Jon Joseph

Good. One fewer game and a likely PO first-round home game, today AP-projected to be vs. Georgia. Indiana vs Ohio State in Indianapolis? Bring it on! Let two other B1G boys take a long nap.

Franklin Fallout. ESPN.comPenn State fires James Franklin: Top candidates, transfer...After two shocking losses, Penn State is looking for a new coach. The job quickly becomes the best in this cycle.

An obscure insight into the obvious - Losses by one SEC team to the other do not matter. One loss UW, with its sole loss against No. 1 Ohio State, is not in the top 25? Why is No. 25 Nebraska, with its one loss being at home to Michigan, ranked above UW? Ditto all of the one-loss teams with losses to the team not ranked No. 1? 1 loss USC at No. 20? With the loss on the road by three points at No. 26 Illinois. SC is ranked behind a one-loss OK team; SC just blew out a Michigan team that was in the game at one-loss OK into the 4th quarter. The Trojans are behind one-loss Missouri, Vandy, UVA, and USF! USF defeated Boise and Florida. This equals a ranking above SC. Why? Tony Petitti - Do not back off the PO AQ format.

Spot On, Charles. Then and now. Today's CFB is all about roster management. Scoring with unproven high school talent still matters. But if you can find a quality, experienced QB in the portal, like Fernando Mendoza, John Mateer, or Carson Beck, sign them up! In regard to yesterday, I watched 'Titanic' once, OK twice, which is enough. Should OBD refuse to schedule Bye Weeks? 🤬

OBD behind the 8 Ball. Indiana's highest ranking in its football history. AP NewsNCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football PollThe official page for the AP Top 25 college football poll, a tradition since 1936. Keep up to date and view the latest ranking updates each week.

From a mile away, eh? 😁But Frankly, this news is overwhelmed by the goings on in Unhappy Valley.

If it isn't April Fool's - WOW! On3Penn State fires head coach James Franklin.

A Book recommendation for Dan and friends: 'Don't Let Byes Give You the Blues. How excessive-compulsive workaholics can take time off and not suffer.' BY - Noah ZZZZZZ's Peaz. 😁 Deion was a Prime Time Ralphie will be in the spotlight hire. Cig? He wasn't wrong - Google him was the only way to learn about where he'd been and what he'd done. By comparison, the K State program was flush with victories before Bill Snyder arrived in the Little Apple. When it comes to CFB trivia, I like to think I know something. 🤪Before yesterday, I did not know that the Hoosiers mascot was a hairy-looking thing without a brush or a comb that I think is a Bison? Cig is the betting favorite for this season's Archimedes Award. Give me a lever long enough (transfer portal) and a fulcrum (NIL - thank you, Mark Cuban et al.), and I will move the college football world. Seven weeks in. The regular season is half over, and only half over. Next case - Beat the Schi out of Schiano!

Hmmm. It's a football GAME. Today, the better team, the team that played better, won. The bad O-line recruits? I believe Danno sent three O-line guys to the NFL last season. All five of the O-line guys who started today have a legit shot at the NFL. As does the starting TE who could be a 1st round pick. The QB who couldn't spot wide-open receivers? I saw one guy wide, wide open, and Dante hit him for a TD. How many other guys were wide open when Dante had the time to throw the ball and were missed? Today's game was a referendum on this game. The first loss to a B1G opponent that happened to be a top-10-ranked team, not UCLA and not Northwestern. Please, OBD fans, do not turn into TOSU fans. The worst coach in the history of the game last November happened to be some guy named Day, right? The coach Dan lost to today has far more wins as a head coach than Dan. This was game SIX in what could be a 16 or 17-game season. Perhaps this season's champ will go unblemished this season, but I very much doubt it. Iniana won this game far more than OBD lost this game. Next case. BEAT RUTGERS!

I recommend that you start drinking heavily!😁

The QB. Too much love for Ws. Too much bame for Ls. The young man was under siege.

Please, pass the sauerkraut and strudel.😁You said 'So Long' to Prubila? Not a good move, ah? That's Clemson and PSU PO over and out. Texas, still OK.

