Jon Joseph

Blow Your Horn For Gabriel. https://athlonsports.com/college/ducks-digest/the-overreaction-to-dillon-gabriel-being-overrated-means-hes-now-underrated

AMEN, Bama Hammer, and Also Get Tony Petitti On Board. Time for Greg Sankey to let the Pac-6 wanna-be Pac-12 know to forget 'Power' status BAMAHAMMER.COM Let me be clear that I have nothing against America's West Coast. It is home to some of the nation's most extraordinary landscapes. In college football's histor

David, I understand your thoughts and appreciate them but: Blame for what? Investing the capital required to be a recognized brand in the marketplace and capitalizing on this recognition. The same tools and fools who were hired to manage the Pac-12 didn't get the approval of one-sixth of the conference from OSU and WSU members. When it comes to the Pac-12's demise, there are no clean hands. These two made their beds and want to blame the Pac-10 for the lice and fleas between the sheets. Coming next will be the MW remaining teams breaking up the Big Sky conference and so it goes for programs that long ago abandoned academic interests in favor of two sports carrying the entire athletic departments. By the way, Oregon invested money not only in athletics but also in academics which is why Oregon is an AAU member attractive to the B1G and OSU and WSU are not. Blast these Sons of Beavers!

The author of this self-serving piece of fish wrap appears to be well-versed in Situational Ethics. The left-behind MW teams understand and approve of the MW now having to break up the Big Sky conference. It's all good, including the Pac-2 using purloined money earned by other schools to blow up the MW. There have been unfortunate instances of men taking advantage of women but that didn't mean the Sabine women were happy about it. Walk a mile in the shoes of Nevada, UNLV, San Jose State, and New Mexico. Of course, some of the left-behind MW schools will be added on at a discount. (A discount from What is TBD.) The Pac-6 cannot add UTSA, Texas State, Memphis, and Tulane because the poor little athletes would have to travel more than one time zone, right? THIS makes me even more ticked off about Saturday's game in Corvallis which will be the most-watched game of the Beavers season. In the minds of Committee members, out-of-conference Oregon will have played an FCS team and two G5 teams and not have a win over P4 Texas Tech. Please Ducks, come together and Blow Up and Blow Out these Sons of Beavers.

It's Freezing in Auburn, Alabama. WAR U Guys Suck! Hugh Freeze chucks Auburn players all the way under the bus after loss to Cal FANSIDED.COM Year 2 of the Hugh Freeze-Auburn Tigers era has gotten off to an inauspicious start following their 21-14 home loss to the California Golden Bears. Auburn enter After the $cam, I so love it when Auburn is dumped on 😍.

Three Predictions Ducks Fans Will Like. 3 bold predictions: No. 9 Oregon versus Oregon State SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Week 3 of the college football season brings us one of the most played rivalry games in the sport’s history, Oregon vs Oregon State.

Things Won't Get Any Easier? Boise State is Ranked 27 In The AP and CBS Sports Polls. Idaho is No. 5 in the FCS Top 25. Pac-6 Oregon State is Not Ranked in the AP including Others Receiving Votes and is 47th in the CBS Sports Poll. Idaho State is not ranked in the FCS Top 25. Why Oregon is on upset alert in Week 3 WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Following two unconvincing wins to start the 2024 season, things won't get any easier for Dan Lanning's Oregon squad in Week 3.

Proving once again that life is only a movie. 😵 How HIGH will SC climb in the AP Poll? Trojans are No.1 in The High Times and Rolling Stone Polls. Or like, maybe the Poles? Whatever. USC athletics partners with cannabis company Cookies in groundbreaking sponsorship deal - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Trojans are the first athletic department to sign a sponsorship deal with a cannabis company Dude, pass me the chips and dip. And order a dozen pizzas. 😍

Amber Alert For the Child Who Came Up With These Week 2 QB Rankings! The Michigan QB had a better day than Gabe? Ranking the top QBs in the Big Ten after Week 2 of college football DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Big Ten quarterback rankings changed a lot after Week 2 of college football season.

Amen, OD. I thought that other conferences that poached teams were REPREHENSIBLE Dirty Birds! 🤣 I'm TO'd that the Pac-2 used the stolen dough for this after shrewdly agreeing to pay $40M more for the MW escapees. How did this happen when you have a brilliant CFO like John Canzano? Come 2026, we are more likely to see a B1G/SEC World Series College Football PO than seeing the Pac-Whatever with a guaranteed invite.

