Jon Joseph

At Utah in late November? Weather could be a factor in SLC. UCLA wins in SLC Saturday and the Beavs beat ASU in Resar? Most happy to be playing the Beavers in Autzen. Both OR ST Ls have come on the road. Smith is likeable and at $2.4M a season he is the lowest paid HC in the conference. OR ST best get ready to open the wallet. If the Ducks go 11-1, this year could be a perfect example of why the conference has to drop divisions and make sure teams ranked 1 and 2 play for the championship. A 1L highly ranked Oregon team could be playing a champ game vs a 3 or even a 4L team? Makes zero sense for the good of the conference. BTW, when Oregon plays its 9th conference game and 4th cross over game at Utah, Bama will be playing NM State at home.

My bad in the post but good at the book; I have Ole Miss +3 and not -3. The line has come down to Auburn -2.5.

He has to be high on the WAZZU list? But will he wait for a better offer?

Hope you are spot on? Don't think Ducks will cover -24. Not the nature of this coaching staff.

And two late bad throws to keep the Bruins in the game and make it a one possession win game. With AB, what you see is what you get. He is playing at the level he has played at entire CFB 'career.' IMO, those two late pass calls were senseless. Not the throws that Brown will make for you. Not the throws he had made all game. No time for a risk adverse O to take a risk.

Karl Dorrell? Why is anyone surprised at the Buffs performance under a coach pulled out of coaching oblivion? A Fabulous photo indeed!

I saw it and thought the RBs forward motion was stopped? You know, kind of like Dyer? ICamel, you beat me to it my friend. This play is kosher in rugby, but in football?

LOL at the ESPN Talking heads. Herbie: "I'm not going to let what happened in week 2 affect the way I think today." Herbie thinks tOSU is better than Oregon. I know, you're shocked, right? Every game matters unless it doesn't matter? The Ducks defeated tOSU in Columbus and at this point in the season have a better SOS and better SOR than Ohio State. To call this THING a Playoff is an insult to the word 'Playoff.'

Tomlin was actually insulted that anyone would believe that he'd take a college job. USC is flat out bad on both LOS. The 5* DL guy SC recruited has de-committed and signed with Georgia. SC is a big time rebuild and with tougher admission requirements than when McKay and Robinson were there. And an administration that may not share the same fervor for football as when McKay + Robinson were there? How many Pac-12 powers-that-be today care about the conference being competitive in CFB? And if they do care do they have the money to spend to compete at the top level of P5 CFB? There will be more Mel Tucker situations. [IMO, CFB is headed to 4 -16 team conferences and also IMO, the Pac-12 just missed the boat in failing to move to 16 teams.] Why would any coach leave the financially secure B1G and SEC for a Pac-12 job? Who knows what kind of new media deal GK will pull off but it will not come close to the money received by B1G and SEC teams. Mario at $4.4M and J Smith at $2.4M, less than what the AZ coach is being paid, are prime candidates to be poached by schools with better financial resources? Smith is the lowest paid HC in the conference and Mario is behind Shaw, Kelly and Whittingham. My guess? SC ends up with a G5 coach or a former NFL coach?

'Home sick?' Isn't this what we heard about ISM before he ended up in Dallas? I just hope Kingsley doesn't transfer in conference? I do hope he transfers to Fansville? We are in an age of CFB free agency. Stud recruits have to be re-recruited. 5* recruits all believe they are headed for the NFL. They want to play as true frosh and get the 3 years in so they can get paid. KS will not be the only guy to portal out.

Great call on both the SOS and SOR being clearly in the Ducks favor compared to Ohio State. Ducks have the #15 SOS in the country and the Strength of Record is also up there. Ohio State has yet to beat a top 25 team. Probably will do so this Saturday when #20 Penn State comes to Columbus but there are many 2L teams on par with PSU. Oregon is 2 spots behind a team it defeated with the same record. The same is true with Auburn being ranked 18 and PSU 20. Another example of name over substance is Bama at 3 ahead of undefeated OK, MI and MI ST. Bama lost to a 2L team and its OOC win over Miami means jack. The first Committee rankings come out this Tuesday. It will be interesting to see the variance between the AP Poll and the Committee rankings. Whole lot of 'eye-test' ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls. Will the Committee rely more on stats?

Fleck played Ohio State close and has a winning record at season's mid-point including a blow out win at CU. Good point on Harsin but I'm not sure that Alabama has the same vaccination mandate as does Washington? Fun match up this Saturday when Kiffin brings Ole Miss, -3, to Auburn.

Huskies 3Ws this season have come against teams that are a combined 1-17 vs FBS competition.

Thanks Joshua, great analysis. Chipper are crew were outcoached. Chip is being paid $5.6M a year (Mario, $4.4M/ Smith, $2.4M) and is under contract through 2022. However, his buy out goes to $0 in mid-January 2022. The current UCLA AD did not hire Chip. Chip's recruiting numbers stink; especially, considering the LA location. The Bruins in 2021 is a very experienced team. Lots of starters depart after this season including QB DTR. Kelly obviously has not produced the expected results and I don't see him in Westwood after 2022. Perhaps he is gone after this season?

