Jon Joseph

'That GD Napier had to start winning games?' 'Thanks a lot, Lane Kiffin.' 'Stuck in Lodi, again.'

He's hoping his Horns don't play Oregon and get Ducked. 😁

Good thoughts. Change could happen but not if conference champ game favorites win. BUT?

Should SMU boycott the ACC Champ Game? Dicuss. 🤪

The B1G's Saturday Tradition Take on the Penultimate Rankings. We're Alabama - You're Not! The SEC sent out an SOS and in one case and one case only, the Committee paid attention to Strength Of Schedule. "Bama has wins over 3 ranked teams." OK, but your No. 2 team Texas has, like Miami, ZERO top 25 wins. Boise State with a lower SOS than ASU/Iowa State is No. 10. Most love ever given to a G5 team. This is an E$PN farce. All the manure thrown in the direction of the Committee is deserved. The NCAA uses disclosed metrics to set the fields for the football playoffs it manages. The NCAA Tournament Committee does the same. 13 people making multi-million dollar judgments are allowed to wing it. Righteous, right? To Charles's point, the NFL reseeds the PO field to give the top teams the easier PO path. Not the CFB Committee, of course. O’Gara: Takeaways from an all-important Playoff Poll ahead of conference championship weekend SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Here's what we learned from Tuesday's Playoff Poll. Give Franklin A Spankin' 😁

All good points. Who would you hire instead? Is there anyone out there who can win the % of games won by Day? Who can recruit like Day? I think comparing Day or any coach to Nick Saban when it comes to winning the big games is a tough standard. Check out James Franklin's, Steve Sarkisian's, and so-called 'Big Game' Bob Stoops records in the biggest games. Again, I get and appreciate all of your comments but Michigan is one game on the schedule. In 7 seasons Harbaugh won 2 B1G conference championships. And OBD is the only undefeated team in the G5/P4 this season. You want to be a tough grader? I'm fine with that but I think you are judging the man against the greatest coaches in the history of CFB. And I for one do not see Vrabel as an ipso facto improvement. Others may be out there but I cannot easily identify them. Love the discussion and your thought-provoking comments.

Notre Dame? Screwed Over? What a Heart-Breaker 🤣 JOIN A CONFERENCE! 3-1 vs. the G5 - WOW! Latest CFP rankings totally screw over Notre Dame in first-round matchup FANSIDED.COM Notre Dame's dream season isn't exactly being rewarded. DREAM SEASON? "We beat 8-4 A+M and 6-6 USC! (The loss to No Ill - Nothing to see here, move right along. We did beat Army + Navy!")

Mari is not alone. A Bama 'justification' from Bama Hammer.😒 People are crashing out over Alabama football likely making the CFB Playoff BAMAHAMMER.COM Alabama football was, as expected, ranked No. 11 by the College Football Playoff Committee on Tuesday night, which currently puts the Crimson Tide as the last t Also, SEE: Finebaum, Paul. 😁 Also: Follow Walt Disney's Dinero.

Sign with a team that will be left behind and not The Ducks? Good luck.

It's always been about and always will be about the Jimmies and the Joes. Every great football coach worth his salt knows this and knows so much of college football is having the right guys via recruiting and the portal today, the top coaches meld the top players to play team ball. Mike Norvell did it last season and not this season. After Georgia plucked the Ducks in Atlanta what did Kirby Smart say: Dan is going to be just fine, he knows we have the better players. Kirby lost game after game to Nick Saban and Bama. The Georgia fans were not happy with this but after justifiably calling for Mark Richt to be run off the sane and not the zany UGA fans understood that Kirby would get it done. Kirby finally beat Bama in the most impressive manner possible, defeating Saint Nick for a Natty. And but for a Tua walk-off heave, he would have won one earlier vs. Bama. Ryan Day has an albatross around his neck in the form of a Wolverine. STUFF happens. If tOSU plays and takes care of the Vols in Columbus, I'm not certain which team in a rematch with OBD would be favored. I do know that if OBD plays well and nevertheless loses to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, I'm not calling for Dan's head. Losing 3 in a row to UWhoo hurt but OBD fans with a clue didn't want Dan canned. PLASTER PENN STATE!

DUCKS WIRE/ USA Today Take - Oregon Ducks football 2025 early signing period commitment tracker DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Who has officially joined the Oregon Ducks on Early Signing Day? Here’s our updated list.

