Jon Joseph

Defining success for new head coaches. Matt Campbell - Penn State - Playoffs? - Playoffs! The schedule will help Matt's cause. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-coaches-2026-first-year-success-lane-kiffin-lsu/?ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=524364&ET_RID=52482716

Ducks Wire on the upcoming Ducks vs Beavis baseball series - https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/baseball/2026/02/11/oregon-baseball-beavers-nw-elite-classic/88611749007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGbaseline&utm_term=he

Thanks, Happy. One of Ohio State and Indiana will finish no better than 11-1. The Buckeyes visit Bloomington on 10/17. Indiana wins, and OBD defeats Ohio State a month later on 11/7, and Oregon will be in the B1G title mix. I will be surprised if Oregon is favored to win the game in Columbus. However, TOSU is losing a lot of studs on the D side of the ball. The week before the game in Columbus, Ohio State plays USC in LA, and OBD plays Northwestern at home. I hope the Ohio State at USC game will be the prime-time game with a 7:30 PM Eastern kickoff and the Buckeyes returning to Columbus in the wee hours of Sunday. Future odds have Ohio State +2.5 at Texas. Ohio State and Indiana are co-favorites to win the 2026-27 title, followed closely by Texas and Notre Dame, then Oregon. Ohio State has a more difficult schedule than Indiana and Oregon. OBD does not play the Hoosiers in the regular season. I'm happy to see you predicting 11-1 for Oregon. Considering the opposition and where and when the games will be played, 11-1 would be a sterling record in 2026 and cover the 2026 10.5 win total. 11-1, no conference champ game, No. 5 seed? Book it, Danno.😁

OBD, schedule 'B1G winners?' Author Caden Handwork did not do his homework. Scheduling matters in college football. And in 2026, the B1G has handed Oregon the short end of the B1G scheduling stick. If the author paid any attention to where and when the games will be played in 2026, the quality of the opponents'coaches and players, especially at the vital QB position, and believes OBD is a B1G scheduling 'Winner,' he deserves an 'F' in Sports Journalism and Reading Comprehension. There is nothing easy about this schedule. Nothing. Husker CornerPFF rankings suggest Nebraska quietly nailed its quarterb...Advanced metrics paint a far brighter picture of Nebraska’s quarterback situation. This season, Oregon will play three of Pro Football Focus's highest-ranked transfer QBs. Plus some damn good QBs returning in 2026. Week 2 - Oklahoma State - No. 4 Drew Mestermaker - Transferring in from North Texas, where he led the nation with 4,379 yards passing, 34 TDs. Game high of 608 yards versus Charlotte. His leading receiver, Wyatt Young, with 1264 receiving yards and 10 TDs, and 15 other Mean Green players, are joining Drew and new Cowboys coach Eric Morris. Week 7 - Nebraska - No. 3 Anthony Colandrea - Transferring in from UNLV, where he was the Mountain West Player of the Year. Week 8 - At Illinois - No. 6 Katin Houser (no hoser is Houser 😁) - Transferring in from East Carolina. Houser led the Pirates to a 9-3 record in 2025. Not on the schedule in 2026, but B1G pickups nonetheless are: No. 7 Rocco Becht, transferring from Iowa State to Penn State; and my personal favorite for some reason, Colton Joseph, transferring from Old Dominion, where he was the Sun Belt Conference Offense Player of the Year, to Wisconsin. Other QBs of note on OBD's 2026 schedule. Week 1 - Boise State's Maddux Madsen, injured part of last season, still led Boise to a Mountain West title. Week 4 - Jaden Maiava returns to QB USC in 2026. In 2025, Maiava threw for 3711 yards, 24 TDs, and 10 interceptions, with a QB rating of 89.9. Week 6 - Nico Iamaleava, who led Tennessee to the PO in 2024, had a good 2025 playing for a bad UCLA football team. The season highlight for Nico was his accounting for five TDs in the Bruins upset win over Penn State. In 2026, Nico will be playing for the new Bruins coach, Bob Chesney. In the 1st round of last season's PO, OBD fans learned up close and personal that Chesney's teams do not quit. Like Curt Cignetti did when he took the Indiana job in 2024, Chesney is bringing James Madison players with him; ten of the 44 new players on UCLA's 2026 roster are transfers from JMU. Week 9 - Northwestern QB Aiden Chiles, a transfer from Michigan State, visits Eugene, along with the new Northwestern OC Chip Kelly and QB coach Jerry Neuheisel. Week 11 - OBD travels to Columbus to face Heisman finalist, QB Julian Sayin, who will be throwing to some 'pretty good' WRs, including Jeremiah Smith. Week 12 - Michigan visits Autzen Stadium with wunderkind QB Bryce Underwood leading the Wolverines. Underwood will be playing for future Hall of Fame coach Kyle Whittingham and new OC Jason Beck, instead of his former dysfunctional coach and his staff. Week 13 - Sees OBD returning to the Eastern time zone to play Michigan State under new coach Pat Fitzgerald. In three weeks, OBD will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to play the Buckeyes, back to Eugene to play the Wolverines, and then to East Lansing, Michigan, to play the Spartans. WHEW! Spartan QB Alessio Milivojevic (good luck getting the last name to fit on the back of the jersey 🤪) took the starting spot from Aiden Chiles and, in limited starts, he threw for 1267 yards and 10 TDs, with three interceptions. WEEK 14 - Washington in Autzen led by the 'he ran all the way home just to say he's sorry', QB Demond Williams, Junior. Williams is an athletic and elusive QB for what will be a pumped-up Husky team that Oregon plays in its eighth straight game versus B1G competition without a break. WHEW! Like the 2024 season, Oregon is the only Big Ten team in 2026 to play eight straight games against Power 4 competition without a break and with brutal travel in November. If Handwork has reached puberty and cleared the sixth grade, he should Go to His Room! No victuals!

