Jon Joseph

Terrific Signing Day 90-minute wrap-up show on today's B1G Live on the Big 10 Network (BTN). Lots of love for Oregon. BTN uses the 247 recruiting and combined recruiting and transfer portal roster rankings. Oregon finishes No. 1 in the B1G and No. 3 in combined recruiting and transfer portal rankings, behind Georgia and Alabama and two spots in front of Ohio State. OHIO STATE! Did you ever think even a year ago that we would see this? Amazing. Wherever you have to go to subscribe, do subscribe to the BTN. Better and deeper coverage of Oregon since the relocation to the B1G was announced than in 10+ years on Larry's Network.

Huge, not only have former arch enemies the B1g 10 and SEC 'allied' but ESPN and Fox are doing the same. Wow! Does this pass the anti-trust 'Market Power Test?' What media entity will be able to compete against the Fox/B1G and its inventory, the ESPN/SEC inventory, ESPN's and Fox's B12 inventory, and ESPN's ACC inventory? How will another entity be able to compete against this? The entire enterprise continues to devolve with fewer teams able to compete the the B1G/SEC Boys.

Chip Kelly, Go To Your Room! UCLA's Compsite Ranking is No. 86! This brings up the rear of the B1G including Northwestern (with zero transfers brought in), Indiana, and Purdue. No wonder he is interviewing to be the Seahawks OC. Is the guy just lazy, doesn't give a whip, or both? Top drawer academic school with a beautiful campus in Westwood. You can't sell this?

I LOVE your Cal call! Great post, you beat me to it.

The 'difficult games on the Hurricanes 2024 schedule - Away - Florida, Louisville, Georgia Tech, and perhaps, Cal? Home - VA Tech, FSU, Duke. There could be 4 Ls here no doubt. And Mario usually drops 1 game he should win. I get your recruiting point but no team without a Blue Chip Roster won the BCS or the 4-team Playoff title.

YES! But come 2026, the B1G/SEC will kick this format to the curb.

Updated 247 Sports 2024 Roster Composite (recruiting and portal) Top 10 and B1G teams in the top 25. 1. Georgia - Even with losing a 5* QB to Nebraska! 2. Alabama - DeBoer will have a very blue Blue Chip Roster 3. OREGON - DL killing it in recruiting and portal picking. 4. Miami - Will it translate to the field of play? 5. Ohio State - Buckeyes take a back seat behind Puddles. 6. Texas - The game at Michigan is likely the top OOC game of the 2024 season. 7. LSU - IMO, LSU is not getting enough preseason love. No Georgia. Bama, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss play in Baton Rogue. 8. Oklahoma - Houston, Tulane, Tennessee, at Auburn, at Ole Miss, at Mizzou, Bama, at LSU. Whew! 9. Notre Dame - Make or break year for Coach Freeman could come down to playing in LA vs USC in the final regular season game. 10. Auburn - Nice recruiting on the way to a rebuild. Our friend Robbie Ashford has transferred to South Carolina. 15. Penn State/ 16. Michidan/ 17. USC/ 18. Nebraska/ 23. Wisconsin

Lots of props to Puddles in Hayes' latest B1G takes. The B1G 10: Why Nebraska is poised for a breakthrough in 2024, at long last SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Freshman QB Dylan Raiola is the key to everything. And he might be good enough to lead a Playoff push. Plus: B1G power rankings and more.

The B1G 10: Why Nebraska is poised for a breakthrough in 2024, at long last SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Freshman QB Dylan Raiola is the key to everything. And he might be good enough to lead a Playoff push. Plus: B1G power rankings and more.

