Jon Joseph

An anecdote that I shared with Charles earlier today. I was shopping at Krogers in Aiken, SC, wearing UO gear. (I shop, and cook, spouse cleans up which is nice because I am a kitchen slob.) I was tapped on the shoulder and turned around to see a guy wearing Buckeyes gear, "Man," he said, with a grin on his face, "we are excited about playing in Eugene next season and paying you back for the last visit to Columbus. Pumped up to have you coming into the Big 10." "Looking at the two 2024 schedules, both teams should be undefeated when we tee it up in Autzen. I'm a mega Buckeyes fan and will be there. My buddies and I are already set up to play the Eugene CC course on Friday before the game." I thanked him. Walking away, I thought about how great it will be when Puddles flies into B1G territory in 2024.

This breaks my heart. SOB! Bill Connelly with Oklahoma playing

WOW! Hats Off to Bucky. A most pleasant surprise considering Bucky was dinged up during the season. Bucky and his agent must be hoping that Bucky balls out in a draft preview. I expect Stein will get Bucky a bunch of touches in this game.

Without a lawsuit quid pro quo, I agree Charles that this scheduling of non-P4 OR ST makes no sense. Playing 13 games means that 8 home games should have happened. I hope that no P4 opponent OOC will not bite Oregon in the butt. I was not thrilled about playing B12 Texas Tech OOC but it would be favorable to playing no P4 team OOC in 2024. Somewhat OT. The B1G Network will cover all 18 B1G members recruiting results on Wednesday, 12/20.

8 games in 2024 made sense because Oregon plays 13 regular season games. No P4 opponent OOC in 2024. Ohio State also has no P4 OOC opponent in 2024. Will this matter to the Committee down the line? Clemson plays Georgia. Alabama plays at Wisconsin. Texas plays at Michigan. Notre Dame plays at TX A+M. Which type of schedule will be better come 2024, scheduling for certain wins or an impressive SOS? Losing the trip to Boise was a no-brainer. Now do the same with the trip scheduled to Logan, Utah. Please. Rob, when I find someone breaking into my house I do not ask the thief to stay for dinner. There is no value added to the schedule by playing Oregon State, especially in Corvallis. OSU does not have a media deal!

Mike, a great and detailed post. Thanks. Oregon plays 13 regular season games in 2024. With the OOC slate in 2024, 4 games, none against P4 opponents (OSU, and WSU, are not P5 schools and the Pac-2 is not a power conference) the Ducks should come out of the OOC games at 4-0. 9/28 - at UCLA - W 10/5 - Michigan State - W 10/12 - Ohio State - Toss Up 10/19 - At Purdue - W 10/26 - Illinois - W 10/2 - at Michigan - Toss Up 11/9 - Maryland -W 11/16 - at Wisconsin - W 11/30 - UW -Toss Up I see 10-3 or better If the young DL plays well. 11-2 may provide a shot at a 14th game in the B1G champ game. I do think that 1 or more Power 2 teams will get in the 12-team field in 2024 with 2 and possibly 3 losses. Ohio State plays no P4 team OOC in 2024. OH St. plays at Oregon, Penn St, and plays Michigan in Columbus. Ohio State has an easier '24 schedule than any other top team competing for a spot in the B1G champ game. Schedules elsewhere will also impact the PO Ct. 1st rankings release in 2024 and thereafter. Week 1 Notre Dame visits A+M and new coach Elko behind the QB who started for Elko last season at Duke. LSU plays USC in Las Vegas. Georgia opens with Clemson in Atlanta and plays at Alabama on 9/28 and at Texas on 10/19. Michigan plays Texas in Ann Arbor in Week 2 and at UW, Ohio State, and home vs. Oregon and USC. Alabama shares an opponent with Oregon. Bama trips to Wisconsin in Week 3 and plays UGA, and MO. in Tuscaloosa and TN., LSU and OK on the road. It's a new Playoff world in 2023. And realignment will make Power 2 schedules more difficult as will getting rid of divisions in the B1G and the SEC. An 11-2 Oregon is likely in the B1G champ game with a chance of finishing the regular season as conference champ at 12-2. And the B1G runner-up at 11-3 will still have a shot at the 2024 Playoff.

Spartan, Oregon is moving to a conference with better finances but a conference that is behind the SEC in Football and baseball, golf, tennis, and perhaps, basketball. Lots of B1G teams make the tourney and then flame out. Volleyball. Spot On. 2 B1G teams in the Final 4 along with Pitt and SEC engaged Texas.

Far better defenses? That's because the offenses stink. The 3rd best B1G team, Penn State, had no aerial attack when it played Ohio State and Michigan. 2022 SEC West champ Purdue lost its bowl game to LSU 63-14. That's some great D from a Division champ.

