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.

What's Up OOC? https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2025/08/06/oregon-ducks-future-non-conference-schedule-2025/85548593007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGbaseline&utm_term=C

I hope you are right, DM. Whenever Mike Gundy has had a down season, and 2024 was an unexpected down season for a team many favored to win the B12 (with Gundy $1 million lighter in the wallet for the no conference wins flame out), OK State has bounced back. The Cowboys will have a roster superior to that of Montana State, Northwestern, and Beavis. 36 players transferred out of Stillwater, and 36 players transferred in. Both coordinators are new hires. OK St will be fired up to take down a highly ranked Big Ten team. However, most 'experts' predict the Cowboys to go under 5.5. How much of a difference will $1.5 million QB Malik Murphy, Texas, to Duke, to Beavis, and QB Preston Stone, SMU to Northwestern, make? Again, both rosters will be superior to FCS Montana State. Oregon did not gel out of the gate in 2024, and this team returns fewer starters. And it won't be easy to keep a White Out out of the minds of young players. Bob Them Cats!

Before FAU and Ole Miss, Lane's career was resuscitated by Saint Nick. Ditto, Locksley, Sark, and others. Saban won on the field and in helping coaches get back on their feet. After opening the wallet last season, Ole Miss boosters were let down by Lane not having the team ready to play every week. How do you lose to Kentucky at home and later destroy Georgia? How with a 1st round draft pick at QB do you flame out against a Florida team and miss the PO? Yes, QB DJ Lagway played QB for the Gators in the win against Ole Miss, but he threw for 180 yards, respectable but not noteworthy. Ole Miss QB Dart threw 3 picks, and a team that averaged 38.6 points scored 17. This went beyond choke and into gag me with a spoon (😁) territory. In addition to the Kentucky loss, Ole Miss pulled defeat from the jaws of victory against LSU. In this debut for the Florida job, Lane helped save Billy Napier's job. I think Lane is the kind of coach who will come close, but no cigar. I do believe Dan will stay in Eugene until his youngest child graduates from high school. I think one of the things that motivates Dan is bringing the first football national championship to Oregon. Thanks for the terrific comments.

I have a good friend, John Sande, who was the center on the Stanford team in 1970, the year Jim Plunkett won the Heisman and Stanford upset Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1971. John was the Rose Bowl All-Decade center. He handled the 'behemoth' Ohio State nose tackle, All-American Jim Stillwagon, who had no QB pressures, no TFL, and one tackle total. John played center at 215 pounds. The behemoth Stillwagon weighed 240 pounds. Rules and regulations change, no doubt, but in my seven decades of following college football, the biggest change I have witnessed is in the size and athleticism of the athletes, especially at the QB position, where UW's Warren Moon helped prove what should have been obvious: people of all colors can play QB. Thanks again, David, and thanks to you and other Forum friends, for the terrific comments.

FootballScoop on Jim Knowles. Will DC Jim help Little Game Jim win the B1G ones? Fortunately for both Jims, Michigan is not PSU's 2025 schedule. FootballScoopIntriguing New Coordinators: History says Jim Knowles wil...As he begins what feels like the third or fourth "If not now, when?" season of his 12-year tenure at Penn State, we must first consider the consequences on what will happ

Overrated? No. 2 Ohio State made the Sports Illustrated list. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/08/04/college-football-preseason-coaches-poll-overrated/85441574007/

FANTASTIC! This should result in Oregon playing 7 and not 6 home games in 2027, a season when OBD will have one of, if not the most difficult schedule, not only in the B1G but in the nation. This move is well worth the $324K which will be more than made up by another home game. At Baylor, Michigan, Nebraska, UCLA, and UW, with a long trip to play at Maryland. Ohio State, Penn State, and Iowa at home. And in season three, Barry Odom will bring an improved Purdue to Eugene. And OBD could possibly be breaking in a new starter at QB. Greg Sankey, hush your mouth. This also does away with a scheduled 2028 trip to Logan, Utah. There is no way OBD should be playing on the road against any G5/6 program, even if it's a 5 for 1 exchange. 2027 opens with a visit from FCS E. Washington before traveling to Waco, Texas, to play the Baylor Bears. Week 3 in Autzen versus New Mexico, San Jose State, or Nevada would be just fine.

No Offense, but here's hoping OBD's opponents have no offense. 😁 https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2025/08/06/oregon-ducks-2025-opponent-offense-ranking/85518657007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign

Thanks for the post. I disagree with the WSJ. Tom Allen, now at Clemson, and Manny Diaz, now at Duke, were both very good DCs at PSU. I think the retention of starters on the Edge Dennis-Sutton, DL Durant, LB DeLuca, CB Harris, S Wheatley, and rubber ball S King Mack, PSU to Bama and back, provides Knowles with the athletes to field another strong D in 2025. OC Andy Kotelnicki helped improve QB Drew Allar's play last season, notwithstanding a bad group of wide receivers. The three wideouts transferring to PSU, including Pena from Syracuse, give Andy and Drew more toys to play with, helped by the return of stud RBs Singleton and Allen and a very good TE replacing do-it-all Ty Warren. along with four starting OL players, should improve PSU's production on offense. Tosh likely stays up late trying to come up with a plan to hold down the two returning RBs who left skid marks on the backs of OBD players on D, with both going over 100 yards in the conference champ game. In the preseason, Knowles has acknowledged that this group of defenders does not need new schemes to be top drawer in 2025, and that the time is now for the D to again step up. However, PSU players, coaches, and fans are not prepared for Forum Fanatics being there to turn a White Out into a Black Out. 😎

You hosed my team and your poll is Bogus!🤬 On3Preseason Coaches Poll: USA Today names 5 biggest snubs i...On Tuesday, USA Today released the five biggest snubs from its preseason Coaches Poll Top 25 college football rankings.