During the last major round of conference realignment a decade ago, there were talks that Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech could be heading to the Pac-12, the kind of world-shaking moves that appear on the precipice with the Sooners and Longhorns reportedly SEC-bound. The Big 12 wound up taking losses—Texas A&M and Missouri […]
Read MoreReport: ESPN Could Play Major Role In College Football Expansion
However this explosive new wave of college football conference realignment plays out, the television networks paying the giant media rights deals will be at the center. ESPN, which came to a massive new deal with the SEC late last year, is notorious for having its hands in these deals, especially when it comes to the […]
Read MoreBig 12 Football May Make Teams With Outbreaks Forfeit Games This Fall
While the silly “Horns Down” rule got significant attention at Big 12 Media Days this week, the league’s potential new policy for teams dealing with COVID-19 could play a much bigger role in how the season plays out. It also may make unvaccinated players and coaches think twice. The Big 12 says it will not […]
Read MoreAthlon Releases Projections For 2021’s Biggest Bowl Games
Soon, the College Football Playoff will likely feature 12 teams and take up more of the existing bowl calendar. That change, assuming it passes, will reportedly come in time for the 2023 season at the earliest. That means we’ll still have a pretty normal bowl season this fall, for better or worse. The four-team Playoff […]
Read MoreStanford HC David Shaw Says He’s ‘Pissed Off’ At FOX Over Kickoff Time For Week 1
Stanford football fans are going to need their coffee and mimosas ready for the 2021 season opener. The Sept. 4 game against Kansas State in Arlington, Texas kicks off at 12 p.m. ET, 9 PT. One person who is not a fan of that one bit: head coach David Shaw. It isn’t the only Pac-12 […]
Read MoreKurt Warner’s Son, Kade, Announces Transfer Destination
Former Nebraska wide receiver Kade Warner has picked his transfer destination. He’s heading to the Big 12. Warner, the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, will continue his career at Kansas State. His decision comes after he entered the NCAA transfer portal in late January. “New beginnings, same passion. I am excited […]
Read MoreReport: 2 Major College Basketball Jobs ‘Very Likely’ To Open Up
The 2020-21 college basketball regular season is officially in the past. Already, March is upon us with the time for conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament finally here. However, amidst the celebration of the return of one of sport’s most celebrated events, will be the inevitable coaching carousel that occurs annually in college basketball. Already […]
Read More2021 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Who Will The Jaguars, Jets, Dolphins, Etc. Take?
The regular season is over, which means that we know how a large portion of the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft will look. Over the last few weeks, the Jacksonville Jaguars jumped in front of—or behind, depending on your perspective—the New York Jets for the No. 1 pick. Today, we’re rebooting our 2021 […]
Read MoreThe 2021 NCAA Tournament Will Take Place Entirely In Indiana
The 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen. One state will play host to the greatest event in sports. Naturally, the state of Indiana – known to many as the best basketball state in the nation – will host the 2021 NCAA Tournament. “This is a historic moment for NCAA […]
Read MoreWatch: College Football Referee Gets Drilled In The Face
It’s been a tough year for just about everyone in the sports world. However, this weekend college football fans were able to laugh together at the expense of a referee. During the first half of action between Kansas State and Texas, one of the officials was drilled in the face by an incomplete pass from […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 14
This weekend on the college football calendar is typically reserved for conference championship games. Of course, nothing is normal in 2020. We still have a few more weeks of regular season play, as leagues have had to shift numerous games around. There are even games being scheduled as we speak. Perhaps the biggest of that […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
Rivalry Week is here… or something resembling Rivalry Week in the 2020 college football season. We still have a few more weeks of regular season games and makeup games after this. There’s no Michigan-Ohio State. Nick Saban won’t be at the Iron Bowl. It’s going to be a weird one. Alabama announced today that Saban […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
Once again, we’re dealing with a pretty abbreviated college football schedule. The list of currently canceled or postponed games is at 15 and growing, making it likely that this will wind up being the week with the most games pushed off that we’ve had so far this season. Luckily, there are still a number of […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
With the return of the MAC this week, and the Pac-12 this weekend, the vast majority of the FBS world will be underway, at long last. We have our first full-looking college football slate of the weekend, featuring games from all Power Five conferences. The headliner of the weekend comes out of the ACC. No. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 9
The final college football weekend of October is upon us. Somewhat surprisingly, there is just one game between ranked teams this weekend. No. 3 Ohio State travels to No. 18 Penn State, in a significant Big Ten battle. Ohio State looked the part of a College Football Playoff contender against Nebraska last weekend, while Penn […]
Read MoreFormer Big 12 Football Player Has Reportedly Died At 21
Former Kansas State defensive lineman Derick Newton has tragically passed away at age 21, according to multiple reports. Newton had left the K-State program earlier this month after appearing in two games and making one tackle. Originally a Kansas State signee in 2018, Newton redshirted his freshman year before spending the 2019 season playing for […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
After a long wait, this weekend brings us closer to a full college football season. The Big Ten conference kicks things off this weekend, with a very intriguing slate of games. Big Ten West power Wisconsin officially opens the conference season on Friday night, hosting Illinois. Ohio State, the conference favorite and a potential College […]
Read MoreCBS Reveals Week 7 College Football Top 10
Week by week, the 2020 college football season continues to give us the kind of chaos and big upsets that make the sport so fun. After a week with even more big upsets and close calls, there are a whole bunch of new contenders for the national title. On Monday, CBS Sports analyst Dennis Dodd […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
Another great weekend of college football is upon us. Among the big games on the slate for Week 6 are No. 4 Florida at No. 21 Texas A&M, the Red River Rivalry between two teams that really need a win, No. 22 Texas and Oklahoma, and No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 14 Tennessee. It is […]
Read MoreCBS Unveils Week 6 College Football Top 10
College football fans looking for chaos in the 2020 season have gotten what they wished for thus far. But the true championship contenders remain the same from last season–for now. The Georgia Bulldogs notched the biggest win of the season so far with a win over their longest rival, the Auburn Tigers, this past Saturday. […]
Read MoreThe Big 12’s Playoff Hopes Are On Life Support After Just 2 Weeks Of Conference Games
We’re just two weeks into conference play for the Big 12 and it’s starting to feel like the conference’s chances at having a team qualify for the College Football Playoff are all but dead. A week ago, No. 3 Oklahoma blew a 21-point lead in the second half to Kansas State. Saturday, the league’s other […]
Read MoreQ&A With Chris Fowler: Calling Games During COVID-19, Miami’s Hot Start, And This Year’s College Football Playoff
Chris Fowler is ESPN’s top college football play-by-play broadcaster, calling the sport’s biggest games each week alongside Kirk Herbstreit. The sport is making its way through the fall season, through one of the strangest years that any of us have experienced. Last weekend’s broadcast of Miami vs. Florida State was quite a bit different than […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
The best weekend of college football so far is upon us. There are some big ranked matchups, including Top 25 duels between No. 2 Alabama and No. 13 Texas A&M, and No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 7 Auburn. On Friday, we get a pretty intriguing game between No. 22 BYU, which is looking to run […]
Read MoreDavid Pollack Sums Up His Thoughts On Oklahoma Football
For the second year in a row, Oklahoma football fell to Kansas State. The Sooners were up 28-7 in the third quarter, but wound up falling 38-35 after a massive comeback by quarterback Skylar Thompson and the Wildcats. Thompson had a pretty remarkable game to get KSU back in it. He finished 18-of-25 for 334 […]
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