Jon Joseph

FSU better hope it does better with the Get Out of ACC Jail litigation. But I imagine that not a single FSU lawyer will opt out.

To date, the 2024 B1G is 6-2 - Five B1G Bowl Games remain to be played. UCLA - 35 - Boise State - 22 - Nice comeback win against the MW champ Northwestern - 14 - Utah - 7 - Upset win against a Pac team off to the B1G 12 Minnesota - 30 - BGSU - 24 - Gophers TCB vs. the MAC USC - 42 - No. 15. Louisville - 28 - 6 TDs from SC QB Miller Moss. Which team was ranked? Rutgers 31 - Miami 24 - Upset win by the Scarlet Knights - 1-11 vs. Miami. Maryland 31 - Auburn - 13 - Mary without its starting QB shows up and upsets Auburn for a win vs. the SEC. No. 7 Ohio State - 3 - No. 9. Missouri - 14 Cam Ward's agent is salivating. No. 10. Penn State - 25 - No. 11. Ole Miss - 38 - PSU D wore down and the passing game is still a rumor. 2-0 vs, ACC 1-0 vs. MAC, Mountain West, B 12 1-2 vs. SEC Four P4 wins. Five games on New Year's Day, Four vs. SEC Opponents. No. 8 - OREGON -16.5 vs. No. 23 Liberty - If the Ducks are not fired up, Flame have a puncher's chance Wisconsin +10 vs. No. 13 LSU No Heisman winner for LSU in this game. No. 17. Iowa +6.5 vs. No. 21 Tennessee - It would be nice if one of the B1G W teams can deliver an upset. No. 2 Washington +4 vs. No 3 Texas - The Dawg feel disrespected. 2-0 vs. TX in back -to-back bowl games? No. 1 Michigan -1.5 vs No. 4 Alabama - I am surprised the line has not moved Bama's way. Especially after watching the Ohio State and Penn State games. Lots on the B1G vs. SEC line on 1/1/24. GO DUCKS! Extinguish the Flames.

No. 10. PSU goes down to No. 11 Ole Miss. No. 7. Ohio State defeated by No. 9 Missouri. Mary to the rescue without Prince Taulia by her side? Who knew?

Cameron Ward's agent has to be very happy.

Mea Culpa, Rob. Great post, thanks.

And Penn State falls to Ole Miss. B1G 0-2 vs SEC with Maryland battling. Bray was at the Oregon State game. Why wasn't he on the sidelines? OR St may have put up another FG. I loved Canvano's spin effort of the game.

Thanks, Charles. Great analysis. So much of bowl outcomes dedend upon the Want To factor. This is Liberty's shot at the New Year's Day spotlight and the Flames will come in on fire. But with Bo leading the way I am impressed with how many Ducks who could have opted out are playing in this game. Liberty did not play a top 50 offense in 2023, and Liberty had the 14th most giveaways. This a D that was not tested accompanied by a high scoring offense prone to turn the ball over but not necessarily pay the price because the opposition's Os were not very good. ESPN FPI has the Ducks winning 89.9% of the simulated games. But SP+ has Oregon winning only 78% of the time by an average of 13.2 points a game, below the Ducks -17.5 odds. Bet MGM comes with the most confidence in Oregon, Ducks win 95% of the time. I believe that Liberty will put up some points but this is by far the best offense the Flames have faced all season. I think Oregon coveres the 17.5 but that Liberty keeps it close for a half. Go Ducks! Extinguish the Flames!

After the sleep walking in the Cotton Bowl, the B1G is now 5-1 in its bowl games. I think more pain at the hands of the SEC will be coming down soon.

Rob reached out when both jobs were open as reported by SI and ESPN. As to cutting jobs. Except for imcompetence at the time of initial audit I'd cut jobs by attrition. Bot please, look at the Org Chart and tell me this would fly in non-governmental entity.

KK, I think Hurricanns already saw this vs. The Rambling Wreck.

