Jon Joseph

NJ, thanks for the Saturday Tradition link. Saturday Tradition is now Oregon's 'Saturday site' as Saturday Out West, like the Pac-12 (sorry, Canzano) has disappeared. The odds on the Ohio State at Oregon game have flipped from Oregon -1.5 to Ohio State -1.5. So, if Oregon is receiving the 3-point home game bump, Ohio State can be viewed as a -4.5 favorite. Lots of stud players return for the Buckeyes and several very good portal pickups. But will Will Howard be a step up from McCord last season at QB? Dillon Gabriel was the B12 QB of the year in 2023. Howard finished behind Gabriel and if he had stayed at K State, Howard was not a lock to be the Wildcats starter at QB in 2024. Harmon and Caldwell in the middle of the DL could go a long way to frustrate the Ohio State run game. The Buckeyes OL in 2023 was not all that. Will it improve in 2024? I believe the Ducks D that was solid in 2023 will be improved in 2024. Ducks fans, it will be tempting to score B1G $ in the ticket aftermarket, but please show up for the game and do not sell your tickets. Puddles will need all hands on deck.

No comprende. Orgon QB room No. 3, Texas No. 1 and Ohio State No. 2. The All-B12 QB in 2023 was some guy named Dillon Gabriel, not Quinn Ewers, and not Will Howard. Dante Moore has experience as a starter in the Power 4. Archie Manning had a good spring game. Ohio State stud QB transfer from Bama, Julian Sayin, looked lost in the spring game and threw multiple interceptions. It will take a National Championship for Oregon to be appreciated as a Blue Blood program. 2024 Quarterback Unit Rankings: With Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning, Texas leads Top 10 - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Texas, with Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning, has the best quarterback room in the country in 2024, with Ohio State and Oregon close behind.

Hats Off to the Oregon Golfing Gals who are on their way to the NCAA finals being played closer to home in Carlsbad, CA after playing in the qualifying round in Auburn, Alabama. Oregon Ducks women’s golf advances to NCAA Championships DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Another trip to the NCAA Championships for the Oregon Ducks’ women’s golf team.

Even the top 4 seeds with a 1st round bye will play two games before making it to the champ game. The title game would be the third game. The champ game for the 2024-25 season will be played in Atlanta on January 20, 2025. For the teams seeded five through twelve, the champ game would be the 4th playoff game. For a team seeded 5 through 12 which played a conference champ game and lost, the game for the championship would be the 17th game of the season.

Big Ten post-spring power rankings: Ohio State over Oregon for No. 1, USC lands in top five - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Here's how teams in the Big Ten stack up now that spring practice is in the rearview mirror We are Avis. We try harder. No surprise to see the Oregon O behind the Ohio State O. This is the case in every ranking I have seen to date. Puddles will have a 'Show Me' chance on October 12, 2024. SC at No. 5 is my dark horse B1G champion contender and this ranking does not surprise me. With Penn State playing SC in LA and the turnover on offense at Michigan, I think SC could have been No. 3 on the list. I know that many OBD members understandably, disagree with my opinion of SC.

Will the Oregon pass D improve and other questions for the ESPN Top 25. Lingering questions following spring football from each Way-Too-Early Top 25 team - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM From QB transfers to position replacements, our reporters let you know any lingering questions following spring football.

4 CFB teams did not sign an incoming transfer in 2023/24 - Air Force, Army, Navy, and Clemson. However, I would not count these Tigers out of the 2024-25 playoff. The opening game vs. Georgia in Atlanta (been there, done that, happy to get out alive) is as tough as it gets. But there is no Notre Dame on the schedule, and the games vs. NC State, Louisville, and South Carolina will be played in Clemson's version of Death Valley. (Strangely, Stanford will visit Clemson to play a conference game.) There is no per the pundits improved U on the schedule. The game at Florida State on 10/5/24 will be Clemson's on paper, toughest conference game of the season. FSU QB DGU is well known to Dabo and his assistant coaches. FSU has done well in the portal, but many of the guys on the team that went 13-1 in 2023 are gone. Clemson's D will again be salty. Will Lincoln Riley's younger brother help the offense improve in 2024 after being points-deficient under Riley in 2023? In its bowl game, Clemson put up 38 points in its comeback win against Kentucky. But the O still looked rocky in the Clemson spring game. I think Clemson has a decent chance to win the ACC in 2024. If Clemson finishes 10-2/10-3 it will be in the playoff hunt. Two games vs the SEC and going a likely 1-1, should give Clemson a scheduling bump. (If the committee cares or notices.) Dabo will leave Clemson on his terms. I do not see this happening any time soon.

