The Big Ten is now slated to start its fall football season on October 23 and finish up on December 19. Wednesday, Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez revealed that the league has a cool idea for how to complete the year. In order to both play a ninth conference game and declare a league champion, the […]
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Justin Fields Had A 2-Word Response To The Big Ten’s Official Decision
Big Ten football is officially back. Wednesday morning, the league announced it will be begin its fall season on either October 23 or October 24 – playing an eight-game schedule that will conclude in mid-December. The Big Ten title game is slated for December 19. As you’d imagine, players around the conference are excited. The […]
Read MoreDan Patrick: “You Can Expect Big Ten Football, But Not All Schools Will Be Playing”
According to a report from Dan Patrick, there will be a new vote on the Big Ten’s football season involving the presidents and chancellors of the league on Monday afternoon. Patrick says that there “will be” Big Ten football, but he’s not sure how many schools will be participating. Patrick’s report comes in contrast to […]
Read MoreKirk Herbstreit Reveals What He “Hopes” The Big Ten Decides During Its Vote
The Big Ten is set to potentially re-vote on the 2020 college football season in the coming days after an internal task force presented new information about testing capabilities to the league’s brass on Saturday. Kirk Herbstreit has weighed in on the situation. The College GameDay analyst, who has two sons who play football at […]
Read MoreBreaking: Big Ten Set To Re-Vote On 2020 College Football Season In Next 72 Hours
According to a report from Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, the Big Ten is set to re-vote on its decision to postpone the 2020 college football season. The vote is expected to come in the next 72 hours. Friday night, ESPN reported that the Big Ten Return to Competition Task Force would be giving a […]
Read MorePGA Golfer Apologizes After “Reckless” Comment About COVID-19 Deaths
Star golfer Kevin Kisner is in a bit of hot water after an unfortunate tweet he fired off Saturday morning. He apologized for the message in a subsequent message just a few minutes ago. Kisner’s tweet came as a response to a message that former NBA player Rex Chapman posted to Twitter. Chapman, seeming frustrated, […]
Read MoreNotre Dame Announces Extension For Brian Kelly
Saturday afternoon, Notre Dame announced an extension for head football coach Brian Kelly through the 2024 season. The deal had reportedly been worked out back in December of 2019. Kelly’s current contract was set to expire after the 2021 season, so this is, in essence, a three-year extension. The team announced the news in the […]
Read MoreHeather Dinich’s Latest Report On The Big Ten Is Absurd If It’s True
There has been a great deal of pressure on the Big Ten the past few weeks to reconsider its position on postponing the 2020 college football season until the spring. A recent report from ESPN’s Heather Dinich suggests it may be doing more harm than good. Dinich, appearing on ESPN College GameDay Saturday morning, says […]
Read MoreRyan Day Reveals When He Thinks Ohio State Needs To Start Playing To Be Eligible For The Playoff
The first major college football Saturday is here, but for the moment, two of the major conferences still won’t be participating this fall. On College GameDay, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day dropped some interesting quotes on the Big Ten’s current status. Day, who released a controversial statement earlier this week, appeared to have a […]
Read MoreESPN Implies Notre Dame Saved The 2020 College Football Season – Here’s How
Notre Dame, forever an independent, joined the ACC this season temporarily in an effort to save its 2020 college football season. ESPN seems to think that the Fighting Irish, in doing so, may have saved the entire sport’s season. ESPN ran a segment on College GameDay Saturday morning that implies that Notre Dame’s decision to […]
Read MoreWhere’s Lee Corso On College GameDay? Broadcasting From His Back Yard
We’ve finally got our first major college football Saturday, and as such, ESPN College GameDay is broadcasting from Wake Forest ahead of the Demon Deacons’ game against Clemson. Unfortunately, show mainstay Lee Corso isn’t on-hand to be part of the action. That said, he is still part of the broadcast. Many are wondering where Corso […]
Read MoreStanford Coach David Shaw Says His Players Expressed “Gratitude” When Pac-12 Postponed Season
Last week, the Big Ten and the Pac-12 officially announced they’d be postponing their college football seasons until the spring. While players at schools like Nebraska and Ohio State have been speaking out against the decision, players at another school are reportedly on the other side of the fence. Stanford head coach David Shaw told […]
Read MorePetition To Fire Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Has Nearly 10,000 Signatures
