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Another B1G O. OBD. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/oregon-football-ducks-prediction-preview-2024

A Buckeyes Preview. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ohio-state-football-buckeyes-prediction-preview-2024

Stewart Mandel's 6/12/24 Mailbag touches on issues pondered on OBD. B1G 10 going to 18 teams, what team will finish 18th? B1G Noon game time and how many eyes are on the prize? Why universities do not want 'student-athletes' to be 'employees.' CFB Playoff - Will SOS matter? And a Cal question? Mandel's Mailbag: Which QB can maintain momentum? Could college football players win gold? WWW.NYTIMES.COM Is "Big Noon" a big swoon? Why don't schools want athletes to be employees?

Stewart Mandel with a B1G-oriented Mailbag. As Stewart notes, good luck with ACC, B1G, B12's, and the SEC tie-breakers. Mandel's Mailbag: Which QB can maintain momentum? Could college football players win gold? WWW.NYTIMES.COM Is "Big Noon" a big swoon? Why don't schools want athletes to be employees?

From West Virginia to a great career as a player, coach, and executive on the West Coast. One of the greatest ever, RIP.

The NCAA has not only given up trying to regulate transfers but is giving an extra year's eligibility to any athlete forced to sit out a year in 2019-20. How many athletes still enrolled this covers I have no idea. NCAA agrees to end transfer rules permanently WWW.NYTIMES.COM The DOJ reached a settlement with the NCAA that will permanently bar the organization from restricting athletes’ transfer eligibility. The Justice Department joined the suit against the NCAA regarding restrictions on transfers. Not only is Congress not helping the NCAA, but the federal government via the Justice and Labor Departments is doing everything it can to assure college athletes 'free agency' while at the same time working to make college athletes 'employees.' The NCAA is no longer able to regulate as it so desires. So, why not liquidate the NCAA and form a new regulatory agency with the 1,000 + NCAA members cut back to a 'Power 2' regulatory body that can negotiate with a 'student-athlete' collective and agree on issues including eligibility, APR (should it even exist?), restrictions on transferring, NIL, tampering, etc. It's also time to form a football Super Conference. With B1G and SEC teams, if they so desire, such as Northwestern and Vanderbilt, opting out for football but opting in for all other sports. Teams such as Clemson, FSU, CU, and Utah would be added for football only. Title IX, NIL, tampering, and other issues such as antitrust liability would also be addressed, and the Super Conference, and all other college athletic programs that sign on to the agreement between students and 'management,' would receive the same Congressional protections afforded the NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. As I asked in an earlier comment, why settle without protection against further liability? Why agree to kick in $20M a year, and still be subject to litigation? Then again, I never would have agreed to take on one-twelfth of the Pac-12's liabilities while handing two-member teams 100% of the assets. Someone with 'street smarts' and not college presidents best get involved or the baby could be tossed out with the bath water.

Michigan's Sherrone Moore chats with Joel Klatt. Recap and takeaways from Sherrone Moore’s interview with Joel Klatt WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM What Michigan’s new head coach had to say on "Big Noon Conversations."

Dann-O; and not Mari(O No!)

"Just walk away Jose?" College football walk-ons are in jeopardy. What do Big Ten coaches think? WWW.NYTIMES.COM Illinois head coach Bret Bielema was a walk-on at Iowa and prides himself in developing players with the Fighting Illini.

Nebraska was an AAU member institution when invited to join the B1G. Today, the B1G is comprised of 17 AAU member institutions and Nebraska. Today, Nebraska would not be invited to join the B1G. In 2023, Nebraska finished 24th in the Nielson rankings with 2,637M viewers on average for 12 regular season games. At 5-7, the Cornhuskers did not go bowling. In 2023, Utah finished 25th in the Nielson rankings with 2,616 viewers on average for 12 regular season games. Utah went bowling and was upset by Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl. Utah is an AAU member institution. Nebraska's AD, Troy Dannen, was the AD at UW for less than six months before leaving for Nebraska. Dannen was replaced by Wazzu's AD, Pat Chun. Trev Alberts who played his college football at Nebraska, left Lincoln for A+M. The A+M AD, Ross Bjork resigned and on July 1st will officially replace Ohio State AD Gene Smith. Is there an AD Transfer Portal?

