Jon Joseph

FWIW. I'm Just Happy that Gus Won't Be There! Joel Klatt predicts Oregon Ducks as national championship winners DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are officially Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt’s pick to win the national championship this season.

Win the Rose Bowl, Orange, or Cotton Bowl and the Championship Game in Atlanta and R-E-S-P-E-C-T will (grudgingly) follow. Then, once OBD climbs The Mountain, there will be plenty of folks around ready to pull Oregon down. 😁 Don't Worry! Be Happy! Oregon is the B1G Conference Champion and in the Playoff Hunt.😍 And playing in THE ROSE BOWL. Put the Hurt On Heupel! Relish Reaming Ryan!

The only thing I know with moral certainty when it comes to this hodge-podge, OBD should be playing the winner of No. 9 Boise State at No. 8 Indiana. Any suggestion that UGA should be out is comparing 2023 rotten apples to 2024 rotten peaches. In 2023, FSU should have been in any sensible form of playoff. (BTW, with two losses the Committee could have ranked Georgia behind 1 loss Boise State and also seeded Georgia behind 1-loss Boise State. It would have been counter-intuitive, but in theory, conference champs Oregon and Georgia could have been ranked anywhere within the top 4 the Committee so desired. Blow this abomination up ASAP!) Georgia IMO is the favorite to win the title even with a backup QB. Round 1 - BYE Round 2 - Notre Dame or Indiana in New Orleans. Round 3 -SMU/Penn State/Boise State in Miami or Dallas. Champ Game - Home away from home in Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The thought that UGA should not be in the field because Beck is banged up is absurd. Georgia is in this position because of its DEFENSE and coaching. Ruin Ryan! Chip Kelly! Humble Heupel!

I think Georgia will advance to the champ game. I do not see Notre Dame or Indiana defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Penn State, SMU, or Boise State in the next round? Georgia could have easily won the game at Bama. The bad loss to Ole Miss happened in Oxford, with Georgia forced to do O-line shuffling like OBD and Ohio State have had to do this season. Urban Meyer, among others, has noted that the O-line is the toughest position to recruit in today's game. Georgia does not have field-stretching players on O like McConkey and Bowers, and its best RB, Etienne, has been injured. Beck tried to do too much and was error-prone. Georgia shut down Texas twice. Texas D stats may be better than Georgia but this is due to Texas playing a lightweight SEC schedule. For FPI to have Texas as the favorite to win it all, is computer nonsense. Georgia will play in New Orleans, probably Miami, and then in Atlanta, and be favored at least up to the champ game in Atlanta where it could be favored over OBD and any other opponent. Gerogia's road to the title is an easier path than OBD's. Kirby Smart has won two PO championships The Dawgs are better coached than Texas and any other team in the PO until hopefully, Danno proves otherwise. In this format, the SEC champion was not going to be kicked out of the field. Fortunately, the wizards on the Committee did not seed Georgia behind Boise State and ASU. Lots wrong with this PO but Georgia as the 2nd seed is righteous. Trash Tennessee! Wreck Ryan!

Saturday Down South Knows That Gabe is No. 1. (And gives Ewers the skewer!) Ranking the 12 College Football Playoff quarterbacks - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM National championships are won with great teams and strong quarterback play. Who's the best this year? We rank the 12 Playoff QBs.

The school may not want to fire Riley ($) but the players? What does Jen Cohen need to see before parting ways? Pete Carroll is only 1 year older than Chapel Bill?

A good review but Wisconsin along with Rutgers should have had the difficulty of its schedule noted, a schedule that includes a game at Bama. 'Oregon could be troubled by travel?' I don't see this being a problem for football. Maybe back in the day but it's a six or so-hour flight to New Jersey and not a three to four-day train ride. Guys aiming for the NFL best get used to this kind of travel. "Oregon State is still a solid program." 🤣🤣🤣

Hammerin’ the B1G: Key takeaways from the 2025 Big Ten schedule SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Big Ten football has set the 2025 schedule, and there will be some intriguing matchups across the board.

Ben Koo? Who knew? The author graduated from UT Chattanooga. I'll wait until Saturday night to see how orange is the Shoe. A reliable FG kicker makes two kicks he never misses and the beef is over tOSU not covering, not whether Day should be the coach. BTW, a takeover of The Shoe by Vol fans would be the worst possible look for the Big Ten. BASH BRUTUS! VILIFY THE VOLS!

Charles, great take on the quarter system. How many Trojans players will be making the trip to Vegas to play A+M? "Cancel the bus, we'll use Carol Folt's SUV." For something to Stay In Vegas, doesn't it first have to arrive in Vegas? 😍

Wisconsin, coming to Autzen in 2025, is battling back against the B1G's toughest 2025 conference schedule with 2 QB transfers. Wisconsin lands two starting QBs via transfer portal WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Fickell and his staff had to move quickly to restock Wisconsin's shelves at quarterback, and the Badgers have brought in two veteran quarterbacks in one day to try to turn this thing around for... Drew Allar announces he is returning to Penn State and the PSU backup QB bolts so the QB transfer spots are not filled and he won't be left behind. Does CFB have to be this screwed up?

