Jon Joseph

And also equipping the Gameday crew with 'Deion Sanders (no joke!) shades. A media magician.

Daughter Hillary, a Junior at CU at the time, now an MD and Mom to my 3 grandkids, and I were in the B1G House for this: 29 years ago? Say it ain't so! https://athlonsports.com/college-football/colin-cowherd-michigan-stadium-the-craziest-cfb-moment-miracle-big-ten-colorado

Desmond Howard rips Jay Norvell over Deion Sanders comments SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Desmond Howard called Jay Norvell's comments on Deion Sanders 'petty' and 'ridiculous.'

This should help UW recruiting, right? UW finally escapes Larry's Loser Network yet still gets The Bird.

If Tuck gets trucked and it looks like things are headed toward the guy being self-inflicted pan-caked, I think the obvious choice would be to bring back Pitt HC and former MSU DC, Pat Narduzzi. Then, perhaps Narduzzi will shut up about poaching, NIL, and the transfer portal.

Thank you, DNC, terrific take. I also recall the OL under Mario and his crew struggling to put away Fresno and Stony Brook. Far too often under Mario, the team including the OL played down to the competition. See, ASU. I'm definitely on board with you in regard to the game at Ohio State. But a 1-point Rose Bowl win over a 3-loss team with one of the now top NFL QBs leading the way? OL is a ballet. Lots of new guys were on stage in the 1st true game of the year in Lubbock. And as expected, the hostile crowd contributed to lots of OL miscues. It's a long season and we are only 2 games in if you count the 1st game against the junior, junior, varsity. I expect the OL play will improve during the course of the 2023 season. I expect the run game will materially improve this Saturday. I for one am not ready to count out the OL and the Ducks run game. Again, thanks for the great take.

I did not forget that UGA plays a Varsity game this Saturday. And I was tempted to take UGA to cover the big spread. I think UGA will do so and that Rattler will be running for his life but strange things have occassionally happened when the Dawgs play USC(e.) I am very happy that UGA will finally be able to show its worth on the way to a potential 3-peat. GO DAWGS!

MY BAD! Shedeur and Travis are both draft-eligible after this season and both will be headed to the NFL.

Any and all shots at Deion are entirely reasonable and expected, no doubt, by Deion. But the Prime Time Show tripping to Eugene in 2023 is a huge benefit for Oregon football compared to having the same game on the schedule in 2022. Bill Connelly - ESPN+ writes - "Week 4 will give us Ohio-State - Notre Dame, Alabama - Ole Miss and a shockingly big Colorado - Oregon game." Without Prime Time, next Saturday's game would have kicked off at 7:30 Pacific on Larry's Network. It may not have drawn an Autzen full house. Now, the ticket cost will come close to the cost when SC visits Eugene. The game would have been watched by 25% or fewer folks who will now tune in at 12:30 Pacific on ABC. Now a likely lead-in game to Ohio State - Notre Dame. The game will get the ESPN full Monty coverage during the week and post-game. And will be watched by the vast majority of recruits across the USA. As the folks in the SEC learned, a Rising Tide lifted all SEC boats. CU at Oregon will be under the Neon bright lights and not hidden under Larry's bushel.

BOOOOOOOOO! Hawaii vs Oregon Prediction, Odds, Trends and Key Players for College Football Week 3 FANSIDED.COM Last week, it came down to the wire for Oregon as they beat Texas Tech 38-30 on the road. They needed 20 fourth quarter points to get the comeback victory after Pay no attention to this guy. Move right along.

The coaches, the quarterback, and the culture of Colorado football SATURDAYBLITZ.COM There's an old country saying, "If you want the bull, you get the horns." That is precisely what you get when you hire Deion Sanders. While ... In an earlier post, I was in error (no surprise there) noting that Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter have another season to play before being draft-eligible. Both are draft-eligible after this season.

Perhaps? But ESPN, Fox, and the national media are not yet sleepy. And the folks who hired Prime are most happy. CU football had not been relevant for two decades before this hire. In 2022, no one gave a whip about a 1-11 team that was probably the worst team in the P5. Love him or hate him, Prime and CU are dominating the coverage of CFB to date. Does anyone think that ESPN and the Big Noon game crew would show up in Boulder on the same Saturday last season? And when a guy like Jay Norvell pipes up, it just helps Prime pump up the disrespected music. Music that Prime loves to hear. From a monetary and to-date W/L POV, this is likely the best HC hire in the history of the game. Deion has already covered his salary and then some.

Colorado football: Get your popcorn ready for Deion Sanders vs. Jay Norvell SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Colorado football is the most interesting team in the nation to start the 2023 season. The Buffaloes have begun a new era under Deion Sanders after years o...

None of this helped the Ducks but there are a whole lot of guys on that Ohio State team still playing in the NFL. Even with all hands on deck, Oregon was not going to defeat that Ohio State team. He flamed out in the NFL but Urban vs. Helfrich in a college game?

I think CU wins at least 8 regular season games and its bowl game. Bowls will be clamoring for CU this season, and down the road if Deion stays in Boulder. I think that along with Utah, CU will be competing for B12 championships right out of the box. Especially, with Shedeur back for one more in 2024 along with Travis Hunter. I also believe that CU recruiting will pick up and that lots of portal guys will be looking for an invite from Deion. Look at the national pub CU is getting and also, positive and negative, on OBD and other sites. I do not see CU being shuttled very often to the Pac-12 network. I think that CU will defeat CO. ST., at ASU, Stanford, Arizona, at WA ST., and will win at least one of Oregon State at home, on the road at UCLA, and/or Utah. To date, this team does not commit penalties; and does not shoot itself in the foot. The OC, DC, and OL assistants he hired are all solid.

