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ESPN's FPI gives Oregon a 77% chance to win this game. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-fpi-predicts-illinois-vs-180919320.html

Will these ten QBs, including Dylan Raiola, be up to the task on Saturday? SIBuying or Selling 10 High-Profile College Football Quarte...From Arch Manning’s alarming regression to Gunner Stockton’s costly meltdown, 10 quarterbacks face critical tests as the regular season enters final stretch.

Yahoo Sports takes on Week 8 games. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/week-8-college-football-viewers-guide-can-no-7-ole-miss-hand-no-19-texas-a-third-consecutive-loss-124955942.html

Correct, but in the absence of the committee's first top 25 ranking, to be released on November 3rd, the attached article used the AP Poll rankings, as do similar articles, except for USA Today and affiliates that use the Coaches Poll rankings.

A recent article in The Athletic focused on these eight teams not meeting preseason expectations because of disappointing run games: Clemson, Michigan, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas, TCU, Washington, and Oregon. A few Oregon run game stats through Week 7 - Yards Per Carry - 4.11- 94th out of 138 FBS teams. Yards Per Carry Adjusted for Sacks - 4.6 - 53rd out of 68 Power 4 teams. Success Rate - Gains that keep a team on track to avoid 3rd and long - 46.6% - 36th in the P4. Stuff Rate - Plays that go for 0 or negative yardage - 16.6% - 43rd in the P4. Bad hires? Or bad evaluation of the existing talent on the roster? Or both? Bad evaluations lead to bad portal picking. Texas brought in O-line players from the portal who were going to fix the run game and give Manning more time to throw the ball. Hasn't happened. How much are Oregon's underperforming O-line players capable of being coached up? It's hard to win P4 games when the opponent doesn't need to focus on stopping the run game.

Miami to the B1G or the SEC? The B1G is litigating against Miami. The SEC has the Gators: the premier program in the state. Good luck, yuck, yuck. 😁 https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/miami-president-acc-moving-sec-big-ten/

UCF upsets BYU? I also like Ole Miss +3 at Texas. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/picks-texas-ole-miss-houston-utah-tom-fornelli-lock-week-8/

Thanks, Steven. Ranked No. 27 in the AP Poll, Oregon would be out without a conference championship, right? No. 24 Northwestern would be the last team in the field and play a 1st-round game at No. 9 UCLA. A B1G-on-B1G matchup but not a rematch; no rematch games allowed in the 1st round.

