Jon Joseph

Gentlemen, please allow us to pay for the privilege of joining a conference that at least two members are looking to leave. Look at Stanford. Look at the quality of non-revenue sports. It's all about (well, 80%+) football. Shaw retiring on the job did not help the Cardinal with finding a new home. Cal? If Cal dropped football would it be equivalent to: If a tree falls in the forest ... Meanwhile, the Bruins are hoping the new suitor will come through with a ring, and Calimony payments will be minimal if that. Reason ACC could add Pac-12 schools revealed WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The ACC is said to be seriously considering adding three schools in an expansion effort, and now we know the real reason for the potential moves.

As long as you use it in a civil manner, I think it's OK.

No wonder after ESPN/SEC purloined OK and TX Fox wanted to elbow ESPN out of LA. The 2 LA schools have more of an impact on the B1G deal than I expected, but I knew that it was a B1G impact.

Thank you, dwc13. My Mom was among the first women to earn a Master's Degree from Ohio State. I'm named after a maternal uncle who was a tank commander under Patton in WW2. Made it through Africa and Italy but was KIA at The Battle of the Bulge. Posthumously, he was awarded a Siler Statr Had he returned, he would have been the captain of the Ohio State golf team. My other maternal uncle saw combat and returned to captain the Michigan golf team. These 2 missed decades of rivalry jousting. I was born in Toledo in the same hospital as Urban Meyer and Jim Harbough. Both had a more illustrious football career than did I. My high water mark was playing D3 ball. I was blessed to see Oregon play back in the day in The Shoe when it was still a shoe. Ducks played a very good game but that was one of the 9 out of 10 to date won by the Buckeyes. Columbus has a great game-day atmosphere. And when we visited, the fans could not have been more gracious. Best of luck to the Bucks in 2023.

Bless you, my friend. Bracing for high winds and monsoon-like rain here in Aiken, SC. Florida changed its plans to fly to Salt Lake tomorrow and flew out this afternoon instead. Keep your head down.

Duckhart, Oregon did not play SC in 2021. The last time Oregon played SC was in the conference champ game in 2020. OR met SC in the conference champ game as UW due to COVID could not participate. Oregon won 31-24 to win the Pac-12 championship. Then face-planted in the Fiesta Bowl vs. Iowa State. The score was 34-17 in favor of the Cyclones. Williams transferred to SC in 2022. Oregon has yet to face Williams. Thank you, Cali scheduling agreement. It is ironic that Oregon will most likely play SC more often in the B1G than in the Pac-12. With the all-time record of 38-21-2, the Ducks do owe the Trojans nevertheless.

No surprise here. In 2024 I agree that the field will have five not six automatic champ qualifiers with seven, not six, at large teams. College Football Playoff committee also prepared to kill Pac-12 with 12-team plans FANSIDED.COM The College Football playoff is planning to ignore the Pac-12 when it comes to playoff consideration. What else can this conference endure before it completely.

Great take. But in 2022, Williams in 500 attempts only threw 5 picks. 2 of the picks bounced off of his receiver's hands. Not an easy guy to fluster and for the most part Williams is very accurate. If you all out-rush and don't contain the edges this guy will kill you on roll-out passes and running the ball.

