Jon Joseph

Having just re-watched the great NFL divisional games, helmet to helmet in CFB would have been called many the time. I get the call for spearing but simple helmet to helmet contact being called in CFB is IMO, stupid. I'm all for player safety but so many of these H to H calls in CFB are simply the result of guys playing football. It's a violent game. Award a 15 yard penalty for H to H. OK. But to kick guys out of a game and for a half into the next game for anything other than spearing?

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5'9" 185 lbs. 31st all time rushing at CU. There have been a lot of good running backs at CU including Heisman winner Rashad Sallom (sp?) LaMichael was not the biggest guy in the conference and did OK.

But I think this would be a good thing for the Ducks RB room.

1-1. Lost the SEC champ game but won the title.

That player was the Pac-12 1st team RB in 2020. Broussard is not a lightweight. He put up 831 yards rushing in 2020 playing for CU. He would be a very valuable get out of the portal.

Some great early OOC games are coming our way in 2022. September 13 - OREGON vs GEORGIA - Mercedes Benz Stadium (MBS) - Atlanta, GA Georgia is 1-4 in its last 5 games played in MBS. 3 Ls vs Bama; an L vs LSU and a win over Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl. JT Daniels authored the W over Cincy. With Stetson Bennett returning to QB Georgia, JT is in the transfer portal. This game will likely be Oregon QB Bo Nix fourth start vs Georgia; Nix is 0-3 to date. NOTRE DAME AT OHIO STATE - Columbus, Ohio Notre Dame lost its head coach, its starting QB and a number of other quality players. I expect JC Stroud to light it up in his 2nd year at QB for the Buckeyes. And with a new DC coming in from Oklahoma State, the Cowboys defeated ND in the Fiesta Bowl, I expect the Ohio State D that was not up to program standards in 2021 to improve in 2022. Expect Ohio State to be ranked no lower than No. 3 in the AP preseason poll. UTAH at FLORIDA - Gainesville, Florida Whittingham's rumored retirement did not happen. This will be his 18th year as HC in Salt Lake City. This will be Billy Napier's first season as HC of the Gators. Cam Rising will be the Utah starter from day 1. The Utes return its top RB and replace AA LB Lloyd at LB with Florida's 2nd leading tackler in 2021. Two of the 3 outstanding Utah TEs return and Utah has also signed 2 quality TEs out of the portal. I think Utah will be a very, very good team in 2022 and UF has a lot of questions at QB and elsewhere on offense. ARKANSAS at CINCINNATI - Cincinnati, Ohio Lots of excellent players have left the Cincy program including starting QB Ridder and two AA cornerbacks. Arkansas was a surprisingly good team in 2021 and returns many good players. I do not believe Cincy is close to a final 4 team in 2022. September 14 - FSU vs LSU in New Orleans, LA. This is as much a neutral site game as is Oregon playing Georgia in Atlanta. What will LSU look like under new HC Brian Kelly? Will FSU show signs of improvement? September 10 - ALABAMA at TEXAS - Austin, Texas Alabama should be a lock to be AP Poll preseason No. 1. Sark's Texas team flamed out in 2021 and was not bowl eligible. Texas, do you really want to play ball in the SEC? September 17 - BYU at OREGON - Eugene, Oregon As if playing Georgia OOC was not enough of a challenge? BYU will not be an easy out; the Cougars could be favored coming into Autzen. TENNESSEE at PITT - Pittsburgh, PA. Josh Heupel did a heck of a job in Knoxville last season. Pitt was the ACC champ. Chance to see former SC QB Slovis playing for the Panthers. PENN STATE at AUBURN - Auburn, Alabama James Franklin did beat Auburn in 2021 but never challenged for the B1G title and lost the bowl game. Yet, he scored a huge pay increase and and contract extension. It's only year 2 but Auburn HC Bryan Harsin is already on the hot seat, and he lost his starting QB to the Ducks. MIAMI at TEXAS A+M - College Station, Texas I expect A+M to roundly Gig Mario in College Station. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... FanDuel odds to win the 2022 Playoff. 1. Bama - +200 2. UGA - +350 3. OH ST - +550 4. Clemson - +1000 8.USC - +5000 9. Oregon - + 6000 Utah is not in the top 10. Only 4 teams have better than 30-1 odds to win the title. Looks like SSDD. Nice that Oregon plays Georgia in the regular season and Bama does not. It's a big field, 130 teams in theory, but Bama at +200 is probably worth a look-see?

I never count a 'commitment' or a lean until they have signed. And today? They could enter the portal the day after they signed!

ANSWER: YES! How can you end a terrific game like that on a coin toss? I covered but for everything the NFL does so well the OT rules are terrible.

I am shocked!

Pac-12 certainly had the opportunity to go east and demurred. For media purposes, the 7:30 nap game for you is a fast asleep game in eastern time. This IMO is one of the major reasons why the conference should have expanded into the central time zone and should now consider a merger with the B12. But I agree with Mike West; how many folks in charge of Pac-12 schools give a whip? SC and Oregon in particular, need to look out for themselves including taking a look at joining the B12.

Love to have been there for the expansion discussion especially after GK said the AAU membership would not be a requirement to join GK has asked member schools to go all in on CFB and CBB. Will they? I doubt it.

Guess he prefers to play with the Heisman winning QB and not Bennett?

4 amazing games. Something to be said for a draft and parity. Happy to have gone 3-1 with a SU win.

