Jon Joseph

Going to Corvallis: 'It's like Czechoslovakia, it's like going into Wisconsin. I went to Corvallis once and Lane County got the whey kicked out of it to the tune of @$8M.'

DC, good take. But the 2024-25 and 2025-26 schedules were already filled without shoehorning in 2 games versus the Nutrias.

I would have accepted it better if the bag had come from a judge after litigating the matter instead of the Pac-10 simply bending over.

Horse Hockey! Every time JC goes whiney on behalf of the Pac-2 I make certain to comment that in summary, JC is full up with fecal matter. This is a 'choice?' being a beta site for Apple at less than $30M a year or receiving more than half this amount as a junior partner and likely to receive $100M+ as a full partner come 2031. And something is owed after bending over, 'settling' a case with no claim for damages for $350M+ and going through hoops to cancel a home game vs a P4 opponent to play a G5 team on the road. Give me a break. But it's pay site and JC needs the dues.

Author David Kenyon, a Central Michigan grad FWIW, is Buying five SEC teams to win the 2024-25 championship. Huh? Lay down your money evenly on Missouri, Ole Miss, Bama, Texas, and UGA and you will not get much of a return. With LSU playing Ole Miss, Bama, and Oklahoma at home and the two toughest road games at A+M and Florida, I think the Bayou Bengals have a decent shot at making the Delightful Dozen; you have to make the field before you can win a title. But LSU at +1500 based on the schedules, Mizzou at Bama, and A+M and gets its other top 30 ranked opponent, Oklahoma at home, at +3000 is the better bet. Buying both Ohio State and Oregon makes some sense as both have an excellent chance to be in the field. No matter the QB for Ohio State, I think Oregon with Gabriel will have the better QB. Oregon at +900 and Ohio State at +425 would have me place a bet on the Ducks. Frankly, I don't think these odds support a bet so far out in the future. Clemson and FSU are both Buys? Clemson plays at FSU in a battle of under-achieving QBs, DJU, and Clemson's Klublik. Clemson opens against UGA in Atlanta which will likely be a loss. FSU travels to Notre Dame, and Clemson misses Notre Dame. One or the other could be a decent bet, maybe? I don't think that any ACC team has the chops to win it all. Will a 10-2 Notre Dame with a 12-game schedule and no champ game be in the running for a playoff spot? I'd like to think not. I think ND will lose the bookend games, at A+M to open and at USC to close, and will lose one more game, FSU or possibly Louisville or an upset loss, to finish 9-3. At least I hope so. The ND independent scam will hopefully end come 2026. There is no reason for the Power 2 to bend over for Notre Dame. Thanks for the post.

Michigan vs Ohio State - The B1Ggest rivalry in sports? Thus says Buckeyes Wire. I think that Ohio State at Oregon on 10/12/24 will be a prime-time game, 4:30 Pacific time kick-off, and the Penn State at USC game the same weekend could be played on Friday night. PSU would be coming off a home game vs UCLA and USC off an away game vs Minnesota. I don't believe the teams would be happy about a short week before the game. There are so many impactful games on 10/12 including Oklahoma vs Texas that there will be broadcast conflicts. Fox Big Noon Kickoff will be at Ohio State on November 30 BUCKEYESWIRE.USATODAY.COM No surprise here. #GoBucks

Hmmmmh? I'd like to see the receipt. This from UW boosters for a CBB player. Kentucky, UConn, and maybe Indiana I would understand, but UW? What was the reporter's source? I can see $2M for an all-conference transfer QB but not this. Money from the Tournament if UW qualifies, will be split evenly among B1G members through 2030. Where is the ROI here? More folks tuning into the B1G Network will not yield a return for UW. No comprende. Nonetheless, thanks for the post.

Hello, Triple A, please send someone to pick me up from the floor. 🤣

A center jump after every basket. No shot clock. Two-handed set shots. There were 3 point plays but no such thing as a 3 point line. 'Things' continue to evolve in sports and the evolution seems to come faster every year. Certainly the athletes, male and female are bigger, faster, and stronger than when the Tall Firs were hooping it up. Thanks for the blast from the past.

Terrific take, thank you. Dan via recruiting and portal picking, is doing all he can to assemble a Georgia-like D that won a couple of national titles. As to big body guys from the West Coast, Korey Foreman is now playing ball for Fresno State. I recall a 5* recruit from the Islands not so long ago who never got on the field. As you noted Duckster, you have to cast a nationwide net for agile, mobile, and hostile run stuffers; run stuffers who can also pressure the QB. And have an eye for true talent and not just the stars next to a recruit's name. Oregon did bring Haloti Ngata out of Portland to Eugene but missed on Ndamukong Suh. Would Dan have missed out on Suh? Recruiting today at Oregon is far different from when Mike Bellotti was the head coach. As noted above, get over the final hurdle and bring a Natty to Eugene, and guys from the southeast and the Midwest will join the flock in Eugene. Thanks again.

Got enough guts? History tells us, "NO!" When it comes to litigating, the Pac-10 Prez have bent over, under, and through more than a yoga instructor. They may be invited to the B12 in 2025-26, but I don't see it happening with the schedule already in place. The two draw on average, at least when in the Pac-12, more viewers than several B12 teams. One way to be accretive is to copy SMU and receive nothing in media revenue for the next five seasons. I don't think that ESPN and Fox are in any hurry to pay the price for adding these two programs.