Six Big Ten teams are napping this weekend: Maryland has to change Locks; Nebraska won't be able to surrender a lead in the 4th quarter; No. 4 Ohio State needs to find a starting QB; Penn State's Little Game Matt is 0 for the Power 4, and he and Rocco aren't in Iowa anymore; Purdue is celebrating more B1G wins in 2026 than in the last two seasons; and Washington means no offense. In his last four games against ranked opponents, and by a foot out of bounds, Ryan Day is 1-3. Losses to Indiana, Miami, and Texas before last week's escape in Bloomington. In Week 8, there are no B1G Top 25 vs. Top 25 games. No. 8 Ole Miss +3 at No. 19 Texas - 4:30 PM - ABC The Longhorns are the first team in the history of the AP Poll since 1961, to be ranked No. 1 and lose the next two games to unranked opponents. No. 14 Houston +6.5 at No. 10 Utah - 7:15 PM - ESPN Week 7, GameDay was in Provo. Week 8, Salt Lake City. Houston is the first-ranked opponent that Utah has played in 2026. Houston coach Willie Fritz is right there with BYU's Kalani Sitake as the best in the Big 12. If the game goes for 60 and not 59:59 minutes, I like the Cougars to win in front of the Mighty MUSS. BYU, with a long trip to Orlando, Florida, and coming off the high of taking down Notre Dame last Saturday and being ranked 2nd in the AP Poll, is -6.5 vs. UCF, but better stay Frosty for Saturday's game against the now, not-so-Golden 3-3 Knights. - 12:30 PM Fox. WEEK 8 B1G Games. Week 8 in the Big Ten sees Iowa playing Minnesota in the 90th B1G Battle for a Pig. In 1935, Iowa governor Clyde L. Herring made a wager with Minnesota governor Floyd B. Olson; the victor of the Hawkeyes vs. the Gophers game would win a prize pig from Rosedale Farms in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The winner would keep the pig for a year before the next game was played for all the bacon. Minnesota won the game; Clyde delivered the pig to Floyd, and the battle for the Floyd of Rosedale series was on. There was only one problem: Floyd went to Hog Heaven before the 1936 game was played. Thus, a 98-pound bronze statue of Floyd replaced Floyd. Saturday will mark the 90th time the teams have battled for the bronze bacon. The Gophers lead the series 63-54-2, but Iowa has won ten of the last eleven games. This is the 28th Floyd of Rosedale game for Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, who is 20-7 in the fight for Floyd. The Big Ten, a tradition like no other. The odds for Saturday's games, with Sportsline game predictions for a few of the games. Broadcast details are in the attached B1G game previews from SuperWest Sports. No. 15 Iowa -6.5 at Minnesota - Sportsline - Iowa 28, Minnesota 24 No. 24 Northwestern - 16.5 vs. Rutgers No. 6 Indiana -7 at Michigan - Sportsline - Indiana 33, Michigan 21. 1967 was the last time the Hoosiers won in the Big House. Indiana won the Big Ten championship in 1967. USC defeated the Hawkeyes in the1968 Rose Bowl, 14-3. Some guy named OJ Simpson was the game's MVP. No. 9 UCLA -14 vs. Michigan State - Sportsline - UCLA 30, Michigan State 18. No. 16 USC -3 at Wisconsin - The Badgers hope for a better outcome against a B1G team from LA than last week's loss vs. UCLA. Will Riley win back-to-back B1G road games? OREGON -8.5 at Illinois -Noon Pacific - Big Ten Network Did Good Dylan or Go to Your Room Dylan make the trip to Champaign? If it's Good Dillon, break out the post-game champagne. 🤪 SuperWest SportsSelected 2026 Week 8 Big Ten College Football PreviewsStephen Vilardo previews 6 of the weekend's games and gives us his game predictions.

CBS Sports gives OBD a D- 🤬 I'd like to be able to say 'I'm surprised,' but... https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-midseason-grades-ucla-penn-state/

Dante Moore has one more year of eligibility. If Lanning can find capable OL players in the portal or by coaching up, it might be better for Dante to return for another season. His draft stock has dropped. His support on O is missing. It's tough to be a QB if your team cannot run the ball.

Information on backup QB Luke Fahey, who will battle Tavien St. Clair in the off week for the starting job. St. Clair looked far better than Fahey in the Buckeyes' spring game. I want to compete against the best, and I hope Sayin can return before OBD travels to Columbus. Who is Luke Fahey? Meet true freshman set to claim Ohio S...Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day offered the latest on Sayin on Tuesday — and it's looking like a true freshman will have to lead the team moving forward.

The Audacity of Will Stein - https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50221219/will-stein-kentucky-coach By gosh, Tosh isn't cutting it at Cal.

No Way OBD should recruit and overpay this guy. The TE room is in good shape, and the money is needed for a capable OC, the D-line and O-line guys from the portal, and to hold on to the talented youngsters. Not going to shoot you, but bend over and assume the position! 🤬

Lift Your Steins to Will - Mid-season COY - https://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/articles/kentuckys_will_stein_rightfully_named_the_midseason_coach_of_the_year/s1_13132_44453092?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20261021&mb_loc=left_r

CBS Sports Mid-season All-American team is B1G. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-all-america-team-cbs-sports-2026-midseason/?eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380a147aa90b9e33099045cd46ddc6a485b&ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=

Thank you for this timely update. We all hope Dante will be able to play again this season. If not, it's the D that carries OBD PO hopes. Hope Oregon can keep the talented young players on board.

