Jon Joseph

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But the Commodores could not sink Vanderbilt! Paaawwwwall, stay in your own lane!

YES! An 11-1 OBD is playing in Indianapolis. OBD has the tiebreaker against 11-1 Ohio State, Penn State, and Indiana. UW raised the white flag last night in front of a White Out. Indiana at Ohio State on 11/23 will almost certainly decide OBD's champ game opponent, with Ohio State playing Northwestern on Saturday and the Buckeyes odds on to beat Michigan on 11/30. I do not see the Hoosiers losing against Purdue at home on 11/30, so it's 12-0 or 11-1 for Indiana. Penn State plays at Purdue on Saturday, at Minnesota on 11/23, the Gophers went down to Rutgers yesterday, and Maryland. WAX WISCONSIN!

Thank you, Jordan, another terrific game recap. As you so noted it's November so Just Win Baby! Three undefeated P4 teams remain, OBD, Indiana, 10-0 for the first time in Hoosiers' history, and BYU with a very fortunate late 22-21 win in Salt Lake City. Army is the only undefeated G5 team. The Indiana win sets up a B1G PO Matchup Game in Columbus on 11/23. A 12-0 Oregon is playing in Indianapolis for the B1G title on December 7th as is an 11-1 Oregon with the tiebreaker over both Indy and Ohio State. UW once again did not fare well on the road. 😁 I Am Peeved! The Ducks game kicks off in Madison at 6:30 PM local time on NBC. The Fox Big Noon game is Utah at Colorado. CBS at 3:30 Eastern is broadcasting Penn State at Purdue! 😒 And the folks in the B1G offices in Chicago gave OBD back-to-back weeks of playing opponents coming off an Idle Week. Whatever, Just Win, Baby! The SEC? Georgia has no twitch, Bowers, McConkey, or game-breaking RB to help Beck. The Georgia O line looked like a sieve versus the Portal King's D line. Brian Kelly was 13-0 in night games at Tiger Stadium. He's now 13-1 with Bama emphatically shutting the door on LSU's Playoff hopes. Florida had a 3-star transfer from Yale at QB and not its 5* true Frosh stud. Not a good showing after the Florida AD announced that Billy Napier would be back in 2025. Which SEC team will show up on Saturday? UGA looked nothing like the team that defeated Texas. Texas looked nothing like the team that lost to Georgia. Ole Miss looked nothing like the team that lost to Kentucky in Oxford. And the Gamecocks sunk Vandy. Man, I would not want to be on the PO Committee. They best issue flak jackets to these folks. Thanks again, Jordan. WASTE WISCONSIN!

Congrats! Along with UCLA, LA has another winner, and he's not named Riley. 😊

Give the man a break, he managed to score a close win over STONED BROOK!

AMEN! This should have been loss number 3, at least. VA Tech had a win. Cal Wilcoxed and firend Tyler Shough and Louisville outplayed the Canes. HOW can a team with so many 1 score wins over average teams possibly be ranked No. 4? Karma? For a guy who could not wait to tell the world he was the King of Football Florida. Atlanta is not that far over the border. Do YOU have any confidence in the folks ranking these teams? CFB is probably the only sport with a PO decided in a board room and not on the field or court or whatever, where the events are played. On 12/8/24, it will get ugly.

Before today's Indiana vs Michigan game, Indy had and still has, no wins vs. a PO CT. top 25 team. OBD has two. Both OBD and Indy have 2 redular season games left. So, just because you are following another team does not mean you are paranoid, so I "believe" it's the alphabet at play. For OBD to be 10-0 was preseason expected. For the Football Hoosiers to be 10-0, first time in Indy football history, not so much. Google It. FWIW, I expect the Hoosiers will be hosed in Columbus on 11/23 by three or more TDs. And OBD will be bucking up against the Buckeyes in Indianapolis on what I hope will be a 2nd Day of Infamy for tOSU on 12/7/24. In its wins this season, Ohio State has given up 64 points. In the loss to OBD, Ohio State surrendered 32 points😍