I want some B1G hot seat, baby, this season, and I'm looking at you, Luke and Mike! At least Luke Fickell and Mike Locksley will not have to face the Fierce Feathered Ducks this season. Scotty Walden - UTEP - If a coach falls in the forest ... Saturday BlitzWay-too-early 2026 hot seat rankings reveal the coaches u...The 2025-26 college football season is in the past now, as every fan starts to count down the days until next season. While plenty of teams are looking at what

The judge and Alabama booster who granted a temporary injunction on behalf of a player who received money playing pro basketball finally recused himself. This came after Greg Sankey called out Alabama for playing the once-pro and supporting his eligibility. The replacement state Judge, not a lowe case so-called judge, negated the temporary restraining order and refused to allow the player to compete before a final adjudication of the case. In Alabama, all members of the judiciary are elected. Good luck to the Judge who made the proper ruling. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/alabama-charles-bediako-denied-injunction-ncaa-eligibility/?ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=524125&ET_RID=52482716 Saturday BlitzThe NCAA getting a win over Charles Bediako is a major st...The biggest story in sports over the past month has been Charles Bediako's return to college basketball. Alabama added a player who last played for them in 2023

Charles, Athlon Sports is one of the many sites you referred to. I don't recall any 'expert' picking Indiana to win it all last season. Last season, Indiana's combined roster ranking was the 72nd-best combined roster in CFB. A 'Red Chip Roster' if you will. And in the preseason, Indiana was ranked No. 20 in the AP Poll. This season, the Hoosiers have the 8th-best roster. I imagine and hope that Dan Lanning is telling the team to avoid all of the preseason champ chatter. Last season, a bunch of predicted champs turned out to be chumps. Beat Boise! https://athlonsports.com/college-football/oregon-ducks-2026-national-championship-prediction-dante-moore

A B1G question: QB or not QB? Don't doubt Dante. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/02/09/oregon-football-big-ten-qb-rankings-2026/88578795007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign

Schedules matter! At every level of football, schedules matter. The Pats were bad four seasons in a row and were rewarded with the NFL's easiest schedule this season. Bo doesn't go down, and Denver would have had a shot at winning it all. In the last game of the season, Drake and Dante were both overwhelmed. I think Drake Maye will win a Super Bowl one day. But he needs more seasoning. A better O-line would also help. Meanwhile, Gonzo was great! QUACK! After the robbery 11 years ago, Seattle deserved this win.

