Players skipping bowl games has become a controversial topic in recent years, but it has become more and more of a trend. After the devastating injury to Michigan star tight end Jake Butt a few years ago, it is a legitimate concern for players with NFL aspirations. In a few weeks, West Virginia will be […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Bowl Games
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 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 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 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 MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
Last weekend’s college football action was not great for the teams in the back-end of the Top 25. A number of previously-ranked teams lost, leading to a major shake-up in the polls. There is also a new ranking, from which the public Top 25 numbers are now based on. The first College Football Playoff rankings […]
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 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 More4-Star C Tyrone Sampson Unexpectedly Signs With Fresno State Over Power 5 Offers
Tyrone Sampson was once committed to play in the ACC, and has plenty of big offers, but will head to Fresno State. Tyrone Sampson is a four-star center out of Detroit. He is the No. 7 center in the country, per 247Sports‘ composite rankings. Sampson played in the U.S. Army All-American Game. He is the […]
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 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 MoreBruce Feldman: 4 Names To Watch For Oregon Football Opening
Willie Taggart to Florida State is happening, so now its Oregon’s turn to hop on the coaching carousel. Minutes ago, Bruce Feldman (and a number of others right after him) broke the long-anticipated news that Oregon’s Willie Taggart will return to his home state to coach the Florida State Seminoles. It’s a tough loss for […]
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 MoreOakland Raiders QB Derek Carr Is Now The Highest-Paid Player In NFL History
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is now a very rich man. Carr, who is heading into his fourth season, just inked a five-year deal for $125 million, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport. The fresh pact makes Carr the highest-paid player in NFL history. Not bad for a guy who was a second-round pick out of […]
Read More6-Foot-9, 390 Pound Australian Who Has Never Played A Football Game Has LSU, Michigan Offers
Daniel Faalele, a 6-foot-9, 394-pound offensive tackle has offers from some of the nation’s top programs, despite never playing in an actual game. Faalele is a Melbourne, Australia native who was discovered on a recruiting trip by a Hawaii recruiter. He attended the camp that Jim Harbaugh hosted in his hometown last year, and word […]
Read MoreLouisville To Hire Fresno State DC Lorenzo Ward As Assistant Head Coach
Louisville has hired Fresno State defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward as assistant head coach and secondary coach. Per ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, the Louisville Cardinals will add Fresno State defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward to their coaching staff. Ward was South Carolina’s sole defensive coordinator from 2012-2014, and shared the role with Jon Hoke in 2015. He was not […]
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 MoreJeff Tedford Will Reportedly Be The Next Fresno State Football Coach
A former Fresno State quarterback is set to be named the head coach of the football program this Friday. Jeff Tedford will be named the head coach of the Fresno State football team this Friday, according to The Fresno Bee. The former Fresno State quarterback and Cal head coach will face an uphill battle trying to […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
College football is back tomorrow! Well, technically Cal and Hawaii kicked off the season from Australia last Friday, but most consider the true beginning of the season this weekend. On Thursday, teams like Louisville, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Tennessee get things started, but Week 1 really heats up Saturday. Alabama-USC, Texas A&M-UCLA, LSU-Wisconsin, UNC-Georgia. The […]
Read MoreNFL’s 33 Players With Best-Selling Merchandise
Some may disagree with the notion that the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team,” but NFL merchandise sales definitely back the nickname up. ESPN’s Darren Rovell posted the NFLPA’s list of the players whose merchandise sold most from March to May. Amazingly, four of the top five NFL players on the list play for the Cowboys. NFLPA […]
Read MoreFull 2017 NCAA Tournament Odds Released, Duke Listed As Early Favorite
Villanova students haven’t even returned to class yet after last night’s unbelievable win over North Carolina, and odds have already been posted for next year’s NCAA Tournament champion. The Wildcats are one of the favorites to repeat as champions, with 8-1 odds at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, while North Carolina sits at 15-1. The […]
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