Hats Off to OBD! Game 7 in a row without a siesta. Top receiver down. Top RB dinged. And you come in as a 3 TD plus favorite against a team that had last Saturday off. IMO, a very good win in a perfect let down situation. Next Saturday, OBD is on the road for the 8th game in a row and again, against a team that had this Saturday off and playing in a tough Jump Around atmosphere with having to travel at least two time zones in the last 3 weeks. 😒 Welcome to the B1G! For those of us who played the game, we know how hard it is to win a football game. How hard it is to amp up for every opponent, especially a rested opponent you are favored to destroy. Especially, and I have no 1st hand knowledge of this, when you are the only team in your Top Drawer Division asked to play 8 straight games without a break. This was a very, very good win. Next week against a Badger backed into a B1G corner in home territory coming off a nap? JUST WIN BABY! GO DUCKS! Brutilize Bucky!

Thans for the Post, DM. Foster with the help of Eric Bieniemy is steadily improving his team that has played hard in every game and he will focus on recruiting far more than Chip, which is not all that difficult. Recruiting to UCLA with sterling academis and a beautiful campus loctaed in recruiting happy hunting ground should be a no brainer. And the new UCLA president cares about athletics. Now, move to SoFi, a stadium closer to campus with modern seating and amenities. It will be interesting to see, if you can get Peacock, how UW does at Penn State tonight in a White Out. All games, including those broadcast on Peacock are available in a 60 minute version no lated than Monday on the Big Ten Network. Lincoln Riley cannot lose today.😁 MASH MARYLAND!

Week 11 - Remaining SOS for Power 4 Contenders and Others of Interest Strength of Schedules Calculated by College Football Network on 11/3 For P4 and G5 Teams B1G - No. 8 Indiana - 22/ No. 2 Ohio State - 49/ No. 1. OREGON - 57/ No. 6 Penn State - 64 Three Games Remain for OREGON and Indiana and four for Ohio State and Penn State SEC - No. 15 LSU - 28/ No. 3 Georgia - 30/ No. 5 Texas - 31/ No. 16 Ole Miss - 39/ No. 7 Tennessee - 61/ No. 14 A+M - 62/ No. 11 Alabama - 70 ACC - No. 22 Louisville - 42/ No. 4 Miami - 52/ No. 13 SMU - 54/ No. 23 Clemson - 65 Independent - No. 10 Notre Dame - 71/ No. 21 Washington State - 115 Big 12 - No. 19 K State - 26/ No. 17 Iowa State - 36/ No. 20 CU - 47/ No. 9 BYU - 55 G5 - No. 12 Boise State - 114 MASH MARYLAND!

OBD/ 42-17/ 3/ 3/ 375 SHELL THE TURTLES!

The Committee with 12 teams is under more pressure than with 4 teams. Why a weekly College Football Playoff rankings show is dumb SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Ranking teams before the season ends just opens the committee up to more criticism. I agree that interim rankings are simply an ESPN money grab. I also believe that like the CBB Committee, the CFB Committee should publically disclose the metrics it uses to judge teams.

Thanks for the post, 30. I think the two top SEC games this week have the more significant PO impact. Michigan is not in the running for the PO. If the Hoosiers lost to the Wolverines, after being Idle on 11/16, Indiana could recover with a win in Columbus on 11/16. With all of the 1-loss and 2-loss teams still in contention, a 3rd loss, whether or not Greg Sankey likes it, means Alabama, Ole Miss, and LSU would be PO over and out and a 2-loss UGA would be on thin ice. In the 2024 Pac-12, I think the Ducks would be 9-0 but without a W versus Ohio State, meaning 3-0 OOC against 2 G5 teams and whatever Oregon State is., OBD would have one Top 25 win. OBD's strength of schedule would not be robust with Arizona, Utah, UW, and USC, having bad years and UCLA being UCLA, Cal being Cal and Furd being Furd. OBD's two top opponents could have been the not ranked ASU, No. 20 CU, and No. 21 Wazzu. Would these three teams have been on the schedule? Long way of saying, "Heck Yes!" Even though the ACC has five ranked teams in the top 25😒, one more than the B1G's four, it's huge to be B1G. 😍 Huge not to have every game streamed or shown on Larry's Loser Network. OBD would be playing games with far fewer folks tuning in to watch and OBD would be battling for the 4th or 5th seed in a field with six automatic bids. This just in, Penn State fans are not happy that The White Out Game versus UW is on The Bird. 😁

Upcoming B1G Games That Could Impact the PO - Where Is Indy at tOSU? Big Ten football: 5 upsets (plus 1) that would impact the College Football Playoff rankings SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Starting this weekend, these are the conference matchups that could scramble the CFP order before the regular season ends.

