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 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 MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
Week 5 of the 2021 college football season is upon us. It may just be the best week that we’ve had yet, at least on paper. There are four games between ranked teams. In the SEC, upstart Arkansas, ranked No. 8, can prove it is truly elite with a trip to No. 2 Georgia. No. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
Week 3 brought us some interesting college football results. No. 1 Alabama got everything it could handle from No. 11 Florida, No. 3 Oklahoma looked pretty sluggish once again against Nebraska, and No. 6 Clemson nearly fell to Georgia Tech. It was also a bad weekend for SEC referees, botching calls in Penn State‘s win […]
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 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 MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
College football is back. We got a sneak preview of what is to come last weekend, with Illinois‘ win over Nebraska, and blowout Week Zero wins for Fresno State, San Jose State, UCLA, and UTEP. This week, we get the first full course of the 2021 college football feast. After last year’s abbreviated, COVID-19-stricken season, […]
Read MoreESPN Announces Its Male College Athlete Of The Year
On Saturday night, ESPN revealed its Best College Athlete in Men’s Sports award winner at the ESPYS. Alabama’s DeVonta Smith, Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Iowa’s Luka Garza and Oregon State’s Gloire Amanda were nominated for the award. But just one walked away a winner Saturday night. ESPN has named 2020-21 Heisman winner DeVonta Smith this year’s […]
Read MoreLongtime College Basketball Coach Eddie Payne Has Passed Away
Eddie Payne, the former head coach at Oregon State and, most recently, USC Upstate, has passed away. He was 69 years old, and just days shy of his 70th birthday. Payne suffered a stroke over the weekend. He had surgery on Sunday, but has passed away. Payne had deep roots in the Carolina basketball world, […]
Read MoreESPN Computer Predicts Winners Of The Elite 8 Games
The NCAA Tournament is down to its final eight teams as the Elite 8 gets set to tip off on Monday night. This year’s slate features a hodgepodge of programs, as a few lower-seeded teams have snuck through the bracket. However, three No. 1 seeds still made it into the Elite 8 and remain heavy […]
Read MoreCollege Basketball Announcer Attacked In Downtown Indianapolis
A college basketball announcer was reportedly attacked in downtown Indianapolis, but has thankfully emerged with only a couple of bruises. Mike Parker, a veteran play-by-play announcer for the Oregon State men’s basketball team, was reportedly tackled a couple of hours before the Sweet 16 game on Saturday. The veteran play-by-play announcer said he was walking […]
Read MoreOregon State HC Wayne Tinkle Wore An Incredible Custom Shirt After Today’s Win
From being selected last in the Pac-12’s preseason media poll to playing in the Sweet 16 – that was the message on the mind of Oregon State head coach Wayne Tinkle on Saturday. Pac-12 media slotted the Beavers dead last in the preseason poll. Early on in the 2020-21 season, it appeared that projection may […]
Read MoreCBS Graphic After Oregon State-Loyola Chicago Game Is Going Viral
CBS has been doubling down on the “Big Dance” motif during this year’s NCAA Tournament. Between games, we’ve been greeted by little dancing robots representing each of the remaining schools. The Sweet 16 got off to a start with yet another big upset today. 12-seed Oregon State, which was nowhere near the NCAA Tournament bubble […]
Read MoreFormer Oregon State Star’s “Sister Jean” Joke Is Going Viral
Sister Jean’s magic has run out. Loyola Chicago’s run in the Big Dance came to an end Saturday afternoon at the hands of a more formidable Cinderella: the Oregon State Beavers. Oregon State, which was picked to finished last in the Pac-12’s preseason poll, is moving on to the Elite Eight. The No. 12-seed Beavers […]
Read MoreESPN’s BPI 2nd Half Prediction For Loyola Chicago vs. Oregon State
Today’s NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen matchups haven’t exactly gotten off to a hot start. At halftime of today’s first game, Oregon State leads Loyola Chicago with a shockingly low score of 24-16. While neither team put on an offensive clinic, the No. 8 seed Ramblers had a far more tough time in the scoring department. […]
Read MoreUpset Alert: Loyola Off To Disastrous Start Against Oregon State
Loyola Chicago’s magical run could be coming to an end. There’s still 20 minutes left in its matchup with Oregon State, but the first half went about as poorly as Porter Moser‘s squad could’ve imagined. The Beavers lead an ugly one, 24-16. Cameron Krutwig was productive for the Ramblers in the first half with six […]
Read MoreCollege President Is Resigning Following The Scandal At LSU
Oregon State University president F. King Alexander, who was placed on probation last week, has resigned from his position. Alexander’s resignation stems from his involvement in the sexual misconduct scandal at LSU, where he was president from 2013-19. At the time of his hiring, Alexander knew about the allegations of inappropriate interactions with female student […]
Read MoreJay Bilas Reacts To The Pac-12’s Tournament Performance
On a conference level, there are two major storylines after the first weekend of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. On one hand, the Big Ten fell on its face, sending just 1-seed Michigan to the Sweet 16 after spending most of the year being touted as the best league in the country, with nine teams in […]
Read MoreESPN Computer’s Final Four Prediction After The Second Round
We’ve had a crazy NCAA Tournament through two rounds. Three of the four No. 1 seeds remain, but the Sweet 16 also features an 8 (Loyola Chicago), two 11s (Syracuse, UCLA), a 12 (Oregon State), and the second-ever 15-seed to make it this far (Oral Roberts). It isn’t a huge surprise that ESPN’s Basketball Power […]
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 More2021 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Who Will The Jaguars, Jets, Dolphins, Etc. Take?
The regular season is over, which means that we know how a large portion of the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft will look. Over the last few weeks, the Jacksonville Jaguars jumped in front of—or behind, depending on your perspective—the New York Jets for the No. 1 pick. Today, we’re rebooting our 2021 […]
Read MoreThe 2021 NCAA Tournament Will Take Place Entirely In Indiana
The 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen. One state will play host to the greatest event in sports. Naturally, the state of Indiana – known to many as the best basketball state in the nation – will host the 2021 NCAA Tournament. “This is a historic moment for NCAA […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 16/Conference Championships
Conference Championship weekend is here, along with a slew of new and rescheduled games that make up a rare college football “Week 16.” However things shake out, we’ll know our four College Football Playoff teams at the end of this week of play. At least two of the games have significant College Football Playoff ramifications, […]
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 […]
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