Jon Joseph

Talk About BAD Advice in the Long Term. Maybe he can QB Gonzaga 🤪 in the Pac-7? Tennessee moving on from Nico Iamaleava strikes a blow against never-ending NIL negotiations - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Iamaleava's original deal with the Vols made him the face of NIL, now his departure from the program shows its downfalls

Charles, Spot On! As I posted above, if Danno had a role in any of this 'stuff' it was tipping off his friend Josh Heupel and nothing more. Nico was average last season with one of the easier SEC schedules. I believe he failed his 'Show Me More Money,' tryout vs. Ohio State. 😁I think he'd be hard-pressed to win the backup QB job with OBD. I don't see Division Street throwing millions of dollars at this kid or a big chunk of House Settlement money being allocated to Nico. Nico leaving Tennessee for more money when he was making millions in Knoxville is not a good look. The type of behavior that will undoubtedly turn some CFB fans off.

It has been reported that Dan tipped off the Tennessee coach, Heupel, that Nico's representatives were shopping him. The article on Fansided noted that Dan wasn't interested in Nico and speculated that he alerted Heupel so Nico wouldn't go to USC or Ohio State. Dan may have tipped off Heupel as a courtesy but for no other reason. Nico looking for 'market value,' has left the program. Another article had him looking at SC, Ohio State, and three SEC schools. Ohio State has a bevy of young QBs. SC has 5-star Husan Longstreet who flipped from A+M. UGA, Bama, and Ole Miss were also mentioned as landing spots. However, the SEC continues to restrict Spring portal intraconference transfers by not allowing immediate eligibility. This is the first but not the last of college players with NIL deals looking to improve their deal(s) by threatening to walk. Without transfer restrictions in the NFL, we'd see the same thing in the pros and even with restrictions NFL players occasionally hold out of practice. If the House Settlement is approved, players will receive payments directly from their university. I imagine contracts will prohibit Nico-like behavior but will restrictions hold up in court? The professional leagues have enforceable restraint on movement because the players are members of a union that bargains on their behalf. IMO, the House Settlement is a last gasp by the NCAA to have any control over football. The settlement may slow down but it will not stop an NFL-Lite College Super League with bargained agreements with the players.

Matayo Looking to Bring It in 2025. Matayo Uiagalelei ready to build on career year for Oregon football DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Oregon Ducks edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei is ready to build on a career year in 2024 and handle the pressure of being great going forward.

Thank you, 30, for the post. I'm so happy that Danno and Ryan Day for that matter, are not following the coaching lemmings over the cliff when it comes to calling off Spring games because of poaching concerns. Every team with a Blue Chip Roster is being scouted by player agents 24/7. Seeing players perform in a Spring game will not be the deciding factor on which players get poached. Ohio State and Alabama with three players each vying for the starting QB spot will likely lose at least one QB to the portal, open from 4/15 through 4/25, even though coaches say competition for the starting spot will continue to the opening game. It's interesting that OBD's Spring game will be played on 4/26, one day after the portal closes, but this is not Machiavellian, the 26th falls on a Saturday. (I think? But with Danno in charge? 🤔) Novo is pressing Dante for the starting spot. Novo and his representatives have to be hearing from the poachers. Among other teams, Florida QB DJ Lagway's shoulder is hurt and he also has a lower-body injury, he may have to have shoulder surgery. If this is the case the Gators will be poaching with a big check in hand. I sure hope Novo stays put. On the Duck (not Dark) Web, The Bellotti and Gonzo Group is -1.5 over The Brooks and Bucky Boys 😁.

An Update on the Tide's QB Battle There'll be at least 1 odd man out of Alabama's 3-man QB room (and maybe 2), no matter what's being said - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM There are all sorts of dynamics within the Alabama quarterback room for 2025 and beyond, including potential portal entries.

The New TOSU is Coming to You on Saturday, BTN Noon Eastern Time, 9 Pacific. Who is Ohio State in 2025? New-look Buckeyes will begin search for identity in spring game - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM On the heels of the national championship win, Ohio State is replacing key faces on the field and the sideline Last season's playoff and 2025 preseason highly-ranked teams OREGON, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas, and Notre Dame have to replace many quality players including their respective starting QBs. Clemson with 81% of its 2024 production returning including starting QB Klubnik, and Penn State with 67% of its 2024 starting production returning including QB Drew Allar and RBs Singleton and Allen, who both went for 100+ yards vs. OBD in the B1G champ game, have a head start heading into 2025. Of the SEC just-missed 2024-25 playoffs teams, 3-loss Bama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and 4-loss LSU, the Gamecocks and Bayou Bengals both have quality starting QBs returning. New QBs for Bama and Ole Miss. Which teams will reload the best?

