Jon Joseph

Ducks Wire suggests other games for OBD fans to watch this weekend. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2025/09/19/oregon-ducks-football-week-4-fan-viewing-guide/86227839007/?utm_source=smg-duckswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_ca

Top 25 game predictions from the AP. OBD is predicted to cover -35.5. With PSU coming up, I expect Dan will take his foot off the gas. AP NewsCollege football picks: Average winning margin in FBS aft...The 2025 college football season has had a run of lopsided games. The average winning margin in the Football Bowl Subdivision is 25.5 points per game and 28.9 per game when one of the teams is from a

Terrific question and comments. As noted above, PSU has consumed three cupcakes. In the process, the PSU D looks great, but the O has sputtered in all three games, including QB Drew Allar. The PSU defense has surrendered only two touchdowns, but the offense has scored only 14 touchdowns. Both teams played an FCS opponent. OBD has played two P4 opponents, one on the road. Oregon's stats in the pass and run game are superior to Penn State's, a team that has not played a P4 opponent or left home to play a game. Heading into Week 4, Dante Moore is 3rd in Total QBR with Drew Allar 69th. USA Today notes that Allar, along with Manning, Klubnik, and Nico, has not played up to preseason expectations. (Duh 🤮!) Meanwhile, PSU transfer QB Beau Pribula is lighting it up for Mizzou. Coming off a bye week at Penn State, James Franklin is 3-5 against teams with a winning record. I think this season's bye weeks, 6 and 10, are perfect for OBD. Both Indiana and OBD bye in Week 6 before the Hoosiers visit Autzen, and the Week 10 bye comes before the Week 11 game at Iowa. Of course, Penn State is talented enough to flip a switch and put everything together. PSU is 12-8 in White Out games but has won the last five in a row. I hate to take the Corvallis Crud over anything, but I do think a home game for Oregon this Saturday is better than taking a nap. PELT THE BEAVERS!

Thanks, Coach. Much appreciated, as is Charles' comment. 👍👌😍

Wow, after this weekend, 25% of the regular season is over. 🤬 SEC out-of-conference vs. P4 opponents, 9-2. B1G out-of-conference vs. P4 opponents, 5-5. Games remaining: Florida at Miami, and Notre Dame hosting Purdue and USC. In a wired world, you can count on Recency Bias; however, all the metrics, except $$$ 🤑, still support the SEC as being No.1 top to bottom. As many have asked, what is the bottom third of the B1G doing with all of the money? No. 9 Illinois +3.5 at No. 19 Indiana -1950 was the last time these two met as ranked opponents. This game was broadcast in living black & white on four-inch TV screens that came in fuzzy but watchable if you properly aligned the rabbit ears. (Yes, the cane is waving!) 4:30 PM - NBC No. 21 Michigan at No. 34 Nebraska - 2016 - It's been 27 games since Nebraska defeated a top-25-ranked opponent. Ranked OBD 😧 lost in Lincoln in 2016 in the 'Let's Go For 2 Game.' Nebraska coach Matt Ruhle is not golden versus ranked opponents. 0-17 at Baylor and Nebraska. Series record: Michigan 8-4-1. Michigan interim coach Biff Poggi made money the old-fashioned way. He left coaching and joined his father-in-law's investment business. Biff left after making $10 million and returned to coaching. After last Saturday's beatdown win over Central Michigan, the now 1-0 interim coach Biff had this to say about QB Bryce Underwood: "I have a Labrador retriever who could coach this guy." WOOF! 12:30 PM - CBS No. 25 USC -17.5 vs. Michigan State - The series record is 4-4, with Michigan State winning the only Rose Bowl matchup in 1988, 20-17. To date, No. 25 USC is No.1 in the nation in Total Offense, and QB Jayden Maiava is No. 1 in QB Efficiency ratings. The game kicks off at 2 AM Eastern time, and Michigan State will not get home until Sunday morning. However, Sparty is off in Week 5, and USC gets the Week 5 early bird treatment with the game at Illinois kicking off at 9 AM Pacific. Been there, done that. 8 PM Fox The Civil War - No. 6 - 3-0 Oregon vs. 0-3 Oregon State - The last officially scheduled Civil War game sees No. 6-ranked OBD vs. the rank, smelly Oregon State Beavers. I think the line for this game says it all. No. 6 Oregon -34.5 - I can find no money line odds on the Beavers, which means the books believe that Beavis has no, nada, nudge, nyet, nothing-burger chance whatsoever vs. OBD. 😍 Noon - Big Ten Network B1G naps on Saturday - Minnesota (choke job in NO Cal), Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, and (Didn't you use to be?) UCLA. Friday Night 9/19/25 - 2-1 Iowa at 3-0 Rutgers - Tune in to watch two future 2025 OBD opponents. Rutgers is 0-four Iowa but has an offense that is putting up points in bunches. In Kirk Ferentz's 206th record-setting win, his Hawkeyes put up an astounding 47 points! However, in the last five seasons, opponent UMass has surrendered the most points in FBS. 5 PM Fox Saturday - 9/20/25 3-0 Maryland at 2-1 Wisconsin - The Terps are 0-four Wisconsin. True frosh Maryland QB Malik Washington has been fantastic to date. Wisconsin's QB play has been anything but. 9 AM NBC 2-1 Purdue at No. 24 Notre Dame - The to date defeated Irish is a slight favorite at -26.5. Luck of the Irish? Notre Dame lost to No. 4 Miami and No. 10 Texas A&M by a total of four points. 12:30 NBC 2-0 Washington -20.5 at 2-1 Washington State - Look for UW to take a B1G bite of the Apple in Pullman, if the Huskies do not look ahead to the Week 5 game versus Ohio State in Seattle. The two B1G teams are -55 vs. the Pac-12. 4:30 PM CBS Other games with a PO impact: No. 16 Utah vs. No. 17 Texas Tech - 9 AM Fox No. 22 Auburn at No. 11 Oklahoma - 12:30 PM ABC Florida at No. 4 Miami - Come On Gators! 4:30 PM ABC PELT THE BEAVERS!

