Jon Joseph

Rounds 2 and 3 are a wrap. Four compensation picks for a total of 100 players drafted through the 3rd round. Yahoo has a detailed summary through 3 rounds by conference and school - SEC 37/ Big Ten 29 - 66% of the picks from the Power 2 As expected, the SEC has taken the lead and will finish in the lead. Through 3 rounds, these schools outside of the Power 2 are showing themselves of being Super Conference worthy - Miami 6, Clemson 5, Texas Tech 5, Notre Dame 4 Top 4 schools - Ohio State 8, Texas A&M 7, Georgia, and Miami 6 3 picks to date have OBD tied for the 5th most picks https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-draft-picks-college-tracker-031106951.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

2nd and 3rd round picks. As expected, The Empire strikes back. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2026/04/24/nfl-draft-picks-second-third-round-tracker-2026-live-updates-analysis/89777562007/

Sadiq was not alone; Coach Dan and OC Mehringer were on hand. Oregon Ducks On SIDan Lanning’s NFL Draft Gesture Speaks Volumes About OregonThe first night of the 2026 NFL Draft brought plenty for the Oregon Ducks community to celebrate, including star tight end Kenyon Sadiq heading to the next leve

Safety first! Da Bears Pick of Dillon was Thrillin.' However, Sadiq to the Jets makes me glad about his selection, but sad over his pick by a team that should be known as the New Jersey DC-3s. Oregon Ducks On SISafety Dillon Thieneman Makes Oregon NFL Draft HistoryMultiple Oregon Ducks heard their names called on the first night of the 2026 NFL Draft. Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman was one of those two players, and he bec

Sports Illustrated breaks down the 1st round. The Big 10 had ten players picked, the SEC seven, eight fewer than selected in the 2025 first round. The ACC, with 8 picks, if you add on Notre Dame's two picks, and the B12 with six players chosen, showed up. As the article notes, the B1G and the SEC did not dominate the 1st round as they have in recent drafts. Day 2 - 7 PM/ 4 PM - ABC, ESPN Experts, right? UCF is a member of the B12, not the American Conference. 🤬 Make no miss-state, on the way out the door to the Leif Ericson, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand II, and Isabella, New World Pac-8 + Gonzo 🤪, Mountain West, San Diego State was the only G6 conference to have a player chosen in the first round. The New World wannabes are amending their lawsuit against the Westies, arguing that the 1st round prize is theirs to claim. 😁 CFB-HQ On SICollege Football Teams, Conferences with Most First Round...Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft is set and done, with the first 32 selections taken off the Big Board and giving some of college football’s elite programs an oppo

Mel Kiper weighs in - https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/48547294/2026-nfl-draft-kiper-round-1-winners-losers-value-picks-updates-best-available

It was a B1G 1st round draft - With two Quacker 1st Rounders - 1 Mendoza, 4 Tate, 5 Reese, 7 Styles, 11 Downs, 14 Ioane, 16 Sadiq, 20 Lemon, 25 Thieneman, 30 Cooper. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-draft-picks-college-teams-conference-ohio-state/

Pre-Draft laughs. Caleb Downs was an All-SEC as a freshman playing safety for Nick Saban at Alabama. He transferred to Ohio State for the balance of his college career. Sitting next to Nick during the pre-game draft show on ESPN was Ohio State coach Ryan Day. Herbie asked Day how prepared Downs was when he transferred to Ohio State. Day: He had talent, but he was a mess; it was like he'd never been coached up. We had to start all over. Then, with a B1G smile on his face, Day leaned over and gave Nick a faux shoulder punch. I Love This Game! 🤪

How did Larry et al screw this up? Ten Pac-12 Legacy Players That Will or Might Go in Tonight's 1st Round - QB - Mendoza - Cal Edge - Bailey - Stanford WR - Tyson - ASU / OT - Iheanachor - ASU TE - Sadiq - Oregon/ S - Thieneman - Oregon WR - Lemon - USC WR - Boston - UW OT - Lomu and Fano - Utah 8 PM/ 5 PM ESPN

Why, oh why, do ADs keep doing this? DeBoer is likely out the door if Bama goes 9-3 in 2026. What program was sneaking around and making an effort to poach DeBoer? Riley hasn't been fired yet, right? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/kalen-deboer-alabama-contract-extension-salary/?ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=544995&ET_RID=52482716

The B1G Conference Champ Game Matter$ to Fox - On3FOX officially buys back 2026 Big Ten title game from NBCFox buys back the rights to the 2026 Big Ten Championship Game from NBC.

