Jon Joseph

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.

The components are at hand. The Alliance can end the arms race simply by going their own way. Putting the brakes on unfettered CFB free agency. Making APR count. Telling other conferences devoid of AAU members that we care more about CFB than we do about semipro football. That we care more about guys graduating than we do about the minority who will play in the NFL. That we can still make plenty of money without you; especially, if we combine our media rights in a fair way that gives the achievers more money than others not as successful. And we can have a great postseason without you and your cartel buddy ESPN. Take all the 4 and 5 star guys? Who cares. We will be collegial. We will care about academics. You make more alone than without us, so be it. But we refuse to play semi-pro football disguised as an amateur sport. It is either this or The Super League as you so properly address, with the ESPN/SEC hegemony controlling CFB and treating us as an after thought.

Bo Nix. The competition faced by each respective QB is not anywhere close. What #s would Nix have put up running the WAZZU O vs Pac-12 Ds? Comparing the Ds Nix and Jayden have faced, the quality of games each has played in, the number of fans in the stands going nuts each guy has played in; well, its. rotten apples compared to Oranges. Show Jayden the money whatever the team it was that tampered with the WA ST roster and has this kid entering the portal. What Ds in the Pac-12 are equivalent to the majority of Ds Nix faced in the SEC? Has Jaydon ever come near playing Alabama in front of 100,000 SEC fans? Nix like Jaydon, has 2 seasons of CFB left to play.

Perhaps in Nirvana or in an alternate universe, but it is not happening here. Even though the media money is evenly split, QBs in the NFL make more money than do the guards blocking for them.

James played Tennessee in Eugene and in Knoxville. There is a reason a lion tamer puts his head into the mouth of the lion, the lion has been trained not to bite. BTW, how did a one off game out west in Glendale vs LSU help the Ducks or improve the integrity of CFB?

FYI. Athens, Georgia is one of the great college football towns in the USA. If you ever get a chance to visit Athens, please do so. To me, it is unfortunate that on 9/3/22 the Ducks is playing UGA in Atlanta and not Between the Hedges in Athens and with a return game scheduled in Eugene. Please with Wisconsin playing a H+H with WA ST, Auburn playing a H+H with CAL, A+M playing a H+H with CU, etc., do not give me the old canard that there is no reason for UGA to visit Eugene. Tennessee visited Eugen and not that long ago.

Respect your opinion of course. "Integrity of the game? Then why do not all P5 conferences play 9 conference games. Alabama playing New Mexico State at home in the penultimate regular season game = integrity? There is zero parity and integrity in CFB scheduling. The only thing the PC looks at is the number of Ls a team has. How much integrity was afforded Oregon in 2001 and USC numerous times by the BCS?

OK. But with BYU on the schedule in 3020, why in 2029 schedule a game 'at' Georgia. If an SEC team will not give Oregon a H+H to heck with them. Want to play UGA? Make the final4 and play the Dawgs in the playoff.

Absolutely Annie. BTW, Alabama has a H+H scheduled with Arizona.

One answer to the question: The Alliance, including Notre Dame, holding its own Run For The Roses post season without SEC/ESPN? Brought to you by FOX, CBS, NBC, TNT, etc. Champ game played 1/1 at 5PM in the Rose Bowl.

Regarding the Pac-12's performance in 2021 OOC games, nothing to see here, move right along. 2022 again brings 36 OOC games. Of course, the conference continues to play 9 conference games so that 6 Pac-12 teams, including Oregon, will play five conference road games. No team that played 9 conference games has won a Playoff Championship. Yet, the conference continues to ruminate on 8 versus 9 conference games. Further evidence of the 'leadership' in the Conference of (Olympic Sports) Champions. The Pac-12 will play 13 Power 5 opponents OOC and 12 teams that were ranked in the top 25 in the Playoff Committee's (PC) 2021 final ranking. Here is one man's ranking on the 2022 OOC degree of difficulty. 1. OREGON - The Ducks open the 2022 season playing national champion or runner-up, Georgia, in Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Athens, Georgia, home of the Dawgs is 72 miles from Atlanta. Eugene is 2,712 miles from Atlanta. Rumor has it that there are more Georgia grads resident in Atlanta than there are Ducks grads? This contest is 'neutral' in name only. Oregon's QB will get his first start for the Ducks in this game. Fortunately, Oregon HC Dan Lanning is very familiar with the Dawgs roster and style of play, and has been involved in many games played in this stadium. Eastern Washington. An FCS team but a darn good one. Doesn't Portland State need a pay check? BYU - The Cougars went 5-0 vs the Pac-12 last season and finished ranked No. 13 by the PC. With all due respect to Rob Mullens, this is moronic Playoff scheduling. 2. ARIZONA - At San Diego State - The Aztecs were ranked No. 24 by the PC and defeated Pac-12 2021 champion Utah. Mississippi State - first of a home and home series vs The Pirate's SEC team. North Dakota State - An FCS school playing Montana State for the 2021 FCS championship. 3. COLORADO - TCU - a B12 team that was not bowl eligible in 2021 but defeated CAL in 2020 and in 2021. At Air Force Academy - AFA went 10-3 in 2021. At Minnesota - Minnesota blew out CU in Boulder in 2021 and is the second Power 5 team on the Buffs OOC schedule. 4,. UTAH - At Florida in the first game of a home and home series. Southern Utah. PC No. 24 San Diego State in a rematch of the 2021 game the Utes lost to the Aztecs. (Likely the only game in the nation featuring opponents with Native American nicknames?) 5, STANFORD - Colgate (the school, not the tooth paste,) at PC No. 5 Notre Dame, PC No. 13 BYU 6. ASU - Northern Arizona, at PC No. 9 Oklahoma State, Eastern Michigan 7, OREGON STATE - Boise State, at Fresno State, Montana State - MT ST is an FCS school playing ND ST in the FCS Champ game. 7. WASHINGTON STATE - Idaho, at Wisconsin, Colorado State 9. CAL - UC Davis, UNLV, at Notre Dame 9. USC - Rice, Fresno State, at Notre Dame. 11. WASHINGTON - Kent State, Portland State, PC No. 10 Michigan State - There's no place like home. 12. UCLA - Bowling Green State University, Alabama State, Southern Alabama. Bruins, go to your room! This is perhaps a new low in Pac 8, 10, 12 OOC scheduling? Play an HBCU school, I'm all for it. But doesn't that mean you have to play someone the quality of say, Purdue? This schedule is pathetic but guess what? A 3-0 UCLA will likely be ranked in the AP Top 25. All in all playing 36% of your OOC schedule vs Power 5 teams and one-third of your schedule against teams ranked in the PCs Top 25, is as tough as it gets in Power 5 OOC scheduling. Than as noted above, add on 9 conference games. Does this make sense for a conference that is 2 for a Playoff 8?

George has some juice. He is a member of the Playoff Committee and well thought of nationally. Clearly there is a lot of 'roster tampering' going on with NIL pay for play being promised the transferring athlete. Is case folks haven't noticed, Bama has signed this season's #1 RB out of the portal. None of the free agent rules, rules against tampering, an overall salary cap and an equal share of the media proceeds to all teams, that we see in the NFL exists today in CFB. Limiting the time in which a player can portal out would help with roster management. But on its own will not do much to fix what ails CFB.