Playoff Eliminator Week 4

Sep 29, 2017
Another week, another 17 teams fall victim to the eliminator. As you can see now, the group of five is getting close to being fully eliminated. As we near conference play, the power five will dwindle ...

CFB Preview Week 5

Sep 29, 2017
As the season gets closer to reaching the midway point, we are starting to see more of the marquee conference games popping up on the schedule. This week is no different, with some really intriguing c...

Unbreakable college sports marriages

Sep 29, 2017
The news about all the controversy in college hoops is just starting, but it is far from over. Even in the first week of controversy, the news is constantly evolving. Recently, a description of the ul...

Campus Cover Episode 006

Sep 29, 2017
Cody and PJ are back for some week five college football action. Get their picks of the week, Crystal Ball Predictions, and some playoff odds and hot takes. A moment of silence for us because UAB is o...

The Student Union Sports Podcast: Episode 3

Sep 28, 2017
  The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show...

Things Weaker Than Saquon Barkley

Sep 27, 2017
Last week, and practically all year, Saquon Barkley has looked like a man from another planet, and may have just catapulted himself into the top spot in the running for the Heisman after plays like th...

Louisville’s search for a new coach begins now

Sep 27, 2017
Today, the news officially dropped that Rick Pitino is out at Louisville. It seemed as if he has been an unstoppable force, surviving many scandals, both personal and in the program. But, it all prove...

“Last Chance U”……Where are They Now? Part 2

Sep 27, 2017
Yesterday, I posted an update on season 1’s stars of Netflix‘s original series Last Chance U. I covered an update on where they’re at in their collegiate careers, where they are pla...

Rick Pitino out at Louisville

Sep 27, 2017
As the NCAA Corruption Scandal continues to be unpeeled layer by layer, longtime Louisville Mens Basketball Coach Rick Pitino, and Athletic Director Tom Jurich are the first head coach/AD tandem to be...

What We Learned From the PAC-12 This Weekend

Sep 26, 2017
This weekend’s PAC-12 game slate was underwhelming on paper, but there were some key matchups  that will help us “experts” predict the future. First of all, ASU beating the Oregon D...

Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 4

Sep 26, 2017
The college football season has been fantastic so far and week 4 was nothing short of great. Penn State versus Iowa may hold up as the best game of the season. Saquon Barkley was nothing short of amaz...

“Last Chance U”…..Where are They Now?

Sep 26, 2017
Last Chance U…..if you haven’t seen the show, then you are clearly doing life wrong. Last Chance U is one of my all-time favorite shows BY FAR. It’s right up there with Friday Night ...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 4

Sep 25, 2017
It seems like we are getting to the point of the season where the contenders and pretenders are starting to shake themselves out. But for some reason, this just felt like a weird week of football. It ...

The only college picks you will ever need

Sep 25, 2017
2-2 last week (including UAB). 8-5 overall. Week 4 is in the books. Realistically, it was just a lot of underdog blue balls. LA Tech, who I have previously endorsed as the team with the biggest normal...

Rinse and Repeat: Florida beats Kentucky

Sep 25, 2017
This game was pretty interesting to watch. Everyone said that this was Kentucky’s year–like every year. Playing at home, being 3-0, and Florida coming off a miracle, it seemed that more pe...

TCU Dominates the Pokes in Stillwater

Sep 23, 2017
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Romantics might say a sunset, teenage boys might lean towards Margot Robbie, but I’m different. I’m a football fan and clearly the most beaut...

UCLA vs Stanford Preview

Sep 23, 2017
After coming off losses to group of 5 teams, many pundits believe these two teams are on the brink of having their seasons spiral out of control. This is a reactionary exaggeration made by emotionally...

G5 Under-The-Radar Game of the Week

Sep 23, 2017
To the surprise of many, the Thursday night football matchup between the Rams and the 49ers ended up being the most entertaining game of the year. The Rams and Jared Goff flourished early on offense, ...

Campus Cover Episode 005

Sep 22, 2017
Cody goes solo as PJ is inebriated. We talk about the gruesome bad beat Cody suffered last week, the game of the week, Cody’s top 25 debate, and make you money with our picks of the week. Let us...

