Jon Joseph

Oregon will not shut out Cal. 24 or fewer points for the Golden Bears equals a trap-game win. From here on out, Just Win Puddles!

GO, OK St, K State, LSU, Va Tech, Mizzou, and dare I say it, UW. Puddles, Oregon needs the Pac-12 champ game dues.

If there is one thing bad golfers know it's never to blame yourself. Kudos to Will for being upfront. Onward and upward. Sad to remember but on the subsequent 'tying' FG try, Ferguson was wide open down the middle. Never look back. The whole enchilada is in the windshield.

I'd rather be lucky and good. Not only did DL recruit them, he did a masterful job of picking the portal. The SEC guys DL has brought to Eugene have balled out.

Just Do It! Good to great. Let's hope that Bo goes 5-0 and perhaps, 7-0. Lots of ball left to be played and not against Dregs.

3 yards and a cloud of Bo. Only 3 things happen when you pass and 2 of them are bad. But, the man could throw a punch. Put Clemson on the map well before Dabo did it.

But only after 7 or so seasons in the NFL. As a starter? But the man if he doesn't start, Bo will be a terrific backup and learn even more in the NFL. IMO, he has CFB HC written all over him. CFB experience galore and a guy who puts the team above himself. I don't think that he will win the 2023 Heisman but I do think that he and Dan Lanning will be in NYC for the ceremony. Which will only goose the Ducks recruiting and portal-picking numbers. In the meantime, Beat Cal!

Echoing a few posts above, 2024 B1G and SEC teams ranked in the 1st committee go-round and the average ranking. B1G - 1. Ohio State 3. Michigan 5. UW 6. OREGON 11. Penn State 19. UCLA 20.USC Divided by 7 = 9.28 SEC - 2. UGA 7. Texas 8. Bama 9. Oklahoma 10. Ole Miss 12. Mizzou 14. LSU 17. Tennessee Divided by 8 = 9.87 Numbers go to the 2024 SEC. The average ranking goes to the B1G. Puddles will be in the Power 2, which is nice. Come 2024, I expect that the Power 2 will have 8 teams in the 12-team playoff field, season after season. More come 2026 when I expect that we will see a 16-team playoff field. I also expect that Oregon will have a 1st round home game in 24/25 and thereafter.

Thank you, Alex. Snaps by true frosh DL vs. Utah. Matayo - 27 Teitum Tuiota - 19 Blake Purchase - 12 A'Mauri Washington - 9 Tevita Pome'e - 4 Also on the roster are Freshmen DL - Ashton Powers, Johnny Bowens III, My'Keil Gordan, Terrence Green, and Ashton Potter. And 5* DL Aydin Breland is coming on board along with Rushing. The future's so bright 😍 I just gotta wear shades!

The NCAA will not involve itself in schedule making. I think by 2026, at least, the SEC will be playing 9 conference games. But the ACC's schedule for the next 7 seasons stays at 8 conference games. 5 years and all 18 B1G teams will play one another. 7 years for the ACC to do so. I like that last night the committee only had 2 ACC teams in the top 25. And FSU and Louisville will not play before the ACC champ game if then.

If this plays out, seeding will be interesting. Only 2 ACC teams ranked on Tuesday and FSU does not play Louisville in the regular season. Especially if LSU loses in Tuscaloosa on Saturday and Notre Dame wins at Clemson, Oregon's SOS will be stronger than FSU's SOS. If Michigan wins at Penn State next Saturday, it will be favored over tOSU in Ann Arbor. tOSU has a very good D and a great WR in Harrison but the QB play of McCord is iffy. 2 INTs against Wisconsin would have sunk tOSU but for the Buckeyes run game against a mediocre Wisconsin D. With 5 B12 teams ranked, I would not count out a 12-1 B12 champion Texas. And with UGA's schedule ramping up, like UW 3 ranked teams in the next 3 games, if Bama defeats LSU Saturday, and wins the SEC championship against Georgia, at 12-1 both SEC teams could get into the field. FWIW, current SOS - UGA 100 and Michigan 111. We've seen this SEC movie before.

7 2024 B1G teams ranked with 4 in the top 10. 8 2024 SEC teams ranked with 3 in the top 10. But the rankings to remember, come in December.

https://collegefootballnews.com/rankings/college-football-playoff-rankings-reaction-to-every-top-25-team-october-31

I do not like seeing 5 B12 teams ranked and 3 SEC teams in the top 10.

