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I've been reading a few sites talking about the latest batch of rookies are doing so far. As far as the Ducks, I've heard good things about Tez Johnson in Tampa and Dillon Gabriel in Cleveland. I saw Gabriel a bit when he was at UCF and knew the guy had arm talent and decent mobility. He's just short and the knock is he hasn't had to play an NFL offense, he claps instead of using audible cadences. These are knocks on many college QBs. Urban had that issue for years. The analysts are so picky on such little issues that I find it hilarious. There's a video showing Gabriel making two reads and processing the info. Will Oregon have 3 starting NFL QBs this year? Are rookie training camps useful or do you think we won't really find out the mettle of guys like Tez or Dillon when the veterans show up?

Fox Buckeye Noon should just be the name of the game by this point. I find it funny how this is starting to become Ohio States new arch nemesis instead of Michigan. "Those Fox executives!!!!!"

30 dollars for one stand-alone is higher than the Hulu+Disney+ESPN+ bundle by ten dollars. It's more expensive than Sling, Paramount, Max, Netflix. Stand alone subscriptions are nice because you can pick and choose what you want, but ESPN alone isn't worth half of what you would be paying for your basic traditional cable subscription. Most of the sports they show are pretty low quality grade imo. I'm not paying that much for the CFP Playoff and some select SEC or ACC games in the Fall. I'd just pay the 70 to satellite or cable and get Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS and ESPN.

Until this transfer portal situation gets cleared up, I can't look at a roster until August and be convinced all the guys on the roster will be season long contributors. An injury to a key starter at a place like Oregon, Ohio State or Georgia would make me nervous if I was a Washington State or Beavis. Washington State has lost it's last two starters at QB in Ward and Mateer. Lane Kiffin has lived in the portal. FSU tried to do the same but old stone faced Norvell butchered it. How can I get excited for a recruiting or transfer class when nothing is set in stone? Until guidelines are put in place and a commitment is a commitment. I will put little faith in class rankings unless it's at a few select places where the coach and program are at a point where you can't transfer to a better situation like Oregon, Georgia or Ohio State. How long until we see trades? Imagine Lanning giving up a future scholarship to Alabama or Texas for a starting CB before a playoff run.

It's a basketball school. Whatever they get in football is just a bonus.

It's a mission to get it for Phil. Anybody who paints that as a negative is just blindly jealous imo.

BB will either be a complete and utter dumpster fire or he'll change CFB forever. Either way I'm intrigued. I don't understand the whole situation with his ummmm .... Personal image manager, but hey man as long as nobody gets hurt, all the power to you. Stanford and California playing in the ATLANTIC Coast Conference is wild just in name alone. SMU essentially buying their way into the P4 and making the playoff in year one was something I didn't see. But I didn't see Boise and ASU getting byes while Texas, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Penn State all had to play first round games. Notre Dame should never ever get a first round bye until they join a league imo. CFB has to hold them to some account of their weak schedule and force them to always pay for that with an extra game. As far as private equity, the Michigan spy scandal and the whole Deion changing Colorado football forever things happening. I would have guessed that players would eventually get paid and the NCAA would butcher it beyond a Friday the 13th film. We all know Michigan won't get the punishment they deserve. They're such hypocrites though, their fan base cheered while USC and Ohio State got wins and seasons erased along with scholarship reductions for doing far less. Michigan used funds and a military tactician to steal signs and it absolutely changed their fortunes. Just look at Jim Harbaugh desperately searching for an NFL gig for two straight seasons. Two of his best seasons ever btw. Have you ever seen a guy coming off a National Title looking to leave that quickly? Have you ever seen a guy with all the talent returning from the prior season to him winning the title look to leave? He's the guy who lied about buying a kid a cheeseburger, he had sleepovers with recruits and he violated Covid rules blatantly. Yet Michigan fans say he the greatest coach ever. Enough with him though. If I had a prediction for the next decade. It would be CFB being almost a clone of the NFL as far as the playoff format and salary cap rules. There has to be structure and that includes a commissioner. Probably a jointly appointed one just over the SEC and B1G head guys. I think Oregon will be the next program to win their first ever title. Clemson broke through and won two in the last decade. Georgia finally broke through for the first time since the 80's. Alabama and Ohio State will continue to roll along. Notre Dame will jump up and grab a title as long as Freeman remains there. Will USC, Miami or FSU finally be back? I don't know. You would think they have all the resources, but it takes big time money from alumni and businesses. Sports fans in L.A and Miami just don't really care as much as fans in Eugene or Gainesville tbh. So I think Oregon will win a title. Texas will as well. Georgia and Ohio State will get at least one. Notre Dame will finally breakthrough if Freeman stays. LSU will find one of those odd years where the Title game is played in the Superdome and Alabama will prove themselves to still be a power. Florida, USC and Miami will finally make a playoff and could potentially fulfill their potential. It might be under different coaches though. The Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans will still be terrible and looking for franchise QBs. BB and Nick Saban will star in a movie called "Grumpy Old Coaches".

