College football bowl season is here! Most of your favorite teams won’t be in action for a few weeks, but on Saturday we kick things off with a few fun games. Tulane and Louisiana present a nice clash of style, Utah State’s elite Group of Five defense faces North Texas’ high-flying offense, and Mountain West […]
Read More2 NBA Stars Reportedly Attending Major CBB Game Tonight
At 8-0, the Houston Cougars basketball team has quickly become one of the hottest tickets in town – and that’s saying something in a city with the Texans (9-4) and the Rockets (12-14). The Cougars have been so impressive this season that tonight’s game against LSU will feature several Rockets superstars looking to enjoy the […]
Read More2018 AP All-American Teams Announced
The 2018 college football regular season has been put to bed. On Monday, the Associated Press released its All-American teams. Heisman winner Kyler Murray edged out Tua Tagovailoa once again, this time for the first-team honors. The Alabama quarterback took second-team, while third place Heisman finisher Dwayne Haskins came in with third-team honors. As you’d […]
Read MoreStar CFB Quarterback Leaves Field On A Cart
Houston is steamrolling Tulane tonight, but all is not well with the Cougars. D’Eriq King was just carted off the field. King exited the game after a freak, non-contact injury late in the second quarter. He wasn’t even involved in the play. King made it to the sideline but had to be carted into the […]
Read MoreUndefeated Team Drops First Game Of The Season
There are now just four undefeated teams in college football. The latest team to go down: the USF Bulls. South Florida was clinging on to its donut in the “L” column by the skin of its teeth. Earlier in the year, the team narrowly beat Illinois, one of the worst teams in the Big Ten. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 9
The headline game of last week wound up being Ohio State football’s trip to Purdue. Like in their trip to Iowa last week, the Buckeyes were shellacked by a feisty Big Ten West foe. Last season’s 55-24 loss wound up severely hurting Ohio State’s College Football Playoff chances. The team already had a more excusable […]
Read MoreMel Kiper Releases His Top 10 For The 2019 NFL Draft
As the college football season marches on, ESPN NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. has updated his big board. If your team is set to finish with a top pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, you better hope that it has some major defensive needs, because the draft is stacked with players on that side […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
College Football Week 3 is coming up soon. As has happened a few years in a row, big games are being cancelled or postponed due to hurricane season. The Carolinas are expected to be hit hard by Hurricane Florence. NC State-West Virginia, a prominent game featuring star quarterback Will Grier, has already been cancelled. ECU […]
Read MoreAnalyst Says Heisman Trophy Favorite Has Already Been Eliminated
After taking college football by storm midway through last season, Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate looked like a strong pick to at least be in New York for the Heisman ceremony. Through two games, those hopes have been all but dashed. Arizona had a very disappointing Week 1 loss to BYU, in Kevin Sumlin’s first game […]
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 MoreESPN Named The No. 1 Player In College Football
The 2018-2019 college football season kicks off in just three weeks, so it’s time to get caught up on the players and teams to keep an eye out for heading into the campaign. Tuesday, ESPN released a list of the top 50 players in college football. The No. 1 player does not play for a […]
Read MoreOne College Football Program Has Added 6 Power 5 Transfers This Off-Season
Houston football may no longer have Tom Herman building it into a legitimate college football power. However, the Cougars can still add talent at a Power Five level. This off-season, Major Applewhite’s staff has had a remarkable level of success bringing in immediately eligible players from Power programs. The latest is Notre Dame cornerback Nick […]
Read MoreUniversity Of Houston Baseball Commit Shot In Head During Santa Fe Shooting But Survived
Tragedy struck Santa Fe High School in Texas on Friday when a gunman, alleged to be 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, opened fire and killed 10 people while injuring 10 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history. Officials also found a number of explosive devices in the school. One of the injured appears […]
