Jon Joseph

Hats Off to Kiara Romero. I certainly do not know from experience, merely from watching 'real' golfers, but after a record 62 on opening day, to shoot 68 the following day is golfing your ball. A Natty would be so sweet. Finishing in the top 4 gets you a game at Augusta National the week before the 2026 Masters, which is nice. 🏌️‍♀️

"The first thing we do is, let's kill all the lawyers." Dick the Butcher - Henry VI, Part 2. Fan sues NFL for $100M over Shedeur Sanders falling in draft WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Most people were stunned at how long it took for Shedeur Sanders to be selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, but one fan says the experience was downright devastating for him.

Nuck, Nuck, Nuck! 🤑 SEC fans should be concerned after officially being passed by the Big Ten SATURDAYBLITZ.COM For as long as college football fans can remember, the SEC has prided itself on being the top dog. The phrase “It just means more” wasn’t just marketing—it's h What happened, Pawwallllll? 😩

Why can't we get these Bucks off our backs? Then again, revenge would be so sweet. Oregon Football set for Rose Bowl rematch in 2026 College Football Playoff prediction DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM CBS Sports released a projection for the College Football Playoffs that named the Oregon Ducks as the No. 8 seed.

Just Sound and Fury? Or will and can this committee have the authority to make changes? Trump Administration to Create Landmark College Sports Commission WWW.SI.COM The new presidential administration is creating a commission designed to address issues facing a changing college sports landscape. I'm going with Will and Faulkner.

FWIW, here is CBS Sports post-Spring projected 2025-26 PO field. No. 8 seed OBD hosts No. 9 LSU in a 1st round game in Autzen. Bowl projections: Big Ten, SEC dominate College Football Playoff field with Ohio State, Texas leading charge - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Brad Crawford's post-spring college football bowl projections break down how the 12-team CFP could play out The 'Usual Suspects' dominate the PO field.

Here's the CBS 'Not So Fast' Post Spring SEC Take SEC spring overreactions: Tennessee should sail into CFP even without Nico, South Carolina's flash falls flat - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM As spring turns to summer in the South, here are the biggest overreactions for every SEC team in 2025

Here's Your B1G Playoff Dark Horse. ESPN's Heather Dinich predicts Illinois will be this year's Indiana - On3 WWW.ON3.COM .

According to the article, OBD expects to receive $54M, far more than had been projected all-in, in B1G revenue in 2025. The Pac-7 + Gonzo members are expected to receive $8M each. I hereby rest my B1G case. 🤑

In anticipation of the House settlement and direct from the school payment to athletes being approved, schools have informed certain athletes, mainly football and men's basketball players, as to the amount they will receive in direct payments. For some reason, NIL collectives, especially in the case of CBB players, upped the NIL bidding for transfer talent for seemingly no reason. $20.5 million in 2025, subject to one of those pesky antitrust suits, is the House settlement direct payment cap, but there is not and cannot be a cap on NIL deals. I imagine direct payment to the player contracts will have an 'exit fee clause' if a player transfers to another school (the Arkansas collective is suing Nico's younger brother, and I think UCLA also, for breach of such a clause), and an assignment of a player's NIL as part of the deal. Good Luck, yuck, yuck. Professional leagues in the USA have caps on salaries, or a 'luxury tax' to hold salaries down, but no professional league is silly enough to try to restrict a player from marketing their own NIL. Seven Deloitte accountants deciding that an NIL deal exceeds 'market value' is DOA. This group is going to review every NIL deal $600 and over. What is this going to cost in billable accountant hours? The House settlement is a last-gasp attempt by the NCAA to remain relevant in big-time college football and basketball. I have no idea why the Power 2 are buying into a settlement that caps direct payments to athletes at the same amount as the G6, ACC, and B12.

Fewer viewers, fewer titles, but the B1GGEST ON THE BOTTOM LINE! Which i$ $o $weet. 🤑 Report: Big Ten outpaced SEC by $88 million in revenue for financial year 2024 WWW.ON3.COM .

We are so fortunate to have Dan on hand. On both lists of CFB's Top 10 jobs, there is One Team, OBD, from the Pacific time zone. 😍 And it's not Tommy Trojan. Ranking the top 10 college football jobs in the NIL era - On3 WWW.ON3.COM The NIL era has shifted how we view the top jobs in college football. Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman give an updated look at the top jobs.

Wow. Another enlightening take. I'm playing checkers when watching the game, you're playing chess. Yes, there were 11 sacks in the game, but the shuffled O lines are attending class in the same ballroom. Is there a better place for an O lineman to be coached up than Eugene? It's going to be a blast watching the starting O line players performing together. Where were the amazing head-on camera shots taken from? Talk about up front and personal! Thank you!

Thanks, ND. Dan was always shoveling sand against the geographic tide (dawgs?) here. The young man's parents can drive to his games, and my guess is they won't have a problem finding a place to stay in Athens. 😁 Mike Bobo. It seems like many Dawg fans want him to go, believing that Kirby is excessively loyal to his college roommate. What are your thoughts on Bobo? Thanks.

