Jon Joseph

Which Teams Have a Schedule Leading to Success? College Football news with an in-depth and inclusive look at CFB 2026 schedules. As Coach Pepper Rodgers noted, there are two keys to CFB success: your roster and your schedule. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/2026-college-football-conference-schedule-breakdown

Thank you, Laura. Who knew the SEC football babies were so tired at the end of playing a gauntlet like the world has never witnessed? Of course they need a postseason nap. It's so very, very hard down in Dixie that the coaches should be forgiven for forgetting how to coach. And the travel in the SEC? Brutal! Bama sacked the unworthy Heisman winner twice in the Hoosiers' first Rose Bowl possession, and it's not like Bama left the Rose Bowl without putting up points on the board. Get real with yourself! The 3-to-38-point loss could have gone the other way! The ball bounced in the other team's favor, and the refs were out to screw over the Tide and the SEC. SI‘We Don’t Cry a River’: Curt Cignetti Takes Aim at SEC St...As the Big Ten celebrates three straight national titles, the Indiana coach argues the conference lets its results speak louder than the SEC’s explanations. Seriously? Perhaps, Laura, you should check in with an SEC network guy by the name of Paul Finebaum, who has the Big Ten as CFB's best conference and advises SEC, ESPN, and SEC coaches to Zip It! 😍

And a cushy, welcome-mat schedule for Coach Campbell and his QB Rocco Becht, who comes to PSU with the most starts in CFB. No B1G triumvirate (Indiana, Ohio State, Oregon) on the schedule; USC visits Happy Valley. On paper, two tough games at UW and Michigan. 10-2 is more than doable.

It's a B1G pond. Somewhere at some time, in 2026-27, Oregon is probably going to play the Hoosiers. How about in Vegas instead of Atlanta? 😁 With a 12-team playoff field, the performance of every B1G team matters. In 2025, the SEC did not deserve five teams in the PO field. The SP+ and FPI strength-of-schedule rankings are home cooking at its best, or at its worst from a B1G perspective. FPI ranks Ohio State's brutal schedule No. 8, behind seven SEC teams and ahead of No. 9 Texas A&M and SEC teams through 15 Alabama, with Michigan's schedule interrupting the Dixie love fest at 16. 13 SEC teams, 81.25% of the conference, are in the top 15. This is an SOS for the rest of CFB. College football fans and journalists are catching on. Outside of Dixie and Bristol, Connecticut, this is LOL 'stuff' from coast to coast. The SP+ rankings are also SEC-centric; Georgia, at 25, has the lowest-ranked SOS. But I doubt the Grapevine Gurus are laughing, and that's the problem and why Tony P wants a 24-team field and nothing less. Bring on the B1G stuff; Oregon does not play ball in a vacuum, and no one is forced to read anything on the Forum that they do not want to read.

Good call. As Cig said, Indiana coming from the bottom of the pile to the top "would make a helluva movie." But Hoo would have believed it? It would be Hickory High Hoosiers on steroids. Another thing Cig changed: the calculus for how long a coach has to turn around a down-in-the-dumps program. Ryan Silverfield has two seasons to get the Arkansas Hogs back to the trough, if that. Best to the Hoosiers in 2026. Indiana is no longer considered a one-hit wonder and will likely be ranked in the AP preseason poll top 5 and not in the 20s like the 2025 preseason poll. Off to a good start with Cig winning the B1G Media Days pressers. SI‘We Don’t Cry a River’: Curt Cignetti Takes Aim at SEC St...As the Big Ten celebrates three straight national titles, the Indiana coach argues the conference lets its results speak louder than the SEC’s explanations.

Comin' to Your Citay? Saturday Down SouthPredicting College GameDay locations for every week of th...From Oxford to Tuscaloosa, let's predict College GameDay locations for every week of the 2026 college football season.

Hey, Judge, I'm over 21; buy me a 5th! Frankly, Judge Charlotte, I do give a damn. 🤬 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2026/07/31/college-athletes-extra-eligibility-court-ruling-fifth-season/91130269007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatbaseline& On3Tracking top college basketball players who could return...Tracking the top college basketball players exploring a fifth year of eligibility following Friday's Colorado court ruling. On3Tracking college football players who could return for 5t...On3 has compiled a list of players who could return to college football for a fifth year with Friday night's injunction.

Come on back? Crazy-making Male Bovine Excrement 🤬 On3Tracking college football players who could return for 5t...On3 has compiled a list of players who could return to college football for a fifth year with Friday night's injunction. On3Tracking top college basketball players who could return...Tracking the top college basketball players exploring a fifth year of eligibility following Friday's Colorado court ruling.

Why the Bill or something like it is needed - This ruling from a federal court judge in Colorado just made roster management even more uncertain. This stuff has to stop. On3Colorado judge grants class-wide preliminary injunction a....

