The football edition of College GameDay is a unique entity in sports. Most have pregame shows, some of which are pretty popular. However, the Emmy-winning GameDay is basically unrivaled as a must-watch lead-in to college football Saturday. For the upcoming season, we have some very strong 2018 College GameDay location possibilities as well. Every week, Lee Corso, Rece […]
Read MoreUSA Today Gives 10 Programs An ‘A+’ For Their 2017 Seasons
Obviously Alabama (and UCF) had some pretty amazing seasons, but they’re not the only ones that have received high marks for their seasons. Alabama took home its fifth college football national championship under Nick Saban. The title is the goal for the Crimson Tide every season, and the team brought it home once again in […]
Read MoreArmy Converts Gutsy 2-Point Conversion To Beat San Diego State
Army football knocked off San Diego State in a classic Armed Forced Bowl today, thanks in large part to a very gutsy late-game two-point conversion call. The first week of bowl season hasn’t been the most thrilling, but Army football helped change that today, with some late game heroics against the SDSU Aztecs. The Black […]
Read MoreCBS Sports: 5 Teams On Upset Alert This Bowl Season
College football’s bowl season starts up this weekend. CBS Sports’ Ben Kercheval thinks these five programs could be on upset alert. College football bowl games are always a crap shoot, especially from a gambling perspective. With weeks to prepare, transfer announcements, coaching changes, and weird neutral site locations, there are tons of weird factors that […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2017 College Football Staff Picks: Bowl Season
College football bowl season is almost here! Here are our picks for every bowl game coming up over the next few weeks. Our regular season staff picks contest was about as close as it could get. After the conference championship week picks, Matt Hladik and I were tied, making the Army-Navy Game the tiebreaker for […]
Read More10 Most Lopsided College Football Rivalries Of The 21st Century
It’s that time year again. Families get together, eat great meals, and enjoy some of college football’s top rivalry games. This weekend, we get to enjoy big editions of The Game, Notre Dame vs. Stanford, the Apple Cup, and of course, the Iron Bowl. That last match-up will serve as the SEC West Championship, and has […]
Read MoreArmy Accepts Invitation To Play In Armed Forces Bowl
Army is the first team locked into a bowl game. There are a number of bowl-eligible teams eight weeks into the 2017 college football season, but now, we’ve got a team locked into its postseason game. Army, after notching its sixth win of the season on Saturday, accepted a bowl bid. Army knocked off Temple […]
Read MoreHere’s How College Football Conferences Have Performed So Far This Bowl Season
We’re entering the heart of college football bowl season, and through 32 games so far, the results by conference have been very interesting. We’ll preface this by saying that bowl games are a notoriously bad way to measure conference performance. Random match-ups, injuries, coaching changes, and the long gap between games make for weird results. […]
Read MoreHere’s How College Football Conferences Have Performed So Far This Bowl Season
We’re entering the heart of college football bowl season, and through 32 games so far, the results by conference have been very interesting. We’ll preface this by saying that bowl games are a notoriously bad way to measure conference performance. Random match-ups, injuries, coaching changes, and the long gap between games make for weird results. […]
Read MoreReport: There Are Discussions About A Potential Playoff For “Group Of Five” Schools
Officials from the Group of Five conferences—the AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Sun Belt, and Mountain West—are reportedly interested in starting their own playoff. We are only in the third year of the College Football Playoff at the FBS level, but so far it has only consisted of teams from the power conferences. The system isn’t […]
Read MoreQ&A With OddsShark’s Jon Campbell: Breaking Down Bowl Season Betting
With bowl season getting into full swing this week, we spoke to OddsShark gambling expert Jon Campbell about betting on the bowls and the College Football Playoff. (Note: this interview was conducted on Thursday, December 22.) The Spun: Washington is currently a 14.5 point underdog to Alabama in the Peach Bowl semifinal game. The Huskies have been […]
Read MoreHeart of Dallas Bowl: Army vs. North Texas Prediction, Preview, Spread, Channel
Looking for a Army vs. North Texas preview ahead of their matchup in the Heart of Dallas Bowl? Stick around. We’ve got all of the pre-game analysis before the big matchup. Tuesday, Dec. 27, the North Texas Mean Green takes on the Army Golden Knights in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The game, to be played at the Cotton Bowl, is slated for a […]
