is making perfect throws. I think Indiana is better than Miami at every position on offense, including QB. Texas A&M was exposed late when it played its only SEC opponent that finished with a winning record and lost when its offense struggled. Ryan Day played with a slow tempo on offense in the first half, just what Miami wanted to see. Ohio State did not run the ball that well all season; the O-line was the Buckeyes' weakest position. Ohio State's QB was up for the Heisman Award, but his inexperience showed in the Cotton Bowl. Miami played undisciplined football against an Ole Miss team not talented enough to take advantage of the miscues. Of course, Miami, playing on its home field, could win it all. But Indiana is on a roll and just blew out two teams, Bama and OBD, that I think would defeat the Canes. It's a fascinating champ game. Indiana fans will show up in droves and will be loud. And I do not see Cignetti and friends being outcoached.

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It's a small world after all! Fernando Mendoza's Dad, Fernando Sr., played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami. One of his teammates was another Cubano, Mario Cristobal. Cannot make this stuff up.

Cig cites the key play. My Take: It happened when Indiana boarded the team bus? 🙃 Oregon Ducks On SICurt Cignetti Doesn't Hold Back After Indiana's Win Over...The No. 5 Oregon Ducks suffered a loss against the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Peach Bowl. After a strong playoff ru

And this! I still hear the drums, Fernando. Drum on to victory in your hometown! Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Fans Will Love Fernando Mendoza's Classy Move Afte...The No. 5 Oregon Ducks fell 56-22 to the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Peach Bowl, as their dreams of winning their fi

Yep, Cig is trying to vacuum up CFB. 🤑🤪

Thanks, Gat. Yep, Cig and his Hoosiers have the chance of breaking the BCS/Playoff Blue Chip Roster ceiling. I hope it happens with homeboy Fernando taking down fellow homeboy and Cubano, Mario.

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Smitty, you know I love you, my Forum Friend, but Nostradamus, assisted by Tom Brady, could have been calling the plays last night, and it would not have mattered. Cig put OBD in a blender and hit the Ice Crush button. We witnessed a Rose Bowl sequel in the Peach Bowl. "Blue Chips? We don't need no stinkin' Blue Chips!" Like Dan and like Dilly, Will and Tosh are heading to greener pastures. There is a tide taken at the flood ... Dillingham went home to ASU. Tosh is heading home to Cal. Will is returning to his home state, where he played his college ball. If there is fault here, the fault lies with the FUBAR CFB calendar. A calendar that had Will, Tosh, and Dan in the midst of a PO run, working to protect and add to their rosters. Curt Cignetti has had the same top drawer OC and DC at his side for eight-plus seasons. Curt and his assistants were coaching in the Little League. Cignetti's assistant coaches have both been given big (B1G) raises, but his coaches will inevitably leave for the opportunity to be a head coach, just like Curt took a huge pay cut and left Saint Nick and Bama so he could be a HC. Losing S-U-C-K-S. But OBD made one more PO step forward than it did last season. Danny and Ducks are on the PO title path, competing in what is arguably the best football conference in the USA. With an NFL PO reseed, Indiana should have played Miami in the semis, and Oregon should have played Ole Miss., hosting the games in Bloomington and Eugene. So it goes. Wait 'Till Next Year, when the champ game will be played in Vegas and the champagne will flow!😍

