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Harbaugh and Caleb Williams in Chicago next year? Duh Bears!!!!

I know it's a huge week for you guys this week. But the major story surrounding the sport is a potential game changer. Especially for Oregon, as it effects one of the two heaviest in your new conference. If things go sideways, that heavy could be forced to trim weight and go to welterweight. I found this story to be silly at first, but now it's become something far more serious. Harbaugh could be gone. Michigan could be sanctioned, and have wins, scholarships, and future playoff appearances taken away. Pretty steep decline for what seems like the best team in the land this year. USC will likely push for them to be punished. Ohio State surely will, and Penn State will as well. All those teams were severely punished for off field issues that didn't include possible espionage. Throw in Georgia, Tennessee, TCU, and you have a lot of powerful entities looking to fry Big Blue. Did Michigan really get that much better in two years? Their recruiting really hasn't surpassed Ohio State. Did Jim just become that much better? If the answer is no, well this isn't going to end well for Michigan. Especially heading into next year.

Notre Dame was cheating as well. There were reports of an odd little man with a hunch at USC's walkthrough practices leading up to the game. He devised a way to transmit the sound of loud bells ringing whenever Caleb was in a passing formation.

What they need to do is trade the Trojan Horse in for a Stallion. It worked for a former Stanford head coach.

I guess you can't just throw anybody the head gig, and expect the ship to run smoothly. Alabama will learn that whenever Saban retires. Miami, Texas, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Florida, and Virginia Tech are aware of this. Michigan, Florida State, and Georgia know this. Ohio State has been lucky to have three straight guys to keep them rolling, but they struggled before that. USC can't just put any guy out there. They've got many inherent advantages. But with those come inherent expectations.

Since moving to Arizona I've seen what "West Coast" Football is. California, Stanford, UCLA, and even USC football fans can be very hot/cold as far as investment. Oregon, Washington, and Utah fans seem more lively imo. Arizona is more of a basketball school, I don't know what I'd label ASU as. It used to have a party school reputation, much like FSU. But Crow is into academics now, so I don't know what sporting event they like. I've grown to appreciate Oregon as my secondary team. Until Napier, or whomever else can ever get Florida going again, I'll root for the Ducks come playoff time. Hope you make it this year. Tough elimination game on Saturday though.

Jim Harbaugh knows differently. I wonder if you'll see any suspicious characters taping in your games in the future.

Teams like Iowa are in for a shock next year. No more ten win seasons for Kirk Ferentz.

Well Washington finally woke up.

Gotta give ASU credit, but there is no way they should win this game... Much less on the road. Elite programs don't let up after huge wins.

Washington has three points heading into the 4th. Utah or Oregon are gonna give the other a second loss. USC now has two losses, they can still beat anybody if they're clicking. Oregon State has Washington, Oregon, and USC. Is it happening again? If Washington loses to ASU, there are no more undefeated squads, and they still have a tough slate. I don't want to see two teams from the same conference make the playoffs.

The B1G wants the West coast markets to tune in. Most likely they'll schedule 3:30 ET kickoffs when a West coast team goes East. They'll likely do the same whenever an East coast team goes West. It would be a big ask to get West coast kids playing on what would be 9 AM P.T. Or vice versa. I'd look for noontime kicks Pacific Time.

The calming thought to most Trojans before August, was that this upcoming season was the last they'd have to see Oregon. They were moving on, their Duck issue being left at the roadside assistance they were moving on. Sadly though, they now realize that Duck is in the same vehicle with them now. They're riding shotgun with UCLA. But a Duck, and a Husky are in the backseat. "Drats". Which two programs look to be in a better position going forward? I saw physicality last week. That will carry over, even with new QB's to break in. USC will be breaking in a new guy next year as well btw.

