Once again, a Saturday of college football helped give some clarity at the full scope of this season. Perhaps the most notable result came at Kinnick Stadium, where then-No. 2 Iowa’s, a squad that had gotten by on great defense and just enough offense, fell to a pretty explosive Purdue squad, 24-7. That loss drops the […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
Once again, college football brought us some shocking results last weekend. None was more jarring than No. 1 Alabama’s upset loss at Texas A&M. With that loss, Georgia vaults to the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll. The Bulldogs’ defense has been virtually impenetrable this season, and the offense has been efficient enough for […]
Read MoreBreaking: New Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Released After Wild Saturday
Week 6 of the 2021 college football season brought tons of drama as Alabama suffered a stunning loss while Oklahoma enjoyed an incredible comeback win over arch-rival Texas. So it should be no surprise that the new Coaches’ Poll top 25 looks very different today. The Week 7 USA Today Coaches’ Poll was just released […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
Last Saturday brought a serious shakeup to the college football season. A few major contenders, including undefeated Oregon, and one-loss Florida and Texas A&M all suffered major upset losses, while Alabama and Georgia flexed their muscles and continue to look the part of clear favorites to win it all. The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide faced […]
Read MoreThere Are 26 Remaining Unbeatean College Football Teams
The 2021 college football season has delivered a steady dose of madness through just four full weeks. Some of the nation’s top preseason picks have plummeted down the rankings, while some surprising upstarts have already begun to make their mark on the new year. Although there’s been a fair share of early season shake-ups, 26 […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
Week 2 of the college football season really took us for a ride. One of the top teams in the country, Ohio State, fell in a big upset to Oregon, while USC‘s loss to Stanford opened up one of the biggest jobs in the sport. Week 3 brings us some more very interesting matchups. Early […]
Read MoreReport: The AAC Is Targeting A Couple Of Notable Schools
Conference realignment has hit college football once again. After the news that Oklahoma and Texas will depart for the SEC in the next few years, the Big 12 responded by adding independent program BYU, as well as AAC powers Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF. Now, the American Athletic Conference is looking to make a big splash. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
Week 2 of the college football season is set to begin on Friday night. Last weekend gave us some interesting first games, with a number of the nation’s dominant programs looking pretty susceptible. And then there is No. 1 Alabama, which looks pretty far ahead of the field. We have a great slate of games […]
Read MoreQ&A With Tariq Thompson: San Diego State Career, Outlook For NFL, Pro Day, What He Has To Prove
Tariq Thompson proved throughout his time at San Diego State that he’s a bonafide playmaker. Now, he’s out to prove that he can be a game-changer in the NFL. During his time with the Aztecs, Thompson had 210 tackles, 23 passes defended, 11 interceptions, five forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries. He literally stuffed the […]
Read MoreHere’s The Schedule For Today’s 16 NCAA Tournament Games
Get your brackets in. The NCAA Tournament is finally here, after a long, long year without it. Last night, we got a nice taste of Tournament action with the First Four games. All four games were single-digit affairs. Drake-Wichita State and Norfolk State-Appalachian State were each decided by single possessions, while UCLA mounted a big […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 15
Typically, this weekend of college football would be reserved for the Army-Navy Game. This year’s game was set to be played in Philadelphia, but like so many others, was impacted by COVID-19. As a result, the two academies will play at West Point for the first time since 1943. It also will not be alone […]
Read MoreMikey Williams, No. 3 Recruit In 2023, Has Unique Top 10 List
Mikey Williams, a 2023 combo guard, has whittled down his recruiting list to 10. And what a fascinating top 10 list it is. Williams has been hinting for months that he had substantial interest in taking his talents to an HBCU. Seeing his friend Makur Maker pick Howard earlier this month only ramped up that […]
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 MoreNBC Sports Releases College Basketball Preseason Top 25
With the 2019-20 college basketball season concluding without an NCAA Tournament, we might as well set our sights on the 2020-21 season. This past year saw a bunch of NCAA Tournament regulars struggle mightily, while teams that were on the cusp of ending droughts finally break through. But are those teams expected to perform the […]
Read MoreBetting Lines Released For Top College Football Games Of 2020
Fans are already looking forward to the upcoming 2020 college football season. LSU won last season’s national championship after a dominant performance over the Clemson Tigers. Which team will win it all this year? There are plenty of pivotal games for the 2020-21 season. Despite the season still being a few months away, FanDuel has […]
Read MoreESPN Computer Projects Entire 2020 NCAA Tournament
Decades ago, when the 2019-2020 college basketball season was still raging on, it was one of the craziest years we’d ever seen in the sport. We were very close to having three teams from outside of the power conferences as No. 1 teams in the NCAA Tournament. Ultimately, per Joe Lunardi, we would’ve wound up […]
Read MoreFinal College Basketball Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Released
The final college basketball Coaches’ Poll top 25 was released on Monday afternoon. A college basketball champion won’t be crowned this year due to the cancellation of March Madness. But ranked teams should still take pride in what turned out to be a tremendous regular season in 2019-20. To no surprise, Kansas checks in at […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Has A New No. 1 Seed In Latest Bracketology Update
Bracketology expert Joe Lunardi has pegged San Diego State as one of the four No. 1 seeds for most of the season. But the Aztecs’ conference championship loss to Utah State on Saturday evening has opened the door for another team on the verge of a one-seed. In Lunardi’s latest Bracketology update, the Dayton Flyers […]
Read MoreVideo: Utah State Upsets No. 5 San Diego State With Deep Game-Winning Three
As if it didn’t feel like March already, Utah State has punched its ticket to the 2020 NCAA Tournament after upsetting San Diego State and winning the Mountain West Tournament on Saturday evening. It couldn’t have happened in more thrilling fashion. The Aggies came into the conference tournament right on the NCAA Tournament bubble, with […]
Read MoreJoe Lunardi Reveals New Bracketology For ESPN
There are nine days left until Selection Sunday, and the start of one of the most interesting NCAA Tournaments in recent memory. If the regular season is anything to go by, the 2020 edition could offer us all kinds of chaos. The latest Bracketology projects some pretty fun matchups. The regular season is coming to […]
Read MoreUpset Alert: No. 5 San Diego State Is In Trouble Today
San Diego State is in major jeopardy of losing its first game of the Mountain West Tournament. The Aztecs – a projected No. 1 seed in the 2020 NCAA Tournament – are struggling against Air Force in the quarterfinals today. The Falcons currently hold a four-point lead over SDSU in a 37-33 halftime lead. Air […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Shares Updated Bracket Prediction
March Madness is right around the corner. Bracketology expert Joe Lunardi released another big-time tournament seeding prediction ahead of a massive Thursday night of college hoops. Kansas is seemingly locked into the overall No. 1 seed even if the Jayhawks lose tonight against TCU, according to Lunardi. Baylor is still the projected second No. 1 […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Updates His Top 16 NCAA Tournament Seeds
On Monday, Joe Lunardi updated his bracketology projection for ESPN. Once again, he had a top four of Kansas, Baylor, Gonzaga and San Diego State. He hasn’t updated the full 68-team field since just yet, but today he gave a preview of his latest updates. Among them: a Kentucky and Louisville swap and Wisconsin jumping […]
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