Jon Joseph

If there is an 'open market' for UNC it will be one heck of a battle. UNC checks every box for the B1G and the SEC. The Power 2 has no team in North Carolina, a state projected to have the 5th largest population in the nation in 2030. And BBall wise? UVA? Another market without a P2 team but Maryland for the B1G is close and would UVA bring enough to the bottom line for the B1G and the SEC? As Greg Sankey said recently, 'Why would we want to split what we already have?' Despite B12's Yormark's bluster, two conferences are and will be the future of college athletics.

Good question. Fox shut ESPN out of the LA market after their B12 broadcast 'partner' purloined Oklahoma and Texas. But with ESPN and Fox recently joining Warner to form a streaming entity, Venu, what are today's media battle rules? Similarly, the B1G and the SEC formed an 'advisory group.' Why compete for new properties with Venu on the scene? I think FSU and Clemson did not properly read the marketplace. IMO, Clemson and FSU should have threatened litigation if not given a bigger slice of the media pie and a post-season split of 'you eat what you kill?' I think a whole lot of legal fees may not be recouped. Potential private equity deals have also altered the traditional media income calculus. The B1G and the SEC are on antitrust and interference with a contract tip toes. The Power 2 conferences do not want to be accused of doing anything to crater the ACC. What happens if the B1G adds Notre Dame and UNC after the ACC implodes and the SEC adds two or more teams? Playoff, or a World Series between the P2? If it's the B1G in charge and not Fox, B1G presidents will not invite a non-AAU member school to join the conference. The SEC has the flagship Florida team in Gainesville. And South Carolina is covered by USC (E.) The ACC deal, which ESPN can cancel in February 2025, is perhaps the best the ACC's two biggest brands can score. I am very happy that Puddles caught the last plane out of the Pac-10!

Today, Dan hit a B1G home run on B1G Today! Great appearance by Danno.

The SEC Media, often wrong but never in doubt, predicts the SEC 2024 order of finish. Oklahoma picked to finish eighth in 2024 Preseason SEC Media Poll SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Oklahoma picked 8th in preseason media poll. Oklahoma No. 8 reflects the tough in-conference schedule the Sooners have to play. Texas at No. 2? The Longhorns have one of the SEC's easiest schedules but I think 'the experts' are overrating the transfer talent coming in to replace 11 players drafted in the 2024 draft. WR Bond who transferred in from Alabama had 688 receiving yards in 2023. Silas Bolden? This WR transfer from Oregon State did not light up the Pac-12 in 2023. These 2 guys are automatic to replace 2 Horns WRs who were drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds? UT also lost its top 2 RBs and 2 DTs drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds. Will all of those close wins in the B12 last season be wins in the SEC?

Top 25 - What position group has the most preseason questions? Injuries, transfers, roster depth and more: Where each post-spring Top 25 team can improve - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Where can teams improve? Our experts break down weaknesses from each Way-Too-Early Top 25 squad. For Oregon, per ESPN, it's at Safety.

One of many questions to be answered with a 12-team playoff. If you are in contention, do you want to play in a conference champ game? The high-risk, high-reward situation of championship games in expanded Playoff WWW.NYTIMES.COM Will playing in the SEC Championship Game have a negative impact on teams that lose it? That’s a big unknown heading into a 12-team Playoff. Will conference champ games cause a conference, particularly the B1G and SEC, a PO Bid?

2 reasons why Michigan will not win the B1G in 2024. OREGON and Ohio State. Three reasons Michigan can win the Big Ten for the fourth year in a row WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM Michigan may look different this season, but it still has the potential to win the Big Ten again.

Bo knows the Broncos. Analyst guarantees rookie Bo Nix will be Broncos starting QB WWW.YARDBARKER.COM When Broncos training camp starts on July 26, quarterbacks Bo Nix, Jarrett Stidham and Zach Wilson will vie for the starting job. However, is it a true competition? Make it so Bo.

PAWWWWLLL! Say it ain't so! Paul Finebaum names potential doomsday scenario for Alabama WWW.YARDBARKER.COM On Thursday, Paul Finebaum pinpointed an "end of the world" scenario for Alabama ahead of the 2024 season.

