We’re coming up on the second-to-last week of the college football season, which means many SEC football teams are taking it easy for a weekend. We have games between Missouri and Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi State, and Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. Everyone else is facing teams from the Group of Five or FCS ranks ahead […]
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 MoreSEC Player Has Left The Team To Focus On Academics
This college football season has been quite disappointing for the Arizona Razorbacks, as the team currently owns a 2-7 record. With an upcoming showdown with the LSU Tigers on the schedule for Saturday, the Razorbacks will be shorthanded in the secondary. Since the team’s victory over Tulsa on Oct. 20, Nate Dalton has been out […]
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 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 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 MoreTua Tagovailoa’s 1st Half Stats vs. Arkansas Today Are Insane
Alabama has only been lightly tested this year, and as a result, Tua Tagovailoa’s workload has been relatively small. Even so, the Crimson Tide starting quarterback has been incredible, and is probably the Heisman favorite despite the fact that he’s playing roughly 2.5 quarters per game. In the first half of today’s game at Arkansas, […]
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 MoreFans, Alumni Of Huge College Programs Have Asked Schools To Drop Nike After Colin Kaepernick Ad
Nike is doing quite well since it launched its Colin Kaepernick-helmed ad campaign, on the 30th anniversary of the company’s famous “Just Do It” slogan. While it probably isn’t all due to the Kaepernick campaign, Nike’s revenue has surged, and CEO Mark Parker claims that the brand has seen “record engagement.” It wasn’t an obvious […]
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 5 College Football Teams On ‘Upset Alert’ Week 3
We’ve already seen some pretty big upsets during this young college football season. More could be coming in Week 3. Here are the five teams on “upset alert” heading into College Football Week 3. At least three ranked teams have tough road games that they need to be very prepared for, or else they could […]
Read MoreSome Fans Of An SEC Team Already Want To See The 3rd String Quarterback
We all probably should have assumed that Arkansas would have a rebuilding year. Still, Hogs fans are naturally a bit disappointed with a Week 2 loss to Colorado State. CSU had looked disappointing to start the year, with a home loss to Hawaii to start the year, and then a blowout loss at the hands […]
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 MoreEveryone’s Making The Same Joke About Bret Bielema’s New Patriots Job
Bret Bielema’s had an unofficial role with the New England Patriots for a few months. Today, his role on the team was made official. Bielema has been named “consultant to the head coach.” It is unclear what exactly that entails, but clearly Bill Belichick likes having him around the franchise. Mike Reiss was the first to […]
Read MoreThe SEC Media Poll Is Out And There Are Some Surprises
SEC Media Days took place this week, which means we now have the SEC Media Poll for the 2018 season. While Alabama has been the dominant force in the conference over the last decade or so, they’ve only captured the conference title five times since 2009. The SEC Media has selected the Crimson Tide seven […]
Read MoreSEC Freshman Wide Receiver Arrested On Friday Night
An Arkansas freshman wide receiver was reportedly arrested on Friday night. Michael Woods, a three-star wide receiver in the 2018 class, was reportedly arrested earlier this weekend on suspicion of DUI. HawgBeat.com has the details: Freshman Arkansas Razorback Mike Woods was arrested Friday night and booked by the Fayetteville PD on Saturday morning for suspicion […]
Read MoreKansas Hire Of Former Arkansas AD Jeff Long Sets Off Bret Bielema Speculation
Kansas filled its athletic director vacancy today, tabbing a pretty big name in the college sports world: former Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long. He is likely to make a football hire in his first year, which has led to plenty of speculation about his former Razorbacks hire Bret Bielema. Long, who previously served at Pitt […]
Read MoreReport: Paul Finebaum ‘Seriously Contemplating Offers Elsewhere’ With ESPN Future Up In Air
When SEC Media Days roll around in mid-July, ESPN/SEC Network may not have Paul Finebaum there to cover them. Last week, it was reported that the two sides had not yet had “meaningful” conversations about extending his contract. The Sporting News report says that ESPN and Finebaum’s representation at Creative Artists Agency were embroiled in a game […]
Read MoreFan Runs On Field At College World Series, Gets Destroyed By Security
The game play during tonight’s Texas-Arkansas game at the College World Series has been stopped by rain delay. However, one fan tried to provide some entertainment of his own. A fan ran onto the field in the outfield at TD Ameritrade Park during the rain delay. He didn’t last out there long. This young Razorback […]
Read MoreSon Of An SEC Coach Is A Quarterback Recruit, Just Got 2 Huge Offers
Chandler Morris is a 2020 quarterback recruit from Texas, whose recruitment is starting to heat up. He is also the son of a prominent college football coach: Arkansas’s Chad Morris. Morris took over the Razorbacks this off-season, after three years rebuilding SMU into a respectable team in the AAC. He’s known for developing high-powered offenses, […]
Read MorePointing Arkansas Fan Is Back And Going Viral Again
The pointing Arkansas fan who went viral yesterday for indicating his displeasure at an umpire’s strike zone is back Monday night. He’s in a much better mood. Yesterday, the man was caught on camera angrily pointing at the home plate ump for several minutes after a ball four. The Razorbacks lost yesterday’s Game 2 of […]
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