Jon Joseph

Pitt Duck, thanks so much for the post of the terrific article on Gabe. Bill Connelly's take on the PO quarter-finals is up on ESPN+, $ Wall, so here is a summary of Connolly's article, the point spread favorites, and the SP+ and FPI game predictions. 12/31 - Fiesta Bowl - Penn State - 11 vs. Boise State. "Since 2022, PSU's James Franklin is 33-1 when PSU was the favorite." SP+ PSU bu 11.5/ FPI PSU by 5.4. 1/1/25 - Peach Bowl - Texas -13 vs. ASU. "ASU finished the regular season as the hottest team in FBS, overachieving SP+ projections by 19.9 points a game during a six-game winning streak." SP+ Texas by 16/ FPI Texas by 11.8 1/1/25 - Sugar Bowl - Georgia -2 vs. Notre Dame. "Georgia and Notre Dame have met on three occasions, and all three games played out in similar fashion: The teams traded intense, physical blows for almost 60 minutes, then Georgia makes a late stop and wins." SP+ Georgia by 0.9/ FPI Notre Dame by 1. 1/1/25 - ROSE BOWL - OREGON +2.5 vs. Ohio State. "The winner becomes the national title favorite." SP+ Ohio State by 0.9/ FPI Ohio State by 1.2. ........................................................................................................................................... ASU is the last man standing with a chance to save face for the ACC and the B12. A Texas win by two or more TDs will help power the Power 2's argument for three to four automatic PO qualifiers for the B1G and the SEC. PSU as a favorite under Franklin wins. Google It. I expect PSU to attack Boise's vulnerable cornerbacks. Vulnerable due to Boise blitzing more often than any other team up to the quarter-finals. I do think Jeanty will go over 100 yards and PSU wins but Boise State covers. The Rose and Sugar Bowl games are close to Pick-'Em for the point spread, SP+, and FPI. Georgia will not have Carson Beck. But Georgia has played a far more grueling schedule than Notre Dame and Georgia's SEC champ game win over Texas is a better win than Notre Dame's victory over Indiana. I think UGA prevails. OREGON vs. Ohio State. That the winner of a quarter-final game is the ipso facto favorite to win it all exposes the PO for what it is. An untenable, jury-rigged format that will be corrected in 2026-27 if not before. GO DUCKS. Make the SP+ cry! Prove the FPI programming to be a lie! And make it a bad Day for Ryan, the Chipper, Willie Boy, and the tOSU D! TAKE NO PRISONERS! LEAVE NO CRUMBS!

Finebaum? Meh. Finebaum has relentlessly called for Day to be fired. This is 'keeping in his own lane,' right? Dan wears Finebaum Teflon due to his stints working for Saint Nick 😇 and He's So 🤓 Smart. Bury Brutus! Show Will There Is No Way! Chip Away and Win the Day! 🤩

Thank you, Sir Notalot. Post No. 13 - Will not be allowed in the mix. Sorry for the Triskaidekaphobia. Taking 0 chances. BASH BRUTUS!

A Chip Double-Dip Return to the Rose Bowl. Chip Kelly returns to the Rose Bowl, this time as Ohio State's offensive coordinator APNEWS.COM The Rose Bowl between eighth-seeded Ohio State and top-seeded Oregon in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal has many subplots for Chip Kelly. With many losses on the UCLA side of the field and his 2nd RB loss, this time in the Buckeyes coaches box.

A Buckeyes Tale of the Tape - Key matchup 'Tale of the Tape' insights: Ohio State vs Oregon CFP Rose Bowl showdown SPORTS.YAHOO.COM OK. This should be fun. We are just a few days away from the rematch of The Coaching Edge to OBD and the Overall Edge Too. This WIRE supports Ryan Day like the Trojans Wire supports Lincoln Riley. OBD - Make It So!

10 Top B1G Moments in 2024. Oregon Winning the Football Title over Favored Ohio State is No. 9 - Behind the Field Hockey Team's Natty. Big Ten year in review: Top 10 moments of 2024 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM National titles, legendary performances, breakthroughs and milestones: The Big Ten had it all in 2024. So the B1G Saturday Site ranks a conference newbie winning the title at No. 9? No. 9 equates to winning the conference's Rodney Dangerfield Award and I hereby rest my No Respect Without a Natty Case. 💩 Roast the Bucknuts!

A CBS Sports, Dennis Dodd's Take on the Quarter-Final Games. College Football Playoff games, predictions: Ohio State-Oregon rematch in focus, potential Cinderellas arrive - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The biggest storylines and predictions for the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff OHIO STATE 33 - OBD 32 - Get Off Of UO's Front lawn! BLOW UP THE NUTS!

