Jon Joseph

The format kind of, sort of, maybe, made sense with a power 5. Now, even the ESPN honks are calling this 'STUFF' out. I'm sure there is somewhere in the world where teams ranked behind others jump the higher-ranked teams but I don't know where. You could see this coming from a Loooooong ways off.

Will Johnson and Loveland ain't comin' We're finally on our way, Then came the same old drubbing Chip and Ryan didn't Win the Day. 🙃 Four Losses in O-HI-O. Four Losses in O-HI-O. Just when OBD was ready for Ducks vs. Bucks, Saturday happened. 1 - 1st season in the B1G. 1st B1G Championship Game. First time without 1-loss since 2010. 1st ALL-BIG QB and B1G O-Player of the Year. Thank You, Dillion and Gabriel, Blow Your Horn. 0 - (ld School) Penn State uniform changes since 1887. 100s - of N(ew School) IKE UNI changes since 1998. 7 - Common opponents for OBD and the Nits in 2024. Illinois - PSU 21-7 / OBD - 38-9 UCLA - PSU 27-11 / At UCLA - OBD - 34-18 At Wisconsin - PSU 28-13/ OBD 16-13 UW - PSU 35-6 / OBD 49-21 At Purdue - PSU 49-10 / OBD 35-0 Maryland - PSU 44-7 / OBD 39-18 And the Difference Maker - Ohio State - PSU 13-20 /OBD 32-31 Does 7/12ths of a schedule make these stats more meaningful? PPG - PSU 33.3 / OBD 35.2 OPP PPG - PSU 14 / OBD 16.2 - Both in the CFB Top 10 Rush Yards - PSU 194.7 / OBD 170.9 Pass Yards - PSU 248.2 / OBD 277.6 TO Margin - PSU +7/ OBD +5 Top 25 Wins - 1 PSU vs. Illinois / 3 OBD vs. Ohio State, Boise State, and Illinois. -3.5 OBD vs. PSU on Saturday. 5 - B1G Ten Network's Anthony Herring's 5 Takes on the B1G Champ Game 1. TEZ is back 2. BURCH is back 3. OT Josh Connerly vs. DE Abdul Carter 4. Jordan James - Top RB in the game. 5. Tyler (Bad Man) Warren. B1G Musings. 22 - years in a row Wisconsin playing in a bowl game is over. Wisky's high-water 2024 moment - 13 -16 OBD. 😁 I don't mean to be Fickle, BUT? -1 - Pass the Plate B1G Brothers and Sisters for the Huskers. One week after getting off of the one-score loss game Schined to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2016, the Huskers traveled to Iowa where they outgained the Hawkeyes 334 yards to 164 yards with 20 to 5 1st downs. 22- seconds left, Huskers QB Dylan Riola fumbles with the Huskers up by 3 points. The Iowa FG kicker comes through with a 53-yard walk-off FG. Oh, Shucks. 😊 I believe these Schukers were first in line proclaiming OBD was too SOFT for the B1G. 🤣 4 - Amidst the 4-loss furor, Ohio State is in the Playoff and likely hosting a game. Michigan? Enjoy the Music or the Citrus. Ohio State wins a game or two, or three, or FOUR! Call the architect to design the Day Statue next to the Shoe. Paste, Prostate, Punish, Plaster, Pulvirize, Pound Penn State! PS - TOO - many athletes for OBD😍 and Penn State is 4-12 vs No. 1 teams. Last win? 1990 vs. the Domers.

A lot of Hoosiers think that you are a Hoser! ☺️ Think Vacation? Doesn't everyone want to watch guys go round and round in a Brickyard and watch a game in a stadium named after an Oil Can? Compared to the 'You can't get there from here State Pen(n),' this is a Pair-of-Dice. 😇 So, who needs Lost Wages?🤑

It's not happening but OREGON would be the 5-seed hosting the 12-seed and likely playing Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl instead of Ohio State, Tennessee, or Notre Dame, in the Rose Bowl. PULVERIZE PENN STATE!

But, as I understand it, an equal share of PO and CBB Tourney $.

"FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS." John Adams

Duckman 60. I get all of your sound reasoning. But, both Bama and Ole Miss defeated South Carolina, these teams are all 9-3. Was USC-East's win over Clemson aided and abetted by a late interception all that? Louisville had a better win at Clemson than the Gamecocks. USC was ranked below both Bama and Ole Miss last Tuesday and I don't see Bama and Ole Miss with rivalry game victories against SEC opponents being jumped tonight. I think Bama with its win over UGA is the last AL team in. Maybe, Sort Of, Kind Of? 😜

We're No. 12! Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, SMU, MIA, Other Suspects? College Football Playoff: Which teams are in position for the final spot? SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Eleven of the 12 playoff spots are likely wrapped up, leaving a handful of teams vying for the final berth. Isn't it nice to have ZERO beefs (maybe a small meatball from Bielema😧 ) coming out of B1G HQ? Now, we need a 2-loss ACC team to knock out a 3-loss SEC team and we can watch Greg Sankey going PO'd Hanky-Pankey. 😁

College Football News Lights Up Chip Kelly and Not Ryan Day. Chip, Not Ryan, Should Disappear. THE MICHIGAN GAME PALES COMPARED TO A NATTY. DUH! https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/ohio-state-michigan-game-national-title-focus

Thank you, Doctor. From the B1G Saturday Tradition Site. Big Ten announces top offensive, defensive and freshman honors for 2024 season SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Big Ten honors are getting handed out for the 2024 season on Tuesday.

There is an agreement in principle to play the 2029 game B1G football champ game in LV. Not groundbreaking; the 2028 B1G Men's CBB tourney will be played in Las Vegas.

Thank you, Darren. I think the B1G will opt to play the 2029 Football Champ in Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium in 2029. 2027 - Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena will host the Women's B1G CBB Tournament. 2028 - T-Mobile will host the Men's CBB Tournament. Playing the football championship in Allegiant will not be the B1G's first visit to Allegiant. The B1G does play every other year in the Las Vegas Bowl in Allegiant. Last year NW upset Utah. I believe the current Las Vegas Bowl agreement between the Pac 12, B1G, and the SEC concludes in 2026.

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Penn State's Moment of Truth? Lions Will Be Ducked! From great to elite, this is Penn State's moment of truth WWW.YARDBARKER.COM For years, Penn State football has hovered on the edge of greatness, piling up 10-win seasons but falling short in the games that matter most. On Saturday night, James Franklin’s Nittany...

A Good Take on Day. I Wonder if Lincoln is Enjoying the Trojans Wire Coverage😁? With friends like these ... Ryan Day, Ohio State could hire Lincoln Riley as offensive coordinator TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Ohio State is a program which could take Lincoln Riley off USC’s hands. It’s obviously not likely, but remember: It was never likely that Riley would leave Oklahoma.

New AD Ross Bjork, who came in from Texas A+M to replace the venerable Gene Smith, is in a tough spot. His football coach has one of the best winning percentages of all time but has lost four out of five games to the hated Wolverines. I see that good, ole Todd McShade was the last Yahoo to predict that Day would be fired after the 2025 class signing day and the playoff. IMO, Poppycock! Day is a terrific recruiter who also adeptly picked the portal last season. Running off McCord for Will Howard benefited Syracuse, only the Orange's 3rd 9-win season since 2000 more than Ohio State. But in an age when very few teams are deep on the O line, the injury to a starting tackle in the OBD game and the starting center in practice could not be overcome against a D line as solid as Michigan's. On Saturday it was not the O line with its starting center that closed out the win at Penn State without a pass being thrown. How many 'pencil him in as a starter' O-line guys come up in the portal? Day did well picking up a quality center. Danno has distinguished himself with a starting tackle and a starting guard. Still, it took the Ducks O-line time to get going in 2024. Day was 'this close' to a PO win against Georgia and a defeat of TCU to win a title and likely would have won the game vs UGA if Marvin Harrison had not been injured. Unless a refreshed and rejuvenated Urban Meyer is ready for an encore, is there a replacement out there who has the bona fides to step in and have Day's success; a candidate who will routinely defeat Michigan and win national titles? With the incredible group of seniors Ohio State is losing this season on the D side of the ball, a coaching transition during the portal shopping period could be devastating. The media loves you on the way up and once you have arrived, cannot wait to beat you back down. It's been thus forever and (un)Social Media has allowed many the moron behind a keyboard to join in. If I'm around to watch 😁, I expect we'll see Day on the sideline in 2026 when OBD trips to Columbus. PLASTER PENN STATE!

