With the opening up Name, Image, and Likeness opportunities for college athletes, many probably figure superstar football and men’s basketball players will be the major benefactors. Sisters Haley and Hanna Cavinder, twins that play basketball at Fresno State, have already shown that there are significant opportunities for many other athletes out there as well. The […]
Read More2021 College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot Released
The College Football Hall of Fame ballot has been released for the 2021 class. It is stocked with names that should be very familiar to football fans. 78 players and seven coaches from the FBS ranks are included. Over 12,000 National Football Foundation members and existing Hall of Famers will vote on the candidates, and […]
Read More3 Schools Announce There Won’t Be On-Campus Classes This Fall
The dominoes are starting to fall, unfortunately in the direction of the 2020 college football season either being postponed or cancelled for certain schools. Three Mountain West programs made a major announcement regarding school in the fall. NCAA President Mark Emmert thinks it’ll be tough for football to be played if students aren’t attending school […]
Read MoreNFL Draft Grades: Evaluating Picks From All 32 Teams
The 2020 NFL Draft has come to a close. While most of the headlines understandably come from Thursday night’s first round, plenty of valuable playmakers will come from every single round of this draft. The usual suspects have had very productive NFL Draft weeks once again. The Baltimore Ravens continue to be the masters of […]
Read MoreMichigan Announces New Addition To 2024 Schedule
Michigan has begun its off-season training for the 2020 season. But the Wolverines athletic department is already looking ahead to the 2024 season. Jim Harbaugh’s program has added a Mountain West Conference opponent to its future schedule. The Fresno State Bulldogs will be heading to Ann Arbor in 2024. The Wolverines released a statement regarding […]
Read MoreBoise State Football Games Will No Longer Air On ESPN
Moments ago, the Mountain West Conference announced a new six-year television rights deal. That means big changes for the league as a whole and, specifically, Boise State football. With the old rights deal, Boise State had a special contract “carve out” that allowed ESPN to air its home games. It was a gift granted to […]
Read MoreReports: Longtime CFB Coach Jeff Tedford To Step Down At Fresno State
After three seasons at his alma mater Fresno State, head coach Jeff Tedford is set to step down, per reports. The longtime college football coach wraps up a very successful three year run with the Bulldogs. Tedford took over for Tim DeRuyter after the 2016 season. After winning 20 games between 2012 and 2013, the […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
We’re all very glad to have college football back in our lives. While Week 1 didn’t bring the craziness that many weeks of this sport do, we did have some big upsets. Oregon was the only Top 25 team to go down, and it did to another ranked squad in Auburn. The Tigers and Ducks […]
Read MoreInjury Update For USC Quarterback JT Daniels
If USC football is going to get back on track this fall, former five-star quarterback JT Daniels could be a big reason why. The Trojans may be without him the rest of the way for tonight’s tough game against Fresno State. Up 17-10 in the second quarter, Daniels went down hard on a sack by […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
Week 1 of the College Football season is finally here. After a pair of games opened things up last weekend, we finally have our full slate of games. Last Saturday, a pair of match-ups opened up the 2019 season. Florida and Miami played the first game of the year, a rare Week Zero game between […]
Read MoreAnalyst: 10 Games Featuring ‘Upset Alert’ For 2019 College Football Season
Almost every week in college football, there is at least one major upset that shakes up the landscape. While analysts often take the opportunity to predict them ahead of each week, 247Sports’ Brad Crawford is already looking at the year as a whole. Crawford is putting 10 teams on “upset alert” for games coming up […]
Read MoreSportsbook Releases Win Totals For Almost Every College Football Team
As sports betting starts to become legal throughout the country, expect to see more about sportsbooks like FanDuel. The online book is among those available to bettors in New Jersey right now. On Wednesday, it published win totals available for futures bets for just about every FBS program in the country. One of the 130 […]
Read More2020 College Football Hall Of Fame Nominees Announced
On Monday, the National Football Foundation announced the candidates for the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame class. In total, 76 players and five coaches have been nominated. The vote should be pretty competitive. Last year, 13 players made it through and were inducted in the 2019 class. To be nominated, players must have been […]
Read MoreAnother Star QB Is Injured During A Bowl Game Today
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 […]
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