*Mel Kiper Voice* TODD TODD TODD TODD TODD TODD Ladies and Gents, it is officially NFL Draft season, and with it comes the 8th wonder of the world: The Wonderlic Test. This is a cognitive ability te...
As we get closer to the NFL Drraft, there are more and more breakdowns of every big name player that will hear their names called. While I plan on doing that as well, I also plan on showing some love ...
What the hell was the Big Ten thinking? Now, I get that New York is a very big city and Madison Square Garden is a big name venue, but what the actual hell. The team that is closest to MSG is Rutgers ...
2/27/18 — The day John Groce finally lost his shit. John Groce, head coach of the Akron Zips men’s basketball team, has been mad plenty of times before. A few angry faces once or twice a g...
Gonzaga went to the National Championship last year and narrowly lost to North Carolina. Many say if lottery pick Zach Collins was in the game they would have won, but after 14 minutes he fouled out w...
“He and Steve Slaton were fun as hell to watch Together. That’s what I remember about him” -Austin Brown “Pat White Broken Finger was my history 101 when i started” -Cody...
Defense travels. End of blog. Ok well obviously not end of the blog but that is one of the big reasons why this Virginia team is different then the others before this one. Below are a couple of other ...
I know it has been a very hot minute since I have put one of these out. I originally was planning on releasing one every week, but reality (AKA College and my Pre-Physical Therapist Degree) had other ...
Collin Sexton was originally suspended for being part of the original FBI investigation and was ineligible for the first game of the season, but played in every game after. This past weekend another r...
“College Baseball Is Fun” – PJ Guippone College Baseball is here, and oh boy we are off to a very hot start. Perfect Games, more No-No’s than a Mutumbo Finger Wave, and now we ...
The Broncos will be traveling to play the Aztecs in Viejas arena for this Mid Major matchup. The Broncos have the better record and best player on the court in Chandler Hutchison, but it is no easier ...
Beat the Spread picks for Tuesday is back. After a disappointing 1-3 yesterday, Alex and Austin are hoping to get back on track. The boys tried to record a radio segment this afternoon, but the phone ...
The NCAA finds itself in a situation much like that one Nazi’s face in The Raiders of the Lost Ark: melting slowly into a pile of dank and disgusting evil goop. With scandal after scandal arisin...
Last season, Virginia Tech dominated a #7 ranked Duke team in an 89-75 home win. Grayson Allen notably sat that game out after throwing a temper tantrum only a few days prior. However Allen’s pr...
Many controversies and discussions have hit the NCAA in almost every aspect of the organization and the sport. However, one has remained a constant: the one and done. Since its inception in 2006 by th...
The NCAA has been pissing off a lot of programs and fans as of late. Investigation after investigation, penalty after penalty, whatever the case may be, there is no arguing they are on many peopleR...
Our competitors, 247 Sports, were on a DEEP (not so deep) dive into the DeAndre Ayton, Sean Miller “case” that the FBI has brought to our attention. 247 sports put some pieces together, and saw th...
Let’s Set The Stage 2018 has not quite been the year of Clemson Carl. I kicked off the year by losing all of my money on Clemson in the CFP semis… then Georgia in the finals… then New Englan...
The Texas Tech Men’s Basketball team kicked off the season starting 6-0. After their first loss first to Seton Hall, the Red Raiders shocked the nation to then go 14-1, the best starting record ...
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from Tuscaloosa, where...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — bubble season. While college basketball pundits are debating whether or not to let Nebraska into a legitimate post season tournament, college hockey...
The Big Ten regular season officially wrapped up on Sunday, and the whole conference is now in postseason mode as Michigan State gears up to defend their #1 seed in the conference tournament starting ...
What a week in college baseball. This weekend in particular featured a ton of no-hitters, some Top 25 action, and one perfect game. The pitching award was particularly tough to pick, with so ma...
On Monday February 26th, a car chase in Orange County, California ended when a police dog chased down a carjacker after a long pursuit by police. Police have arrested a man wanted for assaulting a pol...
“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, four weeks ago. Conference tournament...