Thanks, NJ. I am pleased that the Civil War game will be broadcast on Fox, and not on the C(lown) W(here the Hell is It?) channel.

A great post, Thank you, Charles. Us fans hit the Jackpot and Rob Mullens hit the Powerball with an 'all else is forgiven' hire. And a timely pay increase to boot.

Over five years in the B1G, through 2028, all B1G teams will face one another at least three times. The scheduling in the B1G was well thought out. Including teams that travel east-west and vice versa having a home game or an idle week the weekend after traveling a long way. The SEC punted with its 2025 schedule. The SEC will stay with eight conference games with the same teams that met in 2024 meeting again in 2025 with the venues being flipped. Texas and Ole Miss will not play Bama in the next two seasons and Missouri's easiest schedule in the SEC will likely be duplicated in 2025. Compared to Texas in 2024, Oklahoma has a brutal schedule that will be repeated in 2025. The SEC will not move to nine conference games before seeing how the PO Committee treats schedule strength over the next two seasons. All B1G and SEC teams will miss playing seven conference members every season. I would like to see both conferences playing ten conference games, with one of the two out-of-conference games featuring B1G vs SEC and the elimination, as you suggested sometime back David, of conference champ games. Teams that tie at the top for a B1G or SEC shared title will all make the 12-team playoff which is likely to go to 14 to 16 teams in 2026. Depending on additional conference realignment, the Playoff might morph into a Power 2 'World Series.' No other sport in the world has a post-season where the participants have such a difference in their strength of schedule. Will the PO Committee take notice?

He can recruit high schools and he can recruit the portal. How about this list? The team's needs are fulfilled. Oregon Football's Impressive 14 Transfer Portal Commits: Comprehensive List WWW.SI.COM Oregon football is embracing the transfer portal. Oregon coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks have landed some of the top talent from the best programs in the country

Always Be Sellin'! Ducks coaches head to Dixie to visit big-time, who hopefully become B1G Ducks recruits. Oregon Football Coaches Fly South as Summer Recruiting Heats Up WWW.YARDBARKER.COM Much of college football recruiting has become about the n ame, image, and likeness game but there’s still a place for good old-fashioned face-to-face visits as Oregon transitions to the Big Ten... This is part of the relentless recruiting effort DM described.

Maize and Blue, a Michigan website takes a look at SC's 2024-25 CBB team with evaluations of the other B1G newbies to follow. Big Ten hoops additions: What we should expect from USC WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM The Trojans are in a state of flux entering the conference. And a take on what the Michigan football D will look like this season. Some very talented players returning but will Michigan have enough depth on D? What kind of depth does Michigan need on defense to win in 2024? WWW.MAIZENBREW.COM The depth Michigan had on its roster during its Championship season doesn’t seem replicable, so what does the team need to win this season?

No Bama, no Texas so no game vs Sark in 2024 and 2025 unless the two meet in the SEC champ game. Ole Miss plays Oklahoma and UGA in Oxford and has one of the easier in-conference schedules. Ole Miss's P4 OOC opponent is Wake Forest. The most difficult road game on paper is at LSU. If Ole Miss does not finish 10-2 or better Ole Miss fans will not be happy. Reverse the schedule home and away for 2025 and Ole Miss will be on the road against Georgia and Oklahoma. The 2025 season opener for Ole Miss is versus USC in LA.

DM, good call on Bama and where to rank the Tide post-Nick. DeBoer brought Penix to UW and convinced many draft-eligible players to return, but it was Chris Peterson and not DeBoer who did the heavy recruiting lifting. Bama will not admit it but Dan's recruiting chops is why Dan had to turn the job down before DeBoer was offered. The same with Mike Elko at A+M. This helps to cement your case for Dan being the Recruiting Man.