As Charles said, I hate the play in game because it devalues the regular season too much. Take the SEC this past year, you would've had Ole Miss, South Carolina, LSU and Florida playing each other for a spot in the playoff. To me that's ridiculous, it was ridiculous to see a three loss team in the field but the ACC was terrible. A five loss Florida team doesn't belong in any sort of playoff. Objectively a three loss Ole Miss, LSU, or South Carolina doesn't either. Would South Carolina be a threat the way they closed out? Probably. Ole Miss was hyped all year but they lost to Kentucky and Florida. They lost that right because the regular season carried weight.

Look at how many first round picks came from the Big 12 compared to the B1G . In total the Big 12 had two first round picks. Oregon, Michigan and Ohio State each had more by themselves. The conference champion ASU had one draft pick in totality. That was in the third round . I can see Scott winning 6-8 games this year. Maybe even challenge for a playoff spot as early as the 4-4-2-2-1-1 model goes into effect.

Time doesn't stop. Ten years ago today you had Oregon coming off a conference championship and making the first ever CFP Four Team Edition. They won in blowout fashion in the Rose Bowl before meeting Ohio State in the title game. Marcus Mariota won a Heisman and went number two to Tennessee to be their franchise QB. Fast forward and you have Oregon coming off a conference championship. They made the first ever CFP Twelve Team Edition. They played in the Rose Bowl vs Ohio State. Cam Ward was the Heisman runner up and went number one to Tennessee to be their franchise QB. A few things have changed though. How crazy would I have seemed if I told you Oregon won the B1G in their first year. USC, UCLA and Washington also joined the B1G. Texas and Oklahoma joined the SEC while Stanford , Cal and SMU were in the ACC. The PAC -12 consists of two programs, Deion Sanders is coaching Colorado and Bill Belichick is in college coaching UNC. Would you believe me?

Ah the old role reversal game. A playoff game in Autzen would be quite the sight and I don't think you'd allow 35 percent of your tickets to be bought by the opponents.

The Big 12 is one of the most intriguing leagues in CFB. Texas Tech is spending like a B1G or SEC member so they've become a trendy pick. But would it shock anybody if any team emerged to grab a CFP spot? ASU lost to tenth place Cincy last year. As far as Florida goes I'm not in a position to objectively predict where they finish, it's one of the reasons I refuse to ever put them higher. If DJ Lagway is even half as good they are a playoff team. He went 6-1 in his starts and the loss was in a game where he went out while Florida was winning. If this was baseball he wouldn't take the L for a lost lead.

I know preseason rankings are a crapshoot and right now there isn't a consensus top team unlike the past few years. There isn't an Alabama, Georgia, Clemson or Ohio State that is returning most of their roster from a championship squad. How many of us would've predicted Oregon would hang onto the number one ranking most of last year and be the only undefeated team heading into the playoff? They had to go to Wisconsin and Michigan, they also hosted Ohio State. This was their welcome to the B1G. So since we are are still a little over three months to go before the season starts and it's kind of the dead season for sports unless you're a baseball fan(I'm not). I would like to see what most would predict are going to be the top 10 teams exiting spring practice. We can always laugh about these after the season starts. Here's mine. 1.) Ohio State 2.) Texas 3.) Oregon 4.) Penn State 5.) Georgia 6.) Notre Dame 7.) Clemson 8.) Alabama 9.) South Carolina 10.) LSU I know Oregon, Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama and Notre Dame are all breaking in new QBs and a good amount of their rosters. But I believe in the abilities of those head coaches and the systems they run. Ohio State is coming off a title run and despite losing 14 guys to the draft, I gotta give them the nod. Ryan Day has never lost more than two games as a head coach. As far as Clemson, LSU and South Carolina. I believe in their returning QBs to carry them despite what most see as questions scattered about the rest of their rosters. I do believe you can carry momentum from one season to the next. Last, I can't imagine James Franklin winning a title even with all their returning talent, including Allar. I see them as a playoff team. But I just don't have any faith in their ability to win three or four straight times against elite competition. They got an absolute gift of a road to the championship game last year and they still blew it. That won't happen again. I believe the selection committee will do a better job balancing out the bracket.

I'm not sure if I like the matte helmets better than the traditional. Chrome looks good with your all white unis imo. I'm just trying to picture the tunnel run out in a sea of all white under the lights with the all black Duck unis. Kind of makes me mad knowing it's going to be at Noon. This could be a top five matchup with major conference and playoff implications.

Michigan people have the nerve to say they are continuously being targeted. Remember that they haven't had any of their wins taken away, no scholarships or show clauses either. Michigan should've just hired Belichick. They both cheated numerous times and never got the punishment they deserved. New England did lose a first round pick, but it was pick number 32. What has Harbaugh lost in all this? He got a pay raise and another NFL gig. Remember he was on the verge of being fired and he even pulled out of an incoming beat down by Ohio State in 2020 because of "health concerns". Then in less than one year he figured it all out after 7 years and Michigan went on their run.