Jon Joseph

Not a B1G Topic Per Se: I Wonder if Joey H. Still Wants J. Wilcox as the Ducks HC? The unraveling of Cal: Star exodus, a donor ultimatum and a football program running out of runway - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Golden Bears won't have a fully weaponized NIL purse until power shifts from coach Justin Wilcox to new GM Ron Rivera Last one out the door in Berkeley, please shut off the lights. 🧑‍🎓

Well-deserved kudos for Lee. A Well-deserved Dump on McAfee and the State of the Game. Lee Corso to leave ESPN's 'College GameDay.' He'll take soul of college football with him WWW.USATODAY.COM Lee Corso will retire from ESPN's "College GameDay" after the first week of the 2025 season. Vapid and Vacous, how fitting.

Deion's ideas for college football, salary cap, compensation for G5, FCS, D2, and D3 schools when a player portals into a bigger program, and playing by NFL rules make sense when CFB forms a Super Conference. As reported today by Jon Wilner, 10,000-plus football players from FBS, FCS, D2, and D3 entered the portal in December and so far this Spring. Deion's critique of the House Settlement is spot on. $2.8 Billion to settle nothing outside of a limited group of House plaintiffs. Deion continues to justify his newly increased salary. Today's CU Spring Game is being broadcast on ESPN2. Today's Michigan Spring Game is not being broadcast on FS1 or as part of the Big Ten Network's regularly scheduled programs. Deion Sanders has plenty of ideas to contend with wild college sports landscape WWW.USATODAY.COM A salary cap for NIL? Compensation for HBCUs? Coach Prime has always been an out-of-the-box thinker, dating back to his "Neon Deion" days. The man is controversial, but he attracts viewers to the college game.

Wilner Hotline ($ wall) reports that over 10,000 football players from FBS, FCS, D2, and D3 entered the portal in December and to date, in the Spring. Under the House settlement, FBS schools have to cut football rosters to 105 players. The roster cut to 105 happening immediately and not over a few years is one of the issues that concerned Judge Wilkins; however, the NCAA has not offered an amendment to the settlement to deal with this issue. A lot of young men are going to be left without a new place to play, and the loss of scholarships.

Great comment. Everyone talks about a Players Union negotiating with 'Management' and resolving NIL and transfer issues before going to Congress for Congressional relief from continuing litigation. What's in it for the athletes who today hold every card in the deck? Why would any athlete, male or female, want to give up their ability to transfer and test the market to see what they can score in NIL deals? With a more sympathetic administration in office, now is the time to push Congress for relief from litigation, including antitrust litigation arising from a Super Conference in football and basketball. With a Super Conference in place, players who bargain too hard and won't agree to restraints on transfer will be told to peddle their papers in the minor leagues. Bet the House that further consolidation and football, and likely men's basketball, is coming whether or not the House so-called Settlement is approved.

If the House Settlement is approved which is likely, and $20.5 M is the cap on direct payments in Year 1, a B1G full share of media proceeds will make a difference (DUH 🤑.) Even with a full share, B1G money-maker football will always get the bigger piece of the Ducks pie in direct payments and in brokered NIL deals. It will be very interesting post-House, to see the percentages a Purdue and Maryland are allocating to football compared to basketball. In the case of a UConn and other Big East teams, basketball players will receive the bulk of the money. Many Big East teams do not play varsity football, same with Gonzaga. If Division Street and other boosters are not that B1G on CBB, it will be difficult for Oregon to compete for top players regardless of the age of the head coach. I think many B12 CBB players will be paid the same or more than football players. In the SEC there seems to be plenty of money for football, basketball, baseball, track + field, and softball. There are Fanatics everywhere, but Zealots dwell in the SEC. 🤬

Recalling the Best B1G Football 'Moments' Best moment for each Big Ten football team in the past decade SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The Big Ten has always been one of the top conferences in college football. Having now 18 teams and the past two national champions the conference is as compet

That would be Sark, who has yet to win a conference championship. Longhorn Male Bovine Horse Manure!