247 Sports rankes OBD's class No. 3 in the B1G but No. 1 per recruit ranking. This is similar to what I am seeing across all rankings. OBD is No. 7 in the ranking of all the teams but still has the highest per player ranking. https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/compositeteamrankings/?Conference=Big Ten Reliable Rivals has OBD 2nd in the B1G and again, with the highest per player ranking. 2025 big10 football recruiting team rankings N.RIVALS.COM 2025 big10 football recruiting team rankings by Rivals.com

PLAYOFF COMMITTEE + BAMA -❤️❤️🤑 PLAYOFF COMMITTEE + THE ACC - 🫣 🤮 🥶 College Football Playoff rankings: Alabama back in; Miami first team out WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The latest College Football Playoff rankings were unveiled on Tuesday night, and it helps paint a pretty good picture of what the 12-team playoff field might look like next week when it is officially... Mari oh-ho-ho, have a really nice day. 😂

Greg Sankey, Bob Bowlsby, Craig Thompson, and the Notre Dame AD 😧set this format up because Sankey needed🤑 Notre Dame's and as it turned out Washington State's 😁approval to change the format before the 2026/27 season. Sankey needed a unanimous vote. Now that the rubber has hit the SEC road, I'm not sure Gregory is happy with the Frankenstein Monster he created. We haven't heard a peep from Our Guy Tony Petitti. 😍 🤑 You cannot overcome a bad design without a fix. the format will be fixed in 2026. However, with the Power 2 taking the (not Nittany) lion's share of the field, rematches between conference teams will come with the PO territory. Usually against the same conference suspects. PULVERIZE PENN STATE!

FAR TOO LOGICAL. Including not bowing to the ESPN inclusion of bowl games it broadcasts and allowing the fans of the better teams to stay home to watch their team play. Because of the calendar in 2024, FCS teams were allowed to play 12 regular season games if they so desired. The usual 11-game season helps facilitate the large PO field. End the P4/G5 season earlier. Use the ultimate ranking to identify the top 16 teams. No byes, no preferred seeding for conference champs. 16 at 1, etc. Games on the home field of higher-ranked teams before the Super Bowl or at least the semi-final games. Why should (KNOCK WOOD!) the No.1 team in the country have to travel into 'enemy territory' to play all but 1 game? Because ESPN says so. 🤪

Great comments. A few thoughts. Ryan Day called the plays for the Bucks in 2021, 2022, and 2023. OSU wanted to become more physical. Chip has always featured a run-first O. Chip is stubborn. Mike West's Auburn game comparison is spot on. Two future NFL Ohio State O-line guys went down—LT Simmons vs. OBD and starting center McLaughlin in practice. If OBD lost the starters at these positions I believe Dan Lanning and Will Stein would adjust. Against one of the best D-lines in CFB, Chip did not adjust. In 2017 Ryan Day left the NFL where he coached under Chip to be Urban Meyer's play caller. Day was the interim head coach in 2018 when Meyer was placed on administrative leave for three games. Day was named head coach in 2019 when Meyer retired. From 2019 through Saturday's loss, Ryan Day has lost FIVE, CINCO, CINQUE, CINQ, FIVE Big Ten Football games. Four to Michigan, 2 of the four in years Michigan went to the 4-team playoff, and one to OBD. Day has brought in top-drawer recruiting classes year after year. He has portal picked well including 2023/24. It is not easy to bring in starting O-linemen from the portal. Will Howard played a terrific game in Eugene. Howard was a deer in the headlights vs. Michigan. Day's reliable FG kicker missed two FGs he could make in his sleep. Ohio State wins 16-13 and Buckeyes fans are ticked off over the close win but no one is calling for Day's head. If you watched the rankings show last night, you saw OHIO STATE No. 6. Michigan is not going to the Playoff; Ohio State is going to the Playoff and will host a home game, most likely on December 21st with Tennessee coming North to Columbus. The post-game antics? Win with grace and lose with dignity. But in the scheme of things, B1G WHOOP! Survive and advance in the Playoff and the Michigan loss will not be forgotten but it will be at least somewhat, forgiven. If Ohio State fired Day, he would be unemployed for a nano-second. However, and it won't be easy, Chip Kelly is past his Use By date. Day needs to return to calling plays or find an OC up to speed on today's game. The 2024 No. 1 QB recruit, 5* Julian Sayin, is waiting in the wings, along with many other studs recruited by Ryan Day.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of mediocre minds. Especially, when consistently WRONG! Dis the ducks? Fine. Good luck to your HUGELY over-ranked Horns vs. UGA in the ATL. 30-15 in Austin. How about 42 to 17 in Hot Lanta!