Read MoreThe 10 Best Match-Ups Of Bowl Season, Per FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight analyzed every upcoming bowl game, and ranked the best match-ups of this bowl season. Grading games by three criteria—quality of the two teams involved, how competitive the game projects to be, and how much offense the game should feature—writer Neil Payne created a 15 point scale by which to judge the 40 bowls. If […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Bowl Season
College football bowl games picked by The Spun staff members. The regular season is over, the conference championships have been played, and that means bowl season is upon us. Starting this Saturday, December 17, and running into the new year, we have 41 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff National Championship, to enjoy. In […]
Read MoreWatch: Army Cadets Rush The Field After Ending 14-Year Losing Streak Vs. Navy
The streak is over. Army beat Navy today for the first time since 2001. When the game was over and the Black Knights had wrapped up a 21-17 win over the Midshipmen, the Corps of Cadets wasted no time in celebrating. In packs of several, the Long Gray Line descended onto the turf at M&T […]
Read MoreWatch: A Streaker Ran Onto The Field During Army-Navy
A fan made a surprise journey onto the field at today’s Army-Navy game. In the third quarter of action, a streaker made his way onto the field at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. His presence was acknowledged, and captured, on the CBS broadcast. After all, it was kinda hard to miss the dude as he […]
Read MoreWatch: CBS Releases Incredible Army-Navy Trailer Centered Around 2001 Game
The Army-Navy game is one of the greatest spectacles in all of sport. Ahead of kickoff in the Army-Navy game, CBS released an incredible, goose bump creating trailer about the rivalry game in 2001. The game took place just a couple of months following the attacks on Sept. 11. The United States was at war, and the men […]
Read MorePresident-elect Donald Trump To Attend Army-Navy Game
President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the 117th Army-Navy game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore this Saturday. President-elect Donald Trump will take part in one of the most storied football rivalries this Saturday as he’s set to attend the Army-Navy game. Per The Washington Post: “In keeping with a time-honored tradition, he will spend […]
Read MoreNavy Unveils Its Uniform For The Army Game
Navy released pictures of its sweet throwback uniforms for the Army game. The Army-Navy Game is here. You know what that means – sweet new uniforms. Army released its new uniforms a few days ago, and now its Navy’s turn. This year’s uniform is based on the uniforms Navy wore during the 1963 season. Check them […]
Read MoreThe 15 Best College Football Bowl Game Gift Packages
Each bowl game presents the players participating with a special gift package, win or lose, so we went ahead and ranked the best ones. Bowl Season kicks off Dec. 17th and goes through January 9th, ending with the national championship game. And if you’re a player, participating in these bowl games comes with some special perks. For […]
Read MoreArmy’s Uniforms Against Navy Will Honor 82nd Airborne Division
Army will be wearing some special uniforms when it takes the field against rival Navy on Saturday. The Army-Navy game is one of the biggest spectacles in college football, and the past few years, we’ve gotten to see some interesting uniform combinations from both teams. The 2016 version of the contest will feature a great […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 14, Army-Navy Game
College Football Week 14 and Army-Navy Game picks by The Spun staff members. Well, it all comes down to this. For our final edition of staff picks, we’ve rolled together the Week 14 and conference championship games we’re selection, as well as the Army-Navy Game, which stands alone on December 10. That leaves us with […]
Read MoreArmy vs. Notre Dame Prediction, Preview, Spread, Channel
Looking for a Army vs. Notre Dame preview? Stick around. We’ve got all of the pre-game analysis before the big matchup. Saturday, Nov. 12, the Army Black Knights take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game, to be played at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, is slated for a 3:30 p.m. ET start time and will be broadcast on […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
College Football Week 11 picks by The Spun staff members. Through 10 weeks, The Spun staff picks race remains close. Things spread out a bit from last week, when the top four pickers were within one game, but still, only two picks separate the top three people in our contest. Last week, in the 35 Week […]
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