Former Arizona basketball head coach Lute Olson has been hospitalized, according to a statement from the program. The 84-year-old Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer suffered a minor stroke. Olson was the head coach of the Wildcats from 1983-2008, following stints at Long Beach State and Iowa. He led Arizona to four Final Fours and […]
Read MoreMajor Program Is Hiring Former Star NFL RB DeMarco Murray
A major college football program is hiring a former star NFL running back as an assistant coach. The Arizona Wildcats are hiring former Dallas Cowboys’ standout tailback DeMarco Murray, who retired from the NFL before the 2018 season. Murray will serve as the running backs coach. BREAKING: Former NFL and Oklahoma star DeMarco Murray is […]
Read MoreStar College QB Planning To Return For Senior Year
Arizona football looks like it is about to get a significant boost for next season and not from a newly-signed recruit. Khalil Tate is reportedly returning to school. Tate will not enter the 2019 NFL Draft and will opt to play his senior year in Tucson, according to Tucson.com. T he new report says Tate […]
Read More2018 AP All-American Teams Announced
The 2018 college football regular season has been put to bed. On Monday, the Associated Press released its All-American teams. Heisman winner Kyler Murray edged out Tua Tagovailoa once again, this time for the first-team honors. The Alabama quarterback took second-team, while third place Heisman finisher Dwayne Haskins came in with third-team honors. As you’d […]
Read MoreCollege Basketball National Championship Odds Updated
We’re entering the end of the non-conference season, and the college basketball world is starting to shake itself out. The Duke Blue Devils may not be undefeated, and they’re just No. 2 in the country right now, but R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson and company are heavy favorites to take home the title. Bovada has updated […]
Read MoreStar College QB Refuses To Address His Plans For 2019
Khalil Tate began the year as one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy. Arizona football’s season has bounced back after a very slow start, but Tate never put up the same crazy numbers that he did when he took over the job last season. Tate has 2,530 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, and just […]
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 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 9
The headline game of last week wound up being Ohio State football’s trip to Purdue. Like in their trip to Iowa last week, the Buckeyes were shellacked by a feisty Big Ten West foe. Last season’s 55-24 loss wound up severely hurting Ohio State’s College Football Playoff chances. The team already had a more excusable […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
Every year, one week of the college football season wrecks absolute mayhem on the landscape of the sport. Week 7 was that week. Four Top 10 teams fell last Saturday, with a few other Top 25 clubs going down, or at least looking very shaky in near-losses. With that, it was a tough week for […]
Read MoreCollege Star QB Out For This Weekend’s Game
Khalil Tate injury update: the Arizona quarterback entered the year as one of the Heisman Trophy favorites. He and Arizona football have struggled this year, and now he’s set to miss some time. The Wildcats were blown out by Utah last Friday night, 42-10. Tate was just 1-of-4 for three yards, adding another three yards […]
Read MoreHere Are The Announcers For Every College Football Week 7 Power Five Game
College Football Week 7 is here. We already had one Big 12 contest last night, with Texas Tech upsetting TCU in Fort Worth. Tonight, we have a ranked South Florida team in Tulsa, Air Force at San Diego State, and a late night Pac-12 game between Arizona and Utah. Here are the announcers for every […]
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 Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
Through six weeks of the college football season, a true upper class has emerged. Obviously, Alabama is the clear cut No. 1 team in the country. Some slight defensive concerns aside, the Crimson Tide have been a dominant force, with Tua Tagovailoa putting together one of the most prolific seasons for a quarterback in recent […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
Conference play is in full swing, as College Football Week 6 rolls around. That means plenty of big match-ups between Power Five teams, and a few big rivalries on Saturday. Texas and Oklahoma face off at the Cotton Bowl in the Red River Shootout on Saturday afternoon. LSU travels to Florida for what has been […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
College Football Week 5 kicks off on Thursday night, and our staff picks contest rolls along as well. No. 16 Miami, fresh off of a win over FIU which brought a serious quarterback controversy to Coral Gables, hosts North Carolina, which just picked up a much-needed win over Pitt. Friday night brings an AAC battle […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
College football Week 4 delivers some very interesting match-ups, and a much larger slate of conference games between big opponents. College GameDay heads to Eugene, for a big night game in the Pac-12 North. Oregon and Stanford are both ranked and in the Top 25, and along with Washington, are contending for one of college […]
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 MoreAnalyst Says Heisman Trophy Favorite Has Already Been Eliminated
After taking college football by storm midway through last season, Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate looked like a strong pick to at least be in New York for the Heisman ceremony. Through two games, those hopes have been all but dashed. Arizona had a very disappointing Week 1 loss to BYU, in Kevin Sumlin’s first game […]
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 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 MoreYoung NBA Starter Injured After Dunk During Charity Game In China
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has been a bright spot during these extremely lean years for the Brooklyn Nets. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury during an overseas event today, per reports. The former Arizona star is coming off the best year of his NBA career. He set highs in scoring (13.9 points per game), rebounds (6.8), assists (2.5), […]
Read MoreSuperstar QB Admits He Tweeted To Keep A Coach From Landing Job At His School
Khalil Tate really didn’t want to play for Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo. The Midshipmen head man has been named a candidate for a number of jobs over the last few off-seasons, including Arizona’s unexpected opening in January. After Rich Rodriguez’s scandal-led ouster, Niumatalolo was reportedly considered for the Arizona opening. He has had great success at Navy, […]
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