However, it's not how you start ...

Nothing's fair in love and football and Deion will certainly not go out of his way to be fair.

Well, Colorado State coach Jay Norvell took DL off the hook this week with an ad hominem directed straight in Prime's direction. Stupid is as stupid does. Although DL's comment was, as Dr. Jacks noted, possibly directed at CU Athletics in general (FWIW, I don't think it was) Deion will take advantage of DL's shot at CU. Unlike Norvell, how was DL to know that Prime was going to deliver on his promises? IMO, Norvell erred by commision. DL erred by quasi-commission. But DL's words are still going up on Prime's CU bulletin board. IMO, it will not have a thing to do with the Ducks game. I think Norvell's comment is forage for CU to light it up and pile it on against CO. State.

Thank you, Darren. And thank you, Charles, for coming with the Bird Bombs take. But a bird in the hand ... You simply do not want to be all the way with Bird Bombs Away! Let's Go For 2! Does anyone else recall kicking an extra point not being an option in Lincoln, Nebraska? The 2 points put up against TT was a lucky, lucky, lucky, conversion. I certainly respect coach Timmy Chang who took Hawaii to the Sugar Bowl when he was playing QB for the Warriors. But Hawaii comes in with a one-trick throw the ball O and an L versus Stanford in Honolulu. I see this as a 'get well' game and not a 'trap game' before Prime comes to town. Aloha! It will be 'hello' Hawaii followed by an emphatic, 'goodbye!'

Or, with the playoff possibly going to 16 teams in 2026, why not play an FCS school as Game 1 of the season in the Spring Game? Then, every P4/G5 school plays Game 2 on what is now Week 0. The little guy gets paid and with 1 idle week, the playoff does not have to run into the middle of January.

A slow week in CFB before next week's Big Game. Oregon State in Pullman to play Washington State for the Pac-2 Conference Championship! In the name of Mike Leach (RIP) who knew? (It is rumored that Larry The Legend Scott will be on hand to present the coveted Left Behind Trophy.) This Saturday provides the perfect weekend to attend the friend who was silly enough to decide to get married in the Fall's wedding. To pull a TGIF all-nighter and then recover with a Saturday siesta. To visit me in the Sigmund Freud Home for Wayward Gamblers in Aiken, South Carolina. OK, I'm not yet ready for Siggy, but at the close of last Saturday, I was coming close to checking in. 2-4 last week is No Fine! And it took a last-minute effort from friends Brandan Dorlus and Jeffery Bassa to keep me from a 0-6 whitewash. Dyer's knee was down! Thankfully, Jeff did not take a knee. At 6 - 7 for the season to date, may I humbly suggest that you consider the following as being For Entertainment Purposes only? As for me, with help getting back into the saddle, I'm climbing back on the hoss that threw me. 21. Duke -18.5 versus Northwestern. Northwestern might as well be No Western in this season's Power 5. Mike Elko formerly A+M 's DC, Mario (he found the O last week) is happy Mike left, is, to date, 11-4 since arriving in basketball country. If this guy isn't high on Michigan's State next HC list, he should be. To date, Duke QB Riley Leonard has outplayed the more highly touted and highly hated in Durham, UNC QB, Drake Maye. 3:30 Eastern - ACC Network 20. North Carolina -6 (line now at -7.5) versus Minnesota. Minnesota is undefeated but has yet to play a team with a functional offense. I believe that UNC will be more than ready to make a B1G impression here in support of the "ineligible" WR Tez Walker and in support of coach Mack Brown calling out the 'we have our student-athletes best interest at heart,' NCAA. Man, I would love to see UNC tell the NCAA to take a walk and play Walker anyway. Something has to be done to get the NCAA away from regulating P5 (4) and G5 football. 3:30 Eastern - ESPN 13. OREGON -36 versus Hawaii - GULP! This is a huge line. But a struggling Hawaii team that lost to Stanford in Honolulu and will be without its leading tackler is a perfect opponent for a 'get right' game and not a 'trap game' before Prime and Sons bring the Boulder traveling circus to Eugene. 8 Eastern - Pac-12 Network 18. Colorado -20.5 (line now at -23.5) versus Colorado State. Game Day Comin'! B1G Noon guys Comin'! Plus, there is 'gutsy,' and then there is this: https://athlonsports.com/college-football/colorado-state-coach-calls-out-deion-sanders-before-rivalry-matchup 10 Eastern - ESPN Never bet more than you can afford; especially, when the wagers are suggested by a broken-down golf bum living in USC(E) country.

That's OK, Charles. A whole lot of recruits have also forgotten about That School Up North. 😁

To wit - latest ESPN+, exclusive content, 2024 Recruiting Ranking 1-40 update. 1. Georgia - At least 1 Dawg made the Top 40. 2. Ohio State - Brutus will be tough to catch in any season. 3. Florida - Will this hold up? 4. OREGON - UW fan was not wrong. Other B1G and future B1G teams ranked. 10. Michigan 11. Penn State 19. USC 25. Wisconsin 27. Nebraska 31. Purdue 32. Rutgers 34. Iowa 35. Minnesota 38. Maryland No recruiting Bruin in Westwood and there is not a Left Coast Dawg in Sigth. WOOF!

Make sure to tune into the Pac-2 Conference Champ Game being played next Saturday in Pullman. Canzano and Wilner. 2 very good writers being thrown out with the Pac-12 bath water. I believe Canzano has said that he will continue for sure to cover Oregon and UW.

As Charles posted on another thread, the CU/Nebraska game drew more than 10M viewers last Saturday. This is more than watched Texas at Bama! Both teams hold serve on Saturday and the viewer numbers come CU's visit next Saturday, and a 3:30 Eastern KO on ABC should be off the charts.