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Is Oregon a top-5 team? One popular CFB analyst thinks so after Week 7

The Ducks dropped their first game of the season, but that isn’t stopping one CFB analyst from keeping them in his top 5 ahead of Washington.

Obviously, when you lose a game in the world of college football, your ranking tends to drop a couple of spots, at the very least. For the Oregon Ducks, who were ranked as the No. 8 team in the nation going into this last weekend’s game against the then-ranked No. 7 Washington Huskies, a 36-33 loss didn’t hurt them too much when it came to the AP Poll. On Sunday morning, it was revealed that the Ducks dropped down to No. 9, while the Huskies moved up to No. 5.

If you read Ducks Wire, then you know that we like to outsource when it comes to rankings, though, and try to find different views of the balance of power in college football, whether it means using ESPN’s Football Power Index or taking a look at the power rankings from a notable analyst like FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt.

This week, we are bringing a new analyst into the mix, because after Oregon’s loss to Washington.

His name is Josh Pate, and he is the host of Lake Kick with Josh Pate on CBS Sports. He’s a fast-rising analyst in the world of college football and is someone who has been incredibly high on the Ducks since before the season started.

He remains high on the Ducks, even following this loss to Washington. Pate’s justification is that these are power rankings, so the model he uses produces the hierarchy based on who should be favored over whom, given that the game takes place on a neutral field.

Take a look at where he has Oregon ranked, and in particular, where he has Oregon ranked in conjunction with Washington.

Josh Pate Week 8 ‘JP Poll’ correctly ranks Michigan football

The model never lies. #GoBlue

If you are the proud owner of a ‘chalice of supremacy,’ go ahead and take a hearty drink.

As host of ‘Late Kick Live,’ an astoundingly popular YouTube college football show, Josh Pate would argue, the model for his weekly poll makes the decisions. It just turns out the model has flipped things upside down from what it was early in the 2023 season.

The ‘JP Poll’ attempts to weigh each team where those ranked ahead of the others would beat the teams below it on a neutral field. Michigan football has been steadily rising after being as low as No. 10, coming in two weeks ago at No. 3 before rising to No. 2 last week. However, this week, the model has placed the maize and blue at the No. 1 spot — ahead of Georgia and Pate’s preseason champion, Ohio State.

Michigan still has the bulk of its schedule ahead of it, with Michigan State this week, Penn State in Week 11, and the regular season finale vs. OSU in Week 13.

‘Everything keeping A&M from being a premier program is internal.’ Josh Pate summarizes the state of Texas A&M football

Josh Pate didn’t mince words in highlighting that the factors keeping Texas A&M from reaching peak success are internal.

Texas A&M (4-3, 2-2 SEC) is looking to put their 20-13 loss to Tennessee in the rearview mirror heading into the bye week. Yet, college football analysts are just getting started on dissecting the ramifications of A&M’s second straight loss.

During this week’s Pate State Game Recap, titular host Josh Pate did not mince words when summarizing Texas A&M’s loss to Tennessee. The 247Sports host took it one step further, echoing the frustration of Aggies fans given that the ingredients for success are readily available in College Station:

“Fans look at the A&M job as a second, or third-tier job. You are outside your mind. Everything you need to win national championships is there. It is a turnkey contender. The right staff comes in there and wins, overnight.”

So, what is holding back the Aggies from widespread success, you ask? In Pate’s eyes, every hurdle and roadblock is internal:

“There is no external factor keeping A&M from being a premier program. Everything keeping A&M from being a premier program is internal.”

You don’t need to be fluent in Pate-speak to understand what the “internal factors” equate to. To put it bluntly, A&M’s inability to become a premier program falls on the likes of Jimbo Fisher and the coaching staff he’s compiled around him. Interestingly enough, that aligns with one of our key takeaways here at Aggies Wire.

Managing Editor Cameron Ohnysty illustrated it efficiently in spotlighting offensive line coach Steve Addazio. The second-year coach has to shoulder some responsibility after the offensive line’s historic performance on Saturday, and not in a good way.

Porous pass protection has regulated Max Johnson to that of an average quarterback, and in turn, has severely hampered the potential of this offense. The offensive line, and their coach in Addazio, have to take responsibility. But the same can be said for the person who hired him in the first place.

For every step forward Fisher has taken with this program, whether that be on the recruiting trail or bringing in Bobby Petrino to helm the offense, there’s been two steps back. You can’t foresee unfortunate injuries to the likes of Conner Weigman, but when it comes to keeping him out of harm’s way, that’s where this A&M coaching staff has fallen short.

And to a certain extent, that is where Pate is driving his message. Internal factors are continuously keeping this program handicapped. And guess what, only those within the program can’t help rid of these roadblocks.

Multiple individuals must be held accountable, but as “CEO” of Texas A&M football, Fisher will of course shoulder the bulk of the public responsibility. And if he is earnest in his passion for making A&M a premier football program, he needs to make serious decisions internally, or else, this same story will play on repeat every season.

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Clemson ranks in the top 15 in Josh Pate’s Week 6 JP Poll

Clemson is a top 15 team in Josh Pate’s Week 6 edition of the JP Poll.

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football team may be unranked in the  AP Poll and Coaches Poll. Still, those rankings don’t truly represent the talent of the Tigers and how good of a team they actually are. 

Clemson (3-2, 1-2 ACC) hasn’t had the start to this season that would keep them in contention for the College Football Playoff or even possibly the ACC Championship, but there are some who have watched the Tigers and understand how talented this team is. One of those people is Josh Pate of CBS Sports and 247Sports. 