By Bob, Iamastayea - On3Nico Iamaleava opens up about staying at UCLA after a 'to...Nico Iamaleava went through a difficult first season at UCLA, but his first meeting with coach Bob Chesney made it easy to stay.

A B1G sigh of relief from ACC and B12 HQ. The Bill, which limits conferences to no more than 19 teams, could bring an end to Clemson, FSU, Miami, UNC, and Texas Tech's, etc., dream of moving up to the Power 2. Except for Notre Dame and UConn, to join a P4 conference, a program has to play as an independent for five seasons. A cap on conference expansion might keep equal media revenue and close to equal postseason revenue distribution in place in the B1G and the SEC. Don't like it, where are you going to go? A 19-team conference cap = The Big Ten is reserving a spot for Notre Dame; however, the ACC is enabling ND's independence through 2037, On3ACC, Big 12 release statements on Big Ten, SEC decision t....

The benefits outweigh the concerns. Football needs some regualtory restraint before it spends itself into oblivion; at least the oblivion of non-revenue sports. With the Power 2 supporting the measure, as amended, it will likely be approved by the Senate. But the House? The Power 2 fight on the field, on the airwaves, and in the press, but when it comes to the survival of college sports, the two conferences need one another. Whether the Bill passes or not, the next thing that needs to be fixed is a crazy CFB calendar that has signing day and the portal opening during the CFB playoffs, which penalizes the most successful programs. And the season has to begin and end earlier. If Fox steps up along with other media entities not owned by Disney and comes with the money to be a CFB post-season player, a 24-team PO could be here by 2028.

Big Ten Tiers, or Tears? https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-football-ranking-conferences-18-teams-tiers-2026

Top 25 X Factors - https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49317269/2026-college-football-top-25-x-factors-team

Too Much Info - In huddle, gas passing competition. Horse Hockey - UW has 10 starters returning, not 20+. Ohio State D - A lot of studs to replace on D, but Matt Patricia had holes to fill in 2025 and did just fine.

SI - Media Days B1Ggest Winners and Losers - Oregon Ducks On SIBig Ten Media Days Biggest Winners, Losers: Dante Moore,...Big Ten Media Days are over and now the real fun begins: football practices. The three-day event provided some excitement and memorable moments into arguably th

CBS Sports B1G Media Day Three: Fact or Fiction - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-media-days-nebraskas-november/?eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380a147aa90b9e33099045cd46ddc6a485b&ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=568648&ET_RID=52482716

He smoked the SEC, and Cig plans to keep Indiana smokin' - Cig will need to help new QB Josh Hoover escape the Meatloaf 2 out of 3 ain't bad syndrome. Hoover's stats in four games starting in 2023 at TCU - 9,627 yards passing, 33 TDs, and 33 Ints. 🤬 However, Fernando's stats at Cal were good, but no one predicted that he would win the Heisman Trophy. AP NewsIndiana's Curt Cignetti is 'stalking complacency' as Hoos...Indiana coach Curt Cignetti says he’s “stalking complacency” as he makes sure there’s no championship hangover now that he’s orchestrated one of the most remarkable turnarounds in college football his

Cig has no love for southern whine - https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/indianas-curt-cignetti-the-big-ten-is-the-best-conference-because-we-dont-cry-a-river-whine-and-complain-after-falling-short-184740049.html

Dante made the right call to return to Oregon. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/dante-moore-temporarily-pondered-if-forgoing-nfl-draft-returning-to-oregon-was-right-call-theres-no-looking-back-now-155833568.html

One of college football's most important preseason questions: How in Hades is Billy Bob going to keep Jordon from mounting Bobby P's motorcycle?

Fun question and one that will hopefully be decided on the field one day. Where are the games to be played? I think the locale would definitely matter, and it's why I hope that if we have a B1G vs SEC football challenge, it will be a home-and-home series before a change in opponent. Playing in Austin would be a challenge, as it would be for the Longhorns visiting Autzen. Sark in Autzen. No games when he was with SC. 2010 - Oregon 53 UW 16. 2012 - Oregon 52 UW 21. I'd turn to the bottle too. 🤪 Seriously, hats off to Sark for his recovery.

The next Indiana? When this question was asked before last season, I answered with Indiana. I'm that smart; it was a WAG. But this could also be the correct answer for the 2026 season. https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/next-indiana-college-football-programs-built-to-shock-2026

I'm sorry that I cannot answer the question, but thank you for the post. Please keep them coming. 👍👌🦆

Here's Exhibit _. I'm not certain, but I believe we are closing in on Exhibit Z? Saturday Down SouthSMU coach Rhett Lashlee takes aim at preseason FPI, stren...SMU coach Rhett Lashlee takes issue with assigning teams preseason FPI and strength of schedule rankings before games are played.