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Shouldn't this article refer to Doctor Rising? Utah star QB Cam Rising hints 2024 college football season will be his last: 'Seven years is more than enough' - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Rising would be eligible to play again in 2025 at the age of 26 due to a consent decree by the U.S. DOJ

This is some clear-headed scheduling thinking. Especially an H+H with Cal that may help lower Calimony payments. And swapping Georgia/Auburn for Utah is a smart logistical move. Rob, pay attention. Why not Cal and/or Stanford instead of competitive B12 teams? And BTW, drop the game at Utah State, please? UCLA swaps SEC powers Georgia, Auburn from future schedules in favor of former Pac-12 foes Cal, Utah - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM UCLA will face regional opponents Utah and Cal instead of Auburn, Georgia I'm not sure that post-$cam Auburn has been an 'SEC power?'

Like the NFL, a cap on the direct payment of salaries from a player's employer-university will be instituted whenever 'someone' can figure out the structure of a Players Union and who constitutes Management. This is most likely, without help from Congress, on the way. Like the NFL there will be no limit on a college athlete's ability to market his or her Name, Image, and Likeness. Any attempt to cap NIL would be a restraint on trade. Based on negative court decisions and state legislation, the NCAA has given up-regulating NIL in any way, shape, or form and has also given up putting restraints on transfers. A player's agent knows the going market rate for recruits and transfers. And agents of course will try to pit one NIL collective against another NIL collective or more. However, as David noted it isn't all about the Benji's in every case. As David noted, 'Can you get me to the pros?' is a question that any recruit or transfer looking down the road will ask. As to A+M, having to come up with $72M to get rid of Jimbo may have put a damper on the Aggies' NIL. However, Mike Elko did a very good job of bringing in quality players from the portal. There's a whole lot of oil money in Texas. Thanks, David for another excellent article.

NCAAF futures: Should you back one of these CFB teams to upset Georgia? WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Suffice it to say, the Georgia Bulldogs have earned the right to be betting favorites ahead of the college football season. Whether you should go ahead and bet on them, however, isn't so set in stone. No surprise, Oregon made the list. Yes, Quinn Ewers was a PO QB in '23, but Dillon Gabriel was the 1st team All B12 QB in '23 and took down UT and Ewers.

OREGON! The most physical B1G team? Woody 😒and Bo 😵are rolling in their B1G graves. Make It So!

No surprise. The 2 Os are Michigan's toughest opponents in 2024. Ranking the games on Michigan’s 2024 football schedule by difficulty WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM Which teams will give the Wolverines the most trouble on the field this year? Puddles, fly home with a B1G win in the Big House.

How About this - Anesthetize the Echoes! 3 Fighting Irish on Thin Ice Heading Into 2024 Season DAWINDYCITY.COM The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are trying to build off last season’s success heading into a pivotal 2024 season. The Irish finished the 2023 season with a 10-3 r I'm hoping the ice melts early on in College Station, Texas.

Wins needed for the Other Team Up North to make the Playoff?' Nuck, Nuck, Nuck. 😁 And Lumen Field in Seattle will be a tough environment for The Apple Cup? Where do they find these guys? Calculating Washington football wins needed for College Football Playoff at-large bid THEHUSKYHAUL.COM The College Football Playoff will be expanding to 12 teams starting this season, so there is an easier opportunity to make the playoff than there ever has been. Ruff!

Ohio State preview. What Oregon Duck fans should know about the Ohio State Buckeyes DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM A deep dive into the Ohio State Buckeyes and their outlook in the new Big Ten Conference for the 2024 college football season. Utah in the Rose Bowl vs tOSU? if seeded No. 1 Ohio State would play the winner of the No. 9 seed at the No. 8 seed. If seeded second, Ohio State would play the 10th seed at the 7th seed. Ducks Wire is a USA Today site. USA Today's preseason top 25 poll ranks Utah 12th which would have Utah winning the B12 and seeded No. 4 behind No. 3 seed Clemson. As the 4 seed, Utah would play the winner of 5 Texas vs 12 G5, with the game played in Austin. Safe to say that Utah's opening game PO would be played in the Fiesta Bowl vs. Texas. 6th seed Oregon's opening game would be vs Missouri in Autzen. Win this and Oregon would play Clemson in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The 5th seed will have close to a 1st round bye but not the 6th seed. The PO format is confusing (and senseless IMO) but the folks at Ducks Wire should get this. BTW, USA Today's rankings, which should mirror the newspaper's thoughts on what the USA Today Coaches Poll (a/k/a Sports Information Directors Poll) will be when released next month, has 6 SEC teams advancing to the 2024-25 Playoff. Something that will not bounce too high at B1G HQ in Rosemont (Chicago,) Illinois. Reminder: B1G Ten Media Days - July 23-25 on the BTN, the Big Ten Network.

