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Thank you, Mike. And right back at you, my friend. The board is brighter whenever you weigh in. Beat Boise!

Golf is a cruel sport. Clark shot even par on Saturday to remain at -4 and is tied 15th. People were handing him the trophy, but McIlroy was 1 over on Saturday and is now tied for the lead at -11 with American Cameron Young. At -10, American Sam Burns is tied for second. Scottie Scheffler shot a 65 yesterday and at -7 is within range of another Green Jacket. Should be another great Sunday back nine at the Masters.

Cig not only won a title at Indiana, but he also stomped on the champ-only Blue Chip roster paradigm. Indiana, on the way to a title last season without a Blue Chip roster, defeated Alabama, Oregon, and Miami teams with Blue Chip rosters. And Cig took a good but not great QB from Cal and turned him into a Heisman Trophy winner, the likely No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Indiana's sum was much greater than the parts. In the 2026 Preseason Sporting News Composite Top 25, Oregon is ranked No. 5. Oregon's schedule is ranked as the 6th most difficult in CFB 7th-ranked Texas Tech's schedule is ranked No. 65 in the 68-team Power 4. Texas Tech does not play BYU and Utah. The only ranked team TT plays is No. 23 Houston at home in Lubbock. In Week 4, Oregon travels to LA to play No. 13 USC. On 11/7 2026, Oregon travels to Columbus, Ohio, to play No. 1 Ohio State. Then returns home to play No. 14 Michigan. Then, a trip to East Lansing, Michigan, to play Michigan State, and then finishes with No. 21 UW. In its last four games, Texas Tech plays West Virginia, Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Baylor in Waco, and TCU. The Red Raiders have one Top 25 team on the schedule, No.23 Houston in Lubbock. Is this a fair fight? Thanks for the terrific post. The Jimmies and the Joes matter. But the folks doing the coaching matter. And the quality of the opposition and where and when your team plays its games matters. Especially when the PO committee savants count the number of a team's losses above all else. Beat Boise!

On Wisconsin! Sorry, No Wisconsin - Denver Pioneers 2 - Badgers 1 Denver increases its all-time hockey champ lead from 10 to 11 titles.

Like a playoff-contending football team without a championship QB. A baseball team can have a lineup of all-stars, but without decent pitching. Good luck.

Man of Oregon Wyndham Clark has received a lot of criticism for his off-course conduct since his US Open win, much of it deserved. Clark is playing well at Augusta, -4 headed into the 3rd round. But defending champion Rory McIlroy is golfing his ball. Rory birdied six of his last seven holes yesterday to take a six-stroke lead at -12, a tournament record. Best of luck to Wyndham today and Sunday. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/2026/04/10/oregon-ducks-wyndham-clark-masters-leaderboard/89563023007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGbaseline&utm_term=C

Happy Birthday, Dear Danno. Now, please put a cherry on the cake 😁 Dan was born under the sign of Aries. Aries are bold, energetic, and natural leaders who love being No. 1 and are rarely afraid of conflict. Their "ram" personality is governed by Mars, the planet named after the Roman god of war, second only to Jupiter in the Roman pantheon of gods. Beat Boise 🤬! Oregon Ducks On SIDan Lanning's Birthday Points Out Important StatisticOn Friday, April 10, Oregon Ducks football coach Dan Lanning turned 40 years old, highlighting four seasons with the Ducks with the program's first Big Ten Cham

Sounds like many Red Sox games I watched over seven decades while waiting for Godot, a/k/a winning a World Series. The low light came in a game where SS Pumpsie Green made four errors on 1 play! Pumpsie fielded a ground ball and overthrew the 1st baseman, failed to catch a perfect throw from the catcher backing up 1st base, collected the ball, and overthrew the third baseman. The ball bounced off the visitor's dugout back to the third baseman in time to put the player trying to get to third in a rundown. Yep, Pumpsie, now covering third, caught the ball thrown by the second baseman and dropped it while trying to tag the base runner out. After this series of muffs, exasperated announcer Curt Gowdy noted that his scorecard looked like hieroglyphics. GO DUCKS!

College Football News - Will B1G teams cover the win total? Oregon 10.5 wins. Under, if CFN's 10-2 prediction is the final tally. PO contenders - 11-1 Ohio State, 10-2 Indiana, Oregon, Penn State 12 teams finish 6-6 or better. 7 teams Over and 11 Under. OBD is predicted to win 9 games. 50/50 at Ohio State and USC, and home vs UW. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/big-ten-football-win-totals-2026

👍👌😍 No May-Be About It, Show OBD that B1G money! YardbarkerBig Ten to earn massive payday for monster March MadnessThe rich are getting a whole lot richer. On Thursday, Associated Press reporter Eric Olson detailed the eye-popping financial windfall the Big Ten received from a massive March Madness.