Great take. CBS Sports, latest odds to win the 2023 Pac-12 Football Championship - USC +180/ OREGON +325/ UW +350/ Utah +500/ OREGON STATE +900/ UCLA +1200. The books like Oregon's chances far more than the media. With the uncertainty regarding Rising's health, Utah's odds have dropped. OR ST on paper has a very easy OOC schedule. Right down there with Michigan, Georgia, and UCLA. In fairness, the SEC canceled UGA's trip to OK. And Michigan canceled out an H+H with UCLA. Sneaky tough road trips for the Beavers playing at Wazzu and at U of A, and of course, at 15 Oregon. Tough home games vs. 14. Utah, 10. UW ( kick FGs in Seattle last season and OR ST and not Utah plays in the champ game,) and UCLA will not be an easy out in Corvallis. But only 3 games vs. ranked opponents is lightweight for this season's Pac-12. 109th in passing in 2022. Is DJU the answer or, a continuing question mark? Even a half-decent passing attack will help open up an already sound run game. I think Oregon's SOS in 2023 is ranked far too low. Fan Nation based on 2022 results ranks Oregon #96 (75-77.) OR ST is ranked #63 (80-70.) Oregon plays AP Poll #6 USC and #18 Oregon State at home. Plays at #10 UW, #14 Utah, and #26 Texas Tech. Oregon is the dog for the game at Utah, +1.5. Favored in the other 4 games vs. ranked teams: at Texas Tech -3; at UW -12.5; USC -4.5, and Oregon State -3. And Oregon is favored in all of the other 8 games. So in 2023, the Ducks are not being dogged, except in Salt Lake City.

Stevan A, a repeat of the first CBB tournament played 78 seasons ago would be nice. How about The Ducks with Web Foots, 'The Blur Firs,' defeat Ohio State for the Natty?

Thank you, Alex. If wishes were horses ... You make an excellent case for the Ducks in 2023. Spot on in regard to injury but for those of us who played the game (in my case before the World Wide Net showed up) if you play to avoid injury you are most likely to get hurt. DL and company do have to be judicious in the use of Bo in the run game but I do not want to see a Mari(o) like blanket thrown over Bo like we witnessed in the case of Justin Herbert's senior year before the title game and kind of, in the Rose Bowl. I've often pondered whether Oregon have won at ASU and advanced to the Final 4 if Justin had been allowed to be more free-wheeling in Tempe. In the day and age of the portal and most schools having limited QB depth this is indeed a conundrum for any OC. This close, [ ] to kickoff. After the off-season of confusion and uncertainty, Let's Play Ball!

I was around but like many things today I don't recall.

SC had holes to fill against SJS. Yet, that O is incredible, and the D if even marginal could get Troy to the playoff. And the SC D off of game 1 will improve as the season progresses. This is an O that will not be shut down. To beat these guys you will have to outscore these guys. I am echoing Charles here. Utah at home in 2022 won a game by 1 point against SC with a healthy vet QB on the field. Then, coming off a game vs. the worst P5 team in CFB in 2022, CU, Utah beat up SC coming off of a game vs. Notre Dame, a bowl winner vs. a hot SO CAR team, and dinged Williams the same way Rising was dinged in the Rose Bowl. This SC team is scary good on O and has a whole bunch of nothing schedule-wise before playing in South Bend and then Utah. Then after Cal. back to back against UW and the Ducks in Eugene. No matter how much the Oregon D improves the game in Autzen promises to be a down-to-the-wire shoot-out. How great would it be to have Game Day in Eugene with both teams undefeated? Oregon TCBs in Lubbock and this is a real possibility.

COME ON MAN! Big Game Boomer? The SOONER I can find this guy and get a bet down, the SOONER I win. Thank goodness for social media, right? You too can be an 'expert. This guy probably had Germany in WW2.

I imagine he is getting NIL money and I do not see him leaving before the next transfer window opens up, if then. UCLA has a 3-game lightweight (although watch out for Coastal Carolina) OOC schedule. This should give Dante playing opportunities. The Bruins open the Pac-12 season in week 4 at Utah, I will not be surprised to see Dante start this game.

Ask Nick Saban? Starting Pac-12 transfer QBs in 2023 - UW, WSU, OR, OR St, Cal, USC, AZ, Utah, CU. SEC - TN, So Car, KY, UF, Mizzou, Bama (?), Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU. B1G - Purdue, NEB, Iowa, Wisconsin, NW, Ill, Maryland, IN. This is the new norm and not the exception.

However, he would not have started at Oregon and I think he starts before the season is halfway through.

Power rankings? The SC D is in need of new batteries.

Hoosier - no mascot? How about these 2 Hosers? (OOOps!)

