After a rough Week 9, The Spun staff got mostly back on track with our picks for Week 10. Now, we’re on to College Football Week 11. Things kick off tonight in the Power Five, with No. 14 NC State hosting in-state rival Wake Forest. Tomorrow night, red hot Syracuse team hosts struggling Louisville, and […]
Read More2 Former CFB Stars Were Elected To Congress Last Night
The college football world was well-represented in last night’s midterm elections, on both sides of the political aisle. Two former stars were elected to Congress. Former Ohio State standout wide receiver and NFL first-round pick Anthony Gonzalez was victorious in Ohio’s 16th congressional district. A Republican, Gonzalez defeated Democrat Susan Moran Palmer. Gonzalez was an All-Big […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
Last weekend’s college football action was not great for the teams in the back-end of the Top 25. A number of previously-ranked teams lost, leading to a major shake-up in the polls. There is also a new ranking, from which the public Top 25 numbers are now based on. The first College Football Playoff rankings […]
Read MoreFan Hospitalized From Fall After Altercation During Last Night’s College Football Game
A fan who attended last night’s West Virginia football game against Baylor is in the hospital, after climbing a wall and falling to the Milan Puskar Stadium concourse. According to various reports, the 49-year old man got into a “verbal altercation” with other fans around him, leading him to scale the stadium wall. He fell, […]
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 MoreThe Halftime Stats Of West Virginia-Baylor Are Absolutely Insane
West Virginia is playing Baylor tonight in a Big 12 battle. If there were ever a game to have a running clock in the second half, this would be it. At halftime, the Mountaineers are up 41-0. The score only tells part of the ugly story though. West Virginia has outgained Baylor 435-87. That’s not […]
Read MoreESPN Computer’s Prediction For Tonight’s Baylor-West Virginia Game
Two Big 12 teams with a penchant for high-octane offense go head-to-head in a rare Thursday night game as Baylor (4-3) take on West Virginia (5-1). After suffering their first loss of the season against Iowa State two weeks ago, West Virginia have licked their wounds and are looking to get back on track. With […]
Read MoreThere’s A Ton Of College Football On Tonight And Tomorrow
Don’t worry everyone, you didn’t accidentally go to work by on a Saturday. The weeknight college football slate has been kicked into high gear. There have been Thursday and Friday night games for most of the year, but this week features 10 games over the next two nights. Three ranked teams are in action during […]
Read MoreESPN Ranks The 10 Hardest Remaining Schedules In College Football
The first half of the college football season was very rough on Rutgers football. And yet, in both the literal and the football sense, winter is coming for the Scarlet Knights. RU got Ohio State out of the way. However, the Scarlet Knights still have dates with Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn State, and Michigan State […]
Read MoreHere Are The Announcers For Every College Football Week 7 Power Five Game
College Football Week 7 is here. We already had one Big 12 contest last night, with Texas Tech upsetting TCU in Fort Worth. Tonight, we have a ranked South Florida team in Tulsa, Air Force at San Diego State, and a late night Pac-12 game between Arizona and Utah. Here are the announcers for every […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
Through six weeks of the college football season, a true upper class has emerged. Obviously, Alabama is the clear cut No. 1 team in the country. Some slight defensive concerns aside, the Crimson Tide have been a dominant force, with Tua Tagovailoa putting together one of the most prolific seasons for a quarterback in recent […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
Conference play is in full swing, as College Football Week 6 rolls around. That means plenty of big match-ups between Power Five teams, and a few big rivalries on Saturday. Texas and Oklahoma face off at the Cotton Bowl in the Red River Shootout on Saturday afternoon. LSU travels to Florida for what has been […]
Read MoreESPN Releases Prediction for Oklahoma-Baylor Matchup
Despite their shaky performance last weekend against Army, the Oklahoma Sooners are ready to begin their conference schedule at home. This Saturday, Oklahoma will host Baylor in a potential shootout. With both offenses putting up terrific numbers, Kyler Murray and Charlie Brewer could have huge days. It should be a great day for offenses, but […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
College Football Week 5 kicks off on Thursday night, and our staff picks contest rolls along as well. No. 16 Miami, fresh off of a win over FIU which brought a serious quarterback controversy to Coral Gables, hosts North Carolina, which just picked up a much-needed win over Pitt. Friday night brings an AAC battle […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
College football Week 4 delivers some very interesting match-ups, and a much larger slate of conference games between big opponents. College GameDay heads to Eugene, for a big night game in the Pac-12 North. Oregon and Stanford are both ranked and in the Top 25, and along with Washington, are contending for one of college […]
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 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 MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
Football is back! College football Week 1 is right around the corner, with games running from Thursday all the way through Monday night. Each year, our staff competes for the best record in our game picks throughout the season. Every week, we will pick the winner of every game that involved a Power Five program […]
Read MoreWaco High School AD Addresses Art Briles Rumor
Art Briles rumors started to circulate late last week. Some believed the disgraced Baylor head coach was set to take over at local Waco High School. Naturally, debate took off on Twitter, before any real indication that Briles was under consideration was out there. Most were obviously against it, given what went on at Baylor […]
Read MoreA Major College Football School Was Reportedly Worried About Being Kicked Out Of Its Conference
The Baylor sexual assault scandal is one of the worst that we’ve seen in college sports. It wound up costing numerous Baylor football officials their jobs, including head football coach Art Briles. When the story broke, some even wondered if the Big 12 might re-evaluate Baylor’s spot in the league. Apparently, those concerns existed in […]
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 MoreThis Big 12 Quarterback Could Be The ‘Next’ Baker Mayfield
2017 was a season to forget for Baylor football. The team welcomed a new coaching staff, led by former Temple head coach Matt Rhule, and had serious roster overhaul as a result of the sexual assault scandal that led to the dismissal of head coach Art Briles and various members of the school administration. One […]
Read MoreFuture College Football Player Just Broke A High School Track Record
Baylor signee Kalon Barnes is a very strong prospect at wide receiver. He is also an elite runner. Barnes broke a national high school record earlier today. Barnes stars in football and track and field for Silsbee High School. He was a pretty prominent recruit, with a number of Power Five offers. He signed with […]
Read MoreThe Best Concept Helmets We’ve Seen For Every Power 5 Program
College football concept helmets became a big deal a few years ago. There are a number of graphic artists who make new designs for their favorite schools. Others go through the trouble of making real versions of the new lids. Over the years, we’ve seen hundreds of awesome concepts. Most schools have been represented in […]
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