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 MoreDolphins Named Today’s Crazy Play After Major College Football Program
The Miami Dolphins’ stunning final-play win over the New England Patriots is driving people crazy for how well it was designed. As it turns out, the play was not a completely original design as Ryan Tannehill admitted after the game. Tannehill stated that the play, which involved a pass over the middle followed by several […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Conference Championship Week
The dust has settled on the college football regular season for most of the FBS. Conference championship week is here, with plenty on the line. Tonight, the MAC and Pac-12 will decide their champions. Tomorrow, there is a handful of regular season games that were bumped up from earlier in the year, and the other […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
Rivalry week is here! College Football Week 13 brings many of the top rivalries in the sport. The Game between Ohio State and Michigan has long been one of the best rivalries in college football. On Saturday, the stakes are extremely high, with both fighting for potential College Football Playoff considerations. Elsewhere, the Iron Bowl […]
Read MoreA Big Name Is Being Mentioned For The Colorado Job
Colorado football will reportedly fire Mike MacIntyre after six seasons, per a report. Things have gone way downhill for MacIntyre and the Buffaloes since the team made the Pac-12 Championship Game in 2016. The team lost its final three games in 2017, to finish 5-7 and miss bowl eligibility. This year’s collapse was far worse. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
It is the second-to-last week of the college football season, which means a less-than-excellent set of games. The main culprit for College Football Week 12 is the SEC, from which most members have tune-ups for next week’s rivalry clashes. That means we have a bunch of SEC vs. FCS and Group of Five games, and […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
After a rough Week 9, The Spun staff got mostly back on track with our picks for Week 10. Now, we’re on to College Football Week 11. Things kick off tonight in the Power Five, with No. 14 NC State hosting in-state rival Wake Forest. Tomorrow night, red hot Syracuse team hosts struggling Louisville, and […]
Read More4-Star QB Transfer Has 5 Teams In Consideration
Last month, former four-star quarterback Devon Modster announced his transfer from UCLA football. Modster, a member of UCLA’s 2016 class, was a blue-chip recruiting win for the Bruins. He chose the school after flipping from Arizona. 247Sports ranked him as the No. 306 player in the country. He was the No. 13 pro-style quarterback, and the […]
Read MoreLas Vegas Releases Its New College Football Top 25 Poll
We all know about the AP Top 25 and the Coaches’ Poll. There are obviously also ESPN’s FPI, and various power rankings from a number of outlets. One of the most prominent sportsbooks in Las Vegas also ranks college football teams every week. The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook ranks college football teams every week. This […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
College Football Week 3 is coming up soon. As has happened a few years in a row, big games are being cancelled or postponed due to hurricane season. The Carolinas are expected to be hit hard by Hurricane Florence. NC State-West Virginia, a prominent game featuring star quarterback Will Grier, has already been cancelled. ECU […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
The NFL starts up tonight with the league’s annual Thursday night kick-off game. We don’t need to wait much longer for the start of College Football Week 2, though. Friday night only has one game, but it features a ranked team. No. 16 TCU has a big road tune-up game ahead of next weekend’s highly […]
Read MoreThe 5 College Football Teams That Impressed Us Most In Week 1 (So Far)
The first full College Football Saturday of the year is coming to a close. We have a few late games, as well as Sunday and Monday action, but the biggest games of the weekend are done or have effectively been decided. In Week 1, it was some of the biggest programs in college football that […]
Read MoreThe 5 College Football Teams On ‘Upset Alert’ This Week
College Football Week 1 kicks off tonight, with a dozen games to get you ready for the long weekend. After a handful of match-ups last Saturday, we have games every night between now and Monday. There are plenty of previews you can read for every single team in the FBS. However, you don’t really know what you […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
Football is back! College football Week 1 is right around the corner, with games running from Thursday all the way through Monday night. Each year, our staff competes for the best record in our game picks throughout the season. Every week, we will pick the winner of every game that involved a Power Five program […]
Read MoreA Major Non-Conference College Football Series Has Been Scheduled
Marquee non-conference matchups are part of what makes college football awesome. Getting to watch teams prove themselves in matchups we don’t typically see is always fun. Boise State and Oregon announced the scheduling of a three-game series today. The two programs have played three times before. The three future games are scheduled for 2024-2026. The […]
Read MoreNFL First Round Pick Is Already Out With An Injury
Leighton Vander Esch’s Cowboys career isn’t off to the best start. The franchise selected the former Boise State standout with the No. 19 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. Now, he’s out during minicamp. Vander Esch was reportedly injured during team OTAs last week. He went down with a sprained ankle. He will participate […]
Read MoreA Major Non-Conference Game To Open The 2019 Season Will Be Announced Today
While we’re still a few months away from the start of the 2018 college football season, some major 2019 scheduling news is set to be announced today. A major non-conference game has been scheduled as the 2019 season opener. Florida State and Boise State will get things started in Jacksonville. College football insider Brett McMurphy […]
Read MoreMountain West Could Move Up To 16 Schools
The Mountain West is exploring the possibility of expansion. Earlier this month, the league’s commissioner Craig Thompson confirmed as much. Interestingly, the league isn’t only considering schools that can play football. The focus of the initial report by the The San Diego Union-Tribune was on Gonzaga. Thompson confirmed that the Zags were among the teams contacted. From […]
Read MoreNFL Has Released List Of Juniors Entering This Year’s Draft
Some of the top players in college football are leaving early for the NFL Draft. January 16 was the deadline for players to apply for early draft eligibility. On Friday, the NFL released the names of the players who are heading to the draft. 106 players have applied for early entry. This is a new […]
Read MoreSports Illustrated Releases Way-Too-Early Top 25 For 2018
The college football season has been over for less than half a day, but we already have another way-too-early Top 25 for next season. Sports Illustrated did not wait too long to release a new college football 2018 preseason Top 25 after last night’s game. This morning, writer Joan Niesen published her list, and the top […]
Read MoreHere Is The Final College Football Imperialism Map For 2017 Season
Alabama captured the national championship on Monday, but a different powerhouse program finishes with the most “land” claimed on Reddit’s college football imperialism map. Redditor nbingham196 has updating this cool Risk-inspired college football imperialism map every week this season. Basically, when a team defeats another team, it takes over its “land,” as defined by the area closest to each […]
Read MoreBryan Harsin, Boise State Blew Out Oregon After He Missed On Ducks Job For Second Straight Year
Bryan Harsin reportedly interviewed for the opening at Oregon before the school promoted Mario Cristobal. Today, his Boise State team beat the Ducks handily. Oregon has had its head coaching job open two years in a row, and according to The Oregonian‘s John Canzano, Bryan Harsin has pursued the job both times. Last year, after the […]
Read MoreSome Oregon Fans Are Already Done With New Head Coach Mario Cristobal
Mario Cristobal’s debut as Oregon head coach could be going better. The Ducks are down 17-0 early on against Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl. Boise State scored touchdowns on two of its first three drives on the day, and with a missed field goal, could be up even bigger on Mario Cristobal’s Ducks. […]
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 […]
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