Week 11 It's the SEC Where Games Just Mean More This Weekend. College football games, Week 11: Two-loss SEC teams enter pivotal CFP stretch as potential bids become scarce - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The thought was 9-3 for SEC teams may be good enough for playoff inclusion, but parity may be proving that incorrect If our 'buddy' DeBoer 'leads' Bama to its 3rd loss vs 2 loss LSU the knives will be out in Tuscaloosa. And Kiffen taking a 3rd loss will be mega disappointing for The Portal King and Ole Miss fans. This Monday, the Paul Finebaum show should be rowdy.

Why the Timing Is Right for Miller to Gather Moss on the Bench. USC football quarterback change needed to be now, not later TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM One reason for this USC quarterback switch from Miller Moss to Jayden Maiava really stands out. It reinforces why this was the right time to make the move. I cop to pulling for SC to take the Domers, 4 games vs G5 teams and a 'bye' on conference champ weekend, out of the playoff.

Good thoughts. But 10-2 with a win over P4 B12 OK State in 2025 likely means OBD is back in the Playoff field. I think a Playoff bid would mean a successful season every year Oregon punched its ticket to The Delighted Dozen. I don't believe OBD is at Bama's championship or bust of a season level and I hope Oregon fans will never be that jaded. Winning football games is hard. Oregon will play five conference road games in 2025. However, the three OOC games are at home and Montana State replaces Boise State, so, like in 2024, OBD will have seven home games. It will be tough at Penn State, especially if it is a White Out game. The Games in Iowa City and Seattle could be a test but other than at Penn State, I think that in the 2025 preseason, Oregon will be favored in every game. The toughest home game looks to be against the Hoosiers. Hoo Knew! But 24-year-old Kurtis Rourke will not be back at QB. Oregon's Blue Chip Roster will be a darker blue. There is no Michigan and no Ohio State on the regular season schedule. Oregon will have a roster advantage in all of its games including the game in Happy Valley. The professionally managed and well-funded Division Street gives OBD a B1G advantage. The only NIL collective in the conference that can match Division Street is the Ohio State collective. Oregon could lose Will Stein and other top assistant coaches to better opportunities but to date, like one of his mentors Saint Nick, Dan Laning has successfully replaced the departing coaches. We are blessed. We are watching a program with the best marketing in CFB become more than its great mascot and showy uniforms, we are watching Oregon on the verge of obtaining Blue Blood status. For a program in the Northwestern part of the USA, this is remarkable. 😍

Lincoln did not recruit Miller Moss. Helton recruited Miller Moss. The guy who decided to portal into SC, Maiava, will get a start a week from Saturday. What does a 3-1 and not yet bowl-eligible SC have to lose? Last Saturday in Seattle UWho had the No. 1 ranked pass D in CFB. UWho has a bad run D. Riley has a good RB in Woody Marks. Riley's game plan was to come out throwing. Senseless. Did he 'make' the Heisman-winning QBs or did he just get out of their way? He's a jest who never won a big game outside of a conference where he had a roster advantage. SEE: Jimbo Fisher. He is being paid $10M a year. There is no excuse for SC being under .500 with three games to play.

Fade the 25 Points versus The Terps? Will Will Take the 3rd Q Off? Week 11 Big Ten picks against the spread SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Week 11 Big Ten picks ATS are here and ready to roll as we get set for the stretch run in November. Can Lincoln Riley choke away a 4th Q lead on his week off?😁

More Flak For Franklin. O’Gara: Takeaways from the first poll of the 12-team Playoff era SATURDAYTRADITION.COM What did we learn from the first selection show of the 12-team Playoff era?

