Jon Joseph

Pro Football Focus has Seven Buckeyes in its Top 10 Champ Game Players. College Football Playoff National Championship: 10 highest-graded players in Monday’s title game WWW.PFF.COM Notre Dame and Ohio State are set to square off for the 2024-25 National Championship on Jan. 20.

The In The Know Pro Football Focus Has OBD 2nd Behind Texas. College Football: Way-too-early top-25 for the 2025 season WWW.PFF.COM Max Chadwick reveals his way-too-early top-25 rankings for college football's 2025 season.

But Can't Find a Sober Driver to Chauffeur the Winning Coach? Wanna Get Away? WATCH: Golf cart carrying Ryan Day, Ohio State players hits wall following CFP National Championship - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Day and his players were heading to media availabilities when the accident occurred

From CBS, tOSU Broke the PO Code. Ohio State provided blueprint for success in 12-team College Football Playoff era: Will others follow suit? - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Buckeyes showed the world what it takes to win the national title in this new landscape

MIA and Mari-Oh-Ho-Ho Number 3? SSDD. College football rankings: Texas, Georgia, Miami lead way-too-early top 25 ahead of 2025 season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Looking ahead to the top teams entering the 2025 college football season

Where the rubber meets the road. 🤑 2025 Rankings, Vega$ $tyle. Way-too-early betting odds released for 2025-26 College Football Playoff national champion WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM In the early 2025-26 odds on FanDuel SportsBook, #Michigan has the fourth-best odds among Big Ten teams to win the College Football Playoff National Championship: 1. Ohio State +450/ Tied 2. OREGON and Texas +650/ 5. Penn State +850

The Domers with a nice comeback attempt But one touted defense showed up and the other, not so much. Total Yards - OHIO STATE 445/ NOTRE DAME 308 It didn't help that his kicker whiffed on the short FG attempt but not going for it 3rd and nine. I think some of Marcus' coaching fairy dust rubbed off in Atlanta.

247 Sports Too Early T25 - 1. Texas/ 2. Ohio State/ 3. Georgia/ 4. OBD 7. Penn State/ 19. Indiana/ 20. Illinois/ 21. Michigan/ 23. Nebraska. Athlon - 1. Ohio State/ 2. Texas/ 3. Georgia/ 4. Penn State/ 5. Notre Dame/ 6. OBD 18. Indiana/ 21. Illinois/ 22. Michigan Citrus Bowl - Illinois 21 - South Carolina 17 - 18 staters return for Illinois, 12 of 14 B1G honorees return. 247 has the Gamecocks No. 12, eight spots above Illinois. Athlon has South Carolina No. 12., nine spots above the Illini. Two titles in a row for the B1G but the SEC still receives the ranking benefit of the doubt.

1. PENN STATE - Warren is gone. No WR caught a pass vs. Notre Dame and the two WRs coming in from the portal are OK, not special. 3-0 to start: Nevada, Florida International, and Villanova OOC. Week 5 - Oregon is a 3.5 favorite playing in Happy Valley. Week 10. PSU plays Ohio State in Columbus and faces Indiana at home in Week 11. Also plays at Iowa and at a Michigan State team that always gives PSU trouble. Isn't James Franklin still at the PSU helm? TEXAS - Is there anyone left in Austin for Arch Manning to play ball with? Texas gets a repeat of an easy but for a trip to Athens, SEC schedule but the opener at Ohio State will be taxing. NOTRE DAME - Much more difficult schedule in 2025 and who replaces Riley Leonard at QB? LSU - Opens at Clemson in Clemson, SC, and not at a neutral site. Games at Ole Miss, Bama, and Oklahoma and vs. A+M and South Carolina. And Brian 'I'll never get to a title game at Notre Dame' Kelly is still in charge. Clemson is too high. UGA and tOSU are too low. And two B12 teams in the top 10? OBD. If Dante is ready to start, looking at the schedule I see a ceiling of 12-0 and a floor of 10-2. Beat the Bobcats!

Stewart, often wrong but never in doubt. WE'RE NO. 3 in the final AP Poll with wins over No. 1 Ohio State, No. 5 Penn State, No. 8 Boise State, and Number 16. Illinois. AP Poll top 25: Boise State ranked eighth in final poll WWW.SI.COM The 2024-25 college football season came to an end Monday night with Ohio State defeating Notre Dame, 34-23, in the College Football Playoff championship game. BOISE at No. 8? Best win: L to No. 3 OBD and L to No. 5 Penn State.