Allow me to say a nice thing about Colorado State

Sep 22, 2017
*clearing vomit from throat* As an always good and unbiased sports fan, I can give credit where credit is due. I’ve ripped Colorado State on this very site before and now I’m going to bury...

Temple is worse than I could have imagined

Sep 22, 2017
I have had some time to stew a bit over the loss last night, and goddamn it has not gotten any better. I have documented fairly well my loyalty to Temple and my desire for the excitement about footbal...

Student Union Staff CFB Roundtable

Sep 22, 2017
We are now three weeks into the college football season. With conference play beginning for most teams this weekend, some of our writers sat down to discuss the biggest story lines of the season so fa...

Nebraska Fires AD Shawn Eichorst

Sep 21, 2017
It was announced on Thursday that the University of Nebraska has parted ways with athletic director Shawn Eichorst. Eichorst has served in the roll since 2012, when he came over from Miami. The Nebras...

Playoff Eliminator Week 3

Sep 21, 2017
Suffering your second loss of the season is a death blow to almost all teams in the country. That came true this week for all of the teams eliminated below. We’ve never had a two loss champion i...

Burner Twitter: College Football Edition

Sep 20, 2017
As Kevin Durant’s twitter incident is now at the forefront of the sports world’s attention, we take a look at some coaches that we think would be most likely to have their own burner accou...

Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 3

Sep 20, 2017
Baker Mayfield has officially overtaken Lamar Jackson as the Vegas favorite in the Heisman Trophy race. Mayfield has been dominant in the short 2017 season, including a marquee win over Ohio State. Ja...

Student Union Top 25: Week 3

Sep 19, 2017
Regardless of the grand total of zero top-10 losses, there was a lot of movement in our top 10. Oklahoma State jumped up a few spots after crushing Pitt harder than Giancarlo Stanton crushes baseballs...

El Pollo: Expert Analyst

Sep 19, 2017
You can have Lee Corso and his mascot-head gimmick, keep Jesse Palmer and his ego that makes the mascot heads look microscopic (I will say nothing about Joel Klatt because he is a king and deserves to...

CFB Preview Week 4

Sep 19, 2017
I am back after a week’s absence from previews. Take a second to think of how gruesome last week’s slate of games was. Lots of dead bodies left on a lot of football fields. Now that weR...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 3

Sep 18, 2017
Another action-packed week of college football is in the books as we are starting to get into the meat of the schedule. There were a lot of notable games this week, highlighted by a convincing Clemson...

Mitchell Robinson Finds Hidden Option C

Sep 18, 2017
In recent years, there has been an increase in guys finding ways around the one-and-done NBA rule. Emmanuel Mudiay gave up his scholarship from SMU to play a year in China before getting drafted by th...

How Will the Gamecocks Recover Without Deebo Samuel

Sep 17, 2017
As a lifelong fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks, I must say this is one of the hardest articles I have ever had to write. South Carolina’s star wide receiver Deebo Samuel exited Saturday night...

Kentucky Keeps Improving

Sep 17, 2017
Kentucky took down South Carolina for the fourth straight time last night in front of a sold-out crowd in Columbia, SC. The Gamecocks pulled out all the stops, including a crowd and uniform blackout, ...

Instant Reaction: USC Finally Gets Revenge on Texas

Sep 16, 2017
What a way to end a surprisingly great day of college football! A rematch of the 2006 Rose Bowl, 11 years in the making, double overtime, and USC’s first overtime victory since 2001. Also, shout...

Florida vs Tennessee: ‘What the Hell?’ Edition

Sep 16, 2017
This game can only be described in many words: frustrating, boring, fun, exciting. But one word perfectly describes the game: weird. This whole game can be explained by these themes. Boring First off,...

#25 UCLA Falls to Memphis in the Liberty Bowl

Sep 16, 2017
Josh Rosen could not lead the Bruins to a 4th quarter comeback for the second time  as the 25th ranked Bruins fell to Memphis 48-45. The last quarter had tons of excitement. After Rosen threw in an i...

INSTANT REACTION: Gators Stun Vols on Hail Mary

Sep 16, 2017
In what will definitely be the best ending of the day in college football, the Florida Gators just ended the Tennessee Volunteers on a stunning Hail Mary as time expired. Take a look for yourself here...

