Jon Joseph

1st time since 1980 that the Pac-12 is undefeated after week 1. Monday Out West: Forget a passing fancy — this is some fancy passing SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM The Pac-12 exploded out of the gate in Week 1, becoming the only conference to go undefeated behind maybe the best day of passing in league history.

Spot on on the JJ FSU call-out! And as(s) for my betting predictions, I am a pitiful 3-3. The bright side? I did come with 2 USC Route 66 Over locks. That, and I didn't have money down on the Bayou Bengals vs. (not overrated) FSU. Bad beat - .5 from winning the Over on the Kentucky vs. Ball State game with the two teams combining for 3 missed extra point attempts. Rats!

1st time since 1980 that the Pac-12 is undefeated after week 1. Monday Out West: Forget a passing fancy — this is some fancy passing SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM The Pac-12 exploded out of the gate in Week 1, becoming the only conference to go undefeated behind maybe the best day of passing in league history.

Good points but SCOREBOARD! CU went on the road and beat the #17 ranked team in the country.

Texas State came in 2nd after CU, 51 transfers, in portal additions with 49. Texas State won its 1st game ever against a P5 opponent with Saturday's win at Baylor. (Baylor's starting QB is out for the Utah game.) CFB loves to copycat. The transfer portal will continue to have an impact down the road. UGA backup QB Brock Vandagriiff relieved stater Carson Beck in the 3rd quarter of Saturday's win over UT-Martin and put up 17 points. This is a guy who could be on DL's transfer portal radar.

Lubbock, Texas, 3200 feet. Against WYO the TT usually reliable FG kicker went 1-3.

The Monday After: Deion Sanders made believers out of many after Colorado upset TCU, but it's a long season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Buffaloes put a lot into it winning its opener vs. the Horned Frogs, but may have trouble matching that effort each week

Transitive property FWIW, but the OSU D on the road looked better against SJS than the SC D at home.

The only game kind of worth watching was the Penn State White Out of West Virginia. The Illinois game vs. Toledo was interesting but Holy Toledo Illini, it's Toledo, no? It was morbidly interesting to watch the Ohio State O struggle. Marvin Harrison, Jr. with 2 receptions? Minnesota won on a walk-off FG but the game versus Nebraska was like watching 2 guys fishing. Northwestern at Rutgers? Res Ipsa Loquitor.

Steiney may want to go sleeveless in Lubbock.

Can Traveler do 500+ push-ups?

Gimme 5! And give me more FishDuck articles like this! Thank you, Jordan. Now, will Puddles cross the Jordan and perform push-ups in the final Final 4? Charles and Coach Boles know the Xs and Os. And Bo in limited play showed that he hasn't missed a beat from 2022. On to Lubbock! Don't forget your sunscreen.

Bobby Bowden - It's not my job to stop Florida State from scoring. Deion fell not too far from the tree.

My Bad Thrice - 1. Count much? The Pac-12 after Week 1 is 13-0, not 14-0. There is a reason that I attended law school and not business school. 2. Ooops. Before playing Sparty in Week 3, UW has a tussle with Tulsa this Saturday. 3. Lot you know DeNunzio! I muffed it on which team was preseason overrated - Week 1 says that it is the Bayou Bengals and not the Seminoles.

Right. Nebraska at Minnesota was a display of 2 teams without an offense between them. Illinois was fortunate to beat Toledo on a walk-off FG. Purdue lost at home to Fresno State. Rutgers vs. Northwestern had more stray dogs in attendance than fans and was BORING. Ohio State struggled on O at Indiana. #25 Iowa won 24-14 but was pressed by Utah State. Do any of these so-called experts pay attention to what is happening on the field? Last season, the Pac-12 finished with 5 teams ranked by the playoff committee. The B1G finished with 3 ranked. LSU put up 60+ points in its bowl beat down of B1G W champ Purdue. Yes, Oregon is 1-9 vs. Ohio State but so are most of the teams in the B1G. Ohio State just defeated Indiana for the 28th game in a row. Oregon is joining the B1G and not the SEC.

Ez, if Mari(o) knew, he didn't show it or do much to show off JH's skills. But today, JH is laughing all the way to the bank and DL is being handsomely paid.

