With Notre Dame QB Phil Jurkovec reportedly entering the NCAA transfer portal today, there are now a number of once-elite recruits available to make a move in 2020. Last year we saw the likes of Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, Kelly Bryant, and Shane Buechele achieve varying degrees of success with their new teams. While there […]
Read MoreThe Sun Bowl Between Arizona State And Florida State Had A Disastrous Start
We’ve seen some atrocious Sun Bowls before, most notably the 3-0 fiasco between Oregon State and Pitt in 2008. Today’s game in El Paso has eclipsed that points total, but it hasn’t been by much. Arizona State leads Florida State 9-7 late in the third quarter. It was unclear what we should expect from either […]
Read MoreThere Are 5 Bowl Games Today – Here’s The Schedule
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone. We have five bowl games on the slate for today, including a few featuring some of the biggest name brand programs in the sport. There will be football on from noon until after 11 p.m. ET. If you’re lucky enough to be off of work today, ahead of your New […]
Read MoreFlorida State Won’t Have A Scholarship RB On The Roster For The Bowl Game
Florida State is one of a few college football programs in total disarray. Similar to USC, the school is completely under-performing according to past standards. The Seminoles are hoping a coaching change helps speed up the rebuilding process. FSU is looking to build momentum in the upcoming Sun Bowl against Arizona State. But the Seminole […]
Read MoreHerm Edwards Hires New Defensive Coordinator At Arizona State
Arizona State and head coach Herm Edwards didn’t build on a successful first campaign like they hoped. After going 7-5 in his first season as the team’s head coach, Edwards had the Sun Devils at 5-1 and sat at No. 17 in the country. However, a 2-4 finish in the last six games brought about […]
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 MoreArizona State-St. Mary’s Had The Weirdest Box Score Of The Season
Arizona State suffered a brutal loss on Wednesday night to the hands of St. Mary’s. Bobby Hurley’s squad lost by a jaw-dropping 40 points on its home court. The game was basically over heading into halftime as the Gaels led 51-19 over the Sun Devils. Jordan Ford dropped 34 points in a sensational effort on […]
Read MoreCam Akers Announces Decision About Future At Florida State
His three year tenure in Tallahassee coincided with one of the toughest stretches in recent Florida State memory, but Cam Akers is a pretty special player. Today, he announced that his Seminoles career is over. As expected, Akers will enter the 2020 NFL Draft. As part of the decision, he is also skipping the team’s […]
Read MoreHerm Edwards Hires New Offensive Coordinator At Arizona State
Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards hasn’t had the start he was hoping for with the Sun Devils. ASU has gone 7-5 in back-to-back seasons. Surely, there’s room for improvement. Edwards is hoping his latest coaching hire will be what the Sun Devils need to become a legitimate threat in the Pac-12. College football reporter […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 14
Rivalry week is here. Starting on Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, and running through Sunday, many of college football’s biggest rivalry games will be played, with serious postseason implications on the line. On Thursday, we get the always contentious Egg Bowl. Ole Miss’ Matt Luke and Mississippi State’s Joe Moorhead both have plenty on the line, even […]
Read MoreKirk Herbstreit Reveals His Top 5 Teams Of Week 13
College football’s Week 13 is in the books. This past week’s slate of games didn’t feature many highly-anticipated contests, but it still brought about several shocking results and upsets. As he does each week, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has revealed his top 5 (or in this case, six) teams of the previous weekend. To no surprise, […]
Read MoreHerm Edwards’ Postgame Interview Went Viral After Win vs. Oregon
Herm Edwards was fired up following Arizona State’s big upset win over Oregon on Saturday night. He had a right to be, after all, as his Sun Devils had just secured one of the most-surprising wins of the 2019 college football season. Arizona State dominated the game from the start and did not let up, […]
Read MoreUpset Alert: No. 6 Oregon Is In Trouble Tonight
No. 6 Oregon is the Pac-12’s College Football Playoff hopeful. But the Ducks are in serious jeopardy of being eliminated from playoff contention. Arizona State has put together a brilliant game-plan, keeping the Ducks’ defense on its heels en route to a 13-7 lead in the third quarter. The Sun Devils don’t look like a […]
Read MoreOregon at Arizona State: Game Time, Spread, Channel, Announcers
No. 6 Oregon carries the weight of the Pac-12’s College Football Playoff hopes on its shoulders. The Ducks have won nine straight since losing to Auburn in Week 1. Now, they’re in a prime position to win the conference and potentially earn the No. 4 seed in the CFP. Arizona State is one of two […]
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 12
We’re on the other side of the huge Week 11 in college football, in which LSU took down Alabama for the first time since 2011, and Minnesota stayed undefeated and handed Penn State its first loss. The College Football Playoff picture is starting to really take shape, with LSU entrenched as the new No. 1 […]
Read MoreUSC at Arizona State: Game Time, Spread, Channel, Announcers
Early in the season it looked like Arizona State would be a Pac-12 contender and USC would be a Pac-12 cellar-dweller. Fast forward to their game this weekend and those roles have practically been reversed. Arizona State started off the season looking like one of the best teams in the Pac-12. They went 5-1, picking […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
Here it is. Week 11 of the college football season, featuring the monumental matchup between No. 2 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, is upon us. Alabama-LSU is a big game every year. It doesn’t always feature a pair top three programs vying for the College Football Playoff, though. Alabama has made the Playoff every year […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 9
College Football Week 9 brings some huge games this weekend. A few will have major College Football Playoff race ramifications. The first, FOX’s pick for its “Big Noon Saturday” game, lost a bit of its luster last weekend. Wisconsin fell to Illinois in one of the biggest upsets of the season so far. The Badgers […]
Read MoreFormer Alabama QB Blake Barnett Gets Brutal Injury News
Former blue-chip quarterback Blake Barnett has had a wild ride of a college football career. He began it at Alabama, where he won the starting job before being quickly supplanted by freshman Jalen Hurts. From there, he had a stop at Arizona State. He transferred once again, landing at USF, where he started much of […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
Last weekend brought perhaps the biggest upset of the season, with South Carolina dealing a big blow to SEC East favorite Georgia, one of the first losses this year for a true College Football Playoff contender. We’ll see if College Football Week 8 can deliver more of those moments. On paper, there aren’t a ton […]
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 MoreHBO Releases Trailer For ‘Hard Knocks’ College Football Show
Are you a fan of HBO’s Hard Knocks? Or maybe Netflix’s Last Chance U? Both shows capture the attention of football fans everywhere. It allows fans to get a behind-the-scenes look of certain teams. But Hard Knocks just shows an NFL team during the preseason. And Last Chance U focuses on the season the year […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
We’re getting into the heart of conference play here in College Football Week 5. That means plenty of big Power Five matchups. Last week brought some pretty significant upsets. Only one of our staff members had Utah falling to USC in Los Angeles, and Appalachian State knocking off North Carolina. All of us missed TCU’s […]
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