Hope springs eternal around the country as college football season is about to open. Fans can dream about big things for their favorite programs. Well, most fans can at least. Like every other year, there are going to be some really bad college football teams in 2019. In a piece for Sporting News, longtime handicapper […]
Read MoreESPN Computer Predicts The Worst Team In Every Major Conference
Due to the abundance of talent in each of the ‘Power Five’ conferences, there are always a few programs struggling to get through their tough schedule. This upcoming season shouldn’t be any different, and ESPN’s Football Power Index already has predictions for which teams will struggle in 2019. As a reminder, the FPI is meant […]
Read MoreHow ESPN’s FPI Projects The Pac-12 Standings Will Look At Season’s End
We’re roughly one month away from the start of college football, and that means it’s that time of the year where preseason predictions are coming out. Earlier this week, ESPN released the latest version of its Football Power Index for this fall. Here’s a reminder of what the FPI represents, per ESPN: The Football Power […]
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 MoreNebraska Starter Caleb Lightbourn Announces Pac-12 Transfer
In his first two years at Nebraska, punter Caleb Lightbourn was a solid starter who averaged 40 yards per punt. But after losing his starting job in 2018, Lightbourn has decided to transfer – and he’s already found a new home. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Lightbourn announced that he would be taking “the next […]
Read More2020 College Football Hall Of Fame Nominees Announced
On Monday, the National Football Foundation announced the candidates for the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame class. In total, 76 players and five coaches have been nominated. The vote should be pretty competitive. Last year, 13 players made it through and were inducted in the 2019 class. To be nominated, players must have been […]
Read MoreGame Times, Channels Released For 46 Pac-12 Football Contests
College football season is set to kick off on Saturday, August 24 and Thursday, all five conferences released game times and television channels for the first few weeks of action. Let’s take a look at what the Pac-12 revealed. The first game of the coming season will feature Arizona at Hawaii on August 24. The […]
Read MoreInjury Update For Oregon QB Justin Herbert
It hasn’t been a good few minutes for college football’s best quarterbacks. Moments after undefeated UCF’s McKenzie Milton went down with an extremely gruesome leg injury, Oregon’s Justin Herbert has been knocked out of tonight’s Civil War game. Oregon is up 28-3 early in the second half against rival Oregon State. In the first half, […]
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 11
After a rough Week 9, The Spun staff got mostly back on track with our picks for Week 10. Now, we’re on to College Football Week 11. Things kick off tonight in the Power Five, with No. 14 NC State hosting in-state rival Wake Forest. Tomorrow night, red hot Syracuse team hosts struggling Louisville, 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 MorePhoto: College Football Team Unveils Awesome Throwback Helmet
Oregon State has lost every Pac-12 game its played so far this season. If the Beavers lose again to Cal on Saturday, at least they will do so in style. Oregon State has unveiled a modified throwback helmet for this weekend’s game against the Bears. It hearkens back to the team’s logo and style from […]
Read MoreBig Ten Running Back Blocked From Transferring To A Number Of Teams
Just a day ahead of last weekend’s game against Wisconsin, Nebraska running back Greg Bell left the program. Before the game, he reportedly decided that he would transfer. Bell served as the starter for the Huskers to begin the season. The California native had 173 yards on the season, though his role dwindled as the […]
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 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 MoreCFB Expert Releases Score Predictions For Week 1’s Biggest Games
College football returned last Saturday with a handful of games, and the next five nights will all feature games. With games starting back up tonight, predictions for Week 1 are starting to pour in from across the college football internet. On Wednesday, Associated Press college football writer Ralph D. Russo put out score predictions for […]
Read MoreA Former Pac-12 Football Player Is Reportedly “Fighting For His Life”
Former Oregon State linebacker Keith Pankey is dealing with a significant health issue after emergency heart surgery, according to a GoFundMe set up to assist him. According to the GoFundMe, Pankey became ill shortly after a fishing trip in early August. A trip to urgent care eventually resulted in Pankey being sent for emergency open […]
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 […]
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