Jon Joseph

USC is 7-4 with Caleb Williams. Without Caleb? OREGON recruiting has produced much better players on both LOS. UCLA vs. USC is the Disappointment Bowl. UCLA is 6-4 with 3 OOC cupcakes no OREGON and no UW. I would not be surprised if Cal hands Chip a loss and Wilcox saves his job.

I humbly disagree with A+M being a threat. The Threat? When Saint Nick hangs it up.

A+M did win a Natty. In 1939! Even I was not alive when this happened.

Updated PO Odds. 1. Michigan - 66% - at Maryland, Ohio State - All-time tempest in a teapot? 2. FSU - 65% - North Alabama, at Florida - SCAM! UW 3 top 25 W. FSU - 1. 3L LSU. Go Gators! 3. Ohio State - 64% - Minnesota, at Michigan - Odds will significantly shift after the game in Ann Arbor. 4. Georgia - 53% - At Tennessee, At Georgia Tech - Oh, oh, Bama in Atlanta. 5. Alabama - 41% - From a mile away? Bama beats UGA and 2 12-1 SEC teams are in? 6. OREGON - 39% - At ASU, Oregon State - Final 4 shot is coming down to W in Las Vegas. 7. Texas - 37% - At Iowa State, Texas Tech - Horns tried to give away the last 3 games. Danger Puddles! 8. Washington - 34% - At OR ST, WSU - W at AZ, USC, vs. OREGON and Utah and behind FSU? 9. Oklahoma - 1% - At BYU, TCU - 2 top 10 teams upset in 2023: TX at Bama and OK vs. TX 10. Louisville - .05% - At Miami, Kentucky. Coaching Carousel - The December signing day continues to cause in-season terminations. A+M - Jimbo - No set off against $77M payout. Agents vs. ADs = Goliath vs. David without a sling. Arkansas - A hero 2 seasons back, Sam Pittman is gone. Does Danno want any part of this? Mississippi State - Zack Arnett. It's tough to follow a Pirate. Dan Mullen back at MS State? Michigan State - Mel Tucker - Maybe Sparty will not owe Mel alimony? G5 - Boise State - Avalos gone with Boise in the MW hunt? San Diego State - Hoke is retiring. SDS was going to help save the Pac-9, right? The Playoff format going to 5/7 could help save PSU's James Franklin and the SEC's James Franklin, Lane Kiffen. https://collegefootballnews.com/cfn/college-football-playoff-5-7-and-why-you-will-care-underrated-college-football-thing

David, this was such a great post with great comments. Tuesday night, if the PO Ct does not jump UW over FSU then something is very wrong. (Rankings at 9 Eastern, or thereabout, Tuesday between basketball games so ESPN can make more money. I just love amateur athletics.) UW will have 3 victories over the Top 25 teams when the next rankings come out. Arizona, Oregon (sigh,) and Utah, and a win over bowl-eligible USC. A beat down of Michigan State, similar to what Ohio State put on Sparty in Columbus Saturday and not on the road. 2 of the wins against ranked teams came on the road. FSU has 1 win against a ranked team, 3-loss LSU. Clemson? Clemson is now 6-4 and not ranked. This FSU team and the conference it plays in are a charade. FSU plays NO. Alabama Saturday while UW trips to Week 12 AP #10 Oregon State. UW needs to get respect for what it has done on the field and the Ducks need UW to be ranked in the top 4 when Oregon (knockwood) plays UW in Vegas. But the PO Ct makes it up as it goes along so who knows?

Charles, great call on the Buckeyes and Wolverines yet the B1G commish just (kind of) stuck it to Michigan. And the conference also piled on during Ohio State's Tattoo Gate episode. You are so right that SC will not be the lead B1G pony including influencing scheduling for B1G football.

UCLA is already playing a lot of coaching dead money and has the Cali tax payment coming up. And unlike the A+M fans, they are not all that zealous and all that crazy.

A new OC would be his 3rd OC in 3 seasons. As the old Italian saying goes: A fish stinks from the head. His OC who went to UNLV has been fired as HC. The current UNLV HC has the Runnin' Rebels tied for 1st place in the MW. And Boise fired Andy Avalos today. Mario's coaching tree has undergone a lot of pruning.

Van Dyke joins the list of QBs buried by Mario. Van Dyke's stat line vs FSU - 1 pass/ 1 interception. Thank goodness people in Florida were not watching Left Coast football when Mario was mucking things up.

The putter and he still uses a long shaft putter, is legal. Anchoring the putter was determined to be illegal. Langer has won a lot of $ on the Senior tour using the same style of putter but modifying his grip to conform to the rules. Unless you want tips on how to line up your 4th putt, this concludes my knowledge of putting.😵

How best to line up your 4th putt? The kid has the Yips. Can he kick his way out of it? Johnny Miller quit tournament golf because he could not conquer the yips. Bernhard Langer after missing the Ryder Cup winning putt on Kiowa Island did after a couple of years overcome the yips and became the Senior golfer with the most titles. It's all between the ears. The special teams did a good job of shutting down Z. Branch.

Good question. But I am certain that Fox wanted to elbow ESPN out of the LA CFB market. And that both Fox and ESPN are not excited about Corvallis and Pullman. LOL at how many experts are calling the SC at Michigan game the B1G 2024 game of the year.

BTW, with Florida being destroyed by LSU and QB Jaydon Daniels, the first FBS player to throw for 350 yards and rush for 200 yards, Rivals 13 Florida, and 14 A+M (ESPN has UF 3 and A+M 9) are likely both ready to have 'commits' flipped. Something I am certain DL has his eyes on. And many A+M and UF players may be hitting the portal. Why would DL want to have to re-recruit existing players and current 'commits.' And, have you been to College Station?

