Jon Joseph

Oregon is considered to be a tougher opponent for Michigan than USC. Yes! Will Michigan make the College Football Playoff in 2024? Breaking down the betting odds SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Michigan is expected to be in the mix to reach the College Football Playoff again in 2024.

The B1G's Big Tradition has incoming Oregon on its radar. Bryan-College Station Super Regional: Schedule, preview for Texas A&M vs. Oregon SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Bryan-College Station Super Regional action is set for this weekend with Texas A&M hosting Oregon in a best-of-3 series with the winner advancing to Omaha. Puddles, prepare for some B1G love. Before Oregon officially joins the B1G Oregon is getting more and better coverage from the Big Ten Network than it ever received in the Pac.

Hammerin’ the B1G: Ranking Ohio State’s 2024 opponents by degree of difficulty SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Ohio State's schedule includes a few obvious challenges. What other teams could present a test, and which games will be a cakewalk in the fall? Oregon is a Perfect 10!

Georgia at Texas 10/19/24 coincides with a Grand Prix event in Austin. 4* and 5* hotel rooms are going for 14K to 18K a night!

Nittany Lions? Whiteout or no? Snyder: Get used to Penn State facing complicated White Out decisions WWW.NYTIMES.COM Penn State-Ohio State as a prime-time White Out game sounds like a no-brainer, but Big Ten TV partners have made it a challenging choice.

But a settlement, if approved by the court, will leave many unanswered questions. If NCAA House settlement is approved, smaller schools could take the brunt of the impact WWW.NYTIMES.COM Lower-level DI schools to be "hurt the most" trying to make up for lost revenue. If it sounds like financial Darwinism, it's because it is.

Would The Rose Bowl be The Rose Bowl with the game kicking off at 5:30 PM Pacific on a Monday night? A problem CFB has is fitting its playoff games into the latter part of the NFL regular season and the beginning of the NFL playoffs. Start the season in Week 0, eliminate conference champ games, one bye week in Week Six or Week Seven, and the Rose Bowl could host the Champ game on New Year's Day. But both ESPN and Fox would want a rebate from the loss of the SEC and B1G champs games. I expect the ACC/SEC would want the title game to alternate between the Rose and Sugar Bowls. Why the Rose Bowl should be the permanent national championship game WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The College Football Playoff released its schedule for the 2024-25 postseason on Wednesday with the new 12-team bracket format offering head-scratching assignments for the so-called New...

Lot of questions for the Men of Troy. 3 major USC football questions sure to keep Lincoln Riley up at night this summer FANSIDED.COM There's too much uncertainty to sleep soundly.

Thanks, Mike West. Not so long ago, Michael (Eat) Crow stated: "Behind Larry Scott, the conference is perfectly positioned." Perhaps noted scholar Mike was confused between Larry's behind, and Chaucher's character Nicholas's behind, as referred to in The Miller's Tale (Tail?)

College Wire ranks the B1G as the conference with the second most difficult SOS in 2024. The SEC is, of course, the hardest place to play your ball. 'Iron sharpens iron," right? The 4th out-of-conference game vs, The East-West-North-South Lilliputians is a real iron sharpener. Playing 8 conference games is justified because 'No one plays D like we do in the SEC.' 9/30/23 - Ole Miss 55 - LSU 46 10/7/23 - LSU 49 - Missouri 39 11/11/23 - Georgia 52 - Ole Miss - 17 None of the three games went into OT. 'Iron sharpens iron!' Missouri 2024 OOC Schedule - Murray State, Buffalo Bulls (not Bills,) Boston College, and UMass. Ole Miss 2024 OOC Schedule - Furman (Is Old Trapper the Fur Man mascot?), Middle Tennessee, Wake Forest, and Georgia Southern Auburn 2024 OOC Schedule - Alabama (not Texas) A+M, Cal, New Mexico (Meow, Mexico?), and UL Monroe (Distant cousin, 38 x removed, of President James Monroe.) ESPN's super-secret decoder ring needed Fallacious Proposterious Index has 11 (out of 18) SEC teams ranked in the Top 20, the SEC could probably play six conference games and have a robust strength-of-schedule. The preseason FPI rankings would give us a playoff field with 5 SEC and 3 B1G teams. If playing 8 and not 9 conference games tilts the Playoff in the SEC's direction, then notwithstanding the SEC being the BCS and the 4-team playoff top dogs, the B1G and the B12 will need to step up and be counted. College football’s toughest schedules according to the latest FPI COLLEGESPORTSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Breaking down some of the numbers from the latest FPI. The P4 in my opinion should all play 9 conference games and if Notre Dame wants to stay independent and be playoff-eligible the Domers should play 13 regular season games.

