Jon Joseph

YES! Give me at least some of that old school ball.

Great take. But it took a miracle at Penn State, a late-game TD at Iowa, a missed FG by Ohio State that could and should have sent the game into OT, and a late score against OBD for Indiana to be 14-0. This season, OBD won similar games at Iowa and Penn State. Dante has grown, and the defense is playing together and better. I can't imagine the O-line playing worse than it did in early October. I think the Oregon offense will again be able to run the ball against the Indiana defense. This is not Saint Nick's Alabama. This is not Saint Nick's SEC. Hats off to the Hoosiers for the beatdown of Bama, but the Rose Bowl was a sequel to Bama's opening loss at FSU, where Bama could not run the ball. Bama's four wins in a row vs SEC-ranked teams? Meh. Two of the teams, Mizzou and Tennessee, did not defeat a P4 opponent with a winning record. It's hard to fathom, but OBD's OOC schedule was more difficult than Indiana's. Indiana struggled against Old Dominion. I think the Peach Bowl will again come down to the team that wins the 4th quarter. I'm not Ducking my thoughts. Along with my betting buddies, we're taking OBD +4.5. I know it's counterintuitive, but we also have the game going over the O/U 46.5. (That's an O over a U 😁) Come out Smokin'. Put out the Hoosiers Cig.

OBD Shows It Can Win It All! https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/oregon-texas-tech-orange-bowl-takeaways

I'm humming along with CBS Sports' Hummer 😍 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-bracket-expert-picks-predictions-semifinals-national-champion-2025-26/

For What It's Worth, Austin (not Ted 🫢) Bundy's 3 Keys to OBD victory. FanSidedThese 3 matchups will decide Oregon vs. Indiana at the Pe...Both the Ducks and Hoosiers are looking to claim their first-ever national title.

Thanks, sports fan. Nick Saban and former Missouri coach Gary Pinkel are branches of the Don James coaching tree. The two played for James and were teammates at Kent State, along with Hall of Fame LB and Steel Curtain member Jack Lambert. Lou Holtz played his college football at Kent State. His position coach was Don McCafferty, who went on to win a Super Bowl as head coach of the Baltimore (not a typo younger Forum friends) Colts. Curt Cignetti's Dad, Frank Cignetti, Senior, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Before moving on to coach DBs for Woody Hayes at Ohio State, Nick Saban was an assistant coach under Frank at West Virginia. Curt Cignetti played quarterback at West Virginia for his Dad and Hall of Fame coach Don Nehlen from 1979 to 1982. FBS coaches are a small and tight, fraternity.

Go, You Lady Ducks! https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/womens-basketball/2026/01/05/usc-womens-basketball-trojans-oregon-ducks/88023247007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=em

Thank you, David. Why not, indeed? Before the JMU game, West Coast college sports guru Jon Wilner predicted OBD to win it all. Make it happen 😉. In the season of The Which, a season with roster turnover coast to coast, except at Penn State and Clemson 😁, CFB has come up with a fascinating Final 4. The only 'usual suspect' is Miami, and that's only if you forget the last twenty seasons. No team without a Blue Chip Roster, half the roster made up by 4* and 5* recruits, has won a BCS or Playoff championship. Indiana and Ole Miss have a chance to break the Blue Chip ceiling. Indiana is now the second 'losingest' program in CFB. Northwestern has moved into first place. If the Chips fall in the right direction, maybe Northwestern ... 😜 Miami has been a member of the ACC since 2004 and has never won an ACC title, including this season. Ole Miss claims titles, but even in 1960, when the Rebels went 10-0-1, Ole Miss was not the AP or UPI (predecessor to the Coaches Poll) champ. According to the Dunkle Poll (???) in 1960, Ole Miss was No. 1. 🤪 However, as Elvis Presley called it back in 1960, for Ole Miss, 'It's Now or Never.' 🙃 OBD, so close, but no cigar, thanks to $cam, Unfairly, and Big Ten refs. 🤬 Indiana is the odds-on favorite to win it all, followed by OBD, tied with Miami in some books, and an Ole Miss team that isn't coming up lame without Lane. (Note, Paul Finebaum's travel agent is rooting against Ole Miss. 😁) Miami is 0-For the Fiesta Bowl. OBD is 0-1 in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This is new territory for the Hoosiers and the Canes. As David so noted, OBD will not defeat Indiana without the O-line (and the OC) playing far better than on 10/11/25. Indiana is unlikely to turn the ball over four times, as Texas Tech did. Both sides of the ball will have to show up for OBD to win this game. Indiana can be had. The Hoosiers didn't score the winning points against OBD until late in the 4th quarter, and the games at Iowa and Penn State could have easily gone the other way. Is Dante better prepared than he was in early October? Can the O-line, which was worked over by Indiana and Texas Tech, play up to Joe Moore Award contention standards? Can the defense that we saw in the Orange Bowl show up again in the Peach Bowl? As Alabama found out in the Rose Bowl, if you let the Cigs light up, you will be smoked. I have a feeling that Football Karma is leading the Ducks to a matchup with Mario in Miami? I hope I'm right?🤔 HOW ABOUT A SERVING OF PEACHES AND CREAM IN ATLANTA 😍 PUT OUT THEM CIGS!

