Jon Joseph

Did he do so?

Stay at No. 5, por favor, play the G6, er G5 team, in Autzen on Friday, 12/19 or Saturday, 12/20. Cheer on No. 4 Texas Tech to hand BYU its 2nd loss of the season to the Red Raiders and out of the playoffs. TT stays at No. 4. And cheer for UGA to win the rematch against Bama, and UVA to defeat 7-5 Duke 🤪. If UVA wins, Notre Dame and Miami will likely be ranked next to one another, and according to PO Committee guidelines, head-to-head results will have to be considered. Miami's best win? No. 10 Notre Dame. The Domers best win? No. 16 USC. Notre Dame's best loss? No. 7 Texas A+M. Miami's best loss? Choose between Louisville and SMU. The Irish and the Canes both destroyed a ranked Pitt team in Pittsburgh. Shake your PO money maker? The Domers, of course. If the Committee decides Notre Dame is the last team in and Miami is out, cancel all out-of-conference games against P4 opposition. USC should definitely drop Notre Dame. 10-2 SC would be in the mix for a PO spot. Why should Texas play Ohio State in 2026 instead of Texas State? 10-2 Texas is most likely in the PO. 12-0 Ohio State is in with a win over Miami of Ohio, and likely no lower than the 2nd seed. These marquee OCC games with millions of PO dollars at stake are not worth the candle. Exhibit A: 2nd-ranked Indiana played Old Dominion, Kennesaw State, and Indiana State OOC. Of course, if the SEC decided to (again) support Tony Petitti's AQ PO format, then play the baddest guys on the block OOC. BTW, why does Wisconsin AD Chris McIntosh keep doing this to Luke Fickell? In 2026, Wisconsin plays Notre Dame in Green Bay at Lambeau Field and also plays P4 Pittsburgh. 🙃 I think 11-1 North Texas and QB Drew Mestemaker defeat Tulane Saturday in New Orleans, win the AAC conference title, and earn the 12th seed. The Mean Green had one bad game this season vs. USF. In five of its last six games, North Texas has scored 50 or more points. Sit back, relax, and we'll learn on Sunday, ESPN - 9 AM Pacific, without having to cross the Rubicon, how (the PO) Alea iacta est.

So far, so good. Love OBD's per recruit ranking. https://247sports.com/season/2026-football/compositeteamrankings/?utm_source=247Sports&utm_medium=ExternalEmbed&utm_campaign=TeamRankings

CBS reports that Hartline will stay for the champ game and through the POs. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/usf-hires-brian-hartline-head-coach-ohio-state/

Thanks, Doctor. USF when he was rumored to be in the running for the Penn State job? Looks like Brian wants out of midwest winters. Is he staying with the team through the playoffs?

Satake is staying at BYU. Candidates out there who have won conference titles or coached PO teams and have not retired? Dan Mullen, Brian Kelly, and Boise State's Spencer Danielson. He may have been Little Game James when it came to defeating ranked opponents, but Franklin won many football games. I think PSU AD Pat Kraft is on thin ice, even though Penn State has a very good ice hockey team. 😁

Hats off to Tosh, By Gosh! Will went close to his alma mater home; Tosh is back at his alma mater in Berkeley. Danno worked for Saint Nick. No coach went through more assistant-to-head-coach hires than Nick Saban. I believe in Danno and his hiring prowess.

Thank you, EBDD, for posting the latest tease from the Gurus of Grapevine. The loser of the B1G champ game will be 3rd, if not the 2nd, PO seed. If the Commish Brett Yormark's 2 B12 PO teams fix is in, the Cougars defeat Texas Tech, and so long No. 10 Notre Dame. I do not see BYU winning the B12 champ game. Texas Tech has a significant Big 12 roster advantage.🤑 That No. 10 Notre Dame dropped below No. 9 Bama is telling. The Irish and not Bama, Bama is in the field unless the Tide is eviscerated by Georgia in the SEC champ game. BTW - DeBoer just figures out ways to win football games. 🤬 Alabama 280 total yards of O. Auburn 411 yards. No. 5 OBD 😁is positioned to host (and hopefully hoist) JMU, North Texas, or Tulane. All three of these teams have their head coaches leaving for new jobs. JMU Chesney to UCLA, North Texas Morris to OK State, and Tulane's Jon Sumrall to Florida. Opening against one of these teams will not be a walkover over but it would be a huge upset for OBD to lose to one of these three in Autzen. And playing against No.4 TT in the 2nd round? Bring it on! Red Raiders, Cage the Cougars! Again! BTW, BYU coach Sitake says that he is staying with BYU. Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire just signed a new seven-year deal. PSU? Up to me, and thank goodness, PSU fans, that it isn't, I'm taking a hard look at keeping interim coach Terry Smith or going after Brian Kelly (will Kiff have a better record at LSU?), or Dan Mullen. Mullen has UNLV playing back-to-back MW title games on the Blue (lunch) turf vs. Boise. Man, it's so nice to sit back and relax. 😍

Will will not have a relaxing honeymoon. OOC - Youngstown State, South Alabama, and Louisville, all in Lexington. Home - Alabama, Florida, LSU, and Vandy. Away - Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas A&M. Piece of cake, right? 🤪 🤮- Someone please, let me know where I can find a double shot of Bourbon.

