Jon Joseph

Bow Down to OREGON!

David, et al, come 2025 I expect that NCAA prez Baker's idea will be adopted. There will be a separate NCCA division where teams commit not to pay less than $30M per annum directly to athletes via NIL put-in trust. And 'trust' will be a phantom trust. Female athletes will also have to be paid.

Stew, join the pot of Ducks headed for the 2024 Playoff. It's going to be B1G and how about playing on a Blue Chip roster for a group of coaches who know how to coach guys up and catch balls from 2023 all B12 QB?

Is deserting a playoff team for the desert a smart move? Good luck. I'm closing in on 77 years on this mortal coil and still waiting to get taller.

THIS best happens. Technically Wazzu Prez Shulz could veto this. In which case he will Know Nothing.

Two B1G boys in the title game, it doesn't get any better than this. Let's hope for a repeat in 2024/25. I'll buy the tape for Pawall's mouth.

But friend Vegas, it's what we have until next season. Either way, it's a B1G win. The fight for Power 2 hegemony is on.

Hats off to Whit. After seeing what Schraeder did for Mizzou in 2023 I'm fascinated to see what Harris will do in 2024.

And the D guys play improved D? I think that Lynn coming over from UCLA will get the Troy guys on D playing more in synch. How could he not? And Troy did play better D, although the D gave up a lot of rushing yards, in the Holiday Bowl with Trojans making open field tackles. Who knew?

Miller Moss with 6 TD passes in the Holiday set the Holiday Bowl and USC records for the most TD passes in SC's illustrious bowl history. The SC skill players on O made No. 15 Louisville's D look slow and pedestrian. Riley has cleaned house on the D side of the ball. I think that SC even without Williams is a dark (Traveler) horse candidate to play for a B1G title next season; especially if SC can take down LSU in Las Vegas and win in the Big House vs. a Michigan team that is losing a lot of studs and perhaps, it's HC. No Oregon or Ohio State on the schedule, Penn State in LA, and no Penix playing for UW when SC visits Seattle.

Good for Ty! He will be playing for the new Tulane head coach, John Sumrall. Sumrall went 23-4 at Troy (where he coached Tez Johnson) and was the 2023 Sun Belt COY. With SMU off to the ACC and Liberty's QB in the portal and the MW being deep and competitive, AAC Tulane will be one of the top contenders for the G5 spot in the 2024 Playoff. No. 12. Tulane at No. 5 OREGON in the 1st round with Ty at QB?

Adjusting for the 2024 Rose Bowl and Michgan's victory over Bama, the SEC is now 14-4 in PO games with Bama 'falling' to 8-4, causing Paul Finebaum to reverse course on the Wolverines being PO worthy. Beat Bama and you have to be PO-worthy, right Paul? With the Left Coast Dogs (not Dawgs) takedown of Texas in the Sugar Bowl on 1/1/24, the 2024 SEC falls to 14-5 in the Final 4 games. With Michigan's, Rose Bowl win, and UW's win in New Orleans, the 2024 B1G moves to a Final 4 overall record of 5-5 which will move to 6-6 after Monday night's champ game in Houston. Not great but this is so good to see. The first non-SEC champ game since the inaugural PO season in 2014, when the Ducks (sigh) played Ohio State for the championship. A PO record will be established on Monday night. For the first time, a team that played 9 and not 8 conference games will win a PO title. And if UW wins it will be the first team without a Blue Chip Roster (50% or more 4* and 5* recruits on the Roster) to win a BCS/PO championship. Michigan's roster is BCR, barely, with 54% of the roster made up of Blue Chip recruits. Should be a very interesting game with UW's fantastic O going against Michigan's excellent D.

I briefly made mention of Kansas State QB Will Howard committing to Ohio State in another post. !n 2022, Howard led K State to a B12 title. Howard is a fifth year senior with one year of eligibility left and choose Ryan Day and the Buckeyes over our buddies Lincoln Riley and Mari(o) Cristobal. He is a very accurate passer and also a very good runner. During the Cotton Bowl telecast the broadcasters both said that they did not believe Ryan Day would take a QB out of the portal. Wrong. Devin Brown who started for tOSU vs Mizzou went down with an injury for the 3rd time in eight months. 5* QB Air Noland, is joining the Buckeyes and will gain experience backing up Howard. Ohio State's visit to Eugene on October 12th, falls between the October 5th visit from J. Smith and Michigan State and the game on October 19th that will be played at Purdue. The B1G QB question now is whether Michigan QB JJ McCarthy will go pro. The other perhaps B1Gger question is whether Jim Harbaugh returns to coach Michigan in 2024 or is coaching Justin Herbert in LA.