Will 2024 be a B1G battle of the Os? Looks like it on paper but games are not won on paper. Emerging Defensive Star is Ohio State's Surprise 'X-Factor' in 2024 FACTORYOFSADNESS.CO Ohio State football has understandably massive expectations, desperate to return to the expanded College Football Playoff under Ryan Day after a trio of 11-2 se

A Michigan board's take on a B1G out-of-conference game. Are the Longhorns all that? Are the Wolverines playoff contenders? It's only the 2nd game of the season but that will not keep us fans from projecting the game results into December. These games are fun but I prefer to see Texas in the PO and not in Week 2. What to Expect When the Texas Longhorns face Michigan football GBMWOLVERINE.COM Wolverines fans have heard the song and dance from their critics for years, that they walk through a cupcake schedule to begin each year before going into confe

ESPN follows many other entities going dark yesterday. I hope Forum friends were not negatively affected. Microsoft, CrowdStrike outage impacts ESPN WWW.SBNATION.COM ‘SportsCenter’ was grounded Friday due to a worldwide computer outage

I feel I owe an apology to OBD members. After reading my earlier comment it comes off as surly which I did not intend.

In these 3 simulations by Yahoo, Oregon is PO 3 for 3. 'EA Sports College Football 25' predicts the 2024 season SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Here are 10 takeaways from the first-ever Yahoo Sports "EA Sports College Football" simulation. The sims Ducks Wire is doing on the Oregon schedule are IMO suspect. Boise will not stay as close as predicted, 3 point game until late in the 4th Q and Danno is not going to hang 80 on the Beavers, even though the SOBs deserve it. The week after OR ST is an off week. If the game is over by the start of the 3rd Q, I think Danno will get as much rest for his starters as he can and get Dante and other youngsters playing time. Ducks Wire is using 10-minute quarters in its sims which takes one-third of game time off the clock.

A lot of legal fees for a lot of nothing? SEC Commissioner Downplays FSU Rumors: We Won't Slice Our Pie into More Pieces BLEACHERREPORT.COM SEC commissioner Greg Sankey doesn't seem to be interested in potentially adding Florida State to the conference amid the school's current legal battle with… Of course, I'm sure Sankey and Petitti have been warned about 'tampering' litigation.

A well-deserved honor for Saint Nick. Report: Nick Saban to Have Field Named After Him at Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium BLEACHERREPORT.COM The field at Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium will be named after legendary former football head coach Nick Saban, according to ESPN's Chris Low. Per Low,…

Our man, Jabbar Muhammad is underrated. 6 Underrated Players Poised to Outshine Their EA Sports College Football 25 Rating BLEACHERREPORT.COM In the days leading up to the release of EA Sports College Football 25, the company unveiled the initial 100 highest-rated players in the game. And several of…

I have a hard time believing that the B1G media will rank Oregon ahead of Ohio State this season. Maybe the guy from Ann Arbor will vote Oregon preseason No.1 but If the Columbus beat writer were to do so he be dragged through town behind one of those trucks Bill Walton referred to. 😁

Good call. I'm listening to and watching on and off the SEC media day coverage, Arkansas HC Sam Pittman had this to say about the transfer from Boise, QB Taylon Green. The QB who led Boise to the MW title last season. "He's the one who Bobby (OC Bobby Petrino) identified as the player we needed at QB." Good luck to any G5 program trying to hang onto a player the P2 covets. Nelson was a 5* recruit when he committed to SC in 2022 but he was not able to beat out Miller Moss for the backup QB duties behind Williams. Starting your 2nd game in Autzen is not a favorable draw.

Not a lot of love between Kiff and Paul Finebaum. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/lane-kiffin-humiliates-paul-finebaum-in-epic-roast-at-sec-media-days

