Jon Joseph

ESPN showing some for Oregon as a 2 seed with Oregon advancing to the Sweet 16 with wins over Syracuse and Maryland to face 3 seed Washington. What a college football 64-team playoff bracket would look like in 2023 WWW.ESPN.COM What teams are the No. 1 seeds? Which teams pull off the major upset in the first round? We reimagined a March Madness-style bracket for college football. Unfortunately, Oregon is in the South Region where 1 seed Georgia likely awaits in the Ducks take care of UW.

What a terrific take. Loved the analogy of moving to a better-paying job even if you know it will not be as good as the old job in many respects. Will things stand still on the expansion front until 2029/30? Will Clemson and FSU get a bigger piece of the ACC pie? Lots of money owed if these two moves to the SEC but in the long run may be worth it. Especially if the moves are accompanied by the undoubted litigation that likely would be settled with a lower buyout than currently exists. This would put ESPN, owner, and operator of the ACC and SEC networks in a very interesting position. I expect that any SEC expansion will be countered by the B1G. I do hope that Oregon will look out for itself with a relatively low-cost buyout should Oregon be invited to join the B1G before 2030 and Oregon agrees to accept the invitation. Also as Charles has pointed out elsewhere on The Forum, Oregon and any champion or participant in the college football and men's basketball tournament should receive a bigger piece of the media pie. I also believe the most-watched teams deserve more media money but this could be seen as an overreach by Oregon by other Pac conference members. The other thing that could alter the expansion calculus, is what happens if the NLRB, a federal or state court, or a state legislature decides that 'student-athletes' are employees of a given school or schools? How many schools with football and men's basketball teams, among other sports teams, decide to no longer offer scholarships for these and other sports? And how would this affect Title 9 and women's sports? This issue is currently in front of the NLRB seeking a reversal of the decision that Northwestern's 'student athletes' are not employees and is also being litigated in a number of jurisdictions. Will the NCAA under new leader Charlie Barker be able to convince Congress to give the NCAA and its member schools anti-trust and other relief in regards to schools being employers? I do not see this happening. As Charles points out in this excellent article, with the college football playoff expanding to 12 teams until 2026 (rumored to go to 16 teams once ESPN's exclusive playoff broadcast rights expire in 2025/26) and with the basketball tournament being rumored to go to 80 teams will Oregon be able to make enough money off on the field and on the court success to say thanks but no thanks to the B1G? 'May you live in interesting times' certainly applies to today's college football and men's basketball. Thanks again for the excellent take and here's hoping that GK shows Oregon and other Pac members the money.

The B1G hasn't won an NCAA Tournament since 2000 when Michigan State defeated Florida. March Madness winners and losers: Indiana adds to Big Ten's misery, Xavier finds its groove at right time - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Parsing through the best and worst performances as the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament concluded on Sunday The beat goes on with Michigan State being the only one of 8 B1G Tournament teams to make it to the Sweet 16. I do not think the level of competition in the B1Q in both football and basketball will be that much of an upgrade for the LA schools.

Bring your own Wisky? Great playing by Oregon that I trust and hope will earn an NCAA invite next season

Sorry for going OT. My bad. Charles, I totally agree with your second point. Winners should get a bigger share. And perhaps, the most-watched teams should also receive a bigger share. Wilner is right, the payout to a conference for appearing and advancing in the CBB tournament is made over a 5-year period. UCLA and USC will take no NCAA money with them for the 2023/24 season but will get a one-twelfth share for this season and their share of the money earned over the previous seasons before they leave in 2024. I again apologize for going OT. I shouldn't complain about media deal rumors and then pile on with more of the same. It doesn't matter what I think. The only thing that matters will be the bottom line of the new media deal.

NDawg, great comment. I believe it was you that first posted on this board that the B1G has not won an NCAA CBB title since Michigan State defeated Florida in 2000. With the number of teams getting in the tourney year after year, this is a bad showing. More parody than parity. 2022 CFB regular season. Pac-12 had 6 teams ranked, the B1G 3. Yet 2 of the 3 B1G teams made the playoff. Michigan, a team that played 8 home games including 3 OOC stiffs in Ann Arbor and a one-loss Ohio State, yet again, that had already lost to Michigan. And Michigan played Purdue in the B1G title game. A Purdue team that LSU hung 60+ points on in the Boilermaker's bowl game. The bias in favor of the B1G is obvious and makes my anger of SC and UCLA moving to the B1G simmer more than boil over.

Terrific comment. However, in 2022 Bama came oh-so-close to dropping 4 games. Saved by the 2021 Heisman winner on a number of occasions. One thing I really liked about Bama in 2022 was that the Tide showed up for the Sugar Bowl and its stars played in a 'meaningless' bowl game on the way to defeating K State. BTW, Bama delivered a nice cover in this game.

And do not forget the $ UCLA has to pay as a 'tax' to CAL. UCLA did beat Northwestern and is in the Sweet 16 against the winner of today's Gonzaga vs TCU game.

2 seed Arizona lost to 15 seed Princeton but Pac-11 member San Diego State came through with a victory. The odds of having a 100% accurate bracket prediction are about the same as me shooting par.

Love it. And when right he usually authors an obscure insight into the obvious. He has no reason to kiss the SEC's posterior any longer so why not go after the Pac-10? He is single handily making the MIZZOU School of Journalism resemble Journalism 101 at a JC. I do not believe the dingbat president at U of A should not be let off the hook. Why give Dodd an interview to begin with?

