Jon Joseph

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Do not overlook the Cy-Hawk game. 21 Iowa vs. 29 Iowa State. This is a P4 vs P4 game and Iowa needs the win to stay in the Playoff hunt. Iowa plays at Ohio State the Saturday before the Bucks play the Ducks. The Hawkeyes miss Michigan, USC, and Oregon and play UW, UCLA, Wisconsin, and Nebraska at home. Iowa put up 37 points in the 2nd half in Week 1. The Hawkeyes D under DC Phil Parker will again be salty. Defeat the Cyclones and Iowa has a legit Playoff shot. 19 Kansas at Illinois is another P4 vs P4 game. Illinois looked better on both sides of the ball last weekend and has a legit shot at pulling off the upset in front of its first sell-out in 8 seasons. In another P4 vs P4 game, NW lost to Duke last night. The B1G is now 0-2 vs the ACC.😒 Indiana defeated W ILL last night 77-3 to go 2-0 This is the same W Illinois team that Wisconsin struggled against in Week 1. Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti can coach. In his last gig, he was 52-9 at James Madison. I expect that he will have Indiana bowl-eligible this season. If Nebraska -7.5 defeats CU, the Cornhuskers should be ranked next week. An early in-conference game has Michigan State playing at Maryland today. With 7 at-large PO spots (likely 6 with Notre Dame's win over A+M and a soft remaining schedule) every OOC game matters; especially, if the last at-large spot comes down to the B1G and the SEC.

Great take. How's Dabo doing without Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence? Gabe has the goods. No one can succeed at QB with guys in his grill.

Barnes - Denial is not a river in Egypt. Where's a breathalyzer when you need one?😁

B1G Writers B1G Picks. Friday Forecast: Tradition staff picks against the spread for Week 2 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Staff picks against the spread for 10 of the biggest games on the schedule in college football for Week 2.

Spot on David and not surprising but there is competition from NBC's Peacock now and I expect more streaming services will come online. I imagine FOX, ESPN, and Warner were not surprised by this ruling early in the game.

CBS Sports B1G Takes. Big Ten Confidential: Penn State's offense has what Michigan sorely needs for Texas matchup - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Penn State was just one of the highlights as the conference enjoyed an impressive opening weekend

Great take, David Marsh. But don't ignore ESPN and FOX joining with Warner to form the VENU streaming service. I think both current competitors see CFB broadcasts moving predominately to streaming.

Thanks, 30. You might want to look at the Biggest B1G Games I posted on the B1G predictions thread.

Tale of the Tape for the Second Helping of Potatos. Breaking down tape between No. 6 Oregon Ducks and Boise State Broncos DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Let’s dive into the numbers between Oregon and Boise State ahead of this Week 2 showdown.

A Perfect 10? Let's hope so. Oregon's 10 most important players heading into week two against Boise State 247SPORTS.COM Who are the Ducks that are most important for success today? We break that down.

Excellent trivia question answer: "I'm all in favor of it!" John McKay was one of two Ducks, John Robinson was the other, to find success at SC.

WEEK 2 - The Biggest B1G Games. P4 vs P4 and a B1G P4 vs P5 Huge Game in Autzen. All teams below are 1-0. AP Poll rankings including Others Receiving Votes used. Friday 9/6 NR Duke at NR Northwestern -2: Tune in to see NW's temporary 'high school stadium' on the shores of Lake Michigan. A beautiful setting. 6 PM FS1 (All times Pacific.) Saturday 9/7 3 Texas -7.5 at 19 Michigan: Can the Wolverines D stop a Longhorns O that looked unstoppable last week vs. Colorado State? Can the Michigan O that struggled vs. Fresno State put up enough points to win the game? This is this week's B1G Headline game and the SEC Headline game. 9 AM FOX. 29 Iowa State at 21 Iowa -3: The Cy-Hawk Game. Iowa's D as expected, was solid last Saturday, and OMG!, the Hawkeyes O put up 37 points in the 2nd half! Get down on the 35.5 Over? 12:30 CBS 19 Kansas -5.5 at NR Illinois: A healthy Illini QB, Luke Altmyer, threw for 2 TDs on Saturday, and the Illinois O with a healthy QB looked much improved and against a lesser opponent, the D played as it did in 2022, before losing five starters to the NFL. This will be the 1st sell-out for Illinois in the last 8 years. 4 PM FS1. NR Colorado at 31 Nebraska -7.5: Batman and Robin, Sheduer Sanders, and Travis Hunter, balled out in the victory over North Dakota State. And they had to as CU showed another suspect D and O line. Cornhuskers QB Frosh Dylan Riola played as advertised last Saturday. With a win, Nebraska should replace one of the B12 teams, and Clemson, at the bottom of the AP Poll. 4:30 PM NBC NR Michigan State at NR Maryland -9.5: An early conference opener for two B1G M+Ms. Sparty QB Aiden Chiles was shaky last week while the Terps QB, Billy Edwards, Jr. played an excellent game vs D2 Howard. 12:30 BTN 28 Boise State at Oregon -19.5: Has OBD ever had a bigger game vs. a G5 opponent? The Broncos, 3-0 vs. Oregon all time, come into Autzen fired up after putting up 56 points on Clay Helton's Georgia State. For Pride, the Playoff, and Puddles sake, the Ducks offense better show up to play a four-quarter game. And the D better be prepared to hold down one of the nation's best RBs Ashton Jeantry and true Frosh RB, Sire Gaines. For what the Ducks have to do to put the Idaho embarrassment behind them, read Charles's excellent article up today on the Forum. 7 PM Peacock BUST THE BRONCOS!

