Jon Joseph

College Football News has an interesting scenario. Ohio State finishes 12-0/9-0 USC finishes 10-2/8-1 with losses to LSU in Las Vegas and Michigan in Ann Arbor. Oregon finishes 11-1/8-1 with the loss coming against Ohio State in Eugene. Oregon defeats Michigan in Ann Arbor. USC does not play Ohio State and drops the game in Ann Arbor. I have no idea which team the B1G tiebreaker would send to play Ohio State in Indy. https://collegefootballnews.com/schedules/college-football-schedules-predictions-for-every-game-spring-2024#big-ten-football-schedules-predictions

Traveler is my Dark Horse favorite to come out of nowhere and capture the B1G title in 2024. Game one versus LSU in Las Vegas will give us the first look at which of the Tigers and Trojans rehab of the defense was the most successful. Both will score points even without a Heisman winner at QB but will they be able to stop anyone's offense? One reason I like Troy's potential to make it to Indianapolis? USC in 2024 does not play Oregon and does not play Ohio State. SC plays both Penn State, coming off a home game versus UCLA, and Wisconsin in LA. A loss to LSU and Notre Dame will not affect the B1G conference standings. If SC goes 8-1 in the conference and Oregon goes 8-1 with the loss versus Ohio State, I believe SC would hold the tiebreaker vs Oregon if Ohio State finishes 9-0 or 8-1 in the conference. 247 Sports projects Oregon playing tOSU in the champ game. Big Ten football predictions: Way-too-early order of finish, final records for 2024 season 247SPORTS.COM Picking the wins and losses for every Big Ten team. If USC and Oregon trip to a champ game played in Indy, will the game sell out? I imagine many long-time B1G fans would not be happy with this matchup. Oregon vs. tOSU or SC vs. tOSU would delight the folks at Fox and perhaps, challenge the SEC for the number of champ game viewers? Fun stuff to ponder.

Worst Timing is spot on. LSU-Iowa was most-watched women's college basketball game ever WWW.YARDBARKER.COM If you watched Iowa's 94-87 win over LSU in the Elite Eight on Monday night, you weren't alone. Per ESPN, an astounding 12.3 million people tuned into the second regional final in Albany, N.Y...

ND, I was blessed to get a pass years ago when Freddie Couples won the Masters. I followed Freddy and Davis Love on Thursday's 1st round. The two good friends were very comfortable playing together and had a 'long drive' contest on every hole but the par 3s. The courses I belong to in Aiken are, like Augusta, very hilly. You really cannot get a feel for the elevation changes on television. Four days in a row is a lot of walking. I'll be glued to the tube. Tough to watch a golf tournament from the course and know what is happening. Over the years in Las Vegas, I belonged to the Desert Inn, Spanish Trail, TPC, and Southern Highland courses. I managed to play bad golf on all of these courses and Shadow Creek where, because my boss was Steve Wynn's mentor, I played twice a month. A whole lot of excellent Dawgs players on the PGA tour. Heck of a program in Athens. Bubba was entertaining. He went after the ball like no one since Arnie.

Some fun Wolverine facts. Michigan football has never played these FBS teams and the number will surprise you GBMWOLVERINE.COM Michigan football is one of the oldest programs in the country dating back to 1879. The Wolverines have played a lot of teams, the team they have played the mos

Charles, love these posts regarding the Diamond Ducks. Reminds me of waking up in the AM and reading the story on the Red Sox game in the Boston Globe. The young men are touching all the bases; great stuff.

Man, it's tough to refrain from the mile away obvious comment here.

This guy could not keep his mouth shut, not that it mattered much, during Pac-12 media negotiations and he leaves behind a whole lot of red ink in Tucson.

Dan Lanning discusses departure of Carlos Locklyn, where team goes from here SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Dan Lanning discussed the departure of Carlos Locklyn, and where Oregon goes from here.

Hart? Would be a great hire to complete the RB coach poaching trifecta but the salary would have to be in the range of $750,000 and up.

Agreed! But lots of $ reasons for taking the new gig. Oregon salary: $400,000.00. tOSU's RB coach salary before leaving for Michigan: $772,500.00. Michigan DC, Wink Martindale, is one of the if the highest paid assistant coach in the nation. 2024 - $2.3M; 2025 - $2.5M; 2026 - $$2.7M. And nationwide, the cost-of-living in Columbus, Ohio and in Ann Arbor, Michigan is reasonable. Less than the COL in Eugene; Eugene's COL is 24.8% higher than the COL in Columbus. Chip's cut in salary was softened by the COL in LA being 102% more expensive than in Columbus. Oregon should hire former Michigan RB coach Mike Hart, who was not happy with being passed over for the Michigan HC job, to complete the RB coach B1G triangle of RB coach hires: Ohio State to Michigan; Oregon to Ohio State; Michigan to Oregon. Can Oregon compete with the asistant coaching salaries paid by Ohio State and Michigan ?

