Jon Joseph

Deboer, the toughest head coaching job in America? https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/alabama-football-2024-preview-kalen-deboer-will-keep-tide-rolling-sort-of

Ducks? Contenders! Nittany Lions? Not so fast 😒. Contender or Pretender: Is Penn State finally ready for the last step? SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Penn State has been great in games it was supposed to win and failed in the biggest moments. Has enough changed in 2024?

Place your bets? Betting Stuff: What to do now that Dillon Gabriel is the Heisman favorite SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Dillon Gabriel is now the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, so what has changed?

I have two questions, will a 3-loss B12 champ be seeded in the PO top 4 and and receive an unearned bye? And, is Commish Yormark a reincarnation of PT Barnum? Big 12 parity amid expansion may prove league's biggest strength in expanded College Football Playoff era - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Big 12 debuted as a 16-team conference this week during its annual media days event in Las Vegas

4 B1G Coaches make the CBS Sports 'Prove It in Tear 2 List.' NW's Braun, Nebraska's Matt Ruhle, Wisconsin's Luke Fickell, and Purdue's Ryan Walters. He is not on the list but tOSU's Day best beat the Wolverines in Columbus in 2024. College football coaches entering Year 2 who are facing defining campaigns in 2024 season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM These 11 coaches have pivotal years ahead in the 2024 college football season

ESPN ($ Wall) has updated its top 40 2025 recruiting classes to date. 13 of the B1G's 18 teams are on the list including all 4 of the Pac newcomers. Top 25 - 1. Ohio State/ 4 OREGON/ 9. Penn State/ 12. Michigan/ 15. Rutgers/ 16. UW/ 23. USC Other B1GGIES - 26. Maryland/ 28. Wisconsin/ 32. Nebraska/ 34. UCLA (!) / 37. Minnesota/ 39. Indiana. I do not have the data to confirm but I believe this may be the B1G's best recruiting effort to date since recruits were awarded stars.

SEC recruiting thoughts: Is it time to worry about the Big Ten’s invasion? WWW.NYTIMES.COM The SEC’s vise grip on the nation's best recruits — including many in the league's footprint — is being challenged more than in years past. Keep It Up Fellas!

The SEC is concerned about B1G recruiting. How about, YES! SEC recruiting thoughts: Is it time to worry about the Big Ten’s invasion? WWW.NYTIMES.COM The SEC’s vise grip on the nation's best recruits — including many in the league's footprint — is being challenged more than in years past.

Ohio State predicted to drop the game at Oregon. Make It So! Predicting the outcome of every Ohio State football game WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The Ohio State Buckeyes are gearing up for another exciting college football season in 2024. With high expectations and a talented roster, all observers are eager to see how the team will...

NCAA Tournament to include two new metrics beginning in 2025; committee delays decision on expansion - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Additionally: In 2026, Indianapolis will become the first city to host the D-I, D-II, D-III and men's NIT tournaments in the same year We can criticize the NCAA but the NCAA Basketball Committee unfolds the kimono and reveals exactly the data it uses to select 32 at-large teams and to seed the Tournament field. The College Football Committee acts behind a mirror darkly. If it does not disclose the data used to determine seven at-large teams and PO seeding and leaves us with "trust us," there will be many unhappy CFB fans; especially teams knocked out by lower-ranked teams, a lower-ranked G5 team, and possibly a Notre Dame team that will not have to prove its merit in a conference championship game. Although the nomenclature is different, the CBB and CFB Committees share the same top two criteria: wins and the quality of wins. CBB requires its Committee to use agreed-upon metrics to determine a team's strength of schedule (SOS) and uses common metrics to determine the quality of a win. The CFB leaves this up to each Committee member to determine. The chairman of the CFB Committee, in 2024 Michigan AD Warde Manuel, most often does their best to obfuscate the process. Many 2024 preseason polls have nine SEC teams in the top 25. Use a ranking like this to determine SOS and ipso facto a conference that plays eighth and not nine conference games will have the most difficult, by definition, schedules. CFB Selection Sunday will be very interesting, but grotesque for many.

You go, Gabe! I am happy to see a Duck topping the list of course and Dillon has a shot to set college records that will be tough to beat, but I think this also says a lot, no offense Dillon, regarding the QB talent this season compared with last season.

Oregon is on another list you want your program to be on. Thoughts on Top 15 college football programs for the next three seasons BAMAHAMMER.COM Josh Pate is widely respected as a college football expert. His valuable insight sparks conversations, but unlike many others, Pate provides substance to go alo

DM, I agree with you on Gabe over Howard. The Ohio State D was elite in 2023 and with Caleb Downs coming over from Bama, could be better in 2024 IF the LBs produce. LB is where the Buckeyes lost veteran production. Like Michigan in 2023, almost all draft eligible three year players at Ohio State return in 2024, Without McCord at QB, the tOSU O was lost in the Cotton Bowl. But the D with no help from the other side of the ball shut down the Missouri offense like no team in the SEC had done in the regular season. I expect Ohio State to come into Autzen with a bad attitude and intent on running the ball. The Oregon DL wilted in the 4th Q vs UW in the champ game. I hope we will not see the same on 10/12. As Charles expressed, 'quite a game.' With tOSU a -1.5 favorite the books see it the same. I do want to give some love to Columbus, Ohio. Fort Worth is a cow town, not Columbus. Cleveland is also much nicer than it once was, especially since they put out the Cuyahoga River Fire in 1969 😍.

This I know KC. I referenced Vicksburg as an enticing job site for Ole Miss Oxford grads. I think.

Uncle Phil is in the rankings of Billionaires. Not bad for a Shoe Dog and a graduate of a university without the academic prowess of the Other School Up North.

