Jon Joseph

It's a PLAYOFF - Lose the Bowls! OBD should open at home in the 2nd round vs. the remaining lowest-seeded team. CFB needs the money. The NFL Business-Person Owners play ONE game at a neutral site. Follow the folks with the $. If a game is played in Buffalo in January, thems the breaks. Home fans deserve to be rewarded and not sent hither and yon paying jack-up airfares, hotel prices, and absurd ticket prices. No. 1 seed OBD. No home game(s.) Pasadena, Dallas or Miami, Atlanta. If you don't want to follow the NFL model, simply follow the model the NCAA uses for its football playoff championships. FUBAR! 💩

Be fair, Charles! The Water Boys at Northwestern are 5* Smarties! 😁

One early reaction; Michigan and Indiana play 5 of the 6 B1G teams not playing in the 2024 postseason. Purdue and its new coach, Barry Odom, are once again being handed one of the toughest B1G schedules. Week 12 and 13 are OBD's only B1G back-to-back home games; Minnesota and USC. Ducks play 8 teams that play in the postseason in 2024, including FCS No. 1 seed Montana State. OBD's B1G opener at no-bowl NW will be played before the 3rd and final OOC game vs. Beavis. 2 trips Central, NW + Iowa, and 2 trips Eastern, Penn State, and Rutgers. 1st game for the Ducks vs. one of the teams that played in CFB's 1st game, The State University of New Jersey, a/k/a Rutgers. All and all, including the OOC games, a 'manageable schedule; especially, when considering the odd years, at least through 2028 are the years OBD plays five B1G road games. Trash Tennessee! Obscure Ohio State!

9/27/25 - Big Noon, The Eye, or a Prime Time White Out? Oregon football 2025 Big Ten conference schedule released

No Surprise. The Varsity Broadcasters Will be in the Rose Bowl Booth. I'm so happy that Gus Johnson will not be there. 😎 Oregon Ducks' Rose Bowl Broadcast Team Announced: Kirk Herbstreit? WWW.YARDBARKER.COM As the No. 1 Oregon Ducks await their opponent in the Rose Bowl Game in the College Football Playoff, ESPN revealed that Kirk Herbstreit and crap Fowler will be in the broadcast booth for the... If the opponent is Ohio State, Herbie does not pump his alma mater. (I continue to miss Keith Jackson 😒) BLAST THE BUCKS! THROTTLE TENNESSEE!

Some Modest Support for Gabe. Heisman Candidate Dillon Gabriel SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The Heisman Finalists have been announced. One of the fab four to sit in the front row in NYC will be Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, the Big Ten Offensive P

Help, the Committee is leaking! Massive leak hits College Football Playoff, investigation underway SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The College Football Playoff (CFP) is dealing with a controversy following a leak that spoiled the final rankings for fans. For the first time in CFP history, " ... maintain trust and transparency in the selection process." 🤣 There are none so blind as those who will not see. 🤪🤮💩

Great take, Charles! A few thoughts. 1. Using Rivals makes sense. Focusing on the average recruiting ranking per player is the best indicator that a program is bringing in impact players. 2. As Urban Meyer noted on B1G Today, the O-line is the most difficult position to recruit and develop. Experienced O-line players in the portal will be in demand. (Especially, in Columbus, Ohio.) 3. Having a Blue Chip Roster (BCR) via recruiting or combined recruiting and portal pickups matters and then some. No Team that won the BCS or a 4-team PO title did so without a BCR. Now, with a 16 or 17-game schedule, the depth and talent of every roster will be challenged. If the BCR Natty requirement holds up in 2024/25, one-third of the field, ASU, Boise State, Indiana, and SMU have no chance of winning it all. 4. The 8 B1G recruiting winners Charles identified likely make the cut if a Super League is coming. The others will look to be added based on tradition and/or location. Do you need two teams in LA? Two teams in Michigan? 5. If the House settlement is approved, how many P4 teams will step up to the plate and pay $20M+ to its student-athletes every season? How many teams will be able to afford the cost of being in the FBS mix? In today's world of NIL and unrestrained CFB free agency, how many programs have a coach with the chops and the finances to recruit well, portal pick with aplomb, and blend the players into a cohesive 'All for One' unit? How many coaches have the energy to meet the demands of today's game? Saint Nick exited to ESPN; thank goodness OBD has ABR (Always Be Recruiting) Dan the Man. Thanks again, Charles. Another enlightening take. Total Tennessee! Overwhelm Ohio State!

Ducks Wire reports that OBD/ Division Street has a B1G NIL deal in the works for Stewart. Does he go pro now and start the clock running on his free agency or return to be the No. 1 WR on the Defending National Championship 😍(knocks head) team. Evan's QB at A+M, Connor Weigman, is in the portal.