The B1G commissioner lying to the Pac-12 and ACC commissioners was 'well played?' I know this gentleman is a respected surgeon but he came off sounding like a wishy-washy jerk; jerked around by B12 guy Dennis Dodd. With partners like this?

He also mentioned that Arizona was one of the 3 Pac-12 schools that voted in favor of forming the Pac-20. He said the decision to expand to the Pac-20 'got complicated.' Among other complications was SC's Carol Folt leading the charge to crater Pac-12 expansion. I thought the man's comments were all over the map. He was 'sucker punched' by Dodd's leading questions. Princeton. Karma for agreeing to an interview with Dodd?

The B12 jumped ahead of the Pac-12/10 and then settled for an OK (pun intended) linear media deal at $31.6M a year per team. Adding BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF are not 'value-added' additions compared to what the B12 is losing. Agree with the call on the B1G but the soon-to-be 16 members are all schools with a huge # of graduates and the B1G launching a network with FOX as a media partner was brilliant. Also population wise it helps the B1G to be in the eastern and central time zones. Yeah, CBS and NBC are in the mix but only to 'pick up the pieces." SC/UCLA has to deal with tough travel and I expect close to all of the home games will be played in the dark. This is a race for the bronze. I believe the Pac-10 definitely beats out the ACC media deal and likely beats the or comes oh-so-close to the B12 media deal. The Power 2 media deals? The remaining 'power conferences' will not come close. But in the long run, the Oregon and UW brands are behind only Notre Dame and right there with FSU and Clemson. And the timing of the new media deal to end a year prior to the B1G deal is a sound financial decision. And if the streaming element works it could lead to a terrific ROI. Games on Peacock and the CBS streaming entity will feature the crummy B1G games. Ohio State/Michigan will not go streaming away. Thanks for the great comment.

That's why there are all of those big buildings in Las Vegas known as casinos. In the long run, the house does not take an L.

Depending on the clout of OR/OR ST in the legislature and the influence of PK I would expect a move by Oregon to be approved with a possible 'tax' on Duck revenue like the tax imposed in favor of CAL on UCLA?

So long as you are eating all veggie tacos you are probably safe? "Look out kid it's something you did' God knows when but your doing it again!' - Bob Dylan

Kurt, excellent take. The answer to your question regarding the stupidity of salons is a resounding "YES!"

THIS is even worse than the legislature attempting to dictate the right to decide whether Oregon/Oregon State can leave for a new conference. What are the Oregon schools and their respective AD supposed to do if this excrement was to pass? Surround the field with police officers? Frisk all patrons on their way into the stadium. 'Nothing is more dangerous than a legislative body in session.' - Mark Twain

The Oregon solons have nothing better to do? SMH. The Oregon schools are not governed by the a board of state regents as is the case in California.

Instead of posting ASU President Michael Crow's solid commitment to the Pac-10 Dodd used leading questions directed to the Arizona President to stir up more stuff about the Pac-10 breaking apart. Endeavor consulting, working with the B12 has Dennis Dodd in its pocket. The Arizona President said that Arizona is 95% committed to the Pac-10 and there would be no sense in moving if the B12 media deal is a few million more than the Pac-10 deal. Dodd spins this into both CU and Arizona possibly leaving for the B12. Larry must have done something to tick off Dodd. Arizona president talks keeping Pac-12 together, TV deal expectations, deadlines, Big 12 interest and more - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM In an extensive conversation, Robert Robbins explains the state of the Pac-12 may not be what it seems Dennis Dodd is a tool; a tool for the B12.

And hats off to ASU for winning its NCAA play-in game handily vs Nevada and to CU for winning a close game in its NIT opener.

Streaming is risky. But as well know my Vegas good friend there is no return without risk. Unlike the network that was without a media partner set up to fail, I think the future lies in streaming. At 76 I'm not the demographic that matters. It's 'the kids' who matter and I think GK is on target in saying that he wants Pac-10 sporting events to be able to be watched on anything with a piece of glass.

The GOR is expected to end 1 year prior to the new B1G deal ending. I think this is smart timing and represents a 5-year deal. Thus the new deal will also conclude before the B12 deal and the ACC's deal. This time frame also allows time to determine whether streaming college sports, at least Pac-12 sports, will provide a decent return for both the streaming entity and the conference. Jim Delany was roasted when he came up with the idea to form an all-sports network for the B1G. Turns out that the B1G and FOX both hit a home run. Larry struck out because he had the conference go-it-alone without a media partner. Streaming works and today's oft-maligned GK could be the toast of the Pac-10 and the nation.

This is groundbreaking negotiating; no streaming source outside of ESPN+ is involved with broadcasting college sports. Plus, GK inherited a mess of a network. I agree that no school is likely to leave for a few million more and I still question whether FOX and or ESPN want to come up with $31.7M for each of the four corner schools to move to the B12. Also as I noted before why would any of the 4 agree to take a smaller cut than BYU? I'm keeping the faith. I do expect further consolidation down the road so the Pac-10 deal expiring a year before the B1G's new deal makes a lot of sense. Who knows how happy the LA schools will be after a few years with all of the travel? Staying at 10 teams may be the smart choice and more lucrative in the short run. The B12 was a Power 5 conference for many years with only 10 teams and no divisions.

The Arizona president also voiced support for the Pac-10.