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 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: Week 13
We’ve reached the penultimate weekend of college football’s regular season. While the night slate this weekend may be a bit lacking, we’re going to learn a lot about the eventual College Football Playoff field early on. At noon, Ohio State hosts Penn State in a de facto Big Ten East title game. The Buckeyes are […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
College Football Week 6 kicks off tonight with a pair of Group of Five games between Georgia Southern and South Alabama, and then Temple and East Carolina. On Friday night, things heat up a bit. No. 18 UCF makes the trip up to Cincinnati in what will be a crucial game for deciding the ACC […]
Read MoreThere Are 8 College Football Games On Tonight – Here’s The Schedule
Week 1 of the 2019 college football season officially kicked off on Thursday night with a few ranked programs in action. Despite a few early upset bids, most of the favorites escaped with wins – and a few dominated from the opening whistle. Clemson, Texas A&M and Utah all improved to 1-0 with impressive wins […]
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 MoreFiveThirtyEight Model On Each NCAA Tournament’s Chances To Win Title
68 teams may be playing for a national title, but realistically, the group of teams that have a reasonable chance to win is much smaller. Since the expansion of the NCAA Tournament to 64 teams in 1985, 21 of 34 champions are No. 1 seeds. All but four champions have been top three seeds. The […]
Read MoreNo. 8 Utah State vs. No. 9 Washington: Game Time, Channel, Announcers, Prediction
A fun battle of teams out West, MWC tournament champion Utah State gets Pac-12 regular season champ Washington. The winner likely faces No. 1 UNC in the Midwest Region. Preview: Utah State finished with a 28-6 record and a 15-3 mark in the Mountain West. The Aggies scored the league’s auto-bid by knocking off New […]
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 MoreMajor College Football Coach Reportedly Landed A New Job
Gary Andersen has had one of the more strange careers for a successful college football coach in some time. The 54-year old Utahn left Utah State for Wisconsin after the 2012 season, when Bret Bielema departed the Badgers for the Arkansas job. He was 20-7 in two years at UW, with a 13-3 mark in […]
Read MoreCFB Insider: Boosters Have Overtaken This Program’s Coaching Search
Once Matt Wells left Utah State for Texas Tech, the Aggies knew they’d have to find the right coach to keep the program trending in the right direction. However, this latest update on the current coaching search doesn’t sound encouraging at all. The Aggies finished the regular season with a 10-2 record, earning the opportunity […]
Read MoreTexas Tech Reportedly Close To Hiring New Head Coach
The Texas Tech Red Raiders appear to be closing in on their replacement for recently-ousted head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Whether or not Texas Tech fans will be thrilled with the selection is another matter entirely. According to Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reporter Don Williams, Texas Tech is in negotiations with Utah State head coach Matt Wells to […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
Rivalry week is here! College Football Week 13 brings many of the top rivalries in the sport. The Game between Ohio State and Michigan has long been one of the best rivalries in college football. On Saturday, the stakes are extremely high, with both fighting for potential College Football Playoff considerations. Elsewhere, the Iron Bowl […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
It is the second-to-last week of the college football season, which means a less-than-excellent set of games. The main culprit for College Football Week 12 is the SEC, from which most members have tune-ups for next week’s rivalry clashes. That means we have a bunch of SEC vs. FCS and Group of Five games, and […]
Read MoreThere Are 8 College Football Games Tonight: Here’s The Full Schedule
This big Week 1 of college football rolls on this evening. Tonight’s games feature a pretty heated rivalry, and some very highly ranked teams. We got four games last Saturday, and 12 last night, with some exciting finishes already. Here are the eight college football games that will be played tonight: Things kick off at […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
Football is back! College football Week 1 is right around the corner, with games running from Thursday all the way through Monday night. Each year, our staff competes for the best record in our game picks throughout the season. Every week, we will pick the winner of every game that involved a Power Five program […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Grad Transfer Matt Mooney Down To 5 Schools
Matt Mooney is one of the elite graduate transfers in the country. He has averaged over 18 points per game for the South Dakota Coyotes over the last two seasons, making first-team All-Summit League both years. With head coach Craig Smith leaving the school for Utah State this off-season, it appears that Mooney will do the […]
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 MoreThis Conference Tournament Result Is Horrible News For Bubble Teams
Nevada is a Top 25 team, and was set to be one of the higher-seeded mid-majors in the NCAA Tournament. The Wolf Pack lost tonight, which is horrible news for bubble teams. Nevada entered tonight at 27-6, and was the prohibitive favorite in the MWC Tournament. The league is not as strong as it has […]
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: WR Rayshad Lewis, Son Of NFL Great Ray Lewis, To Transfer From Utah State
Rayshad Lewis, son of Baltimore Ravens legend Ray Lewis, will transfer from Utah State, where he had a very productive true freshman season at wide receiver. Scout.com reported the move on Friday afternoon, though there aren’t many details available as of yet. Rayshad Lewis will leave Utah State and transfer to an undetermined school next […]
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