You cannot win a game when you lose both LOS. The Indiana pass rush and an undersized CB named Ponds showed up. Matayo et al? How was Cignetti in the CFB coaching weeds before he was in his 60s? His turnaround of the losingest team in CFB history puts Bill Snyder on the bench. Indy is now 1-46 on the road vs. top 5 teams. 2-74 all time. Last season's champ lost two regular-season games, and a Natty is still in sight. But, as the Good Doctor notes above, don't lose twice, don't screw up at Rutgers. How badly does Penn State SUCK? How can a team with that talent keep on choking? Jim Knowles? $3M a year? One B1G coach has hiring DCs down Pat(ricia.) And it's not Jimmy Franklin. It's the guy TOSU fans wanted to run out of Columbus last November. OBD's FG kicker missed what could have been a momentum-shifter FG at Penn State, and his chip shot miss today led to a 6-point end of the first half swing. In physical, smashmouth ball games, you can't miss these pressure kicks. As for the dings at Dante above. It's hard to complete passes when folks, smaller than your O-line guys, but quicker, are in your face. When your 'better athletes' cannot separate from lesser athletes downfield, including a 5'9" CB who left no Ponds for Ducks to land in. When the play calling is timid all day, along with puzzling player personnel decisions, well? But returning to sentence one above, you lose the LOS, you lose. OBD was outcoached. Lesser athletes won the day. Don't turn today into bad Knights.

Hats off to Pat for his Hoosiers pick. His wife's an Indiana graduate; make this pick or sleep in separate bedrooms?

Penn State? At least Texas won today. White Out Win? Doubly sullied by today's action. However, no team that wins the Natty in 2026 is going 16-0. BEAT RUTGERS!

When you get punched in the mouth, put your dentures back in and run the table. What Curt Cignetti has done at Indiana is close to unbelievable. The Hoosiers are now 1-46 on the road vs. top 5 opponents. And Penn State SUCKS!

You could not have a better start at home vs The Tide. Then, some idiot has to jaw-jack his way to an unsportsmanlike 15-yarder. Tide scores to tie the game. And, No Mo PO hopes for you? But, Wait a Minute ... If refs do not call obvious pass interference against the Buckeyes, what chance does Illinois or any team have against this defense? 🤬It's an ILL wind that blows the Buckeyes into town; there's no champagne in Champaign today. Smitty's team looked spitty. 9 AM body clock KO. No B1G deal for the revitalized Bruins. B1G coaches, please stop whining about travel and KO times. Skipper captains UCLA to Neu heights. Next up for the Bruins, the Terps in LA. Is the Sun Bowl in play for 2-4 UCLA? Purdue at Minnesota - If a tree falls in Minneapolis ...

I went to GameDay, and a stripper audition broke out. 👍👌😁 I'm reasonably certain that Dan did something today that Saint Nick and Kirby, He So Smart, will never try to duplicate. 🤪 Hose the Hoosiers! Put Out Them Cigs!

Yep, 38-19 final score. UW 5-1 + in the PO hunt with the only loss coming against Ohio State. OBD's next week's opponent, Rutgers, is 3-3. Rutgers has lost several leads in the 2nd half this season. Next up for UW is a road game at Michigan. Then, Illinois in Seattle.

Will UW complete another comeback and win? I don't want Rutgers to be all that fired up in Week 8. UW 17- Rutgers 10, with about 10 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Georgia Tech defeated Wake last week in OT. Tech plays VA Tech tomorrow. No. 24 USF is up 56-36 at North Texas with 7 minutes left in the 4th. A win helps Miami's SOS. The G6 PO participant could be decided on 10/25 when USF visits No. 23 Memphis. GO DUCKS! Put Out Them Cigs!

He started for Cal in Autzen.

Thanks, NJ, for the Pay Wall rescue!👍 I'm an On3 newbie. Subscribed a short while ago so I could read all of the writers wo bailed on the NY Times and The Athletic.

Yahoo with an update on B1G entering into a private capital agreement with California?🤔 https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/big-ten-nearing-decision-on-24-billion-deal-with-california-pension-investment-fund-in-landmark-move-within-college-athletics-170051033.html To my understanding, the current media deal led by Fox expires in 2029-30 and not 2037. Prior articles had the investor receiving a 5% profit-sharing deal through 2026-27, and not 10% of the equity in the to be formed Big Ten Enterprises. This is a different deal with a state-owned entity. I'm not sure this deal makes sense. Especially for Oregon with an Athletic Department in the Black. However, both the Michigan and Ohio State Athletic Departments are bleeding Red ink. Could OBD veto the deal? California Public Employee Pension Fund (PERS) is functionally insolvent. I can't tell whether the Department referred to in the article is the same department as PERS.

How B1G will the 2025-26 Playoff Be? Big Ten projections, predictions for rest of 2025 season:...The Big Ten will have a tough time matching last season's four-team contingent that reached the College Football Playoff.

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