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 MoreAnalyst Unveils Score Prediction For Tonight’s Hawaii Bowl
After you’ve eaten your Christmas Eve meal and had some after-dinner egg nog, don’t forget to tune into the Hawaii Bowl this evening on ESPN. The lone bowl game being played the night before Christmas, this year’s Hawaii Bowl features old WAC rivals BYU and Hawaii squaring off. It will be the Cougars’ first postseason […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Bowl Games, College Football Playoff
Tomorrow afternoon college football returns, with bowl season getting underway. After months of picks, we’ll now do our best to predict the winner of all 40 postseason games, including the College Football Playoff. Things get started with the ever-entertaining Bahamas Bowl on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Charlotte plays its first ever bowl game against […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Conference Championship Week
College football’s conference championships kick off tomorrow night, ahead of a stacked Saturday slate. We may have more teams still alive for a College Football Playoff berth with one game left than ever before. There are real questions about how much this weekend’s games mean for Ohio State and LSU, the current top two seeds. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
After a Group of Five game between Appalachian State and UL Lafayette opened things on Wednesday night, we’re getting into the swing of things in the Power Five leagues as College Football Week 7 continues tonight. We have some intriguing ACC and Pac-12 action, before a fun Saturday of games. Tonight, Syracuse travels to NC […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
College Football Week 2 didn’t bring a ton of drama, though the highly-anticipated game between LSU and Texas in Austin was a treat. The Tigers pulled out the win, as five of our nine staff members predicted entering the weekend. There were some games that tripped us up, big time. UCLA continues to free fall, […]
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 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 MoreHawaii-Arizona, The Second Game Of The College Football Season, Was Absolutely Bonkers
Florida-Miami was the headliner of College Football Week Zero. It was intense, but sloppy and often not that entertaining. Hawaii-Arizona was everything the game in Orlando was not. Hawaii came out red hot behind gunslinger quarterback Cole McDonald. In the first half, he threw for four touchdowns, and at times, it looked like Hawaii might […]
Read MoreHawaii Linebacker Scheyenne Sanitoa Died On Thursday
Unfortunately, we’ve had a number of deaths of recent college football players over the last few days. On Thursday, July 4, Hawaii lost one of its young players: linebacker Scheyenne Sanitoa. As of today, details are scarce about the 21-year old rising junior’s passing. Per the Star Advertiser in Honolulu, we do know that his death occurred […]
Read MoreStar College QB Revealed He Played Through A Gruesome Injury Last Season
He may not be a household name for those who din’t stay up until 3 a.m. ET to watch football on Saturdays in the fall, but Hawaii’s Cole McDonald is one of the most prolific throwers in the game. In his first year as starter for the Rainbow Warriors, McDonald threw for 3,875 yards, 36 […]
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 More247Sports Ranks Tua Tagovailoa, Jerry Jeudy Over Trevor Lawrence, Justyn Ross As Top QB/WR Combo
Whether it is a Top 25 poll, recruiting, coaching, or quarterback rankings, this off-season virtually everything ultimately comes down to Clemson vs. Alabama. That shouldn’t surprise. Dabo Swinney has elevated his program to Alabama’s level, beating the Crimson Tide in two of the last three national title games. 247Sports put out a ranking of the […]
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 MoreHawaii Bowl Announces 2018 Participants
We already knew one of the participants in the 2018 Hawaii Bowl: The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors of the Mountain West Conference. Now we know who they will be facing in the tropical bowl game. On Wednesday the Hawaii Bowl announced that the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs would be taking on Hawaii at Aloha Stadium on December […]
Read MoreThe 5 College Football Teams On ‘Upset Alert’ In Week 7
In last week’s “upset alert” column, three of my five picks came true. Florida got a big win against No. 5 LSU in The Swamp, vaulting the Gators up to No. 14 in the AP Poll. No. 8 Auburn went over the Starkville, and got thumped by unranked Mississippi State 23-9. It was a big […]
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 MoreHere’s Who Won Saturday’s 4 ‘Week 0’ College Football Games
By Thursday night, we’ll be swimming in college football. We got a nice little taste today, with four “Week 0” games involving FBS teams. Here are the scores and results of Saturday’s four college football games. Two games pitted FBS programs against FCS opponents. The others were between pairs of FBS teams, all from the […]
Read MoreCollege Football Team’s Awesome New Helmets Are Going Viral
Hawaii football is the reason that we get these four “Week 0” football games. Teams that face Hawaii can schedule 13 regular season games, and get the option of playing ahead of the first full week of college football games. The Rainbow Warriors are doing just that this week, playing on the road at Mountain […]
Read MoreThere Are 4 College Football Games Tomorrow: Here’s The Schedule
Next Saturday is the big start to the 2018 college football season. However, fans can get a nice taste tomorrow, with four games involving FBS teams on the docket. No Power Five teams are in action until Thursday. However, we do have some interesting match-ups later in the day. Here are the four college football […]
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 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 MoreReport: 32 Programs Have Inquired About Coveted Clemson Grad Transfer Scott Pagano
Clemson defensive tackle Scott Pagano is one of the top available players on the graduate transfer market, and he’s receiving interest from dozens of schools. Pagano confirmed his transfer on Friday, hours after 247Sports broke the news. Less than a day later, and teams are lining up to woo the national championship winner. From 247: […]
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 […]
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