Checking all the boxes. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/josh-pate-reveals-big-ten-oregon-ducks-checks-all-boxes-in-2024

No doubt that the conference needs B1G help. Big Ten baseball continues Super Regional drought with horrific conclusion to regional round SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Big Ten baseball will not make an appearance in the Super Regionals, continuing a drought since Michigan advanced to the College World Series in 2019.

We'll see these guys on 9/28/24. Puddles goes to Hollywood (or, at least Pasadena,) https://collegefootballnews.com/news/ucla-college-football-preview-best-players-top-transfers-season-prediction-win-total-2024

The uprising began in 1984 with Georgia and Oklahoma winning their suit against the NCAA, which ended the NCAA's broadcast monopoly. Then in 1998, SEC commish Roy Kramer convinced the B1G and the Pac-10 that college football needed 'One True Champion' more than these two conferences needed the Rose Bowl. Thus, 'It Just Means More,' the demise of the Pac-12, and the B1G taking a football back seat to the boys from Dixie.

I agree with Joel's take but there is an easier way to accomplish the same result without changing already agreed-upon schedules. The PO Committee uses a strength-of-schedule calculation, with the algorithms disclosed and agreed to by all parties, with a team's SOS ranking shown next to a team ranked in the committee's top 25. And the individual committee members' votes are fully disclosed. If a uniform SOS were used, playing dreck both out-of-conference and in-conference would be accounted for as would playing fewer games vs. quality competition. Missouri, finishing 10-2 with the 16th easiest schedule in the SEC in 2024 including OOC games, would not be given the same weight as Florida with the most difficult schedule in the SEC and the nation in 2024 finishing 10-2. Teams contending for a spot in the playoff, 134 teams in 2024, would be handicapped coming into the season off of the 2023 results with the handicaps adjusted weekly based on game results. To make the PO field, a team with a handicap in the 50s would have to win X more games than a team with a handicap in the 20s. Committee members should not have the right to determine SOS as they see fit. And how committee members vote should see the light of day. Great topic and great comments.

Not B1G but I love these potential CFB chaos takes. 2024 Chaos Scenarios, No. 7: What if Billy Napier gets fired? WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM There's a major ripple effect if Billy Napier gets fired, and not just because Florida would be a coveted vacancy.

DG and 'Stewie,' and a former Husky, yuck, yuck, are on the list. Big Ten college football’s 9 best transfers, ranked by who will have biggest impact WWW.SBNATION.COM Big Ten newcomers who will make the biggest impact, ranked. Howard? He would have been the back up if he stayed at K State and is not certain of starting for the Buckeyes.

Questions for 10 of CFB's best QBs in 2024. Yes, DG is on the list. Key questions for 10 of college football's best quarterbacks in 2024 WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Pop quiz, hot shot. Questions for 10 of the elite quarterbacks in college football for the 2024 season.

Coaches who are in line to win their first CFB Natty. 5 coaches who will win first national title this decade, 4 who might, 3 wait and see FANSIDED.COM With Nick Saban retiring and Jim Harbaugh returning to the NFL, only three active college football head coaches have won a national championship at the FBS leve 5 locks in the next 10 years. Does this leave enough room for Georgia and Bama? Where will FSU and Clemson be playing ball in the next decade? If it's in the SEC will Norvell be able to take the Seminoles into, let alone win, the playoffs

Even the folks Down South have something to Jerk about. Strong social media reactions to the College Football Playoff schedule SOUTHBOUNDANDDOWN.COM In this article, we share some of the most direct responses on X (formerly known as Twitter) from fans surrounding the College Football Playoff schedule.

College World Series Super Regional Sites: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (Oregon State,) North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (OREGON), and Virginia. What in the heck happened with Louisiana and Mississippi? Now, let's look at the 202425 College Football Playoff sites. College Football Playoff dates, times & schedule announced for first 12-team playoff FIGHTINGGOBBLER.COM When the 2024 college football season begins, so does the expanded College Football Playoff when it goes from four teams to 12. That opens the door for a lot of The champ game will be played in Atlanta on January 20, 2025, in Mercedes Benz Stadium. Four of the six sites hosting 2nd and 3rd round games will be played in Dixie. 2nd round will see the B1G champ in the Rose Bowl and the B12 champ in the Fiesta Bowl. The ACC champ will play in the Peach Bowl in Mercedes Benz Stadium which as noted, is the Champion Game site and the SEC Champion game site. The SEC champion will play its first-round game in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. So five games will be played down south. But, Wait A Minute! Four games will be played on the respective campuses of the teams seeded 5th through 8th. I have yet to see a preseason Top 25 poll that does not project at least two first-round games being hosted in Dixie and many polls project having three first-round games hosted by SEC teams Thus, eight of the eleven playoff games in 2024-25 could be played south of the Mason-Dixon line. When Bowl Games meant only Fun In The Sun for teams and their fans, flying south to play bowl games made sense. Today, there is too much on the postseason line to play 72%+ of the games in the home territory of the conference that dominated the BCS and the four-team playoffs. I have been disappointed to date by the silence emanating from BiG HQ and B1G Commissioner, Tony Petitti. Especially with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey being widely quoted regarding the playoff and the future of the playoff. The Sounds of Silence coming from Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff led nowhere but to the demise of the Conference of Champions. I hope Puddles and the B1G have hired the right person to lead the way and not roll over for the SEC.