All righty then! The Portal King, Mari(o), Ryan Day, DeBoer, Sark, and a whole lot more other than Dabo on the portal front, aren't using NIL to attract recruits and portal guys? But for the money why would a kid not pick the home of The Portal King over Eugene? Choosing Oxford, Mississippi to play ball is the righteous and obvious choice based on all of the Nattys Coach Kiffin has won, the sterling academics, and the play of the iconic Jackie Robinson. What's that? Jackie didn't play at Ole Miss? Sorry, I was thinking of Archie. Jackie not attending school in Oxford does not lessen a football player with an Ole Miss degree in hand career opportunities outside of football. With the academic power of an Ole Miss degree coupled with Ole Miss's blue-blood prowess in football, would anyone opt for a sneaker company unless he was bought off? The rainy NW instead of practicing and playing games in 90-plus-degree weather accompanied by 80% humidity? What's wrong with you, Son? Very few people are aware of how many high school students have Stanford as their safety school if they are not welcomed to the hallowed academic halls of Ole Miss. They are simply not paying attention and not giving a Faulk(ner) about the opportunities that abound in the state capital Jackson, Mississippi, even though the water is not safe to drink. And starting salaries in Vicksburg are off the charts. Money is an excuse for not being as prepared on the NIL front as is and was and will be Oregon. It's an affront to Danno and friends' recruiting prowess. It's also an excuse when Oregon wins it all. I believe that it is at least 30 years now that Phil has been trying to buy a Natty, right? Of course, during the BCS and 4-team playoff era, no one was being paid. $cam? No offense intended to our UGA friends on OBD but how many games have SEC teams lost simply because they could not get fired up about playing OOC lesser competition? Not many. OK, South Central, it's your turn.

Get ready for B1G Media days, July 23 to July 25. Danno, Gabe, Fergie, and Bassa Nova will be in the house, appearing on July 25th, Day 3. From a half-day affair on 'I can't find the channel,' to a 3-day affair watched by 50M or so fans. How sweet it is. What Big Ten football players are going to 2024 Big Ten Media Days? Here's a full list of who will be speaking SPORTS.YAHOO.COM On Thursday, the Big Ten Conference announced what players from its 18 teams will be at Big Ten Football Media Day later this month. Here's more: It is B1G!

We're not dead! We are the undead zombie conference. Pac-12 Conference sends message during two-team media event: We're not dead SPORTS.YAHOO.COM The beleaguered Pac-12 Conference had a message to deliver this week in Las Vegas: It's still alive and fighting, even with only two schools left. The Pig 2 Zombie Conference will continue to fight until the money they 'stole' runs out.

I pity the fool who sleeps on Mr. T T. 2024 college football sleeper picks from each post-spring Top 25 team - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Our reporters break down post-spring Top 25 teams' sleeper picks to look out for this coming season.

What if you had a party and ... At least the acoustics were good. 😂

With this young man coming out of Shaker Heights, getting his commitment will warrant a HOLY TOLEDO!

I would prefer OBD to play in Ann Arbor and Madison in October and not November but with a coast-to-coast conference bad weather games will happen. Michigan is game No. 6 in an eight-game run without a week off and Wiscon is game No. 8. As you noted Jabbar, cold weather itself is not that problematic but cold weather with wind is a witch.

The QB play in the B1G was far behind the play in the Pac-12 in 2023. The Pac-12 top to bottom was the deeper conference. The QB play in the B1G should improve in 2024 but it will not be close to Pac-12 play in 2023. On paper, the SEC looks to have the best crop of QBs in 2024 but we will not see a QB-heavy 1st round draft in 2025 that we witnessed in 2025. The Iowa QB and the Wisconsin QB were injured early on. The Iowa O has to improve and if Ficlel doesn't go Mari(o) on Miami transfer QB Van Dyck, the Badgers should improve. Both Indiana and Minnesota have brought in transfers who should improve the position. Nebraska lost 5 one-score games last season and Matt Ruhle was able to poach 5* QB Dylan Raiola from Kirby Smart. With Saban's departure, Ryan Day brought in 5* QB Julian ('Just') Sayin. I think the questions and comments regarding defense in the B1G are warranted. Michigan and Ohio State had awesome Ds in 2023. Michigan's D may drop off somewhat but Ohio State's D should improve. The Ducks and Danno are bringing a solid D into the B1G. UCLA, USC, and UW? Based on recruiting rankings it is no surprise that the SEC, especially with the Oklahoma and Texas additions, is the deepest and most successful conference. (Duh.) These 2024 out-of-conference games are important for the B1G's national perception. USC vs LSU and Notre Dame. Michigan vs Texas. Wisconsin vs Alabama. UCLA vs LSU. Rutgers at VA Tech. Minnesota vs UNC. Purdue vs Notre Dame. Penn State at W VA. MI State at Boston College. Kansas at Illinois. Boise (the preseason polls G5 front-runner) at OBD. CU at Nebraska. Iowa State at Iowa. The B1G 2 vs The Left Behinds. I hope in December that the B1G will have five teams contending for the Playoff. OREGON, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and Iowa all have a shot at 10 or more wins. IMO, the SEC will have at least five teams with a shot at the playoff. It's going to be B1G!

Solar, until Bama's on-field results drop off, IMO Bama will continue to sell itself amid fertile recruiting territory. I think DeBoer will do OK in Tuscaloosa but I see no one, even Kirby Smart duplicating what Saban did. Especially, with NIL and no restraints on transfers.

The B1Gger they come ... Ohio State football has most top-100 players in EA Sports College Football 25 SCARLETANDGAME.COM No one has more top-100 players than the Ohio State football team in EA Sports College Football 25.