Jon Joseph

Thank you, Don. Echoing friend Darren Perkins, perhaps the transfers did not like the court? Caitlin Clark is a multi-millionaire and counting. In today's NIL world you have to be able to recruit, pick the portal and re-recruit the players in just about every sport. I wonder if Graves has issues with this 'New School' World compared to the 'Old School?' Great article, Sir. Go forth, all sins are forgiven. Interesting, same Final 4 mix for the Women as the Men: one SEC team, South Carolina; one B1G team, Iowa; one ACC team, same program, NC State; and a Big East team, Conneticut.

Men's and Women's golf updates. 'I should have yelled, Two!' Duck Golf: Men Battle in the Bay, Ladies Scorch in the Desert WWW.ADDICTEDTOQUACK.COM Senior leadership shines for both squads.

It's going to be a Battle of the Os on and off the field. Lots of intra-B1G coaching poaching going on.

Hats off to Caitlin Clark, 41 points. and her Iowa Hawkeyes for defeating LSU and moving on to the Final 4. Will they be joined by close to being B1G USC playing UConn now in Portland. Loved Darren's April Fools Day joke. How about the Portland court having 2 different in distance 3 point lines; no joke. Caitlin, 1 point better than Purdue's Edey.

Annie, it's because the Pac-12 10 departees although saddles with over 80% of the conference's liabilities decided not to litigate the matter beyong losing in state court in Washington with the decision affirmed by a Washington state court of appeals. A number of remedies were and are in in the mix. Especially a filing for Pac-12 liquidation in bankruptcy court. The "settlement" woula Perferance for the Pac-2 and distribution of revenue would be stayed until the court ruled on the departing 10's plan of liquidation. The acamedicians who destroyed the Pac-12 confernce followed suit with tucking tail and leaving millions of dollars in revenues behind. Money that could for example, be used to retain assistant coaches offered better salaries by competitors. If fans were shareholders Pac-10 management would be facing a suit for breach of fiduciary duty and thrown off of the 'Board of Directors."

Boiler Up! What does Purdue’s Final Four berth mean? Only everything SATURDAYTRADITION.COM The long wait is over. So is the pain of all of those near-misses. Purdue is headed back to the Final Four for the first time since 1980.

He is a B1G Big Man. Hammerin’ the B1G: Zach Edey has a shot at the best individual season in Big Ten history SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Zach Edey is taking his talents to the Final Four, and he has a legitimate shot to finalize the best-ever season for an individual player in Big Ten history.

Ohio State is lighting it up with the 2025 class. Assuming all commited players sign on the dotted line come December, tOSU has a B1G haed start in signing 2025's top ranked class. Long way to go. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten/four-star-linebacker-tarvos-alford-commits-to-ohio-state-buckeyes

I love that one of Bama's key contributors is from North Dakota and transferred to Bama from North Dakota State. Kind of young to be a Snow Bird, no? Estrada has to be right up there in Frequent Transfer Points.

Go East young man? Per Jon Wilner and KenPom this is the first tournament where no team west of the Mississippi River made the Elite 8. Purdue is in the Final 4 for the first time since 1980. Bama is in the Final 4 for the first time ever. 3 P4 conferences made it to the Final 4, ACC, B1G and the SEC. The B12 with 8 teams in the mix flamed out. Not good for a conference without a Blue Chip Roster in football attempting to build its bona fides on its CBB programs. HDuck in an above comment captured the B12's plight perfectly. Ilinois 23, UConn 23 before UConn went on a 30 point run! Purdue will have it's work cut out against 11 seed NC State and UConn if the 2 meet up in the champ game. Notwithstanding many a brick being launched the Tourney to date has set a record for the number of viewers even with the West MIA.

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.