With the college football start date sneaking up in August, it’s time to start looking ahead to the 2021 season. BettingOdds.ag has officially released the conference championship odds for each of the NCAA’s Power-Five football conferences. On Tuesday afternoon, SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic took to Twitter to share these figures — including the odds […]
Read MorePaul Finebaum Reacts To The Big Ten’s NCAA Tournament Showing
We’re 1.5 rounds in to the 2021 NCAA Tournament and only three of the Big Ten’s nine representatives are still alive. And if there’s one person you know is going to rip the conference over that, it’s Paul Finebaum. During a radio spot for WJOX in Birmingham, the SEC analyst made it clear that the […]
Read MoreLongtime College Basketball Radio Voice, Former Coach Dies At 82
The Rutgers basketball program lost one of its beloved voices over the weekend as radio announcer Joe Boylan passed away. He was 82 years old. Boylan passed away on Sunday afternoon following a stroke he suffered on Wednesday. He had been recovering at a hospital in New Jersey when his condition took a turn for […]
Read MoreCollege Basketball World Reacts To Rutgers’ Heartbreaking Loss
After every nail-biting NCAA Tournament win, there are the winners celebrating and the loser agonizing over the end of their season. Rutgers was in the latter category tonight. The 10th-seeded Scarlet Knights were so close to topping second-seeded Houston and reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1979 before a collapse in the […]
Read MoreCollege Basketball World Reacts To The Big Ten’s Disappointment
The Big Ten was the best conference in college basketball during the regular season. That’s what all of the analytics said, anyway. The NCAA Tournament selection committee clearly felt similarly, as the Big Ten was rewarded with nine selections and several top seeds. The Big Ten had two No. 1 overall seeds in Michigan and […]
Read MoreHere’s The Schedule For Today’s 16 NCAA Tournament Games
Get your brackets in. The NCAA Tournament is finally here, after a long, long year without it. Last night, we got a nice taste of Tournament action with the First Four games. All four games were single-digit affairs. Drake-Wichita State and Norfolk State-Appalachian State were each decided by single possessions, while UCLA mounted a big […]
Read MoreThe Big Ten Basketball Tournament Bracket Is Officially Set
The Big Ten men’s basketball regular season is officially over, meaning the postseason is on the way. The final game of the regular season was a surprising one, with Mark Turgeon’s Maryland Terrapins getting upset at home by Penn State. The Terps have now dropped back-to-back games against Northwestern and Penn State. While Maryland should […]
Read MoreHere’s What The Big Ten Tournament Bracket Looks Like Ahead Of Sunday’s Game
The Big Ten Tournament bracket is starting to take shape with just one day remaining until the end of the 2020-21 regular season. The Michigan Wolverines have locked up the No. 1 seed, as have the Illinois Fighting Illini at No. 2. Most expect the two juggernauts to square off in the eventual Big Ten Tournament […]
Read MoreJoe Lunardi’s Seed Predictions For Big Ten’s NCAA Tournament Teams
As we enter the final stretches of the 2020-21 college basketball season, one conference has looked much stronger than the rest. With six teams currently in the top 25 and a couple others riding close behind, the Big Ten is primed to send a stacked list to this year’s tournament. ESPN lead bracketologist Joe Lunardi […]
Read MoreAndy Katz Ranked The Big Ten’s Top 5 Basketball Arenas
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 […]
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