Mario cheated, right? Billy Joe Hobert? 😁 An NIL pioneer before $cam, his old man and Cheese Dick. So long, Don Jame$.

USA Today's Look at the Peach Bowl - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/01/02/peach-bowl-indiana-vs-oregon-rematch-in-cfp-semifinal-college-football-playoff/87993782007/

USA Today calls out Bama and the SEC https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2026/01/02/alabama-football-embarrassed-kalen-deboer-indiana-rose-bowl-sec-big-ten-record/87939308007/

Yahoo for this Final 4! https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/college-football-playoff-finally-being-settled-on-field-instead-of-behind-closed-doors-and-the-results-are-glorious-164734764.html

No surprise here. Iowa State QB Rocco Becht transfers to Penn State. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/former-iowa-state-quarterback-rocco-becht-transfers-to-penn-state-214500388.html

Cig signs his 2026 season QB - Hoover goes from the Horned Frogs to the Hoosiers SIIndiana Lands Fernando Mendoza's Likely Replacement in Tr...Curt Cignetti and Indiana have found Fernando Mendoza’s replacement.

I've searched Google and B1G and cannot find an answer for the Peach and the Fiesta Bowls.

On the other hand ... https://sports.yahoo.com/article/refs-indiana-vs-oregon-facing-214555733.html

The ACC.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium roof closing - Hopefully, OBD will drive off with a win over the Hoosiers and a 1-1 record in this stadium. Dan's head coaching debut in MBS Smarted. 🤬 But it's better than the Canes 0-4 in the Fiesta Bowl. Mario, Give Me Five! A Time-Lapse of the Roof Closing at Mercedes-Benz Stadium...Atlanta, GA | Jul 27, 2017

The refs had a plane to catch? A dinner reservation? Wanted to watch the Rose Bowl from the start? Bet the under? Many suspect calls and noncalls in both CFB and the NFL this season.

I'm hoping for Miami going 0-5 for the Fiesta Bowl. 😁 https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/miami-ole-miss-cfp-semifinal-fiesta-bowl-prediction

Dilly doesn't dally before grabbing Will's QB. Rolo to KY? ESPN.comSource: Kentucky QB Boley transfers to Arizona St.Arizona State has landed a commitment from Kentucky quarterback Cutter Boley, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Putting the Big Ten on notice! The Badgers have landed QB Joseph! 😁 ESPN.comBadgers land dual-threat QB Joseph as transferWisconsin has landed quarterback Colton Joseph, the team's top QB target for 2026. Joseph was eighth in the nation in total offense while helping lead Old Dominion (10-3) to its second winning season

Excellent article by Bruce Feldman is available on The Athletic ($ wall) 'The SEC's dismal bowl record this season points to a fundamental truth: money matters.' Why, with what we witnessed from the PO committee this season, isn't Tony Petitti's AQ 16-team PO format receiving unanimous support? One fewer G6 team in the field, but one more ACC, Big Ten, B12, and SEC teams would have been in the field along with Notre Dame. Plus, no more 1st round byes, more home games, and the PO starting and ending a week or two earlier than now.

The North Texas QB is following his coach to OK State - Next season, the Cowboys will be a much tougher out. YardbarkerDrew Mestemaker's move to Oklahoma State shows how transf...We saw one of the first big dominoes in the 2026 transfer portal fall on Saturday afternoon when former North Texas quarterback Drew Mestemaker committed to Oklahoma State.

Bowl Winners and Losers. SC's (Missing) Linc Riley is among the losers. Riley is also losing DC D'Anton Lynn. Lynn is returning to his alma mater, Penn State. OT - I like what Matt Campbell is building at PSU, and I see Campbell having more success at PSU than Franklin will have at VA Tech. No OBD vs. Penn State in 2026. PSU visits Autzen in 2027 along with Ohio State and Iowa. Saturday BlitzBiggest winners and losers of college football bowl seaso...This year’s college football bowl season has wrapped up, with only the two College Football Playoff semifinal matchups and the national championship game remain