Jon Joseph

Three Takeaways From a Three Point Win. 3 takeaways from Oregon’s narrow win over Wisconsin to remain unbeaten SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Oregon and Wisconsin squared off in a game that turned into a defensive struggle from start to finish.

Never A Doubt! 8 for 8 and finally, a nap. No team in B1G time CFB this season was asked to do This. Plus add on Maryland off a bye and Wisconsin off a bye. And two trips East in the last three weeks. This is great coaching. In its last dozen Prime Time games in Camp Randall vs. ranked opponents, Wisconsin was 10-2. Now, 10-3. Puddles have a nice nap, and then Hose the Huskies! It's too bad that OBD can't micturate in UWho's Sun Bowl.

I'm Shocked!

Is the article by Matt or Purple Hayes? SC got a slap on the wrist for not being able to count once the number exceeded double figures. Hell of an academic institution, right? Firing him for a few extra coaches hanging around would be laughed out of Judge Judy's court. I don't blame the Extras. Why would anyone who isn't being paid hang around a set featuring a has been leading man?

Wasn't it Finebaum who told everyone else to Stay In Your Own Lane? And he wasn't referring to Kiffin.

A more detailed and in-depth look at the Week 11 PO rankings. College Football Playoff blind resume breakdown: Hide the logos. Who has a better case? WWW.NYTIMES.COM To truly evaluate these teams, it makes sense to remove conference affiliations and logos and just examine what they've done so far.

A correction and an apology to the Athens Dawgs. A win 'Tween the Hedges on Saturday over Tennessee will be UGA's 29th home win in a row. GO YOU HAIRY DAWGS!

CBS Sports Week 12 B1G Picks. Ducks Cover. QUACK! B1G Time: How Penn State, Indiana could face disappointment in College Football Playoff doomsday scenario - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Nittany Lions and Hoosiers are having stellar seasons, but a spot in the CFP down the road is not guaranteed The B1G has for the most part been a top-heavy football conference and 2024 is no exception. OREGON, Ohio State, Indiana, and Penn State are a collective 36-2; 2-2 versus one another. Thirteen () B1G teams have 4-6 wins. And then there is Purdon't with ONE win. RAVAGE WISCONSIN IN CAMP RANDALL!

Excellent question. One I will answer even if the Committee refuses to do so. Both SOR and SOS come from ESPN. Frankly, I don't care what algorithms the Committee uses, I just want to know that metrics trump the Eye Test and what those metrics are. This is not a groundbreaking request. The CBB Committee discloses all of the metrics used in evaluation and seeding. Georgia dropping from No. 3 to No. 12 is a case of recency bias. Georgia looked awful versus Ole Miss but Georgia looked invincible when it defeated current No. 3 Texas in Austin. UGA defeats No. 7 Tennessee in Athens Saturday to score 29 home wins in a row, and how high will the Vols fall and Georgia climb? If the Committee is going to use final champ game results, Notre Dame is bulletproof and the losers of these games could be screwed. And if the losers are screwed the reasoning being the hosing will be, 'Trust Us.' In fairness, the Rankings weekly reality show only needs to happen because ESPN needs the dues. Like the CBB Committee releases its current top 16 shortly before the final ranking, the CFB Committee should do the same and not be asked to do more. Also, 2024 and 2025's jury-rigged format does not help the Committee's cause. Let the sunshine in and Destroy Wisconsin at Night!

DM, thanks again for the terrific article. I agree, there is no excuse for a good FCS Idaho team that Oregon at this point in the season would blow out. Perhaps this is why Bama is playing (Have) Mercer on Saturday? Also. This is why I advocate opening against Portland State every season. But Boise? No. 13 Boise would defeat many P4 opponents. Boise is having some late-season doldrums but is still odds on, especially after the Domers easily beat Army next Saturday to go 3-1 vs the G5, to be the PO's G5 representative. I do not want a rematch with a Boise team that has already experienced Autzen and would come in with positive vibes. I love my friend Mike West's comments but I disagree a loss to an inferior opponent would be beneficial this late in the season. More than anything, Puddles needs a well-deserved nap. Lack of focus is understandable late in the season in the 7th game in a row vs P4 opponents against an opponent Idle the week before as will be the case when Oregon plays Wisconsin at night on the road. The circumstances on Saturday will test all of Danno's motivational skills. Future odds have tOSU -3 in a conference champ game in Indianapolis. I get it but I do not want a loss and 17 games when a conference championship equals 16 games max, a chance to rest and heal up, and a 2nd-round game close to home in the Rose Bowl. We are in unchartered territory here and there will be playoff monsters. The fewer the monsters faced the better. WAX WISCONSIN!