The 'House Settlement' Hits a Road Block. Why the NCAA's anti-trust settlement is currently on hold WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The NCAA announced a historic $2.8B anti-trust settlement with plaintiffs in May, but a federal judge Thursday says she won't approve it after raising concerns with parts of the deal. As far as I am concerned, this is good news. Billions for a 'settlement' that does not solve future concerns? Additional antitrust suits have been filed since the House settlement was agreed to by the litigants. No sign that Congress is coming to the rescue. NCAA, FILE BK Now! A Chapter 7 liquidation if necessary and not a Chapter 11 reorganization. The liquidation plan could include how college sports would be regulated without the NCAA. Different regulators, and different rules depending on the level of competition. $20+ Billion for what? Nothing.

"Just my opinion." Horse Hockey! 'One picture is worth a thousand words.' You, Sir, presented a plethora of pictorial evidence, and your summation was spot on. If you enter this article as 'Exhibit A' into evidence and rest the prosecution's case, the judge, if he or she is awake, should award a summary judgment. No one, from the coaches to the locker room attendants was prepared to play this game. All expected the game to be over when the last note of the National Anthem sounded. Idaho had other ideas. On The Athletic, Bruce Feldman featured this no-show and pondered along with Idaho's Coach Eck, if the Vandals could have pulled off one of the biggest CFB upsets ever if Idaho had not lost four top players to the portal. For folks in Idaho, this could have been a 1980-like Miracle on Ice upset. FSU's loss to Georgia Tech would pale in comparison. (Please, Ducks, don't turn Boise into BC.) The Ducks escaped. Now with a second group of potato pickers coming to town, the pressure is on. Boise State off a victory remains the presumptive Playoff G5 representative. The Broncos will arrive in Eugene confident and not awed by playing the AP Poll's preseason-ranked No. 3 team. This is now a huge game for the Ducks. As I have suggested before, open every season vs. Portland State. Idaho would have been paid close to $700K to upset the Ducks, keep the money in-state, and not open with a top 10 FCS opponent. I think the ship will be righted on Saturday. But one other thing the Idaho game showed is a deficiency in O-line depth. One starter can't suit up and everything goes to Hades? Not good. Thanks again for an in-depth analysis that was tough to read but was spot on. Bust the Broncos!

I'm blaming it on Solar. 😁 Or, maybe just Sol?

Does Chad's O line block for him, or play like they're doing the Hula on Hulu?

Thanks, David. IMO, too soon for drastic realignment on the O line and elsewhere. Let's see how things play out vs Boise when the team from the coaches on down shows up better prepared to play the game and with a hopefully, bad attitude. Based on last season's play, Cornelious's play was an outlier. Conerly is used to pressure coming off his left side, not that easy to change your focus. From what I could glean from the web, wholesale changes on the O-line were not made to accommodate southpaw Gabe at UCF and Oklahoma. I hope I am not proven wrong this Saturday but for now, I'm chalking up the Idaho performance to an OBD Bad Attitude game. Even so, the D played great, and Gabe and the O put up stats that should have led to a three-TD or more victory. One of the strangest games I have watched in seven decades of watching college football. (I do think that Stein has to allow Gabe to be less risk-averse in both the pass and run game. With Gabe's refusal to run, that was 10 vs 11 instead of 11 vs 11.) I think Boise keeps the game close for a half plus but like UCLA took over the 2nd half in the LA Bowl, OBD does the same on Saturday. Anytime you put up 50+ points is an impressive outing. But Boise also gave up 45 points and even with an awesome run game was in a four-quarter fistfight with Georgia Southern, coached by our 'old friend,' Clay Helton. 😁 BUST THE BRONCOS!