Athlon Ranks the SEC OOC Schedules. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-football-ranking-2024-nonconference-schedules-easiest-toughest Hats off to the Missouri Tigers for the Daily Double Scheduling wins. OOC - 16 out of 16. In Conference - 16 out of 16. Coach Drinkwitz should be buying drinks for the ADs who put a crummy OOC schedule together and all those at HQ in Birmingham who constructed as close as a team can get to a cupcake schedule in the SEC. In 2024, the No. 1 toughest OOC schedule-ranked Florida will play 11 P4 games that include eight preseason-ranked teams. Florida wins the Disgusting Double Scheduling both in and out of conference. Perhaps the Gators' AD schould hire a scheduling guru from Missouri or the Mizzou Bag Man who handed the payment off at Birmingham HQ? In 2024, Mizzou will play nine P4 opponents, three ranked opponents and the CoMo Tigers drew the SEC Cupcake Factory - Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt. And Mizzou will double the pleasure with the same conference schedule in 2025. In 2024, 15 of the 16 SEC teams, the outlier being Texas, will play an FCS opponent. Depending on how UConn Oregon State and Washington State are viewed, P4 or G5, the B1G will play 18 or 14 (not the erroneously 13 I typed above) P4 games. With Florida playing three P4 opponents, Georgia playing two, and LSU playing two, the SEC will play 20 P4 opponents. Some of this margin in the SEC's favor is negated by 13 of the 16 SEC teams playing nine P4 opponents. If UConn and the Pac- 2 are considered P4, 16 of the 18 B1G teams, all but Indiana and Ohio State, will play 10 or more P4 opponents. The SEC's P4 OOC Opponents. ACC - 11 teams. Clemson vs. Georgia and South Carolina, Miami, FSU, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Wake Forest, NC State, VA Tech, Cal, Boston College. Due to proximity (not you, Cal!) and annual rivalry games with the ACC, there will always be many games played between the ACC and the SEC. B1G - 4 teams. Michigan, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin. B12 - 4 teams. ASU, Houston, OK State, UCF. Independent, 1 game, Notre Dame at Texas A+M. Based on talent and scheduling, I believe Paul Finebaum is correct in predicting four SEC teams will be invited to the Playoff.

LOVE IT! But seeing BC, Syracuse, and Iowa State on the PO list in this universe and not somewhere else in the muti-verse kind of dampers my enthusiasm. Hey Max, get a life? Thank you Charles for making the effort to copy much of the article. At OBD the kudos keep on comin'.

In Athlon's ranking of B1G OOC schedules in 2024, Oregon is ranked sixth. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-football-ranking-2024-nonconference-schedules The CFP poohbahs have made it clear that the Pac-2 will be treated as independent teams this season and next. I have placed the P1G - 2 in a smelly category of their own. Both schools play very weak schedules in 2024. FWIW, OREGON, and Pudue play at 'little osu' and UW plays Wazzu in the Seahawks Stadium. Five B1G teams will not play an FCS opponent in 2024: USC, Michigan, UCLA, Penn State, and Ohio State. 13 teams will play an FCS opponent. Four teams, knocking the Pig-2 out of the P4, play no P4 teams OOC - Indiana, Ohio State (1st time since 2024 with Texas on the schedule in 2025,) Oregon, and UW. P4 Competition - Independent - Maryland plays UConn, Purdue and USC play Notre Dame, Oregon, and Purdue play Oregon State, and UW plays Washington State. ACC - Boston College, Virginia, VA Tech, Duke, UNC B12 - Colorado, Kansas, W Virginia, Iowa State. SEC - Alabama at Wisconsin, Texas at Michigan, USC vs LSU in Las Vegas, UCLA at LSU. If you count the little-2 + UConn, the conference plays 18 'P-4 teams' in 2024. Without UConn and the Pac-2, it's 13 P4 games. Not all that difficult. I'll take a look at the SEC in 2024 later today or tomorrow. The SEC will play 16 more OOC games than the B1G in 2024 and 2025 and 16 fewer conference games. 😒 Sack the Vandals!

LSU v USC; Texas at Michigan; Alabama at Wisconsin; and Notre Dame at USC make the B1G OOC 2024 big game list. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/preview-nonconference-matchups-2024-season-texas-longhorns-michigan-wolverines I'm shocked the Oregon game at a Pac-2 school masquerading as a P4 school did not make the list. Rumor has it that a group of rodents suffering malocclusion difficulties disguised as a colony of angry beavers are storming Athlon's headquarters. Athlon rates the B1G OOC schedules in 2024. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-football-ranking-2024-nonconference-schedules

Paul predicts 4 SEC playoff teams. I think 3 is a lock and 5 is in play. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/paul-finebaum-reveals-four-sec-teams-will-make-college-football-playoff