Very good game but BU defeated Penn State 3-1 and will play W. Michigan for the title on Saturday.

Exposure? Exactly. It's all about Eyes on the Prize, how many are tuning in to watch a team play ball? One G5 game made the list of the 50 most-watched last season: Army vs. Navy on a Saturday when it was the only game being broadcast. OSU and WSU could align with the best G5 teams and the result would still be a G6 program.

Frozen Four Semifinal 1 - Western Michigan 3 Denver 2. The winning goal was scored with 1 minute remaining in Double OT. Double OT delayed the start of the second game. At the end of the 1st Period, it's Penn State 0 Boston University 0.

Sayin Just Isn't Taking Over the QB Spot Without A Battle 😁 Will Julian Sayin start for Ohio State? Five-star Buckeyes QB can show he's ready at Spring Showcase WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Five-star freshman sat behind Will Howard last season and is now fighting to be the starter when the Buckeyes face Texas to open the season.

Patience! A Title is Coming. Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning given eye-opening 3-word national championship prediction WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Dan Lanning may wind up in the national title game sooner than anticipated.

Moore Speed Please. Dante Moore Reveals Main Goal Before Oregon’s Upcoming Season Redshirt sophomore is prioritizing speed as Ducks look to keep run threat alive under center https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/dante-moore-reveals-main-goal-before-oregons-upcoming-season

College Football's Preseason Top 10 Best Receivers. Evan Stewart, you made the list, buddy. Honorable mention for Kenyon Sadiq and Dakorien Moore. Ranking the best receivers in college football for 2025 - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM It's no surprise that Jeremiah Smith tops our list, but after that, the voting was wide open.

Greg Sankey - "Gentlemen, we have an ice hockey gap!" 🥵 The Denver Pioneers have 10 titles, the most in Men's College Hockey. Like Penn State, this is Western Michigan's first Frozen Four appearance. This does not make the folks in Ann Arbor, Michigan happy. 😩 This is the Wolverines first Frozen 4 miss in the last five seasons. Men's Ice Hockey is the only NCAA postseason event that uses metrics only to choose and seed the field. 64 teams play Men's Ice Hockey, 16 make the NCAA Tourney.

Nice showing from our two LA full-share friends. USC - Most bet on. UCLA - Lots of grads. Otherwise, no appearances in the top 10 most-watched football teams or otherwise. It's a good thing FOX captured the LA market, right? The USC vs UCLA game was broadcast by FOX. Other than that, UCLA played Iowa and at UW on Friday night with both games kicking off at 9 PM Eastern. USC played Rutgers in LA on Friday night with the game kicking off at 11 PM Eastern. CBS covered SC at Michigan and Penn State at SC. Both games at 3:30 Eastern, went up against a top-draw SEC game broadcast by and promoted on ESPN. FOX kept ESPN out of the college football LA market but its college football broadcast 'strategy' led to an ESPN broadcast beatdown and SEC broadcast numbers lapping the B1G's numbers. Will FOX alter its 'strategy' in 2025, or continue to consult with Larry Scott? 😴

Tonight, the Frozen Four Semifinal Games will be played. Frozen Four 2025: Where to watch NCAA hockey tournament, bracket, start time, TV channel, live stream, preview - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Denver takes on Western Michigan while Penn State faces Boston University First-time Frozen 4 participant Penn State takes on perennial college hockey power Boston University. Penn State started the season behind a B1G 8-Ball losing its first 8 conference games before turning its season around and winning the B1G Postseason Playoff and then defeating Maine and UConn to make the Frozen Four. Saturday - Big Ten Network - Noon Eastern, 9 AM Pacific - Ohio State Spring Showcase. On the Big Ten Network yesterday, Ohio State coach Ryan Day noted that this spring has seen the most contact since he arrived at Ohio State. The players are fired up about the opening game Cotton Bowl rematch vs, Texas. There will be a 'game' and not just a skills showcase as the TOSU D goes against the O. Know Thine Enemy! If you tune in to one or both events enjoy! Bonus: Oregon golfer Wyndham Clark is in the Master's Field and will be teeing it up at least on Thursday and Friday.