It's gonna seem weird to me next year when the SEC moves to ESPN, and the B1G goes to CBS. The biggest positive for me as a Gator fan is no more Gary Danielson. I'm sorry in advance for your first Danielson game. " I don't know Verne, that didn't look like pass interference to me. Look Verne, that is not pass interference. Verne, that call wasn't right. No pass interference!!!" He'll point out out the flaws in the lower ranked team. He'll shill out for the favorite, especially if it's one he has an affinity for.

I don't know which is stranger to me, having Herbstreit calling an NFL game with Al Michaels. Or the game being on Amazon Prime. Ohio State fans were trying to lobby a politician into blocking them from having to have games on Peacock. I'm not joking about that. The argument is because Ohio State is state funded, they should not be able to force Ohio taxpayers to purchase Peacock to watch their games. That's ridiculous on so many levels. You have to purchase a cable, or satellite package to get ESPN. You gotta love fans sometimes..... Most of them.

Did the B1G need both L.A schools to get the market? My guess is Fox wanted the PAC to implode. Taking both L.A schools may have been more harmful to any potential television negotiations.

I've grown up dependant on computers . My math skills are beyond suspect.

My bad. I thought I read it started at 35 million, then increase by a million each year until this current deal is up. The Big 12 got around 34 million, not sure what the ACC is locked into. The Utah President thought the PAC should get 50 million a year. I think ESPN was offering what the Big 12 eventually got.

Kevin Warren was the guy pushing for USS, UCLA. He's an NFL guy, saw a chance to get an NFL type television deal. To the B1G purists, it was atrocious. Oddly the two you think would have the most issue with it, didn't. It's Iowa, Minnesota, Purdue, Indiana, and Northwestern who were the angriest. Many Iowa fans are peeved that Nebraska has had more matchups with Ohio State, and Michigan, than Iowa has. Once Oklahoma and Texas left for the SEC, Kevin Warren saw his chance. Coast to coast games. Every time zone, games on Fox, CBS, and NBC. It's just like the NFL. This thing is out of the bottle now. Oregon, and Washington are in the club. They can't be kicked out now. Let USC denigrate you as the bargain bin Ducks, or clearance rack Huskies. Oregon and Washington are gonna make as much as they would have if the PAC had gotten a television deal. But that amount goes up, and the exposure they'll get is invaluable.

I don't think you'll need it. Win out, and you guys are practically a lock. It does take away the luster of what would have been your last game against USC though. Had they gotten away to the B1G without Puddles on their trail.

Down 48 to 20 now. Three minutes. Is Penix now the Heisman favorite?

USC trailing 31-13, late third quarter. Williams has thrown three picks

Pittsburgh is about to beat one of those undefeated ACC teams btw. Up 38 to 21. Three minutes to go.

Losing a game like today is worse in a'lot of ways, than getting blown out. If Washington blew you out by twenty, you would be upset. But it would show you there is a distance to be made up. For example the college football playoff last year TCU got blown out by Georgia. It was never a game. Those guys left that field knowing they outperformed every expectation. They just didn't have the horses. Ohio State meanwhile blew a double digit lead, and missed the game winning kick. For all time they will have a missing piece in their trophy room. They had the horses, better horses in fact. They failed to meet their expectations. But the good news for you guys , this is early October. The ACC trio of undefeated are gonna beat each other. Likewise the trio of B1G undefeateds. Oklahoma has a clear path though, and even if they lose to say Texas. One of those two will get a spot if they both win out leading to their rematch. What you need to do is win out. Have a team like Miami somehow beat North Carolina, and Florida State. They already have that loss to Georgia Tech, they aren't getting in ahead of a one loss PAC champion. Then you have Texas/Oklahoma, Georgia, Ohio State/Michigan/Penn State, and a one loss PAC champion Oregon in the playoff. So oddly enough, you need Super Mario to win tonight, and beat the Seminoles.

Twenty Four to Three with a little over a minute to go in the first half. Second straight week they've gone down big early. I don't know if that'll make you guys feel any better.