Better? I can't say that for certain. Equal? Lane Kiffin, Dave Aranda, PJ Fleck, Dave Clawson (sp?), Mark Stoops, Bryan Harsin, Matt Campbell?

This unfortunately may be the 1st of many. Make no mistake, there is roster tampering going on all over the place in this world of CFB free agency. TCU's Gary Patterson noted not long ago that 5 SEC teams had approached guys on his roster. You recruit 4* and 5* guys today? You best get them on the field of play.

I am now 12-8 on the season. Take that Bear! That that 'virtual lock' Joey Galloway. If Joey was in the home security business, your possessions would be long gone. I got greedy last week. OK ST easily covered the +7 at Iowa State but did not score the +210 straight up win. But Notre Dame more than doubled up the -7 vs USC; a program that has removed the LOS from Los Angeles. It is frankly hard to believe how bad these Trojans are playing. With a solid QB and a 1st round draft pick at WR. And how about them Beavs! Not only covered the +3 but won outright at home. Based on YTD results it's a darn good thing the Ducks play the Beavs in Autzen. This week? I like #13 Wake -16.5 vs Duke. Not only on the merits but on the nomenclature. Demon Deacons! In a CFB world filled with far too many dogs. cats + tigers. you have to love this nickname. Staying in the ACC, I like Miami +9 at #17 Pitt. Pitt won a 'big' game at home last Saturday vs an impotent Clemson O. Pitt lost at home to W Michigan. The 3rd string Miami QB is balling out and these Canes have not stopped playing hard for Manny Diaz. And how about them Kiffin's and #10 Ole Miss? Auburn came close to a win at Penn State. Big deal. I like the Rebels -3 at War Eagle. I don't see Bo Nix keeping up with southern Cal guy, (sigh) Corral? 3 P5 coaches have made dramatic turns in the right direction in 2021. A former CU coach, Mel Tucker, at Michigan State. Dave Aranda at Baylor and Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. I'm not sure why he'd leave the financially sound SEC for the Pac-12 and USC? And LSU may cut the Trojans off at the pass? But IMO Kiffin should be #1 on SC's new HC board. He knows SC. He knows the Pac-12. And he is one heck of a recruiter. Bumps in the road, career and maturity-wise, yes. But he did a magnificent job post-Saban rehab at FAU and in year 2 not only does he have Ole Miss playing outstanding O but the D under his watch has also vastly improved. Never bet more than your than your creditors can ignore. BTW - YTD 1L and #7 Oregon's SOS and SOR are both far better than #5 1L Ohio State. But every game counts, right?

LOVE IT! How about Bad, Bad, Anthony Brown. Baddest Man in the whole damn town. Meaner than Buffs, Cougars, Utes + Beavs, Chomps down on Dawgs as he so please.

Yep, we're living on a prayer, no doubt.

Maybe? I believe there are other guys out there who could bring a Natty to Oregon? Would they leave jobs in financially secure conferences to come to the Pac-12?

The FPI is one of the worst at CFB rankings and projections.

Phil Steele's 2021 Surprise School certainly surprised Phil.

Miami can help Diaz cause with a win at 17 Pitt on Saturday. Miami is +9. Do not forget that this Pitt team lost at home to W Michigan. And Pitt is coming off of a 'big' win vs Clemson. Even if Miami wanted MC and even if MC was inclined to coach at his alma mater, the buy out is $9M. That's a big chunk of change for a private school without the vast # of alumni B1G schools have and without the passion of the SEC schools; especially, at the administrative level. I think LSU is in a much better position to go after MC if it so desires? I see Miami as a parallel move at best. LSU is in a different place altogether than is today's U.

David, taking Tx Tech. OK ST, TCU and Houston, would immediately, upon their entry to the Pac-12, significantly bump up subscriptions to the Pac-12 Network. Likely get the network up on DirecTV and perhaps entice FOX to take over ownership and operation of the network. I see no way that The Alliance will result in the ACC, B1G and Pac-12 combining as a group to sell their media rights. The ACC is tied into ESPN until 2036 and the B1G has enough clout on its own. The B12 and its 4 new members will now assign their collective media rights to the new B12 media deal. This takes these schools off the table as expansion candidates, at least in the near future. I think passing on expansion in favor of picking up an extra P5 OOC game was a tragic mistake with potentially devastating consequences for the Pac-12. You cannot tell me that in the long run OR ST and WA ST have the media clout of OK ST, TX TECH, TCU and Houston. With its 4 new members I will not be surprised if the new B12 scores a media rights deal equal to or greater than that of the Pac-12? BYU has a nationwide following. Orlando and Cincinnati are both good sixed media markets. Houston is a huge media market. I very much hope I am wrong. But in big business if you have a chance to eliminate a viable competitor you do so. You get yourself into position to be one of the P4 16 team conferences. Unless the Pac-12 strikes before the 4 officially become B12 members and a new B12 media deal is in place where is the Pac-12 going to find candidates equal to or better than these candidates? I think the Pac-12 tripped over future dollars to save pennies today?

Thanks Charles. Any idea when Forsyth will be good to go?