5 for Dan Lanning's Season 5 - https://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/articles/five_reasons_why_oregon_ducks_can_win_big_ten_next_season/s1_16787_43437350?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20260207&mb_loc=right_h

Danno, ready to win it all? How about YES! Autzen ZooIs Dan Lanning ready to win a national championship at Or...Entering his fifth season at Oregon, Dan Lanning turns 40 in April. He's 48-8 in the first four, 6-6 against Top Ten teams.

Understood, friend John Sousa. Here's my pitch for a 4-4-2-2-1-3 format. Perhaps 4 if the G6 held a playoff where the top teams would have a chance to win a title. I do not want to see millions of ACC and B12 fans 'disenfranchised.' I do not want to see the bottom half of the Power 4 go away. The Automatic Qualifier PO format assures at least two teams in the field payday for the ACC and the B12. After the ACC settlement with Clemson and FSU, Miami keeps all of the 2025-26 PO money. $20 million plus travel expenses. Why not buy a QB? More money would have flowed to the B12, and the ACC would have benefited from eyes on the prize with Miami and UVA in the field. IMO, there are not enough CFB games against top drawer teams to sort the wheat from the chaff, simply on wins and losses. However, IMO, Notre Dame or BYU should have been in the PO instead of 3-loss Bama. Indiana would have faced a much tougher Rose Bowl opponent in Notre Dame. Even in the NFL, there is no perfect PO format. Division champs with a losing record can knock out teams with better records. But with this exception, teams that win games make the PO field. But, no NFL team plays an FCS opponent. The other reason I favor the AQ format is that there is no reason not to schedule better OOC games. Thanks for the comment.

DUCK! It's a trap! BTW, Illinois is off the week before Oregon visits. Oregon Ducks On SIThree Trap Games Looming On Oregon Ducks Football ScheduleDuring the 2025 season, the Oregon Ducks faced several challenging tests en route to their second consecutive appearance in the College Football Playoff under c

"MY" Patriots, of course. Went to the first game in the history of the then Boston Patriots. 1960 Nickerson Field - Boston University. 28-24 - Repeat of the game 11 seasons back. 😍When BB and TB stole one from PC. 1 1 175 yards - Darnold is No Go versus Gonzo! 😁Trojan vs Duck, I wish Sam luck (kind of.)

Thank you, Mr. Smith. And another tip of the hat to my much-needed and much-appreciated editor, Mr. Fischer. Preseason rankings are profitable. They are superfluous, but they make money. Thus, in today's world of college football ... Greg Sankey pulled the automatic qualifier 16-team playoff format out from under B1G commish Tony Petitti. However, Greg and the SEC went to nine conference games, certain that the B1G would support a 16-team field with five automatic and eleven at-large bids, the format favored by the SEC, ACC, B12, G6, the Domers, and every journalist without a lick of business sense (100 per-cent.) Tony - 👍👌😁😍 Greg - 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Saint Nick. To the rescue? Sounds good. But what good are rules and regulations if they are ignored without consequences? EssentiallySportsKirk Herbstreit Joins Matt Rhule and Other Coaches in Nic...Kirk Herbstreit sparks a bold idea involving Nick Saban as college football voices quietly push for real national leadership.

I also am at the edge of the envelope. Players being fairly compensated? I'm down. But some of today's demands, as revealed on The Athletic: $1000 to $5000 for an official visit; control over the player's jersey number, even if a number has been retired; first-class travel for my folks and posse to home and away games, limo with a full bar if they live within driving distance of home games; a paid for 1st class apartment, and a car and driver at my beck and call; oh, I also want a luxury vehicle and reserved parking for practice and class; a low exit fee payment in case Miami, LSU, Ole Miss, and other good-hearted folks who understand my truw value, want to up my deal after I've signed what some fools without the benefit of my counsel, would call a contract? 😒 CFB has completed a 180. Schools used to be in charge, now? The NCAA? Chip and OBD were dinged by the NCAA for using 'runners', a/k/a 'agents,' to assist with recruiting. Like the big boys in the NFL, CFB billionaires decide to get along or more folks will be turned off and sign off. Colleges and universities are paying athletes directly; how about calling them what they are, 'employees' and negotiating rules that even the scu..... 🤬 will have to follow? Or, cut to the chase and have a 32-team CFB Super League. All good for OBD, but what about the left behind CFB fans? On The Other Hand, CFB attendance and the number of folks who are remotely watching CFB football and basketball continue to increase. And the number of 'Us' who watched college sports back in the day? Well, we continue to decrease. I'm mad as hell, and oh well, Beat Boise!

