Jon Joseph

Thanks, Steven, for the post and the photo of Special K, who was forced into retirement by his Mother Russia. OK, SEC, in football, you buried that conference up north, B1G time. But that was yesterday and ... But as a fan of a B1G team, the last thing I need to hear when Big Ten teams defeat an SEC team in any sport is: Big Ten! Big Ten, Big Ten! USC football opened and closed its 2024 season with wins over LSU and Texas A+M. Hats off to the Trojans, the only Big Ten team on the field in both games. The Trojans SEC double dip did nothing to improve Purdue's football program. I live in Dixie. Except for sports in the SEC, people are civil, gracious, and nice as can be, even to displaced Yankees. I just posted a comment on Charles's terrific, in-depth take on tonight's game vs. Texas. The Texas coach compliments Oregon, kind of, after noting that Texas plays in a better conference. He isn't wrong, but why the need to frame everything with 'my conference is better than your conference'? Thank you, Tony Petitti, for speaking softly and carrying a B1G stick.

Texas coach with some faint praise for an Oregon team coming out of a lesser conference. The SEC in baseball is the best, but why can't anyone in the SEC let the scoreboard speak for itself? I believe OBD plays Texas tonight and not the SEC. Charles, may your bold turn into solid gold! Oregon Ducks On SITexas Baseball Coach Jim Schlossnagle Pays Oregon Ducks I...Texas Longhorns baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle paid an unusual compliment to the Oregon Ducks baseball team ahead of the Austin Super Regional. The Ducks are f

Invite? I simply crash for the free food and the free booze and hope I can remember the last name of the bride or groom. 🤪

Punish the B1G and the SEC so the little guys can survive, and give Notre Dame the swing vote in deciding to collectively bargain media rights deals, is nonsensical. The Senators behind the Bill, Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, are not dummies. Cantwell graduated from a quality Liberal Arts college, Miami of Ohio. Cruz is a Princeton graduate and earned a law degree from Harvard, where he was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. The Bill pits the "Group of 8" against the Power 2. It may be well intentioned, but ... https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/06/02/ted-cruz-nil-bill-college-football-cantwell-ncaa/90351736007/ USA Today calls the Bill: A 111-page mess.

Way Off Topic. If a tree falls in Corvallis ... 😊 https://athlonsports.com/college-football/pac-12-football-2026-predictions

CBS Sports - 15 Meaningful Games that will help define the season. Eight games involve at least one B1G team. OBD features in two of the games, No. 10 at USC on 9/26, and at No. 5 Ohio State on 11/7. Speaking to the strength of the Buckeyes schedule, Ohio State makes the list four times with a chance at five if it plays in the conference champ game. No. 14 Ohio State at USC 10/31, No. 9 Michigan at Ohio State 11/28, No. 7 Ohio State at Texas 9/12, No. 2 Ohio State at Indiana 10/17. I think the game at Texas could have a greater impact than seven if one or both teams finish 9-3. Six SEC games, two B12 games, and one ACC game when Miami visits Notre Dame. BYU at Utah is No. 13; Notre Dame at BYU on 10/17 has a chance to be the more impactful game. Notre Dame's only road game vs. a Power 4 opponent that had a winning season in 2025. No. 1 SEC champ game with the B1G champ game, No. 3? Does CBS understand that it is a B1G, not an SEC, broadcast partner? September 12th and November 7th, no weddings, please. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/most-meaningful-games-miami-vs-notre-dame-georgia-vs-alabama/

Tony and Greg. Cruzen for a bruisin'? https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sen-ted-cruz-details-confrontation-165857671.html

Nice Meeting with you, Senator, but your Bill is still bogus and Cant (end) Well - https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/big-ten-sec-release-statement-230632591.html

Hats off to Bret Bielema for calling out Notre Dame - Illinois' Bret Bielema Tells Notre Dame to 'Just Join a C...Illinois head coach Bret Bielema had some pretty strong words for Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua on Thursday after the latter suggested a super league would be the best way to monetize col

It never rains in PK Park, but in UFCU Disch-Falk Field? (Did you bring enough names? 😁) Oregon Ducks On SITexas vs. Oregon In Austin Super Regional Faces Weather T...The Austin Super Regional already had plenty of drama with the Oregon Ducks flying south to face the Texas Longhorns for the first time ever in the best-of-thre

Thanks, Bill. Perfect description of me trying to find a date for the prom.😁

Know Thy Enemy - https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/washington-football-preview-2026

