Todd Orlando’s stint at Texas Tech lasted less than two weeks. The veteran defensive assistant is on the move once again. On January 8, Orlando was hired as Tech’s new assistant head coach and linebackers coach. It was an opportunity to reunite with Red Raiders head coach Matt Wells, who Orlando worked under as the […]
Read MoreFormer Texas DC Todd Orlando Hired By Big 12 Rival
In an effort to fix their defensive issues from this past season, the Texas Longhorns moved on from defensive coordinator Todd Orlando. Former Rutgers head coach Chris Ash will replace him on the coaching staff. Orlando had to spend over a month on the open market, but he has found another job inside the Big […]
Read MoreUpset Alert: No. 1 Louisville Trails Unranked Texas Tech
The young 2019-20 college basketball season has already featured plenty of chaos. Former No. 1 teams Duke, Michigan State and Kentucky have each suffered a loss while holding the top ranking in the nation. That’s opened the door for Louisville to earn the prestigious top spot in the latest edition of the AP Top 25 […]
Read MoreTexas vs. Texas Tech: Game Time, Spread, Channel, Announcers
Texas’ 2019 season hasn’t gone as many expected. The Longhorns entered the season with Big 12 title and College Football Playoff aspirations. With Texas Tech coming to Austin for the season’s final regular season game, they are now battling to stay above .500. Texas is just 6-5, with a 4-4 mark in Big 12 play. […]
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 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 MoreJoe Lunardi Updates ESPN Bracketology After Chaotic Start To Season
Three NCAA blue bloods suffered their first loss of the season in the very first week of the 2019-20 college basketball season last week. It has had a huge effect on the latest edition of ESPN Bracketology. No. 1 Michigan State and No. 2 Kansas both lost their season-openers to Kentucky and Duke respectively. Then, […]
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 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 MoreVideo: Texas Tech’s Catostrophic Mistake Gifts Kansas The Win
College football is great because you truly see something unbelievable every week. This Saturday was no different. Moments ago, Kansas won–and Texas Tech lost–a game in the most improbable fashion. An all-time blunder by the Red Raiders gifted the Jayhawks a 37-34 win on the final play of regulation. Kansas’ first game-winning field goal attempt […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 9
College Football Week 9 brings some huge games this weekend. A few will have major College Football Playoff race ramifications. The first, FOX’s pick for its “Big Noon Saturday” game, lost a bit of its luster last weekend. Wisconsin fell to Illinois in one of the biggest upsets of the season so far. The Badgers […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
Last weekend brought perhaps the biggest upset of the season, with South Carolina dealing a big blow to SEC East favorite Georgia, one of the first losses this year for a true College Football Playoff contender. We’ll see if College Football Week 8 can deliver more of those moments. On paper, there aren’t a ton […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
After a Group of Five game between Appalachian State and UL Lafayette opened things on Wednesday night, we’re getting into the swing of things in the Power Five leagues as College Football Week 7 continues tonight. We have some intriguing ACC and Pac-12 action, before a fun Saturday of games. Tonight, Syracuse travels to NC […]
Read MoreESPN Computer Updates Big 12 Champion Prediction After Week 6
Saturday’s Red River Showdown between Oklahoma and Texas could very well be a Big 12 Championship Game preview. The two teams are a combined 9-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big 12. But there are a few other teams – namely Baylor and Iowa State – that have been making a push in the Big […]
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 MoreTexas Tech Player Who Delivered Dirty Hit On Oklahoma’s Kennedy Brooks Apologizes
During Saturday afternoon’s contest between Oklahoma and Texas Tech, a Red Raiders defender took what appeared to be a cheap shot on Sooners running back Kennedy Brooks following an interception. After the game, he took to Twitter to explain what happened. Eli Howard, the player who delivered the hit, says that he thought it was […]
Read MoreInjury Update For Oklahoma Sooners RB Kennedy Brooks
Jalen Hurts’ first interception of the season resulted in one of the dirtiest plays we’ve seen in college football thus far. As running back Kennedy Brooks went to force Texas Tech defender Douglas Coleman III out of bounds, he took a nasty shot to the knee by Eli Howard. OU fans were furious about […]
Read MoreOklahoma vs. Texas Tech Game Time, Channel, Spread, Announcers
The fifth week of the college football season features a handful of marquee matchups, which includes a Big 12 showdown between Oklahoma and Texas Tech. Oklahoma has looked dominant through its first three games of the season. Jalen Hurts is proving that he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the country, throwing for 880 yards […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
We’re getting into the heart of conference play here in College Football Week 5. That means plenty of big Power Five matchups. Last week brought some pretty significant upsets. Only one of our staff members had Utah falling to USC in Los Angeles, and Appalachian State knocking off North Carolina. All of us missed TCU’s […]
Read MoreFormer Texas Tech Star Andre Emmett Has Reportedly Been Shot And Killed
The Texas Tech community is dealing with some horrible news on Monday morning. Former Red Raiders basketball star Andre Emmett has reportedly been shot and killed in Dallas. Shams Charania of The Athletic was the first to officially report the news, though rumors were floating around social media all morning. Emmett’s death is reportedly being […]
Read MoreNCAA’s Andy Katz Releases New 2020 Bracketology
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi isn’t the only bracketologist churning out 68-team fields through the off-season. Andy Katz, who now works for the NCAA, just turned in his latest bracketology projections. Katz nailed 67 of 68 teams last season in his final Selection Sunday bracket. Per the write-up, Katz is weighing in all of the events of […]
Read MorePhotos: Rice’s Band Trolled Texas Football On Saturday
Texas had little trouble with Rice on Saturday night, as the Longhorns knocked off the Owls, 48-13, at NRG Stadium in Houston. Tom Herman’s team rebounded nicely from last weekend’s tough home loss to LSU, improving to 2-1 on the season. Rice’s band won the troll game, however. The Owls’ band mocked Texas for its […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
College Football Week 2 didn’t bring a ton of drama, though the highly-anticipated game between LSU and Texas in Austin was a treat. The Tigers pulled out the win, as five of our nine staff members predicted entering the weekend. There were some games that tripped us up, big time. UCLA continues to free fall, […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
We’re all very glad to have college football back in our lives. While Week 1 didn’t bring the craziness that many weeks of this sport do, we did have some big upsets. Oregon was the only Top 25 team to go down, and it did to another ranked squad in Auburn. The Tigers and Ducks […]
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