Jon Joseph

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.

LINCOLN! How Can You Lose a Leinhart? 😁 Class of 2026 QB Cole Leinart, son of Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, commits to SMU - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The elder Leinart won the 2004 Heisman Trophy and led the Trojans to two titles

Great take, but I'd trade a 4-game playoff run to Atlanta on 1/20/25 for a 3-game run with fewer fans in the Rose Bowl and more time for dinged-up players to heal. OBD has been a road warrior this season, and who knew that a 3-point home win against a G5 opponent would be a win over PO, ranked No. 12? I think this team is mature enough on both sides of the ball not to be intimidated by the opposition's fans. College Football Playoff Rankings 2024: Why Boise State can realistically earn first-round bye or host game - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Broncos are in better standing than previous Group of Five teams thanks to the 12-team field Beat the Crab Out of Maryland!

Nevada Dawg, best of luck in Oxford on Saturday. May your QB throw to guys in the correctly colored jerseys and may the D that played in Austin show up!

Thanks, 30. As I have posted before, I think Miami is Missouri in waiting. Texas was blown out by Georgia and its two 'signature wins came against a team that likely won't go bowling, Oklahoma, and a team not yet bowl-eligible, Michigan. The Horns had a close call at Vandy, and have not ranked opponents in Florida, a road game at Arkansas, Kentucky, and versus an A+M team in College Station that was blown out by South Carolina, remaining. Texas has one of the easier SEC conference schedules that but for venues will be repeated next season. I have no idea why the Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Mississippi State ADs bought into this rinse-and-repeat instead of going to nine conference games. LSU? Looked lost in the second half versus A+M. Tennessee is another SEC team with an easy conference schedule that especially with a bad loss at Arkansas, should not be ahead of a BYU team with wins over No. 13 SMU on the road and a blowout of No. 19 K State in Logan. Tennessee did beat a No. 11 Bama team that self-destructed in Knoxville. Left on the Vols schedule, Mississippi State, at Georgia, UTEP 😒, and Vandy in Nashville. Good luck in Athens and Vandy on the road will not be a pushover. A number of the 2 loss-ranked SEC teams will have 3 losses before 12/8/24. One of Bama/LSU will have 3 losses after Saturday's game. Will a 3-loss SEC team make the playoff?

And time for Tez, Marcus, etc. to get healthy. The opening 1st round game will be played on 12/19 with the other 3 played on the 20th. Having a bye means your team is off from the champ game on 12/7/24 to 1/1/25. So 24 days off before playing in Pasadena and added time to prepare for the first PO opponent and game. How about an Old School matchup against Big Ten Indiana?

EXACTLY. He had a significant roster advantage in the B12 (like Jimbo Fisher had in the ACC) and dysfunction in Austin, Texas. His teams outside of B12 play? 0-3 as a playoff head coach. 60+ points surrendered vs LSU and Joe Burrow. The guy who hired Riley was forced out, current AD Jen Cohen had nothing to do with the hire. College Station Fanatics came with oil money to buy out Jimbo. Is football that big of a thing today in South Central? Would SC boosters come up with at least $50M if Jen wanted to get rid of Riley? I don't believe that SC is committed to football like it once was. Moss was nothing special at QB and kept throwing untimely interceptions. Maiva was very good at UNLV last season and he has better wheels than Moss. With the season down the drain after a huge opening win, Riley needs to see what he has in Maiva and if positive, keep Maiva out of the portal. Moss has another year of eligibility but he isn't the answer. Reilly tried to pick up Will Howard but SC's NIL program is JV compared to Ohio State, and Oregon. SC needs to win 2 of the next 3 games against Nebraska, at UCLA, and Notre Dame l to be bowl-eligible. How fired up will SC players be to trip to El Paso or Shreveport or SoFi? I think Cohen likely knows that SC needs a culture change and a recruiter like Danno but where is the money coming from to get rid of Riley and pay a new coach @$10M a year? I feel so sorry for the first team to bail from the Pac-12. 😁

A Saturday Tradition Take on Week 11 in the B1G. B1G storylines for Week 11: Indiana chasing 10th win, program history SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Indiana is seeking its first 10-win season in program history. That's 1 of the biggest B1G storylines in Week 11. FRIDAY NIGHT IOWA at UCLA - 5 PM Fox - Iowa is favored to have more fans in the Rose Bowl than the Bruins. 😁 Turn the Terrapins Into Turtle SOUP!

A Timely Shout Out to OBD! College Football Playoff rankings revealed: Oregon takes top spot, who snuck into top 12? WWW.NYTIMES.COM Ohio State, Georgia, Miami and Texas follow Oregon in the top five of the first CFP rankings of the season.

Shout Out For Justin - From One Tough Guy to Another. Jim Harbaugh calls Justin Herbert the toughest quarterback in NFL history WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh had high praise for his quarterback, Justin Herbert.

Welcome Back Fergie. Get Well Tez and Marcus Et Al! Oregon Ducks' Terrance Ferguson Details Hardest Part of Appendix Injury WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Oregon Ducks tight end Terrance Ferguson has been one of quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s favorite targets this season. Ferguson missed the games against Purdue and Illinois but returned for... Oregon Ducks Injury Update: Tez Johnson, Marcus Harper, Gary Bryant Jr, Dave Iuli WWW.SI.COM After the No. 1 Oregon Ducks turned off the noise in the “Big House” with a critical 38-17 win over the Michigan Wolverines, there’s only three more teams stand

A Shout Out From the AP! Oregon gets top billing in College Football Playoff's opening rankings, Ohio St 2nd and Georgia 3rd APNEWS.COM Undefeated Oregon got top billing in the first set of rankings on the road to college football's new, 12-team playoff. No. 5 is the PO At-Large sweet spot although if Boise is the 12 seed the 1st round game will not be a piece of potato pie. Beat the 12 seed and it's likely on to the Fiesta Bowl for a game against the 4-seed B12 representative. I will not be surprised if both the three and four seeds lose in the 2nd round. Utah is having a very bad year. But No.9 BYU, -3.5, travels to Salt Lake City for the Holy War game this Saturday and there is a reason for the skinny spread in this heated rivalry game. A BYU loss would give the Prime Time Buffs, blown out by Nebraska, a good shot at making the B12 title game and with two losses, having a 1st round bye. 😒 Trash the Terps!

Great Take, yes. Georgia at Ole Miss should be a PO eliminator. Tennessee has a game to play at UGA, and Texas still has to visit Texas A+M.