Jon Joseph

BIG 12 - Too Little + Too Late. https://soaringtoglory.com/big-12-commish-wants-to-keep-cfb-special-but-his-words-are-too-little-too-late-01jzqj0pqf6d

DUH! https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2025/07/09/lincoln-riley-win-usc-football-fox-joel-klatt/84508082007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campa

Penn State rarely loses in Beaver (?) Stadium. At least 3 of the -4.5 points are home-field advantage. Yet in White Out games that are reserved for the Nits biggest home game, unless PSU is out-Foxed and Noonered like last season vs. Ohio State, the White Out record is 12-8. Both of PSU's returning RBs, Singleton and Allen, rushed for over 100 yards in the champ game. Good thing for PSU as Allar finished 20-29, 226 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs. The leading receiver, TE Ty Warren, had 7 catches for 84 yards. The top WR had 54 yards in receptions. Ty has left the building. PSU opened the wallet to attempt to improve at WR, zero WR receptions in the loss to Notre Dame, and on paper, the position has improved. But that's on paper. Has Allen improved? Like boss-man James Franklin, Allar has come up small in the biggest games. One can only hope that Oregon's D will be better prepared for the PSU O. And by game 5, with a road game to Chicago included, the kinks on O should be ironed out. Plus, don't discount the impact of Forum Fanatics being at the game. 😁 If Mahki is the man and the O line plays as touted, we may see more of a ball control game from OBD. It's bad and sad for PSU that the hurdling Sadiq is back.

CBS is buying the biased FPI rankings used by Sankey to support a 16-team field and the SEC staying at 8 conference games. It's male bovine horse manure! It's self-evident that half of the teams in a conference that plays 8 conference games will have one fewer loss than conferences that play 9 conference games. Did Sankey adjust the FPI rankings for this inconvenient fact? ESPN owns, controls, and programs the FPI. ESPN talking heads last season couldn't stop whining about 3-loss SEC teams not being in the field. This whining came before Tennessee took over Ohio Stadium, so the Vols fans had an up-close and personal view of their team being trashed. Before an undermanned 5-loss Michigan team defeated Alabama. Before a 9-3 South Carolina team lost to a 9-3 Illinois team. 9-3 Ole Miss defeated a middle-of-the-pack ACC team, Duke, that played without its starting QB. Way to go! The FPI preseason top 25 ranks 13 SEC teams in the top 25. That's 81.25% of the conference. In a court of law, this biased piece of trash would be thrown out of court in a heartbeat. ESPN's Bill Connolly's SP+ poll is slightly better; it has only 11 SEC teams in the top 25. Ipso facto, with 13 SEC teams ranked, every conference game other than games between Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt will be FPI top 25 vs. top 25 matchups. How can anyone past puberty and not southern-fried fall for this stuff? The B12's approval of five automatic qualifiers, seven at-large PO format, is contingent on all conferences playing nine conference games. Petitti must insist on the same criteria, or it's a B1G bend over. Is CB$ aware that it's the B1G buttering its bread? Unless the metrics the CFB committee uses are publicly disclosed and the variance from the metrics when ranking teams is explained, such as Boise State with an SOS in the 80s being ranked 9th, the metrics will be a smoke screen for the Eye Test.

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I saw this, looked out, and saw a flock of pigs flying by. 🤬 Miami Hurricanes On SIMiami's Mario Cristobal Named to Preseason Dodd Trophy Wa...Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal has been named to the 2025 Dodd Trophy watch list. The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl, Inc.

