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Most Intriguing 2025 B1G Out of Conference Games. (Cover your eyes for Penn State.) Every Big Ten Team's Most Intriguing Non-Conference Game of 2025. SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The 2024 season was a smashing success for the Big Ten conference. The Big Ten boldly staked its claim as the premier conference in college football, putting fo

Thank you, Charles, for the suburb editing job. I will have a future article with more specificity on OBD's 12 regular-season opponents. If Moore is more than pedestrian at QB and the transfer pieces of the puzzle fit, OBD will be in the mix for back-to-back conference titles and hopefully, a deeper run in the 2025-25 playoff. Is it August 30th yet?

Smart traveling. Iowa on Wednesday and Wisconsin today with a tip-off designed to have the Ducks home at a reasonable hour. OBD arrived in the Midwest on Tuesday and departed on Saturday, and the players from a distance did not miss a class. Perhaps the B1G could tighten up the game days?

What a difference a day makes!

NEVER A DOUBT! 👍👌😍

Kirk, a Spot On. Not So Fast, my friend. https://atozsports.com/college-football/oregon-ducks-news/oregon-football-jonas-williams-jared-curtis/

My guess, it's Game On for OBD. The Spring Game on 4/26/25 will be played one day after the second portal window closes. Is Oregon Ducks spring game in jeopardy following recent cancelations? DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks have announced the date for their annual spring game in 2025, but will it stand amidst the recent cancelations?

Dee-Fence! It's Josh Neel, so corrections have to be made. Wisconsin's Luke Fickell did not sign up for a long extension.' As is typical for all head coaches at Wisconsin, Fickell was extended for one season. UCLA's Carlos Schweisenger, a former walk-on has left the Bruins building and is projected to go in the 3rd round of the 2025 NFL draft. The Illinois D should be in the top 5 and not ranked 11th. 18 of the 22 starters in 2024 return for Illinois in 2025. In the bowl game vs. South Carolina, with all hands on deck for both teams, Illinois shut down a prolific Gamecocks offense. Michigan No. 8? Yes, the Wolverines lose a lot of D talent to the NFL but Michigan has a Blue Chip roster, and as shown in the bowl game vs. Bama, there are many talented players ready to step up in 2025. No. 6 Minnesota lost its quality DC to Miami. Will his replacement keep the Gophers D playing at a high level? OBD no. 3 and Penn State No. 4? I hope so but the Oregon D was missing in action vs. Penn State and Ohio State in the last two games of 2024-25 and the Nits stepped up with NIL money to keep draft-eligible D players in Happy Valley. Indiana, 2nd? Come On Man. The Hoosiers again play against thin-air OOC but play Oregon, Iowa, and Penn State on the road, and a ranked Illinois team in Bloomington. Ohio State No. 1? Perhaps, but many of the guys who played D for the champion Buckeyes are headed to the League and DC Jim Knowles is 'going home' to Penn State. So, for what it's worth? Ranking Big Ten defenses ahead of the 2025 season DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Ranking every defense in the Big Ten as we look forward to the 2025 college football season.

A Josh Pate take on SC and Riley. College football analyst evaluates Lincoln Riley, USC TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM National college football analyst Josh Pate recently discussed what the future could look like for Lincoln Riley and the Trojans.

They wrap the same stuff in a different package and believe it won't be challenged. STU, meet PID. NCAA - File BK! Then file a Plan of Arrangement based on today's CFB and not one that hopes to glom onto the past.

This QB flip was predicted. He had comp at Oregon but Husan Longstreet flipped from A+M is a 5* true frosh matriculating in 2025. SC with the theft of a GM from Notre Dame, more emphasis on NIL and ramped up recruiting appears to be getting its Sierra together.

Potential Football Champ Game Changes. SEC, Big Ten Discussing Conference Title Game Format Changes, Play-Ins for CFP BLEACHERREPORT.COM

Float The Duck in the Bellagio Pool? On one of the Venetian canals? I like this. Let's see more B1G games and events in Vegas. 😍

VEGAS! Where are we going to float the DUCK? The Pool in Front of Bellagio? Big Ten Media Days to be held in Las Vegas, conference announces SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Big Ten announces that 2025 Football Media Days will be held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay on The Strip.