In this case, Dennis Dodd is correct. Revenue sharing will not cure all of CFBs and Men's CBB roster issues. Revenue sharing in college athletics is coming, but only collective bargaining will provide a true solution - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Setting the college sports landscape perfectly will take more than just giving the players a cut of the money

Ari Wasserman, The Athletic's chief recruiting and portal analyst is high on the Two O's Ohio State ranked No. 1 in Ari's preseason, post-spring top 25, and Oregon ranked No. 3. Ari Wasserman’s post-spring Top 25: Is Notre Dame really a top-5 team? THEATHLETIC.COM Where is Alabama ranked in the first season of the Kalen DeBoer era? How far will Michigan fall after losing Jim Harbaugh? 5 B1G/ 9 SEC. Miami the PO No. 3 seed? Notre Dame No. 5? 1st Round - Bye 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. K State 12. G5 at 5. OREGON 11. Penn State at 6. Texas 10. Michigan at 7. Notre Dame 9. Missouri at 8. Ole Miss "Missouri has a pretty favorable schedule?" DUH!

Solar, great take. From a guy who grew up in Boston, I know this to be a certainty: It is easier to shovel rain than snow. November 16th in Madison, Wisconsin, Oregon's eighth game in a row without a break, could be played in bitterly cold and snowy weather on the shores of Lake Mendota. Of course, the same weather issues could be found late in the season at Wazzu, CU, and Utah. Regardless, it's going to be a B1G blast.

Great article. Thank you, David. 1 minor correction. Matthew Bedford went from Indiana to CU, briefly, and then to Oregon. Another in-your-face to a guy 'playing for clicks.' One thing I would add to the great facts in your article is the fact that Dan is recruiting to a state without many 4* and 5* recruits. Georgia, Alabama, and other schools located in the Southeast do not have this problem. These two among other SEC powers and Ohio State, Michigan, and other B1G programs compete with Dan for recruits from recruit-rich California, making Dan's success in recruiting California more noteworthy. You also noted that Dan re-recruits at a very high level. In comparison, most of the guys Mari(o) recruited are gone and were not coached up under Mari(o) the way players are coached up by Dan. Oregon finishing in the top 10 in D last season is impressive. I expect the Oregon D to be more salty in 2024 without crippling the offense as was the case when Mari(o) was in charge. Again, thanks for a terrific and timely article.

Going deeper into this 'best-case' (BC) analysis. With the PO expanding to 12 teams, it is not as meaningful as in prior seasons but BC would see 14 of the 18 B1G teams being bowl eligible. BC, the Ducks' B1G opponents would be a collective 67-41. Three opponents are projected to have losing records, Michigan State, Purdue, and UCLA. Oregon plays seven home games. Five conference home games. Oregon has no P4 OOC games. BC, Ohio State's B1G opponents would be a collective 70 and 38 Three opponents are projected to have losing records, Indiana, Purdue, and Michigan State. Ohio State plays eight home games. Five conference home games. Ohio State has no P4 OOC games. Ohio State and Oregon share three common conference opponents: Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue. This is the nature of a conference where seven of the eighteen member schools are not on the schedule. This is also the case in the SEC. BC - Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, and Penn State, all at 10-2 or better, would be on the playoff committee's radar. No P4 opponent OOC will not matter if Oregon or Ohio State finish 12-1 with a B1G title. Oregon or Ohio State would be the 1st or 2nd seed and have a first-round bye. With two losses, the B1G champ will still be seeded in the top four with a first-round bye. Georgia finishes 11-2 and perhaps an OOC win over Clemson would give the Dawgs the 1st seed over an 11-2 Oregon or Ohio State but being seeded 1st instead of 2nd does not mean all that much in the 12-team playoff format. SC could finish 10-2 and be in the playoffs. USC has a Blue Chip roster. Michigan and Penn State are SC's only conference opponents with Blue Chip rosters and Penn State visits SC on the same day Oregon plays Ohio State, 10/12/24. With both games being played in the Pacific time zone the SC/PSU game could be moved to Friday night with this conflict. The Saturday before this game, PSU plays UCLA in Happy Valley, and SC trips to Minnesota. B1G Fun coming up.

