Jon Joseph

Cig not only won a title at Indiana, but he also stomped on the champ-only Blue Chip roster paradigm. Indiana, on the way to a title last season without a Blue Chip roster, defeated Alabama, Oregon, and Miami teams with Blue Chip rosters. And Cig took a good but not great QB from Cal and turned him into a Heisman Trophy winner, the likely No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Indiana's sum was much greater than the parts. In the 2026 Preseason Sporting News Composite Top 25, Oregon is ranked No. 5. Oregon's schedule is ranked as the 6th most difficult in CFB 7th-ranked Texas Tech's schedule is ranked No. 65 in the 68-team Power 4. Texas Tech does not play BYU and Utah. The only ranked team TT plays is No. 23 Houston at home in Lubbock. In Week 4, Oregon travels to LA to play No. 13 USC. On 11/7 2026, Oregon travels to Columbus, Ohio, to play No. 1 Ohio State. Then returns home to play No. 14 Michigan. Then, a trip to East Lansing, Michigan, to play Michigan State, and then finishes with No. 21 UW. In its last four games, Texas Tech plays West Virginia, Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Baylor in Waco, and TCU. The Red Raiders have one Top 25 team on the schedule, No.23 Houston in Lubbock. Is this a fair fight? Thanks for the terrific post. The Jimmies and the Joes matter. But the folks doing the coaching matter. And the quality of the opposition and where and when your team plays its games matters. Especially when the PO committee savants count the number of a team's losses above all else. Beat Boise!

On Wisconsin! Sorry, No Wisconsin - Denver Pioneers 2 - Badgers 1 Denver increases its all-time hockey champ lead from 10 to 11 titles.

Like a playoff-contending football team without a championship QB. A baseball team can have a lineup of all-stars, but without decent pitching. Good luck.

Man of Oregon Wyndham Clark has received a lot of criticism for his off-course conduct since his US Open win, much of it deserved. Clark is playing well at Augusta, -4 headed into the 3rd round. But defending champion Rory McIlroy is golfing his ball. Rory birdied six of his last seven holes yesterday to take a six-stroke lead at -12, a tournament record. Best of luck to Wyndham today and Sunday. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/2026/04/10/oregon-ducks-wyndham-clark-masters-leaderboard/89563023007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGbaseline&utm_term=C

Happy Birthday, Dear Danno. Now, please put a cherry on the cake 😁 Dan was born under the sign of Aries. Aries are bold, energetic, and natural leaders who love being No. 1 and are rarely afraid of conflict. Their "ram" personality is governed by Mars, the planet named after the Roman god of war, second only to Jupiter in the Roman pantheon of gods. Beat Boise 🤬! Oregon Ducks On SIDan Lanning's Birthday Points Out Important StatisticOn Friday, April 10, Oregon Ducks football coach Dan Lanning turned 40 years old, highlighting four seasons with the Ducks with the program's first Big Ten Cham

Sounds like many Red Sox games I watched over seven decades while waiting for Godot, a/k/a winning a World Series. The low light came in a game where SS Pumpsie Green made four errors on 1 play! Pumpsie fielded a ground ball and overthrew the 1st baseman, failed to catch a perfect throw from the catcher backing up 1st base, collected the ball, and overthrew the third baseman. The ball bounced off the visitor's dugout back to the third baseman in time to put the player trying to get to third in a rundown. Yep, Pumpsie, now covering third, caught the ball thrown by the second baseman and dropped it while trying to tag the base runner out. After this series of muffs, exasperated announcer Curt Gowdy noted that his scorecard looked like hieroglyphics. GO DUCKS!

College Football News - Will B1G teams cover the win total? Oregon 10.5 wins. Under, if CFN's 10-2 prediction is the final tally. PO contenders - 11-1 Ohio State, 10-2 Indiana, Oregon, Penn State 12 teams finish 6-6 or better. 7 teams Over and 11 Under. OBD is predicted to win 9 games. 50/50 at Ohio State and USC, and home vs UW. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/big-ten-football-win-totals-2026

👍👌😍 No May-Be About It, Show OBD that B1G money! YardbarkerBig Ten to earn massive payday for monster March MadnessThe rich are getting a whole lot richer. On Thursday, Associated Press reporter Eric Olson detailed the eye-popping financial windfall the Big Ten received from a massive March Madness.

Prepare for a Buckeye Battle Cry 2026 NFL Draft - Fight the team across the field, Show them Ohio's here, Lift your voices reverberating, With a mighty cheer, Rah! Rah! Rah! Hit them hard and see how they fall. Never let that team have the ball. Hail! Hail! The gang's all here as we beat our old conference foe. On 11/7, how about shutting the Buckeye fans the🤬up! AP News5 Ohio State players to attend the first round of the NFL...Five Ohio State players plan to attend the first round of the NFL draft on April 23. Defensive back Caleb Downs, defensive tackle Kayden McDonald, linebacker Arvell Reese, linebacker Sonny Styles and

Denver 4 - Michigan 3 - Double OT Come on, Badgers!

Rebuild? How about Reload? 14 starters back. Tied for the second most in CFB behind SC with 15 back. Holes to be filled, especially on the O-line, but far better than 2025 when only a handful of starters returned. However, this season's schedule is more difficult than that of 2024 and 2025. New OC and DC? Yes. But no major systemic changes will be introduced. Beat Boise!

On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin! Badgers 2 - North Dakota 1 How about an all-B1G champ game? Let's Go Blue! https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/15765018-wisconsin-holds-off-north-dakota-in-frozen-four-heads-to-ncaa-title-game

Imagine a Football PO Final 4 featuring the 4 teams with the most wins in CFB history: 1 Michigan, 2 Ohio State, 3 Alabama, 4 Notre Dame. Tonight's Frozen 4 features the four teams with the most championships in college hockey history: 1 Denver - 10, 2 Michigan - 9, 3 North Dakota - 8, and 4 Wisconsin - 6. GO Blue! GO Badgers!

Turning Pat Fitzgerald into a scapegoat cost Northwestern B1G time - as it should have - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/04/08/pat-fitzgerald-talks-northwestern-firing-michigan-state-football-future-hazing-allegations/89507250007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatba

Coaches are telling the NCAA to punt this new rule - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/04/09/why-ncaa-new-punt-rule-change-has-college-football-coaches-fuming-special-teams/89525109007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=emai