Prepare for a Buckeye Battle Cry 2026 NFL Draft - Fight the team across the field, Show them Ohio's here, Lift your voices reverberating, With a mighty cheer, Rah! Rah! Rah! Hit them hard and see how they fall. Never let that team have the ball. Hail! Hail! The gang's all here as we beat our old conference foe. On 11/7, how about shutting the Buckeye fans the🤬up! AP News5 Ohio State players to attend the first round of the NFL...Five Ohio State players plan to attend the first round of the NFL draft on April 23. Defensive back Caleb Downs, defensive tackle Kayden McDonald, linebacker Arvell Reese, linebacker Sonny Styles and

Denver 4 - Michigan 3 - Double OT Come on, Badgers!

Rebuild? How about Reload? 14 starters back. Tied for the second most in CFB behind SC with 15 back. Holes to be filled, especially on the O-line, but far better than 2025 when only a handful of starters returned. However, this season's schedule is more difficult than that of 2024 and 2025. New OC and DC? Yes. But no major systemic changes will be introduced. Beat Boise!

On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin! Badgers 2 - North Dakota 1 How about an all-B1G champ game? Let's Go Blue! https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/15765018-wisconsin-holds-off-north-dakota-in-frozen-four-heads-to-ncaa-title-game

Imagine a Football PO Final 4 featuring the 4 teams with the most wins in CFB history: 1 Michigan, 2 Ohio State, 3 Alabama, 4 Notre Dame. Tonight's Frozen 4 features the four teams with the most championships in college hockey history: 1 Denver - 10, 2 Michigan - 9, 3 North Dakota - 8, and 4 Wisconsin - 6. GO Blue! GO Badgers!

Turning Pat Fitzgerald into a scapegoat cost Northwestern B1G time - as it should have - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/04/08/pat-fitzgerald-talks-northwestern-firing-michigan-state-football-future-hazing-allegations/89507250007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatba

Coaches are telling the NCAA to punt this new rule - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/04/09/why-ncaa-new-punt-rule-change-has-college-football-coaches-fuming-special-teams/89525109007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=emai

USA Today Top 100 Players in the 2026 Draft - The Big Ten has 25 players ranked- OBD: 12 Thieneman, 18 Sadiq, 39 Pregnon - Ohio State has 7 Top 100 - SEC - 36 players in the Top 100 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2026/04/09/nfl-draft-rankings-big-board-top-players-2026/89512738007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatbaseline&utm

What's a molar or two compared to a Gold Medal? Except for the 🤬Yankees cap, Jack Hughes and his repaired grill are looking good. Jack went from a development program straight to the NHL. Jack's brothers, Quinn and Luke, both played for Michigan. AP NewsOlympic hero Jack Hughes has new chiclets as NHL dentists...Jack Hughes became famous for scoring the Olympic gold-medal-winning goal in overtime for the United States against Canada.

Dylan Raiola is recovering from injury and looking good in Oregon practices- EssentiallySportsJoey McGuire Confirms Consulting Matt Rhule on Dylan Raio...Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire opens up about almost recruiting Dylan Raiola and his relationship with Matt Rhule.

B1G QB preseason rankings - Dante Moore is No. 1 in the B1G and the nation - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-qb-rankings-2026-season-dante-moore-oregon/ National rankings - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-rankings-power-conference-2026/

Dante's is CBS Sports No. 1 QB - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-rankings-power-conference-2026/

Here comes some help for the Fickell Football Badgers - And, with a name like his? 👍👌😍 AP NewsColton Joseph ready to change Wisconsin's recent history...Wisconsin has struggled to keep quarterbacks healthy or produce many points lately. None of that bothers new Badgers quarterback Colton Joseph, who believes his success at Old Dominion can translate t

Can the B1G win another title? Will Michigan do a Final 4 double dip? Will Wisconsin, like the Badgers women's hockey team, win it all? Tune in to ESPN2 tomorrow, Thursday, 4/9/26. 5 PM/ 2 PM - Wisconsin vs. North Dakota 8:30 PM / 5:30 PM - Michigan vs. Denver Saturday's champ game is on ESPN. 5:30 PM / 2:30 PM Thursday features the Best of the East vs. the Best of the West. Naturally, the games are being played in Las Vegas.😍 Go Badgers! North Dakota Who? And as George Armstrong Custer said to his Michigan cavalry troops about to face J.E.B. Stewart's Confederate cavalry at The Battle of Gettysburg: Come On You Hairy Wolverines! OK. It's time for me to get the puck out of here! 🤪

NIL is having a B1G impact on college hockey. More Canadiens, eh? AP NewsCanadian Hockey League players helping reshape college ho...The NCAA decision to allow former professional players in college hockey has changed the makeup of rosters across the country.