The Pac-8 + Gonzo was ready to back the B12's push for a 2026-27 playoff format of 5 automatic qualifiers and seven at-large. Then they read the fine print. The B12's support for the 5-11 is dependent upon all conferences playing nine conference games. OOOps! 🙃

That's like your opinion, Man. Way too early Week 5 predictions: Penn State v. Oregon VICTORYBELLRINGS.COM The Penn State football team's schedule starts out with what should be a warmup for the rest of the 2025-26 season. The Nittany Lions open their season with a t 4 of PSU's preseason -4.5 odds vs. OBD are likely based on home field advantage. Last season, OBD was 4-0 on the road vs. the B1G, 1-0 at the neutral site champ game vs. PSU. PSU is 12-8 in White Out games. PSU defeated UW in a White Out last season, but would have lost the WO if the WO game they wanted vs' TOSU wasn't benched by Fox. James Franklin is 1-18 vs. top 5 teams. His only win came against Ohio State in 2016. He's 3-17 vs. the top 10. Plus, he's never had to play a WO game with Forum Fanatics in attendance! 🤪 Way too early Week 5 predictions: Penn State v. Oregon VICTORYBELLRINGS.COM The Penn State football team's schedule starts out with what should be a warmup for the rest of the 2025-26 season. The Nittany Lions open their season with a t

What team in the 247 composite recruiting rankings has the highest per-player average ranking? OBD. Of course! 🦆 https://247sports.com/season/2026-football/compositeteamrankings/

I'll take 'Delusional' from Column A, 'Stupid' from Column B, and I most definitely do not want what the Italian guy ordered. 😁

Thank you, Mr. Editor, for doing your email to article magic. 😍 The SEC is doing the same thing over again in 2025 and expecting different results. Hmmm? The conference schedules in 2025 are the same, except for a change in the game venues. Georgia plays Bama, Texas, and Ole Miss at home this season instead of part of the brutal conference road schedule the Dawgs played in 2024. The media is gaga over 23andMe Archie Manning, but road games at Florida and Georgia, as well as rivalry games against Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas A&M, will challenge the Longhorns. Florida in The Swamp is a tough out, and QB DJ Lagway, and not a transfer from Yale, will likely be starting for the revenge-minded Gators. The out-of-conference schedule has three cupcakes for Bevo to trample, but as of today, Texas is a 3-point under-steer on the road vs. The Ohio State University. Texas returns zero starters at WR, and its 2024 stud TE is also in the NFL. One starter returns on the O-line. Could top 25 No. 1 preseason composite-ranked Texas miss the 2025-26 playoffs? I, of course, do not know, but I like Georgia to win the SEC, finish in the top four ranked teams, have a 1st round bye, and this season, win the Sugar Bowl and advance to the semifinals. Kirby Smart went 2-0 vs. Texas last season and repeated as the SEC champion with a schedule, as Kirby made note of to Greg Sankey while receiving the championship trophy, that was too Dawg gone difficult for any other team not named Georgia. Based on roster talent, the SEC could place four and possibly five teams in this season's playoffs, but it would not surprise me to see SEC title contenders with three losses again being stiffed by the committee. Have a great and safe 4th of July!

Cold Streak 🥶 Be Gone! 🥵 What cold streak? Oregon's recruiting class jumps into top-10 nationally WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM The trolls are awfully quiet about Oregon's recruiting class now

The Eye Sees Royal Purple for Recent Ducks Recruits - Latest college football commitments, graded: Which recruits truly move the needle? - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Our scoring model cuts through the stars and the buzz buzz to reveal which commitments actually change a program's outlook—and which ones are just window dressing.

"Oregon had the best people." 😍 Five-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho commits to Oregon - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Offensive tackle Immanuel Iheanacho joins longtime Ducks tight end pledge Kendre' Harrison (No. 12 overall) and No. 1 safety Jett Washington as Oregon's third five-star commit in the 2026 class.

Hot July 4th weekend for OBD! Never doubt Danno! 👌👍😍

A NIKE for OBD, Of Course, and Corporate Sponsors for Other CFB Teams. These hypothetical college-sponsor corporate deals would break the internet SOARINGTOGLORY.COM The money being funnelled into college sports has become obscene. Between boosters and collectives amassing huge amounts of cash to boost recruiting efforts, re

Light Up the Fireworks! 🍻 5-Star OT Immanuel Iheanacho Commits to Oregon Ducks WWW.ON3.COM 2026 Baltimore (MD) Georgetown Preparatory School offensive tackle Immanuel Iheanacho has announced his commitment to the Oregon Ducks.