A Power 4 in name only. As this article from Bama Hammer notes the ACC is on the brink of imploding. These dismal, to date, recruiting numbers for the B12 are additional evidence of how far behind the Power 2 the B12 lies, in recruiting, financially, and referring to 2023 Nielson ranlings, in the number of viewers tuning in. The B12 does not have a dedicated conference network. The B12 is a broadcasting afterthought for ESPN and Fox. Consolidation of big-time football programs will continue. Verbal commits for the '25 college football class and future trouble for a conference BAMAHAMMER.COM The pace of change in the college football world continues unabated. With more unknowns than ever before coaching staffs must rebuild rosters that change drasti

The line of demarcation in the House case is 6/15/2016 until the class was established in the case in 2023. The $2.8B settlement if approved by Judge Wilkins, will be paid over ten years. Attorneys fees between 25% and 35% of the judgment are expected to be awarded to the plaintiffs' attorneys. The House settlement does not bar further litigation. The NCAA hopes that if the House settlement is approved, college athletics will receive much-needed relief from Congress. Congressional relief may require forming a recognized players union for football and other sports, that can negotiate issues with 'management' however defined. In the Dartmouth basketball case, the players voted to join the Service Employees International Union Local 560. I doubt that Local 560 has much experience negotiating on behalf of athletes. As evidenced by the Dartmouth case and the Labor Department's suit against USC and the once-was Pac-12, expected to be amended to include B1G members, in addition to attorneys stirring the pot, you also have federal and state regulators and state legislatures chiming in. And, colleges are bringing litigation against the NCAA via their attorney generals to thwart any regulation of transfers and NIL. In short, it is a complete out-of-control mess. Imagine the NFL having two openings every year when players could switch teams for any or no reason. At what point does Atlas shrug? The NCAA has 1,000+ members but fewer than 50 are movers and shakers in money-making sports. Looking at the proposed House settlement, IMO it would have behooved the NCAA to file an anticipatory Chapter 7 Liquidation Bankruptcy procedure that would have stayed the House case, other litigation, and regulatory actions and limited the NCAA's liability to assets in hand. Bring the proposed filing to Congress and either obtain Congressional relief or file and liquidate the NCAA, limiting current member's damages, What possible sense does it make to settle House for close to $3B without relief from future litigation? Relief can only come from Congress or via a Super League where the athletes are employees and union members and negotiate enforceable agreements with the Super Conference management. The student-athlete model is dying a lingering death, Let's cut to the chase where schools unwilling to invest at least $X in athletics cannot participate at championship levels and where Northwestern isn't getting the same piece of the pie as Ohio State. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy what we have knowing that the Oregon Ducks may be brought to you by Nike but will not disappear.

'You stole the money, don't give it back!' Has more righteous, moral advice ever been offered? 'Never forget this son: Don't Get Caught!

If you are going to get hammered, get hammered B1G. Hammerin’ the B1G: 1 game every new Big Ten head coach needs to win in 2024 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM The Big Ten has some new faces in the head coaching ranks looking to get off on the right foot. Certain games will go a long way in shaping their early future. B1G ask for Danno, beat Ohio State.

Steven, thanks for the post but FPI should change its name to FP-Why? SP+ makes sense. FPI is off-the-wall. ESPN's computer models rarely conform. Unlike super-secret FPI, Bill Connolly explains the programming for SP+. As I posted elsewhere today. In its 2024 preseason rankings, College Football News ranks Oregon No. 4 out of 134 teams. Ohio State is ranked No. 1. In College Football News Strength of Schedule (SOS) rankings, Oregon has the 11th hardest SOS; Ohio State has the 57th hardest SOS. If this was the game of golf, Oregon would be getting at least 2 shots a side. The other B1G title contenders SOS: USC No. 1, Michigan No. 5, Penn State 14, Wisconsin 18, Iowa 22. and UW 33. There is not a preseason SOS ranking I have seen that does not have Ohio State with the easiest B1G schedule in 2024. Easiest by far. 8 home games. 3 G5 OOC games all in Columbus. Oregon plays 8 games without a break; Ohio State plays 6. Ohio State does play at Penn State. PSU last defeated tOSU in 2016. And, on 10/12/24, the Buckeyes visit Autzen. Iowa, Nebraska, and Michigan trip to Columbus. Other tOSU opponents - Michigan State, Purdue, Northwestern, and Indiana. With the odds for the Oregon game now Ohio State -1.5, Ohio State will be favored in every game.