If it's not this season with the recruiting and portal pickups, Cam Ward and Martinez from the Pac-2 and other highly rated portal players, and OOC games vs. Florida A+M, Ball State, USF, and at Florida, a program that did not go bowling in 2023, FSU, Va Tech, Duke, at home, on the road against Cal, Georgia Tech, and possibly a ranked Va Tech, and no game vs Clemson and Notre Dame, when? He is an overpaid recruiting coordinator disguised as a head coach. If Mari(o) doesn't go 10-2 this season, Manny Diaz may be invited back. Over the same period at Miami, Manny had a better record than Cristobal. Some folks deliver on their dreams. Not Mari(o.) When the ACC breaks up, I doubt that Miami, a small private school with an off-campus stadium, will be of interest to the B1G or the SEC. Four ACC teams have never won an ACC football championship: Boston College; Syracuse; Louisville; and Miami. Boo hoo for The U.

Back in the day, way back, you more or less learned who the newbies were when spring practice started. This was before myriad adults spent hours attaching stars to high school kids. Hours forecasting where the lads were going to play ball. Before an industry was created by adults calling high school kids going steady with a certain coaching staff 'Commits.' But up to a decade or so ago, if a young man signed on with Good Old U, the young man was stuck where he signed unless he was willing to sit out a season after transferring. Now, we have two dates when recruits can sign and 2 dates when recruits can transfer and be immediately eligible. And with players being paid via school-associated NIL collectives, recruiting is a year-round exercise that involves high school recruiting, re-recruiting players you already recruited, and portal picking opportunities. Roster management in college football today is coach crazy-making. And this is before universities will be paying athletes directly, in addition to athletes continuing to market their own NIL. Thus, I follow "recruiting" year-round. Especially knowing that no team without a Blue Chip Roster won a BCS or Playoff CFB title. It's as important to reel them in and keep them in the net as it is to coach them up. For me, it's easy to understand why Nick Saban pulled the plug and why Jim Harbaugh returned to the NFL.

Men’s College World Series 2024: Super Regionals schedule, TV, streaming, scores, and more WWW.SBNATION.COM Super Regionals are set for the Men’s College World Series

Thanks, again, for the post NJ. Week 1 - USC vs LSU in Las Vegas. Fanduel - LSU - 6.5. Joel does not inform us that this game will be broadcast on ABC, one of the reasons why USC tried to back out of this game. Fox did not want USC's opening game as a B1G team to be broadcast anywhere other than Fox. Other Week 1 games with a PO impact, are Clemson vs Georgia - Atlanta, and Notre Dame at Texas A+M. Week 2 - Texas at Michigan - Fanduel - Texas -3.5. Not so fast Longhorns. The DL and WR corps lost a ton of talent. In theory, Sark has portal-plugged these gaps. But playing the second game of the season with new receivers vs. a quality defense on the road? Joel made certain to let us know that Fox will be broadcasting this Big Noon game. An 11 AM Central time KO for the Longhorns. Week 5 - Georgia at Bama. UGA plays Clemson, Tennessee and at Kentucky, before having a Week 4 idle week. Bama is also idle in Week 4 having played Western Kentucky, USF, and at Wisconsin. Week 7 - Ohio State at Oregon - "Oregon is one of four of 2024's great teams." Joel, I hope it is so. Week 8 - Georgia at Texas. What is going on in Birmingham? Mizzou and Texas with much easier schedules than Georgia. Blasphemy! And scheduling this game the same weekend as a Grand Prix event? If you don't have 14K to 18K for a 'decent' hotel room in Austin, plan on staying in El Paso. Week 9 - Missouri at Alabama. One of the 3 games in MO.'s '3-game season.' The other two are at A+M and Oklahoma. These Tigers are close to a lock to go 10-2. Finish 10-2 or better in the B1G or the SEC and you will probably be a playoff participant. Week 10 - Michigan at Ohio State. The most watched CFB game in 2023 with 19.1M viewers. The Game in 2024 should exceed last season's viewership. Let's Get It On!