This weekend: Oregon Invitational Track + Field Meet. No. 5 ranked, No. 1 in the B1G, Women's Golf Team in action at the B1G Women's Tournament in Maryland. UCLA at Oregon Softball - Battle for the B1G Tournament No. 1 seed. Top-ranked B1G Baseball team, UCLA at Oregon series, is also a battle for No. 1 in the B1G. These events are covered on B1G Ten Network. And we're gettin' 50 cents on the dollar! 🤬 ALSO: NCAA Women's Gymnastics Tourney - UCLA is favored.

Quack! OBD's Duck Featured on The Sporting News Retirement Announcement. Lee Corso's best 'College GameDay' moments, from 'Not so fast my friend' to James Madison costume WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM One of the show's fixtures is retiring in August. As It Should Be! 👍👌😍

Spot On Comment. When it comes to tech, Never Blame Yourself. It's the Gremlins at fault!

OOOPS! Not So Fast! Lee is retiring after a Week 1, not a Week 0 game. Why would a Pisano retire in Ireland? Not happening. Perfect Week 1 game? Columbus, Ohio, site of the first headgear pick when Lee chose the Buckeyes' Brutus. Will it be Horns or Nuts when Texas tees it up against Ohio State?

From reports I have read and photos I have seen, Nico's Dad is large and in charge. 😁

Ohio State was the 8-seed. If seeded according to ranking, which will be the PO format if not this season, next season, OBD would have played the winner of Boise State at Indiana in the Rose Bowl. This format was designed for the five Power 5 Conferences before the Pac-12 imploded. To my knowledge, and after researching the issue, this was the only time in the history of college post-season events that lower-seeded teams were seeded above higher-ranked teams and handed a 1st round bye. The Committee couldn't alter the format, but the Committee had no justifiable reason to seed Boise over ASU and send ASU to play Texas in Atlanta instead of 'Phoenix.' The CBB Committee supports its rankings and seedings with the use of fully disclosed metrics. The CFB Committee says: Trust Us! Understandably, the B1G and the SEC do not trust the Committee, why we will see a 14-16 team PO field in 2026 with 4 B1G and 4 SEC teams, as designated by the conferences in the field. Every metric justifies this format. If Boise had defeated Indiana and lost to OBD in the Rose Bowl, it would have meant a difference of $8 million for the B1G. Indiana wins and loses to OBD, it's a difference of $4 million. Also, a different effect on recruiting and the national perspective of the program. IMO, B1G differences.

Jabba, I'm not certain it's a done deal. Hey Son, please leave an SEC playoff-contending school with a 100,000-seat stadium that sells out for every home game and an offensive guru head coach to play for less money, and a team with a new OC with no OC coaching experience, and the chance to play in front of tepid fans in a half empty off-campus stadium. 🤪

Portal Transfers who could be on OBD's Radar. WR Pena from Syracuse demanded $2M from Syracuse and was told to get lost. Names to know for Oregon Football in spring transfer portal DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Oregon Ducks may target a few positions in the transfer portal this spring, so here are some names to know during the portal window.

Nico will be balling in the B1G and playing closer to home. Nico Iamaleava transfers to UCLA: How QB's NIL package compares to reported offer at Tennessee WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM The former Volunteers quarterback is headed west.

Nico will be Doing His Bruin in LA. Nico Iamaleava’s true motives for Tennessee exit questioned after ‘sudden’ UCLA transfer WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM On3's Andy Staples isn’t buying the timing of Nico Iamaleava’s exit from Tennessee after his surprise UCLA transfer.

Suggested 2025 B1G Football Slogans. OBD: Have it Your Way? Better Than: 'Let Roses Tell Your Story.' Big Ten Football: Selecting team slogans for 2025 season SATURDAYTRADITION.COM The 2025 Big Ten football season is right around the corner, and it's time to set team slogans for the full year ahead. Dear Paul Harvey, the ACC has 17 teams, and the B1G has 18 teams. Washington - 'There's No SEE in Seattle.

CBS Top 25 Most Important Player. It Just Means (Dante) Moore. Miami Ranked 3rd? I understand why Dennis Dodd is retiring. Early signs of dementia. Most valuable players for every Top 25 college football team entering 2025 - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Arch Manning and Jeremiah Smith are the MVPs driving the nation's best teams.

Between Nico and a Hard Place. Plaudits for Josh Heupel today, but tomorrow? Urban Meyer on Nico Iamaleava departure: 'Tennessee is screwed' - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Urban Meyer chimed in on the Nico Iamaleava saga at Tennessee with a simple take on the matter: 'Tennessee is screwed.' With his transfer options drying up, could the prodigal son return to Knoxville?