True Frosh Predicted to come through in 2024. The best freshman on college football's best teams: Predicting first-year impact players for 2024 season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Our best guess at the top impact freshman for powers like Georgia, Texas and Ohio State

Playoff expansion winners and losers. College Football Playoff expansion winner and losers: Who does it benefit the most? WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM James Franklin might just be the biggest winner of all. Before the Committee produces its final 2024 season ranking and the first 12-team playoff seeding, it is fun to predict PO winners and losers. However, before we know how the Committee will deal with SOS in a mega-conference PO era, all projections are shots in the dark.

FPI? Sigh. College Football News has ranked 134 eligible playoff teams and also ranked 134 teams by strength of schedule (SOS). Oregon is ranked No. 4. Oregon's SOS is ranked No. 11. Ohio State is ranked No. 1. Ohio State's SOS is ranked 57. But Oregon has the easier path to the playoffs? GIGO! Oregon has Big Ten’s best shot to make College Football Playoff according to ESPN FPI AUTZENZOO.COM New to the Big Ten but not new to fielding really strong football teams, the Oregon Ducks apparently have a pretty good shot of making it to the College Footbal

With Charles and Coach to enlighten me, no other guru need apply.

As we said in Boston for decades when it came to the Red Sox: Wait until next yehr!

Celts up 2-0. 👍😍

I'm awaiting the ranking of college football's Best Barista, Chef, and Massuse who can be found in Power 2 locker rooms. It's a loooooooong off season. 😍 Seriously NJ, thanks for all of the great posts.

No. 3 on this list is why Howard left K State for Ohio State. Howard was not going to start at K State. This could be Ohio State's 2024 Kryptonite. Howard will be handing off to two terrific RBs but will the O be balanced? And while the Ohio State D was great last season the OL also struggled. Ranking college football's second-year starting QBs by likelihood of their play taking a leap in 2024 - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Which new-ish quarterback will take a big step forward in Year 2? Let's take a look

The only team with better odds of going undefeated in 2024, is Notre Dame. Domers have a '4-game schedule: At A+M, Louisville, FSU, at USC. And, No. Ill., Purdue, Miami-Ohio, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Navy, UVA, Army (where are the Coast Guard and Air Force?) 5 games vs the G5. No 13th champ game. $cam. Looking at the B1G schedules, Ohio State visits Oregon but overall ahs a far easier schedule than the Ducks. Oregon Football's Exciting Chances At Undefeated Season WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Could the Oregon Ducks football team go undefeated in the 2024 college football season? Joining the Big Ten conference, the Ducks are faced with the challenge of adjusting to a new conference...

It's going to be a B1G Power 2 taffy pull when UNC comes to market. Not because of eyes on the prize, Nielson ranks UNC football 46th in 2023 viewership at 966K a game. Basketball is, of course, among the cream of the crop. Come the 2030's North Carolina will be the 5th most populous state in the Union. A market not covered by the B1G or the SEC. FSU with 4M viewers on average, 9th in the nation in 2023, would be immediately accretive for the B1G and the SEC. But until I see otherwise I do not believe the B1G, no matter how much Fox may urge to do so, offering a non-AAU member institution. (Oregon finished No. 7, with 4.43M viewers on average.) Clemson finished 19th in viewership, with 2.90M on average. FSU is close to and working hard to obtain AAU membership, but Clemson is not. UVA is 58th in viewership at 663K. Maryland has the B1G in the Del-Mar-Va market. Does the B1G want a team with the same lack of administrative support as we see from Cal and Stanford? The two no-brainer additions for both the B1G and the SEC are North Carolina and Notre Dame. FSU becomes an AAU member and the battle for the Seminoles will be fierce. The latest SEC football expansion news and rumors center on four ACC schools BAMAHAMMER.COM At the recent SEC meetings, Greg Sankey said little about future conference expansion. During the spring, Sankey devoted expansion comments to his belief the NC BTW, Greg Sankey is EVERYWHERE. Tony Petitti, where are you?