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren has been a target in the wake of the league’s decision to cancel all fall sports, including college football. It would appear that there are quite a few people that would like to see him lose his job. There are a number of change.org petitions set up to protest the […]
Read MoreMark Sanchez Implies Big Ten, Pac-12 Cancelling Football About More Than Just COVID-19 Safety
It was over 10 days ago that the Big Ten and the Pac-12 announced they’d be cancelling all fall sports, including college football. Still, the decision by both leagues is the talk of the sports world. Saturday morning, former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, speaking on ESPN’s College Football Live, implied that he doesn’t think that […]
Read MoreNHL Condemns Announcer After His Disparaging Comment About Women
NBC Sports hockey analyst Mike Milbury has been officially “condemned” by the NHL after a disparaging comment he made about women earlier this week during a broadcast of the Islanders vs. Capitals playoff game. Milbury, speaking about the NHL’s bubble during the playoffs, joked that there aren’t any women on-hand to “disrupt” their concentration in […]
Read MoreHigh School Football Game Footage In Alabama Shows Fans Not Wearing Masks Or Social Distancing
If there’s hope of getting in a full high school football season, players, coaches and fans are going to have to be somewhat cooperative when it comes to limiting the spread of COVID-19. Footage from one game during the opening weekend of high school football in Alabama suggests that’s going to be easier said than […]
Read MoreSEC Shorts Video Hilariously Sums Up The State Of The 2020 College Football Season
The 2020 college football season is in disarray, to say the least. Back on August 11, both the Big Ten and the Pac-12 cancelled all fall sports, suggesting they could find a way to play in the spring. Meanwhile, the Big 12, the ACC and the SEC have pledged to attempt to play the season […]
Read MoreBig Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Reportedly Agrees He “Botched” Communicating Conference’s Decision On Football
It’s been nearly two weeks since the Big Ten announced it would be cancelling all fall sports – including college football. In that time, the conference has offered little information as to how it came to that decision. Commissioner Kevin Warren has been criticized as a result. Friday, Teddy Greenstein of The Chicago Tribune joined […]
Read MoreFans Can Now Buy Sports Team-Specific Masks Via Fanatics
Disclaimer: The Spun works with Fanatics on an affiliate basis and may be compensated if you choose to purchase their products. Sports aren’t back quite yet, but they’re hopefully coming soon. The NBA and MLB are set to start back up later this month, and hopefully, college football and the NFL are right behind them. […]
Read MoreBrooks Koepka Rips Golf Channel’s Paige Mackenzie On Instagram
Brooks Koepka, undoubtedly one of the world’s best golfers, has been mixing it up on social media a bit more than usual the past few months. His activity this week has caused a bit of a stir. This past Tuesday, Koepka took to Twitter to post a GIF from the television series “Eastbound & Down” […]
Read MoreNotre Dame To The Big 12? Writer Makes Case For Temporary Membership
Thursday afternoon, the Big Ten announced it would be moving to a conference-only schedule for the 2020 college football season. As such, three non-conference games for each team were cancelled. Many expect the Pac-12 and the ACC to follow suit soon. If all of the Power 5 conferences wind up going this route, independent schools […]
Read MoreWhat Likely Happens To Notre Dame If College Football Moves To In-Conference Games Only
Just minutes ago, the Big Ten officially announced it would be moving to a conference-only schedule for all sports – including football – this fall. That means that a number of college football games, including Wisconsin’s October tilt against Notre Dame, are now officially cancelled. Furthermore, it’s starting to look like the Pac-12 is going […]
Read MoreHere’s The List Of The College Football Games Cancelled After The Big Ten’s Reported Decision
Thursday afternoon, Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported that the Big Ten is set to announce that it will be going with a conference-only schedule for the 2020 college football season. As such, that means a lot of games just got cancelled. The move comes in response to the latest coronavirus surge in states like […]
Read MoreFansided Writer Wonders If It’s Time To Change Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” Nickname
In the past two weeks, two major sports franchises – the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians – have announced that they’re having internal discussions about changing their team names. One writer for Fansided’s Slap the Sign is wondering if Notre Dame should also consider doing the same. Daniel Morrison argues that while Notre Dame’s […]
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