Jon Joseph

LOL! Final 4 ACC rep is NC State. Team has won 9 games in a row and defeated Duke twice in the process.

Purdue in the Final Four: Fans, media react to Boilermakers’ first Final Four since 1980 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Purdue is heading to the Final Four for the first time under Matt Painter after a brilliant Elite 8 win over Tennessee.

On Saturday Down South they are, of course, blaming the loss on the officials. Purdue went 2-0 vs TN this season. Bummer for the Vols to have to play 2 games with corrupt officiating. Zach Edey isn’t just dominant, he was historic in leading Purdue to the Final Four SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Zach Edey is in the middle of an NCAA Tournament performance for the ages after dominating in Purdue's Elite 8 victory.

Puddles future play pal Purdue 72, Tennessee 66. Final 4 - ACC Team, B1G Pudue, Big East UConn and SEC Alabama. Keep it up Purdue. Michigan set the stage for the Pac-4 with a football Natty. Can Purdue do the same for the first B1G Tourney title since 2000?

Like, I'm feeling Bulimia coming on. And that's like, a bummer.

tOSU's RB coach committed the unpardonable sin (even though it's Easter) of joining That Team Up North. It would make sense for the Chipper to go after an RB coach whom he is familiar with. Locklyn would be a loss to any team but to a team that you are playing on 10/12/24? Not good. It will be interesting to see his contract if he leaves and whether Oregon is willing to match the $ or come close. Ohio State will return to an emphasis on the run game in 2024. The Buckeyes and the Buckeye fans are tired of being smash-mouthed by Michigan. Chipper will run the ball, especially with 2 terrific running backs on the roster, and a QB who is a run threat. Howard is far more athletic than QB McCord was last season. You run a successful program and you will lose quality assistant coaches. SEE: Saint Nick at Bama.

You broke the code!

Jabba, the Pac-2 is paying the MW for game inventory for the next two seasons. As part of this deal, the Pac-2 agreed to pay the MW $10M for each MW team it poaches down the road. This inconvenient fact is off of Wilner's and Canzano's radar. Their reporting of the Pac-2's putative Phoenix-like revival of the Pac-12 and the 'settlement' with the Pac-10 (which was a cave-in and not a settlement) has been right out of Pravda. Nothing but propaganda. If you were serious about rebuilding the Pac conference to 8 or more teams so the NCAA will consider it to be a conference two seasons from now, would you agree to pay the MW $10M a team for the candidates that make the most sense for expansion? The Pac-12 restructure is a scam to enable the Pac-2 to receive a far greater cut of playoff revenue than the two agreed to receive. But it's Oregon that is duplicitous and amoral, right? Like Oregon and UW, quality Pac-2 coaches and administrators are fleeing the Pac-2. This also has escaped Wilner and Canzano's observation. Oregon, UCLA, USC, and UW are not leaving the B1G to again associate with the Pac-2. If the ACC craters, Stanford and Cal may depart a reformed ACC but if so, they will join the B12 and not a newly constructed G5 conference. Travel? When Minnesota during its 3 year straight college football championships played UW in Seattle, the trip took 8 days round trip.

How about an emphatic 'No!' Wilner and Canzano cannot deal with capitalism sorting out athletic programs but both write for subscription sites. In 2032, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and UW will be bringing in $100M+ in media and playoff revenue. There is no way any that revived 'Pac-Whatever' will be considered a Power conference or bring in close to what Power 2 teams will receive. Wilner and Canzano need to give this restructure nonsense a rest and stop congratulating 2 programs not deemed worthy by the marketplace on ripping off a bunch of Pac-10 suckers. The Pac-2 are programs with G5 budgets that belong in the G5; or perhaps, the FCS with Idaho and Montana. OSU and WSU are dead to me except when I am forced to watch them play Oregon which I hope happens on rare occasions. As always, thanks fr the post.

Here's 247's take on the 15 most difficult schedules in 2024. College football's 15 toughest schedules in 2024, ranked 247SPORTS.COM Several national championship contenders have a gauntlet to prepare for in 2024. 9 SEC teams, 5 B1G teams, and 1 ACC team on this list. Zero B12 teams.

Notice the absence of B1G teams on this list of 2024's easiest schedules. College football's easiest schedules for 2024 season, ranked 247SPORTS.COM Go ahead and pencil in a bowl berth for these teams based on scheduling. 5 ACC teams (keep playing 8 conference games, right?), 4 B12 teams, and 1 SEC team

Big Ten Football: Every team's 2024 season-defining game 247SPORTS.COM These are the matchups to define the Big Ten next season. Agree with Oregon at Michigan or should it be vs Ohio State or another game?

A B1G 2024 OOC game. CFB analyst identifies Texas as perception building game for Michigan SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Both Michigan and Texas will be judged on how well they perform in Week 2 matchup, but the pressure is on Michigan.

Happy, great take. Mizzou with two preseason top 25 teams on its schedule, at Bama and vs. Oklahoma, is running a slight SOS risk if several other teams in the SEC, and the B1G in particular, finish 10-2. It is a 5/7 format but no matter how lowly ranked at the season's end by the committee, 3 spots will be taken by the ACC and B12 champs and the G5 representative. How many SEC teams will the committee place in the playoff? Mizzou in several top 25 forecasts is ranked behind, UGA, TX, Bama, Ole Miss, LSU, and Tennessee. I agree with your assessment; especially, with everyone clueless regarding the committee's view on SOS with a 12-team field. For a G5 opponent and in consideration of the travel in the B1G, IMO a perfect P4 opponent would be Cal or Stanford.

