Jon Joseph

Fox Sports with a look at B1G teams portal pickings, and rankings to date. Big Ten transfer portal: Detailing the biggest incoming, outgoing players WWW.FOXSPORTS.COM In a unprecedented time in college football, the transfer portal is as important — and active — as ever. FOX Sports' Michael Cohen takes a deep dive into the biggest additions and departures this... The rest of the conference will be covered later this week.

This will be the Grand Daddy start time in 2025 and thereafter. Rose Bowl to start an hour earlier in Jan. 1 CFP tripleheader - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The Rose Bowl Game will start an hour earlier than its traditional window and kick off at 4 p.m. ET as part of a New Year's Day tripleheader of College Football Playoff quarterfinals on ESPN. This move allows the Sugar Bowl to move from 9 PM Eastern to 8 PM. 1/1/26 will be a great day for CFB: Orange Bowl Noon Eastern; Rose Bowl 4 PM Eastern; Sugar Bowl 8 PM Eastern. That sound you hear is Senior Citizens all across the Right Coast sighing with relief.

With the House Settlement Close to Approval, the NCAA Proposes Dropping a Few Rules. What NCAA's new rule proposals mean for NIL, revenue sharing WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The landscape of college sports is rapidly changing and a massive legal settlement expected to be finalized over the summer could cement those changes. "Only" ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY THREE (153!) rules will be eliminated to facilitate direct revenue sharing payment to athletes.

A projected Field of 64 in the NCAA Baseball Tournament has OBD the Second Seed in Irvine, Close to Home. 1. Irvine/ 2. OBD / 3. Texas A&M/ 4. Fresno State Field of 64 Projections: NCAA Tournament picture shaken up entering final month - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Just a month remains in college baseball's regular season, and we made some big changes in this week's Field of 64 projections. PASTE PORTLAND!

Tennessee had the second-easiest schedule in the SEC in 2024. Nico, being paid $2.4 million, was average. He played nowhere close to what Vols fans were hoping for. And he alone is going to make UCLA a contender in the B1G? More of a difference than 5* Dante Moore with playing experience and a year of QB tutelege? Nico Iamaleava to UCLA: Big Ten QB outlook in 2025 season as Bruins join short list of teams with stability - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM UCLA suddenly finds itself on solid ground compared to much of the Big Ten entering this season Nico missed all of spring practice, has no experience playing with his new teammates, but provides 'stability' to the Bruins at the QB position? How about waiting to see if the proof is in the B1G pudding?

Typical whining. The 'Little Guy?' Sir, no team without a Blue Chip Roster won a BCS, a 4-Team, or a 12-team Playoff Title. And no team without a BCR will win a 14 or 16-team PO. Potential new College Football Playoff format would stomp out the little guys for good FANSIDED.COM The new College Football Playoff format ideas are getting out of hand. People do not tune in to watch the G6, the ACC, and the B12 close to the numbers who tune in to watch the Power 2. Likely 2 million more viewers would have tuned in the watch Bama at Penn State last season and not stumbling, bumbling SMU. The NFL does not invite UFL teams to its playoffs. This is not college basketball, where the 'little guy' can win. Look at every metric. The B12 in particular should be grateful to have two teams in the field. One G6 team is more than enough.

Spring Game's Possible 'Breakout' Candidates - Oregon football's top breakout candidates for 2025 spring game DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Predicting which young members of the Oregon Ducks will have the biggest breakout performances this weekend at the annual spring game. This Saturday, 1 PM Pacific on Big Ten Network. I'll be watching the O-line to see how it is coming together. All of the players on offense mentioned in the article are not going to make it without a solid O-line.

Thanks, Smitty. It's fun to ponder. If the threshold is winning the Heisman, then I say, 'Yes.' Travis Hunter having his # retired at CU? Fine. Shedeur and not Kordell Stewart? In Shedeur's case, I have to ask the nepotism question.

The LA Times Is Happy to Have Nico Back Home, Right? Plaschke: With Nico Iamaleava joining UCLA, everybody loses SPORTS.YAHOO.COM UCLA's decision to recruit embattled Tennessee transfer Nico Iamaleava could very well turn into a match made in college football hell for many reasons. A match made in Hell?

Has College Football Morphed Into The National Enquirer? https://athlonsports.com/college-football/hanna-cavinder-breaks-silence-on-reason-she-dumped-carson-beck I wonder if Canes fans will be joining Hanna after the Notre Dame opener?