New Florida coach Jon Sumrall wonders whether Tim Tebow will leave the SEC Network to play ball for the Gators again? He was joking, I think? Considering the following with the understanding that justices with a conflict are supposed to recuse themselves from the issue at hand. What a quaint idea. An Alabama state court judge overruled long-standing NCAA eligibility rules and allowed a basketball player who has received compensation from a professional league to suit up for his beloved Crimson Tide basketball team. In 2025, the good judge donated $100,000.00 to Tide athletics, but that's just peanuts compared to the real donors to Big Al, right? In Tennessee, a state 'Judge' who is an unabashed fan of the Volunteers, granted an injunction that, if sustained, would allow Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar to play another season. By NCAA standards, Joey has played five seasons of college football, where a player used to have five years to compete for four years. According to Joey, playing ball in Junior College shouldn't count because he couldn't make the money he's making now. For that matter, don't count the time Jowy spent playing for App State in the small-dough Little League G6. Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss fouled up. Instead of finding a friendly state judge in Mississippi, Trinidad asked for one more year from the NCAA. His appeal was based on his having to sit out a year at Ferris State due to a lung condition. NCAA: Peddle your papers elsewhere; there is not enough evidence of you having been incapacitated. Trinidad is now weighing his options. Do I enter draft, or sue the NCAA in the friendly confines of state court? I do want to plant a face job on Kiffin in Week 3, but where can I make the most money? As the World Turns - A new soap opera based on the life of a college QB, or three. ESPN.comWetzel: Standing on the brink of anything-goes NCAA eligi...By not controlling who is eligible, the NCAA is losing the ability to function as an organizing athletic body.

Canes Warning? Warning: This joke should make you choke. And the only difference between the Miami and Notre Dame schedules is that the Irish play a game at BYU. Tony P, please do not back down on automatic PO qualifiers, especially with ND having an AQ deal of its own. Canes WarningMiami’s “easiest” schedule could be its biggest CFP liabi...Miami’s 2026 slate is structurally favorable. The Hurricanes begin their season at Stanford on a Friday night, return home for Florida A&M, and settle into a rh

Thanks, Steven. Here's The O side of the ball. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Offensive Coordinator Doesn’t Hold Back on 5-Star...The work never stops for the Oregon Ducks. National Signing Day is a landmark in the offseason, highlighting just how much preparation lies ahead. According to

Winner, Winner! But please, no Duck dinner. 😁 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/02/04/college-football-signing-day-winners-losers-usc-lsu/88496828007/

ESPN - A dozen teams that improved their title chances via recruiting and the portal - OBD, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan, and USC make the list. On December 6, 2026, will these teams be on the PO committee's list? ESPN.com12 teams that improved their 2026 CFP chances with their...With signing day closing many team's personnel moves, we look at the teams ready to make long postseason runs.

Guess who is miffed? Kiff, of course. But when it comes to the absurdity of the college football calendar, Kiffin is spot on. Along with another 135 FBS head coaches. Where do they find these guys? The figurehead who leads this mess, Rich Clark, notes that the weeks between PO games help with 'competitive balance.' That's rich, Mr. Clark. 🤪 Today's college administrators would sell their Grandmother, Mother, and maybe even their pet dog, for a few shekels more. On3Lane Kiffin criticizes 2026, 2027 College Football Playof....

OBD will not be there, but the CBB Tourney will be B1G - Big Ten bracketology week 13 Tuesday update: 11 teams in the field

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