Jon Joseph

One question has been answered. LaVar Arrington, one of the guys who once helped PSU be LB U, will be the guest prognosticator. What team will Saint Nick pick? Does he go with his pupil, Danno, or with Jimmy Frank? Pulverize Penn State! On3ESPN reveals Week 5 College GameDay guest picker for Penn....

DUCKS 48 - 34 PSU - 3 TOs OBD - 3 sacks Pass Yards by OBD - 325 yds Punish Penn State! Take No Prisoners! Leave No Nits!

Is it OK if I get back to you on Saturday around 9 PM your time and early Sunday morning my time? The Right Coast is No Country for Sports-Watching Old Men! SIGH.🤬 However, since you inquired, and as I will shortly commit to in the prediction contest, I think OBD wins the game by two scores, at least. Drew Allar's safety blanket, TE Tyler Warren, has left the B1G and Beaver Stadium for a Bigger paycheck (I think?) 🤑 How will Allar respond to his first turnover in this game? The PSU OC knows he will have at least some success running the ball. But are the three newbie WRs going to give PSU a lethal passing attack? The PSU OC does not have Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate (Egbuka last season) on the field. There's a lot of youth in Oregon's Back 7, but the group is bigger and more athletic than the 2024 group. OBD has quick strike scoring ability that I don't believe PSU has. Jim Knowles doesn't have Caleb Downs on the field along with the other Buckeyes D guys who matriculated to the NFL. Penn State has a very good roster, but it is not on par with the roster Ohio State took to last season's playoff. Penn State, including a cupcake OOC threesome, is trying to duplicate what Michigan accomplished in 2024 and what Ohio State accomplished in 2025. I don't believe the Nits have the same talent level as Michigan and Ohio State, or the same coaching acumen. Plaster Penn State!

Yes, that Denzel. Hope this heading into Week 5 B1G Power Ranking provides some great movie memories and a few smiles. 😁😁😁 Off Tackle EmpireBig Ten Power Poll: Denzel EditionYour best source for Big Ten news, analysis and opinion from the fan perspective. Neuter the Nits!

Will James, again, get the blame? Is James Franklin the guy who made Penn State great again...This is the season Penn State and James Franklin have been building toward: the chance to go from great to elite. Has his coaching been holding them back, or did just need a superior roster?

CBS Sports Tom Fernelli advises CFB fans to place a wager on the Ducks! https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/the-six-pack-picks-for-penn-state-vs-oregon-alabama-vs-georgia-and-tom-fornellis-lock-for-week-5/

ESPN takes an in-depth look at OBD's uniforms. ESPN.com'Our tradition to is to be untraditional': Inside the lif...Throughout the past two and a half decades, Oregon has pushed the envelope when it comes to uniforms.

The Top 7 in the 2024 Portal Rankings, including OBD, are undefeated heading into Week 5. The Transfer Portal has revolutionized roster management. Pay now for untested high school players, or pay later for guys with college football experience? Returning Production? Clemson is No. 1 in returning production. 😁 Death Valley VoiceTransfer portal revolution: Breaking down its early effec...One term that is quickly becoming outdated in the new era of college football is "returning production." Over the past couple of seasons it has become evident t

These games are far better than the 5-and-dime, you know the winner before-kickoff games. And OBD is Number 1! On3Top 10 games to watch Week 5 of college football seasonMore than five top-25 matchups are on the books in Week 5. On3 is breaking down the top 10 games on the schedule. Note - the Auburn vs. Texas A&M game is being played in College Station, Texas, not Auburn, Alabama. SMH 😧

The NCAA can no longer control something as basic as eligibility. WOW. Vandy QB, Diego Pavia, broke the JC years counting toward eligibility last season. This goes one year beyond. If the judge's ruling is sustained, this brings CFB one step closer to a Super Conference. One wonders if the players will be student athletes or simply athletes drafted out of high school. Why does a sport that has always controlled its postseason play have any need for the NCAA?

Thank you, Darren. Your article hit all the key (not all the Keystone State keys, I hope) notes for a win in Beaver Stadium. Blue Chip Roster teams are a different animal, no doubt. In this case, a group of Nittany Lions, desperate for a significant victory, from the head coach on down. Shutting down Wisconsin in Madison last season on the road and playing in the 8th straight game against Big Ten opponents in front of a raucous crowd was noteworthy. However, was there a single player on that Badgers roster who would have started for OBD? Saturday is a Prove It game for both teams. Dan et al know that the Rose Bowl performance earned a solid 'F.' As you noted, a Prove It game for Dante Moore. Dante in today's world of CFB is a different animal. How many young players, two seasons removed from high school, would have chosen to sit behind an experienced QB and learn for a season? Not many. I don't believe there is a D in CFB that can shut down the OBD and PSU offenses. I watched Georgia's D lit up in Knoxville, Tennessee. Georgia, behind gutsy QB play, fought back, got the break it needed when a walk-off FG was missed, and the Dawgs escaped, as Kirby Smart admitted, with a lucky victory. Lucky or not, A W is a W. It's hard to win football games, especially on the road. OBD's schedule to date has been perfect for breaking in a new starter, at QB and 17 other positions. 18 new starters and OBD is 4-0. This is great coaching that is so easy to take for granted when your team has a significant roster advantage over the opponents. It's Blue Chip vs. Blue Chip. IMO, this game will come down to TOs, the same thing that happened last December in Indianapolis. I like our QB compared to their QB. I see OBD winning the turnover battle and winning a close game with at least 60 + cumulative points scored. Thanks again, Darren. Green Out the White Out! The grass is damn green in Eugene; it will not be whitewashed! 😍