CBS ideas for a Playoff fix. Change certainly coming to College Football Playoff, but how much and when? 'Too soon to say it's broken' - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Debate over all matters related to the CFP has the attention of the game's leaders It was broken from conception. This Emperor had no clothes from Day 1. 😩

EXACTLY! This is why OBD needs Ohio State to defeat Tennessee and for Penn State and Indiana to also win the 1st round games. A rising Tide lifted all SEC boats. We need a B1G splash to raise the B1G boats. The B1G needs to be B1G on the field and not just in the banker's office. Most importantly, Oregon has to break through with a title, and then a couple of more to lose the Uncle Phil paid for it all trope. Two-thirds of the population of the USA live east of the Rockies. A John McKay, and Pete Carroll performance, plus, because OBD is north of LA, will be needed to bring Oregon into the blue section of the CFB blood bank. Danno, Division Street, et al are working on making the dream come true. Now Rob, about Boise State and a game at Utah State?

The sine qua non - Rankings equal Seedings. Not sure of the number but there is no need to rank 25 teams and artificially goose the schedule of certain teams. The SEC has 3 teams in the PO field and 50% or more of the conference was ranked during the season. Of course SEC teams will have 'Good Wins.' DUH! Home games for the higher-seeded teams until the 'Super Bowl.' This so-called PO is serving two masters because the PO paymaster, Disney/ESPN, is heavily involved in bowl games. This is not that hard CFB, you only have to look at the NFL and NCAA Playoffs. As is the case with the CBB Committee, SOS and SOR have to matter uniformly and not when it suits the Committee's purpose. A group of 5 team Boise, with a poorer SOS than ASU should not be playing in Phoenix with ASU sent to Atlanta. If this happened to an SEC team Greg Sankey would be going bat spit. Like the CBB Committee, use quads to distinguish good wins and good losses. The CBB rankings are not updated every week but the metrics are updated every week without a broadcast. Like CBB, there will be plenty of discussion without a dedicated television program. Just like we see with the AP and Coaches polls. The media does not run the CBB tournament other than controlling the time the games are broadcast. Yes, some fanatics will beef about CBB team No. 69 being left out but that comes with the territory (and with Dick Vitale.) The CFB PO is a monetized mess with far too many cooks in the kitchen. The G5 should have its own PO. The CFB PO today will lead to the consolidation of the PO with the Power 2 and not ESPN in charge. Before the start of the 2024 season, it was clear that a 12-team PO with senseless seeding might solve the Florida State bruhaha but was going to raise more issues and complaints than the 4-team PO. This season? We should return to the BCS - OBD vs. Georgia - BUT NOT IN ATLANTA! 😁

Where was he vs. Power House Nebraska, I ask ya.

A Reddit Alert SOS 2025 B1G Schedule Ranking. I agree that the Badgers are behind the 18 Ball.

These changes need to happen. WHY does Notre Dame have a vote? Change certainly coming to College Football Playoff, but how much and when? 'Too soon to say it's broken' - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Debate over all matters related to the CFP has the attention of the game's leaders

Grandpa, are you ready to rock with Rocky Top for 4+ hours? 😍 Almost as bad as the never-ending Fight On! 🤔 I want the SEC to go 1st game 0-2 and UGA to lose to Indiana in the Sugar Bowl. I'm all in with the B1G and looking for BIGger $ come 2031. We are in a two conference fist fight and behind by more than a few rounds.

However, nothing is new under the Sun. OBD had to wait this long for every Parade in Pasadena the Ducks attended. Let the Crocketts and the Days beat up one another in an icebox before they have to play in the Pacific time zone, without all of the pre-game Rose Bowl hoopla. No offense, Lowry's. 😁 THIS is OBD's one geographic break in the SEC-centric PO game sites.

According to Professors Fischer and Einstein, nothing is longer than the CFB off-season and nothing is shorter than the season itself. 🥲 So says my Relative. Are You Ready For Some CURLING? 🙃 Break out the brooms!

I'M SHOCKED! [Rob, pay whatever it takes to drop the game at Utah State, eh?]

Miami fans don't drive 30 miles north of Coral Gables for "Home Games." They're going to travel 239 miles to Orlando? Subtract 14 letters from "T" and you have the correct moniker for this loser. 🦨 U fans, Orange you glad you have Cri$tobal as your head coach? Up 21 points vs. the No. 21 Syracuse Orange with a Heisman finalist QB at the helm, a guy you paid big bucks to, and you lose? A new low for Mari(o)h no)). How lowwww can you go? 🤓 Cam, buddy, even Michael Irvin, Jr. won't be watching this game. 🤮 Cyclones and Hurricanes. At least two or three FEMA folks will be on hand. 💩 Maybe?

NO!

VOLS COMIN'! Every Tennessee fan needs to see this College Football Playoff hype video ALLFORTENNESSEE.COM Tennessee is less than one week away from playing in its first College Football Playoff game in program history. After winning ten games this year, the Vols wil Tennessee with the better run game? We'll see.

He'll Skatter You Too! Take a Chip Out of Ryan! Humble Heupel! Cam Skattebo SATURDAYBLITZ.COM Arizona State blew out Iowa State by more than four touchdowns to win the Big 12 Conference title. It was their first outright conference championship since 199