Eddie Payne, the former head coach at Oregon State and, most recently, USC Upstate, has passed away. He was 69 years old, and just days shy of his 70th birthday. Payne suffered a stroke over the weekend. He had surgery on Sunday, but has passed away. Payne had deep roots in the Carolina basketball world, […]
Read MoreKirk Herbstreit Rips Notable College Football Program On GameDay
Luke Fickell and the Cincinnati Bearcats sent a message on Friday night, defeating the East Carolina Pirates by a whopping 38 points. ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit had some interesting comments about that game during this Saturday’s edition of College GameDay. Cincinnati raised some eyebrows when it went for a fake punt despite leading 42-10 in the fourth […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
This week has been more negatively impacted by COVID-19 than any other so far. A huge chunk of the SEC slate, including the rivalry game between Alabama and LSU, has been postponed, leaving something of a light College Football Saturday this weekend. Texas A&M at Tennessee, Georgia at Mizzou, and Auburn at Mississippi State are […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
The weekend that many college football fans have been waiting for is here. The SEC football season begins this weekend, two weeks after the ACC and Big 12 got their seasons going. With the SEC in action, we have our best week of college football yet. Ole Miss, led by new head coach Lane Kiffin, […]
Read MoreFormer Alabama 4-Star CB Announces Transfer Destination
Former Alabama 4-star cornerback Nigel Knott has found a new home. Knott announced his transfer decision on Thursday evening. The onetime four-star recruit’s football career appeared to be over last fall. Knott was forced to medically retire at the beginning of the 2019 season due to injuries suffered earlier in the year. But the former […]
Read MoreBetting Lines Released For Top College Football Games Of 2020
Fans are already looking forward to the upcoming 2020 college football season. LSU won last season’s national championship after a dominant performance over the Clemson Tigers. Which team will win it all this year? There are plenty of pivotal games for the 2020-21 season. Despite the season still being a few months away, FanDuel has […]
Read MoreESPN Names 4 Most ‘Miserable’ College Basketball Fan Bases
With the NCAA Tournament just around the corner, ESPN released its latest version of its Sports Misery Index. This is for the programs that never get the chance to fully enjoy March Madness for a multitude of reasons, such as not making the tournament or getting bounced in the opening round. This index from ESPN is […]
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 […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
This weekend may be the calm before the Week 11, and specifically, the Alabama-LSU storm. Still, there are some exciting matchups awaiting us in College Football Week 10. The obvious headliner is taking place down in Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon. Florida and Georgia renew their heated rivalry, with the SEC East very much on the […]
Read MorePhoto: The Stadium Lights Went Out During East Carolina-Temple
Thursday night college football on ESPN often produces some interesting moments. Tonight’s ECU-Temple game was no exception. With less than four minutes remaining and Temple in control up 27-10, the stadium lights went out. If that isn’t crazy enough, the blackout happened in the middle of a play. Check out the video below. You can […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
College Football Week 6 kicks off tonight with a pair of Group of Five games between Georgia Southern and South Alabama, and then Temple and East Carolina. On Friday night, things heat up a bit. No. 18 UCF makes the trip up to Cincinnati in what will be a crucial game for deciding the ACC […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
Week 1 of the College Football season is finally here. After a pair of games opened things up last weekend, we finally have our full slate of games. Last Saturday, a pair of match-ups opened up the 2019 season. Florida and Miami played the first game of the year, a rare Week Zero game between […]
Read MoreSportsbook Releases Win Totals For Almost Every College Football Team
As sports betting starts to become legal throughout the country, expect to see more about sportsbooks like FanDuel. The online book is among those available to bettors in New Jersey right now. On Wednesday, it published win totals available for futures bets for just about every FBS program in the country. One of the 130 […]
Read MoreA Massive College Basketball Upset Just Went Down
Cincinnati basketball is one of the best programs in the AAC. ECU basketball is definitely among the worst. The Pirates joined the AAC ahead of the 2014-15 season, and have not gone better than 6-12 in league play in that time. ECU last made the NCAA Tournament in 1993. During that stretch, the Bearcats have […]
Read MoreGames In Long-Standing College Football Series Canceled With 2 Athletic Departments At Odds
ECU did not make its trip to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech this fall, with Hurricane Florence hitting North Carolina ahead of the game. The canceled trip has fractured the relationship between the two schools, and a long-standing series in jeopardy. The two teams have played most years since 2007, and 21 of the 22 […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Conference Championship Week
The dust has settled on the college football regular season for most of the FBS. Conference championship week is here, with plenty on the line. Tonight, the MAC and Pac-12 will decide their champions. Tomorrow, there is a handful of regular season games that were bumped up from earlier in the year, and the other […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
Every year, one week of the college football season wrecks absolute mayhem on the landscape of the sport. Week 7 was that week. Four Top 10 teams fell last Saturday, with a few other Top 25 clubs going down, or at least looking very shaky in near-losses. With that, it was a tough week for […]
Read MoreMajor College Football Team Adds Another Game To 2018 Schedule
NC State football is among the various teams to lose a game due to weather issues this season. For the Wolfpack, it was a high-profile non-conference game against a very good West Virginia. Unfortunately for fans of the ‘Pack and the Mountaineers, they aren’t getting that game back. NC State will play a 12th game, […]
Read MoreHere Is Every College Football Game Affected By Hurricane Florence So Far
We’ve already seen one college football game played early this week, due to the impending Hurricane Florence. Others have been moved, rescheduled, postponed, and cancelled, as the huge storm approaches ACC and SEC country. Here is a list of every college football game impacted by Hurricane Florence so far. There are 19 games that have […]
Read MoreTop School’s AD Is Not Happy About Opponent’s Decision To Cancel Game
Hurricane Florence is set to hit later this week, and it has already wrecked havoc on the college football schedule. Virginia Tech-ECU is the latest game to be cancelled. ECU, located pretty close to the coast in Greenville, N.C., elected not to travel to the game, citing “significant imminent safety concerns.” The school is also closing […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
The NFL starts up tonight with the league’s annual Thursday night kick-off game. We don’t need to wait much longer for the start of College Football Week 2, though. Friday night only has one game, but it features a ranked team. No. 16 TCU has a big road tune-up game ahead of next weekend’s highly […]
Read MoreThese Two College Football Coaches Are Likely To Be The First Fired This Year
The college football coaching carousel starts earlier and earlier each year. For Kansas head coach David Beaty and ECU’s Scottie Montgomery, the end could be very close. The failure of the Kansas football staff has been on front street this week. The Jayhawks fell in overtime to the FCS-level Nicholls Colonels on Saturday evening. The […]
Read MoreECU Loses Season Opener 28-23 To FCS North Carolina A&T
We have another FCS-over-FBS upset in the books. East Carolina has fallen at home to North Carolina A&T. The Pirates, coming off consecutive 3-9 seasons, lost 28-23 to the Aggies this afternoon. ECU led 17-14 at halftime, but A&T took the lead for good with just over seven minutes remaining. A loss like this won’t […]
Read MoreThere Is A Potential FCS-Over-FBS Upset Brewing
Nothing says chaos like an FCS team beating an FBS opponent. We’ve already seen a couple of those upsets so far this season and its only Week 1. Is another one brewing in North Carolina? It certainly seems that way. ECU is hosting North Carolina A&T this afternoon. Late in the fourth quarter, the Aggies […]
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