I've been shell-shocked. Everything disappears from the usual cognition. Everything is opaque. Day deserves, kind of, to be dumped on but IMO, not for being shell-shocked at the end of the game. Win with Dignity and take the L with Respect. Sportsmanship? 'Hey. let's rub it in and plant a flag on the astroturf!' BRILLIANT! Criticizing Day's reaction or lack of reaction after figurately being punched in the mouth? I get it. He was non compos mentis. He's the guy at the top so Day deserves the criticism but why did he bring in 'yesterday's OC' Chip Kelly? With far better athletes on both sides of the ball, Chip decided to play to the strength of Michigan D. Decided not to go over the top. I saw this movie in 2010 vs. Nick (un) Fairley. I do believe that Day sans Kelly would have called a better game. This Buckeyes team if properly coached and motivated could go a long way in the PO. Us Biggies have 4 teams in the PO - If the other 3 are not playing OD, you go guys!

Just Ducky, I began laughing when I saw the format back when. The format was altered to have 5 and not 6 conference champs in the field but preferred seeding for 4 conference champs SUCKS! We will see a far different format in 2026/27,

The format kind of, sort of, maybe, made sense with a power 5. Now, even the ESPN honks are calling this 'STUFF' out. I'm sure there is somewhere in the world where teams ranked behind others jump the higher-ranked teams but I don't know where. You could see this coming from a Loooooong ways off.

Will Johnson and Loveland ain't comin' We're finally on our way, Then came the same old drubbing Chip and Ryan didn't Win the Day. 🙃 Four Losses in O-HI-O. Four Losses in O-HI-O. Just when OBD was ready for Ducks vs. Bucks, Saturday happened. 1 - 1st season in the B1G. 1st B1G Championship Game. First time without 1-loss since 2010. 1st ALL-BIG QB and B1G O-Player of the Year. Thank You, Dillion and Gabriel, Blow Your Horn. 0 - (ld School) Penn State uniform changes since 1887. 100s - of N(ew School) IKE UNI changes since 1998. 7 - Common opponents for OBD and the Nits in 2024. Illinois - PSU 21-7 / OBD - 38-9 UCLA - PSU 27-11 / At UCLA - OBD - 34-18 At Wisconsin - PSU 28-13/ OBD 16-13 UW - PSU 35-6 / OBD 49-21 At Purdue - PSU 49-10 / OBD 35-0 Maryland - PSU 44-7 / OBD 39-18 And the Difference Maker - Ohio State - PSU 13-20 /OBD 32-31 Does 7/12ths of a schedule make these stats more meaningful? PPG - PSU 33.3 / OBD 35.2 OPP PPG - PSU 14 / OBD 16.2 - Both in the CFB Top 10 Rush Yards - PSU 194.7 / OBD 170.9 Pass Yards - PSU 248.2 / OBD 277.6 TO Margin - PSU +7/ OBD +5 Top 25 Wins - 1 PSU vs. Illinois / 3 OBD vs. Ohio State, Boise State, and Illinois. -3.5 OBD vs. PSU on Saturday. 5 - B1G Ten Network's Anthony Herring's 5 Takes on the B1G Champ Game 1. TEZ is back 2. BURCH is back 3. OT Josh Connerly vs. DE Abdul Carter 4. Jordan James - Top RB in the game. 5. Tyler (Bad Man) Warren. B1G Musings. 22 - years in a row Wisconsin playing in a bowl game is over. Wisky's high-water 2024 moment - 13 -16 OBD. 😁 I don't mean to be Fickle, BUT? -1 - Pass the Plate B1G Brothers and Sisters for the Huskers. One week after getting off of the one-score loss game Schined to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2016, the Huskers traveled to Iowa where they outgained the Hawkeyes 334 yards to 164 yards with 20 to 5 1st downs. 22- seconds left, Huskers QB Dylan Riola fumbles with the Huskers up by 3 points. The Iowa FG kicker comes through with a 53-yard walk-off FG. Oh, Shucks. 😊 I believe these Schukers were first in line proclaiming OBD was too SOFT for the B1G. 🤣 4 - Amidst the 4-loss furor, Ohio State is in the Playoff and likely hosting a game. Michigan? Enjoy the Music or the Citrus. Ohio State wins a game or two, or three, or FOUR! Call the architect to design the Day Statue next to the Shoe. Paste, Prostate, Punish, Plaster, Pulvirize, Pound Penn State! PS - TOO - many athletes for OBD😍 and Penn State is 4-12 vs No. 1 teams. Last win? 1990 vs. the Domers.

A lot of Hoosiers think that you are a Hoser! ☺️ Think Vacation? Doesn't everyone want to watch guys go round and round in a Brickyard and watch a game in a stadium named after an Oil Can? Compared to the 'You can't get there from here State Pen(n),' this is a Pair-of-Dice. 😇 So, who needs Lost Wages?🤑

It's not happening but OREGON would be the 5-seed hosting the 12-seed and likely playing Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl instead of Ohio State, Tennessee, or Notre Dame, in the Rose Bowl. PULVERIZE PENN STATE!

But, as I understand it, an equal share of PO and CBB Tourney $.

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