Jon Joseph

When you are not supported from the top of the administration on down, and your AD can make terrible hires and not be removed, when it's not cool (or whatever today's word is) for students to attend football games, you will not have a winning program. Today's students are tomorrow's boosters. If they are not fans today, the money needed to sustain excellence will not be there.

My comment on Canzano's site: Michigan does not play at Central Michigan. Ohio State does not play at Bowling Green. Penn State does not play at Slippery Rock. Oregon should not play in Corvallis. Do not schedule Beavis. Never schedule Boise State. Without playoff automatic qualifiers, open every season in Autzen against Portland State and hand the in-state Vikings a check. In their championship seasons, Michigan and Ohio State played no P4 opponent out of conference. Penn State is following this model in 2025. Everyone is excited over Texas at Ohio State, Michigan at Oklahoma, Notre Dame at Miami, and LSU at Clemson, and I get this. But four of these ranked teams will have a loss after Week 1. The last time a 3-loss team made the BCS, 4-team, or 12-team playoff field as an at-large team was never. So, the losers had better be conference champions, not you, Notre Dame, or go 11-0 the rest of the way. 3-loss Clemson was ranked No. 16 by the Committee in the final poll of 2024, but made the field because Miami choked against Syracuse, and Clemson held on to defeat SMU, and automatically qualified as the ACC champion. (BTW, since 1984, no team ranked lower than 15th in the final regular season poll has won a championship the following season.) Mega-Conference conference schedules vary greatly in strength of schedule. We'd all like to see more B1G against SEC nonconference games, and this is one of the reasons Tony Petitti wants an expanded playoff field with automatic qualifiers. Without AQs, tough out-of-conference games are not worth the playoff candle.

Great comment. Since the inception of the BCS, college football has tried to serve two masters: a one-true-champion playoff that incorporates bowl games. In the NFL, fans of teams with better records, for the most part, are rewarded with home games. ASU fans in 2024-25 should not have had to travel to Atlanta to watch the Sun Devils play Texas. Thankfully, CFB has seeding squared away this season, but the college FBS playoff needs to mirror the football playoffs managed by the NCAA. Home games at the higher-ranked teams' stadiums until the champ game. The fans of last season's champion were awarded with a home game before having to travel to Pasadena, Dallas, and Atlanta. The No. 1 seed's fans did not get to watch OBD play the winner of the Boise State vs. Indiana game in Autzen. Fans matter. Or at least they should.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Preseason polls will always be with us. 😖This includes Phil Steele's annual magazine, which includes rankings and is No. 1 in Barnes and Noble's one-off magazine sales year after year.

Monetary penalties for 'bad behavior' are being written into many Revenue Sharing and NIL agreements. Keep an eye on the Wisconsin vs. Miami suit to see if a contract signed by a to-be-compensated player, pending House settlement approval, holds up. The player in question was under a contractual agreement with a 'condition subsequent'; these looking-forward agreements are generally enforceable. Wisconsin refused the player's request to transfer. Regardless, he transferred to Miami and signed a new deal with the Canes. The Canes knew Wisconsin did not approve the transfer when it signed the player. The Big Ten's Form Revenue Sharing Agreement, drafted and approved by the B1G, was used by Wisconsin. The Big Ten is backing the Wisconsin suit. I hope this move by the Canes will frustrate any hope of Miami joining the B1G when the ACC implodes. As to whether Dan would offer and sign potential problem cases, see Bear Alexander. A guy Dan helped recruit to Georgia and then recruited out of the portal. To date, Bear has been a model player.

Never forget LeGarrette 'Sugar Ray' Blount. The guy packed a punch! 😁

Canzano 🤔writes this is clear the deck for continuing the Civil War. I hope not, but if so, it should be at the least a two in Autzen for one in Resar.

Thanks for the topic. Sanders started for Cleveland last night and played well. With 5 QBs on the roster, I expect two will be cut, with one possibly moved to the practice squad. Bad news for Justin Herbert, stud RT Slater is out for the season. ☹️

There are a few preseason polls that would have No. 10 Bama at No. 7 OREGON in the PO 1st round. One of the best ripostes ever to OBD fans 'We Want Bama!' was a Bama fan at a home game hoisting a sign that said, "We want Oregon's cheerleaders."😁

The NCAA lost the first of many crucial lawsuits when it lost its broadcast monopoly because this monopoly violated antitrust law. Thereafter, it was every team and conference for itself. Where can we make the most money? Walter Byers. Never earned a college degree.

More to whet the 2025 season's appetite. Yahoo! https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/college-football-viewers-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-for-this-season-225927265.html

The Oregon Revenge Tour is No. 13! Not good for the Triskaidekaphobia folks among us. 👽 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/25-compelling-storylines-teams-coaches-players-that-will-dominate-the-2025-college-football-season/

ESPN's Bill Connelly's Review of the Big Ten. OBD, PSU, and TOSU should all return to the PO. ESPN.com2025 Big Ten football preview: Power rankings, top player...Will Ohio State or Penn State come out on top? Breaking down the conference ahead of the season.

Yes, the B1G is the No. 1 conference when it comes to the bottom line, but Fox Network's Big Noon kickoff fixation is not helping with viewership numbers, where the SEC is in front. Week 1 - Texas at Ohio State - Noon kickoff on Fox Week 2 - Michigan at Oklahoma - 7:30 on ABC Scarlet and GameOhio State football team gets screwed again with reported...If this kickoff time ends up being true, the Buckeyes got the short end of the stick from FOX yet again.

Dabo predicts 16-0 for his Clemson Tigers in 2025. Not so fast! Clemson was ranked No. 16 in the final committee poll. Since 1984, no team ranked lower than 15th in the relevant last season polls, AP and UPI, the BCS, and now, PO Committee, has won a national championship. Dabo or LSU coach Brian Kelly, no opening game wins in his tenure at LSU, will have to eat Tiger after the opening game. Like Ohio State vs. Texas, Clemson is -2.5 to win in its version of Death Valley. FanSidedDabo Swinney is already writing checks Clemson won’t be a...Asking for the impossible is certainly one way to motivate your program.