Ducks at 6. Highest-ranked loss team. Perfect. 6 Pac-12 ranked. Nice. 5 B12 teams ranked, not so nice. Oklahoma on Saturday plays 22. OK ST instead of an unranked OK ST. But besides this, OK plays West Virginia, at BYU, and TCU. 3 teams that are not yet bowl-eligible. Texas plays #23, not AP #25, Kansas State on Saturday. Not much of a difference here. The last 3 games for UT: are at TCU, at Iowa State (currently in a 5-way 1st place tie in the B12,) and Texas Tech. 3 teams that are not bowl-eligible to date. A 1-loss B12 champ Oklahoma will not, IMO, take a playoff spot from a 12-1 Pac-12 champ Oregon. But a 12-1 Texas with the committee showing some love for the B12 and with a win in Tuscaloosa would have a stronger case than Oklahoma. Georgia has work to do with 12. Mizzou, 10. Ole Miss, and at 17 TN, before finishing at Georgia Tech. FSU should stroll into the ACC champ game and likely play a Louisville team that is not that good away from home. FSU plays at Pitt, Miami, North Alabama (the ACC's 8-game conference schedule is a joke, and even with going to 17 teams in 2024, the ACC plans to stay at eight games) and finishes at Florida. Miami and Florida are two rivalry games that could be tough. 5. UW, like UGA, has 3 ranked teams left - at 20 USC, 18. Utah, and at 16 OR ST, and finishes with WSU. I do not see UW going 12-0. 3. Michigan has 2 ranked games, at 11. Penn State, and 1. Ohio State remaining. Ohio State has one ranked team left, at 3 Michigan. 5 undefeated P5 teams are left and at the finish, I expect to see 2, if that. The SEC has 3 teams in the Top 10. Not good that Ole Miss jumped Penn State in the committee's ranking. The conference with the best shot at getting 2 teams into the Final 4, 12-1 conference champ Alabama and 12-1 Georgia. But Bama has to get by LSU on Saturday before finishing with a game at Kentucky, Chattanooga (SIGH,) and at Auburn. This is the 1st of 5 playoff committee rankings and I like where Oregon is situated.

I think the computer algorithms take into account the remaining schedules. Cannibal?

Michigan SOS - 110! I think 11-1 OH ST will possibly have a chance to get in but not 11-1 Michigan.

6 Pac-12 teams ranked. 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. Georgia 4. FSU 5, Washington 6. Oregon 7. Oklahoma 8. Texas 9. Alabama 10. Ole Miss 11. Penn State 12. Mizzou

2022 Trojans - 28 takeaways - 7 TOs by Troy - 1.5 a game net was #1 in the FBS. In 2023, SC's YPP is up and yards surrendered is down but SC is .22 in net TOs. 2014 - Ducks - 1.53 TOs a game was #1. And This showed up versus FSU in the Rose Bowl. I'm not counting out SC just yet. 5-1 in the conference and currently in 2nd place, a half-game behind UW, and a half-game ahead of OREGON. Looking at the polls, UW -3 is a thin spread.

January 1, 2024, Oregon vs. FSU in the Rose Bowl. Maybe Time is a Flat Circle? Thanks, David.

Tickets for 35 opponents' games equal a lot of framing. Harbaugh is the Sergeant Shultz of CFB.

Did Stanford hire Jimmy Lake as an assistant coach?

2024 - Rivals B1G Rankings to Date 2. Ohio State - Just behind Georgia. A recruiting machine. 5. OREGON - Keep it up DL + friends. 14. Michigan - Michigan has withdrawn Harbaugh's new contract deal. He leaves, how many stay? 15. Penn State - Need to find difference-makers on O. 18. Wisconsin - Decent effort so far by Fickel in his 2nd season. 25. USC - Holy Pete Carroll! 26. Nebraska - I do think Coach Ruhle will bring the Huskers back but not to champ level. 29. Purdue - A Boilermakers finish in the top 30 would mean drinks all around. 31. Maryland - Mike Locksley has not recruited as well as hoped. 34. Rutgers Bowl eligible - Soprano family applauds the return of Pisano, Coach Schiano. 36. Minnesota - Lot of rowing to do. 37. Iowa - Why would any skill player want to play ball at Iowa? 48. Illinois - Bret Bielema is not having a recruiting impact in the B1G. Kind of like the SEC. 48. Washington - At least Professor Lake could kind of recruit. 52. Indiana - Good luck to the new HC. Has basketball season started? 56. UCLA - Recruiting-wise, the Chipper is consistent. 67. Michigan State - This will be a B1G rebuild for the new HC. 68. Northwestern - Figures. But 4-4 to date in 2023 is a heck of a season.

