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 […]
Read MoreCollege Football World Reacts To Rutgers’ Performance Today
Before today, it had been almost three full years since Rutgers football last won a Big Ten game. Now, they are 1-0 in conference play. In Greg Schiano’s first game of his second stint with the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Michigan State and used seven takeaways to seal up […]
Read MoreBig Ten Announces All 14 Teams Will Promote Social Justice Campaigns This Weekend
Big Ten football is continuing the fight for social justice. All 14 teams within the conference will be promoting social justice messages this weekend when the conference’s season kicks off, per an announcement by the Big Ten. The Big Ten’s 2020 season is just hours away from commencing. The conference’s first game of the season […]
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 MoreThe Big Ten Officially Kicks Off Next Week: Here’s The Schedule
If you’re a fan of a Big Ten school, it’s been an agonizing few weeks watching the SEC, ACC and Big 12 play college football. But we’re now just under one week away from the B1G getting involved. This Friday, October 23, we’ll finally get to see some Big Ten football. The schedule kicks off […]
Read MoreFormer WNBA Star Cappie Pondexter Is Reportedly Missing
Cappie Pondexter, a former WNBA MVP and two-time league champion, is reportedly missing, and hasn’t been heard from for a few days. She was reportedly last seen in Los Angeles. Lyndsey D’Arcangelo of The Athletic reports that the basketball great has been declared a missing person. There is current an investigation into her whereabouts. D’Arcangelo […]
Read MoreBetting Odds Released For Which Big Ten Coaches Might Be Fired
You probably shouldn’t expect a ton of movement in the college football coaching carousel this season. Given the hectic nature of this season, complete with conference-only schedules, major star opt-outs, and everything else, it is a bit unfair for the results of the 2020 season to weigh the same as a normal season. That doesn’t […]
Read MoreUrban Meyer Names The Top Coordinator Hire In College Football
In his two decades as a head coach, Urban Meyer had a number of staffers go on to be head coaches or higher-ranking assistants at schools across the country. But as we get into the thick of the 2020 college football season, Meyer identified one former staffer of his who has made a big difference […]
Read MoreESPN Analyst Updates Win Projections For Every Big Ten Team
Now that we finally know what the Big Ten’s conference-only schedule will look like this year, it’s only right that ESPN updates its win projections for each team. ESPN analyst Bill Connelly released his initial Big Ten win projections earlier this afternoon. As you’d expect, Ohio State is the favorite to win the Big Ten […]
Read MoreBig Ten Unveils Surprise Scheduling Decision That Fans Will Love
The Big Ten is now slated to start its fall football season on October 23 and finish up on December 19. Wednesday, Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez revealed that the league has a cool idea for how to complete the year. In order to both play a ninth conference game and declare a league champion, the […]
Read MoreFormer Rutgers Star, High School FB Coach Dies At 45
On Tuesday night, the college and high school football communities received tragic news when a former Big East star passed away. Brian Sheridan, a former linebacker for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, passed away this week, the school confirmed in a statement. He was just 45 years old. Sheridan was a high school football coach at […]
Read MoreReport: At Least 1 Big Ten School Still Likely Voting ‘No’
The Big Ten is reportedly on the verge of re-voting on the 2020 college football season and there’s optimism that a change in decision is coming. According to multiple reports, the Big Ten is expected vote again, as soon as Sunday night, and many within the league are feeling good about a fall season. The […]
Read MoreDan Patrick Is Hearing 6 Big Ten Schools Aren’t Willing To Play
Just when you think the Big Ten might actually play football this fall, a discouraging update comes out. On Tuesday, Dan Patrick revealed what he’s now hearing about the conference. Last week, Patrick said the season could potentially start in October. This is because the conference would still be eligible for the College Football Playoff. […]
Read MoreBig Ten’s Official Vote On Football Season Has Been Revealed
The Big Ten has revealed its official vote tally on the football season in the wake of the lawsuit filed by Nebraska players. Eight Huskers football players filed a lawsuit against the Big Ten, attempting to get the league to reverse its decision on the season. The Big Ten announced in early August that the […]
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