My LV friends and I got down immediately on UGA +2.5 in Atlanta. Has Vegas been infested by members of the PO Committee? Did Bill Hancock retire to Vegas? Mercedes Benz Stadium is UGA's 2nd home. And I'm reasonably certain Georgia played Texas in Austin and won the game, right? If Texas has a Committee top 25 win tomorrow night it will only be due to the Committee trying to save face by ranking a 4-loss A+M team. Pound, Plaster, Paste, Pulverize, and PUNISH penn state!

As I responded to this article in another post: Dear Yardbarker, the winner of the B1G Champ Game goes to the Rose Bowl and does Not Also Play A 1st Round HOME GAME! This format is not the easiest to figure out but it isn't Rocket Surgery! 😁

Got to love it when a Fong Bomb breaks Cristal Balls. However: 'We will learn from this and get more physical with our recruits!" Does Cam show for the Pin Stripe Bowl? 😁

I guess Chipper had to cover the pay cut? 😁

Signing day is Wednesday. Drop Day for Kelly who HATES recruiting and after the way his O played on Saturday? Day has the second-best winning percentage in the history of CFB. On Saturday, Day lost to an unranked team. Urban Meyer lost to three unranked teams. But Urb went 7-0 vs. The 4-in-a-row School Up North. Watching the game on Saturday, I pondered: How did this tOSU team put up 31 points on Oregon in Eugene? Day will not be fired. If he is fired down the road he will be replaced by an ace recruiter and not by Chip. Let's see if Ohio State hosts Tennessee or plays at Tennessee. One will likely be the 8 seed and the other the 9 seed. SOS - Ohio State 26/ Tennessee 28. Close to a push.

Place Your Champ Game Bets. OBD Wins + Covers! College football picks, predictions against the spread for every conference championship game WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Conference championship weekend features five games that will have a direct impact on the 12-team College Football Playoff picture. Texas -2.5? Take UGA and the points.😁

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So sorry, but I Completely Demure. Texas will be ranked No. 2 tomorrow night. Boise, 81st SOS, will be ranked ahead of ASU/Iowa State. There is ZERO support for these two other than the Eye Test. This format has to go and the Committee if it stays in place post-2025/26, MUST disclose the metrics it uses to rank and seed the teams. As does the NCAA Basketball Committee, a group that is not owned by Disney/ESPN. As Georgia coach Kirby Smart so adeptly asked: 'What are the criteria besides Ws and Ls?' Yes, UGA has 2 Ls to two top-25 teams. Unlike Texas, Georgia has wins against the top 25: Clemson, Tennessee, and TEXAS! 1 loss Texas lost at home to UGA and the game wasn't close. The rest of the Horns schedule was a joke. Texas is one of five teams that defeated Michigan this season, including OBD. Ranking on a whim with multi-millions of dollars at stake should be unacceptable.

From Coast-to-Coast many did see this coming. The format for the next two seasons kind of made sense to get the required unanimous vote (thanks Pac-2) and with a Power 5 but makes no sense with a Power 4 and in reality, with a Power 2. With Disney/ESPN paying the PO cost, you never heard a discouraging word from the World Wide Leader except for a tortured explanation every Saturday on College Game Day of what we have this year and in 2025. Like so many things college football, and with a PO managed by ESPN and not the football playoffs managed by the NCAA (GULP!) this is screwed up. Including, still placating bowls in a 12-team PO era because ABC/ESPN broadcast 95% of the bowl games. 3-loss Clemson has a chance for a 1st round bye and a 2nd round opening game an hour-and-a-half drive from its campus? Is there any other playoff format that rewards lower-seeded teams with preferred seeding and a first-round bye? I am hoping for a Clemson win and 2L SMU getting in over a 3L SEC team. I believe the PO format will be altered come 2026/27 but this would Guaranty an alteration. (Even worse, putting 2L MIA in the field. 😵) If a 3L SEC is in, it will be ALABAMA and not the USC-East team I see in many projections. The Gamecocks Lost to Bama. It was a close loss; so what? PUNISH PENN STATE!