In his latest edition of the JP Poll for Week 6, Pate has Clemson ranked as his No.14 team in the country. These rankings don’t care whether a team wins or loses; it is strictly about neutral field favorability. Simply enough, this is the metric that he and his people choose to value. 

This, I completely get. I talked about this in the updated look of ESPN’s SP+ rankings, where Clemson also ranked in the top 15. Look at the landscape of the top 25 right now… There are multiple teams that, if the Tigers were set to face, they would be the betting favorites in the matchup. 

That’s what I like about Pate’s rankings here. It ignores the noise and worries about what matters with a college football team. Don’t get me wrong, losses do matter at the end of the day… but we can’t ignore the talent and odds that go along with the game of college football.

Josh Pate predicts Texas wins, covers against Oklahoma

“The more I look at it, the more I feel the game out, the more I think Texas feels like they’re a year ahead of where Oklahoma is.”

Respected college football voice Josh Pate is buying the Texas Longhorns this week. He is doing so for the short-term and long-term. Continue reading “Josh Pate predicts Texas wins, covers against Oklahoma”

CFB analyst argues that the problem with Alabama is the coaching staff

Could the real reason behind Alabama football’s woes be the coaching staff under Nick Saban?

Josh Pate of Late Kick By CBS Sports, puts together well-thought-out monologue-style college football opinions. When Pate says something, the masses listen because they know it’s not just another hot take. Well, Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide coaching staff have become the subject of a Pate opinion.

“Underneath Nick Saban, those folks aren’t carrying the water like they used to,” said Pate.

Plain and simple, Saban is still the head coach, but the ones working day-to-day operations with specific positional groups have changed. While that’s nothing new for a head coach who has been with the program since 2007, the recent few coordinators and assistant coaches under him haven’t been able to produce.

Big-time names like Kirby Smart, Steve Sarkisian, Jeremy Pruitt, Lane Kiffin and others were once a part of what made the Crimson Tide so great.

Some are saying the dynasty is dead, others aren’t as quick to jump to that conclusion.

Pate doesn’t pull any punches when talking about how lackluster recent assistant coaches and coordinators have been, but he’s certainly not disrespecting the Tide.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Saban and Alabama football as the 2023 season continues.

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Josh Pate told you what to expect from Ohio State football’s 2023 offense

Hard to say he was wrong about this assessment #GoBucks

There was a certain I told you so vibe with 247Sports’ [autotag]Josh Pate[/autotag] and [autotag]Ohio State football[/autotag]’s offense.

The Buckeyes struggled against Indiana, putting up only 23 points and not looking like they have in the past few years. On his Late Kick podcast, Pate reminded everyone that he had called what happened to the Ohio State offense.

Pate knew that it would be a struggle early, but “was not shook” when he saw what transpired on Saturday. The 247Sports analyst has picked Ohio State to make it to the [autotag]College Football Playoff [/autotag] championship game, so he’s not hating on the Buckeyes, just being realistic about where they are right now.

Pate continues to say that until the quarterback situation gets figured out and the offensive line starts to “fire on all cylinders,” the Ohio State offense might have more days like they had against Indiana.

I can’t help but agree with how Pate see’s the current Buckeye offense, they need more time and are nowhere near a finished product. Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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Popular CFB podcaster, YouTuber gets buried for picking UCLA to make Pac-12 title game

A highly prominent CFB YouTuber picked UCLA vs Oregon in the #Pac12 title game. Fans could not believe it. (Neither can we.)

Josh Pate is the host of the very popular Late Kick podcast and the companion YouTube show, “Late Kick Live.” He has a lot of interesting, fresh, and well-formed insights on college football. His popularity has been earned, not given. He isn’t a Skip Bayless-style carnival barker who tries to get a rise out of listeners. He cares about college football, and fans really see that in his analysis. Again: His rise has been earned, not given.

However, he made some really crazy conference championship picks for 2023. He sincerely thinks this season is going to get wild, so that’s not something anyone can really hold against him. Maybe he senses a 2007-style vibe in the air. (Remember 2007? Kansas won the Orange Bowl. South Florida, Boston College, and the Cal Golden Bears were all ranked No. 2 at one point in that season. That was an insane year. Missouri versus Kansas was a top-five showdown in late November. Maybe more anarchy awaits us and Pate is feeling it.)

Nevertheless, Pate really did pick UCLA to face Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Reaction to that and other picks — such as Oklahoma State making the Big 12 Championship Game — was swift and pronounced, as you will see below:

Josh Pate includes Texas in bold conference title predictions

Josh Pate has Texas winning the Big 12 over a surprise team.

It’s still the college football preseason for now. With that, for the most part, there are no bad predictions. College football analyst Josh Pate had a bold one ahead of the upcoming season.

Pate’s Big 12 title pick was unsurprising. Like seemingly everybody else nationally, the college football voice has the Texas Longhorns taking home the Big 12 conference crown. Their conference title opponent is surprising. The college football analyst has the Oklahoma State Cowboys reaching the Big 12 title game.

To be sure, Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has proven to be one of the best coaches in the conference over a long career. That said, his 2023 squad has plenty of questions after losing several key players.

Pate made a couple of other surprising picks. He had Iowa facing the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten title, with Alabama as the SEC championship game winner over Georgia. In addition, he sees the Oregon Ducks taking home the presumed final Pac-12 title over the UCLA Bruins.

If the college football podcast host is correct, he deserves plenty of credit. Texas will look to live up to their end of the prediction this season.