Great picks. The Boise State starting QB has transferred to Arkansas and will not play in the bowl game. Bryson Barnes is in the portal but will be the starting QB for Utah against Northwestern and B1G COY David Braun. The once Bowl Guru Coach Whit has lost his last 4 bowl games. Liberty will come Flaming into the Fiesta Bowl and playing a unique style of offense, the spread-triple option that Coach Jeremy Chadwell brought with him from Coastal Carolina. Oregon will not be able to sleepwalk and win this game.

Augduck - great take. Miami's reward for being bowl-eligible is playing in NYC in late December. Enjoy the trip Mari(o.)

Thanks, Darren. Great take and you beat me to it. The P5 is gone. Accounting for 2024 realignment, 13 of the 18 B1G teams, 72%, are going bowling. 11 of 16 SEC teams, 69% are doing the same. There will be 7 B1G vs. SEC games this bowl season: Rose Bowl - No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 4 Alabama Sugar Bowl - No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Texas Cotton Bowl - No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Missouri Peach Bowl - No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 11. Ole Miss Music City Bowl - Maryland vs. Auburn ReliaQuest Bowl - Wisconsin vs. No. 13 LSU Cheeze-It Bowl - No. 17 Iowa vs. No. 21 Tennessee You can bet that Greg Sankey, Paul Finebaum, Mickey Mouse, Tony Petitti, Joel Klatt, and Bob Murdoch will be paying special attention to these games as the 'New B1G' and the 'New SEC' begin the battle for the leader of the Power 2 CFB Hegemony. Bowl Factoids. No team that lost the Pac-12 champ game has won the Fiesta Bowl. The Rose Bowl is mentioned in the Alabama fight song. Bama is 5-1-1 in Rose Bowl games with the COVID season game being played in Dallas, Saint Nick Bowl record at Bama - is 16-6, 8 PO game wins, 6 championships. Jim Harbaugh at Michigan is 1-6 in Bowl games and 0-2 in Playoff games. Utah's 'Pig Farmer' QB, Bryson Barnes, is in the portal but will play in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Northwestern. All Ohio State draft-eligible Juniors are playing in the Cotton Bowl with Marvin Harrison yet to decide whether to opt in or out. If Jaden Daniels opts out of Wisconsin vs. LSU game, he will be the 1st Heisman winner to do so. Caleb Williams is on a Holiday. Will the SC D return from a season-long Holiday and hold down Jack Plummer who played well against Troy in 2022? Boise State has won 4 games in a row since Avalos was fired but the Boise starting QB has morphed from a Bronco and into an Arkansas Hog. Is UCLA the 1st team to be playing a bowl game closer to campus than where it plays its home games? Thank you STUDENT-athletes. Minnesota is 5-7 but APR'd its way into a bowl. You qualify for a bowl in this fashion and you deserve a trip to Detroit. Hey Miami, you're going Bowling! Enjoy the trip to NYC in late December! I think Rutgers and coach Greg Schiano drop the Mari(o) bowl record to 3-3, fitting for a '.500 coach.' Thanks again, Darren. EXTINGUISH The Flames!

Some clarification. The NCAA is contesting the court ruling that allows for immediate eligibility of players who have transferred before. NCAA responds to major court ruling about transfer eligibility WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Transfer rules and the granting of waivers regarding eligibility have resulted in some bad PR and sharp criticism of the NCAA recently.

If Cam Ward decides on the Hurricanes or the Seminoles instead of the Buckeyes, what can anyone say? Ryan Day sends QBs, including this season's NFL Rookie of the Year, CJ Stroud, to the NFL. Mario sends guys there despite his coaching. The Miami, FSU, et al NIL money will not overwhelm Ohio State's NIL money. If Ward has a shot at tOSU and goes little league he will end up exactly where he belongs. 10/24/24 I expect Ward will be starting for Ohio State in Autzen. Day isn't going to give McCord a shove out the door without a backup plan in mind. Ward is in Day's mind. This is a Caleb Williams before he headed to USC dance.

In this life for better or worse, you reap what you sow in any given venture. Ty sowed nothing bad, but he also sowed nothing that matched his recruiting ranking. Ty was a highly-rated recruit. As PIttDuck so correctly noted being a big fish in a small high school pond does not mean that you will be a big Duck in the Oregon pond. Mark Helfrich was a terrific OC. As a Head Coach, not so much. This has nothing to do with Ty as a person but everything to do with Ty as a player. If the coaching staff believed that Ty was The Guy, Ty would be The Guy. He had plenty of practice reps to prove his worth. Big-time CFB is a big-time business. Many businesses fail, and a few survive. Two Harvard dropouts almost took down IBM. All the best to Ty. A loyal Duck who made the right move to find playing time and will hopefully thrive in a new pond.