Only 4 of the 5 starters on the list? Blasphemy! Ohio State's Center, Seth McLaughlin, transferred to tOSU from Bama after rolling many ground balls to The Tide's QB Jalen Milroe in the 2024 Rose Bowl. His last bad low snap messed up the timing of Milroe's attempt to tie up the game in OT.

B1G teams make up half of On3 Jesse Simonton's list of 2024's top 10 nonconference games. Michigan, USC, Penn State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. And Notre Dame in addition to SC plays at Purdue. Miami at Florida, 'The Anxiety Bowl,' and LSU vs USC in Las Vegas, 'Doubt in the Desert' Priceless! Texas at Michigan, Miami at Florida headline the Top 10 non-conference games of the 2024 season - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Texas at Michigan, Miami at Florida and LSU at USC are among the Top 10 non-conference games in the 2024 season.

Thank you, Charles. Who knew that Danno would morph into Coach Whiplash? 'Please, Sir, may I have another?' 2 B1G teams on the top of the Playoff Sims. Wow! This, after Michigan and The Other School Up North went 2-0 in the 2023 PO vs the 2014 SEC. Teams that will take 'A Giant Step Back.' UW - probably but I'd sure rather be playing UW early in the season and not in the ultimate game of the regular season. UW's recruiting is currently ranked 17th. If he sticks around, Jedd Fisch could be a thorn in Puddles's tail feathers. USC - With the coaching upgrade on the D side of the ball, I do not see Troy taking a giant step back from last season's 8-5. In conference, SC misses OREGON, Ohio State, and Iowa. SC plays Penn State, Wisconsin, Rutgers, and an upcoming Rutgers at home (11 PM kickoff Sopranos' time.) Oregon State -C(ompletely) W(atchless), so who will notice or care? Can any team be bowl game blown out worse than the whipping ND put on the Beavers last season? BAMA - Not so fast! One of the best rosters in CFB and this is not DeBoers' 1st rodeo. UNC finished 8th in the ACC in 2023, one spot above Mari(o,) will the Tar Heels get stuck with a worse record? Ditto a Duke team with an experienced QB coming in from Texas to replace Riley Leonard. I think both of these calls are a giant knee-jerk based on new QBs. Wisky will be better in Fickell's 2nd season if QB transfer Van Dyck stays healthy. The Cornhuskers lost 5 one-score games last season and at Temple and Baylor both teams improved significantly under Matt Ruhle. CU (later.) If Ralphie takes a giant step back the Buffs will be playing home games in Kansas.

From Trojan Savior to the Hot Seat after 2 years with a Heisman winner at QB. Talking season is leading some commentators to go big on Lincoln Riley TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Lincoln Riley is the subject of some remarkably wild opinions from national college football commentators. Maybe the Miami job (not the Dolphins) will open up?

Steven, great take, and fine if it comes true but Danno owes the Dawgs payback in the ATL. I know, easier dreamed than done.

As forecast, here's tOSU. Predicting the Playoff: No. 1 seed Ohio State SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Will the Buckeyes' eventful offseason lead to the top seed in the first 12-team College Football Playoff? It should. And why tOSU might not come through. Hammerin’ the B1G: 3 scenarios where Ohio State could fail to live up to title expectations SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Ohio State is heading into 2024 with the highest of expectations. However, some scenarios could trip up the Buckeyes in their pursuit of a title. Beware of the other O. Will Oregon one day be: That Team Out West?

Thank you, Charles. Perhaps one day both Puddles and I will both Get Smart.

I agree that had 'the Saban curse' not bitten Georgia last season, Georgia would have won it all. Kirby is a great coach and he has to be delighted to watch Nick ride off to the Game Day set. Three tough road games for UGA in 2024: Alabama; Texas; and Ole Miss with Clemson as the opening opponent in Atlanta. (Clemson is a two-hour drive from ATL; and an hour and a half from Athens. There will be far more Clemson fans in attendance than when Danno opened his career vs the Dawgs in Atlanta.) I do hope the Ducks play UGA in Atlanta this season and if not, meet UGA in Miami.

