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Penn State. The TE is super but with an average at best WR group, OBD can load the box vs PSU. And Howard is a better QB than Allar and/or Allar's back up.

CBS Dennis Dodd's Take on the Game and PSU OC Mr. K 'The Kotelnicki Effect' has worked for Penn State so far, but offensive guru can prove worth vs. Ohio State - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Andy Kotelnicki was hired to get the Nittany Lions over the hump against the Big Ten's premier programs

Danno Wary of Michigan QBs. Oregon HC Dan Lanning is wary of both of Michigan's quarterbacks WWW.YARDBARKER.COM If this were a year ago, a matchup between Oregon and Michigan would have been a headliner. It's still an important game for both squads in 2024, but the matchup between No. 1 Oregon (8-0, 5-0...

OBD Fans It's Week 10 and We're Still No. 1! It's Electrifying! So Watts! 😍 2005 - The regular season concluded at 10 games. 11 - With a 24 team playoff, FCS plays 11 regular season games. 2024 - The Champion of College Football in 2024/25 will play 16 or 17 games. 1/20/25 - The date the Playoff Champ Game will be played in Atlanta on a Monday so as not to conflict with NFL Playoff games. 😧 Gentlemen and Ladies, start and end the season earlier. It's not that hard to figure this out. 'Hey, Brutus, where in The H did the O go?" "Indiana you say? The Hoosiers are dotting the I? HOO knew?" 64 - net rushing yards. 2.1 yard average, .79 yards before contact put up by tOSU against Nebraska on Saturday. This vs. a Nebraska team that in the process of being Hoosier Husker Hosed the Saturday before in Bloomington, surrendered 215 rushing yards at 6.5 yards a clip. 1 for 10 On 3rd Down - Chipper has the run game rolling, right? 😁 3 - Number of healthy O Tackles on the Buckeyes roster. 1 Red Shirt Sophomore with next to no time on the field of play and 2 True Frosh with no time on the field of play. Not only did the Buckeyes lose in Eugene 😍 losing starting tackle Simmons was a B1G blow to Brutus. 13 of 19 - completions by Michigan QB Davis Warren for 123 yards and a TD in the win vs. Sparty with QB Alex Orji rushing for 64 yards and a TD on 6 carries. 187 yards from the Michigan QBs in 2023 is Michigan-Man Tom Brady-like. 😁 Less than 100 - A 'perfect' Big 10 game. In Iowa's 40 to 14 win over Northwestern, neither team put up 100 yards passing. Streaks - Good and Not SO Good. 0 - The number of minutes 8-0 Indiana has been behind this season. 0 - 7 - The number of games Penn State won from 2021 through 2023 when trailing at the half. 3 - 0 - The number of games 7-0 Penn State has won in 2024 when trailing at the half. 1-22 - Penn State's record vs. Top 5 ranked teams since 2000. 1-9 - James Franklin's record vs Ohio State. 4-16 Franklin vs. Michigan and Ohio State. 2-22 - Matt Ruhle's record vs ranked teams. 2016 - The last time Nebraska went bowling. Longest 'losing' streak by a Power team. 27 straight losses by Nebraska to ranked teams. 35 One-Score games in a row lost by the Cornhukers. 0 preseason Cornhusker respect accorded to No. 1 OBD. 😍 104 - Before Saturday's loss at A+M, the number of games in a row won by LSU when leading at halftime by 10+ points. WOW! 2nd - B1Ggest loss by Illinois last Saturday since the Illini started balling in 1890. 😁 Week 10 Games With a Playoff Punch. No. 1 OREGON -15.5 at NR Michigan - 12:30 CBS No. 4 Ohio State -3.5 at No. 3 Penn State - 9 AM FOX No. 10 Texas A+M -2.5 (Hmmm?) at NR South Carolina - 4:30 ABC No. 13 Indiana -6.5 at NR Michigan State - 12:30 Peacock No. 18 Pitt +7.5 at No. 20 SMU - 5 PM ACC Network No. 15 Boise State -23.5 vs NR San Diego State - FRIDAY 8 PM FS1 No. 5 Miami -20.5 vs NR Duke - Another brutal ACC game for the Canes. 😒 For Duke coach Manny Diaz, this one is personal. 9 AM ABC Taking a nap - No. 6 Texas, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 9 BYU, No. 14 Alabama, No. 16 LSU, No. 22 WAZZU !, No. 23 Bowl Eligible Colorado, No. 25 🤣Mizzou. GO PUDDLES! PLASTER MICHIGAN!