Thanks for the post. I'm not pondering THIS until the end of the Rose Bowl game. The Ducks were dealt a bad hand by this fouled-up PO format but SO WHAT? OREGON is 0-2 in clearing The Title hurdle. The only thing that will somewhat abate, not end the Uncle Phil bought a title, not a physical team, all flash and no cash narratives is a Championship. The World Says: No great college teams in 2024. A Rose Bowl loss will confirm this POV; especially, if tOSU does not win the title. Go 16-0 with SIX WINS against PO teams and the Ducks can simply say: SCOREBOARD! AN ALL-TIME SCOREBOARD but for Yale before electricity and an FCS team or two. It took Kirby Smart time to get his 1st title. It comes full circle in Atlanta on 1/20/25 when Danno and the Ducks get payback for Lanning's opening act butt-kicking. It's the Ducks and not Ohio Against the World. ONE GAME AT A TIME. CRUSH THE BUCK'S NUTS!

Who Knew That an FSU Site Would Troll Miami? 😁 WHEW!!! Fans are letting the Miami Hurricanes football team have it on social media CHOPCHAT.COM Miami is getting trolled on social media. Keep It Coming!

The Better Conference? The Pac-7 Plus Gonzo Plus Fresno in 2026; or, The Thank Goodness for Syracuse Conference? 2024-25 Bowl Games and Playoffs prove the ACC is no 'Power' conference BAMAHAMMER.COM The college football bowl season is not over. But already the performance of one conference has made it clear the designation of a 'Power Four' in college footb The SEC Honks are doing their all to take the heat off the SEC. Right, Kiff? OMG! What if ASU gets Horny with Texas and the Domers Excommunicate UGA? Someone, please get a photo of Pawwall's head exploding. 🥵

Alabama? Underperform? Call in the Finebaum Inquisition Squad. Or, simply tune into ESecPN. BTW, Pitt went down the tube when its transfer QB from Bama got hurt. Was Milroe unavailable for the Tennessee, Oklahoma, and VANDERBILT games? 🦨

In the History of Football with the Forward Pass Has Any Plyer Who Committed PI Agreed with the Call? 🙃 Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith sounds off on OPI call before Oregon game DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM On October 12th, 2024, the Oregon Ducks won a game few outside of the state of Oregon expected them to win. They defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes, 32-31, maintaining their undefeated... SHUT DOWN SMITH. CASHIER CHIP'S O. 🤑

It's a Tough Crowd in South Central. Lincoln Riley clock management failures are a USC football crisis TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Lincoln Riley’s clock management at the end of the first half was simply atrocious. Riley cannot continue to neglect this part of the job. Something must be done. But not as unspooled as the fans in Columbus who want to say: Goodbye Ryan! ROAST RYAN! Put more Chips on that Hot Seat!

Love the Love for OBD's Payton Pritchard. Four under-the-radar NBA Eastern Conference performers WWW.YARDBARKER.COM We're giving the quiet achievers of this conference their flowers. Also love that PP hoops for The Olde Towne Team. 😎

You think Dan is fired up? Dan Lanning, Oregon Ducks Chasing 'Untouchable' College Football Record WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Brandon Marcello of CBS/247 Sports points out that in addition to taking on 11-2 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on January 1st, the Ducks are chasing a 130-year-old record, something that hasn't... The Record will be Touched, Caught, and Captured! 🤑

Mari(o) did his part to help Cam achieve a scam record before taking a seat as the fighting (on the sidelines) Mari(o) Men helped the ACC to a 1-9 Bowl record. CFB Saturday bowl game winners, losers: Pop-Tarts Bowl delivers; Cam Ward's decision puzzles WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Here are our winners and losers from the most wonderful day of the college football bowl year. This is what happens when you play 8 conference games. Lots of mediocre teams go Bowling and get beat down and beat up. 😜 The good news? One of the litigants lost. 🤓 I have yet to confirm that after watching UConn curb stomp the Tar Heels, Billy has decided to stay retired and work out to keep up with his granddaughter, er, girlfriend, and Stevie boy is out of a job. 🍻

Thanks, Jordan. My wagering buddies and I have the Ducks on the Money Line. So yeah, I'm putting my money where my dissing of Ryan, Chipper, Willie Boy, etc. appears, on the bottom line. GO DUCKS! Eviscerate the Bucks!

Then, There is This. Referee gets bloodied during fight between East Carolina and NC State LARRYBROWNSPORTS.COM One of the officials in the Go Bowling Military Bowl between East Carolina and NC State at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., was left Oh well, it is The Military Bowl. Ref Down!

Hell of a Team! Miami players get in sideline fight during Pop-Tarts Bowl LARRYBROWNSPORTS.COM Miami Hurricanes players threw punches at each other on the sideline during the first quarter of Saturday's Pop-Tarts Bowl at Camping World Stadium in A new low for Mary-Oh, Ho, Ho. Does Cam get a Pops-Tart Participation Trophy?😁

There's Cow Manure and then there is Male Bovine Excrement! How Low Can You Go? I'm going pro. Oops, Miami. Now? I'm going pro? He's probably driving a Maserati but there is No Way I'd let the guy get back on the airplane or the bus. Team, Team, Team, Right?