14-0! Oregon State 42 - San Jose State - 17. Could not ask for a better start. Hopefully, it finishes with the Ducks in the final Final 4 but it is going to be a very tough road.

My bad, CU had 3 receivers in 2022 who went over 100 yards receiving during the course of the season. CU true frosh RB Dylan Edwards scored 3 TDs receiving and 4 total. He scored the game-winning TD on a 46-yard 4th quarter reception and run. Edwards is 5'9" and 170 pounds. The speedster was originally committed to Notre Dame before flipping to CU after Prime was hired.

One area of concern I have and I have zero concern with running up the score, is ZERO sacks and only 3 TFL. This is far from Havoc.

2 stats from the PSU blowout that I find to be disturbing. SACKS - 0, Zip, Nada against an overmatched group of athletes. TFL - 3. Where was the pass rush and the havoc-play D? I hope this isn't a trend. The D will be playing against better athletes in every game from now on. I saw nothing yesterday to convince me that the front 7 has improved let alone greatly improved. Is Tosh the right guy? Because I do not see the players 'getting it.'

Great take. But Michigan was a playoff win with TCU as the underdog. I'm not sure Oregon fans should talk about the 2022 Georgia team. (Sigh.) And it's way early but who knows how good this CU O will be over the course of the season. The QB, WRs, and RBs are the real deal and the OL played better than I thought it could or would yesterday. The way CU played yesterday on offense would have been tough for any D to stop. TCU won a lot of one-score games in 2022 in games that were not shootouts and the D had a lot to do with this.

Ah, the old transitive property (TP) football score game. TP is lots of fun but rarely wins bets or comes true. To me, this is an Al Davis, Just Win Baby!, game. So long as Oregon's postgame wheels up with a W, I will be happy.