K State QB Will Howard opted for Ohio State over USC. See you in Eugene in 2024 Will.

Bo to Tez followed by Gabriel to Tez. What's not to like? B1G and Great News!

candyduck, who doesn't like a double dose of candy?

B1G?

Well, all Dogs are bastards are they not? Maybe not the Dawgs in Athens but most definitely the Dogs in Seattle.

Preach, Brother Darren, preach. UW wins and the perception of Left Coast ball, all finesse, glitz not guts, does not disappear but it will have an impact on the eve of the Pac-4 headed to the B1G. And it will be a small bow but UW win will tie a small bow on Oregon's season; 2 Ls to the 2023/24 champion by 6 points. Whether or not UW wins Monday night, the Ducks will be a 2024 preseason top 10 team and UW will not. I have seen two expert predictions that have Michigan winning by 10 plus points and holding UW to 16 points in one prediction and 17 in the other. Huh? Bama put up 20 points on Michigan with a QB and an offense no where close to the abilty of UW. In all of football, particularly in CFB, the team with the better QB and O most often wins the game. The best QB Michigan played against OCC and in the B1G was Maryland's Taulia Tag. UM defeated Mayland by 7 points. UM won the game because of its D. Behind McCarthy UM's O was stagnant against Maryland just as it was for but for 1 drive in the 2nd half vs. Bama. And Bama while it gets props for the usual Saint Nick win over UGA and Kirby, was fortunate to beat an Auburn team, a team that lost to NM State, a team with a dysfunctional QB, that was able to consistently run the ball against Bama's D. Michigan has not faced a QB as talented as Penix. Played against no O close to level of UW's O. And while the Right Coast media can not stop talking about how great Michigan's D is, the level of competition UM played against in the B1G this season was not close to the level of talent UW played against in the Pac-12. UW won road games at Arizona, Oregon State and USC and a neutral site game against OBD where it was a 9.5 dog. UM defeated Penn State on the road but PSU's O was MIA for most of the season. The Michigan O struggled against an Iowa team that 8-4 Tennessee with a true frosh making his first start at QB destroyed in the Citrus Bowl. Michigan averaged less than 3 yards a carry against Iowa. Post game x-rays on Johnson revealed no major damage. Johnson reaggravated a foot injury he has been dealing with for the 2nd half of the season. And as Charles recently pointed out, Penix was a run threat vs. Texas. The UM DL mauled Milroe but Milroe despite the lost yardage on 6 sacks and having to play shortstop on many snaps ran for 63 yards. Bama ran for 172 yards notwithstanding the yardage lost by the UM DL overwhelming the Bama OL on many passing downs. Will UW fans be insufferable if UW wins the title? Yes. But what's new with that. I want the Pac-12 to go out with perhaps the most ironic championship in the history of CFB. How did 'these guys' screw 'this' up?

Friend Mud, thanks for the post and all of your posts and comments on OBD. I am just PO'd that this is the second time, the first being the McCaffery snub, that East and Southern voters have screwed over a Left Coast player who should have won the Heisman. Talking heads on ESPN and the SEC Network were wondering how Penix could even be in the same discussion with Daniels. FOX guy Joel Klatt called out the Heisman voters before the Sugar Bowl game. Now, many have seen the light. Michael Penix Jr. robbed of the Heisman: Fans, media sound off after all-time performance in CFP semifinal win SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Michael Penix Jr. put on a dazzling passing display to lead Washington to the national championship. That left fans questioning the Heisman winner.

I don't think Jimbo wants to stick around and deal with the NCAA. If he stays at Michigan he has a big rebuild coming in 2024. Especially if McCarthy goes to the NFL. And Michigan also plays a real opponent OOC, Texas and draws Oregon, USC, UW and of course, Ohio State. Win Monday and he'll accomplish what he set out to do at his alma mater. I think the Super Bowl loss to his brother still bothers Jim. Next up in Ann Arbor? Brian Kelly? Big buyout but the word is Brian wants to return to the midwest.

Friend The Grateful, UW and Michigan both played Michigan State this season. Both games were played in E. Lansing. UW 41 - MSU 7 - UW's 3rd win of the season. Michigan 49 - MSU 0 - Michigan's 8th win of the season. Not much to choose from here and best of luck J. Smith.

DeBoer is about to win another CFB title. But down the B1G road he best Duck. Book it Danno!

Why not play on the 2024 B1G Champ team! Welcome back Bassa-Nova!

Daniels better than Penix? Daniels better than Caleb? But Daniels did go 2-3 vs. teams with winning records. The ESPM SEC machine carries on.