A Glimmer of Hope? On 11/22/25 the Answer in Autzen Will Be: NOPE! How USC can use Las Vegas Bowl comeback over Texas A&M as springboard for must-win 2025 season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM USC closed its season with a dramatic win over Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl, starring Ja'Kobi Lane Et tu Brute? Brutus, Ryan, Chip, and Willie Boy, You All Have It Coming! Sincerely, Octavian and Danno. 😎

Nuck, Nuck, Nuck! 😆 Alabama’s already-flimsy CFP argument got blown to smithereens by Navy FANSIDED.COM The Tide have spent weeks telling everyone they deserved a playoff spot, but their resume has taken some big lumps of late. HUMBLE HOWARD!

Could Navy's season have finished any better? WOW! Oklahoma better hope that the OC and QB coming to Norman from Wazzu (hats off to the Cougs for putting up a fight against Syracuse in the Holiday Bowl) make a difference. But for a change in venues, OK has the same brutal SEC schedule in 2025 that it played in 2024 while Texas again has it easy. Instead of beefing about the PO, perhaps the SEC should look at the SOS variances with its in-conference scheduling. This could be fixed before next season.

Terrific and fun comments. If I remember (always suspect) correctly, the B1G and the SEC are now 3-3 on the season. 2 wins by the Trojans, a win by Ohio State, and losses by Michigan, Wisconsin, and UCLA. The B1G teams are the underdog in the remaining bowl games. I am interested in watching No. 20. 9-3 Illinois versus No. 15. 9-3 South Carolina. Two of Illinois's Ls came on the road at No. 1 OREGON and No. 4 Penn State and the home loss to Minnesota was a more competitive game than the beat down of the Gamecocks by Ole Miss in Columbia. What is the future of bowl games? Difficult to tell. With the current bowl tie-ins the number of teams each of the Power 2 have in the PO will affect the match-ups down the line. I believe the SEC is deeper than the B1G, but it will be closer if USC (🤮) and UWho (🦨) get their Sierra (💩) together. Ole Miss and SC mutually canceled the H+H series that was scheduled to begin in 2025. Texas opens next season at Ohio State. Michigan plays at Oklahoma. Wisconsin plays at Bama. I don't see the scheduling agreement between the Power 2 happening before the 2030s at the earliest. For this to happen I expect the Power 2 would have to have at least three teams each guaranteed a spot in the PO. Greg Sankey clarifies future scheduling plans between SEC, Big Ten programs - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM Greg Sankey responded to the idea that SEC and Big Ten teams are engaged in future scheduling opportunities. On the season, with SC finishing 7-6, Coach Riley comes in at @$1.4 Million a win. Which is nice. 😁 BURY BRUTUS!

Has anyone considered that the SEC including Tennessee was not all that good in 2024? The Vols beat Bama! So did Vandy and Oklahoma. Big Whoop! And against a Bama team that Oklahoma destroyed, the Vols put up 24 points on its home field. The Vols O line was a sieve versus tOSU. The Ducks O line was solid versus tOSU helped out by a Heisman finalist QB whose play is in a different stratosphere than that of Tennessee Freshman QB Nico I. The vaunted Vols run game? The top drawer WRs? One of the best Ds in CFB? Like the game in Columbus, the entire Tennessee team no-showed against Georgia in Athens. Versus the best D the Vols O played against, it did nothing. This Tennessee team lost to Arkansas and looked bad in the process. The Vols were way overrated because of the conference it plays in. 9-3 Alabama finished No. 11. 9-3 Illinois finished No. 20. Two of the Illini's three losses came on the road against the No. 1 ranked and No. 4 ranked teams in the nation, OBD and Penn State. The Illini loss to 7-5 Minnesota was not a good loss but it was better than the Bama losses to Vandy and Oklahoma. The 3-loss SEC teams that 'all should have been in the playoff' were along with Tennessee and Texas, overrated; again, because there is no way the SEC can have a down year, right? Committee darling Texas has one win against a PO team, 3-loss No. 16 Clemson on its home field. With Carson Beck down, the two best teams remaining in the field will play in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State after being told they STINK by their fans and the SEC media honks played its best game of the season, at home and in favorable weather conditions. tOSU hit its season zenith. Not easy to duplicate the next time out. Oregon will perhaps get the respect it deserves after it wins a Natty but it will probably take a Clemson-like 4-team format run before the respect comes coast-to-coast. Cage Chipper! Ruin Ryan's Day! Bury Brutus. BTW - Could Tennessee beat Boise or Penn State? We know the Vols didn't come close to Ohio State. 😎