Jon Joseph

One of Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, Penn State, or OBD will win the CFB title in 2025-26. One of these five teams will win the 2025-26 CFP National Championship WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The 2025 college football season is getting closer. Given the opportunity, would you take one of these five to win it all or bet the field? Note: 3 B1G teams and 2 SEC teams.

When Even Your Friends Don't Get It? Why the Big Ten needs to vote for this specific CFP model SCARLETANDGAME.COM With the future of the College Football Playoff yet to be determined, the Big Ten needs to vote for this specific model that has been proposed. A conference's 6th best team should not be in the PO. This is exactly what would have happened last season with 9-3 6th-place South Carolina in the field. 9-3 Illinois, which defeated South Carolina in its bowl game, would have been left out. The B1G has implied that it could get behind the 5-11 format IF the SEC went to 9 conference games. The SEC hinted it was going to 9 games with no intention of doing so. Greg Sankey knew the lay of the land before he arrived at the SEC Spring meetings. Greg had not read the treatise that informs the world that the SEC deserves to have six teams in the field before he arrived in Florida? Maybe Tony Petitti likes lollipops but I can't believe he is this B1G of a sucker. Sankey and the SEC set the B1G up. And a guy writing on behalf of Ohio State can't see this?

Exhibit, "A(uburn)" - Inside the SEC's aggressive bid to get their way with the College Football Playoff FLYWAREAGLE.COM The SEC is unsatisfied with two straight years of being left out of the College Football Playoff Championship Game, and to rectify it, the "It Just Means More"

Compared to the PO posturing of Greg Sankey and his conference, the Longhorns/Buckeyes kick-off time is not that B1G a deal. As I explained in another post, this whole Advisory Committee detente looks like a front for Sankey to pivot and make Tony Petitti and the B1G look like the PO format bad guys. Looks like Sankey is going to sucker punch Pettitti like he did Bob Bowlsby while designing a new PO format and at the same time he was negotiating with Oklahoma and Texas to join the SEC. Before he arrived in Destin, Florida, for the SEC meetings, Sankey was not aware that in 2024-25, with a 16-team PO field and a 5/11 PO format, the SEC would have had six teams in the field? This is duplicitous and disengenuous. According to Greg, he heard for the first time in Florida that his coaches only want to play eight regular-season games, and the majority are not in favor of a B1G/SEC football challenge. He's this clueless about the tenor of his member teams? There are multi-millions of dollars at play here, and apparently, I'm the only Duck to have his feathers ruffled over what looks to be a S(ec)tab in the back. Sankey is the hero for backing a 5-11 format with Petitti and the B1G being branded greedy, selfish SOBs who care not about 'The Good of the Game.' I'm not throwing shade at you or the other SEC friends who post here. It's simply that I've seen this movie before when Pac-12 'leadership' led to an implosion of the conference. This will not happen to the Big Ten. However, Petitti couldn't see through Sankey's call to him to form an Advisory Committee and move in lockstep on college football issues could pivot into an in-your-face? That a 4-4-2-2-1-1 PO format, the leaked story of ESPN paying more for a 9th conference game, and the leaked story about the SEC wanting to play a football challenge, were only feints before the sword was turned in the direction of the B1G. I very much doubt the B1G, as it did a week before the SEC meetings, would have approved a 4-4-2-2-1-1, or alternatively, a 4-4-2-2-1-3 PO format, without believing the SEC also backed one or the other format. What are today's stories up on The Athletic, ESPN, CBS, and other CFB sites? "Hurrah! Sankey and the SEC look like they will ride to the PO format rescue." BTW, I hope the cynic in me is wrong, but I doubt it. If I am right, I expect the supposed detente between the conferences will righteously disappear. As to Texas AD Del Conte, he not only objected to the game being played on Sunday evening because he had to go to church (there are no churches in Columbus, Ohio, open on a Sunday?) but also that Texas with have a short week to prepare for the home game versus San Jose State. I believe the Spartans from San Jose will be four TDs or more under Spartans heading into this game in Austin, Texas. Again, this behavior is both snarky and disengenuous, with no respect shown to Ohio State and AD Bjork. Of course, the Week 2 Michigan at Oklahoma game will kick off at 7:30 EST on ABC. The SEC again jocks the B1G by having a broadcast partner that does everything it can to promote the conference during the week and by showing the biggest (sigh) SEC games in prime time. Fortunately, Fox did not have the option to show OBD at Penn State at Noon EST. This is a 7:30 game on NBC (with a former PSC QB in the booth) and a White Out. PSU and its fans are most pleased. OBD's 3rd game of the season at Northwestern will be a B1G Noon, 9 AM OBD body clock time, kick off. Count on the Penn State at Ohio State game, like the game against Texas, kicking off at Noon in Columbus. Again, I am throwing shade at Sankey and the B1G's 'leadership,' and not at you. I very much appreciate your, Nevada Dawg, and other fans of other program's posts.