OBD, TOSU, PSU, and Michigan Make the Top 12 2025 Early Games to Look Forward to. 😍 Ranking the 12 best college football matchups in the first month of the 2025 season SATURDAYTRADITION.COM The 2025 college football season begins with a bang. So we've ranked the 12 best games in the first month of the season.

Nebraska cancels dates with Tennessee. USC and Ole Miss mutually agreed to cancel a home-and-home series with the first game scheduled to be played in LA in 2025. https://collegefootballnews.com/news/nebraska-tennessee-cancel-football-series-reason The Cornhusker's Can't Spin out of THIS. Nebraska isn't running from Tennessee. It's following Indiana's College Football Playoff path SPORTS.YAHOO.COM There's no other way to look at it: Nebraska dropping Tennessee isn't about reduced stadium capacity. It's about easing College Football Playoff path

The Athletic Predicts B1G Friday Night Football Games. Week 8 - 10/ 17/25 - OBD at Rutgers - Week 7 - OBD vs Indiana/ Rutgers at UW. A far-go for both teams. Week 13 - 11/17/25 - USC at OBD Week 12 - OBD vs. Minnesota/ USC vs. Iowa I know OBD and Rob are still the new kids on the block but Rob may want to respectfully inquire why Michigan does not have to play on Friday night.

B1G records in 2025 for 'normal travel' away games and 2-time zone plus travel differ by only 2.4%. Hardly alarming. Delayed flights, NFL advice and epic rants: How traveling in expanded conferences is impacting teams - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM College basketball coaches in the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 are dealing with cross-country travel following conference realignment Despite Cronin's beef, the B1G seems to be doing travel right compared to the ACC and the B12. The UCLA Athletic Department is broke. Would Cronin prefer to take a pay cut and play in the Pac-8? Prefer to have no coverage on the Pac-Network except for game broadcasts? And why would or should, 14 teams agree to make the same number of trips that four teams make? Lab time may suffer but classroom time fits in a laptop as does the ability to get help from grad assistants.

I'd love to see baseball follow suit. Batting Around: Should MLB copy the NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off schedule, format for the World Baseball Classic? - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The NHL replaced its own All-Star break for the international tournament. Should baseball do the same?

This ranking is SEC-Centric but OBD at Penn State is No. 4 on the list of Top 25 games in 2025. https://247sports.com/college/miami/longformarticle/college-football-playoff-top-25-games-set-to-define-2025-national-championship-race-245910039/#2602235

Ok, I'll accept Oklahoma and A+M as kind of rough games due to the rivalries. But other than the game at Georgia, this schedule is by SEC standards, a walk in the park. Compare this with Oklahoma's schedule posted above. I'd Sooner have the Longhorns schedule. Texas 2025 football schedule: Full list of opponents, confirmed dates FANSIDED.COM What awaits the Texas Longhorns as they try to reach a third straight College Football Playoff in 2025?

At Penn State is 'The Game' on OBD's 2025 schedule. Just Win Baby! How will the Ducks' season look if they lose 'season-defining game' against Penn State? AUTZENZOO.COM ESPN released a list of the most "season-defining games" of 2025 and included one of the Oregon Ducks' matchups within the top 10. PSU has the week off the Saturday before the Nits play OBD and three easy-peasy OOC games before playing the Ducks: Nevada, FIU, and Villanova (in football, not basketball.) PSU will be rested, but ready? Before this game, OBD plays Montana State, Oklahoma State, at Northwestern, and Oregon State. OK, this belongs in a B1G schedule analysis which will be up on The Forum. 😁

The below article shows why no matter the full share qualification in the B1G, Oregon will become a full share member. Notice that Penn State is not in the Top Ten most successful programs since 2000, but USC makes the cut. Where Oregon ranks among nation's top programs this century according to poll results DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM A look at where the Oregon Ducks stand amongst the top programs in the nation according to coaches poll results in the 21st century

Some good comments, Eh? Connor McDavid had great comments after winning 4 Nations WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Connor McDavid scored the winning goal in overtime to give Canada the 4 Nations championship on Thursday night, and he delivered a good interview afterward.