THE ALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE - CO-COMMISSIONERS - GK and Bob Bowlsby. PAC-12 DIVISION North - CAL, Stanford, Oregon, OR ST, UW, WA ST South - AZ, ASU, CU, UCLA, USC. Utah B1G - 12 DIVISION East - Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa ST, TCU, UCF, W VA West - Baylor, BYU, Kansas, K ST, OK ST, Texas Tech Pac-12 Network moved to Dallas, TX, saved and re-branded as The AAC Network. Pac-12 schools at least get their original investment returned. AAC Network bought whole or in part by media partner. Far better media negotiation leverage than the Pac-12, B12 on their own.

Happy, a bit more on your fantastic comment. If the Pac-12 and B12 merge which makes all kinds of business sense for both. This happens I can see the B1G adding UNC, UVA, PITT, Duke, Iowa State, 5 AAU member schools and Notre Dame. And I can see the SEC adding Clemson, FSU, VA Tech, Miami, NC State and Georgia Tech. 3 Power Conferences. Far easier path to playoff expansion.

A 24 super conference would allow for 2 12 team divisions and limit travel for CBB and the non-revenue sports. The reason we do not have the Pac-20 is due to academic snobbery and sheer stupidity. An 'exclusive club,' right?

I won't be disappointed if the Rams and Bills both win. But I like Tom Brady and I do not think the Bills beat KC twice this season? But a game in Buffalo next Sunday. Could be the coldest on record. I felt bad for the Packers fans who froze their tails off only to witness a walk off loss. And for the Packers D to play that well and suffer a loss. Brutal.

I think Dart is in wait and see mode? Will return to SC if Williams opts instead for LSU or Ole Miss. I think Bennett coming back to UGA takes UGA out of the running. I'm sure Riley would not pull the kid's scholly.

Good take. Riley did get a very good OT out of the portal from UVA.

Growing up in NoCal, Rodgers was a fan of the 49ers. He is now 0-4 vs the 49ers in the playoffs. Think Green Bay needs a new special teams coach? How about Deebo Samuels from USC; USC East.

Good points. But the late NFL games kickoff at 8 eastern time and not 10:30 eastern time. A 10:30 PM start on the Pac-12 Network is watched by few folks; especially, folks who live east east of Colorado.

I have made it clear that IMO, the Pac-12 blew it by not taking Houston and 'left-over' B12 teams when it had a chance to expand. This would have been the divisional line-up, results for 2021 (using final AP ranking) and the 2022 preseason ranking by ESPN. WEST - Arizona, ASU, CAL, Oregon, Oregon St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, UW, Washington St. The former Pac-10. 5 Bowl Games - 0-4 with a no contest Ranked - 22 Oregon 2022 preseason ranked - 12 Oregon, 22 USC EAST - Baylor, Colorado, Houston, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma St, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah 7 Bowl Games - 5-2. 2-1 in NY6 bowls. Ranked - 5 Baylor, 7 Oklahoma St, 12 Utah, 17 Houston 2022 preseason ranked - 7 Utah, 9 OK ST, 13 Houston, 16 Baylor The Pac-20: Would have expanded Pac-12 market size into the central time zone including football crazy Texas and the Dallas and Houston markets. With the occasional exception of Oregon and USC, more eyeballs watched the East teams play than watched West teams play. Could have been a lifeline for the functionally insolvent Pac-12 Network. Many new subscribers would have signed up and the Network would have been far better positioned to be carried on all major cable providers. A media partner would be far more inclined to buy the Network or a piece of the Network and operate the Network on a professional level. With far better coverage of CFB and better kick-off times for Pac-20 games. Today, I see no way in which the Pac-12 schools will recover their investment in the Pac-12 Network. More quantity, but the quality today would be in the East Division. In addition to Utah's close loss in the Rose Bowl, Baylor won the Sugar Bowl and OK ST won the Fiesta Bowl. Distributions to the new teams would have been phased in so no Pac-12 team would take a 'hair cut.' This was the model the B1G used when Maryland, Nebraska and Rutgers joined the conference. This could have been easily negotiated when bringing Houston to the P4 level and throwing a life-line to the B12 schools. The Pac-12 competes against Baylor and TCU. IMO religious affiliation should not exclude these 2. Religion is not used when determining admission to these 2 schools. For example, both schools have many students who are not affiliated with any religion, students who are Jewish and students who are Muslim. Today, these two are far more secular than they are religious oriented schools. Adding the central time zone and Texas would have improved the Pac-12's position when negotiating new media rights. Many of the added schools in the East have quality basketball programs. Where does the Pac-12 go now if it decides to expand? The P5 would have become the P4. One fewer power conference to share Playoff proceeds. One fewer bidder for media rights. Without this expansion how does the Pac-12 have a hope of closing the financial gap between the B1G and the SEC. I doubt that the soon-to-be 16 school SEC is done with expansion. A 20 team Pac-20 'super conference' would be far less likely to have teams poached or deciding to leave the Pac-12. It would have helped especially with the long term viability of the Pac-12 schools in smaller media markets. It likely would have assured that USC and Oregon 'remain in the fold.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK, this didn't happen. But I intend to track the 'Pac-20' through 2024, in order to value, at least on an estimated basis, the difference between the Pac-12's new coming media rights deal compared to what the 'Pac-20.' might have produced. I cannot come up with a single business reason(s) that justifies the Pac-12 standing still.

Could be right on. But I like Brady over his former back-up Jimmy G. Of course could be all California for the conference title?

2-0 with a Straight Up win. I'm a happy camper.