Jon Joseph

Barnes was on the Money (yuck, yuck) on that 1st pass attempt. Passing the hat in Gainesville to buy out Napier's contract.

Reggie?

My friend, you're discounting the influence of Uncle Jack Daniels.

The bets over and my over also went under. Good call Mic. Down your starting QB, best receiver, starting center, and your play caller on D goes down in the first series. And you win? That's some guts ball. And Florida? Oh my gosh, the heat is on Billy Napier and the not-so-special teams' coach who allowed two #3s to be on the field at the same time. And Mertz? More sacks than a grocery store checkout line. And folks on Saturday Down Soth were chortling over how much bigger and faster the Gators were compared to the Utes. These Utes (youts?) are tough to beat in SLC. And Coach Whit, "I hope the rest of the country now knows that we play football out this way." Perfect.

Who knew that a Husky could turn into a Greyhound?

My good Ducks friends, please forgive me for Playing It Forward on the cusp of Week 1. But if I do not keep old grey matter circulating, I will not be able to make it through the first half of Gators (first out-of-region road trip in 38 years. UF lost at Syracuse) at Utah. I can only imbibe so much Expresso mixed with IPA. And my Barista spouse calls it a night before I do. When it comes to kick-off times, I miss the Left Coast. I am adopting the Charles Fischer 'Easy-Peasy' solution for all sports other than football and men's and women's basketball. West - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, OREGON, UCLA, USC, Washington East - Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin For football, and men's and women's basketball, and because I can still divide 18 by 3 and come up with 6, I like the following format. This would give broadcast partners a lot of flexibility when it comes to 4 cross-pod games. (Ohio State vs. Michigan would be a protected game.) 2023 AP Poll preseason college football rankings are shown for ranked teams. West - Minnesota, Nebraska, OREGON (15), UCLA, USC (6), Washington (10) Central - Illinois, Iowa (25), Michigan (2), Michigan State, Northwestern, Wisconsin (19) East - Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State (3), Penn State (7), Purdue, Rutgers. A pretty fair, IMO, distribution of football talent. The last regular season game would feature a matchup of the 3 pod winners and the best wild card team; the winners play in the conference champ game. Hello, TV ratings! Again, mea culpa but I am interested to see better ideas from Ducks fans. GO UTES! MUSS Florida Up! A win over the Gators will help elevate OREGON's SOS when the Ducks win in Salt Lake City.

There is a reason why fire trucks today are yellow, not red, and were never black. Yellow is the easiest color for humans, including even Bodacious Bo, to see. Wear yellow lids, and make opposing DBs turn yellow in fear.

BOseman! Wyo not? Thanks for the article friend Darren, good to have you back at the keyboard. Nice use of Anglo-Saxon onomatopoetic words. You made the late George Carlin's list! Where would the Pac-12 be today if Uncle Phil had been the commissioner with the late Bob Sasser as assistant commissioner? The Pac-12 Prex never met a business decision that they couldn't muff.

Nebraska sets women's sport attendance world record with 92,003 fans at college volleyball game - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM In front of a packed house, the Cornhuskers finished with a 3-0 victory over Omaha

But, going out with a bang. CBS Sports rates the Pac-12 as the 2nd best football conference in 2023 behind; well, you know who. 2023 College Football Conference Power Rankings: SEC at the top, but Pac-12 takes No. 2 spot - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The SEC is loaded with teams ready to make a run at the College Football Playoff National Championship

The Athletic's 2023 Football Hope-O-Meter comes in at 100% for Oregon fans. And also 100% for opponents Texas Tech and UW. SC is in the mid-90s percentile. Apparently, a few SC fans recognize that this is not Arena Football and at least some D has to be played. Stanford fans come in at a robust 0%. 😘

They broke the record! 92,003 fans showed up. Most in-person watched games in the history of women's sports. Now that's B1G! In October, Iowa football's Kinnock Stadium will host a Women's CBB exhibition game, Iowa vs. DePaul. Close to 40,000 tickets have been sold to date. Sorry, Scott Barnes, but going B1G was and is the only way for Oregon to go. Fan interest like this should help Oregon's Women's sports recruiting despite the travel travails.

Last 7 games vs. SC. Ducks 5-2. SC, #8 ranked roster. Oregon is not far behind at #10. But, A+M is up there again and last season I don't believe the TCU roster cracked the top 25.

Who? What?

Rivalry? The Ducks have not played the Trojans since the champ game win in 2020. Puddles is more likely to face off against Traveler in the B1g than in the Pac-12 because the Cali scheduling agreement is going away.

I don't about the gentleman but I'll take the bet. It's so hard to call this game if Barnes starts at QB for the Utes. I like the Over regardless.