Thank you, Darren. Another terrific read. Riley was roundly chastized today for not running the clock and closing out Rutgers. He kept passing the ball, and burning no clock. Riley's play calling led to four late 4th quarter Rutgers possessions, at least two of which should not have happened. My guess. Riley negotiates a lower exit fee with USC and becomes a highly paid play caller in the NFL. He does not have head coach coaching chops and he is OK (yuck, yuck) at recruiting skill players but not LOS guys. But I don't know if the recruiting bumbling rests solely with Riley. When Pete Carroll first arrived there was not a pro football team in LA. Now, there are two NFL teams. And SC refused to fire Helton for so long I think many Trojans fans said 'heck with it.' With the academic standards raised at SC, how many students are all in on football? The 'crowd' for the Rutgers game looked like a home game at Stanford. Dan Lanning has support from the top down and from fired up students, Phil, and other boosters, alumni and folks who enjoy the program. Folks across the country and around the world follow the Ducks. But this did not happen without a plan that included insightful investment in brilliant marketing. It took Harbaugh 5 seasons before he defeated Ohio State. Harbaugh may have been the only coach with the gravitas to tell Michigan's administration that he was going to do it his way and to stay out of the way. Is there a coach out there who can do the same at USC? Stein will get a bigger gig, perhaps in the B1G. Rather than going rehab-style, I imagine Dan already has his eyes on assistants in the G5 and P5 who are killing it. It worked for Penn State this season. Kansas could not match PSU's Ks and the PSU O has stepped up with the hire of OC Andy Kotelnicki, and Kansas is one of the most disappointing teams in CFB. Thanks again, Darren. MASH MICHIGAN MOORE + MOORE!

Scarier Near Halloween. Perfect. https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/oregon-football-might-be-even-scarier-in-matchup-with-michigan But I think both Burch and Fergie sit this one out.

Simply a bad call near the end of the game. Targeting should have been reversed and it wasn't a personal foul. tOSU D guy now has to sit out the 1st half at Penn State. Male Bovine Excrement. I get why Day went nuts.

I was going to update this post with a take from CBS Sports Jerry Palm before noting that Palm has Penn State playing at Ohio State on Saturday. COME ON MAN!

WHY? Keep the hits coming all Day long. Tuesdays with Gorney: Angst over Ohio State is getting ridiculous SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Ohio State is listed as a 3-5-point favorite over Penn State this weekend.

Could this Coach Speak be any Moore Obvious? Sherrone Moore on Oregon: "A complete football team." - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore talked about hosting No. 1 ranked Oregon this week and how the Wolverines prepare.

Will Michigan and 1st Round Projected Draft Choice CB Johnson Be Able to Play? Will Johnson injury updates: Latest news on Michigan CB DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Michigan Wolverines cornerback Will Johnson is dealing with an unspecified injury. Here are the latest updates.

Beware of HUey BRIS. 😧

Oh well, Divorce Happens! 😁 Before last Saturday's game vs. Lee Corso and Indiana, UWho had outgained all seven of its opponents and was the No. 1 team in the USA in Tackling Efficency. Pretty remakable for a team with all new coaches and two starters back. Pac-12 Redux Saturday when SUC visits UWho on Saturday. Which underachiever gets the W and is one game away from bowling? Wreck The Wolverines!

Gotta Love Danno, 'I've Heard It's Big' ... and Good News RE: Burch + Fergie. Oregon Ducks Injury Update: Jordan Burch, Terrance Ferguson Return To Practice WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The No. 1 Oregon Ducks might get two star players back soon. On Monday, Oregon coach Dan Lanning said that tight end Terrance Ferguson and defensive lineman Jordan Burch both returned to...

This Author Agrees with DR. Jack and Others, the Badgers Are OBD's Biggest Concern. Ranking Oregon’s four remaining opponents by upset potential FANSIDED.COM Does anyone have the firepower to knock off the top-ranked Ducks in the regular season? I'm sticking with the Wolverines. WASTE THE WOLVERINES!

The article does come from the SUC Wire but author Matt Zemeck has been a round a long time, is a savvy guy and has given Riley no quarter in 2024. College football officiating crisis needs to be dealt with urgently TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM College football officiating, in the Big Ten and elsewhere, has been really bad this year. The product is getting worse. We need urgent solutions to this problem. The article gives creedance to a number of OBDers calling for CFB Ref Reformation.