Thanks, Gat. With the PO seeding not expected to mirror the Committee's final ranking for one more season, I have no faith in the PO Committee's ability to create a better-balanced playing field. The Committee turns over its chairman and a few other members in 2025-26, but it still has a core group of members who, based only on the EyeTest and not strength-of-schedule, ranked Boise State above B12 champion ASU. Brutal for ASU and its fans. As the fourth and not the third seed, ASU had to travel to Atlanta instead of playing Texas in Glendale. There is no B12 team with solid odds to win the title. A lower-ranked team will grab the 4th seed, and it is likely the No.1 seed will open against a team that is seeded lower than its ranking. The AP Preseason Top 10 - 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3, Penn State 4. Georgia 5. Notre Dame 6. OREGON 7. Clemson 8. Alabama 9. LSU 10. Miami (would have been Tennessee with Nico.) Playoff Seeding 1. Georgia 2. Oregon 3. Clemson 4. ASU (complete WAG 😁) 5. Ohio State 6. Alabama 7. Notre Dame 8. Penn State 9. Texas 10. Illinois 11. Florida (Does this Gat your attention?😎) 12. UNLV (I think Notre Dame will easily handle Boise in South Bend. Dan Mullen is not a great recruiter but he is a quality coach.) Is it 8/30 yet?😧

Beware The Ripples! Examining the QB ripple effect of Jared Curtis' Georgia commitment SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Oregon could focus all of its attention on five-star Ryder Lyons after losing out on Jared Curtis.

B1G Spring Overreactions? Overreactions in CFB? Who knew? 😛 Big Ten spring overreactions: Ohio State has title repeat in sight, Oregon evolving into the new Georgia - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Parsing through the biggest overreactions as Big Ten spring practices have come to a close

See you in December, see you when it's Signing Day. Before Signing Day, a 'Commitment' is Nihil, Latin for 'Nothing.' And unless the Portal is reined in, many of the players you don't sign today will be there on the rebound. This kid could have stayed with his original 'commitment' and saved the Dawgs and the Ducks time and money. Like Ty Thompson, he plays in a lower-level high school football conference. Leading recruiting rankings today is as meaningless as a lead at halftime. 😁

Notre Dame is a conference unto itself? When it comes to the CFB PO, this is true. The Notre Dame Conference: Unique agreement with Clemson only strengthens Irish's bid to remain independent - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM More special treatment for Notre Dame shows why there's no reason for the Fighting Irish to join a conference

More on the Tigers vs. the Domers. Clemson, Notre Dame to announce 12-year scheduling agreement - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Clemson and Notre Dame are set to announce a 12-year scheduling agreement that will pit the two college football powers against each other annually through 2038.

The Eyes On the Prize revenue split in the ACC is one reason Clemson and Notre Dame recently agreed to play every year through 2038. This will also help Notre Dame with its standalone broadcast deal with NBC. I think a Super Conference is coming before 2038. I see Notre Dame, Clemson, FSU, and UNC making the Super Conference cut. Maybe UVA? Miami is a smaller private school without an on-campus stadium, and the Super Conference does not need three teams in Florida. When it comes to the CFB PO, there simply is no salient argument that supports the Little Guy, including Smaller Guys teams from the ACC and the B12, having the same access to the PO as the Power 2. No 'mid-major' has won or will win a CFB PO. There was a chance with a one-game BCS, but not now with having to win three or four games vs. top competition.

More details on why Jim Knowles left TOSU for PSU, with many the OBD mentions. Ohio State to Penn State: Jim Knowles opens up about move - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Jim Knowles moved from Ohio State's defensive coordinator to Penn State's DC this offseason. Week 5 at Penn State will be B1G in so many ways.

Predicted Field of Baseball PO 64 Teams continues to have the No. 2 seed in the Irvine Regional. Field of 64 Projections: Chaotic week shifts NCAA Tournament picture, strengthens bubble - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Two weeks remain in the regular season, and the past week of college baseball has dramatically shifted our Field of 64 projections.

"No soup for you!" LOL! And thanks again, Charles, for the terrific editing job. College Football News (CFN) re-ranked CFB teams 1-136 post-spring based upon strength-of-schedule (SOS). The ranking considers roster changes after the second portal opening, including the Tennessee/UCLA 'QB trade.' I added the ranking for each conference member team (I know, get a life, right 🤓) and divided by the number of conference teams to arrive at a back-of-the-envelope average SOS calculation for each conference. Using all the games to be played in 2025 when determining conference SOS, the B1G is much closer to the SEC than when using only out-of-conference (OOC) games. Makes sense as the B1G plays nine regular season games, one more than the SEC. While each SEC team, with the exception of Ole Miss, plays a P4 opponent OOC, for many teams in Dixie, the other three OOC games are against Hot Garbage; against teams ranked in the bottom third in the preseason rankings. Below are the results for the 'Power 4' conferences. Showing the conference team with the most difficult SOS compared to the bottom ranked team illustrates the difference in degree of difficulty found in these mega-conference in-conference schedules. SEC - 25.00 - Top team No. 1 Florida. Bottom team No. 63, Missouri. Nine SEC teams in the Top 25. B1G - 26.38 - Top team No. 2 Wisconsin. Bottom team No. 62 Penn State. (Another reason why pollsters are high on the Nits in 2025-26.) FYI - Ohio State No. 14, OBD No. 19, USC No. 15, UW No. 18, Michigan No. 21, Illinois No. 44, and Indiana No. 53. Ten B1G teams in the Top 25. ACC - 43.52 - Top team No. 8 Stanford. Bottom Team No. 68 Wake Forest. Three ACC teams in the Top 25. B12 - 45.93 - Top team No. 17 TCU. Bottom team No. 69 Texas Tech. Two B12 teams in the Top 25. (No. 6 Notre Dame does not play four G6 teams this season as it did in 2024. Games at Miami and Arkansas replace two G6 opponents.) SOS rankings will differ from site to site, but all of the top sites' rankings will show a clear separation between the Power 2 B1G and SEC and the Lesser 2 ACC and B12. Why would or should the Power 2 allow a committee that does its business in the dark to ignore the obvious; teams in the B1G and the SEC have much harder rows to hoe. Charles, thanks again.

Michigan has suspended Moore from coaching in Game 3 vs Central Michigan and Game 4 at Nebraska. The NCAA Infractions Committee meets on June 6th to review the Michigan cases, scouting and Jim Harbaugh's issues, and could impose additional penalties against Moore and the program.