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 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 MoreNCAA Announces Huge News For Major SEC Football Program
The NCAA has a longstanding habit of laying the hammer down on schools that break their rules, but one SEC football program just got a huge break. Ole Miss announced on Wednesday that the NCAA had overturned sanctions placed on them for recruiting violations. Per the report, the school will no longer be barred from […]
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 MoreESPN Ranks The 10 Hardest Remaining Schedules In College Football
The first half of the college football season was very rough on Rutgers football. And yet, in both the literal and the football sense, winter is coming for the Scarlet Knights. RU got Ohio State out of the way. However, the Scarlet Knights still have dates with Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn State, and Michigan State […]
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 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 More5 Schools Named Transfer Options For QB Kelly Bryant
This morning, it became official: Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant is transferring, after losing his starting job to freshman phenom Trevor Lawrence. The decision comes down as the team prepares to face 4-0 Syracuse, the team which handed Clemson its only regular season loss last year. It wasn’t a decision made because Bryant has played poorly. […]
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 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 MoreSEC Program Introduced A Brand New Official Mascot Today
Last fall, Ole Miss announced that it would officially change its mascot from Rebel the Black Bear to a Landshark. The football program had been using the unofficial nickname for about a decade. The school’s teams are still called the “Rebels.” The school retired the controversial Colonel Reb back in 2003, though. Rebel the Black […]
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 MoreFormer Ole Miss Head Coach Billy Kinard Has Passed Away
Ole Miss football is mourning the loss of former player and head coach Billy Kinard. Kinard passed away Saturday at the age of 84 after a lengthy illness. Kinard suited up for the Rebels from 1952-55 as a halfback and defensive back. He then went on to play five seasons in the NFL. Kinard later […]
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 MoreOne College Football Program Has Added 6 Power 5 Transfers This Off-Season
Houston football may no longer have Tom Herman building it into a legitimate college football power. However, the Cougars can still add talent at a Power Five level. This off-season, Major Applewhite’s staff has had a remarkable level of success bringing in immediately eligible players from Power programs. The latest is Notre Dame cornerback Nick […]
Read More4-Star Prospect Jashon Watkins Announces Big Update In Recruitment
Jashon Watkins is a four-star athlete out of Nashville. The blue-chip prospect has the attention of some of the biggest programs in the country. Today, he named nine schools on top. 247Sports ranks Watkins No. 309 overall in its composite rankings. He is the No. 24 ‘athlete’ in the country, as he is being eyed […]
Read MoreThe Best Concept Helmets We’ve Seen For Every Power 5 Program
College football concept helmets became a big deal a few years ago. There are a number of graphic artists who make new designs for their favorite schools. Others go through the trouble of making real versions of the new lids. Over the years, we’ve seen hundreds of awesome concepts. Most schools have been represented in […]
Read MoreAthlon Ranks The Best Quarterbacks In The SEC For 2018
Spring football is over, which means we have the long march to August, when college football teams will open camp. Even so, there are numerous quarterback battles that are far from settled. Still, we have a decent idea of who the starters will be, including the SEC quarterbacks. The top of the conference still has […]
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