Jon Joseph

Never a discouraging word regarding OSU and WSU's spendthrift waste of millions of dollars in a futile attempt to have a reconfigured, so-called Pac-12 qualify as a Power conference. Or whatever the goal may have been. Nothing about the two Pac left behinds destroying the Mountain West conference, only to end up with a Mountain West minus Las Vegas, plus Gonzo as CBB partner, and a Texas State program two time zones away. Journalism is about the search for truth and justice without concern for money, right?

Ole Miss defeating The Citadel in Oxford just means more to AP voters than OBD's win in Iowa City? The pushback against Petitti's perfectly logical AQ PO format, as warranted by on-field results this season, has made the Big Ten CFB's whipping boy. The ACC and the B12 deserve more than two teams in the PO field? Texas's loss at Florida, OT escapes against Kentucky, and Mississippi State, a 3-point home win over Vandy? A great loss and three great wins, right? 🤬 To state the obvious, losses to SEC teams just mean less, and wins over any and every SEC team just mean more. The 4th-place Big Ten finisher should not be in the PO field? The SEC should put six teams in the PO? This horse manure cements my backing of Petitti's PO format, including conference sixth place at third place and fifth place at four play-in games. Here's a ranking that isn't Southern fried. https://masseyratings.com/cf/fbs/ratings Eight Big Ten teams in an objective top 25. Plenty of SEC teams are in the top 25. So, four each automatically in the field, with a chance for additional at-large representatives, simply mirrors what we've seen on the field to date. This Tuesday, I hope we do not see the committee mirroring the AP.

At least the Committee, unlike AP voters, had Iowa ranked. The B1G is being dumped as a result of the 'Back-to-Back' champion Big Ten conference is better than the SEC!' recency bias. Try and find an article that doesn't trumpet the SEC as being deeper and better than the B1G. That notes how weak the SEC is at the bottom of the conference. I never bought into the Big Ten recency bias, and I expected this kind of pushback would be coming. But add in the vitriol in response to Tony Petitti's AQ PO format, and the criticism has become Hive Mind propaganda. The Texas loss to Florida was a good loss, right? The OT escapes by Texas from Kentucky and Mississippi State show how hard it is to win on the road in the SEC! Hmmmm. Yesterday - Kentucky 38, Florida 7. Georgia 41, Mississippi State 21. Yet, the two Texas escapes in OT will continue to be touted as terrific wins. In Nashville yesterday, a mediocre at best Auburn team took the great Diego and Vandy into OT. 2-loss Vanderbilt at No. 16 was ranked ahead of every B1G 2-loss team. I don't believe the sea-going Commodores would have won in rainy Kinnick last night. Texas at home gave up 31 points to this Vandy squad while escaping with a 34 to 31 win. What a great win! Is it any surprise that Sark is lobbying for 3-loss SEC teams to make the PO? I support Petitti's PO plan. In a 16-team PO model, four B1G teams with play-in games to determine teams three and four deserve to be in the field. I saw nothing out of the ACC and the B12 yesterday that convinces me that these two conferences should have more than two teams in a 16-team PO field. A one-loss BYU should not be ranked above 1-loss Oregon. Tuesday night. Will a one-loss Texas Tech, with the loss to unranked ASU, remain ahead of one-loss OBD, with the loss coming against the committee's 2nd-ranked team? A PO field sponsored by SEC broadcast partner ESPN that is a Bowl Extrazaganza and not a true PO that has the better teams playing on their home field, makes more sense than Petitti's plan? I don't think so. Make the Gophers Grovel! Beat the Fleck out of Minnesota.

HUH? 🤢🤮

What OBD and Moore didn't do? 🤪 When it mattered, Moore led a game-winning drive, including a terrific throw to a blanketed wide receiver. And OBD's FG kicker in a pressure situation and in terrible weather came through. In November, Iowa, under Kirk Ferentz, was 5-1 in Kinnick Stadium against top 10 teams. Kirk and the Hawkeyes are now 5-2 in November versus top 10 teams. With a reshuffled O-line, OBD rushed for 261 yards. Iowa rushed for 140. The passing game was not there until it mattered tonight. A TE who will be drafted in the 1st round, as well as OBD's best WR, who will also go early in the NFL draft, were not able to suit up. Another receiver who will be drafted in April left the game in the first series on offense. OBD won both LOS, playing in the kind of weather the Hawkeyes wished for. Playing the kind of bully-ball Iowa is known for. THIS was a terrific win for the Oregon coaches and players. A game that many an 'expert' predicted OBD would lose. 8-1 with the loss coming against the PO Committee's 2nd-ranked team. Win out and host a 1st round PO game? Are You Not Entertained!