Desert Hot Takes Episode 1

Sep 16, 2017
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Chaos Theory Rooting Guide Week 3

Sep 16, 2017
Another week of college football, another week to have some chaos. While Auburn couldn’t quite come through for us last week, both Oklahoma and Oregon did in a BIG way. Oklahoma has firmly put t...

Kentucky at South Carolina Preview

Sep 15, 2017
This Saturday, the South Carolina Gamecocks will host the Kentucky Wildcats in what is sure to be a heated SEC East matchup. Both Kentucky and South Carolina are off to great starts so far this year, ...

The Campus Cover Ep. 3

Sep 15, 2017
Cody (@CodyGoggin) and PJ (@pjguip1) are back from their one week hiatus. The dark episode is forever lost in time, but the boys are back with their picks for week three. They’ll talk about a bu...

GameDay in NYC is BLASPEHMOUS

Sep 14, 2017
*Read in Stephen A Voice* Now Skip, what if I told you that ESPN’s flagship college football program was going to a place that didn’t even like college football!?! For serious?? You could ...

Who Is The Front-Runner In the SEC East?

Sep 14, 2017
At the beginning of the summer, the clear-cut favorites to win the SEC East were the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators. After two weeks though, a lot of things have changed, including the opinions o...

Heisman Hopefuls 2017

Sep 14, 2017
By: Zach Ruocco – University of South Carolina Beaufort Heisman Hopefuls 2017: Sam Darnold USC’s early Heisman front runner, Sam Darnold, struggled last Saturday against Western Michigan, but ...

Playoff Eliminator Week 2

Sep 14, 2017
Welcome back to Week 2 of the Playoff Eliminator! While all of these teams may not “technically” be in the hunt still, I’m still giving them all a chance, for now. As we get further ...

Ohio State’s QB Issues

Sep 14, 2017
Anybody with eyes can see that Ohio State football is not in a great spot right now. Their offense specifically has been in a rut in 3 of the last 4 games they’ve played, dating back to last sea...

El Pollo, back at average

Sep 12, 2017
A decent week of picks last week gets me right back to average. Average is exactly where I belong. You can ask my professors or my grade school basketball coaches, they will all attest. I am the poste...

Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 2

Sep 12, 2017
The recent dominance of quarterbacks in the Heisman Trophy voting appears as if it will continue this year. Both Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson followed strong week 1 performances with even better g...

Rubber Match…. Please?

Sep 11, 2017
At the end of the Oklahoma/Ohio State home-and-home series, the college football world is left with a tie. I wish it could have ended better for the Buckeye faithful (including myself). Still, the ser...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 2

Sep 11, 2017
Well, college football is back in full swing and that means the return of the video game stat lines of the week (yes, I know it is week two, cut me some slack). Through the first two weeks we have see...

Student Union Top 25: Week 2

Sep 11, 2017
After a MONSTER week of top 25 games, we see a little bit of movement throughout the polls. Ohio State drops all the way from #2 to #7 after losing to Oklahoma, who jumped from #5 to #2. Teams like C...

Breaking: Mizzou Fires DC

Sep 10, 2017
After just the second game of the season, the Missouri Tigers have fired defensive coordinator DeMontie Cross. Cross was in his second season as Missouri’s DC, after a disappointing first season...

Baker Mayfield, very good at football

Sep 9, 2017
Baker Mayfield. Just read that beautiful name. Here, I’ll say it again. BAKER. MAYFIELD. I can’t stress this enough. Baker Mayfield is just really fucking good at football. Like really goo...

Preview of #14 Stanford vs #6 USC

Sep 9, 2017
David Shaw and the Stanford Cardinal will come into the Coliseum tonight and try to upset Sam Darnold and the USC Trojans. This could be the Pac-12 game of the year, and last week only increased the h...

Holy War Preview

Sep 9, 2017
The Holy War is coming back on Sunday night in Provo and will be aired on ESPN in primetime at 7:15 PST. This is one of my favorite rivalries in all of sports.  It is always a crazy atmosphere and th...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 2

Sep 9, 2017
#13 Auburn at #3 Clemson In what may be the most interesting game of the week, there is quite a bit of uncertainty. Both quarterbacks are only one cupcake game into their careers at their respective s...

