Jon Joseph

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.

Archie is under wraps until the 8/30 opener in Columbus, Ohio. Steve Sarkisian's spring game announcement means fans must wait for beginning of the Arch Manning era WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Manning, the nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, is slated to take over as the Texas starting quarterback after backing up Quinn Ewers from 2023-24.

Lots of fun. Connor McDavid, a skating speed demon, opened and closed the scoring for Canada vs. the USA. Five takeaways from Canada's thrilling OT win over U.S. in 4 Nations Face-Off final WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Canada defeated the United States, 3-2, in overtime Thursday night in the 4 Nations Face-Off, capping off an incredible tournament.

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables is on the hot seat and has to play this competition. Wow. Michigan, Auburn (hasn't done much of late but does have a Blue Chip roster,) Texas (Dallas,) at South Carolina, Ole Miss, at Tennessee, at Alabama, Missouri, and LSU. How about Coach Luke Fickell's toasty seat at Wisconsin? Miami (Ohio) a team predicted to win the MAC and contend for the G5 playoff spot, followed by a game at Alabama. Then, how's this for four Saturdays in a row? At Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, at Oregon. After a well-deserved week off, Wisconsin plays UW, at Indiana, Illinois, and at Minnesota. 😁 No ACC, B12, or G5 schedules come close to these two gauntlets which is why the B1G and the SEC want four assured playoff spots for each conference. Scheduling in these mega-conferences matters more than ever and I respect the B1G for trying to balance the schedules out from 2024 through 2028. In 2027, OBD plays at Michigan and entertains Ohio State and Penn State.😉

Bummed that I missed the banter. Wi-Fi picked a great time to go down. Hats off to Canada. Talk about even. Two games, and four goals for both teams. Hats off to the NHL. This was much better than an 11-10 All-Star game that looks like a skate in the park. Hopefully, Wait Until Next Year! Something Red Sox fans said for decades. 😁

Yahoo! A B1G QB Update. Big Ten Spotlight: Quarterback storylines to follow this spring SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Four-star quarterback Jonas Williams committed to Oregon in August.

Et tu, Texas. Texas to eliminate spring game, joining growing list of college football teams opting for NFL-style OTAs - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian is the latest coach to do away with the traditional format Texas is another team that played 16 games in 2024-25.

Commissioners Petitti and Sankey Speak and Show Respect for Other Less Successful Conferences. SEC and Big Ten are prepared to push for changes to CFP seeding in 2025 APNEWS.COM The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference will push for changes in the way College Football Playoff teams are seeded next season to coincide more with how teams are ranked by the CFP selection... The coverage of playoff expansion from Stewart Mandel, Dennis Dood, and other well-known college football journalists has been way over the top. A 14-team or a 16-team playoff with guaranteed spots for the B1G, SEC, ACC, B12, G5, and Notre Dame, if ranked high enough, will not kill the sport any more than expanding to 12 teams killed the sport. If all conferences had rosters equivalent to Power 2 rosters, played the same number of games, and had similar strength of schedules, four spots for the B1G and the SEC would not be necessary but this, of course, is not what we have in college football.

More on tonight's game from the AP. U.S. and Canada want to put the new Cold War on ice and play a 4 Nations hockey final for the ages APNEWS.COM The U.S. and Canadian hockey teams are trying to skate back the geopolitical tension that has infiltrated the 4 Nations Face-Off as they looked ahead to the championship game Thursday night for...

It's unfortunate that Boston Bruin defenseman McAvoy is out. He is a body-bruising tone-setter and a Bean Town favorite. Tonight's ticket price is higher than a Game 7 Stanley Cup ticket. The Bossten Gahdan will be rockin'! USA! USA! USA!

Let's Hear It For: OBD Man David Marsh Up on Yardbarker! Is 2025 The End of Lanning’s Mercenary Teams? | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM Dan Lanning came to Oregon when the transfer portal was in full swing and NIL was in its early years. Unlike many other coaches, he opted to retain most of the…

An Update on Yesterday's Power 2 Meeting. Big Ten, SEC leaders discuss College Football Playoff changes with seeding, auto bids among pressing topics - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM A nine-game SEC schedule could also be on the horizon with an expanded playoff format

On Wisconsin! Or, should it be, Oh No Wisconsin? Luke Fickell contract: One-year extension pushes Wisconsin coach's deal through 2031 on heels of 5-7 campaign - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Badgers historically hand out one-year extensions at the conclusion of each season Good luck Coach. Fickell at Wisconsin is 0-5 vs. the top 25. 2025 schedule - Miami (Ohio,) a contender for the G5 PO spot, at Alabama, at Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, at Oregon, UW, at Indiana, Illinois, at Minnesota. 😁 The most difficult 2025 schedule in the B1G.

ND, after the champ game Day said the team was exhausted having played 16 games and four in a row against quality competition. He pushed the start of spring practice back two weeks. I think health issues have more to do with canceling spring games than does portal picking. Quality Georgia, Nebraska, TOSU, OBD, etc., players are on the radar whether or not they play in a spring scrimmage. If the House settlement is approved and rosters are cut how much contact will we see in the spring? It's a new paradigm and it's another reason why I'd like to see OBD open at home vs Portland State every season.

Thank you, Charles. We used to have the hypocrisy of the student-athlete. Now, we have the hypocrisy of scribes Stewart Mandel, Dennis Dodd, and others who are making far more bank covering CFB than they could have imagined beefing about the two most successful 'companies' in a big business being at the forefront of the business. Mandel's, The Athletic is owned by the New York Times. When the Times bought The Athletic, Mandel scored. If 134 teams were on an equal competitive CFB footing and the NCAA had a broadcast monopoly, Mandel would be shuffling to make a dime as a beat writer. Dodd's CBS is part of a consortium led by Fox, that pays B1G money to the B1G conference. Does Dodd want the Pac-2, 7, whatever, to have veto power over how the CFB postseason is managed? Last season, 48 of the 50 most-watched CFB games involved a B1G and, or, an SEC team. From the inception of the BCS in 1998, through 2026, the Power 2 would have had four teams in an expanded PO field far more often than not. But, the PO is better because 13 people who refuse to disclose how they choose to pick and seed the PO field decide that a G5 team, Boise, should be arbitrarily seeded ahead of B12 champ ASU, thus sending ASU to play in Atlanta instead of playing in Phoenix. Horse Hockey! A 16-team field with eight automatic Power 2 qualifiers and a 14-team field with the same qualifiers, 4-4-2-2-1-1, gives millions of dollars to the B12 it did not earn in 2024-25 and assures the ACC of two participants without Clemson coming in through the back door. How is 'THIS' injurious to the long-term health of college football? Injurious to the ACC, B12, and G5? In a capitalistic system, two competitors have separated themselves from the field. What's new?

Will 2025 see champagne in Champaign? The Illini return 18 starters from a 10-win football team. Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt predicts non-CFP 10-win ranked Big Ten team to shock the college football world in 2025 WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Which team is poised for a breakout season this fall? Joel Klatt weighs in. TOSU and USC play at Illinois and OBD, PSU, and Michigan are not on the schedule. There are tricky road games at Indiana, UW, and Wisconsin.