Dabo opened himself up for criticism by saying in the preseason that he believed his team had the talent to go 16-0. Three things I disagreed with the most from the preseason 'expert' nationwide nattering nabobs.😁 1. Archie Manning will win the Heisman Trophy. 2. Texas will win it all. 3. Clemson, with stud players everywhere, will roll through its schedule. Archie came into the season having never started a game on the road and unable to beat out a 7th-round draft pick before this season. The Texas O-line and receiving corps were wiped out. Sark won a conference title in the B12 with a superior roster (defeating OK State in the conference champ game), but other than this accomplishment? With road games at Florida, Georgia, and what looked to be an improved Oklahoma team in Dallas, the degree of SEC schedule difficulty ramped up from 2024. As of today, road games at Kentucky and even Mississippi State will not be layups. Ditto for Arkansas, Vanderbilt, and A&M at home. All of the highly touted Clemson players on D were on the 2024 team that was lit up by SMU and Texas and lost to Louisville and South Carolina at home. In the 2024-25 PO, Cade Klubnik played a very good game at Texas, but the rest of his stats were padded by his play against the weaker teams on the schedule. This season's 2024 Florida State? Clemson and Texas are in the running.

Cover Me! (No injuries, please.)

Gat, take down Mari-oh-oh Saturday, please! 😍 Hopefully, with GameDay in town, Miami goes down to your Gators and then to the Seminoles in Tallahassee on 10/4. And on 10/4, Florida Swamps Texas and puts another nail in the Arch Madness coffin. When in the heck will the Gators play a half-decent team? 😁

B1G Time! https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/b1g-time-bryce-underwood-vs-dylan-raiola-hogs-spotlight-as-illinois-indiana-vie-for-cfp-positioning/?eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380a147aa90b9e33099045cd46ddc6a485b&ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=475875&ET_RID=524827

These FanDuel 'rankings' are bullish on the B1G. An airhead biffs her AP Top 25 vote? No B1G deal. The 'bookies votes' mean $ in one direction or the other. 🤑 Victory Bell RingsBig Ten dominates CFP championship FanDuel odds after Week 3After Week 3, No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Penn State, and No. 6 Oregon lead the list for most likely to win the College Football Playoff Championship Game. Per Fan

Keep your Bruin paws off of OBD's Stein! https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/09/16/realistic-coaching-candidates-ucla-football-coaching-job/86179403007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campai

Week 4. B1G games and Big Games. AP NewsCollege football Week 4: Conference matchups in spotlight...The college football season has reached the point where conference play starts taking center stage. All three Top 25 matchups Saturday are conference games with intriguing storylines.

Bob, simply fantastic! Further proof that 89 is the new 50. I love the blasts from the past. 'Looked up phone numbers.' Younger OBDers, the numbers were found in a book, not on a handheld computer. 'Prepared maps.' To accomplish this, you needed to examine printed materials and write down the directions using something referred to as a pen or pencil on something called 'paper.' If you got lost, the paper most definitely did not speak to you to get you back on track. I'm guessing here, but I imagine there was less traffic, coming and going, on what is referred to today as the I-5. 'Coats and ties.' Huh? 'Pay phone.' Huh? '1957 Open.' I'm on the verge of becoming a mere octogenarian, and I'm pretty sure you could kick my 'young' butt on the golf course.😁 No Amber Alert? No police dragnet? No disgruntled families, 'victims,' or editors-in-chief. And college authorities with a sense of humor? Who knew? Thank you, Sir, can we have another?