HappyToBeADuck Posted 12 hours ago Jon, thanks for posting these 2 articles. They give us old Ducks fans a chance to learn a little more about our new conference opponents. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... Thank you, Happy. Saturday Tradition is the B1G's Saturday site, it's free, and well worth checking out. Great take and one point you made that should be emphasized is that no one knows how the PO Committee with a 12-team field will deal with SOS, if the Committee deals with SOS at all. Historically, it's been all about Ws + Ls and that's it, except for: Do not let your stud QB suffer a late injury when the SEC's PO appearance is on the line. Michigan has the 5th most difficult schedule in 2024. Oregon has the 11th most difficult schedule exacerbated by playing 8 games in a row without an idle week. The last 4 games in this gauntlet include trips in November to the Eastern time zone to play Michigan and a trip to the Central time zone to play Wisconsin. Missouri's schedule is ranked as the 66th most difficult out of 134 G5/P4 teams. Missouri has the easiest schedule in the SEC, only two preseason top 25 teams are on Mizzou's schedule: at Bama and home vs. Oklahoma. If Missouri finishes 10-2 and Michigan and Oregon 9-3, with no 'bad losses' what will the committee do? With the SEC continuing to play 8 conference games in 2025, and with no change in the schedule except for home conference games being away games, Mizzou will again have an easy schedule. In 2024, Missouri's P4 opponent is Boston College in Columbia. In 2025, Kansas visits Mizzou. The other six OOC games are scheduled wins against Cupcakes. In addition to the critical element of being chosen as one of seven at-large teams, seeding will matter. Joel Klatt, with ties to the B1G and not the SEC, predicts that five SEC teams will make the 2024-26 PO field and four B1G teams will make the field. On the surface, this appears to be reasonable. However, with the way the seeding works out, Texas would play the G5 team in Austin, Ole Miss would play Penn State in Oxford, Alabama would play Michigan in Tuscaloosa, and Oregon, the one SEC outsider with a 1st-round home game would host Missouri. I stand by what I have posted before. I believe a 12-team field will cause the committee more headaches for the next two seasons than the committee dealt with the last ten seasons with four teams except for 2014-15 and 2024-25. I believe the PO selections in 2024-25 could easily lead to schools mutually agreeing to drop difficult OOC games. And if SOS does not matter, why should the ACC and the SEC play more than eight conference games? In 2025, Oregon plays possible B12 defending champion Oklahoma State in Autzen. Oregon is scheduled to play Oklahoma State in Stillwater, where the Cowboys rarely drop a game, in 2026. Why play OK State instead of San Jose State at home in 2025 and 2026? Does it make sense to play a road game versus a difficult opponent than a home game versus a lesser opponent? In odd years, Oregon will play five B1G road games. IMO, that's enough difficult games. Does it make sense for USC, in addition to the game at Notre Dame, to play Ole Miss, Ohio State to play Texas, and Michigan to play Oklahoma in Norman in 2025 as currently scheduled? Win the B1G and you are in even with an FCS team and two G5 teams on the schedule. A lot of uncertainty. One thing I do believe is close to a certainty is that the PO format will be adjusted come 2026-27. Thanks again for the great comment.

Bo benefited by having Dilly as his OC in year 1 at Auburn and Oregon and with Will Stein in his 2nd year in Eugene. Dilly to Stein evidences Dan Lanning's 'CEO" coaching hire acumen and success.

Peterson: The ceiling for each Big Ten team in 2024 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Setting the ceiling for each Big Ten team in 2024. The Two Os both have a 12-0 ceiling. And here Is the Big Tradition's take on the 5 most difficult out-of-conference schedules. Hammerin’ the B1G: Ranking the B1G’s 5 hardest nonconference schedules in 2024 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM These key nonconference schedules will play a major role in the race to the College Football Playoff. No Os on this list.

PAWALLLL, say it ain't so! Ohio State is Number 1. WOW! https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten/paul-finebaum-ohio-state-buckeyes-are-preseason-no-1-team-in-college-football-entering-2024-season

Not so long ago, would anyone believe that Oregon would be a B1G Beast? Spring overreactions from each Way-Too-Early Top 25 college football team - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM From Heisman candidates to a potential No. 1 NFL draft pick. Here are post-spring ball overreactions from each top 25 team.