Another 'Thank You' to my Editor. The Athletic continues to allow comments on its articles and the comments regarding the Wolverines coming in No. 1 were largely negative or censored. I expect this would be the case for any team that came in at the top. After all, 'Fan' is short for 'Fanatic.' This exercise did show that OBD is right there with the B1G's historic Big 3. When, not if the B1G goes to Eyes on the Prize and Eat What You Kill, the latter better not include home attendance. 🤓 And it also emphasized that Notre Dame is The expansion prize. Cage the Cats!

Look for a B1G Rubber Duck floating in front of The Bellagio 😎.

Dee Lusion, say hello to AL. 😜

Thank you, Mr. Editor. I'm glad it's Melbet and not, Malbet. 😁 Two errors, both on Me. Iowa competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), while South Dakota is a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team. This was easier when we had D1, D2, and D3. Duh. BATTER THE BOBCATS!

Week 5 for OBD at Penn State is B1G for OBD. Penn State is one of two preseason ranked teams on the 2025 schedule. The other opponent is Indiana in Autzen. PSU and Indiana in Week 7, are back-to-back B1G games for Oregon. After consuming three huge cupcakes in Happy Valley, PSU has the week off before playing the Ducks. Before traveling to Beaver Stadium to play PSU, OBD plays the Beavers in Autzen. Both OBD and the Hoosiers are off in Week 6. OBD will be PSU's first test of the season. To the chagrin of PSU fans, last season's game vs. Ohio State was a B1G Noon kickoff in Beaver Stadium, not a Whiteout. If FOX stays with the same broadcast 'strategy' it used in 2024, the Oregon game will kickoff at Noon Eastern. CBS had dibs on the B1G 3:30 KO time it had in the SEC. NBC generally batted clean up with the best B1G late game. This 'strategy' led to the B1G being blown away by ESPN's coverage of the SEC. Wisely, the most impactful SEC game of the week occassionally kicked-off at 3:30 PM Eastern but on most occasions the SEC's prime games were played in prime time, 7:30 Eastern KO. In Week 5, the next B1Ggest game is Michigan at USC. I expect this game will KO at 7:30 Eastern. If as I expect, conference revenue distribution in the B1G, as it is now the case in the ACC, will be based on the number of viewers who watch a team's games. If this is the case and the B1G stays with FOX for the next media deal, B1G commissioner Petitti best negotiate more control over KO times. More folks would turn into a Penn State matchup at 12:30 or 4:30 Pacific rather than at 9 AM Pacific. For the greatest impact on both teams, I'm going first with LSU at Clemson. Brian Kelly in his four seasons at LSU has not won an opening game. Like Ole Miss last season, LSU opened up the wallet and is 2025's No. 1 ranked portal picker. With Dabo generally eschewing the portal, this is a prove-it game for Dabo and Clemson. Both teams come into this game with experienced QBs, which is rare in CFB in 2025. The Clemson Tigers close with the rivalry game at South Carolina and need to notch a win over the SEC in Clemson's Death Valley. Next, I think the game with the second longest season impact will be Notre Dame at Miami. Will Beck be all that for the Canes? Will Freeman be able to find a quality QB. Has Miami's D improved under the new DC hired away from Minnesota? Can Miami recover from an opening home loss? It better be able to because Florida visits in Week 4. Texas at Ohio State is the headliner, no doubt. But if the game is competitive I don't think the loser will be penalized up to and including Selection Sunday. Great topic. Thank You! Enjoy the CBB Championship.

OREGON tied for the 26th-best odds to win it all in 2026. 2026 NCAA championship odds: Duke early favorite over Houston to win national title in March Madness next year - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM With the 2024-25 season wrapped, it's time to take an early look at the 2025-26 landscape Thanks, sports fan, for the great post. I'm always interested in what folks with money at risk think.

'B1G Dog' Ducks Schedule Ranked 8th out of 18 - Which Big Ten football team has the toughest schedule in 2025? DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Breaking and and analyzing which teams in the Big Ten have the easiest and hardest football schedules in the 2025 season. DW has Illinois with the easiest schedule and Wisconsin with the most difficult schedule. Illinois's ranking is debatable. Wisconsin's ranking is not debatable. Using the preseason SP+ rankings? Caveat - At the close of the 2024-25 season, SP+ had Ohio State on top which is fine. But 3-loss Ole Miss which missed the Playoff ranked 2nd? 🤔 Hmmmmmmmm? Like Preseason Top 25s, ranking SOS before the season plays out is a WAG. Last year, no one saw Indiana skewing up the B1G SOS rankings.

Jay Williams Calls Out Schizo Champ Game Refs - 🤪 Jay Williams calls out national championship officials for calling second half like 'a ballet' - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Williams was frustrated for the players in how differently the national title game was officiated from the first half to the second.