Jon Joseph

FWIW - Not Much! Way too early CBS 2023 mock draft has Sewell going No. 16 to the Pats. The early Yardbarker mock has Sewell going 32 to the Bills. Unless Addison transfers to SC, Sewell is the only Pac-12 player projected in both mocks to go in the 1st round.

Monday Rewind: College football found its Darth Vader in the ‘Tampering’ Trojans SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Everyone is going to love hating USC football in 2022. I think the author makes an excellent point here regarding the shade thrown at USC while Bama takes top players from Tennessee, Ohio State and Georgia Tech and you hear crickets.

Don't dump on Dabo!

ACC spring football recaps - Breaking down the offseason for each team WWW.ESPN.COM What did we learn about each ACC team this spring? And what still needs to be answered before the season kicks off? We break it down for every team in the league. Will the Alliance scheduling hand shack OOC scheduling 'agreement' come to fruition? If so, here's an update on potential future OOC opponents.

This guy would have made $125+M in the NFL? Based on whose calculus? He and his lawyer's get $100M+ I think it further proves up that 'Lady Justice' left town a long time ago. Sucks that the kid got hurt as a result of a too stringent practice regime. What if he had been injured doing the 'Oklahoma Drill?' Or injured as was Ifo in practice? He gets millions of dollars? THIS is the kind of stuff, along with CTE, etc., that will make CFB disappear. This kid wins his case and the flood gates will open. Are any of these scholarship sports worth the candle today to a university? In this litigious society, is the risk of liability worth it?

Check it out my friend. The SEC has been dominant for close to a decade in recruiting and sending guys to the NFL. At this point, the B1G schools make more money per team, but do not recruit or send guys to the NFL anywhere near what we see from the SEC. The SEC dominated the BCS in titles and the to date the Playoff in the number of appearances and titles. (1 team outside of the SE has won a playoff title. Clemson is in effect an SEC school hiding in the ACC.) The next media negotiations will cement the B1G and the SEC as the CFB Power 2. Within 3 years the teams in the B1G and the SEC are expected to receive $100M+ per annum. The B1G does not have the on-field or recruiting success of the SEC. But it has huge member institutions with huge numbers of alumni/alumnae who give a whip about CFB. Do I like this situation? No. But it is the CFB lay of today's land.

It was reported that Addison entered the portal on Saturday, 4/30/22. What are the FACTS regarding this player's portal status?

Great point. But the place where the true professionals make money is governed by rules and regulations. Rules and regulations agreed to between the team owners and the players. There is business certainty on how relations between management and players will be conducted. One multi-billionaire cannot simple outspend another to buy the better team. THIS is what's missing in CFB today. It's missing for any number of reasons not the least of which is the NCAA 'leading' for decades from the rear. Hopefully, the change to the NCAA Constitution and and the new rules and regulations suggested by the Transition Committee and adopted by the G5/P5 schools, will help to regulate the 'every team for itself' and 'every man for himself' climate that we are witnessing in big time CBB and CFB today? I think it is inevitable that to have legally sustainable agreements a CFB players union must be able to negotiate with 'management.' The rub? What conferences and teams will represent 'management' when it comes to big time CFB? And how many institutions of higher learning will want to be NFL minor league teams?

"A man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?" Great post, thanks. Hard not to believe when an agent is telling you how great you are? I wonder if some of these undrafted players were 'lost' in the massive coaching change without an on-field mentor there to give them sage advice? Figure Sewell and Dorlus are sure things next season. Where will the highly touted OL guys Mario brought in go? Lots of quality guys from the Pac-12 footprint will be high draft picks next season. Unfortunately, most don't play in the Pac-12.

My bad, its the Cincy QB and not Willis slated to back up Marcus.

I imagine Slovis would like a shot at the rumored $2M NIL money? Caleb Williams and Addison are from the DC area and are good friends. I think one reason Addison entered the portal on Saturday is because Slovis has not been all that to date in practice and in the spring game. QB Pickett is off to the Steelers and there may not be top drawer QB remaining at Pitt including Slovis. So Addison gets paid and has a better QB at SC throwing him the ball in a QB friendly system. Makes NIL and NFL business sense to me. Recall that Slovis lost his starting job to Dart who is now at Ole Miss. The is still a starting QB battle going on at Ole Miss. Dart has not seized the job.

This year's Texas team comes in at 6 in the ESPN FPI rankings. I don't see it. Texas is a young team so I look to see more guys drafted in the future including RB Robinson. Georgia set a record with 15 players drafted. Cincy had 9 players drafted which is remarkable for a G5 program. I expect UGA will reload. Cincy?

Respect your POV of course but I disagree. Nothing would help Oregon recruiting more than defeating the defending champ in its home state. It would be the most significant first game win for any coach in the Ducks history. It would nationally cement Lanning's bona fides to be a head coach. This game will draw far more eyeballs than any other game the Ducks will play in the regular season. It would give a much needed big time win to a conference that desperately needs such a win. Especially with media renegotiations on the horizon. Based on what we have seen and heard to date I expect this group of coaches to have the team ready to play up to its potential and not down to the level of the opponent. I don't expect this staff to blow the game like Mario did vs Auburn. If you are going to schedule these kind of games you have to win your fair share of same.

Addison entered the portal on Saturday. Supposedly, both Bama and UGA are making a big effort to land Addison. SC may not be a done deal?

These dogs can lose to anyone. I think Kent State will be better than the FCS Montana State team the Fuskies lost to last season? That said, with Michigan State visiting Seattle this is a reasonable OOC schedule. Look at the dreck UCLA is playing OOC? With a 4 team PO field 1 P5 opponent OOC is enough.

The final 2022 Draft numbers by conference. SEC - 65 - Vandy 0 - this is to be expected. Auburn 1 - this is terrible for a 'big time' SEC program - 4.6 per team B1G - 48 - 3.4 per team. B12/Pac-12 - 25 - B12 2.5 per team Pac-12 2.08 per team ACC - 19 - 1.35 per team AAC - 19 - Cincinnati had 9 players drafted. The SEC again cements its CFB #1 conference ranking. It will of course add 2 more teams to the per team mix but OK/TX will add to the SEC's total numbers. Not sure about a Power 2? But there is definitely a Power 1. Sending guys to the NFL absolutely matters when it comes to recruiting so it becomes rinse and repeat.

Until a player enters the portal coaches from other schools cannot make contact. But as you so noted the contact is made via a 3rd party. Has Addison entered the portal? Is this all smoke and no fire?

Thank you. Isn't there a limit on the # of players from 1 team that CAC will rank?

$2M for one season? WOW! Kid best repeat as the Bilitnikoff winner.

Tampering? I'm shocked!

A penguin and not a cat face plant? Heck of a stiff wing. You are broadening the horizon + it's still LOL! That's a clothes line and 15 yards; or, 15 fewer fish (duck?) Oregon vs the Cardinal and this would not have been called.

McKinley will be a solid NFL player for 5 years plus.

But I do think that DeBoer is a big upgrade over the Mistake at the Lake.