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 […]
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 MoreHere Are The Announcers For The Boise State-Oregon Game
Here’s who will be on the call. Boise State and Oregon will meet in this year’s Las Vegas Bowl. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on December 16. ESPN will broadcast the game. Here’s who will be calling the action. Play-by-play: Rece Davis Game analyst: Kirk Herbstreit Sideline reporter: Molly McGrath Oregon is a 7.5-point favorite in […]
Read MoreBest Championship Game Results For Each College Football Playoff Contender
Entering this weekend’s conference championship games, there are 11 schools that could potentially make the playoff field, 10 of whom play Friday or Saturday. According to FiveThirtyEight‘s prediction machine, the current top four are all almost definitely in if they win. Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin each have a better than 99-percent chance of making the […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2017 College Football Staff Picks: Conference Championship Week
It all comes down to this. Two games separate the three contenders for The Spun’s staff pick championship, with just a few games left. Seven conference championship games, and one rogue ACC game are left in our picks contest. Last week, Matt Hladik and I tied for the second-best week at 26-9, with Aaron Nanavaty […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2017 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
College Football Week 13 is upon us. Here are our staff picks for the biggest match-ups of this weekend’s Rivalry Week action. This is the last week with a full regular season slate, and it is a doozy. Matt Hladik continues to hold on to a one-game lead after being one of three staff members to go […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2017 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
College Football Week 12 is upon us. Here are our staff picks for the biggest match-ups of this weekend’s action. With just two weeks of the regular season remaining, things are still very tight up top. Matt Hladik holds on to a one-game lead after being one of four people to go 26-8 in Week 11. […]
Read MoreOnly 3 Teams Have Won 8+ Games Every Year For The Past Decade
Only Boise State, LSU, and Oklahoma have won eight or more games each season of the past decade. Incredibly, just three college football programs have won eight or more games each of the last 10 seasons: LSU, Boise State and Oklahoma. Check it out: It’s pretty remarkable when you consider all of the powerhouse programs […]
Read MoreGraphic Shows All The Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25s
Check out this graphic that compiles every major sports publication’s preseason top 25 prediction into one handy chart. With the 2016 college football season is in the books, it’s time we turn our attention toward next season, and speculate as to which teams will be contending for a national championship. The official preseason top 25 […]
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 MoreCactus Bowl: Baylor vs. Boise State Prediction, Preview, Spread, Channel
Looking for a Baylor vs. Boise State prediction and preview? Stick around. We’ve got all of the pre-game analysis before the match-up. Tuesday, December 27, the Baylor Bears (6-6) take on the Boise State Broncos (10-2). The game will be played at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Read on for our Baylor vs. Boise State prediction and preview. According […]
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 MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
College Football Week 13 picks by The Spun staff members. Here we are: Rivalry Week. The biggest college football weekend of the year is upon us, and with it, some of the biggest games of the entire season, with the four College Football Playoff spots on the line. The Playoff field won’t be decided until […]
Read MoreCollege Football Playoff Top 25 Released By Selection Committee After Week 12 Games
The College Football Playoff Top 25 has been released by the selection committee, setting the stage for Rivalry Week. After the insanity of Week 11, Week 12 featured a few near-upsets, but nothing that has done a lot to shake up the top of the College Football Playoff rankings. The most significant loss was Louisville […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
College Football Week 12 picks by The Spun staff members. We’re 11 weeks in, and The Spun staff picks contest is still very much up in the air, although with a big Week 11, Matt Lombardi has taken solid control of the lead. He went 27-7 to lead all pickers last week, and now has […]
Read MoreHawaii Coach Takes Away Team’s Benches To Make Team Stand
Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich just pulled off a power move. Hawaii head football coach Nick Rolovich hasn’t been too pleased with his team’s performance against Boise State so far on Saturday so he took away the team’s benches: .@HawaiiFootball's head coach Nick Rolovich was so upset with his team, he took away the benches from […]
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