That was a clinic put on by a coaching guru who schooled Kalen DeBoer and Dan Lanning back-to-back. One of the most amazing turnaround stories in the history of sport, let alone college football, will be realized on the night we celebrate the birthday of the great MLK, Jr., in the Heisman winner's hometown. Indiana is odds-on to be the first team without a Blue Chip Roster to win a BCS or Playoff title. This comes at the hands of a 64-year-old coaching genius whose light was hidden under a bushel at IUP, Elon, and JMU. Hats off to Hoosier AD Scott Dolson, Mark Cuban, and friend$, for making this surreal turnaround happen. Hats off to Indiana alums, Indiana has more living alumni than any school in the USA, who no longer have to ask, 'Has basketball season started?' Last night was an Indiana home game deep in the heart of Dixie. Indiana fans will flock to Miami, and I will not be surprised to see Hard Rock Stadium with more Hoosiers than U fans. Ticket prices are going for $3000 plus for the cheap seats. Over $10,000 for premium seating. One thing that I am certain of is that the better head coach will be on the Indiana sideline. Miami commits 11 penalties, many of them drive killers against the Hoosiers, and best of luck. Indiana will not beat itself. So far in the PO, Mendoza is bringing an on-time and on-target laser-like passing game. You can go home again, Mr. HeisMen-doza, and win the battle of Cubanos. Miami does have a Blue Chip Roster, but so does Alabama, which lost the Rose Bowl game by 35 points. Blue Chip Roster: Oregon only lost by 34 points. Kalen DeBoer and Dan Lanning did not fall off the last pumpkin wagon that came through town. Both men are, and will continue to be, quality CFB coaches. Another thing of which I am certain, Danno's teams cannot, other than for the test drive, finish drives in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 😁 Come on, Hoosiers, break that CFB champion glass ceiling. Pundits and pollsters are coming around to the idea that the Big Ten may be a pretty good conference. A third championship in a row won by a third Big Ten Team will help with a B1G wake-up call. Year five for Danno is upcoming. Last night was part of the PO title process for coaches not named Curt Cignetti. OBD is just fine and will continue to win at the highest level under Dan and friends. Mario has his team in contention to win it all, but no way would I trade Dan for Mario. I found this loss far easier to take than watching Camden Lewis whiff on the chance to tie the game in Seattle. 🤬 If bandwagon fans fall off the OBD wagon, who gives a whip? Come on Cigs! Come out smokin', Mash Mario, and Crush the Canes!

Doctor, Doctor, Mr. MD, what did I see that you don't see? T-H-A-T was a clinic. It couldn't have started worse, but hope abounded with Oregon's first impressive drive that tied the game. Then ... Curt Gignetti must have found a wormhole to the city Kandor on planet Krypton, visited Jor-El, and brought back a bottle of Superman Sauce to Bloomington, Indiana. A bunch of 3* players just blew out Blue Chip Roster Bama by 35 points and OBD by 34 points, and is on the way to breaking the BCR championship glass ceiling. After coming up Roses, Curt and Fernando topped it off with Peaches and Cream in a 'home' game played in a stadium that is Dan Lanning's Kryptonite. D-A-N do not go A-T-L again, please. In the Rose Bowl, Fernando had more TDs than incompletions. Last night, it looked like he had a laser in his hand. OBD's coverage was not terrible. Fernando's throws were on time and spot on. Kalen DeBoer and Dan Lanning did not fall off the last pumpkin wagon through town. The Duck defense schooled a Texas Tech team that was averaging 40 points a game. Last night? If Mario can defeat these guys with every advantage going his way, hats off. I watched Miami lose in Hard Rock Stadium to an average Louisville team. I saw Miami doing everything it could Thursday night to give the game away to an Ole Miss team with far less talent on both LOS than Indiana. Against a disciplined Indiana team, Miami will not overcome drive killing penalties. I won't be surprised if Indiana has an equal number or more fans in the stadium on January 19th. I know for certain that Indiana will have the better coach on the sideline and a QB better than Carson Beck at his best. I think the Hoosiers cover the 7.5. And you may hate teams wearing a Glass Slipper, but this game is Big for the B1G, and the Big Ten's reputation, a reputation that pundits and pollsters across the country are waking up to. Three in a row by three different B1G teams will halp seal the deal. Mendoza comes home, plays the team with the campus Fernando walked by on his way to school, and schools Mario and The U.

On the other hand, let's light up a Parodi? 🤬🤬🤬

Dan, if you own a Mercedes, please turn it in. The next time you are invited to Atlanta, come up with, I don't know, a broken clavicle? As we said in Boston for decades, "Wait 'till next year." 15 new starters with a 20-year-old QB, and you finish 13-2. Heck of a season. And on 1/19, in Cig and his Hoosiers, I'm believing.