How About Some B1G Bowls? Bowl game projections for every Big Ten football team after Week 2 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM A look at where each college football team in the Big Ten Conference is projected to play in the bowl postseason after Week 2 of the season. But how many PO contenders will be happy to go bowling other than in the NY6 and how many players will want to suit up to play in a "meaningless" bowl game? OREGON - 9 Seed at 8 seed USC/ Penn State/ Iowa State? I do not see these games as being probable. Iowa State at 8 with the B12 champ the likely 3rd or 4th seed? 2 B12 teams in the top 8? No matter what the PO Poohbahs have to say, if at all avoidable, I do not see 1st round games vs conference members. Why? Less money than playing a team outside of your conference in the 1st-round. This ESPN would not like. Illinois is 2-0 and has home games left vs Central Michigan, Purdue, Minnesota, and Michigan State, and plays NW at Wrigley Field. The team just defeated No. 19 Kansas. No bowl? Rutgers with its conference schedule and 2-0 to date will be bowl eligible. I'm less certain about Maryland but I think the Terps win 6 or more games. USA Today has no love for the B1G and lots of love for the SEC. Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas should be highly ranked but Ole Miss, Missouri, and Oklahoma have defeated no one to date and ranked A+M lost to a team that just lost at home to a G5 team. I reiterate, I believe there will be more umbrage this season and next with a jury-rigged PO format than we witnessed in the 4-team PO including FSU being benched.

Thanks, David. In 2024, being B1G and with a 12-team PO with 7 at-large spots, one loss, if not a bad loss, like the Domers just suffered, does not put a team on life support. A loss in Corvallis would be a bad loss. You do not want to lose to G5 team and that is what OSU is and will be in the minds of PO Committee members. If it's any solace to date, Idaho State is Portland State East. San Diego State even before the loss to OSU was ranked in the 90s. In college basketball both of the Beavers wins are Quad 4 wins. The Ducks win over Boise, ranked 27 in the latest AP Poll is a Quad 2 win at worst and will probably be a Quad 1 win at season's end. The Ducks would have put the same whipping on Idaho State as it gave to Portland State last season. Boise would likely defeat SDS by two or three more TDs than the Beavers. I'm not suggesting that Saturday in Corvallis will be an Easy Day, but the Ducks have by far the superior roster, Boise's QB started for Idaho last season, Gabe was the 1st team All-B12 QB, and will not take OSU for granted. As you noted, David, get by OSU and what looked to be a too-early Idle Week is coming at the right time to give the transfers more practice time with the holdovers and get dinged OL guys healthy. BLAST THE BEAVERS!

Critical Duck, this 'expansion,' if approved by the Pac-12 "Board of Directors 😁" will cost $72M in exit fees plus $40M in addition to the MW exit fees that the Pac-2 when it bought MW game inventory, agreed to pay for poaching MW teams. $10M per team poached. What ROI is expected on this expenditure of $112M? Why not simply do a reverse merger with the MW. Are they saving spots for the Pac-10 to come back? You can put lipstick on a pig ... As noted above, this will not bring 'The Pac-6' close to being a Power conference or increase the money networks are paying for game inventory. No Comprende. The Pac-2 are Terrific Thieves but get an "F" in Economics 101.

Again, Solar, thanks for the great topic and everyone's thoughtful comments. Nick Saban. I can recall him reacting vehemently when things did not go well on the field but for the most part, Saint Nick called out his assistant coaches on the sidelines and not the players. I am certain Nick had no problem 'coaching guys up' in practice. As to the issue of Oregon fans being spoiled, 'this' emanates from the top and is part of the brand. The fans did not come up with 'That Team Out West.' Being brash is part of the Ducks sales pitch. Oregon today is a nationwide and worldwide brand. This happened because of on-field success, the support of one of the best coporate marketing entities ever, NIKE, and not being shy about putting up a poster of Joey Harrington in NYC, Bo in Dallas, and taking huge bath toys on the road. 😍 Spoiled fans? Look no further than Columbus, Ohio. Ryan Day is 56-8. 39-3 in conference, and he is on the hot seat because he lost the wrong 3 games in the Big Ten. WOW! Buckeyes fans are not spoiled, they are Entitled. When it comes to college football fans, remember that Fans is a diminutive for FANATICS.😁OBD is 2-0, has yet to use a Playoff Mulligan, and ugly wins today will simply be wins come December. Did any team last season have more ugly wins than that Other Team Up North? Bash The Beavers!

Thanks. Alex. One thing I want to see, Gabe LEADING the team. Get in an OLs face if he allows a sack. Run the ball yourself if the opportunity presents itself. 84% completions when passing is great but not if doesn't lead to scores. I'd rather see a lesser percentage and more Bird Bombs. Also, if the TEs and WRs are not finishing their blocks, get on their butts. I have yet to see on-field leadership assert itself from any position. Gabe is laid back. He needs to get his back up and lead as do other players with experience like Fergie, Burch, and the two OTs. It's time to turn passive into aggressive against a group of Beavs with their hair on fire. Is there any doubt that Saturday's game is Oregon State's 2024 Super Bowl? Coaches can only do so much. A team needs leaders on the field.

