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Thanks, H. There is no way the B1G and the SEC will agree to market football and men's basketball with the ACC, B12, and G6. The Power 2 down the road could agree to go to market with one another. Cue the antitrust lawyers.

YES! Baylor series cancelled 😍- replaced by a home game vs. Coastal Carolina, giving OBD seven home games in 2027, instead of going Waco. 🤪 Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Reschedules Future Game With New Pac-12 OpponentA lot of moving parts for the Oregon Ducks and their non-conference schedules down the road to wrap up the 2020s and begin the 2030s. The Utah State Aggies of

Five B1G Big Ten Games in September of 2026 - Five Big Ten games that will shape the College Football Playoff race by the end of September BEAT BOISE! (BTW - the game won by OBD was on green turf in Autzen, not on blue turf. SMH 🤬)

10 Must-See 2026 CFB Games include OBD at Ohio State on 11/7, of course 👌👍😁 10 must-see games on 2026 college football schedule, including Oregon vs. Ohio State

The bipartisan Bill co-authored by Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell that would provide antitrust protection for college athletic enforcement has a decent chance of passing and being signed into law by the president. But not without debate and objection, of course. Among other relief provided by the Bill would be a one-time limit on players transferring for any or no reason, except for being allowed to transfer when a coach moves on. The Bill would also prevent tampering with a coach, as happened with LSU and Lane Kiffin last season, before the season ends. [The photo below is of 'How are you Fixed for Blades' Ted Cruz, not Grandpa Munster. Someone, please, tell Ted to find a new tailor. 😁] AP NewsKey Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports log...The senators trying to fix college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one “free” transfer over thei

A tip of the hat to the Mustache and Pirate Mike Leach (RIP) - AP NewsVeteran QB Gardner Minshew emerges as starting option for...Veteran quarterback Gardner Minshew has had an opportunistic streak over a seven-year NFL career. He's taken advantage of injuries and other circumstances to make 47 career starts for five different t

Seriously? OBD plays Ohio State in Columbus, probably a 9 AM body-clock kickoff, returns to Eugene to play Michigan, and then travels to East Lansing, Michigan, for a short-week game that happens to be the eighth straight game without a break. No other Big Ten team has a November like OBD. This is probably the most difficult schedule in CFB this November. 11 AM kick off in Stillwater means one less drunk Cowboy in the stands. 10:30 PM Eastern kick off for the game vs the Vikings. Will any sober person on the Right Coast be tuning in to BTN to watch this "contest"?

If you can't join the Ducks, why not play the champ game in Providence Park in Goose Hollow? I'm reasonably certain that this game would be a Miss-State. 😊

Houston will also be a Texas Two-Step beatdown. Houston will probably be ranked in the AP preseason poll. What's Beavis being paid to travel to Houston in a body bag? The B12 stiffed us, so let's open the season with two games against 2 of the best teams in the B12.🤪 Sorsby? Meh. The Gatorade Person could QB TT, and the Red Raiders easily win the game. On September 17, 2033, Texas Tech is scheduled to visit Autzen. If Cody Campbell is still drilling and NILing, this should be a tough P4 (if the P4 still exists) out-of-conference opponent. Of course, in 2033, OBD and TT could be in the same conference in NFL Lite.

Because the Pac-12 has but eigth football playing member states, the 12th game is flex scheduled but will be a repeat of a conference game played earlier in the season. They broke up the MW for this?

Baseball Takes - Beavis? Not OBD? https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/2026-ncaa-baseball-tournament-regional-picks-predictions-as-college-world-series-pursuit-begins/ar-AA24co8j?ocid=msedgdhphdr&cvid=6a17b75faa10447b9d02cbc39194301

With my tech expertise, sign me up for more tech frustration.🤪

I'm tellin' you, I get no respect! As reported on the Big Ten Network, the conference hosting three regionals is a record. Head West, Old Man? 😁 Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Baseball Disrespected in College World Series OddsThe Oregon Ducks (40-16) have interesting odds to win the College World Series, especially compared to their in-state rival and potential opponent, the Oregon S

No surprise. The NCAA stiff-arms Sorsby. Now, here comes the backup judge. Unlike the judge in Mississippi, who is an Ole Miss booster and gave Ole Miss QB Chambliss another season of eligibility, the 1st judge in Texas, who graduated from Texas Tech (undergraduate and law school) and is a TT booster, recused himself. Where's Roy Bean when you need him? AP NewsNCAA denies Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby's petition for e...Texas Tech announced the NCAA has denied the school’s petition to have Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility reinstated after he acknowledged wagering on sports, including on his own tea