Miami won a 1 score game at Louisville and Tyler Shough had better stats than Cam Ward. Louisville gets one more stop in Charlotte and ? SMU is another team that would challenge Miami. Hell of a "Conference" In the regular season, Miami misses Clemson, Pitt, SMU and the Half-ACC'd Notre Dame. Did the PO Committee rank 3L Louisville to help out the Canes? In 2024, the Miami defense is MIA.😁 Take A Knee Game this Saturday at Georgia Tech.😍 Tech QB Haynes King hopes to play. With King, Tech has a chance. On King, On You Ramblin' Wrecks!

Tuesday was a B1G Night for the B1G. But There is Still a Lot of Meat Left On the Bone for Puddles to Peck. 2 for 10 - The number of teams ranked No.1 in the first 4-team Playoff (PO) rankings to win a championship, but... Don't be sad, 'cause 4 out of 8 ain't bad. No. 1 OREGON, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Penn State, and No. 8 Indiana. WOW! 8 out of 16? Yes, the SEC had one-half of the conference in the PO Top 25 Tuesday night, but only three teams in the top 8, and this Saturday, No. 16 Ole Miss +2.5 vs No. 3 Georgia in Oxford and No. 11 Alabama -3 at No. 15 LSU in Baton Rouge could be eliminated with a third lose. LSU drew the night game which is 1 of the many things Lane Kiffin is PO'd about. 😒 No. 24 - ranked Missouri is Exhibit 'A' for, IMO, the PO Committee ranking no more than 15 teams plus automatic bid teams outside of the 15. And No. 22. 3-loss Louisville is not going to the PO unless it sneaks into the ACC title game and wins a rematch with No. 4 Miami. No. 8 Indiana are the Fab 4 Beatles of Bloomington as the Hoosiers continue the B1G Beat-Down Tour. 10-47 - Indiana fell behind Sparty 10-0 last Saturday in E. Lansing and then scored 47 unanswered points. "I think we proved that we could come from behind." Coach Cig 😁 42 - years since Indiana -7.5 has been favored over Michigan. Michigan leads the series 58-10. 1887 - If Indiana defeats Michigan on Saturday in Bloomington it will be 10-0 for the first time in school history. And Indiana will have the next weekend off to prepare for playing Ohio State in Columbus. 1. We're Number 1 and Saturday will be the first time OREGON, -24.5, plays Maryland in football. Big Ten Network - 4 PM. No PO-ranked teams remain on OBD's regular season schedule. But the opponent in the Champ Game in Indianapolis (Knock Wood!) will be formidable. 3. The trip to Indy would be the Ducks third 2+ time zone trip in 6 weeks. Puddles will need an oil change. 3. B1G things we can count on - Death, Taxes, and Penn State losing to Ohio State. Jimmy Franklin is now 2-7 vs. Top 5 opponents and 1-10 versus Oh-My O-H-I-O State 😒. 3-3. Penn State made three Red Zone trips on Saturday and scored 3 points. The only points PSU scored on O. 5:31 - From Buckeye Battle Cry - "Hit them hard and see how they fall, never let that team have the Ball. Hail, Hail, the gang's all here as we beat out old conference foe!" The Buckeyes defense kept PSU out of the end zone on 4 scoring attempts from the 1-yard line. Then, a Lineman's Dream happened for a team that rushed for 64 yards the Saturday prior versus Nebraska. The PSU O never touched the ball in the last 5 minutes and 31 seconds of the game. And this time, Will Howard's last play slide brought joy to Ohio State fans. The Player of The Game - All-American Guard Donovan Jackson who moved from Guard to Left Tackle and more than held his own vs a solid PSU D line. A suspect O-line became solid with a savvy O-Line shuffle. Sound familiar? 5 - Week 11 games with a Playoff Punch - Top five Week 11 college football games: TV info, predictions, start times WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Here are the top five games of the week, ranked in inverse order. All rankings are CFP rankings. Please forgive the Right Coast time zone references. It is a B1G Conference. Mash Maryland! - Turtle the Terps!

Thanks, 30 - Ditto Indianapolis and Pasadena. I want to say, 'Goodbye Indy' with a Bye.

Biggest Tests Left for the PO Teams 1-4 The biggest test remaining for the top four teams in the CFP rankings WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The first rankings were officially released by the College Football Playoff selection committee on Tuesday with Oregon claiming the top spot followed by Ohio State, Georgia and Miami.