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 […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 14
This weekend on the college football calendar is typically reserved for conference championship games. Of course, nothing is normal in 2020. We still have a few more weeks of regular season play, as leagues have had to shift numerous games around. There are even games being scheduled as we speak. Perhaps the biggest of that […]
Read MoreThere Are 9 College Football Games Today – Here’s The Schedule
College football fans are in for a treat, as the Week 13 slate features a handful of exciting matchups this Friday. There are three top 25 matchups and six intriguing rivalry games on the schedule today. The action kicks off with Iowa State and Texas, as these two teams continue to fight for a chance […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
Rivalry Week is here… or something resembling Rivalry Week in the 2020 college football season. We still have a few more weeks of regular season games and makeup games after this. There’s no Michigan-Ohio State. Nick Saban won’t be at the Iron Bowl. It’s going to be a weird one. Alabama announced today that Saban […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
Once again, we’re dealing with a pretty abbreviated college football schedule. The list of currently canceled or postponed games is at 15 and growing, making it likely that this will wind up being the week with the most games pushed off that we’ve had so far this season. Luckily, there are still a number of […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
This week has been more negatively impacted by COVID-19 than any other so far. A huge chunk of the SEC slate, including the rivalry game between Alabama and LSU, has been postponed, leaving something of a light College Football Saturday this weekend. Texas A&M at Tennessee, Georgia at Mizzou, and Auburn at Mississippi State are […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
With the return of the MAC this week, and the Pac-12 this weekend, the vast majority of the FBS world will be underway, at long last. We have our first full-looking college football slate of the weekend, featuring games from all Power Five conferences. The headliner of the weekend comes out of the ACC. No. […]
Read MorePac-12 Announces Major Step Toward Potential Return To Football
The Pac-12 won’t be playing football right away this fall. But the conference commissioner Larry Scott announced on Thursday a major step in the potential return of football. The Pac-12 made the decision last month to delay the 2020 football season until next year. It’s still unclear when the season would actually begin, though. But […]
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