Tonight, on the floor of the Nebraska football stadium, after a warm-up game featuring 2 lower-level Nebraska schools, P5 Nebraska will play P5 VB Omaha in the feature match. The B1G Network predicts that over 92,000 fans will be in attendance. This will break the all-time record for people watching a women's sporting event in person anywhere around the world. It's so good to be going B1G! That's very cool 18x - 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍! And very cool for Ducks VB players. You Go Girls!

Florida has moved to +7. I waited on this to see if the line would move depending on the Rising scuttlebutt. Still not certain Cam will play but the extra .5 is nice.

It's one game Paawllll. With a lot of new moving parts. But overall I love the take.

You have to be flexible to play on the OL.

Remember that all LOCKS, bets, and otherwise, can be broken. The below games are the Week 1 games I have bet on. Never bet quid in an amount that could flip your financial lid! Week 0 Recap - Off to a good start with the Over 66 on the USC/San Jose State game. This was like stealing. Week 1 - FLORIDA +6.5 at #14 UTAH. Florida is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 road games. Cam and his favorite receiver, Brent Kuithe, may not see the field. I like the Gators to cover and the game to go Over 44 points. Even if C and K cannot play, 44 is an extremely low total for modern-day college football BOISE STATE at #10 UW - I like the Over 58.5 points. Penix is the real deal with a terrific WR room. Boise QB, Taylon Green, 2022 2nd team all-frosh and 2022 Frisco Bowl MVP, is back for an Andy Avalos team that stumbled out of the gate in 2022 but finished strong once Green became the starter. The Huskie D backs in 2022 were an ATC out-of-control Please Fly Zone. I do not think the Husky CBs and Safties will be much improved in 2023. BALL STATE at KENTUCKY - Over 48. OC Liam Cohen is back and I think he will do good things with QB Devin Leary who transferred in from NC State. LOCK BET - NEVADA at USC - 66 points, again! Thank you, Sir, can I have another. Over 66 all day long. Summary - Nevada at USC - Over 66 Ball State at Kentucky - Over 48. Boise State at UW - Over 58.5 Florida +6.5 at Utah. Florida covers the 6.5 spread and the game goes over 44. Best of luck. And if it goes South, please don't blame the messenger. 😍

NJ Duck, good catch on USC vs.#14 Utah. Is this any way to run a "Playoff?" Last 4 team field and we know that 2Ls and you are out! SOS? Move right along, nothing to see here. Notre Dame - #3 tSOU - Southern Utah is number 3? Oregon - Texas Tech is AP ranked #26. The Red Raiders TCB in Laramie and TT could be a Top 25 team when Puddles flies into Buddy Holly country. However, IMO, before the final Playoff Committee Ranking on 12/3/23, no team knows for certain what Top 25 teams, if any, it played in the regular season.

Fabulous Fearless Forecast For Football Fans From FishDuck! (Alliteration: An Amazing Artistic Attribute.) "A man's reach should exceed his grasp/Or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning (I've heard that Rob made bank betting the Over?) I LOVE the optimism. On paper, the parts are in place for a better-than-good gut showing. "Fortus Fortuna Adiuat - Fortune Favors the Brave." Terence (Terry also scored. In his case, betting on the Hippodrome horse races.) Charles, bet on the Ducks winning the Natty. +4000 would be a nice payday. Great gutsy gut guess! I would expect no less.

Sir Notalot, a realistic and sound POV. I do hope Chalres' gut is all good. But 12-0 would be a first since CU and Utah joined the conference. 4 games against top 25 competition, another one in the 13th game if Oregon makes the trip to Las Vegas, and Texas Tech now ranked #26 could sneak into the Top 25 with a good showing Saturday in Laramie. (TT is -14.) I'm with Charles, if the 2023 Ducks bring the A game they should win every game on the schedule. But this a tough ask for college football players who have a lot of stuff going on in addition to football. Last season Oregon and Bo brought a B- game to The Palouse and it almost cost Oregon a loss that would have altered, perhaps, the entire course of the season. Every team in the conference is fired up to play the Ducks as Texas Tech will be in Lubbock. The Ducks will need steady on-field leadership on D. The same leadership Bo brings on O. Troy Franklin is the man. But I'm looking to Tez Johnson to bring the jets at WR and as a punt returner.

dwc13, so you were The Guy who went to the Cal and Stanford games. Just Kidding. Back in the 90s, both Bay Area teams drew better than decent crowds. Now, both are in effect, hoping to buy their way into the ACC. Very sad but you reap what you sow. Here's hoping Ryan Day picked the right pitcher to throw to an outstanding group of WRs.