SEC Coaches Push Back? Spare Me! Future CFP formats: Here's where things stand after SEC coaches pushed back on model guaranteeing league 4 playoff spots SPORTS.YAHOO.COM After pushback from SEC coaches on a model that would guarantee four automatic bids for the SEC and Big Ten, the 5+11 format may now be favored. But that would put the SEC at odds...

Gimme 5 B1G Games! Five Big Ten games that will shape College Football Playoff race before October begins - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Ohio State-Texas, Michigan-Oklahoma highlight strong early-season slate for Big Ten

Someone has to be the foil, why not a guy who coached 'up north'? This is the flip side of Saint Nick wanting nine conference games, as he so stated every year. Never happened. I hope I am proven wrong, but I see the Advisory Committee and the B1G/SEC detente as nothing but horse spit. The SEC will stay at 8 conference games and be lauded for doing so because the SEC was the Power 2 conference that wanted PO fairness. BTW, there is NOTHING in the B1G proposal that would prevent the SEC from scoring an at-large bid in addition to the 4 teams with guaranteed PO spots. No wonder Sankey supported straight seeding. He darn well knew that with 16 teams, 11 at large and straight seeding, the SEC would have had six teams in the PO in 2024-25. If the format was 5-11 last season, he would have screamed to the high heavens, along with his mates at ESPN, if 3-loss Illinois got in over Bama, Ole Miss, or South Carolina. I feel like I felt when the Pac-12 media deal turned out to be a bunch of tripe. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

More details on the snarky Texas AD game time vs. Ohio State comment. Texas AD Chris Del Conte explains decision to block Ohio State request to delay Week 1 game - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Texas AD Chris Del Conte explained why he rejected an Ohio State request to move their season-opening kickoff from Saturday to Sunday night. Everyone has one, but they're bigger in Texas.

The S(ec)tars are aligning for a B1G PO format hosing with Greg Sankey, the good guy, and Tony Petitti, the villain. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark doubles down on 5+11 College Football Playoff format: 'It's what our fans want' WWW.ON3.COM Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark doubled-down on his league's support for the "5+11" model for the next College Football Playoff format.

In Other Broadcast News, the Michigan at Oklahoma game in Week 2 kicks off at 7:30 Eastern on ABC. Michigan’s road tilt vs Oklahoma just got harder with night game scheduled WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM Michigan at Oklahoma is officially a night game. How much harder will that make things for the Wolverines? Disney, ABC, and ESPN do everything possible to give the SEC an edge. Fortunately, Fox wasn't able to derail the OBD/PSU White Out.

I'd love to see Caleb Downs at safety along with Thieneman. That's a heavy dose of SEC OL guys along with Fano from Utah. Possible sneaky good opening game when the Utes play UCLA in Pasadena. TE from Vandy? A&M guys are always here, and the Aggies lose four games every season. I'm not sure that Klubnik is the best QB in South Carolina. LaNorris Sellers at USC(e) is a baller and took down the Tigers and Klubnik in Clemson last season. In Clemson's opener vs. LSU, LSU QB Nussmeir could outplay Klubnik. But can Kelly win an opening game? Where was Clemson DL Woods last season? The Clemson D gave up a lot of big plays. Clemson could go 10-2 and win the ACC with bookend SEC losses. Including Special teams, 12 players from the SEC and 6 from the B1G are on the list. The B1G was not dominated by the SEC in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft and more than acquitted itself vs. the SEC in the postseason. I think there are players on the Georgia team that Kirby would not trade for the Texas and the A&M guys. Thanks for the post. OK, please pass me a Dixie Cup.

Instead of Gus and He Shouldn't Open His Klatt, Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge will be on the call. In 1982, Blackledge QB'd PSU to a 27-23 win over a Georgia team with Herschel Walker at RB and a National Championship for the Nits and Joe Paterno. I imagine Todd's impartiality will be tested. 🤬

I dropped the Bird's streaming service. An OBD game on Peacock will not be against one of the better teams in the B1G, and a 60-minute version of the game will be shown on BTN on Sunday or Monday.

The Penn State game will kick off at 7:30 Eastern, 4:30 Pacific, and will be broadcast on NBC. WHITE OUT! And the game by the lake against Northwestern will be the Big Noon game on FOX. Four other game times have been announced. Kickoff times and TV networks announced for six games of Oregon's 2026 football season

Thank you, David, for the great rule-change summary. Lame Kiffin will (Ole) Miss being able to fake injuries. A 'T-sign' controversy almost led to fisticuffs between Baby Beamer and Bret Bielema in the Cheeze-It Bowl. My money would have been on the 55-year-old Fighting Illini coach. Every fan knows that the 9-4 Gamecocks should have been in the PO field but not 10-3 Illinois, right? I wonder if any 'stemming' will be going on in the student section? 🤪 Thanks again, and Come On 8/30! WASTE WILLY and BASH the BRUINS! (I know Olympic bobsledder Akinasi Frimpong went to Utah Valley, but has anyone ever seen a Wolverine in Orem, Utah?)😁

See you in December, see you when the class is signed. There are many talented players out there who have not 'committed' to date and who have OBD on their radar. With close to unregulated free agency in CFB, I'm happy that Dan and Division Street are not throwing a ridiculous amount of money at recruits who have not played a down of college football. Leave the profligate spending to folks in South Beach and South Central. OBD signed two former SC players who will start in 2025. How many of the 22 SC 'commits' will see the field this season? Not many.

