It’s been a terrific start to the college basketball season. Unlike college football which featured minimal games between ranked opponents in 2019, college hoops is offering plenty of intriguing contests between ranked teams. This Saturday, No. 13 Memphis travels to Knoxville to face No. 19 Tennessee. Penny Hardaway’s team is arguably the most talented in […]
Read MoreReport: Memphis Hires New Coach After Florida State Hires Mike Norvell
It was only a matter of time before Mike Norvell would leave Memphis for a bigger program. However, the Tigers have done a masterful job quickly finding their next coach. Norvell finished his tenure at Memphis with a 38-15 record. This season he led the team to an impressive 12-1 record and conference title. Florida […]
Read MoreArmy-Navy Game: Time, Spread, Channel, Announcers
There is just one more game left in the college football regular season, and it is the one that stands alone. The 120th edition of the Army-Navy Game returns to Philadelphia, with the Midshipmen hungry to snap a three-game losing streak. From 2002-2015, Navy absolutely dominated the rivalry. Things started to change with Army’s hire […]
Read MoreReport: Lane Kiffin Makes Ole Miss Offensive Coordinator Hire
Weird as it may be, offense rules the day in the SEC West. It wasn’t long ago that the division, and conference as a whole, was predicated on defense, but Lane Kiffin helped spur on that shift during his time as Alabama offensive coordinator. Nick Saban made the decision to modernize his offense by hiring […]
Read MoreWhat An 8-Team College Football Playoff Would Look Like
The idea of an eight-team College Football Playoff has floated around for the past few years, but we’re still not at that point where it’ll be installed. Judging off the latest reports though, it’s possible it could happen soon. According to Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger, an athletic director at a major conference program revealed a […]
Read MoreESPN Reveals Announcing Team For Penn State vs. Memphis
The 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic will feature the best that the Group of Five has to offer squaring off against the best non-conference winner in the country. That matchup will be Penn State vs. Memphis, and it should be a good one. In a press release, the ESPN Press Room announced that Mark Jones, Dusty […]
Read More9 Finalists Announced For Eddie Robinson Coach Of The Year
This season has featured some very impressive coaching performances, with numerous coaches elevating their teams way beyond where people expected. Today, the nine finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award were announced. The group is a nice mix of guys from very different situations. Five of the nine are Power Five coaches, […]
Read MoreClemson OC Jeff Scott Finalizes Head Coaching Deal
South Florida has officially announced its new head football coach. Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott will take over as head coach of the Bulls. The University of South Florida released a statement regarding the hiring on Monday evening. The school is clearly thrilled to be hiring such a proven assistant from a prominent program. Here’s […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Conference Championship Week
College football’s conference championships kick off tomorrow night, ahead of a stacked Saturday slate. We may have more teams still alive for a College Football Playoff berth with one game left than ever before. There are real questions about how much this weekend’s games mean for Ohio State and LSU, the current top two seeds. […]
Read MoreReport: Tulane’s Willie Fritz Interviewing For 2 SEC Jobs
There are three jobs open right now in the SEC and all three programs appear to be sifting through the same group of candidates. Tulane coach Willie Fritz is one name that has been brought up in conjunction with multiple openings. Fritz has been the head coach of the Green Wave since 2016. Under his […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 14
Rivalry week is here. Starting on Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, and running through Sunday, many of college football’s biggest rivalry games will be played, with serious postseason implications on the line. On Thursday, we get the always contentious Egg Bowl. Ole Miss’ Matt Luke and Mississippi State’s Joe Moorhead both have plenty on the line, even […]
Read MoreESPN Unveils What New Year’s 6 Bowl Games Would Be After Playoff Reveal
The latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings didn’t bring about many surprises. Ohio State jumped LSU to claim the No. 1 seed for now. Other than that, the top 5 teams remained the same, consisting of OSU, LSU Clemson, Georgia and Alabama. Utah is now in the conversation after the Ducks’ loss on […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