From the AP. Ohio State wins 1st national title since 2014, outlasting Notre Dame 34-23 in CFP championship game APNEWS.COM Ohio State can celebrate another title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid to walk away with a nailbiter of a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish. Did you have to mention 2024? 🤮

With the Pac-Whatever that was the last 'conference' to approve the change from 6-6 to 5-7, and having a veto power along with the other G5 conferences, we will not see significant if any, change next season as would be approved by the Power 4. The B12's beef over a G5 team being seeded ahead of ASU was legitimized in the PO 2nd round. No unanimous vote is required in 2026-27 with the B1G and the SEC holding more voting power than the other conferences. Seeding will be 'As Ranked.' If this was the case this season, OBD would have played the winner of No. 9 Boise State at No. 8 Indiana. 🤔An OBD or Indiana Rose Bowl win would have meant another $6M for the B1G and another $3M in travel expenses for the victor. Chip Kelly told John Canzano that he planned for a 16-game season and called plays accordingly. I guess at the start of the season Chip knew tOSU was in whether it won the conference title or even played in the Conference Champ game. Now, about the 3rd quarter malaise and being the B1G Champion. 😜

Thank you, OD. Great research. Bud Elliott, now with 247 Sports, introduced the Blue Chip Ratio in 2013. The formula worked for every college championship game played before 2013, worked in 2013, and for every season since 2013 including 2024-25. OBD had it won a BCS title or won a 4-team playoff title would have upset the Blue Chip Ratio cart. College Football has always been about the Jimmies and the Joes and always will be. Nick Saban won titles on Signing Day. He capitalized on the talent he brought in but Bama rarely had a roster ranked lower than its opponent's roster. In today's world of NIL and free agency, I believe that composite rankings including transfers ranked at the time of transfer, not coming out of high school matter. At the time they transferred Will Howard, Riley Leonard, Gabe, and Derrick Harmon were not 3* recruits. And in 2024-25, they weren't paid like 3* recruits. I believe it was Coach Saban last night who noted that transfers and returnees who could have gone pro are paid more than mid-level draft choices entering into their second contract. It seems, at least to this old-timer, that the script has flipped overnight from 'student-athletes' having no control to Athletes driving today's CFB bus. No wonder Nick decided to get off the bus. Rivals ranks transfer classes in addition to recruiting classes but I believe Rivals has not released a combined ranking as has 247 Sports and other services. There will be variances in the rankings but experienced college players should be easier to evaluate than players coming out of high school. When it comes to NIL, Division Street does not take a back seat to any collective. The seniors who returned to play for Ohio State were going to play one more year of college ball in Columbus and nowhere else. Nine transfers visited Oregon in the first portal go-round and Oregon signed all nine including the No.1 ranked OT and the No. 1 ranked Safety. I'm certain the Isiah World and Dillon Thieneman had more than one offer. Dan is working hard to bring top talent to Eugene. The kind of talent Ohio State has brought in year after year. The kind of talent that returned to Ann Arbor with Champion Michigan having the most players drafted in 2024, and returned to Columbus and Champion Ohio State which will lead the league in draft picks in 2025. The B1G finished the Playoff 6-3, with $2.55M for every team. Also, every team that traveled to a game received $3M expense money for every trip. That's $9M in expenses loot for THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. I trust that the Buckeyes did not fly Coach. 😁 Beat the Bobcats!

Is that Tyler's bodyguard sitting behind her and did she forget to brush? 🦨

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THE Ohio State University. QB with more than 4,000 yards passing. 2 WRs with over 1,000 receiving yards. 2 RBs with over 1,000 rushing yards. This was accomplished with a banged-up O-line that lost an AA tackle and an AA center and has had almost every game different O-line starting combinations including tonight in Atlanta. Res Ipsa Loquitur. I believe in OBD but the B1G King is still the King. The team with the No. 1 Blue Chip preseason roster won it all. It's always been and always will be about the Jeremiahs, Willies, Jacks, and the next star-up Joes. Hats Off to Chipper and Day! Big Ten All the Way!