Man of Oregon Justin Wilcox is a Louisville Slugger!

It doesn't matter. Captain Dan and Ex-O Dante will torpedo Fleck's leaky rowboat. But will SC defeat Iowa? With UW getting Badgered and battered in Madison, we need to fight on for SC for one more week. 🤬

I'm sorry to off half-clocked. Mari-oh-oh wins, but he is ordered by his Boosters to watch the Indiana at Penn State, and Oregon at Iowa end games.

From 1,000 miles away (😁sorry), they're holding a Wake at UVA!

Upon further review. 😍😍😍 Having re-watched the 4th Q and the Iowa FG kicker making a career-long 58-yard FG in the driving rain, OBD D players being mugged all game with 0 holding penalties called, the offense out-rushing smash-mouth Iowa, a stellar Ducks run D, stud starters on the bench, and more, lost in-game? No worries. OBD's FG kicker mans up in brutal conditions and under max pressure and seals the deal? I haven't watched this movie before. This is one of the guttiest wins I've ever seen in seven decades of watching CFB. One that comes close was the Rose Bowl in 1966, when DB Bob Stiles overcame two knockout punches and was knocked out for the third time when making a game-saving tackle in UCLA's huge upset over Michigan State. (Yes, younger fans, this was once the norm. The concussion protocol was a coach throwing a bucket of water in your face. 🤪) This is exactly the kind of game that Kirk Ferentz and Iowa do not lose in November. And the win at Penn State, as the Nits showed against the Hoosiers today, was not a nothing-burger win. PSU and Iowa were road games that the majority of the top 25 teams would have lost. And Dan and his assistants are doing this with 14 new starters and subs starting for the new starters? And diaper dandies on display? Remarkable. Sink the Row Boat - Grease the Gophers!

Have you ever been in a monsoon and tried to pull a hanky out of your back pocket? 😁 I'm kidding. A spot on comment.

With no intention of being pejorative and just askin', does OBD need an S+C coaching change? Too many 4th Q fades. Get into the PO and with all hands on deck? A team that finished in 4th place in the B1G last season won it all.

Do not go East UW. Thanks for letting us SEA another east of the Rockies dog show. 💩

Vandy doesn't freeze and takes care of Auburn if you please. Will this 2-loss team still be ranked ahead of 2-loss SC?

AMEN - Solid, Gut Check, Overcoming Dings, Road Victory! 8-1 - That was a difficult watch, but it turned out to be fun in the rain, not the sun. Will the Committee still have OBD ranked behind 1-loss BYU? 2-loss Vandy ahead of 2-loss SC? Kirk Ferentz in November vs top 10 teams, is now 5-2 😍. Herbie, clean up the Streit!

PLEEEEZE, don't tell me that SEC games mean more and are more physical than Big Ten games and that the SEC is that much deeper than the B1G. A team without a conference win gave the committee's 2nd-ranked team everything it could handle. Another team without a win in the conference gave the No. 1 team a battle. Last night, Northwestern played hard for 60 minutes. All of the 2-loss B1G teams ranked lower than every SEC 2-loss team is Horse Bleep. The next coach at Penn State will have a heck of a QB on his side. And Indiana showed it could come from behind to win another tough road game.

You were almost drummed, Fernando. But you managed to MenDoza PSU. Good On U! 27-24. Whew!

Despite Hell's Cow Bells, No. 5 UGA was not mUGA'd.

B? YU? I can't Bear It! This was the Day PO chances died?

Herbie hazing and hating on the Ducks - Iowa 16 - OBD 15 🤬🤬🤬

GULP. 🤮

DUCK? Kirk Ferentz at home in November vs. top 10 teams - 5-1 😧 Make it 5-2! 😍

Today, Bye the Way - 11 Texas, 12 Oklahoma, 13 Utah, 21 Michigan, 24 Pitt, 25 Tennessee - This should be a very short siege - No. 6 Ole Miss, even if old enough to have danced The Charleston, will conquer a Citadel, teleporting from Charleston to Oxford. Unless the Rebels come this close to Cougin' It at home again? Come On Bullseye! WOOF!

USC 38 - No-Western 17. Trojan fans may be Riled up, but I don't believe in BC, Riley, or USC. 🤬

Tulane flew into Memphis and did not land with Grace. 38 to 32 in the Tiger's face. The Dukes of JMU loved this Green Wave BBQ, and a chance to light up an old Cig.