We’ve reached the penultimate weekend of college football’s regular season. While the night slate this weekend may be a bit lacking, we’re going to learn a lot about the eventual College Football Playoff field early on. At noon, Ohio State hosts Penn State in a de facto Big Ten East title game. The Buckeyes are […]
Read MoreJay Bilas Reacts To The NCAA’s James Wiseman Ruling
It was just a few weeks ago that the news emerged that James Wiseman, the top college basketball recruit in 2019, was ruled ineligible to play for Memphis. We now know the extent of his suspension. The Tigers star, who played a few games early in the year thanks to an emergency restraining order against […]
Read MoreBreaking: NCAA Announces Ruling On Memphis Star James Wiseman
The NCAA has finally decided how many games it will suspend James Wiseman for the financial help he received from Penny Hardaway. Roughly two weeks ago, the college basketball world was struck with stunning news as Wiseman was ruled ineligible to play. He managed to play in two more games because of an emergency temporary […]
Read MoreAAC Commissioner Calls Out The CFB Playoff Selection Committee
It’s no secret that the American Athletic Conference and the rest of the Group of Five conferences basically need a miracle to have a hope that one of their teams gets into the College Football Playoff in any given year. But AAC commissioner Mike Aresco has gotten tired of seeing the teams in his conference […]
Read MoreESPN’s New Year’s Six Bowl Projections After Week 12
Week 12 is in the books following one of the most impactful weeks of college football all year. ESPN has updated its bowl projections to reflect the big results. Between Tua Tagovailoa’s season-ending injury for Alabama and Minnesota and Baylor both seeing their unbeaten runs snapped, there will likely be a lot of changes to […]
Read MoreReport: Bob Stoops Not A Candidate At Florida State
Florida State made the bold decision to move on from Willie Taggart, just midway through his second year in Tallahassee, and despite a huge buyout. After a rough end to Jimbo Fisher’s tenure, and a two-year failed Taggart era, the Seminoles need to make a big hire to rebuild the program. One major name has […]
Read MoreNotre Dame vs. Navy: Game Time, Spread, Channel, Announcers
One of the most storied rivalries in college football will have its 93rd meeting this weekend when Notre Dame hosts Navy in a battle of ranked opponents. Notre Dame has already lost two games this season, but is coming off of back-to-back wins against ACC programs. Last weekend, the Fighting Irish dismantled the Duke Blue […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
We’re on the other side of the huge Week 11 in college football, in which LSU took down Alabama for the first time since 2011, and Minnesota stayed undefeated and handed Penn State its first loss. The College Football Playoff picture is starting to really take shape, with LSU entrenched as the new No. 1 […]
Read MoreJames Wiseman Tweets Message After Ineligibility Ruling
Zion Williamson dominated the college basketball discussion last season. James Wiseman was expected to do the same this year. Wiseman has certainly garnered plenty of attention in college hoops, but not for the expected reasons. The noise surrounding the top ranked prospect of the 2020 class doesn’t have anything to do with his on-court play, […]
Read MoreBreaking: Memphis Announces James Wiseman Has Been Declared Ineligible
For the second time this season Memphis center James Wiseman has been declared ineligible. He’ll now have to wait for the NCAA to reinstate him in order to play in a game. Wiseman was the No. 1 overall recruit from his class, per 247Sports. During the season opener for the Tigers, the five-star center had 28 points […]
Read MoreJames Wiseman, Potential No. 1 NBA Draft Pick, Ruled Ineligible By NCAA
The Memphis Tigers entered the 2019-20 season with high expectations in larger part because of five-star freshman James Wiseman. Well, it turns out that he’s actually ineligible to play this year. Wiseman was the No. 1 overall recruit from his class, per 247Sports. Many analysts said he chose Memphis over powerhouse programs because of his […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
Here it is. Week 11 of the college football season, featuring the monumental matchup between No. 2 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, is upon us. Alabama-LSU is a big game every year. It doesn’t always feature a pair top three programs vying for the College Football Playoff, though. Alabama has made the Playoff every year […]
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