Jon Joseph

Ty, oh my? A guy who looks great on the range but shaky at the first tee. So many athletes on both sides of the ball and what looks like a staff and a system that will let them play ball. No more of I'd rather punch you in the mouth and get 3 yards than run around you for a TD. If Moorhead watched THIS he has to be sick to his stomach. Thank you Mario for going MIA.

Great call on Nix. He looks gimpy and so far, his play is a mirror of his career at Auburn. The starters on OL look good. Transfers Whittingham and Gonzalez both look good. This team gets quality play at QB and gets the DL guys sitting out the game healthy and watch out. One of the injuries looked like Caddy Shack, 'I should have yelled 2!" and not fore.

Great call. Looks like lots of fans were taking advantage of great tailgate weather. LOVE watching the game being played in the daylight and not kicking off at 10:30 on the Right Coast.

Rich Brooks, looking good my fellow grey beard. Got the coin in the air much better than the majority of my golf shots! Coach Dan: Thanks for re-recruiting SEVEN!

OH NO! The weather is, "Honey, we gotta move out of California and move there!' good! Nice to see Nick A on the call. Pretty good turn out. Love the aggressive and fun play calling!

Spot on. All of the SEC spring games and the ACC games were of course, broadcast on the Disney owned SEC and ACC Networks. The Pac-12 Network could have been owned and operated by ESPN. SIGH. Like it or not, the LA market matters.

Great take. Riley does have until May 1st to find transfer help for the trenches and indicates that he is going to do so. I expect the busiest transfer portal activity to come between this Saturday's spring games and May 1.

No tank and SAMs? I do not see Toledo being = to Kabul. But on the other hand, Lubbock, TX is in the running. Oregon plays at Texas Tech next season. My advice, no matter how big a fan of Puddles you might be, watch on TV and not in person.

Ever been to Kabul?

Number 12? - The team with the hottest cheerleaders. As to the mimosas, allow me to suggest going heavy on the champagne and light on the orange juice?

Interesting. As many as 9 conference teams will have a new starting QB and all 9 could be transfers? But I feel the QB play in the conference this season will be improved over last year when for the first time since 2014 a Pac-12 QB was not invited to the Combine. I think the Beavers are too high and Wazzu too low in these rankings. Baylor was the real deal at RB for the Beavs and he is gone.

In the seasons Riley was the HC at OK, Texas had an equally rated or better ranked roster than did Oklahoma.

Could be spot on my friend. Riley was handed a Maserati with the keys. But he improved the OK win total to 85% of the games compared to Big Game Bob's 80% of the games. With Caleb Williams and the other guys he has brought in and in this conference I expect he will go 9-3. He'll likely take an L at Utah and versus Notre Dame but in 2022 he has the Ducks standing by to help him out. SC misses Oregon in the conference cross over and Utah visiting Oregon helps SC's cause.

The Missing Tech Challenge Link actually linked! Hats off to Charles for egging an old timer on.

Great stuff. 30 to 40% is indeed conservative; more like 75% plus?

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Thank you. Yes, Texas is a football mad state.

Great post. I think that Kingsbury is in a spot of bother with Murray as you so well note. But I think he is in a far better place than if he'd stayed as the OC at USC under Helton. The NFL does all it can to assure parity. You cannot simply buy a championship roster. As has been mentioned to me by friends who are Cowboys fans, Jerry and son need to hire a professional GM.

BTW, as I should have noted in the initial post, the 12 team field would have 3 B1G and 3 SEC teams in the field, with 2 SEC teams getting a 1st round bye. I expect this, if the field goes to 12, will be the rule and not the exception? 2 spots for the ACC + Notre Dame? I'm optimistic that come 2026 the Pac-12 will consistently put 2 teams in the field. One thing that needs to be mandatory, all P5 conferences play 9 conference games and Notre Dame plays 13 regular season games. If Commissioner Warren and the B1G get their desire to have all P5 champs in and I think this will happen, I don't see any reason why the B1G would not approve a 12 team field? The Pac-12 has said it is good with 8 or 12 teams. GK demurred to 2026 because he was not going to vote in favor of expansion before knowing the make-up of the field and how revenue will be disbursed. I agree with this long term business thinking. The ACC wants 8 only but come 2026, a majority vote will rule. No unanimous vote will be required. And if the playoff continues to include the P5, G5 conferences and Notre Dame, the ACC will be out-voted. And ACC teams will likely be poached by the SEC and the B1G? Regardless, with Amazon taking over the NFL Thursday night broadcast and Apple TV taking over the NFL 'Package' from DirecTV, I'm thinking that GK will bring home a better than expected $60M a year per team deal for the Pac-12?

Great take. Even with the loss of Coach Lanning and only 4 starters returning on D I expect the UGA D to be far saltier than was the tOSU D in 2021.

Man, can it get any worse at ASU? Top receiver and Phoenix HS product, Ricky Pearsall, just entered the portal along with LB Eric Gentry who was, post spring practice, listed to start this season. Pearsall told the Athletic ASU beat writer that one reason he is leaving is the lack of NIL opportunities in the Phoenix area. This is not Pullman, it's Phoenix. He also is concerned that with Daniels leaving the Sun Devils will not have a quality QB starting in 2022. The good news if there is any, is that former Florida starting QB Emory Jones is visiting ASU this weekend. IMO, President Crow, AD Anderson and Herm should all be shown the door. Crow, despite evidence to the contrary, has claimed Herm to be innocent of the COVID recruiting violations being investigated by the NCAA. 5 assistant coaches have left the program. It probably did not help ASU's cause when Crow came out publicly against NIL. This is the guy who was Larry's biggest supporter. ASU was projected to win 6 games this season. Now?

"The NFL is easier compared to this (coaching CFB.) They (sic) have windows. They have long-term contracts. You (sic) have free agency in college football without a window. And you have them making salaries -NIL- without a cap. You've got all kinds of variables. Lane Kiffin

Great and accurate take. If the Ducks pull off the upset that is an embarrassing loss for UGA and the SEC. Man, I'd love if on 9/3 Oregon and Utah can pull off an SEC daily double. This would mean immediate respect for the Pac-12. And could set up a College Game Day has to be there in Autzen when Utah visits in November.

Love it! But UW compared to many other teams in the league does OK with attendance. UW along with Oregon and USC are the 3 Pac-12 schools in the CFB revenue top 25.

"The NFL is easier compared to this (coaching CFB.) They (sic) have windows. They have long-term contracts. You (sic) have free agency in college football without a window. And you have them making salaries -NIL- without a cap. You've got all kinds of variables. Lane Kiffin