I think OBD fans may still be confused over the format for the CFB Playoff for the next two seasons. I do not believe the ACC representative - Clemson, FSU, Louisville, NC State, ?, will be ranked 3rd or 4th in the Playoff Committee's penultimate 2024 ranking. Ditto the B12 champ - Utah, Arizona, OK State, Kansas State, Kansas, ?. However, with a format of the top 4 ranked conference champions being seeded 1-4 and receiving a 1st round bye, both the ACC and B12 champions are odds on to be seeded in the top 4. I believe this format will disappear come 2026 under a new Playoff format. A format the B1G and the SEC will significantly influence. As the author of the posted article, Pete Fiutak of College Football News (CFN) notes, one problem with the Playoff is that the champ game will not be played until 1/20/25 encroaching well into the NFL playoffs. CFN's Projected 2024 Playoff Field and Results. 1st Round games will be played on the home fields of teams ranked 5-8. Friday - 12/20/24 - 9. USC at 8. LSU Saturday - 12/21/24 - 11. Clemson at 6. Texas/ 12. Boise State at 5. OREGON/ 10. Penn State at 7. Notre Dame Quarter Finals - Tuesday - 12/31/24 - Fiesta Bowl - 4. Utah vs 5. OREGON - Nice way to bring in the New Year. Wednesday - 1/1/25 - Peach Bowl - 3. Florida State vs 6. Texas/ Rose Bowl - 1. Ohio State vs 8. LSU/ Sugar - 2. Georgia vs 7. Notre Dame Semifinals - Thursday - 1/9/25 - Orange Bowl - 2. Georgia vs 5 OREGON Friday - 1/10/25 - Cotton Bowl - 1. Ohio State vs 6 Texas Champ Game - Mercedes Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 1. Ohio State vs 2. Georgia. Under this format, the No. 1 seed, B1G champ Ohio State, plays in Pasadena, CA., plays Texas in Dallas, Texas, and plays Georgia in Atlanta. No. 2 seed Georgia plays in New Orleans, Miami, and Atlanta. B1G Commissioner Tony Petitti will have to address playoff sites come 2026. Ohio State fans have a short hope to Indianapolis for the B1G title game but asking a fan base to then travel to California, Texas, and Georgia is a bit much; especially for the No. 1 seed. The basketball tournament has the No. 1 seeds staying close to home. Comes 2026 and perhaps there will be an expanded field, no 1st round byes, and with the 1st and 2nd rounds played on campus? https://collegefootballnews.com/news/college-football-playoff-will-be-huge-daily-cavalcade It's going to be B1G fun!

I use Comcast for wi-fi but stayed with Dish for TV reception. This worked out to be less expensive than going all in with Comcast and Comcast has a nasty habit of disagreeing with ESPN from time to time and dropping ESPN on football Saturdays. Great take. If you weren't already divorced who would have been after that experience? 😒

Want to feel dizzy? Read this take on CFB's QB Transfer Carousel - A very good take on the ripple effect of Gabriel and Moore transferring to OBD. Untangling college football's web of offseason transfer QB movement THEATHLETIC.COM When you have 42 Power 5 programs (and counting) bringing in new transfer quarterbacks at once, many more QBs end up feeling the impact.

Recruiting thoughts: Dan Lanning's rise, Kalen DeBoer's win, Terry Bussey's decision THEATHLETIC.COM The vast majority of the recruiting fireworks are detonated in December but there are still some storylines to follow on signing day.

Recruiting thoughts: Dan Lanning's rise, Kalen DeBoer's win, Terry Bussey's decision THEATHLETIC.COM The vast majority of the recruiting fireworks are detonated in December but there are still some storylines to follow on signing day.

We see Illinois in Autzen in 2024 but do not play the Hoosiers in 2024. Bob Knight. Coached Mike Krzyzewski at West Point. Played on a great Ohio State team, with Jerry Lucas, Larry Siegfried, and John Havlicek. Ohio State won the NCAA title in 1960, defeating Cal in front of a lot of Golden Bears fans in the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA., by 20 points. tOSU played for the title in 1961 and 1962 but lost to in-state rival Cincinnati on both occasions. It's going to be B1G fun!

Thanks. David, terrific article. The Pac-12 is defunct but this isn't stopping the Pac-2 from so far, black-balling the PO format change from 6-6 to 5-7. (See post above.) This is a bad long-term move. The B1G and the SEC could easily decide to hold a PO on their own. The results from the PO 1st round games but out to bid have not been positive. CFB honchos thought these games would bring in $25M each. However, a Ducks vs Liberty 1st round game was valued at only $5M. ESPN may buy the entire post-2025 PO for $1.3B, less than what was being counted on from the new PO media deal. Why make room for 'The Little Guy' when ROI stinks? An 8th seed B1G Iowa playing 1st seed SEC Georgia in Athens would draw far more eyeballs than Liberty playing 'Tween the Hedges. The Pac-2 holding up the change to the PO format is one reason why the B1G/SEC Alliance was formed. The Power 2 does not want to have lesser teams and conferences deciding on where CFB in particular is headed. The Pac-2 has no broadcast deal of its own. It is paying the MW to play games against MW teams but OSU and WSU will not be able to compete for a conference title in 2024 and 2025. The two also agreed to pay $10M down the road to the MW for every MW team they may try to poach. The Pac-2 scored a victory in court but the Pac-12 assets are subject to a $72M set off of some kind to Comcast, a possible $3M to the Holiday Bowl, and the severance payment to Kliavkoff. I get it. It is what it is. However, I am still PO'd over dropping a home game with Texas Tech for a road game in Corvallis which will be the most-watched game the Beavers play all season. The ACC? How long as you so noted David, can this group hold together? I think it's likely that we will see some kind of merger down the road with the ACC and the B12. The ACC goes away Notre Dame and UNC join the B1G and Clemson and FSU join the SEC and perhaps 2 other teams, why would the two need to expand beyond 40 total member schools? What teams would be left out with a legitimate chance to win a title? How much money would the P2 Playoff be worth compared to bringing in other contenders? Again, David, thanks for the terrific article. With the P2 alliance, with the P2 lapping the other conferences financially, the media power of ESPN/Fox, the NLRB finding, subject to appeal, that Dartmouth basketball players with no athletic scholarships, as is the case for all Ivy schools, are employees of Dartmouth, the anti-trust suit against the NCAA filed by the Florida and Tennessee ADs, FSU's and the ACC's litigating, I think CFB is in for more shock waves. As to a B1G champ game rematch of the Os, Ohio State has a far easier road to travel in 2024 than our OBD. As you so noted David, very rarely did B1G W teams play both Michigan and Ohio State in the same season. In 2024, no team in CFB except OBD plays 8 games in a row without an idle week, and with the final 6 games in the regular season being a yo-yo of away at Purdue, home vs Illinois, away at Michigan, home vs Maryland, away at Wisconsin, week off, UW. Brutus' schedule does not come close to being this Brutal! Ohio State also has the advantage of 8 home games. With the cancellation of the TX Tech game and trip to Corvallis instead, Oregon plays 7 home games. In the meanwhile, thanks again, David, and Go Ducks Vandalize the Vandals.