Penn State-Pitt is the champion of dumb rivalries

Sep 8, 2017
There are enough good rivalries in college football that fans can get them as a treat starting early on in the season. Iowa-Iowa State this weekend won’t be a competitive game in all likelihood,...

SEC Preview: Week 2 Matchups

Sep 7, 2017
Week one was a very good for the SEC, going 12-2 with key wins over North Carolina State, Florida State, and Georgia Tech. Now they are set up for another big week. A lot of teams will be playing thei...

Pick 6 Gambling Picks: Week 2

Sep 7, 2017
Missouri -2.5 vs South Carolina (3 units) This is one of my favorite picks of the entire week. I am surprised the Tigers opened up as a favorite, but to no surprise the public is betting heavily on th...

Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 1

Sep 7, 2017
College football is finally back! However, that does not mean that Texas is back like some believed. With the return of football, comes the return of Heisman Trophy talk. Last year’s winner Lam...

CFB Preview Week 2

Sep 7, 2017
As we finally catch our breath after an exciting first week of football, let’s look forward to the best thing about the season, another week of primetime matchups. This week has just as many, if...

El Pollo’s picks for Week Dos

Sep 5, 2017
The way this season started, it almost seems like knowing stuff about football doesn’t even really matter anymore. Texas, again, is 100% not back, despite what many experts predicted. Howard pul...

Student Union College Football Week 1 Power Rankings

Sep 4, 2017
Okay everyone, keep calm please because one of the best sports is FINALLY back! Yes, that’s right College Football, the beautiful sport that it is, got up and running this past weekend. The fir...

Playoff Eliminator Week 1

Sep 4, 2017
  College football is back, and that also means that my weekly playoff eliminator is back. For those of you who don’t remember, each week I break down which teams are still in the playoff h...

FSU Loses Francois For Season. Now what?

Sep 4, 2017
Florida State knew that they would be taking a beating from the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday night. They did not know, however, that their starting quarterback, Deondre Francois, would be knocked ...

Alabama Shuts Down FSU: Proves SEC Dominance Over ACC

Sep 4, 2017
The first week of the 2017 College Football season is in the books and Week One blessed us with one of the most hyped up games of the year: a big time match up between preseason ranked No.1 Alabama an...

Student Union College Fantasy League

Sep 3, 2017
Everyone knows that fantasy football takes over the world starting in August every year. Well, maybe not that far but it’s pretty damn close. However, that obsession usually revolves around the ...

Maryland Pulls Away Late, Maybe Texas Isn’t Back

Sep 3, 2017
As our own Austin Brown alluded to before, Texas is indeed, not back. What was supposed to ring in a new era in Texas football ended in disappointment as Maryland squashed the hype and beat the Longho...

Tim Zaleski or Charlie Brown? You Decide!

Sep 3, 2017
Among the multiple reasons that so may of us watch sports, towards the top of the list is seeing players perform great athletic feats and witness well-executed plays. However, sports can also demonstr...

UCONN Lands Former 4-Star Recruit Sidney Wilson

Sep 1, 2017
Another day, another prominent transfer in the Northeast. Yesterday, Taurean Thompson announced he would be attending Seton Hall this upcoming year. Now, 4-star recruit Sidney Wilson, a prized commit ...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 1

Sep 1, 2017
Welcome back to college football boys and girls! For those of you who remember, this is my “Chaos Theory Rooting Guide,” detailing for you the games to take a rooting interest in each week if ...

2017 Bold Predictions

Sep 1, 2017
Brandon Wimbush Is The Truth This kid could be a stud or a complete bust, but you know what? I have faith in him sight unseen to lead the Irish at quarterback. Notre Dame will win double digit games t...

The Campus Cover: Week 1

Sep 1, 2017
Cody and PJ are back with their predictions for week 1. Check out the Soundcloud. Subscribe to the channel, comment, let us know what you think. Tweet at @StudentUSports, @CodyGoggin and @pjguip1. Lis...

FCS Upsets In Store?

Sep 1, 2017
Every year there are a handful of Division I-AA teams that shock their FBS counterparts at the start of the year and crush all hopes for those fan bases. I think there are quite a few teams with a sho...