All great and interesting comments. With a win at the game's end, let them wear whatever. What are the Forum Fanatics attending the game wearing? Camouflage? It's 5000 of OBD vs. 101,000 of them, and I like the odds 😍. Allar's been Allar, and James been small ball James, since I don't know when. Meanwhile, bash the instigators of faux treachery, the cesspool of avarice, the charioteer of reverse hypocrisy, the receptacle of malice, the disseminator of hatred, the fabricator of lies, the artful backbiter notorious for deception, and Pelt the Beavers! Take No Prisoners! Salt the Corvallis Earth! Let the Civil War see no further birth.

Some more love for Mr. Mixon. 👍👌😎 https://athlonsports.com/college-football/new-oregon-starter-ranks-as-nations-top-graded-linebacker

College Football News - OBD 47 - Beavis 10 - Oregon covers -35.5! https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/oregon-vs-oregon-state-prediction-preview-2025

Week 4 - 10 games with possible PO impact. Saturday BlitzThe 10 most fascinating games on the College Football Wee...Week 4 of the College Football season has arrived, and while it doesn't have as many high caliber matchups as Week 3, this should be another exciting weekend. T

Without Golden, the Golden Domers' D has turned to Ash. 😁Notre Dame now has to cheer on for old SC! 🤬 Trojans are Grin(ch)ing. 😍 https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2025/09/15/chris-ash-notre-dame-football-alex-grinch-usc/86164827007/?utm_source=smg-trojanswire-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SMGbaseline&utm_t

Mad about Manning? How about mad at Manning? On3WATCH: Texas fans boo Arch Manning, Longhorns amid sluggi.... Multi-millionaire players are not 'student-athletes' and will be subjected to boos, especially when preseason rankings and Heisman odds have no clue. 🤪 Boo Hoo. 🤬

On3's Ari Wasseman's Review of Week 3. Ari is one of many writers formerly with The Athletic who have jumped ship and are on board On3. How about Arch Madness coming about with Texas fans mad at and booing Archie? On3Unfiltered Takes after Week 3: Arch Manning, DJ Lagway, T...There is a lot to keep up with on a college football Saturday. Here are some takes to keep you up with what happened over the weekend.

SC is ranked 25th in the current AP Poll. SC should take care of business at home Saturday against Michigan State. Then the Trojans play at Illinois, bye, host Michigan, and then play ND on the road. ND will be rooting for Illinois to win at Indiana on Saturday. This Saturday, Notre Dame hosts (and likely hoists) Purdue, plays at Arkansas against a prolific Hogs O, hosts a now off-the-radar Boise State, has a week off, and then hosts SC. SC is not happy with the timing of ND's 2nd bye week, and is not happy that, in addition to traveling to South Bend, it also travels to Illinois, Nebraska, and Northwestern. 2026 is the last game scheduled in the long-running series. ND makes more money from NBC with SC on its schedule. The SC series helps ND recruit So-Cal. Games played in South Bend are but one game where SC has to travel East. SC decides to cancel ND, and I would understand, and I also believe that the cancellation would not shake the very foundation of CFB.

I have no beef with Freeman. I have a beef with Georgia and Penn State having played one more game, against an excellent opponent, than Notre Dame last season, and that ND played four G5 opponents in 2024. I also have a beef with an AD having the same voting power as a conference commissioner, at least the Power 2 commissioners. Chris Ash is not doing the job as Al Golden's replacement at DC.

Great take. It's hard to win football games. The 100% accomplishment vs. NW, there were no penalties called on OBD.

Bill Connolly's model is MAD about, not at, the Ducks! ESPN.comRanking CFB's 39 unbeaten teams: Who is most likely to st...Bill Connelly separates the contenders from the pretenders among the remaining undefeated teams.

The Athletic's Bruce Feldman rates the candidates for the UCLA job in this order - USC DC - D'Anton Lynn - 2nd-highest-paid assistant coach in the country behind Jim Knowles. Penn State grad. Lynn was contacted by PSU for the DC job before Lynn was hired. Baylor HC - Dave Aranda - LA guy. Kelani Satke - HC BYU Tosh Lupoi - OBD DC FSU DC and UCLA grad Tony White. Browns OC Tommy Rees New Mexico HC- Jason Eck Rivals has UCLA ranked 49th in recruiting.