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No Ducks, Dorlus, Burch, etc., made the list. But player #1 is ready to make OL guys an offer they can't refuse. 25 defensive players to watch during the 2023 college football season WWW.YARDBARKER.COM A look at 25 of the top defensive players to keep an eye on once the 2023 college season kicks off.

I think this is way off the mark but please serve me some of that Pate. Goose, not Duck. If Pate's picks were to come to fruition it would be Ohio State and Penn State in the Rose Bowl and Oregon vs. Bama (GULP) in the Sugar Bowl. For this prediction to happen, Ohio State would have to finish 12-1/13-0 with Penn State at 11-1 getting in as a non-conference champ. I don't see this happening. The Rose Bowl would be a repeat of PSU at tOSU during the regular season. Again, I do not see this happening. Has Pate seen UGA's schedule? Roll the ball out on the field for 10 or 11 victories. It stinks that LSU will be down its best DL guy, thank you new NCAA boss Charlie Baker, for this, the Reggie Bush defamation suit, and the yo-yo in regard to Jim Harbaugh's penalty (meet the new boss, same as the old boss) but I, FWIW, see the following happening. 1. Georgia vs. 4. Clemson - Sugar Bowl 2. Ohio State vs. 3. Oregon - Rose Bowl Bama could have easily lost 4 and not 2 games last season. The quarterback situation at Bama is a mess. Bryce Young is in the NFL and not around to bail out Bama. Clemson gets FSU and Notre Dame in Death Valley. And I think Clemson will double up FSU in the ACC champ game. Other than a fortunate opening win against LSU last season, FSU's wins came mostly against teams with losing or .500 records. IMO, FSU is this season's 2022 Texas A+M.

Bo shows on Yardbarker's top 25 O players for 2023 coming in #3. 25 offensive players to watch during the 2023 college football season WWW.YARDBARKER.COM As the 2023 college football season approaches, here is our list of 25 offensive players to keep an eye on this season. Listed in alphabetical order, broken down by position. Forget about the guy above in purple. BOO!

Come 2024, I believe Oregon will be the only team in the nation paying money to Disney and getting nothing in return. That's not Donald, that's Mickey Mouse.

Thank you, JW, always great to have the opportunity to read your takes. Even with Bodacious dotting the landscape, I agree that for some reason the Ducks are flying under the nation's CFB elite team's radar. UNC QB preseason Drake Maye's pub is off the charts. As I recall, on a dinged leg Bo Nix outdueled Maye and UNC in the Holiday Bowl. Here is a stat from 2022 that I love. 2 RBs in the nation last season carried the ball 150 times or more and averaged over 6.5 yards a carry while doing so. One, UCLA's Zach Charbonnet is playing for the Seahawks. The other, Bucky Irving, will be on the field playing for Oregon in 2023. It seems that there are 3 general concerns about the Ducks this season. 1. Will the D improve? This IMO is the key to whether the Ducks go 9-3 or 12-1 this season. 2. The O line. There may be more talented guys out there but OL is a ballet and last season's group had more time together at the barre. Can the OL this season pave the way for Bucky and other talented backs and hold the opposition to 5 sacks as it did in 2022? 3. Will the coaching staff's in-game management improve? For the want of a punt, the UW game was lost. Where were the adjustments on D to hold down the Beavers' one-dimensional run game in the fourth quarter of last year's Civil War game? Dan Lanning's mentor, Kirby Smart, made some bone-headed decisions, the Justin Fields fake punt attempt, not being the deepest of the deep on Tua's OT-winning TD champ game throw, but Kirby's on-field coaching skills have with game experience dramatically improved. I believe we will see the same from DL and staff in 2023. Finally and this is the case for every football team no matter how talented, where will the football Good Gosh's fickle finger of fate point? Stuff will happen as it happened on the Palouse last season before Oregon made an amazing comeback in the game that in many ways tipped the season in the direction of success. This is the deepest the Pac-12 in its swan song, has been in decades if not ever. There will be no easy day within the conference and in Lubbock, Texas. Thanks again Joshua and ...