Thank you, Don. Echoing friend Darren Perkins, perhaps the transfers did not like the court? Caitlin Clark is a multi-millionaire and counting. In today's NIL world you have to be able to recruit, pick the portal and re-recruit the players in just about every sport. I wonder if Graves has issues with this 'New School' World compared to the 'Old School?' Great article, Sir. Go forth, all sins are forgiven. Interesting, same Final 4 mix for the Women as the Men: one SEC team, South Carolina; one B1G team, Iowa; one ACC team, same program, NC State; and a Big East team, Conneticut.

Men's and Women's golf updates. 'I should have yelled, Two!' Duck Golf: Men Battle in the Bay, Ladies Scorch in the Desert WWW.ADDICTEDTOQUACK.COM Senior leadership shines for both squads.

It's going to be a Battle of the Os on and off the field. Lots of intra-B1G coaching poaching going on.

Hats off to Caitlin Clark, 41 points. and her Iowa Hawkeyes for defeating LSU and moving on to the Final 4. Will they be joined by close to being B1G USC playing UConn now in Portland. Loved Darren's April Fools Day joke. How about the Portland court having 2 different in distance 3 point lines; no joke. Caitlin, 1 point better than Purdue's Edey.

Annie, it's because the Pac-12 10 departees although saddles with over 80% of the conference's liabilities decided not to litigate the matter beyong losing in state court in Washington with the decision affirmed by a Washington state court of appeals. A number of remedies were and are in in the mix. Especially a filing for Pac-12 liquidation in bankruptcy court. The "settlement" woula Perferance for the Pac-2 and distribution of revenue would be stayed until the court ruled on the departing 10's plan of liquidation. The acamedicians who destroyed the Pac-12 confernce followed suit with tucking tail and leaving millions of dollars in revenues behind. Money that could for example, be used to retain assistant coaches offered better salaries by competitors. If fans were shareholders Pac-10 management would be facing a suit for breach of fiduciary duty and thrown off of the 'Board of Directors."

Boiler Up! What does Purdue’s Final Four berth mean? Only everything SATURDAYTRADITION.COM The long wait is over. So is the pain of all of those near-misses. Purdue is headed back to the Final Four for the first time since 1980.

He is a B1G Big Man. Hammerin’ the B1G: Zach Edey has a shot at the best individual season in Big Ten history SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Zach Edey is taking his talents to the Final Four, and he has a legitimate shot to finalize the best-ever season for an individual player in Big Ten history.

Ohio State is lighting it up with the 2025 class. Assuming all commited players sign on the dotted line come December, tOSU has a B1G haed start in signing 2025's top ranked class. Long way to go. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten/four-star-linebacker-tarvos-alford-commits-to-ohio-state-buckeyes

I love that one of Bama's key contributors is from North Dakota and transferred to Bama from North Dakota State. Kind of young to be a Snow Bird, no? Estrada has to be right up there in Frequent Transfer Points.

Go East young man? Per Jon Wilner and KenPom this is the first tournament where no team west of the Mississippi River made the Elite 8. Purdue is in the Final 4 for the first time since 1980. Bama is in the Final 4 for the first time ever. 3 P4 conferences made it to the Final 4, ACC, B1G and the SEC. The B12 with 8 teams in the mix flamed out. Not good for a conference without a Blue Chip Roster in football attempting to build its bona fides on its CBB programs. HDuck in an above comment captured the B12's plight perfectly. Ilinois 23, UConn 23 before UConn went on a 30 point run! Purdue will have it's work cut out against 11 seed NC State and UConn if the 2 meet up in the champ game. Notwithstanding many a brick being launched the Tourney to date has set a record for the number of viewers even with the West MIA.

LOL! Final 4 ACC rep is NC State. Team has won 9 games in a row and defeated Duke twice in the process.

Purdue in the Final Four: Fans, media react to Boilermakers’ first Final Four since 1980 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Purdue is heading to the Final Four for the first time under Matt Painter after a brilliant Elite 8 win over Tennessee.

On Saturday Down South they are, of course, blaming the loss on the officials. Purdue went 2-0 vs TN this season. Bummer for the Vols to have to play 2 games with corrupt officiating. Zach Edey isn’t just dominant, he was historic in leading Purdue to the Final Four SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Zach Edey is in the middle of an NCAA Tournament performance for the ages after dominating in Purdue's Elite 8 victory.

Puddles future play pal Purdue 72, Tennessee 66. Final 4 - ACC Team, B1G Pudue, Big East UConn and SEC Alabama. Keep it up Purdue. Michigan set the stage for the Pac-4 with a football Natty. Can Purdue do the same for the first B1G Tourney title since 2000?