AMEN! No one died as a result of CFB bifurcated championships. I'd love to go back to the days when it meant everything for the Pac-8 champ and the Big Ten champ to match up in the Rose Bowl. Back to when games were played in the daylight and a handful of quality teams played in the postseason. To the day when you knew who the new frosh were at the beginning of spring ball, and no recruit came in with a constellation of stars above his head. But that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone. The folks whining over assured PO bids for the Power 2 did not go Ivy League, did they? They grabbed all the money they could get and now find the Power 2 doing the same, as being against 'the good of the game.' The Pac 7 + Gonzo and the Mountain West are litigating because it's Good for the Game? Or because $$$ is involved? The above is a rhetorical question.

PO format thoughts from the SEC's Saturday Down South - These are the 2 dumbest arguments related to Greg Sankey’s expanded Playoff stance - Saturday Down South WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM SEC commissioner Greg Sankey raised some eyebrows with his comments about Playoff expansion, which yielded 2 dumb arguments.

Let's get This On! LSU's Brian Kelly says SEC coaches want game vs. Big Ten - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM LSU's Brian Kelly said "the wish of the room" among SEC coaches is to add a game vs. a Big Ten opponent in a scheduling agreement, but they "need a partner" to do it.

Florida AD Stricklin is not alone in wanting changes to the CFB PO selection process. Scott Stricklin on College Football Playoff system: 'A committee is not ideal to choose a postseason' WWW.ON3.COM . It's not that difficult. See the CBB selection process. Granted, there are not as many games, but metrics, including those used by the CFB committee and not revealed by a committee that prefers to do its business in the dark, provide a guideline. Boise State, ranked 9th last season, was based only on the Eye Test. I'm sending out an SOS on the idea that SOS matters to the committee.

There is disagreement over the future PO format, but I believe all P4, G6 conferences, and Notre Dame want to see restrictions on the portal windows. Greg Sankey reveals SEC coaches prefer 10-day transfer portal window in January, against April-only portal WWW.ON3.COM .

The rub is not that these games devalue the season; they do, but not playing the games devalues the media money that will be paid out. I find it interesting that the Ivy League does not play a football conference championship but does play an 'Ivy Madness' post-season basketball tournament. Why when Ivy League schools play all other Ivy League basketball teams home and away in the regular season? I don't know whether the Ivies get additional broadcast money for the postseason CBB title.

Michigan ($3 million) is spending large for a B1G man. Projected first-round pick Yaxel Lendeborg to withdraw from 2025 NBA Draft, will transfer to Michigan - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Yaxel Lendeborg entered the transfer portal after three years at UAB Does Dana have the budget to compete with this? Are OBD basketball boosters willing to step up with 3 Mill for one guy? Direct payments to athletes will not end the NIL arms race. Who's to say that this young man is not worth the money, and that the money is a recruiting tool and out of line with "market value?" If the 'Deloitte committee' were to find that this deal exceeds 'market value', the decision would be challenged in court, and a hand-picked judge would stay such a finding pending a trial on the merits of the case. What is 'market value' for men's basketball? The amount that can be paid by Wake Forest and Cincinnati boosters? Or the amount that can be paid by Michigan and Alabama boosters? What's an 'average' Men's basketball NIL deal? Shouldn't top drawer players be allowed to obtain a better ROI on their NIL than average players? This is just one reason why the House settlement is far from a long-term solution to what ails college sports. What will move Congress to provide relief? Perhaps the Power 4 threatening to call off the 2025 football and basketball seasons unless Congress provides protection from antitrust suits and other litigation? Short of this, what will move Congress to act?

Place your Diamond bets? NCAA Baseball Tournament: Best bets, picks to win 2025 College World Series - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM No. 3 Arkansas is the betting favorite to win the CWS, but there is also plenty of value to be found elsewhere I'm not betting on bacon on the hoof. 😁

$$$ for the Irish? Yes. But SC receives no additional revenue from the B1g for playing ND, and a loss to ND could keep SC from earning multi-millions in postseason PO dollars. I'm with GMc. ESPN analyst thinks fans are overreacting about Notre Dame-USC possible cancellation SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The thought of losing the annual clash between Notre Dame and USC is enough to make any college football traditionalist groan. This rivalry has been around for Outside of the ACC scheduling deal and G6 opponents, I think B1G, B12, and SEC teams scheduling regular season games against ND is senseless.