ESPN updates House and other antitrust litigation settlement discussions. A Multi-Billion dollar industry without proactive leadership; no wonder college sports are under attack. The NFL has antitrust protection from Congress because the players have a union. I do not see Congress stepping in unless college sports and the athletes can collectively bargain. The idea as discussed in the article that athletes would have the opportunity to 'appeal' the settlement every year is senseless. A plaintiff's lawyer trying to pave the way for a $2.7B settlement. This would yield a very nice payday for the plaintiff's lawyers. What a possible multibillion-dollar NCAA antitrust settlement means for college sports - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The NCAA and its schools are considering a deal to settle its antitrust cases. What would this mean for paying players, NIL collectives and non-power schools? This is not 'fun stuff' to ponder. But the future of big-time CFB is dependent on the B1G/SEC getting a deal done in the absence of any leadership from the NCAA. Make no mistake, it is the two big-boy conferences and their media partners, leading the way. The B1G/SEC are not doing this with 'charity' in mind. A new look CFB will be molded by the Power 2.

A few spring practice takes. It's nice to see Dillon G's photo with the Heisman discussion. The top storylines coming out of 2024 spring football practices WWW.YARDBARKER.COM College football spring practices and games have passed, but there is plenty to discuss. Here are some notable happenings from 2024's spring action. Statistics in parenthesis are from 2023...

From MLB on down if you win every series you will win titles. Thanks again for the updates.😁

Refs from, TA-DA, the Big Ten. I lose sleep when I think of Gene Chizak with a Natty. Although Geno did a heck of a job, winning the 'NIL battle' for the services of $cam. And it was Chip and Oregon sanctioned for recruiting violations? Diogenes, where are you?

In the NFL, will the AFL eat and destroy the NFL or vice versa? How about "NO!" BTW, Show Me the Money! It may not be kind to the Cyclones of the CFB world but the marketplace will decide which ACC and B12 teams make the final cut. Proposing an 80-team playoff is the last gasp from the folks left behind.

How about 'Stumble?' His climb to the top has resembled that of Sisyphus. What exactly is there to swagger about? The bowl loss to Rutgers? This from the guy who received the largest one-year coaching compensation in the history of CFB. Someone call a Time Out! And Thank You Canes' boosters; boosters who must have missed the Stony Brook broadcast. Or perhaps, the Fiesta Bowl laydown vs. Iowa State? It's ALL Good.

Be kind to your fine feathered friends, 'cause a Duck could be somebody's Mother.

DM, a very reasonable comment; however, with NIL and a wide-open transfer portal, I think there are more than two or three teams that could win a CFB championship. If FSU had not been given a stiff arm by the committee, the SEC would likely have been left out of the playoff with the SEC champ game eliminating UGA and Bama's loss to B12 champ Texas benching the Tide. 13-0 FSU, with a healthy starting QB, UW, Texas, and Michigan would have been the Final 4. In particular, FSU would not have gone 13-0 without bringing in top players from the portal, including RB Trey Benson from Oregon. Players were incented to relocate to Tallahassee, in part, by NIL. I'm reasonably certain that the 2024-25 playoff games will set many viewing records. I hope that in 2026 we will see more on-campus games. These games will bring a level of excitement and interest that is not often seen in bowl games. I expect the twelve-team field and seeding will come down to the wire in the P4 and the G5.

USC in the B1G? https://athlonsports.com/college-football/usc-trojans-ranked-as-a-top-five-team-in-new-look-big-ten-conference

"Beneficial?" Rematch with Boise? Liberty with its schedule has a good shot of going 13-0. I don't think that the Boise loss to Oregon will be its only loss of the season. Boise has a terrific RB but will the QB who could not get on the field at SC be all that for Boise? Regardless, if Oregon does not win the B1G the 5th seed is as good as it gets. The Ducks will defeat the G5 representative, Clemson in Atlanta. Georgia in Miami, Ohio State in Atlanta. How is this "beneficial?" This is one of many takes on the 2024 playoff that does not consider where the games will be played. And Utah beating Texas? I don't see it. Even if Rising is still standing he and the Utah O are not Penix and the 2023-24 UW O. Texas would have as many or more fans in the Fiesta Bowl as Utah. And a far better roster. I believe that Oregon could go 2-0 in Dixie vs. Clemson and Georgia but the win against UGA in the Orange Bowl? That's a bold call. Clemson to Atlanta is a 2-hour drive from the Clemson campus. This would be a home game for Clemson, a university located in the small town of Clemson that sells out an 80,000-seat stadium for every home game. For Oregon to finish with the 5-seed and Ohio State with the 2nd seed, Oregon would likely have to split with the Buckeyes. Win in Autzen and drop the conference champ game in Indianapolis and finish 12-1 with Ohio State also finishing 12-1 but winning the conference title. 12-1 with the 2024 Oregon schedule is a B1G ask. Game sites will matter. And the game sites favor teams from Dixie. BTW, Columbus, Ohio is closer to Atlanta than Eugene, Oregon.

Love to see this and let's see more of this! Ohio State Loses Out On A Major Star To One Of Their New Big Ten Rivals WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The 2024 college football season will be here before you know it, and Ohio State is ready to take on the college football world. The Buckeyes are supposed

It's all ESecPN - 😒

Grand Canyon is an apt addition. After the purloined funds run out, the Pac-2 will have a most deep financial hole to crawl out of. No doubt that GC's mascot, Thunder the Antelope, will bring in a HOLE lot of fans.

LOL; the GIF is Spot On!😂