It isn't simply little old me. For what it's worth, the CFB world at large ranks the 5-seed as the Golden Ticket. I agree. I think Texas Tech will be the 4-seed. I'd prefer 5-seed OBD to play the Red Raiders in the 2nd round instead of Ohio State, Indiana, or Georgia/Bama. Coming off an extended bye has been no fine for Danno's Ducks. TT is a solid football team. But the schedule? OOC TX Tech played Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Kent State, and Beavis at home. TT blew out BYU at home, won large at Utah with both QBs dinged up, and lost at ASU with its starting QB, Behren Morton, not able to play. With the B12's top roster, TT ran roughshod over the rest of its B12 opponents. When OBD was under the gun for playing 'no one', did the 'experts' look at TT's schedule? Ditto, A&M's in-conference weak schedule. In the knock wood, second round, give me the never-played-a-PO-game Red Raiders, after OBD defeats the G5 PO representative, or UVA.

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Tomorrow on the Big Ten Network at 11 AM, the B1G Signing Day Special Program. General coverage on ESPN2 at 11 AM. Danno - Do some Signing Day Flipping!

OT - Big Ten coaching scuttlebutt - the lead candidate for the Penn State job is BYU's Kalani Sitake. Heck of a coach, but no experience east of the Rockies. BYU HC since 2016. Before BYU, he was an assistant for Whittingham at Utah. Before Utah, he was an assistant at Oregon State. ON TOPIC - The coach with the best record in the history of Kentucky? Bear Bryant, who went 60-23-5. In Bear's last season at Kentucky, with Babe Parilli at QB, the Wildcats won the SEC title. In the same season, Kentucky's CBB coach, Adolph Rupp, won yet another SEC title. In appreciation, Kentucky gave the Bear a new watch and gave Adolph a new Caddy. Coach Bryant said, 'So long.' In 1960, at Boston University Stadium, I watched Babe Parilli start at QB for the opening game played by the Boston Patriots. For younger Forum fans, 1960 was not BE, Before Electricity. 😁

Chip? A guy allergic to recruiting would fit with Dan? How about, NO!

Would Uncle Phil outbid Cody Campbell? 🤑

Vandy? Coach Clark Lee is a good coach, and his contract has been extended. But where was Vandy before the arrival of Don Diego and OC Tim Beck from New Mexico State? Maybe Curtis is preparing not to play in the NFL? As you well know, the Dawgs have a few more guys playing in the NFL than the Commodores. If Jared wants to stay in-state, he might want to volunteer for Tennessee.

At the Zoo, predicts OBD's likely 1st opponent. These are Oregon's three most likely first-round playoff foes I don't see Bama at OBD happening. The Committee may move Oregon up to the 5-spot tonight. I don't see OBD dropping to the 7th seed. I don't want to see Kalen DeBoer in the 1st round.

Great post. T-H-E-Y in your first spot on sentence should be spelled E-S-P-N ESPN has owned the bowl broadcasts since the BCS days. As the exclusive broadcast partner for the BCS, 4-team PO, and the 12-team PO, ESPN is not going to compete against its big-time bowl broadcasts by allowing more than a 1st round home game. There is a lot wrong with the NCAA, but the NCAA manages college football playoffs far better than ESPN. The lower division football playoffs are played for the most part on home turf, and there is a single selection show broadcast of the teams playing in and the seeding for the upper-tier FCS playoffs. There are many reasons I prefer a 1st-round game for OBD in Autzen. The B1Ggest being rewarding students, how about that, and fans who cannot afford jacked-up airfare and hotel prices, with a home game. The players should also have the opportunity to play a game at home that they have earned. A home game also means $8 to $10M for businesses in Lane County. And the on-campus and communal joy that comes with hosting a significant contest in Eugene and in the State of Oregon. (I believe the only college football playoff games played in Oregon have been Linfield University games.) The home team controls ticket sales for 1st round games, except for 3500 tickets reserved for the visiting team. So, no interference in this regard from ESPN. Growing up in Boston, I played in and watched many games in the snow and had a blast. Green Bay Packers fans want to see PO games played at Lambeau Field right up to the Super Bowl game. Suck It Up! Dan Lanning has an amazing record that is not so amazing after byes and prolonged byes. Give OBD a home game after a reasonable bye. Knock wood that after a first-round home win, we will see OBD play three more games on a long and winding road.

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We'll miss you, Will, where the grass is damn green. Best of luck on the bluegrass. Bear Bryant won an SEC title at Kentucky; why not Will?

Tony Petitti's expanded PO plan includes a flex schedule for the final game of the regular season to determine the Big Ten's 4 automatic qualifiers. 2nd place plays at 1st place; both teams are in the PO. 3rd place hosts 6th place, and 4th hosts fifth; the two winners advance along with the top 2 teams. When you look at the difference in in-conference SOS, this makes sense, as does the balance of Petitti's plan for today's mega-conferences. Those of us who have been around for a while recall Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany being laughed out of the room for thinking that a network devoted to a single conference's sports would work. Jim Delaney got the last laugh, and I think Tony Petitti could be joining Jim. This season, I think Jim Phillips should have stepped in and had 10-2 Miami and 10-2 UVA playing for a conference title. Simply using the Committee rankings to break total record ties would have accomplished this.

Bob Chesney will try to Bruin up wins in Westwood. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ucla-hires-bob-chesney-head-coach-james-madison/

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GP, I entirely agree, except in my case, at least one drunk will be sitting on my couch.😁😁😁