Whit decides to knock, knock, knock on ... Carr? Good call. On3Michigan benches QB Bryce Underwood, will start Tommy Car...Michigan made a quarterback switch as Kyle Whittingham and crew benched Bryce Underwood for Tommy Carr ahead of this week's game against Indiana,

Maryland gets crabby, fires Locksley—1st coach to go in 2026. On3Maryland fires head coach Mike Locksley after eight seasonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj_7Aq5ebkA Maryland has fired head coach Mike Locksley after eight seasons in College Park, sources tell On3. The

Thanks for the post. If the NCAA managed a D1 football playoff, decades ago there would have been 24 or more teams in the field. For 'purists' who abhor the idea of 24, try this. It's a 16-team PO with eight on-campus play-in games. Eight meaningful games instead of the teams playing in meaningless bowl games with the best players sitting out the games. No rematches are allowed in the first round's eight games. Eight second-round on-campus games give the fans of the top 8 seeds a chance to watch their team without having to travel hither and yon, and paying jacked-up airfare and hotel prices. None of these naysayers have a plan to keep the Power 4 viable and hold off a Super Conference that, with the consolidation to forty or fewer teams, would 'disenfranchise' millions of CFB fans. If you cannot sell your game inventory, what do you have to sell? Please, do not try to tell me that CFB fans will not watch a PO game rematch of Alabama vs. Tennessee or Ohio State vs. Indiana. CFB fans are hungry for new blood, not watching the same old blue bloods. The Miami vs. Indiana championship game drew millions more viewers than Notre Dame vs. Ohio State. Tony Petitti is not stupid. He helped engineer MLB postseason expansion. Post-expansion, more people have attended regular season games and tuned in to watch the expanded playoffs. At 79 years of age, I can't tell you how often I've heard that expanding the number of teams in the postseason will ruin the regular season. It hasn't happened.

In the Misery Loves Company category, heading into Week 6, Texas was No. 1. Since then, the Longhorns set a CFB record by being the first No. 1-ranked team to lose to unranked teams back-to-back. No. 7 Ole Miss visits in Week 8. 😁 It's a toss-up between Texas and LSU for CFB's most expensive roster. The following stats are courtesy of ESPN's Bill Connelly: Texas is 104th in yards gained per play: 5.4. 134st in Tackles for Loss Allowed: 43. 122nd in 3-and-out: 34.3%. 126th in percentage of plays gaining 20 yards or more: 4.3%. Does this make me feel better? No. 😒

Oregon is ranked 22nd in On3's Week 7-8 BCS Formula Rankings. On3BCS formula Top 25 makes widespread changes after Week 7...With a few weeks left until the CFP Selection Committee meets for the first time and decides how to rank the top contenders, BCSKnowHow has run the early

Oregon games are being buried by Fox, CBS, and NBC/Peacock. In 2026, I doubt Oregon will come close to the viewer numbers since Lanning's arrival. Week 7: Ohio State at Indiana, noon Eastern, and Nebraska at Oregon, 11 PM Eastern, cost the Big Ten millions of viewers. On the East Coast, the Nebraska game ended at 2:45 AM, partly due to a flag-happy group of refs. The referee for this crew sucked in the Pac-12 and its SSDD in the Big Ten. Tony Petitti, or his replacement if he retires before then, has to address KO times in the next media deal that begins in 2031.

Sitting out a year if you transfer twice is part of the yet-to-be-approved Protect College Sports bill that has cleared the Senate but will not be addressed by the House until after the November elections.

OBD Week 9 Game vs. Northwestern Gets the Bird. 🤬 On3College Football kickoff times, TV schedule revealed for...The four power conferences have released their kickoff times and TV designations for games to be played during Week 9 of the college football season. The