With 25% of our soon-to-be B1G playmates making up the Elite 8, one-third of the B1G teams ticketed to the dance made it this far, I hope it is not too OT to post this take on the remaining 8 teams still alive for an NCAA Tourney title. Illinois has its work cut out vs UConn and Purdue matches up with Tennessee, a team it defeated by three points earlier this season. Elite Eight teams, ranked by national championship chances in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament WWW.SBNATION.COM Let’s rank the teams in the Elite Eight of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by who has the best chance to win it all.

UGA/UCLA off. Mutual decision or is one side paying the other something to bail? UGA plays Georgia Tech every season and GT is improving. This season UGA plays Clemson and GT. Not that long ago Michigan backed out of a series with UCLA and both played OOC dog meat in 2022 and 2023. Ohio State is feeding at the Canine Bowl in 2024 but starts a series with TX next season and a series with Bama in 2027. Unless the PO Committee gives weight to SOS why play tough games OOC? Especially the next 2 seasons when the ACC and B12 champs no matter how poorly they are ranked will be in the top 4 seeds. IMO it's too bad that for two seasons CFB is stuck with a PO format that made sense when the Pac-12 was viable but not today even with the change from 6-5 to 5-7. Using the Vegas (FabDuel) PO odds to determine the top 25, No. 12 Clemson and No.19 K State would be rewarded with 1st round byes. No. 3 Texas and No. 4 Oregon would play 1st round games. Senseless.

Jabba, remind me please. Was that CW or CS?

Yawn!

DD, I don't disagree with your point regarding scheduling, but several SEC teams are stepping up their OOC schedules. 2024 - Florida vs Miami and Florida State; Bama on the road vs Wisconsin; Texas on the road vs. Michigan; Georgia vs Clemson and an improving Georgia Tech; Mississippi State at ASU; LSU vs USC and UCLA; and A+M vs Notre Dame. Texas plays Ohio State in 2025 and 2026. Bama plays Ohio State in 2027 and 2028. Oklahoma plays Michigan in 2025 and 2026 before Michigan plays the return game in 2027 vs. Texas. Mizzou and Ole Miss are doing their best to keep cupcake factories open but not all SEC teams are doing the same.

247 Sports pours some sugar on: Oregon's multi-year QB plan; Ohio State's lockdown corners and running backs room; and Michigan's interior D line. College football sweetheart rankings: 2024 Roster additions, position groups to love 247SPORTS.COM You'll fall in love with these players and position groups.

Do the Fighting Illini have a shot vs defending champ UCONN? Come on guys, make some more $ for Puddles. Illinois rides scorching hot streak into Elite 8, but a date with dominance awaits SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Illinois is firing on all cylinders in March Madness, but can the Illini find a way to get past UConn?

Way To Go Clemson Tigers! No more soup for the Pac-Who?

Great point on Bonny. Who knew that there were this many Benedict Arnold offspring in Pullman?

Thank you, JD for pointing this error out. It should have been 4 and not 5 losses in the last 5 seasons excluding the COVID season of the witch. 2018 - 9-5; 2019 -11-3; (COVID 3-2); 2021 - 10-4; 2022 - 10-4; 2023 8-5. The 2023/24 loss to Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl, 7-14, was a particularly bad loss considering the QB that took down USC started the game for the Utes.

College Football News's (CFN) Pete Fiutak is one of the better CFB prognosticators. B1G - PO Contenders - Ohio State 12-0, Oregon 11-1, Penn State 10-2, Ls to SC and Ohio State, USC 10-2 Ls vs. LSU, and at Michigan could, depending on the tie-breaker(s) have USC 8-1 with a projected Ducks 11-1 record with the loss coming against Ohio State, playing the Buckeyes in the B1G title game. SC in 2024 misses both Ohio State and Oregon. This would not be all that bad of an outcome for the Ducks. At 11-1, Oregon would be a playoff lock and with the B1G champ game in Indianapolis, have one fewer trip to the Eastern time zone. In 2024 there will be a two-week delay before the 1st playoff games are played and not 30 days +. CFN projects that 14 B1G teams will be bowl-eligible. CFN is far less sanguine when it comes to SEC playoff possibilities than are the majority of the 'experts.' CFN has UGA 12-0 in, and LSU and Texas at 10-2 in the playoff mix. Bama, OK, Ole Miss, and Tennessee are projected to finish 9-3, with Mizzou going 8-4. I'd like to see this happen. ACC teams in the playoff mix - 10-2 Clemson and 10-2 FSU with Clemson losing to Georgia and on the road against LSU. FSU's losses come on the road vs Miami (9-3) and Notre Dame. If this plays out FSU would have the tie-breaker edge and as a top 4 seed would have a 1st-round playoff bye. B12 - Utah at 10-2 is the only B12 team projected to have 10 wins. K State and Oklahoma State are both projected to finish 9-3. If the CFN projections play out a 9-3 team could be in the playoff field.