I'm not sure 'haunted' is the right word for this OBD fan. In the first quarter, I felt like Ryan Day, Jeremiah Smith, Will Howard, The Chipper, et al, had pulled out my Adrenaline Plug, and copious amounts of adult beverages could not revive me. I think I would have been more haunted by a loss in OT or because of a bizarre play? I think? During the Ohio State Spring game, Will Howard was asked which of the PO wins was the best. He immediately responded, 'The Rose Bowl. We owed Oregon.' Everything went right for TOSU in the playoffs. A playoff Ohio State is out of in the 4-team era. The team with the most talented roster got its Sierra together and had a blowout of Tennessee to its credit heading into Pasadena. The Buckeyes were the beneficiaries of a screwed up playoff format and OBD got the short end on the stick. Next Case!

Thanks, Mike. And thank you, 30, for the insightful comment. Baseball does not have a salary cap, but it does have a Luxury Tax that, in some respects, keeps contracts under control. (For a guy who recalls when a $100,000.00 a season was a huge salary for a baseball player, I swallowed hard when typing the previous sentence.) Baseball has enforceable contracts that control free agency. Baseball has federal protection from antitrust litigation. In MLB, like the NFL, NBA, and NHL, a player's union negotiates with management as prior agreements expire or new proposals are made by management. No professional athlete in any of the big four pro leagues can take his talents to the market anytime he so desires. CFB today is a professional league, except that the players do not have a union. Even without a union, players have been able to pressure the NCAA on matters like reduced practice time. No matter what lawyers come up with, NIL contracts will not hold up in Restraint of Trade suits. In Nico's case, when the NCAA came sniffing around, attorneys for the Vols NIL collective brought suit, and the Tennessee Attorney General jumped in to help keep the NCAA at bay. Before the approval of the House settlement, we have legislators in several states filing legislation that will exempt House and NIL income from state tax. The House settlement will not end state by state, piecemeal legislation designed to give Good Old State and U a competitive leg up. The House settlement is a stopgap designed to keep the NCAA involved with FBS college football. Athletes will be paid directly by their school, but they are not employees who can form a bargaining collective? Seven accountants will rule on whether any NIL deal over $600 reflects 'market value?' It's SSDD, and NIL collectives and boosters bidding for an athlete's services are not going away. Until the athletes can collectively bargain with "management," there will be no federal protection from antitrust and other litigation. Existing antitrust suits against the NCAA, like Reggie Bush's suit, and future suits are not affected by the House settlement. The brightest contract lawyers can gin up a 'bulletproof' NIL contract. No verbiage will stop plaintiffs' attorneys, aided by sympathetic courts and legislators, from shooting holes in any contract. Size goes to size in business. College football is Big (B1G/SEC) Business, and a Super Conference notwithstanding House is coming. And it most certainly will not have sixty to seventy teams involved. OBD will be involved.

We have largely unregulated free agency in CFB and for so long as this is the situation you should not pass on experienced QBs like Bo and Gabe. Back-to-back transfers who both made a Heisman Trophy trip to NYC. A trip along with Dan Lanning that paid dividends in recruiting across all positions. Can you get me to the League? Can you get me to the CFB playoffs? Will you compensate me at my market value and give me a chance to compete for a starting job? Oregon and Dan can answer all three questions with a no BS 'Yes.' No QB recruit in the past three seasons had the skill or the experience to lead Oregon where it ascended to in 2022, 23, and 24. Recruits at every position regardless of their stars and stats out of high school will be promised a chance to compete but not a promise to start from Coach Lanning. Roster building and roster retention in CFB today is a witch. You have to be flexible. The two QBs who started in the 2024-25 champ game both transferred in. Despite talented recruits on the roster, without Will Howard and Riley Leonard, Ohio State and Notre Dame are not playing for a championship. Close to 70% of the Power 4 starting QBs in 2025 will have transferred in. At every position, I trust Dan to mix and match as he so determines.

Power To The ... Coaches? Wetzel: How Tennessee clawed back some power in saying goodbye to QB Nico Iamaleava - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Iamaleava is a seminal figure, somehow representing both ends of the pendulum swing of player empowerment.