As the No. 1 seed, Oregon wins the Rose Bowl and gets its choice in the 3rd round between the Orange and Cotton Bowls. Dan can play Texas in Miami if he so desires but it's, obviously, farther from Eugene. And knowing Dan, perhaps he'll say bring it on in Jerry's World. He does have a QB who has hooked the Horns. So long as the B1G has 4 teams on the Left Coast, the majority of conference champ games, if they continue to be played will be played in the East. So long as bowls are part of the playoff, the majority of games will be played in Dixie. This season, it's 5-2 with the No. 1 seed and a G5 team getting to play in the West. Does Petitti care? 14 trumps 4. That's what OBD signed up for. Perfect payback? Beat Georgia in the same stadium where Danno and OBD were embarrassed in Dan's opening game. I'm hoping the CFB Powers-That-Be kiss the bowls goodbye and follow the NFL 14-team PO model. Oregon should be hosting the lowest remaining seed in the 2nd round in Autzen Stadium.

Ditto, ESPN Scribes. But the love for the Domers? ESPN College Football Writers Come to Near-Consensus on National Championship Pick - Athlon Sports

College Football News Take on the Four Finalists. 2024 Heisman Finalists: Breaking Down Why Each One Deserves to Win - College Football News | College Football Predictions, Analysis and Updates

No Easy (maybe Ryan?) Day! An early look at the five team's on Oregon's side of the 2024 College Football Playoff bracket

Wat to go, BB! The future's so bright 😍😍😍!

Fun Discussion - After what Dilly's done, offers for Will Stein's services will come. If you see a team that could be attractive to Will still open through the course of OBD's PO run, Will could be headed there. I trust Danno to replace him with a person of equal or superior talent. Any program on a trajectory like OBD's will produce suitors for the assistant coaches.

Thanks, Not. Great topic. Does anyone remember the 2024 opener against "FCS Cupcake Idaho" with Oregon having a Heisman finalist playing QB? And all the preseason love for OBD? 2024 FCS Playoff No. 8 seed Idaho plays 13-0 No. 1 seed Montana State in Bozeman on Saturday. Tommy Mellott nearly flawless as top-seeded Montana State dominates UT Martin 49-17 WWW.MONTANASPORTS.COM Tommy Mellott passed for 300 yards for the first time in his Montana State career and helping the top-seeded Bobcats to a 49-17 win over Tennessee Martin in the second round of the FCS... Mellott has one year of eligibility remaining. He is surrounded by terrific Big Sky FCS players. Montana State gets 17 All-Big Sky selections, 13 for Montana I'm not certain how many return but 17 players earned Big Sky honors in 2024. Do Not Schedule FCS Opponents from the Dakotas! PLAY PORTLAND STATE!

Thank you, Darren. 1/20/25 - YO, ADRIAN! We Did It! 😍 Ohio State -8.5. If Day doesn't win on Saturday night 1/21/24, he best exit through the closest door. 😁 Pepper spray will be the least lethal of Buckeye fanatics' weapons on hand. 🥵 Early weather forecast for 12/21 - High 33 degrees. Low 23 degrees. Wind chill factor of 17 degrees at 8 PM kick off. 🥶 VOLS - I wish I was in Dixie! 💩

Hats Off Red Eddy Green! I missed it by that much. Waaaaaaaaaa.

McElroy Joins the Crowd. This Format Could Have Been Fixed, But Would the Pac-2 Have Approved a Revised Format? Oregon Gets Bad News Ahead of College Football Playoff, McElroy Pitches Fix WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The initial 12-team College Football Playoff is set, though the outcome has inspired gripes and complaints and suggestions almost across the board. College football analyst Greg McElroy... Far too many cooks in the CFB stew.

Running Duck, I get the Prime comment, no doubt, but I believe Travis Hunter deserves to be in NYC and will be a deserving winner. Would I like Gabe to win? Heck yes. He isn't getting the credit he deserves and he would certainly be deserving. But Oregon is as "quiet" a 13-0 team as I've ever seen and unlike 2023, this is not the year of the QB in CFB.

Not OK. Run off a Heisman Finalist for a QB in the Portal? 😁 A reminder what the Sooners lost, Dillon Gabriel is a Heisman finalist STORMININNORMAN.COM Gabriel started at quarterback for two seasons for Oklahoma before transferring to Oregon.

A+ for OBD! Can't spell Day without a D. 😁 Big Ten grades for 2024 season: Ohio State gets 'D-' for letdowns, Oregon earns 'A+' after dominant debut - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Handing out grades for each Big Ten team with the college football regular season coming to a close

The Nose Knows!

Skewer Ewers!

ABR! Always Be Recruiting. A trip to NYC in December does not hurt the cause. Signing Day. Check. B1G Champ Game Win. Check. Number 1 PO seed. Check. Gabe to NYC and Portal Opening on Same Day? WOW! No wonder Saint Nick went to the Dark Side. You Go Gabe. Watch Out! The horn you hear blowing is from a Taxi. 👍👌😍