Virginia holds Miami to 38 points in statement conference win WWW.YARDBARKER.COM On Monday night, Virginia rode its dominant defense to an impressive 60-38 win over Miami, improving its resume for the NCAA Tournament.

Thanks, Steven for the post. This is potentially huge if the ruling is sustained on appeal, to further consolidate CFB into NFL-Lite. And the House litigation if the plaintiffs prevail, could total up to $4B (!) in damages. Between the government and the lawyers the entire sports 'baby' could be tossed out with the 'bathwater.' Is anyone up for intramural flag football at Autzen? Meanwhile, Go Ducks Vandalize the Vandals! Don't worry! Be Happy! I'm going to enjoy 'THIS" however defined for as long as I am able but change to CFB is not going to wait for media deals to conclude.

We better get used to a Battle of the Os. Oregon, Ohio State with key college football recruiting commitments SATURDAYBLITZ.COM It's weird to think that National Signing Day for college football recruiting is this week because it certainly doesn't feel like it. Most of the top recruits

But the Pac-2 is holding up approval from a 6-6 to 5-7 PO format and come 2026 if they don't play ball, OR ST and WA ST will likely be stiff-armed by the B1G/SEC. All G5 conferences have approved the 5-7. A CFB Playoff muscle flex by the SEC and the Big Ten BAMAHAMMER.COM Last week, the SEC and the Big Ten made a power move about the future control of college sports, especially college football. A coalition was defined by the two

Behind the Pac-2's attempt to leverage the College Football Playoff amid final expansion negotiations - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM With just over 200 days until kickoff of the 2024 college football season, two schools are wielding power through one veto vote The Beavers and not Texas Tech, right?

NLRB rules that Dartmouth (!) men's basketball players are employees and are free to form or join a union and bargain with the employer, Dartmouth College. This is one step further in the process than Northwestern football players achieved a few years back. Dartmouth will appeal the ruling but it is clear that the NLRB intends to push this issue and bigger schools, USC for one, have been served notice.

SEC, Big Ten leaders express uncertainty with College Football Playoff as future formatting questions linger - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The two power conferences continue to appear in lockstep after announcing an advisory group late last week

One thing you can be sure of, The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, In the meantime, In between time. Ain't We Got Fun! There is nothing new under the Sun.

32? Here's a possible NFL-Lite Conference - 'College Teams' sponsored by the NFL. Revenue sharing. Collective bargaining. Transfer regulation designed to preserve rosters in the short run. Perhaps an HS draft? ATL - Georgia AZ - ASU BAL - Clemson BUF - Michigan State CHR - UNC CHI - Missouri CIN - Kentucky CLV - Ohio State DAL - Texas DNV - Colorado DET - Michigan GB - Wisconsin HST - TX A+M IN - Notre Dame JAX - Florida State KC - Nebraska LAC - UCLA LAR - USC LAS - Oklahoma MIA - Ole Miss NE - Arkansas NO - LSU NYG - Bama NYJ - Auburn PHL - Penn State PIT - Iowa SFO - OREGON SEA - UW TB - Florida TN - Tennessee DC - South Carolina As good as any guess?