I have a great idea! Surrender a home game vs. a P4 opponent so 'we' can play a G5, kind of, team on the road in a stadium smaller than that of B1G fellow Northwestern's smallest B1G stadium and where Oregon fans will be welcome with open arms, right? BTW, an opponent that does not have a 2024 media agreement. Rob, it's only a movie.

Spot ON. As is Steven A's take. But Steven A's thoughts focus on another reason why the HUGE money teams will need to somewhat spread the sugar as does the NFL, across the board. Including going with a draft for the 32 to 40 members of the Super League. And a salary cap of some kind with no cap on individual rights for players to market their NIL as is the case today in the NFL. Broadcast rights will be negotiated in concert. Money-wise, and sadly it's all about the Benjis, will incent parity. And can you imagine the money a Super League can bargain for with streaming coming on? Make no mistake, I like none of 'This.' I want to go back to a world before the BCS but that will not happen. And to have any control over player compensation and transfers, etc. will require an agreement with a union. But for today. I'll enjoy CFB the way it is. What choice do we have? Go Ducks! Extinguish the Flames!

WOW! The last vestige of control on transfers is G-O-N-E gone. Managing a roster in CFB is exponentially more difficult than in the NFL. Another reason why NFL-Lite including pay-for-play, an HS draft, possibly a salary cap, and negotiated restrictions on transfers, will be here sooner rather than later. Lose a few of the big-time suits that are out there and the NCAA will have no recourse but to file BK. This and Baker's proposed pay-for-play are both raising the flag against the attorneys and the NLRB.

Man, The Truth hurts! If he only had more experience as a head coach, he'd learn from his mistakes! 74-72. 3-3 in bowl games. He is the definition of a Mendoza Line head coach.

1 game, but he certainly delivered vs. No. 3 Texas in the Red Rivalry game including a sterling late 4th Q game-winning drive and overcoming a blocked punt that resulted in a Texas TD. My concern heading into 2023 was the OL. The OL was a Joe Moore finalist. In 2024, my concern is the DL. Lots of ballers leaving Oregon. I have very little concern regarding the O side of the ball including the all-important QB position. Even 'very good' QBs like McCord at Ohio State will not win championships. This is why Ryan Day showed McCord the door. OBD, we have a P4 All-Conerence QB coming on board. A guy who beat out Quinn Ewers, one of the favorites for next season's Heisman Trophy, for all-conference honors. Under Stein and with the supporting cast on O, I think Gabriel not only produces as he has in the past but also improves. As for starts by a QB, I'm not great in math but if DG stays healthy it's in the numbers.

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Miami transfer QB Van Dyke will likely be the starting QB for the Badgers when Oregon visits Madison. Kid was the ACC Frosh of the Year at Miami and then went downhill when Mari(o) arrived. Former Miami QB Tyler Van Dyke transferring to Wisconsin - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, a three-year starter for the Miami Hurricanes, is set to transfer to Wisconsin, he announced Tuesday.

Manny, son of a mayor of Miami, had Miami headed in the right direction. He did a great job with the Penn State D turning it into one of the best in the nation. Recruit like Mario. No. But IMO he is far better game day coach. It will be interesting to see if Manny can follow the success of Elko, a former All Ivy League CB at Penn and returning to A+M where he was the DC, at Duke. Thanks for the post. Off the wall coaching thought. If Chip is fired it will not be before his buy out goes down in about a week from now. How about Jedd Fisch to UCLA bringing QB Fifita and other stud AZ players along with. As broke as the UCLA athletic department is, AZ is worse off. A job in the B1G provides more security than a job in the B12.

Here's a playoff idea. Is 24 too many teams? Not for FCS schools. What if the College Football Playoff featured a 24-team format like the FCS? THEATHLETIC.COM The FCS playoffs feature iconic matchups in great venues. So let's have some fun and replicate that for the FBS.

Spot On! I watched the Cisco Kid on living black and white TV, aided by rabbit ears. Ditto the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, etc. Hiyo Silver, Away! The Lone Ranger 'theme song' was my intoduction to Classical music. Before we owned a TV, I listened to the Lone Ranger on the radio. You know you're old when all the shows you watched as a kid are now broadcast on Nick at Nite. 😁

Oregon Ducks/TCU. Bookend Blowouts for UGA last season. oregon and TCWho? The only team that could have and probably should have defeated UGA last season was Ohio State with this season's NFL Rookie of the Year playing QB and a Heisman Trophy candidate catching the ball. And a college kicker missing what would have been a walk off FG win. Harrison doesn't get injured and I think that tOSU wins the game and blows out TCU for the title. As Kirby Smart said after the Oregon game, 'Dan knows that we have the better players.' I am looking forward to watching a dual threat QB, an escape artist, play in Stein's system. Should be a lot of fun. Dear Division Street, please pony up for Troy Franklin. Thank you.