'Do not go gentle into that good night ...' - Dylan Thomas Dylan, on its way out of the Power 5 building, the 2023 Pac-12 is paying attention. With Oregon State being the only Pac-12 team left with a Week 1 game to be played, the Pac-12 is 13-0 (2 Route 66 cover the Over wins from USC.) Has the conference ever been in this position after Week 1? OK, JJ, as Charles cautions, Calm Down. It's Week 1. But to date, the Conference of Champions is not going down without at least a somewhat ironic fight. Let's review the Week 1 bidding. Thursday - Utah - 24 vs. Florida -11 - In the first play from scrimmage in 2023, Utah was on the Money. Money Parks caught a 70-yard TD pass from back-up QB Bryson Barnes and the Utes D made the Gators O look like it was taking a Nap(ier.) 5 sacks. And this was without its best DL player in the game. Next week at Baylor. The Bears were upset in Week 1 not by Texas but by Texas State! Friday - Stanford - 37 at Hawaii - 24. The Cardinal O no longer looks like a rickShaw, but more like a vehicle designed for the 21st century. 4600 mile round trip? Might as well get used to the travails of travel in the ACC. Next week's game at USC might at least be interesting. Saturday - Game of the Week CU - 45 at #17 TCU - 42. A Big Noon upset win that shocked the football world including 99% of 'The Experts.' A chance to win the Big Noon game again next Saturday when Nebraska (0-1) visits Boulder. Minnesota walked off with a last-play FG win over the Huskers in Minneapolis. 13th one-score game in a row that Nebraska has lost. That's Frosty. CU defeats Nebraska and TCBs against Colorado State and two undefeated teams could be playing in Autzen in Week 4. Cal - 58 at North Texas - 21. In a game that was expected to be close, The Cardinal beat down the Mean Green. Under OC Jack Spavital, another Bay Area school appears to have found a 21st-century offense. This Saturday, SEC big boy Auburn visits Berkeley. I think this Cal team can not only cover the 6.5 but has a good chance of winning. What's the Over/Under on more Cal fans showing up than Auburn fans? ASU - 24 at Southern Utah - 21. This was the only close game played to date by a Pac-12 team. Dilly is bowl-less in 2023 but not winless. ASU best up its game before the Cowboys of Oklahoma State ride into town. Arizona - 38 vs. Northern Arizona - 3. The Wildcats chopped the Lumberjacks down behind the solid play of QB Jayson de Laura. Next week, Arizona travels to Starkvegas to play Mississippi State, a 48-7 winner on Saturday over some kind of Louisiana directional school. This game could be a shoot-out in front of cowbell-ringing fanatics. Bring your earmuffs. Washington - 56 vs. Boise State - 19. Michael Penix began his Heisman campaign by throwing 4 TDs in one quarter over an overmatched group of Broncos. A decisive win by UW in the Chris Petersen Bowl. Next week, UW pays a visit to Sparty and E. Lansing, Michigan in a game you'll need a Peacock to watch. Michigan State looked good Saturday in the scalping of the Central Michigan Chippewas. This is a future B1G matchup. One of the top OOC games of the year, and it is being played on a network with 20M subscribers. Oh well, UW has been there/done this. Right, Larry? Washington State - 50 at Colorado State -24. In what was expected to be a close game (versus future MW conference member?) Wazzu easily prevailed with QB Cam Ward looking very comfortable in new OC Ben Arbuckle's system. Ward threw for 451 yards and 3 TDs. Has any conference ever had this kind of depth at QB? I doubt it. Next week, WSU plays No. Colorado on the Palouse and should be 2-0 when the other member of the Pac-2, the Beavers, come to town in Week 3. Southern Cal - 66 vs. Nevada - 14. Not only did the SC offense play lights out for the second game in a row the SC D actually looked like it could play some ball. If this is the case, watch out! The 9/11 game in Autzen could be EPIC. SC and Caleb Williams finally get to play on a real network when Stanford comes to town. 10:30 Eastern time on Fox. Get used to this broadcast window playing on Fox in the B1G. UCLA - 27 vs. Coastal Carolina - 13. CC is a decent team but it is a Sunbelt team and the Bruins had to struggle for 60 minutes to win this game. Last night DTR and RB Zach Charbonnet were sorely missed. Next up on the Bruins OOC cupcake diet, is a visit to Snap Dragon Stadium to play San Diego State. Yesterday, SDS struggled to defeat lowly Idaho State, 36 to 28. But this is a game where the Bruins, -13.5, could be upset by a very motivated group of Aztecs. OREGON - 81 (!) vs. Portland State - 7. If the ancient Vikings had played like this monasteries never would have been sacked! 3 TD passes from Bo are nice but Oregon's 4th string is better than PSU's 1st string. Still, a good way to get the kinks out and a nice check for the in-state Vikings. Next Saturday will find Puddles in Buddy Holly country, wondering why the migration south into 100+ degree heat. This coming off an 81 push-ups game will be tough on our fine feathered friend. Last night in Laramie, Texas Tech did not look like the team that received a whole lot of 2023 preseason love. I was hoping TT would cruise by the Cowboys. Instead, Oregon is going to face a wounded, fired-up team in front of desperate and howling fans. Oregon has moved up from a -3 favorite to a -6.5 favorite. Getting a cover here would be big for the Ducks. But in the heat, it is going to take guts. Updated ESPN FPI Rankings - 9/3/2023 6. USC/ 12. OREGON/ 15. Utah/ 16. Washington. The Ducks moved up the FPI ladder. Oregon State wins at San Jose State and Oregon State will, of course, remain in the AP Top 25 along with these 4, and if the game results actually matter, CU should also be in the AP Top 25 Week 2 Poll which would give the going away Pac-12 6 ranked teams, one half of the conference. My friends, could the Left Coast become SEC territory? The Pac-12 is not going out with a whimper.

We'll need to see this depth against the varsity next Saturday and not the JVs, in 100+ degree on-the-field heat. That was an impressive beatdown of an overwhelmed opponent. SC, UW, Cal, Wazzu, and every team but ASU, played better competition and came away with impressive victories. Cal under OC Spavital looked like a brand-new football team.

Amen. But how about Travis Hunter? Played both ways, 129 plays total in 100-plus-degree on-the-field heat, with over 100 receiving yards and a key interception. 4 Buffs receivers went over 100 yards receiving yesterday. In 2022, 2 CU receivers over the entirety of the season went for 100 receiving yards or more. Colorado Football puts itself back on the map with win against #17 TCU WWW.RALPHIEREPORT.COM What a win.