College football bowl season is here! Most of your favorite teams won’t be in action for a few weeks, but on Saturday we kick things off with a few fun games. Tulane and Louisiana present a nice clash of style, Utah State’s elite Group of Five defense faces North Texas’ high-flying offense, and Mountain West […]
Read MoreESPN Releases Its Prediction for Army-Navy Game
While last weekend of college football featured a plethora of intense conference championships, another intriguing battle is on display today. Although both teams have experienced vastly different seasons, the Navy Midshipmen and the Army Black Knights will face each other in their 119th meeting. Navy owns a 3-9 record this year, but its best performance […]
Read MoreESPN Releases Early Prediction For Army-Navy Game
While the college football season is approaching the end, there is still one more intense rivalry game yet to be played. On Saturday, the Navy Midshipmen face the Army Black Knights in the 119th meeting between the two sides. The Midshipmen own a 3-9 record, meanwhile the Black Knights are 9-2 with one loss coming […]
Read More9 Candidates To Replace Paul Johnson At Georgia Tech
After a decade in Atlanta, Paul Johnson is stepping away from Georgia Tech football. The long-tenured head coach had floated around the hot seat earlier this fall. After a rough start, Georgia Tech rebounded to finish 6-2 in its last eight games, to get to 7-5 on the year, and second place in the ACC […]
Read MorePromising Update On College Football Mascot Injured During Prank
It’s been a rough year for the Air Force Falcons, and it almost got rougher with an injury suffered to their mascot, Aurora the falcon. Thankfully, a report from ESPN indicates that the beloved mascot is recovering. Aurora was injured when he was stolen by members of the Army Black Knights. The report quoted Air […]
Read MoreNavy Football Unveils Stunning Uniforms For Army-Navy Game
One of the greatest American football traditions is the annual Army-Navy Game. Played at some of the nation’s most famous venues and attended by many sitting U.S. Presidents, the game truly is one of the best in college football. With both teams set to go all-out for the game in December, the uniform makers appear […]
Read MoreOklahoma Pulls Out Win vs. Army In Overtime
Very few were able to see it live, but Oklahoma football managed to win tonight’s game against Army. It took the Sooners overtime to do so though. The match-up featured two of the most disparate offensive styles imaginable. Oklahoma scores about as quickly as humanly possible, while Army bled the clock dry en route to […]
Read MoreHere’s Why Oklahoma vs. Army Is Not On TV Right Now
Oklahoma vs. Army is proving to be one of the most exciting games of the day. The Sooners, as they are wont to do, are scoring in quick bursts, led by Heisman candidate Kyler Murray. Army, on the other hand, is putting together these crazy, 10-minute drives to score. The game is currently tied at […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
College football Week 4 delivers some very interesting match-ups, and a much larger slate of conference games between big opponents. College GameDay heads to Eugene, for a big night game in the Pac-12 North. Oregon and Stanford are both ranked and in the Top 25, and along with Washington, are contending for one of college […]
Read MoreThere Are 8 College Football Games Tonight: Here’s The Full Schedule
This big Week 1 of college football rolls on this evening. Tonight’s games feature a pretty heated rivalry, and some very highly ranked teams. We got four games last Saturday, and 12 last night, with some exciting finishes already. Here are the eight college football games that will be played tonight: Things kick off at […]
Read MorePredicting The Rest Of College GameDay’s Locations For The 2018 Season
At long last, we know where College GameDay is heading for Week 1. ESPN’s beloved show will be in South Bend for the huge opening game between Notre Dame and Michigan. It is an inspired choice for the show on a number of levels. The opening week of college football is often limited to big neutral site […]
Read MoreThe 15 Most Expensive College Football Games To Attend In 2018
The college football season is less than two months away. This is prime time for fans to start planning their schedule for the fall, including the big games that they’ll be attending. In terms of price, not every game is created equal. There are plenty of affordable college games on the slate, but even before […]
Read MorePredicting The College GameDay Location For Every Week Of The 2018 Season
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 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 […]
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