A win 😍and a cover 🤑. And Bad Big Boy B1G has won the last two titles. Never happened in the BCS or 4-team PO era. Hats off to Ryan Day and hoping this will keep his unspolled critics at bay. Hats off to Notre Dame for fighting like the Irish on pay-check night. 🍻 These sure looked like the 7th and 8th seeds going at it, right? 🙃 OBD Fans! Wait Until Next Year! Moore to Moore for another score!😁

Moore's measurables are elite, including his arm strength. Breaking Down Elite Quarterback Dante Moore - Sports Illustrated Notre Dame Fighting Irish News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM Breaking down Notre Dame quarterback target Dante Moore

SPOT ON. In the history of sport, has a No. 1 seed been abused by the PO format as OBD was this season? The 7th seed vs. the 8th seed for the championship would be major news if the world did not see how badly the format was fouled up. One more year before Tony and Greg get the format fixed. Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez thinks the format is 'perfect.'🤔

Excommunicate Stephen A., eh? ESPN analyst buries Notre Dame, calls program "irrelevant" since 1988 SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Stephen A. Smith had some things to say about Notre Dame fans, and let's just say he didn’t hold back. During a recent episode of First Take, he compared the F

A Ducks Wire Ranking of Transfers to Date. Ranking Oregon Ducks transfer additions by expected production in 2025 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Ranking the Oregon Ducks transfer portal additions in 2025 by expected production next season.

Moore to Moore for another score! And I like the 2025 schedule. BEAT THE BOBCATS!

I want the Buckeyes to blow out and blow up the Domers but are the stars aligned otherwise? The luck of the Irish to date has had 4-leaf clover quality to it. Play 4 G5 teams, one-third of your schedule, no problem. You're still in the Playoff mix even though the ACC, your football pinata, and the SEC require its teams to play at least one P4 team out-of-conference. Notre Dame played two true road games in 2024. Notre Dame drew one of the easier paths to the title game, tonight's game will be the 16th and not the 17th game for the Irish by design. The starting quarterbacks for both Georgia P4 teams did not suit up against Notre Dame. ND opened the game up vs. Indiana with a 98-yard TD run and has been futile rushing the ball since. All-American Abdul Carter was blowing up the Domers O before he had to leave the game with an injury. And drawing a Penn State team coached by James Franklin in the semifinal game; well, what went down in the second half was predictable. (And Alex, is that a photo of Marcus vs. Ohio State from 2015 😩 ?) It's MLK Day (rest in peace Noble Sir) and Marcus (Hmmm?) Freeman, hats off to you Marcus, outside of HBCU games, is the first person of color to serve as the head coach in a college championship game. 👌👍❤️ However, I believe the luck of The Irish disappears tonight at the hands of the team with the best roster in college football that has played to its talent in two of its three playoff games (😒) to date and was able to overcome numerous self-inflected wounds in Dallas. BUCKS - 35 YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK - 20

Friend Gat, you won the Snow Bowl!😎 Hats Off. Especially to PSU grad Saquin Barkley.

As noted above, it's Steiney's 3rd season in Eugene coming up. Dan comes from programs where D won games and the O Chipped (Sor😛ry ) in. So, I think Stein is doing exactly what his boss wants him to do. Doing what Dan learned from NFL coaches he reached out to in a season where OBD could have played 17 games, those who coach teams that play 17+ games a season. OBD is a CFB team that does not frequently use its QB in RPOs. The longest run from scrimmage in 2024 was a 54-yard run by Gabe not by design, but when he scrambled. I believe, for it's worth, that Gabe should have played in a more QB-run-friendly O this season. The O was opened up vs. tOSU. Otherwise? Get the lead and throttle down for the win. Just Win Baby is the NFL mantra and also the style of play when Dan coached in Dixie at Bama and UGA. Unless the mindset changes, I do not think we will see a change in the ball control, defense-oriented paradigm. 35-6. Why change it up? If you want more wide-open O look to Dan and not Will. IMO, FWIW, OBD has to start taking advantage of the stud-recruited WRs and press 'the edges' in the run game more than we have seen. I think JJ and the O-line in a predictable run game O did as well as possible in 2024.