Jon Joseph

What about the dogs?

ASU covers +3.5. I don't see it. BTW, it is not chilly this time of year in Stillwater, OK. I'd love to see Wazzu win but the Dairy Raid morphed back into the Wisky Run last Saturday and I don't see WSU being able to stop the run. Speaking of run games, I do think that Cal has a run game that will allow the Golden Bears to cover the +6.5. I agree CU covers. How about this! CU/Nebraska tickets are going for more $ than Bama/TX tickets! I guess 10 a.m. in Boulder is Prime Time!

182 a piece. I'd need 20 of me to come close to 182!

This is getting off on the wrong foot.

Better than my old coach who used to tell me that my play warranted me being thrown into a fire.

1. Best part of the game, Charles was able to attend in person. (Did Marsh go Joey Chestnut on the hot dog front?) 2. It is cruel but not unusual, to make an old guy wait until Thursday for your insights. 3. Iowa Sports Book - With the Cyhawk game (Iowa vs. Iowa State) on deck and several players from both teams benched for (OH NO, Say It Ain't So!) gambling, this article's choice of sports books is indeed ironic. 4. Substitutions. Great pondering points regarding this issue. But was some of this due to the opponent being less talented than the guys we saw on the field in the Spring Game? Will the game in Lubbock be the Big Reveal of what we will see for the rest of the season? 5. Depth. You know it. What Blue Chip rosters are all about. Recruiting under DL and portal-plucking, to date, has been great. But with a B1G bump can Oregon close on Bama, UGA, and Ohio State? With the playoff expanding next season, roster depth will be even more critical. Thanks, Charles and Puddles, TCB in the Lone Star state.

Pass D is to me is the big question. Especially with Williams dinged up and Jenkins also not likely to play and help out with pass coverage. (I hope we are not seeing a repeat of Jenkins being dinged up at Iowa.) Will we see the DL making Shough uncomfortable? I appreciate Hayward's comment but sacks are momentum changers and the best way, after turnovers, to get an offense off-rhythm. The first game vs. the varsity, on the road and in a very tough place to play. One of 7 Pac-12 vs. Power 5 games on Saturday that will test the Week 1 perfect results.

Oregon vs. Texas Tech Prediction, Odds, Trends, Key Players, College Football Week 2 FANSIDED.COM Two teams that had very different Week 1's meet in a massive non conference matchup in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech was stunned on the road against Wyoming as tw

At least Duke is not on the schedule.

Private school with its stadium @30 miles north through heavy traffic. This, IMO is why the expansion musical chair will be pulled out from under the U. Living off the past. 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. USC

What happens when you tap the portal? FSU wins. Clemson fumbles, bumbles, and stumbles and face plants on Chaple Hill.

Great take but for me, the best Week 1 game was CU's win at TCU. Playoff-wise, FSU defeating LSU did have more of an impact.

Go to your room! Without supper!

Come On Wazzu! Make Bucky Badger walk the plank in Pullman! The Pirate (RIP) was one of a kind.

For Grins. The Pac-12 plays 7 games against P5 opponents on Saturday: Auburn at Cal; Arizona at Mississippi State; Utah at Baylor; Nebraska at CU; OK ST at ASU; Wisconsin at Wazzu; and OREGON at Texas Tech. How many of these games will the Pac-12 win? The answer is, 4? Cal, Utah, CU, OREGON. I think that AZ and Wazzu take the loss but cover the spread.

OREGON - 41-28 - TO - 2 - Sacks -2, Passing - 330. And, 200+ rush yards. Puddles heat stroke odds? I can't find this prop bet.

More Neon Deion. The cheapest ticket on the secondary market for the CU vs. Nebraska game (10 AM kickoff Mountain time) is going for $400.00. Last season, CU averaged 17,000 for home games. Get those Mimosas and Bloody Marys ready.

Dennis Dodd was not nice to the Pac-12 in the offseason (in hindsight, justifiably so) but he is loving the Pac-12 to date. 7 Pac-12 teams make DD's Week 1 top 25. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-power-rankings-penn-state-florida-state-in-top-five-as-alabama-ohio-state-have-work-to-do/?ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0

Bill Parcells. But not 'after a while,' 'your record shows how good you are.' In football and elsewhere.

Wait for a few weeks. Especially, once conference play begins in earnest.

