Jon Joseph

$. How much do you have? How much are you willing to spend on recruits? A+M set the bar at $70M plus.

WOW! The inmates have taken over the asylum that was once CFB. Agree that this means Caleb Williams follows Riley as will other very good Oklahoma football players. Will we see Dart playing for BYU or UTAH in Autzen next season? Maybe see him playing QB for UGA?

Extra points for naming lead actors.

Co Bama! Roll Tide! 45 - 28; Rush 170 - pass 405 - TOs 1 - Sacks - 2 Psyched Out - Kirby Smart yet again; including, starting a 3* at QB instead of a 5*. IF Daniels starts, I'm buying back my 'bet.' In today's CFB it is rare to see a team with the lesser QB win the game.

The Chargers are improving and will continue to improve. There should be no OT in CFB except in champ and playoff games. Then you play as many quarters of 'regular football' as needed before a winner is declared. The NFL definitely did not want a tie last night.

Great and very interesting take. Tennessee, A+M, LSU and Auburn all tested the Bama O by mixing up the looks and the number of guys on the DL. Confusing an average OL by Bama standards, as to how much pressure would be brought and where it was coming from. UGA stayed in its base 4 DL alignment the entire game versus Bama making it easier as you so noted Charles, on the Bama OL and on a very active QB, Bryce Young. Auburn sacked Young 7 times, Bama zero. As Dawg pointed out, in the SEC champ game Young had all day to exploit an average UGA secondary. And with the pass game working, the Bama run game worked better than it had all season against quality SEC Ds. If UGA cannot pressure Young and Stetson Bennett turns it over like he did in the SEC champ game, Bama wins. In Young. LB Anderson and WR Williamson, Bama will have the 3 best players on the field. Bama was the underdog in the SEC champ game for the first time in close to forever. Bama is the underdog tonight. I'm sure Bama hasn't been a back to back dog since Saban's first season in Tuscaloosa. Bama has the better, by far, QB. Bill O'Brien schooled Lanning and Smart in the SEC champ game. Saban has a big time psychological edge on Smart, a former assistant has he beaten time and again after falling behind versus Georgia. I want UGA to win but sorry: Go Bama! Roll Tide!

We reasoned regarding how a 'normal' business would consider its investment in college football player. But we are dealing with fanatics here, fans who own businesses or other wise have ways to funnel money to the school they love. DGU due to an average season was pulled by DR Pepper early on. But remember, these deals are structured not necessarily to promote a product but to buy a kid's services for your school. I'm pretty certain the ROI is not the driving force behind NIL being used to buy recruits or to buy guys out of the portal.

He has lots of ideas like playing 9 conference games and not playing FCS schools that never seem to come to fruition. This is likely rat poison from the fox.

I don't know, of course, but I'd say Bo. Bo has experience playing versus UGA and playing in front of huge and hostile crowds in the SEC. He will be facing far lesser Ds in the Pac-12 than he did in the SEC. And, he has a W against Saint Nick and Bama and has played for Dillingham.

In one form or another you will see 'this,' sooner rather than later. The questions? Where does Oregon fit in 'this?" Where does the Alliance fit in 'this?'

It will accelerate the pace of the coming Super League.

McMurphy? I would place little reliance of this. A+M at 4. Why? A+M just bought a top recruiting class but has uncertainty at QB and plays at Bama. I agree with Charles, 16 is a decent preseason ranking for the Ducks. I expect close to every preseason poll will have Utah ranked the highest in the Pac-12? But Utah has to cone to Autzen.

Great take. The B1G and the SEC have the $ to do this. The other conferences do not.

Bama is the underdog Monday night.

Where playing for Mario, he'll gather moss and not passes.

I hope he returns? Hope he can work with a trainer on improving his speed. And I hope Reggie Bush gets his Heisman back. The 'extra benefits' Bush received are not extra benefits in today's world. Do you think Tennessee with its recently exposed pay for play program is going to lose 30+ scholarships?

Or, how about the Alliance and Notre Dame say to hell with this and exit the so-called playoff and ESPN come 2026, host their own postseason tourney and put more of an emphasis on education than on athletic prowess? When OK and TX join the SEC only 5 out 15 SEC schools will be AAU members.

I have no doubt that the new staff is and will continue to work the portal. Great for the Ducks. Sucks for CU. Another reason a Super League is coming. Lesser teams can sign but not keep these guys. BTW with Devin Lloyd graduating Utah has signed a LB who was Florida's leading tackler in 2021. Utah opens at Florida on 9/3. Unlike Oregon's one off game vs UGA, UF is playing a H+H with the Utes.

UGA the 2nd game of the season in Athens and a return game the following year at Autzen after opening with Portland State, I am fine with. An opening game one off game to help Rob balance the budget, no way. If Florida can trip to Salt Lake City to play Utah there is not excuse for UGA like TENN, not agreeing to a H+H with Oregon. Insane scheduling for a team that already had BYU on the roster and 5 conference road games on the schedule before Rob signed up for this game. The Pac-12 has made the playoff 2 times in 8 seasons. Scheduling like this makes no sense PO wise. BTW, after this game UGA plays 8 conference games including Vandy and South Carolina. Florida at a neutral site and 3 road games.

Recall that SMU guys were being paid under the table and before pay for play is 'legal' under the guise of NIL legislation. Combine this with free agency, the transfer portal, and roster tampering and every roster in FBS will be effected one way or the other.

"They?" Based on the 9-0 Alston decision against the NCAA the NCAA can do nothing to control the amount of NIL received by a student athlete. When it comes to BBS football the NCAA is left with eligibility responsibility and that's about it. In November the NCAA basically asked the P5 and G5 to take over rules, regulation and enforcement of CFB.

Best tackle Made in Ducks history? Scott Frost stopping LaGarrett from entering the Boise stands?

With all due respect to the the poster, this article is an obscure insight into the obvious. Coach speak to the Nth degree. I do think like Mario he will bring in quality players but I hope these players are far better coached up by this staff.

Thanks OR. A respectable list but nowhere close to the #s annually being sent to the NFL by the SEC and the B1G. 2 things most important to recruits: Can you get me to the NFL? Can you get me to the Playoff? (And today with impunity, how much are going to pay me?) Hats off to the guys you listed and the other Ducks players who have performed well in the NFL.

When my daughter and son were juniors and seniors in HS I wasn't certain of what they would do. 40 years further along I have even less idea of what high school kids will do? I know it is about the Jimmies and the Joes, but nevertheless I do find multi millionaire grown men seducing HS kids to be a bit disturbing.