Read More5 Potential Transfer Destinations For Alabama’s Jalen Hurts
The long-rumored Jalen Hurts transfer from Alabama feels like a much more real possibility this morning. That is thanks to some pointed comments his father gave in an interview with Bleacher Report. It makes it pretty clear that Hurts will leave if he doesn’t win the starting job. That process was thrown for a loop […]
Read More4-Star LB Rian Davis: These 3 Teams Will ‘Definitely’ Make Upcoming Top 10
Rian Davis is a four-star linebacker from Apopka, Florida. He’s getting ready to start cutting down his lengthy list of scholarship offers. Davis spent his last two years playing high school ball in the Houston area. However, he will finish up his career back in his native Florida. He is set to play his senior […]
Read MoreHere Are Game Times, Channels For Saturday’s NCAA Tournament Games
The first 16 games of the NCAA Tournament’s first round are in the books. That means Saturday’s Round of 32 match-ups are set. Yesterday wasn’t the craziest opening day of the tournament we’ve ever seen. However, there was plenty of Madness to be had. The first game of the Round of 64 certainly fit the bill. […]
Read MoreWatch: Houston Beats San Diego State On Last-Second Layup By Rob Gray
The total of last-second game winners in this year’s NCAA Tournament is now up to two. This afternoon, Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram beat Miami with a three-pointer with less than a second remaining. Tonight, Houston’s Rob Gray won it for the Cougars. Gray, who scored an incredible 39 points, saved his best for last. After […]
Read MoreNo. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 San Diego State: Game Time, Channel, Betting Line, Prediction
The No. 6 seed Houston Cougars will take on the No. 11 seed San Diego State Aztecs in a first-round matchup in the West Region on Thursday. The game will be played at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan. Tip time is set for 7: 20 p.m. ET. Preview: Houston reached the finals of the […]
Read MoreHouston DT Ed Oliver Already Announced He Will Skip Senior Season, Enter 2019 NFL Draft
We’re over a year away from the 2019 NFL Draft. However, one projected first-round pick has already announced he’ll be entering as an underclassman. Houston’s two-time All-American defensive tackle Ed Oliver told the Houston Chronicle tonight that this season will be his last with the Cougars. He’s forgoing the 2019 season and entering the NFL […]
Read MoreThe Halftime Score Of This College Basketball Game Is Absolutely Insane
There is an all-time beatdown going on in Houston today. The No. 23 Houston Cougars, who are likely headed to the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection even if they don’t win the AAC Tournament, are beating the brakes off East Carolina. The Pirates are cellar-dwellars in the American Athletic Conference. The halftime score of […]
Read MoreCBS Sports: Nick Bosa, Ed Oliver Are ‘Worst Values’ For Heisman Bettors
Defensive players winning the Heisman is exceedingly rare, making Nick Bosa and Ed Oliver bad bets to win the trophy. Nick Bosa and Ed Oliver are standout defensive linemen for Ohio State and Houston, respectively. They are unquestionably among the best few players in all of college football. Both players appeared on the early odds […]
Read MoreNFL Has Released List Of Juniors Entering This Year’s Draft
Some of the top players in college football are leaving early for the NFL Draft. January 16 was the deadline for players to apply for early draft eligibility. On Friday, the NFL released the names of the players who are heading to the draft. 106 players have applied for early entry. This is a new […]
Read MoreOle Miss Safety Deontay Anderson Will Transfer To Houston
Deontay Anderson, one of a number of players leaving Ole Miss after the program’s recent turmoil, has a new college football home. Deontay Anderson was one of the three Ole Miss players considering Michigan after announcing that he would look to transfer from Oxford. Michigan got its biggest target: quarterback Shea Patterson. However, Anderson is […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2017 College Football Staff Picks: Bowl Season
College football bowl season is almost here! Here are our picks for every bowl game coming up over the next few weeks. Our regular season staff picks contest was about as close as it could get. After the conference championship week picks, Matt Hladik and I were tied, making the Army-Navy Game the tiebreaker for […]
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