We Can Litigate! But in the B1G boy leauge, We Can't Play! Build another Dam. One of the worst bowl losses ever by a ranked team. BUT, we were missing players. And ND was not missing players? Rob gave these Beavers bozos a home game instead of playing P4 TX Tech in Autzen, When the litigation had been settled and with the Pac-10 crumbling in favor of a nothing burger Pac-2? Why? At some point is it not time that Common Sense and Playoff sense, even in these days, comes to the forefront? Rob with an Org Chart that would never fly in the real world comes up with THIS? I'll take half of Rob's salary, $500K instead of $1M, and cut one third of the work force and give the people reporting to me a 33% salary bump, improve productivity, and show Rob his jock. INCLUDING playing a P4 opponent at home insted of playing a CFB lost-in-space Oregon State OR State in Corvallis. And you cannot be serious? Reschedule Hawaii to the first Off Week and play nine games in a row? If I'm Danno I'm not a happy camper. My earlier posts about about Oregon having 2 Off Weeks regardless, and I apologize to those who raised the issue, if I am wrong, is a further condemnation of Rob who has put his name into play for the UGA and A+M AD jobs. SM old H.

This would be INSANE! But surprising?

Below is a 2024 CFB Top-24 (plus a team to be named later) Ranking based upon Bet MGM Odds to win the 2024/25 CFB Championship. A $100 bet would pay out the amount following a ranking. I have sorted teams with the same odds by their 2023/24 finish. I do not know the odds of George Kliavkoff returning to MGM for employment. Based upon his record as the Pac-12 Commish, if GK wants to be rehired he best join the Culinary Union. 😍 1. Georgia - 480 - UGA 1 and Bama 2? Shocking! No. 1 recruiting class. 2. Alabama - 550 - No. 2 recruiting class. The Dixieland beat goes on. 3. Ohio State - 600 - Oregon brings the conference's best QB into the B1G. Gets tOSU in Autzen. Hmmm? 4. Texas - 850 - New Year's Day - does Sark defeat his former employer? 5. Michigan - 1000 - The core of the Wolverines team is leaving Ann Arbor. Jim? 6. OREGON - 1100 - My LV friends and I have $500 down on OBD. I like these odds. 7. LSU - 1400 - Merely have to find a D and replace the Heisman winner. 8. FSU - 1900 - What are the odds of winning the Get Out of the ACC Jail Free lawsuit? 9. Notre Dame - 2200 - Dear Domers, Join a conference or play 13 regular season games! 10. Clemson - 2500 - Game 1 is vs. Georgia in Atlanta. And Tyler from Spartanburg wants Dabo's job? 11. Penn State - 2600 - Can Franklin get over the Michigan, Ohio State and OREGON hurdle? 12. Ole Miss - The Portal King is Portaling and has a favorable 2024/25 schedule. 13. Texas A+M - I wish I could short the Aggies. All Hat, No Cattle. 14. USC - 3200 - Is it Miller Time? 15. Oklahoma - 3500 - I think Sark is ready for the SEC. The Sooners? 16. Washington - 5000 - Going down? Recruits? Basement level. 17. Tennessee - Another team whose PO chances are being thrown out with the Wash. 18. Miami - 7000 - And Double Secret Double Short Mario. 19. Missouri - 10,000 - Looks like someone sees these Tigers being declawed. But easiest SEC schedule. 20. Louisville - LOL! Heck of a Holiday! 21. Utah - I see a QB a-Rising. 22. Arizona - 12,000 - Cats comin' with more than a CBB team and Primetime bluster. 23. Kansas State -The Little Wildcat that Could chugs on. 24. Auburn - Now able to legally pay the players, Freeze is heating up. 25. Left Out By Vegas - Do you have a candidate? Holy Vandy! SEC - 10 teams! B1G - 6 teams. What? No Iowa? GO DUCKS! Extinguish the Flames!of

As Charles says, Greatness Appears Early. I again congratulate Charles for early on calling out Mario, a guy who can recruit but cannot coach. Pour all the NIL sugar you like on Miami recruits and it will not matter. And the games played in the Dolphins stadium often resemble a crypt. I'm not certain anyone will ever be able to return Miami to the days of glory playing in the falling down Orenge Bowl. Call Time Out Baby!

Thank You, David. Two 2023 influential team moments to recall. Two great snapshots in a far B1Gger picture.

The Sooners missed a certain starting QB in this game. On the way out the door, the Pac-12 defeated Texas and Oklahoma back-to-back in San Antonio. AZ is bringing more than a CBB team into the B12.

Paly Hawaii or don't play Hawaii the 2024 Off Weeks remain the same.