YES! On3QUAAACK: Will Mencl Commits to Oregon, Ducks Land No. 1 Q...2027 Chandler (Ariz.) quarterback Will Mencl has announced his commitment to Dan Lanning and Oregon Football.

QB Will Menci is a terrific get for Dan and friends. Go Ducks!

Top 5 Ducks ranked by Ducks Wire - Oregon Ducks On SIRanking the Top Oregon Ducks Expected to Be Taken in 2026...With the NFL Draft underway, many athletes will revel in the moment of their name echoing across the state in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including a handful of O

How Mel Kiper ranks the Ducks - Oregon Ducks On SIThe Four Oregon Ducks Ranked at Top of NFL Draft Big BoardThere are multiple Oregon Ducks projected to hear their names’ called in the early stages of the 2026 NFL Draft. ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. released his final b

Every day I'm looking more and more like the guy on the photo far left. 😁

The Oregon Athletic Department is among the very few in the black. What is a Power 4's most valuable asset by far? Football game inventory. So, Saint Nick, what's your plan to bring in more money that could save many P4 programs that will not be included in a Super Conference? What's the plan to save non-revenue sports? Your plan to prevent a Group of Eight and instead keep millions of college football fans involved in the game? You have heard that Kirby Smart and Josh Heupel support a 24-team PO, right? Nick, it's really a 16-team playoff with eight play-in games. Your employer, ESPN, doesn't want the CFB playoff to expand? No conflict, right? ESPN is not going to support a playoff model that would end its exclusive broadcast rights and ding the value of its bowl game inventory featuring 6-6 teams going at it. That ESPN is even in the room with conference commissioners is prima facie evidence of Disney's ownership of the postseason and of its undue influence over the selection and seeding of the field. You don't want the PO to begin and end sooner. You don't want 16 postseason games played on campus. Don't you want the product you so artfully coached to bring in hundreds of millions more dollars? There are two ways to increase CFB football revenue: expand the playoff or leverage the value of the football inventory through private equity or private capital deals. Raising the cost of attendance coast-to-coast will be no more than a drop in a huge bucket. Is making the cost of attendance at games prohibitive for many fans good for the growth of the game? Sorry, Nick, and I don't believe you would suggest this, but I doubt that coaches will agree to a 50% pay cut, and players will willingly agree to a cap on NIL income. In my seven decades of watching sports, no sport has gone broke as a result of expanding the playoffs. The CFB PO tripled from 4 teams to 12 teams, and more people attended and watched P4 games last season than ever before. Nick, you are a businessman; how can you not see this? We're all anxiously awaiting your plan. What's that? Yes, relief could come from Congress, but not without you convincing the smarties that run things that the athletes sharing in athletic department revenue are EMPLOYEES. By the way, the United States of America, via the IRS, taxes the income earned by these non-employee student-athletes. Perhaps the NCAA, CFB, CBB, and college poohbahs should try a dose of substance instead of form. 24 should happen as soon as possible, in 2027-28.

Even if Danny Devito recommends the sub? 🤪

Move over, Corporal Klinger! Way back in the day, my Nana and I would go to a Hens game at least once a week and up to Detroit once a month to watch Al Kaline and the Tigers.

Now, Wait a Minute? Is it April 1st? He's rushing things in Eugene, but ... ESPN Bill Connelly's post-spring practice thoughts on OBD and other top programs - ESPN.com11 college football teams facing big post-spring questionsEleven notable teams and CFP contenders head into summer with some unresolved things that need answers.

Thanks for the post, and thanks also, David, for the update. When it comes to the press, I think Coach Lanning is following the model of mentor Nick Saban, and when it comes to the media, Kirby Smart is not loquacious. Injuries? Unless compelled to report game availability, few coaches wax eloquent on the subject. Compared to the guy at UNC, Dan is a chatterbox. One of the best with the press was Oregon grad and USC coach John McKay. The man had a terrific sense of humor.

Finally, the NCAA punishes noted cheater and rules breaker Kirk Ferentz. Thank goodness for the Notably Clueless Assortment of A 🤬. SIIowa’s 2022 Tampering Case Resolution Proves NCAA’s Infra...It took four years and vacated four wins, which shows the major disconnect between NCAA Enforcement and the realities of the transfer portal era.

RB Jeremiah Love. Many of the mock drafts have Love going in the top 5. Pittsburgh is hosting the draft. The 1st begins on Thursday, 8 PM/5 PM, on ESPN and the NFL Network. The draft concludes on Saturday. The time between 1st round picks has been shortened from 10 to 7 minutes. Eight Ducks are expected to be drafted.

The top 32 prospects based on their CFB 'careers' - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nfl-draft-2026-prospect-rankings-college-careers/

To Texas State?