Does Jim Knowle$ deserve his dough? https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/penn-state-stunned-college-football-world-by-poaching-jim-knowles-from-ohio-state-with-oregon-looming-its-time-to-find-out-if-itll-pay-off-133731213.html

Can you ask for anything Moore? Of course, we're Fanatics! How about a B1G back-to-back OBD white wash, including Greening Out a White Out, a B1G title, and a win on 1/19/26 in HardRock Stadium in Miami. 😍 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-power-rankings-indianas-fernando-mendoza-oregons-dante-moore-lead-surging-big-ten-crop/

I don't mean to Nits pick, it isn't All on Drew Allar, I guess? 'Know your enemy.' Sun Tzu and Pete Thamel. 😁 Drew could be the difference. But in which direction? This article focuses on the late-late interception against the Irish, of course, but recall Nikko nicking Allar and the Nits. 😍I certainly do! ESPN.comDrew Allar could be 'The Difference' for Penn StatePenn State ended last season in heartbreak again. Allar & Co. get their first shot at redemption Saturday.

Here's Looking at You, Drew. ESPN.comDrew Allar could be 'The Difference' for Penn StatePenn State ended last season in heartbreak again. Allar & Co. get their first shot at redemption Saturday.

There's method to the decommitment game. Find out what you're worth at Program O, a program with sound NIL management, and then put yourself out for bid. How many flips are up to the recruit compared to his parents and agent? Probably not that many. You could pay a recruit a signing bonus and have him sign a contract, but a program, Miami, for instance, will ignore the deal until the agreement passes muster in court. To date, the key OBD stat for me is that OBD has not lost a starter to the transfer portal. I trust Dan and company to fill holes from the portal. You're more likely to pay the correct salary to a guy who has played college ball and whose play at the college level is not a complete guess. Folks market their skills all the time. This is how Head Hunters, a/k/a business recruiting concerns, make their money. And Head Hunters have been known to tamper with a company's roster on occassion. 😁 Without an agreement with a players union there will be no surcease of players trying to earn all they can as soon as they can; especially, when you can put yourself up for auction season after season. Imagine what the NFL would look and what players would be paid without fines for exceeding a salary cap, and with no restraint on free agency and tampering. In other words, today's CFB. Before December's signing day, I simply ignore recruiting and the falaciously referred to 'commitments.'

You'll need to board the Soul Train to ask these folks the C(ommitment) Question - Zsa Zsa Gabor - 9 marraiges. 🤪 Only eight for - Liz Taylor, Lana Turner, and Mickey Rooney. Rooney's bank account got shorter after every divorce. 🤑

The line has swung in UW's favor. With three key starters out on defense, LB Al-Uqdah, CB Davis, and Nickelback McCutcheon out, I'm not sure why this is the case. UW's 22 straight home wins could end on Saturday. Scarlet and GameOhio State football betting odds vs. Washington shifting...After a needed rest, the Ohio State football team is returning to the gridiron this weekend, as a cross-country trip to Seattle is on the way to take on Washing

Week 4 Viewer Numbers Reflect the State of Today's CFB. The two most-watched involved SEC teams. Total number of teams by conference in the top 10 - B1G 9, SEC 4, ACC 3, B12 2, Independent 1, G6 1. On3College Football TV Ratings: Top 10 most-watched games of....

NFL talent galore on the field. I'm looking forward to the third round of Will Stein 😇 vs. Jim Knowles. 🤬 The judges' cards are even through two rounds. (OK, the first round may have been a draw? 😁) Will Tosh find a way to stop the PSU run game? Both Allen and Singleton rushed for over 100 yards in last season's B1G champ game. If they do this again on their home field ...? OBD needs to make Allar throw potential INTs. OBD, PSU, ESPN, NBC, and the CFB world at large expected both teams to be undefeated coming into this heavyweight rematch. How much have both coaching staffs on both sides of the ball been hiding against seven overmatched opponents? I think Sadiq will again freak out the Penn State faithful.👺 Show Knowles what he doesn't know! Put a Spankin' on Franklin! Sadiq, Freak Out! 🤪

Week 5 - Four B1G Playoff Showdown Games. SIForde-Yard Dash: Four Big Ten Showdowns Will Separate CFP...The SEC also has a pair of monster games on tap, while the Big 12 revolves around the state of Arizona and the ACC faces a trap weekend.

Dan Brings Mo Bamba to Practice. 106,000 + screaming Penn Staters will bring the noise. The crowd may break the all-time Beaver Stadium attendance record of 111,030, set last season when the Buckeyes visited. SIOregon's Preparation for Penn State Included Reluctant Pr...It's not Lanning's favorite song, but he'll endure it in the name of a potential victory in a huge game Saturday.

A 'prove it' game at Penn State - https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/oregon-has-something-prove-penn-state-has-everything-prove

College Football News predicts a W for The Mighty Ducks. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/oregon-vs-penn-state-prediction-preview-2025 Plaster Penn State! Put a Spankin' on Franklin! 😁

Love for the Ducks and the Hoosiers. Ducks cover +3.5 - make it so Danno! https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-vibe-check-week-4-indiana-sure-looks-like-the-next-indiana/