1 team and 1 team only, that Oregon plays in 2024 will bring a higher-ranked roster to the field; 'the' Ohio State University. The Buckeyes have the No. 1 rated Blue Chip Roster this season. Saturday, October 12, 2024. This will likely be the only regular-season game where Oregon will not be favored. The odds currently have Oregon +1.5. Other games of note on this date: The Red River Rivalry Game, Oklahoma vs Texas; Ole Miss at LSU; UW at Iowa, Penn State at USC, and Stanford at Notre Dame. I'm guessing that Game Day will not be in South Bend. 😍

Shoe Me the MONEY. 26 of the top 32 Athletic Departments with the best finances are in the SEC or the B1G with Clemson and FSU trying to get into one P2 conference or the other. Oregon is ranked 19th. From every perspective, Oregon is a 'Super Conference' school. NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY SPORTS.USATODAY.COM Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.

Welcome. It's 96 degrees with close to 80% humidity. I know it's hot in Oregon but ... From what we have seen to date, guys leave and Danno replaces them with better guys. Tough to refuse a call back home.

Don't count your Ducks before ...🙃 I am one wary of Hubris. The glass is empty now and will be filled only game by game. On the other hand! Go Ducks! Win IT all!

Strength of Schedule (SOS.) Some OBD readers, understandably, criticize using a team's 2023 record to judge 2024 SOS. Fair criticism; until ball is played any SOS calculation, like Win Totals, is a guess. Some pollsters like The Athletic's Stewart Mandel, acknowledges that his preseason ranking is not intended to match the the Committee's final 2024 ranking on December 8, 2024. Others like Phil Steele, do try to predict the Committee vote in the preseason. Sporting News ranked the Top 25 using its own and eight other rankings, giving a team ranked 1st 25 points on down to giving a team ranked 25th a single point. Nine of the sixteen SEC teams are ranked in Sporting News's Top 25. Five in the Top 10, Eight in the Top 16. Texas A+M is ranked 25th. Five B1G teams are ranked, four in the Top 10, and USC is 23rd. I have ZERO beef over this ranking. The SEC has earned the benefit of all doubts. I do have an issue with five B12 teams being ranked and not Iowa but that is a different matter. Sporting News then used this ranking to rank SOS. If you are scheduled to play a Top 25 team at home, you are awarded points based on the ranking, play No. 1 Georgia in your place and you receive 25 points. Play a Top 25 team on the road and four points are added. Viz. playing UGA in Athens is worth 29 points. SEC examples: 1. Florida - 117/ 7. Georgia - 85/ 10. Texas A+M - 75/ 16. Missouri - 26. B1G examples: 1. Michigan - 74/ 7. Ohio State - 58/ tied 12. OREGON - 42/18. Rutgers - 9. Ergo, Michigan with the B1G's most difficult schedule would be ranked 11th in the SEC. This, with Michigan playing one more P4 conference game than SEC teams and playing No. 3 ranked Texas out-of-conference. And this is the only SOS rankings I have seen that has OREGON with an easier schedule than Ohio State. Use preseason polls to rank schedule strength and you will arrive with an SOS self-fulfilling prophecy. Then again, you could place your faith in Mari(o). Right? https://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-footballs-most-improved-teams-for-2024#gid=ci02dd8324300026ce&pid=virginia-tech

From a mile away. Ryan Day predicts a tangibly different look for Ohio State’s offense under Chip Kelly SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Ryan Day believes things will be a bit different under Chip Kelly's offensive leadership, and that should be perceived as a positive for Ohio State.

WOW! Paul Finebaum predicts Lincoln Riley will be out at USC following 2024 season SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Paul Finebaum believes Lincoln Riley's time at USC is already running short entering the 2024 season.

Connor O'Gara has Georgia as the 2nd seed which means tOSU will be the 1 seed. UGA has a more difficult 2024 schedule than the Buckeyes. Predicting the Playoff: No. 2 seed Georgia WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM The question isn't whether Georgia will make the 12-team Playoff — it's how high the Dawgs will be seeded. Not certain how TX scores the 5 seed with Oregon 6. I think TX is overrated and LSU is underrated. O'Gara has TX going 12-1 and splitting with UGA. I don't see this happening. I think TX finishes with at least 2 losses.