The Big Ten has been the top basketball conference in the country this season without fans in the stands, but it is still disappointing to see some of the league’s most intimidating buildings empty. The Big Ten has no shortage of great venues. There are older, historical arenas, newer, state-of-the-art ones and everything in between. […]
Read MoreBig Ten Football Announces Schedule For 2021 Season
This past season, Big Ten football dashed its non-conference schedule and played an eight-game, conference-only season. Things are finally changing back to normal this year. The Big Ten released the full 2021 regular-season football schedule on Friday. Teams will return to a full 12-game regular season which includes three non-conference games for each conference member. […]
Read MoreTodd Bowles’ Son, Todd Bowles Jr, Announces Commitment
It’s a huge week in the Bowles household. On Sunday, Buccaneers’ DC Todd Bowles Sr. will lead the Tampa Bay defense into Super Bowl LV. On Tuesday night, Todd Bowles Jr. announced his decision to accept a preferred walk-on position with the Rutgers football team. Bowles Jr. took to Twitter to announce his decision. “I […]
Read MoreBig Ten Guard Rips NCAA Over ‘Modern Day Slavery’
Rutgers guard Geo Baker sounded off in the comments of an Instagram post on Saturday afternoon, criticizing the NCAA for how it treats its athletes. The Scarlet Knights star began his piece in response to a graphic that contained a picture of Baylor’s Scott Drew. Underneath the photo of the Bears head coach read a […]
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 MoreLook: Rutgers Player Rips Officiating After Loss To Ohio State
Ohio State handed Rutgers its first loss this season, but it didn’t come without any controversy. The officials made such an egregious mistake during the game that Scarlet Knights center Myles Johnson eviscerated the refs on Twitter. Johnson fouled out with over eight minutes remaining in the second half. It was a controversial foul called […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 16/Conference Championships
Conference Championship weekend is here, along with a slew of new and rescheduled games that make up a rare college football “Week 16.” However things shake out, we’ll know our four College Football Playoff teams at the end of this week of play. At least two of the games have significant College Football Playoff ramifications, […]
Read MoreNew Kickoff Time Announced For Rutgers vs. Nebraska
Rutgers and Nebraska will have to wait just a little bit longer for their Friday Big Ten crossover matchup after today’s schedule change. Originally scheduled for a 4 p.m. ET kickoff in New Jersey, the Scarlet Knights and Huskers will instead get underway at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Big Ten announced this afternoon. The alteration […]
Read MoreVideo: Greg Schiano Had Awesome Reaction To Rutgers’ Win Today
Despite all the hardships this week, Rutgers managed to take down Maryland in an overtime thriller. It was such an emotional win that Greg Schiano had to fight back tears once the score went final. Valentino Ambrosio sent the game into overtime with a 39-yard field goal at the end of regulation. He then connected […]
Read MoreWatch: Maryland Getting Ripped For Dirty Hit On Rutgers’ QB
Rutgers quarterback Noah Vedral exited today’s game against Maryland after a very questionable tackle by Terrapins defensive lineman Ami Finau. On a third down play late in the third quarter, Vedral kept the ball and was brought down by Mosiah Nasili-Kite and Finau. Vedral stayed down after being tackled and grabbed his left ankle. On […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 15
Typically, this weekend of college football would be reserved for the Army-Navy Game. This year’s game was set to be played in Philadelphia, but like so many others, was impacted by COVID-19. As a result, the two academies will play at West Point for the first time since 1943. It also will not be alone […]
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 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 MoreEveryone Made Same Joke About Cowboys’ Trick Return Play
The Dallas Cowboys are pulling out all the stops this afternoon as they try and pull off the upset against the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers. Among the tactics they’ve utilized is a cross-field toss back on a punt return. Up 10-0, Dallas regained possession when it pulled out this trickery. It worked to the tune of […]
Read MoreGreg Schiano Is Getting Major Praise For Tonight’s Performance
Greg Schiano and Rutgers gave everything they could on Saturday night. And still, they’re headed for a brutal loss against Ohio State. But everyone has started to take notice of Schiano’s coaching job through the Scarlett Knights first three games in 2020. Although the team is off to 1-2 start, they’ve stayed competitive in all […]
Read MoreVideo: Rutgers Scores Coolest Punt Return TD Of The Season
Give Rutgers some serious credit: the Scarlet Knights, in their first year back under Greg Schiano, are very plucky. On the road at Ohio State, they just pulled off one of the coolest touchdowns on the season this year. Down 42-15, Rutgers had Ohio State pinned deep. After stops on three straight Trey Sermon runs, […]
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 MoreRyan Day Comments On Greg Schiano’s Job At Rutgers
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day can’t help but notice the tremendous job Greg Schiano is doing for Rutgers football this season. The Buckeyes will host Rutgers this coming weekend. The game will also serve as a reunion for Day and Schiano. The two Big Ten coaches served on former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s […]
Read MoreVideo: Rutgers’ Absolutely Insane TD Has Been Overturned
Seventeenth-ranked Indiana’s 37-21 win over Rutgers was pretty routine up until the Scarlet Knights’ final offensive snap. With 2:04 left in the game, Rutgers faced 4th-and-32 on its own 45-yard line. The play call, with Indiana playing a soft zone defense, seemed to be to throw a short pass to wide receiver Shameen Jones and […]
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 MoreBig Ten Announces TV Replacement For Nebraska vs. Wisconsin
With the big Wisconsin-Nebraska matchup canceled this weekend, the Big Ten has scrambled to find a replacement on FS1. On Thursday, the Big Ten announced that the Indiana-Rutgers game will replace Wisconsin-Nebraska on cable TV. It’s a pretty natural replacement if you think about it Indiana and Rutgers are both coming off historic wins over Penn […]
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