The recruiting comp will be coming from Columbus. Ohio State - #2 ranked class. 5* 5 / 4* 11. Get your popcorn ready for next season's game in Eugene.

The Grapevine Gurus, the College Football Playoff Committee (POC) will reveal its 1st rankings of the 2023 season on Halloween. Will it be a trick or a treat for AP Poll (AP) #6 ranked Oregon? (Rankings below are from the Week 10 AP.) Oregon is the top-ranked 1-loss AP team. We are all aware that the 1st reveal will not mirror the final ranking. But the outcome of the following games will help, or hurt, Oregon's Final 4 opportunity down the road. 1. #6. 7-1 OREGON -24 Vs. NR 3-5 Cal A win against the Golden Bears is a Pac-12 title and Playoff necessity. A win will be nice. A cover with style points on the line in November will further help Puddles cause. Q. Do POC members have access to Larry's Lost Network? This will likely be Oregon's last appearance, thank goodness, on the Network that the Nation Forgot. 2. #5. 8-0 Washington -3 Vs. 24 7-2 USC UW's last 2 sloppy wins do not auger well for what could be a shootout in LA. If there is ever a get-right game for a struggling offense, it is against the Trojans. Coming into Week 10 the Troy defense is giving up 32.8 points a game, 113th, and 5.9 yards a play, 95. This is a shot for Michael Penix, Jr. to get his Heisman hopes back on track. I hate to say it, but OREGON needs UW to win this game to give the Ducks a chance to play an undefeated UW in the Pac-12 champ game. 'The whole world will be watching' the top 2 Pac-12 teams play in Las Vegas on Friday, December the 1st. Q. Is there any way both teams can lose? 3. #7 Texas 7-1 -4.5 Vs. #25 Kansas State 6-2 Texas and K State are two of the five B12 teams tied for 1st place in the conference. K State is 0-6 in its last 6 games against the Longhorns. In the absence of starting QB Quinn Ewers, Maliik Murphy (6'5' 238 lbs.!) played decent, not great ball, against BYU in Saturday's 35-6 (sound familiar) win. A K-State win here would hand UT its second loss of the season and help the Ducks. Q. Will K-State be able to hold down the UT run game and force Murphy to go to the air? 4. #8 Alabama 7-1 -3.5 Vs. #13 LSU 6-2 What an LSU win can do for you, Puddles? A lot. LSU has 2 losses to date and a 2nd loss by The Tide would take Bama out of the playoff picture and devalue the Texas win in Tuscaloosa. LSU's D is shaky but its O when clicking is very hard to stop, even for an excellent defense like Bama's. This season, Saint Nick has had to win on the D side of the ball and I think he likes this. After last season's win over the Tide in Baton Rogue, LSU will come into this game with no fear. Q. Will LSU QB Jaydon Daniels (formerly a Hermie at ASU) play a Heisman-worthy game? 5. #10. Oklahoma 7-1 -6 At NR Oklahoma State 5-2 Will there be Bedlam in what could be the last Bedlam game ever played? Last Saturday, OK St RB Ollie Gordon II matched Barry Sanders with being the only two OK. St RBs to put up 250+ yards rushing in back-to-back games. Ollie has 3 consecutive 200+ yards games rushing and 1,134 yards in his last 5 games. OK. St is one of the 5 B12 teams tied at the top of the conference and has rebounded from an awful start including a beat-down loss at the hands of South Alabama, and gets an Oklahoma team coming off an unexpected loss in Lawrence, Kansas. A Cowboys win here would be injurious to the B12's playoff hopes and help OREGON's playoff cause. Q. Will Oklahoma, without its best player on D, LB Danny Stutsman, 70 tackles, 11.5 TFL, injured last week against Kansas, be able to stop the Ollie By Golly run game? You're Saying There's A Chance? #1 Georgia Vs. #20 Mizzou/ #2 Michigan (109 SOS!) Vs. NR Purdue / #3 Ohio State At NR (but bowl eligible!) Rutgers/ #4 FSU At NR Pitt. How About NO! It's going to be one heck of a ride.