Thanks, DM, great take. It's a long way to Tipperary and a long way to Atlanta. Clock rules = fewer possessions. Playing in a ball-control conference = fewer possessions. We have not seen many 40+ but we have seen OBD cover some B1G spreads. In a ball-control conference time of possession matters more than it did it in the Pac-12. There are not as many opponents that can overcome a 2-score lead including a throw-first team like Maryland. Dan's two main mentors, Nick and Kirby, taught him well. BLOW OUT THE BADGERS! And tie a record as a Newby B1G member, and Power conference member with 11 wins in season one in a new Power conference. 11 wins will tie Penn State which accomplished this feat in 1993.

Thanks, Jabbar. Spot on after Week 11's rankings. I see 4 each for the Power 2. 1 for the ACC, B12, Independents (not Wazzu or the Beavers) and the G5. If Ohio State blows out Indiana, it could be 5 for the SEC and 3 for the B1G.

Friend Eagle Scout, UW travels to Autzen this season. OBD next plays in Seattle in 2025. Oops. So many UW's, not quite as bad as OSU, and so little time the regular season takes! Poor reading skills is but One Reason I was not an Eagle Scout.

The Playoff Committee's post-week 11 rankings do not mirror ESPN's post-week 11 Strength of Record Rankings (SOR.) Several of this week's rankings defy logic. No. 7 Tennessee was also No. 7 last week. The Vols easily defeated Mississippi State last Saturday as Indiana struggled to defeat an average Michigan team and BYU defeated an average, or worse Utah team by one point. Indiana moved up to No. 5 and BYU moved up to No. 6. Why should Tennessee be jumped by these two teams? According to PO committee chair Warde Manuel, moving up the Hoosiers and BYU was largely based on the 'Eye Test.' In other words, 'We think we probably screwed up last week and wanted to correct things this week.' What better proof does anyone need? This is a subjective exercise by thirteen folks who are not obligated to justify their reasoning. Thirteen people who refuse to disclose the metrics they use when on December 8th they will be making decisions involving multi-millions of dollars. The following is a re-ranking using SOR. Not much would change in the top 13 teams plus G5 qualifier Boise State but the order would be far different and somewhat surprising. The number to the left of a team is the team's SOR with the PO ranking to the right. I have also included ESPN's Strength of Schedule (SOS) updated rankings. SOR CT Rank SOS 1. OREGON 1 51 2. BYU 6 54 3. GEORGIA 12 1 4. OHIO STATE 2 26 5. PENN STATE 4 32 6. INDIANA 5 100 7. MIAMI 9 38 8. ALABAMA 10 11 9. TENNESSEE 7 35 10. TEXAS 3 56 11. TEXAS A+M 15 21 12. Ole MISS 11 23 13. NOTRE DAME 8 73 16. BOISE STATE 13 68 Texas at No. 3 in the PO rankings with an SOS of 56 and a Georgia team that beat down Texas in Austin at No. 12 with the No.1 SOS by any test other than the 'Trust Us, We're Experts Eye Test' is simply wrong. You can bet that the final PO rankings on 12/8 and the PO seeding will be subject to far more criticism than my simple exercise. Especially if a far more deserving Georgia finishes with two losses with Tennessee, U Mass , and Georgia Tech left to play, and Notre Dame finishes with one loss, to an average G5 opponent at home, with wins over UVA, Army ranked No. 24 with the 133 SOS, and USC left to be played. The Committee's Day of Infamy will occur on December 8th and not the 7th.

Brian also said that Texas would beat Georgia and easily cover.