Good call on Boise. 1-3 vs the Broncos, and it could have been 0-4. Never, ever, never schedule Boise State. Boise is preparing to play its Super Bowl on 9/5/2026. Will Oregon match the intensity of the highest-ranked G6 team playing a game that could be critical to its playoff hopes? Until the PO moves to 24 teams, I see no reason to play a P4 opponent OOC. Indiana played three cupcakes at home in 2024 and 2025 and is doing the same this season. You must play at least seven home games in a season, preferably eight. There is no connection between Oregon and Oklahoma State and Baylor. Why is OBD playing road games in Stillwater, OK, and Waco, Texas? (Because of Rob's service on the PO committee in Grapevine?) In today's CFB, these games do not affect recruiting. Go to 24, and I believe we will see an annual B1G/ SEC football challenge and be well compensated for playing these games. A Power 2 head-to-head could bring in enough money for Sankey and ESPN to drop the concern about not playing a champ game, a game that many of his coaches do not want to play. OBD receives no additional media revenue for playing in Stillwater and Waco, and it's a lose-lose proposition for the Ducks. Win? Well, Oregon is supposed to win? Lose? There goes the 12-team PO mulligan. 2026, Michigan and UW at home, and USC, Illinois, and Ohio State on the road, give the schedule all the strength that's needed. Why go to Stillwater instead of playing an 8th home game? In 2027, Iowa, Ohio State, and Penn State visit Eugene. Oregon plays five Big Ten games on the road: Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, UCLA, and UW. Six home games on the schedule, why Waco? The games you remember are played in November, not September. I certainly understand and, of course, respect your POV, but before tripping to USC in Week 4, I'd like to see Autzen resemble a cupcake factory, Portland State, and taking a page from the Hoosiers book, followed by No. Texas (zero starters back, OBD is playing them in Stillwater) and Western, not Will's, Kentucky. Indiana is 3-0 before hosting Northwestern and traveling to Rutgers, and three home games bring a lot of money to Bloomington. Home games versus Ohio State and USC, and road games at Michigan and UW, give the Hoosiers schedule more than enough difficulty. However: Beat Boise!

I'm happy the Civil War is back. But, there is no way that this should not be a 3 for 1, at least, in favor of the Ducks. Oregon State's most-watched game will be vs. Oregon. OBD on the other hand?

B1G Women's Teams - Northwestern 14 - North Carolina 11 - NW wins women's lacrosse championship. UCLA and Nebraska softball teams advance to the softball World Series. USC plays Arkansas in a Women's Golf Final 4 semifinal match. Eastern Michigan 😁plays Stanford. Eastern Michigan winning it all would be as crazy as a basketball school like Indiana winning a college football championship. 🤪

Tennessee coach Josh Heupel has come out in favor of 24. Here's a take from Texas A&M coach Mike Elko. (I have yet to see a plan from those who abhor 24 that would raise close to the same money.) 'A lot' of people in college football could be headed to bankruptcy

After the recent Big Ten meetings concluded, Tony Petitti doubled down on a 24-team playoff (PO) field. The Big Ten noted that if college football (CFB) had a 24-team field beginning in 2014, the year the field expanded to four teams and OBD played for a title, 80 programs would have made the PO. The Athletic (NY Times $ site) broke down how many appearances the 80 programs would have qualified for. Leading CFB with 12 appearances - Alabama and Ohio State. That's a PO 12 appearances in 12 seasons. (I know. You're shocked, right? 😁) 22 G6 teams would have qualified for at least one PO appearance. The ACC, B12, and Notre Dame support expanding the field to 24. The SEC is the lone holdout, but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey admits that his conference is a house divided between a 16-team or a 24-team field. For example, the president of the University of Georgia wants no more than 16 teams. Not surprising, as UGA would have made 10 PO appearances. Every SEC team would have qualified for a 24-team PO. However, with one appearance, the presidents, athletic directors, and coaches of Arkansas and Vanderbilt have a different perspective than that of Georgia. A decision on whether to expand the field from 12 to 24, the Big Ten will not agree to a lesser number of teams, has to be made by December 1, 2026. The B1G 10 teams by PO appearances: 12 - Ohio State / 8 - Michigan, and Oregon / 7 - Penn State, and USC / 6 - Iowa (the same number as Texas, Ole Miss, and Oklahoma State) / 5 - Washington / 4 - Michigan State, Northwestern, and Wisconsin / 3 - Indiana (and Boise State) / 2 - UCLA / 1 - Illinois, and Minnesota. A B1G Zip, Zero, Nada, Nudge - Rutgers, Maryland, Purdue, and Nebraska 🤪. (With Nebraska, Matt Ruhle is 0-9 vs. the Top 25, 2-25 in his career.) How long can Sankey, on behalf of ESPN, and not on behalf of many of his member programs, especially the programs most in need of additional PO revenue, hold out? Sankey also aggressively supports playing a conference champ game that many SEC coaches, including Lane Kiffin, don't want to play. If the NCAA managed an FBS PO instead of a media company hosting a bowl extravaganza, the field would have been at 24 in 2014.

Good to be back and Quacking with OBD friends. May I be the first to key: BEAT BOISE!

Get Your Motor Runnin' Larry Brown SportsDramatic Indianapolis 500 finish was the closest everThe Indianapolis 500 delivered on Sunday and ended with the closest finish in the history of the race. Swedish driver Felix Rosenqvist won Sunday's race

Before the move happens, thank you again, Charles, for the terrific coverage of OBD baseball. Other than OBD, UCLA, and Nebraska, I think USC is the only other B1G team in the field. SC is the 2nd seed in the College Station Regional. 7 SEC teams hosting regionals. The Big Ten is tied for second with the ACC, with three teams hosting. Make PK Field Green!

A great final round from Wyndham Clark - QUACK! AP NewsWyndham Clark shoots 60 to win Byron Nelson, pulling away...Wyndham Clark shot 11-under 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday, overtaking Si Woo Kim by three strokes and pulling away from defending champion Scottie Scheffler after starting the day tied w

Thanks, Charles. Great news. UCLA and Nebraska are also hosting. I wonder if three Big Ten teams hosting regionals is a record? GO DUCKS! Man, the way the game ended yesterday was chicken spit! 🤬

60, 11 under, in the final round. Awesome!