When did Cody Campbell and Ted Cruz join the one-size-fits-all party? When did Saint Nick decide that everything should be 'equal'? Enforceable rules? YES! Needed, no doubt. But in a capitalistic enterprise, like B1G/SEC football and men's basketball, you punish the most successful competitors? You lower the river instead of raising the bridge? For goodness sake, go to a 24-team CFB PO, and there would be enough money to save the ACC and B12 and to help subsidize a G6 PO. But the money lost with no conference champ games? That's Beau Gus. Flex schedule and not only have 2 play at 1 at the end of the season, but also 6 at 3 and 5 at 4; this wouldn't bring in more money? This wouldn't help balance the difference in P4 regular-season strength of schedules? You decide how home vs. away games are decided. Using the 2025-26 final AP Poll, augmented by the Massey preseason poll after a conference runs out of AP Poll-ranked teams, and divided into quads, this is what a B1G vs SEC challenge could be over the first four weeks of the regular season. Week 1 - Indiana vs Ole Miss/ UW vs. MO./ Illinois vs Tennessee/ Northwestern vs Florida. Week 2 -Iowa vs Alabama/ USC vs Texas/ Minnesota vs South Carolina/ UCLA vs Mississippi State. Week 3 - Oregon vs Georgia/ Penn State vs Vanderbilt/ Wisconsin vs LSU/ Rutgers vs Kentucky. Week 4 - Ohio State vs Texas A&M/ Michigan vs Oklahoma/ Nebraska vs Auburn/ Michigan State vs Arkansas. $$$$$$$. And why not an ACC, including Notre Dame, vs B12 challenge? 24-team PO deniers are caught up in saving a 'tradition' that only happened because the NCAA wasn't around to host "D1" football playoffs. And the 'tradition' ended when the NCAA lost its broadcast monopoly in the 1980s. And from what I've read, none of the 24-game CFB PO deniers have any idea how to raise the much-needed money needed to save non-revenue sports, including women's sports, without selling big game football inventory. Have a really nice day. 😁

Get your peanuts and Cracker Jack ready! Cheer for Oregon to get back to Eugene on the way to Omaha. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2026/06/04/ncaa-baseball-tournament-super-regionals-schedule-preview-cws/90387735007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email

GOLF: Big Ten, close but no cigars. USC women runner-up to Stanford. UCLA men runner-up to Auburn.

Give It Up for Alec Dietz, who likes OBD over Texas. (Disclaimer - Mr. Dietz covers sports for the Register Guard. 👌👍🦆😁) https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2026/06/04/ncaa-baseball-tournament-super-regionals-predictions-college-world-series-bracket/90372299007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&

Rules? When you have judges and AGs in your corner, who needs stinkin' rules? At least in Dixie. And the SEC wants to govern itself because 'other people' cheat, right? https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/if-brendan-sorsby-is-able-to-play-for-texas-tech-college-sports-may-as-well-burn-its-rulebook-164939889.html

If Sorsby scores, NCAA no more? https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/if-brendan-sorsby-is-able-to-play-for-texas-tech-college-sports-may-as-well-burn-its-rulebook-164939889.html

YAHOO! https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/oregon-lands-commitment-no-1-195435526.html

When analyzing the Eugene Regional, On3 referred to the P-12, not as New World or even the Regurgitated, er, the Reorganized Pac-12, but as the Zombie Pac-12. 👺 That's cold. 🥶 But ... 🤣😁😍 I wonder. Is the New World Pac-12 HQ located in Greenland, San Salvador, Columbus, Ohio, Georgia, etc., or under John Canzano's desk?

Perhaps Texas Tech should insist on a game vs. Spenser (not the good lovin' everyday) Davis? The schedule is not simply manageable; it's maggot-infested and beyond the cure of Orkin men. Saturday Down SouthPredicting the 2026 Playoff: No. 7 Texas TechThe Texas Tech Red Raiders may be without their high-profile transfer quarterback, but they're still a force in the Big 12.

Welcome aboard - Oregon Ducks On SIThree Oregon Ducks Newcomers Ranked Among College Footbal...The Oregon Ducks enter the 2026 season with one of the most talented returning rosters in college football. Oregon star quarterback Dante Moore looks to lead th

I don't know, but I imagine Greg Sankey thinks that SEC badminton is by far the deepest and by far the baddest in the land. 😁 Of course, Cody Campbell wants all of the NCAA's children to join hands in a kumbaya moment and collectively buy their shuttlecocks. 😇 Only the Best Badminton is Broadcast on ESPN 8 - The Ocho

GO BRUINS! https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/college/2026/06/02/ncaa-mens-golf-championship-leaderboard-live-scores-tuesday-semifinals/90372445007/ (Is Cam Newton eligible?)

You send out an SOS to the playoff gurus, but you don't want to go to 24? SISEC Leaders Blast CFP Metrics Explanation as Debate Over...A CFP presentation meant to explain the playoff rankings instead deepened SEC concerns that the committee rewards dominant records in weaker leagues.