Geo, Done Deal! Nacho put his chips on OBD!😁

EA Sports is Latvia 😁 to the party. EA

EA Sports is Lat(via)e 😁 to the party. EA is the only site I have seen that ranks Alabama No. 1 in the preseason. EA must love Bama QB Ty Simpson's work with a mop in garbage time? 😴 Then again, Meand23 Archie is favored to win the Heisman. 🙈🙉🙊 In its top 25, EA ranks six B1G teams and 12 SEC teams. 🤔 OBD is ranked 9th, behind a Texas A&M team that is Blue Chip when it comes to its roster and Blue Spit by the end of the season. Texas and LSU share the ignominy of giving up a lead and losing late to SC last season. 🍻 EA ranks Clemson, which finished 2024 ranked No. 16 by the PO committee, ahead of OBD. In the last ten seasons, no team that finished the prior season ranked lower than 13th in the final committee ranking won a CFB championship the following season. Clemson is loaded with quality returning players, including a solid QB in Klubnik. However, these Tigers open with LSU, close with South Carolina, and, along with playing South Carolina on the road, have tough road games against Georgia Tech, in Atlanta's MB Stadium, and in Louisville against a team that defeated Clemson in 2024. Many of the same Clemson players on D who are highly touted coming into 2025 played on the 2024 team that gave up a lot of points and lost two close games in Death Valley. EA's most egregious faux pas is portraying Dan Lanning as a Zombie who forgot to shave.🥸 I know. We'll probably see Clemson vs. A&M in the title game. 🙃 Everyone have a great and safe 4th! Speaking of Zombies, I'll be entering my Cybernetic Chamber at 11:59 AM on July 4th, with instructions to be awakened when The Forum returns to the world of the living. 🦆

An under-the-radar player for the top 25 teams, who will have an impact. Malik Benson? One hopes Malik awakens from the spring game nap. Sleeper players for college football's top 25 teams in 2025 - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM These players could play a bigger role than expected for the 2025 season.

USC Women's Basketball Needs a General Manager? 🤪 USC women's basketball hires Selena Castillo as general manager TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Selena Castillo comes to USC from Duke, where she served as the program's director of external affairs

Can a school opt out of the settlement and be eligible for postseason play? NCAA's House settlement era begins, shaking up college athletics as some schools opt out APNEWS.COM The NCAA’s House settlement era has launched, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in the biggest change in the history of college athletics.

Phil Steele is sending out a B1G SOS - He ranks the Badgers' SOS as the most difficult in college football. Phil Steele ranks Big Ten Football schedules from toughest to easiest - On3 WWW.ON3.COM . And here's the ranking of the "Loyal Opposition's" 😧schedules. Phil Steele ranks SEC Football schedules from toughest to easiest - On3 WWW.ON3.COM . The strength of mega conference schedules is not close to even. Why Tony Petitti wants B1G AQs and why he wants the SEC playing a like number of conference games. What would the win percentage be for an SEC team's opponents if the SEC played 9 conference games? 9-4 South Carolina finished the season 6-1, not 6-0, with the loss coming in the Gamecocks bowl game against 10-3 Illinois. Michigan coach Sherrone Moore's two-game suspension, handed down by the Michigan AD, does not begin at the start of the season. Moore is suspended for games 3 and 4.

Oregon's commits ranked second per recruit to LSU. It's July, I'll take Quality over Quantity, especially when many programs are overpaying for recruits. The author advises OBD fans not to go Quackers, and chill 🥶 out. I've seen several comments on the board questioning and criticizing OBD's recruiting efforts to date. It's early in the recruiting day, and the players 'committed' to Qregon are top drawer. Don't worry, be happy! 😍 College football recruiting panic index: Should Auburn, Colorado slow summers be cause for concern? - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM As recruiting heats up for the 2026 class, these prominent programs are trailing behind. But is it time to panic?