It's game No. 8 in an eight-game straight gauntlet. And Wisconsin is idle the week before playing the Ducks. But the Wisconsin O after lighting up three B1G bottom feeders was far from robust vs Penn State. At Wisconsin, Fickell is 0-5 against teams ranked when they played the Badgers. 0-3 in 2024 vs Bama, at USC, and vs Penn State. The Penn State D traveled, the Oregon D if not fatigued will continue to travel. The Badgers best win in 2024 is against Rutgers. The Badgers RB, Walker, who played well in the last three games before Penn State was shut down by the PSU D, held to fewer than 60 yards rushing. PSU's backup QB played well in relief of Drew Allar. The Wisconsin QB has marginal starting talent and Illinois has better receiving threats than Wisconsin. Oregon will again have a speed advantage in this game; a huge advantage at WR. I'm more concerned about a Michigan team that found a winning QB formula vs Michigan State on Saturday and will want to win back-to-back games in Ann Arbor to try and salvage its season with an upset of No. 1 and a Win Columbus. Michigan will also have a chance to show off at Indiana. Top to bottom Michigan has a much better roster than Wisconsin. Three guys on D could go in the 1st round of the draft and TE Loveland is a baller.

Cignetti is 8-0 at the 'Losingist School' in all of college football. Indiana is at the top of CFB in games lost. 1st and only Rose Bowl was in 1967, last time the Hoosiers were 8-0. Indy lost to USC. 😒 Indy's preseason Over/ Under was 5.5. In the conference preseason poll, Indiana came in 17 out of 18 B1G teams. As Cignetti noted, the last two teams he head coached picked to finish next to last won championships. This Indiana team has not been behind in 8 games. It embarrassed a Nebraska team that hung with Ohio State. The opponents may not be all that but Indy is destroying the opposition. It's OK. Saint Nick won titles, not COY awards. Danno, go forth and do the same.

MARYLAND KICKOFF ANNOUNCED - 4 PM - BTN Kickoff time announced between No. 1 Oregon and Maryland 247SPORTS.COM On Monday morning, the official kickoff time for No. 1 Oregon and Maryland's first-ever matchup was announced.

MIAMI is Missouri in waiting. 0 ranked opponents played to date with Duke, at Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and at Syracuse remaining. 😒 4 ACC teams have zero conference losses, Miami, Clemson, Pitt, and SMU. Miami misses all thre of the other unbeatens. A Refs-Assisted win at home against Va Tech and down 3 TDs+ at Cal (CAL!) Tyler Shough had better stats than Ward when Miami visited Louisville. And 'these guys' could be a Playoff No. 2 seed? A loss in the ACC Champ game and a 12-1 MIA should be PO MIA.

And Justin has the Chargers 4-3 and in the PO hunt. 😍

Saturday Tradition's Take on OBD at Michigan and the Other B1G Games. B1G storylines for Week 10: Will Penn State break through against Ryan Day, OSU? SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Penn State is 0-6 vs. Ryan Day and has lost 7 straight to Ohio State. Can James Franklin end the skid? Plus: Takeaways from other B1G games. tOSU at PSU - Is there any pressure on the head coaches? 😁 Make Michigan Mince-Meat!

AnotherOD and Happy, great posts. THIS is what worries Tony Petitti and Greg Sankey. We'll find out beginning on 11/5 when the Committee releases its 1st rankings whether the concerns are justied. If the Committee simply uses Ws and Ls the Committee will be called out. How do you seperate a bunch of 10-2 P4 teams without using SOS, Strength of Record, etc. The CBB Committee discloses the metrics it uses, I believe the CFB Committee will be making a mistake if it doesn't do the same. "Trust Us" is not going to bounce. In fairness, Indiana has a bad SOS as does Ohio State but for the OREGON GAME 😍 that it lost. The Playoff has tripled in size but I believe the Committee's rankings problems will go well beyond last season's FSU bruhaha and the flak will fly when seeding comes out that doesn't match the final ranking on 12/8/24.

The Pac-7 plus Gonzo still need a football playing buddy and have no TV deal to date. Kennesaw State, 0-5 before beating 5-0 Liberty is available. But does anyone know where the school is located? However, Utah State vs Fresno is bound to bring in big $, right? 😁

I may have to take up smoking? It's Cig's to lose. OTHERS - BYU - Kalani Sitake, TX A+M - Mike Elko, Iowa State - Matt Campball, Vandy - Clark Lea. Army - Jeff Monken if Army doesn't s(t)ink like Navy against Notre Dame. SMH. Notre Dame 83-13-1 vs Navy. Moves up 4 spots because it housed a G5 opponent? FOUR G5 opponents for The Irish in 2024 - No. 8 😒ND is now 1-2 vs the G5. Danno the Manno! Mutilate Michigan!