Mike, I went West to your stomping ground The Meadows, a/k/a Las Vegas, and bet on OBD to cover and go Over 61.5. Boise ran roughshod over GA SO, but Boise also surrendered 45 points to a team without the athletes Oregon will have on the field. I think the game is close into the 3rd Q and then like UCLA in the LA Bowl, with Latu sitting out, the P5 ( at the time) stood up against the G5. If you are right and my gaming buddies and I are wrong, it could be a long season. I recall how Lanning brought the team back from being wiped out in his first game in the ATL. I think he will do the same on Saturday although I probably will not be able to stay up long enough to see it happen. 10 PM kickoffs is an abuse of one's elders. 😁

Keys to Busting the Broncos. Keys to Victory for Oregon Football vs Boise State - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Breaking down what Oregon Football needs to do to avoid an upset loss to the Boise State Broncos on Saturday:

Do Not Confuse ESPN Power Rankings With the Post-Week 1 FPI and SP+ Rankings. (It's easy to do so.) FPI - OREGON 10/ Boise 38 SP+ - OREGON 8/ Boise 46 College Football Rankings: ESPN releases updated FPI Top 25 after close of Week 1 - On3 WWW.ON3.COM .

Saturday Tradition is Keeping the Faith with Gabe and Puddles 😍 Ranking B1G QBs after Week 1: Let the race for No. 1 begin SATURDAYTRADITION.COM We rank and analyze every Big Ten starting quarterback's performance after Week 1. As are my betting buddies and I with $ down to cover -19.

New SP+ Rankings ($ Wall) - USC 21 - LSU 20 😁 How High is This Bouncing in Heritage Hall? B1G Top 25 - Ohio State 5, behind UGA, Bama, Texas, and Ole Miss (pass the grits, please); Penn State 6; OREGON 8; Michigan 12; Iowa 17; USC 21; UW 23. Notre Dame is 10th and A+M 24th. 11 SEC teams in the Top 25. 😒 7 B1G including UW. UW? BOISE STATE - 46 - Top-ranked G5 team. The team Boise defeated Saturday, Georgia State, is 105.

The entire enterprise was FUBAR. From the coaches down to the Gator Ade guys and gals. Show future opponents nothing because we can beat These Guys with our eyes closed. (I hope!) I hope this wasn't Stein going short pass, don't run the ball Mr. QB as was the case in a disastrous 1st quarter in the conference champ game that UW knew was coming, but it sure looked like it. We will find out a lot vs a Boise team that will be super fired up. Boise put up 56 points vs GA SO. but surrendered 45 points. The Ducks should score lots of points vs Boise and the D will be focused on shutting down the Broncos run game. Stop the run game and Boise will not defeat Oregon passing the ball. I hope all hands are on deck including Bassa and Justin Jenkins who barely saw the field last week. Good calls Charles, Gabe looked tentative. He does not have at least based on the 1st game, anywhere close to Bo's quick release. He has to get aggressive. He looked like he was afraid of making mistakes and where was the run game he showed at Oklahoma? He looked nowhere like the guy who took the Sooners to a walk-off TD over Texas last season. I see the Boise game as a test not only for the O line and the run game but of Gabe's willingness to take calculated risks in the pass and run game. Also, a test for Stein and Lanning's in-game coaching chops. Lanning handed Idaho its 2nd TD on Saturday. Come out fired up and play with effort and swagger. A solid roster means nothing if the potential talent is not coached up. Ask Blue Chip Florida and close to Blue Chip FSU.

Ducks Bust the Broncos. Make It So! Top five Week 2 college football games: TV info, predictions, start time WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Week 1 of college football is in the books and the sport proved once again why it is one of the best. Another quality slate of games awaits in Week 2.