The Rumored 'QB Trade' Happened. https://athlonsports.com/college/tennessee-volunteers/tennessee-lands-top-transfer-qb-after-nico-iamaleava-departure-report Nico from Tennessee to UCLA. Joey Aguilar from UCLA to Tennessee. Which QB is being paid the most money?

The CFB Executive Committee, 10 Conference Commissioners, and ESPN Representatives gather in Las Colinas, Texas, (probably not in a Motel 6 ) this week to discuss possible changes to the 2025 PO format and further discuss the 2026 PO format. The 2026 PO format will likely be the format until ESPN's exclusive PO broadcast agreement expires after the 2031-32 season. A change to PO teams being seeded as ranked is not likely to happen before 2026. With Boise's 1st round bye in 2024-25, the Mountain West picked up an extra $4 million. The B1G and the SEC do not have the votes to make this logical change in 2025-26. The format for 2026-27 and thereafter has to be decided by December 1, 2025. The CFP Executive Committee has set an unofficial date of new format approval at its mid-June meetings in Asheville, NC. The B1G and the SEC are expected to inform the attendees that they will push for the 4-4-2-2-1-1 Format in 2026 through 2032. A 14-team field, 4 representatives each appointed by the B1G and the SEC, 2 spots reserved for the ACC and B12, and 1 for the highest-ranked G6 program. The other '1' is Notre Dame's if the Irish finish ranked in the Top 14, an at-large spot if the Irish finish lower than 14. Not happening. The B1G and the SEC have the voting power to make the 4-4-2-2-1-1 format happen. The Power 2 have been accused of greed, but by any and every metric, the format is justified, including the number of viewers tuning in to watch the games. The format is also buttressed by 2025 preseason strength of schedule (SOS) rankings. ESPN's SP+ 2025 Top 40 SOS rankings: SEC - 16 of 16 teams in the top 40, 100%. B1G - 17 of 18 teams in the top 40, 94%. ACC - 7 of 17 teams, 41%. B12 - Zero Teams. Nothing from Nothing Leaves Nothing. But JJ, it's ESecPN and the SP+ favors the SEC! Fair enough. Let's look at the College Football News 2025 Top 40 SOS rankings. SEC - 12 of 16, 75%. B1G - 13 of 18, 72%. ACC - 8 of 17, 47%. B12 - 5 of 16, 31%. If the ACC wants a 3rd guaranteed spot, stop enabling Notre Dame's independence and force the Irish to join the ACC and play a conference champ game if positioned to do so, or Notre Dame can find 12 teams (it should be 13 teams) to play on its own. This is BIG Business. The B1G and SEC dominate the business. Both will, of course, be accused of greed, but the numbers speak for themselves. Every preseason Top 40 2025 SOS ranking has the SEC and the B1G playing more difficult schedules. Every 10-2 record is not the same. Hold your noses! One more season of at least two lower-ranked teams being seeded in the top.

On the Ice Hockey Front, a Lady Badger and a Michigan State Skater won Ice Hockey's Heisman Awards. Breaking down the seasons of the Hobey Baker and Patty Kazmaier award winners WWW.NCAA.COM Each year, the top players in NCAA men's and women's college hockey are recognized with the two most prestigious awards in college hockey, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and the Patty...

Let's Hear It For Our B1G Wolverine and Bruins Gym Rats! Michigan wins 2025 NCAA men's gymnastics national championships WWW.NCAA.COM Michigan won the 2025 men's gymnastics national championships, taking home its seventh national title and first since 2014 after scoring 332.224 points. The 2nd place UCLA Women's Gym Team bearly lost to Oklahoma by .004 points. It's Great to be B1G!

Rece Davis's take on how badly Nico's advisors handled this whole mess. UCLA QB Nico Iamaleava shunned by ESPN's Rece Davis in one-word blurb after Tennessee football exit WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Nico Iamaleava's transfer portal process took aback ESPN college football host Rece Davis. I understand the - 'He's a 20-year-old kid' argument. However, his advisors, even though their behavior may seem teenage-like, are not teenagers. IMO, a 20-year-old who has played big-time college football and was making millions of dollars to do so, should not be hiding behind his advisors. 18-year-olds making less than stellar incomes are on the line to defend the USA and us. If your teammates mean nothing to you, I know I wouldn't want to suit up with you. It's not like Nico was in the G5 and looking for a payday. He was playing in the top football conference in America and was coached up by a QB guru who took Nico and his team to the playoffs. More on this merry-go-round. Joey Aguilar, who transferred to UCLA from App State and was the presumptive starter at QB for the Bruins, has entered the portal and is talking with Tennessee.