Jon Joseph Moderator No. 1 Share Posted yesterday at 01:20 AM The SEC, again, is at the top of the 2025 NFL Draft with 79 players drafted. But the B1G with 71 players drafted finished a close 2nd. Ohio State 14/ OREGON! 10/ Michigan 7/ Maryland 6/ Penn St, UCLA, and Iowa 5 each/ USC (), Minnesota, and Rutgers 3 each/ 2 each for Nebraska, Indiana, and Wisconsin/ 1 each for Michigan State, Purdue, Illinois, and UWho () The ACC had 42 players drafted. The B12 had 31 players drafted. Six fewer combined than the SEC, and two more than the B1G. POWER 2 the SEC and the B1G! 2025 NFL Draft picks by college team, school: SEC, Big Ten dominate as Ohio State flirts with record - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The power programs dominated the 2025 NFL Draft Now, about that 4-4-2-2-1-1? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 2 Share Posted yesterday at 05:05 AM Congrats to the Ducks for a program record of draftees this year. It is a pain losing that many talented guys every year (see Kirby Smart), but I am sure Lanning will learn to deal with it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 3 Share Posted yesterday at 05:01 PM Replacements for 1st round picks. OBD looking at a Beary Good World. Miami's Carson Beck, Ohio State's Carnell Tate among top replacements for first-round picks in 2025 NFL Draft - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM These players need to step up for their college football teams in the wake of the 2025 NFL Draft $4 million for the SEC leader in Ints in 2024. Beck? Unless Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey leave the NFL for an NIL deal with Miami, I'm with Lane Kiffin in asking, 'What the Heck?' Beck was the offseason leader in QBs dumped by celebrity girlfriends, and all that Miami money caused a QB trade between UCLA and Miami. He has that going for him, which is nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 4 Share Posted yesterday at 05:26 PM For those keeping score, with 10 picks, OBD finishes No. 4! https://collegefootballnews.com/nfl-draft/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-by-school 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 5 Share Posted 15 hours ago On 4/27/2025 at 10:01 AM, Jon Joseph said: 4 million for the SEC leader in Ints in 2024. Beck? Unless Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey leave the NFL for an NIL deal with Miami, I'm with Lane Kiffin in asking, 'What the Heck?' Brock got nearly three times that amount last year in signing bonus and Ladd's signing bonus at the top of the second round was also higher than Beck's reported NIL. But many of the guys drafted in rounds 5-7 can only dream about making the money next year that Carson Beck will pocket. One such player is Quinn Ewers. Had he opted for the portal rather than the NFL draft, He'd have made at least three times as much actually playing football for a good college team than he will as a 7th round draftee carrying a clipboard on an NFL sideline and maybe hoping for some mop-up duty in a blowout. Jon what say you about the likely House settlement? Do you believe this will bring some sanity to NIL payouts? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 6 Share Posted 5 hours ago ND, I, along with many others, do not believe the House settlement will curtail NIL in any meaningful way. It could have done so, but not with the cap on what schools can pay directly to their athletes. It's the same old, same old: the NCAA is trying to control the benefits that 'student-athletes' can receive. And the idea that seven accountants are going to decide on what is 'reasonable' when it comes to every NIL deal $600 and over will hold up until the first deal that is found to be 'unreasonable.' How can any lawyer advising the NCAA opine that this nonsense will withstand a legal challenge? How can any lawyer advising Georgia and Oregon not see this? It's the same Fantasyland the NCAA has been living in for decades, especially since losing its college football broadcast monopoly courtesy of Georgia and Oklahoma. Why Georgia and Oregon are supporting this so-called settlement is beyond me. Why should programs capitalizing on their success with better media revenue agree to the same direct payment cap as programs not in the same league financially? The remedy to escape the House jury's potential $2 billion plus judgement, should the case go to trial, is for the NCAA to file for bankruptcy and automatically stay the House proceedings until the NCAA is liquidated or reorganized. Yes, the NCAA can file for bankruptcy. The NCAA does not manage the P4 and G6 football playoffs. The P4 and the G6 can regulate sports free of the NCAA and its over 1,100 members. And also conduct other playoffs with invitations to teams outside of the P4 and the G6. The House settlement does nothing to control 'unrestricted' transfers that, coupled with NIL and poaching, has the college moneyball sports in chaos. Sorry for another rant on the subject. I don't Get It! I can see this, and I am far from the smartest lawyer who practiced bankruptcy law back then and today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 7 Share Posted 4 hours ago Oh Boy! Troy contributed 3 of the picks, but is spot-on when it comes to the ramifications of the Power 2 dominating the draft. Big Ten and SEC dominate the 2025 NFL draft TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Much like all of college football in 2025, the NFL draft was dominated by the “Power Two” conferences. It will lead to discussions about the system The argument against the Power 2 having four teams each in the PO is as 'sound' as the Beavers and Wazzu blaming Oregon and UW for the demise of the Pac-12. The better questions to ask: Why is the B12 assured of two PO spots? And shouldn't the ACC be guaranteed one and a half teams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 8 Share Posted 3 hours ago On 4/28/2025 at 7:56 AM, Jon Joseph said: The remedy to escape the House jury's potential $2 billion plus judgement, should the case go to trial, is for the NCAA to file for bankruptcy and automatically stay the House proceedings until the NCAA is liquidated or reorganized. Yes, the NCAA can file for bankruptcy Given that the NCAA has mastered in inertia since its inception, filing for bankruptcy is unlikely, add in that even though it is standard practice, the NCAA is so thin skinned, bankruptcy is probably out of the question. The NCAA has fed on low hanging food forever, wouldn't touch the UNC classroom scandal, but ripped Reggie Bush's Heisman away over his parent's and a car. Vacating wins is the silliest punishment ever conceived; the NCAA loves it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