Dan coached on championship teams at Bama and UGA. Why would he want anything to do with the SEC pressure cooker with OREGON off to Power 2 B1G next season? If anything, DL's agent can use an A+M offer, if forthcoming, to leverage more money for his existing job. The guy who makes the most sense for A+M is former DC at A+M, Duke HC Mike Elko. UNLV now tied atop the MW has not missed there for a second in LV, A+M OC Bobby Petrino. A+M has never won the SEC W. The SEC W is going away but UGA, Bama, and LSU are not going away and Oklahoma and Texas, 2 schools A+M rarely defeated in the B12 are coming to town.

The UW D stood up in the 2nd half vs. Utah. There is no way OSU blows out (if that's what 'boat race' means) UW. I have attended several boat races. Many were too close to call. And if UW is good at anything, it's good at boat racing.

On Tuesday night, it could be #4 at #10. Kind of like #9 Ole Miss at #2 UGA in Athens on Saturday? ESPN does not want McAfee and Corso to face the invective in Corvallis.

Where have you gone Reggie, Lendale, OJ, Marcus, Anthony? 73 Troy rush yards. Michigan ran the ball 32 straight plays against Penn State and Michigan QB JJ McCarthy was 7-8 passing. (Was that the ghost of Woody Hayes taking Kaptain Khaki's place?) I'm not sure that the Air Raid is a fit for the B1G. I am sure that I'd rather be Riley than Chip Kelly. The ASU D is no joke but 7 points at home vs. the Dillies? Chip can recruit the portal. But not recruiting HS players is not going to do the job. IF Oregon sees UW again this season, it will need a complete Utah-like game to win the title and advance to the playoffs. I agree with other commentators. The Ducks OL played a B- game. Oregon is now 5-1 in the last 6 games vs Troy. There are Michigan and Ohio State in the B1G, both on the 2024 schedule, and then a B1G drop off to O-challenged PSU. Please, do not screw around in Tempe. I am very happy that Oregon gets Oregon State in Autzen and I think OSU will give UW all it can handle next Saturday, even without OSU's buddy Pat McAfee in attendance. Thanks, Ryan, and GO DUCKS!

Don't count your Ducks before ... Good thing Lewis wasn't as directionally challenged as the Ducks Lewis or Lewis and Clark may never have made it to Oregon. You had 1 job! Free tuition, room, board, and maybe NIL for this? Come On Man! I get no kick out of you!

WAY TO GO, TEXAS TECH! 16-13 win at 16 Kansas moves TT to 5-5. UCF at home next Saturday should be a TT win in Lubbock and the greatest gift for Puddles would be a TT win at Texas. With CU likely not going bowling and the same for WSU, TT going bowling would help the OREGON cause. On 12/3, OREGON needs wins against teams with a winning record. The B1G? Michigan and Ohio State. Like the game in Columbus, PSU QB Allar looked like a Nittany Lion in the headlights.

Ditto, I don't troll.

My Bad - Only 1 of Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State can finish 13-0. All 3 have a shot before today's PSU/MI game is concluded, to finish 12-1. Here is the Easy Peasey Scenario for the CT. - 13-0 1. UGA 13-0 2. MI/OH ST 13-0 3. UW 13-0 4. FSU This is a scenario I hope we do not see but since 2014, the CT has had it easy picking the top 4 except when PSU defeated OH ST, won the B1G title, but finished 11-2. The CT opted for 11-1 OH ST. The Buckeyes lost to Clemson in the semis, 30-0. PSU lost in the Rose Bowl to USC.

Thanks, David. Great pre-game post and comments. Eye test for certain. One comparison CT members will be making after today's and tonight's (sigh) slate of games will be to compare the Ducks/SC game with the thrashing #20 Notre Dame put on Troy in South Bend. As most of us expected, the Pac-12, especially with a 9-game conference schedule (FSU plays North Alabama next Saturday instead of playing UNC or Louisville, and Bama plays Chattanooga) is devouring its own. 3-loss Arizona is ranked, but once ranked CU, UCLA, USC, and WSU are out of the top 25. The only top 25 that matters is the one the CT comes with on 12/3. But I don't see any of these 4 teams working their way back in or another conference team joining Arizona. Before today's games, Oregon's SOS is 63. Bama 8, Texas 10. Both 1-loss Bama and 1-loss Texas have better wins on their schedule than Oregon's terrific win in Salt Lake. Texas defeated #8 Bama in Tuscaloosa, and Bama has top 25 wins over Ole Miss, Tennessee, and LSU. The only justification for Oregon being the highest-ranked 1-loss team is the Eye Test. FSU is likely to go 13-0. Ditto Ohio State/Michigan. UGA is likely to go 13-0 unless Bama defeats UGA in the SEC champ game with both finishing 12-1. Texas, with Quinn Ewers back at QB, is odds on to finish 12-1. 13-0 teams are in. Potential 12-1 UGA/Bama, Ohio State/Michigan, Texas, and Oregon if it wins out, will all be in the mix for say, 3 spots with undefeated FSU in. What team and conference gets the weenier? Spot On David! Oregon has to do all it can to win every game impressively, especially with next week's game at ASU also likely to be late-night viewing without the cache of the SC brand, and for Washington to do the same. Again, great take, and Go Ducks! Stomp SC!

On OBD, Traveler looks like a Shetland pony. Traveler complex?

I wonder how a judge in Ann Arbor will rule on Michigan's request for a TRO? I'm fairly certain this question is rhetorical. It's Veterans Day and UM had the judge on call.

Hopefully, not a melt down.