Thanks, H. FCS Top 25 - Idaho No. 5 - Idaho State Not Ranked. CBS Sports Ranking 1-134 - Boise State 27 - San Diego State 98

An Obvious But Spot On Review of the Ducks O. Oregon Ducks offense is unsustainable due to glaring and crucial area of concern WWW.YARDBARKER.COM There's plenty of discourse happening surrounding the Oregon offense, and for good reason. Most of the time, through two games, the offense has looked broken, unorganized, and dysfunctional...

AMEN! You need to play at least 7 home games every season and as you noted, every other season beginning in 2025 the Ducks will play 5 B1G games on the road. Wazzu and Oregon State are G5 teams masquerading as kind of P4 and a-half teams until the money they took from Pac-10 suckers runs out. The 2 have burned their bridges with the Mountain West. No one east of Pullman gives a whip about the Pac-2. Oregon would have defeated P4 Texas Tech at home. $6 to $8M will be lost by Lane County by adding this away game to the schedule sending the Ducks and Ducks fans into a snake pit of venom. Rob gets a lot of slack with the hire of Danno but his scheduling savvy is deficient. This from a man who chaired the Playoff Committee. In 2028 Rob has OBD scheduled to play a game in Logan, Utah. 😒

Solar, behind closed doors? I imagine it is a far less laid back Danno—Ditto for the Coaches' Meetings. Danno's mentor, Kirby Smart, lost four of five to Saint Nick. Kirby never whined in public and never took it out on his players in public. Kirby is 92-16 at Georgia, 9-2 in bowl games, 2 Natties. Throwing his guys under the bus in public didn't have Brian Kelly's LSU team ready to play MacSomething State in Week 2. Stars ultimately turn into Black Holes. Getting stars to play together is not easy; look at FSU's preseason touted D-line. It's always been a new team in college football every season. Today, it's a new team on steroids. The offense lost two QBs, Heisman finalist Bo, and 1st-round draft pick Center Jackson Powers-Johnson. The secondary is close to brand new. Two starting D linemen are new. The team is 2-0. Chip Kelly's first team could not have started any worse than it did. That team played in the Rose Bowl. Chip chastised Blount for the sucker punch, other than that he publically called out no player. If Dan Lanning was publically calling out this team I'd be worried about Dan's future at Oregon. IMO, it is far better psychologically from the head coach on down to keep criticism private. You do not coach guys up at post-game press conferences. Again, the team is 2-0 and perhaps is overrated. Let's see how the season plays out. 83% of the season has yet to be played. Great subject to ponder. Thank you. Ducks win by 2 TDs plus. 😍 The Beavers QB has played the same number of games for Oregon State as Gabe has played for Oregon. Idaho and Boise State are better than the Idaho State and San Diego State teams OSU has defeated. And I believe the Ducks will respond to the abuse they will face in Reser.

CBS Sports Tom Fernelli's B1G Time Weekly Take. B1G Time: Michigan must find its QB lane; where Nebraska needs to improve as Huskers look to be on the rise - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Plus, this week's scorching hot takes dive into whether the Wolverines still have a shot at reaching the CFP again Michigan Man Jim Harbaugh brought home a Natty but he left the Wolverines hanging at his position, QB. And the NCAA is at the door. James Jordan? OBD is blessed with editors who should have B1Gger gigs. The take on OBD is harsh but not wrong.

Going on a Bender. According to The Sporting News Journalist, OBD Wins But No Cover. College football picks, predictions against the spread for Week 3 WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Picks for Kansas State vs Arizona and Alabama traveling to Madison to face Wisconsin highlight Week 3.

But ASU is 2-0 with a win over SEC Mississippi State and Cal is 2-0 with a win at SEC Auburn. Are you sure you want to play these powerhouse programs?😁

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Burning Down The House (Settlement.) Michigan NIL lawsuit, explained: Why ex-Wolverines Denard Robinson, Braylon Edwards are suing NCAA, Big Ten Network WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Ex-Michigan stars Denard Robinson and Braylon Edwards are suing the NCAA and Big Ten over name, image and likeness compensation. Please, make the proper strategic move and peremptorily BK the NCAA. The Ducks will be A-OK no matter what happens; why contribute money to a settlement that settles nothing after already contributing to the Pac-2 bailout fund? This season? Questions surround OBD but 83% plus of the season remains to be played and I believe the questions will be answered in OBD's favor.

We Want Bama - In Tuscaloosa? Oregon Ducks Face Alabama: New College Football Playoff Prediction WWW.SI.COM With the 12-team playoff format beginning this year, the Oregon Ducks would still compete for a championship if they finished the season ranked No. 9, the team’