Three reasons Texas can beat Washington in the CFP semifinals WWW.YARDBARKER.COM For a second straight season, Washington and Texas will meet in a bowl game. Only this time, a trip to the national championship is at stake.

ACC - It has not been a good bowl season for the ACC; this, after being Final 4 snubbed. To date, all of the ACC ranked teams have lost. ACC teams are 4-6 with 2 games left. W - BC, Duke, Georgia Tech, VA Tech L - No. 15. Louisville, No. 19. NC St, No. 24. SMU, Miami (Time Out!), UNC, Cal Left to Play - No. 22. Clemson vs. Kentucky, No. 5 FSU vs. No. 6 Georgia. ...................................................................................................................................................................... B12 - Heck of a bowl season for the B12. With 1 game left to be played, the B12 is 6-2. All ranked teams have won their games and the B12 finishes the bowl season 2-0 vs. the SEC. W - No. 14. Arizona, No. 20. Oklahoma State, No. 25. Kansas State, West Virginia, Kansas, Texas Tech L - UCF, Utah Game Left - Iowa State vs. Memphis B12- You Are On Notice - Arizona is bringing more than a basketball team your way. ........................................................................................................................................................................... SEC - Because of the fact the SEC is good, plays 8 conference games, and is located in Dixie bowl territory, the SEC always plays in many bowl games with most bowls being meaningful games played late in bowl season. (Not as meaningful today, as once was the case, with many the player opting out.) Many bowl games are traditionally (and due to contractual agreement) played vs. B1G teams. To date, the SEC is 0-2 with A+M losing to No. 20. OK State and No. 12. Oklahoma taking the loss last night vs. No. 14 Arizona. Games Remaining - Kentucky vs. Clemson/ Auburn vs. Maryland/ Missouri vs. Ohio State/ Georgia vs. FSU/ LSU vs. Wisconsin/ Penn State vs. Ole Miss/ Texas vs. Washington/ and Alabama vs. Michigan. A whole lot of meat left on this Southern Fried chicken. ............................................................................................................................................................................ B1G recap - 5-0 to date with wins from UCLA, Northwestern, Minnesota, USC, and Rutgers. Like the SEC, the B1G plays a lot of late in the season bowl games. The only game left for the B1G not being played vs. an SEC opponent and shown above is No. 8 OREGON vs. No. 23 Liberty. The battle for Power Hegemony is ON! Go Ducks! Extinguish the Flames!

Cancel the game and the 2 Off Weeks Do Not Change in 2024, a season where all G5/P4 schools have 2 Off Weeks. If the HA. series is canceled or moved to later years, Oregon would play 3 games, Idaho, Boise and OR ST in Corvallis. and not 4 games before the 1st Off Week, 9/21, the week before the first B1G game at UCLA. Beginning with UCLA, Oregon plays 8 straight weeks before being Off on 11/23 prior to the UW game. UW is also Off on 11/23. The way the calendar falls under the current scheduling format teams have 2 Off Weeks once every 5 seasons. This is one of the seasons. "Bye" is fine with me but these are not true Byes, they are Off Weeks. The 2024 top 4 seeded teams will have first round Byes, meeting the winners of the 4 first round games in the 2nd round. I apologize for the semantics.

I think he fired himself, no? A bite of a rotten Apple was the best the man could do. If he'd had any influence, the B12 and not the Pac-12 would be gone and SC would be getting a bigger slice of a pie; a decent size pie with ESPN/FOX money going to the Pac - 18 or 20. Probably $40M a year per Pac-12 team and around $30M for the new B12 members. He had no more bona fides for the job than did Larry and he was reporting to same schmucks.

Way To Go B1G! 5-0! 2 ACC pelts in the bag. 1-0 against New B12, MW champ, and MAC.

5-0! Way to go Rutgers. 1st win ever against Miami for Rutgers and Greg Schiano. Chianti and Lasagne on behalf of Tony and Family! (But don't drink or eat too much!)

Cancel and play 12 games, no problem. This is the year, 1 out of 5, where all teams have 2 idle weeks. Cancellation of the Hawaii game will not affect the 2024 scheduled off weeks. One very early and one very late. Not playing Hawaii will have little impact on 2024 SOS. Playing in Corvallis instead of playing P4 Texas Tech in Autzen will affect the SOS.

I'm SHOCKED! In fairness, how do incent guys playing ball in Miami to get fired up about a December game in NYC.