These 2 polls show that the 2024 playoff format must change from 6 conference champs and 6 at large to 5 champs and 7 at large and seeding according to ranking and not the 4 top-ranked champs being seeded 1-4 and receiving a 1st round bye. Either way, the Pac-2 will not receive an automatic bid. Using the Week 1 AP Poll 6 and 6 format - 1. UGA - SEC 2. Michigan - B1G 3. FSU - ACC 4. Kansas State (ranked 15) - B12 -Ridiculous 5. Alabama 6. Ohio State 7. USC 8. Penn State 9. Washington 10. Tennessee 11. TULANE AAC 12. Troy (ranked 36) Sun Belt - Ridiculous 5 Champs - 7 at large - seeding according to ranking 1. UGA - SEC 2. Michigan - B1G 3. Alabama - AL 4. FSU - ACC 5. Ohio State - AL 6. USC - AL 7. Penn State - AL 8. Washington - AL 9. Tennessee - AL 10. Notre Dame - AL 11. Texas - AL 12. Tulane - AAC IMO, the 5-7 format in a Power 4 world, and with natural seeding makes far more sense than a 6-6 format with preferred conference champ seeding. Votes for the format change - B1G, SEC, Notre Dame, and probably the ACC and the B12. G5 conferences that want to stay with the same format could suffer come the 2026 playoff and I believe this will be made known by the Power 2 and others. [Come 2026, ND should lose its most-favored-nation status and to be playoff-eligible join a conference or play 13 games with no fewer than 10 played against P4 teams.]

6 Pac-12 teams ranked in Week 2, so why not go for 7? UCLA is ranked 27.

And hooter on the field. 98 in Fort Worth last Saturday for CU/TCU and 106 on the field. And Hunter played 129 snaps? Puddles, bring plenty of Gatorade and the lightest weight outfit!

Because I got down early with Texas Tech -3 to cover over the Miami Mari(o)s, and to suffer the well-deserved slings and arrows of those who have followed my wagering advice to date, early in the week, below are my Week 2 wagering suggestions FWIW (not much to date.) Year to Date - 3-3. This is no fine. I doubled down on Florida covering the spread and the game going over. Bad move to diss Whit and his boa constrictor (thanks Canzano for the reference) defense. I suffered one bad beat. The Kentucky-Ball State Over came up a half a point short with 3 missed extra point tries in the game. That's the way the bank account crumbles. Onward and hopefully, upward. Sweet Home Alabama, where the skies are blue, Sweet Home Alabama, I'm placing green you, yes I am now. (Fortunately, no Ducks fan was forced to hear me sing along with Lennie Skynard.) Is Texas back? I'm not sure that the Horns have any place to return from. Bama's QB problems? Right, Saint Nick? All starting QB Jalen Milroe did in a 56-7 win that sent Middle Tennessee Back to the Basement Tennessee was to establish an Alabama record with 3 TD passes and 2 TDs on the ground. And the Bama D under new/old DC, Kevin Steele, looked far better coached than last season's Tide Swiss cheese D. OK, The Tide swallowed a cupcake but it was an impressive downing of a snack before Sark visits Tuscaloosa. I'm doubling down with Bama. The Tide covers the -6.5 and the game goes Under 55.5 as the Tide D dominates Heisman Trophy hopeful (?) QB Quinn Ewers. Staying in Dixie, I am tripling down on OREGON. I'm taking the Under 500 for Puddles push-ups. I'm taking the Ducks to cover the -6.5 spread and the game to go Over 67. (Please Ducks, don't get stuck on Mr. FishDuck's birthday.) And my Dixie trifecta, Texas A+M covers the -3 against the Miami Mari(o)s. It was against New Mexico but the Bobby Petrino OC experiment seems to be working with A+M QB Connor Weiman throwing 5 TD passes. And all of those great D recruits seem to have gelled. One more where I may be too emboldened by last week's outing but I see the CU vs. Nebraska game in Boulder going Over 57.5. Summary - Bama covers the -6.5 and the game goes Under 55.5. OREGON covers the -6.5 and the game goes Over 67. (I tried but I could not find a place to bet the Puddles push-ups prop.) A+M covers the -3 in Miami. Ralphie, Prime and Sons, and Travis Hunter keep the Neon lights shining in Boulder. Over 57.5. Never bet more than you can afford and take all of the above recommendations with a B1G dose of salt. Puzzling line of the Week - Cal (Cal!) -5.5 vs. Auburn! Will Willcox Freeze the Plainsmen?

Cal (Cal!) is -5.5 down from -7 vs. Auburn. He did not start but Robby Ashford, another guy Mari(o) never let see the field, took over at QB and played very well in Auburn's Week 1 victory. Ashford will likely get the start in Strawberry Canyon. No Over/Under on whether Auburn or Cal will have more fans in attendance. Auburn football: “Red Zone” Robby Ashford remains big key to Tigers’ success WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM Robby Ashford, despite now being Auburn's 2nd-string quarterback, remains a huge key to the team's success in 2023.