After a solid 4-2 last Wednesday, Austin and I decided to take a bit of a hiatus to celebrate our winnings Wolf of Wall Street style (Coke, strippers, the whole nine yards). Actually, not quite, but...
*Jim Nantz voice* Hello friends. Conference Tournament season is upon us. If you’re like me, you’ve pounding beers since 6 a.m. trying to psych yourself up for the Kennesaw State vs. Jacks...
Cheating goes on in pretty much every single aspect of recruiting in basically every sport. I can guarantee whatever school you go to your rowing team has probably cheated, for God’s sake even t...
The Kansas Jayhawks have just made history, by winning 14 straight Big 12 conference championships, overcoming UCLA’s 1967-1969 streak that made history and seemed unbeatable, until Saturday, Fe...
Winners Miami This was the biggest week for Miami all season. They stumbled through a 3 game losing streak and had to win each of this week’s games. They did (barely) win both, and they reached ...
College Baseball SZN is back, and it is honestly one of my favorite times of the year. With the end of college hoops regular season here and seeing it Implode and drop at an alarming rate (Just like ...
Excuse me if I get a little emotional here, but, I could cry tears of happiness. For 70% of my life I have rooted for the Kansas Jayhawks. As a fan base, we have seen some incredible wins, amazing pla...
Here it is; this is dedicated to the ones who do not know anything about college hockey, so you football fans and basketball people, this one is for you. This is for all the people who have never even...
President of the NCAA, Mark Emmert, released a statement regarding the many allegations and FBI probes against NCAA issues. While the sentiment was good, his past and general sliminess are not. If I h...
You only do two days no how. The day you go in and the day you come out. pic.twitter.com/CVT3psaTAQ — Student Union (@StudentUSports) February 24, 2018 So for those of you who don’t know yet, ...
It’s senior night all across the nation in college basketball and the regular season is coming to a close. In the week before conference tournament week, there are some interesting matchups, despite...
Chris Holtmann and the No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes certainly had their work cut out for them on Friday night as they were tasked with traveling to Bloomington and enduring the hostile fan base of the I...
We’re back on-time! This week, I’m in Tuscaloosa for the Easton Bama Bash against Florida State, Georgia State, and Northern Iowa. Joey is back too after a “damn refreshing” ...
My original plan tonight was to write a nice, long overview of the NCAA scandal that was farther unveiled early Friday morning with the release of financial records of ASM Sports, an agency used by ma...
BACKGROUND I’ll be honest… I’ve angrily tapped out many openings that needed to be deleted for the sake of my future with the company. Before responding to @PaulHouse article (if you havenR...
Now I know what you’re thinking, “Oh, a Penn State guy doing an article on HBO’s ‘Paterno.’ He’s gonna hate it and defend Joe to the death.” Well, that’...
Today, in the midst of my daunting class schedule, I received a text message while walking from my second-to-last class to my last class. March is just around the corner and it is something a lot of p...
*Queue “Another One Bites The Dust” by Queen* Anddddddd once again, another player is suspended for taking a bribe. This CBB investigation is almost Sherlock Holmes-like and it’s ju...
Before the season began, Missouri’s stud freshman, Michael Porter Jr., was the number one draft pick according to many analysts. Following two minutes against Iowa State in a game that was suppo...
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are getting to the end of college hockey The NCAA Hockey tournament is on the horizon and with it comes the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minnesota. College hockey has been full of...
For American hockey fans, the men’s hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics became a disappointment long before any teams took the ice. When it was announced that no NHL players would be p...
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 includ...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO THE NUMBER ONE sports podcast on Student Union; probably the #1 sports pod in the entire world, honestly. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Anthony, and first ever...
Instead of writing my midterm essay, I flipped on college basketball, like I very often do. Virginia is hosting Georgia Tech in their home arena currently and despite the fact that Virginia games are ...
Startling news has come out of Starkville, Mississippi, Tuesday as Andy Cannizaro has announced his resignation, effective immediately, from his position as head baseball coach at Mississippi State. C...
The NCAA didn’t even buy Louisville dinner first before proceeding to absolutely fuck them. In case anyone forgot how confusing and cruel the NCAA is when it comes to punishing programs, this Louisv...
http://https://soundcloud.com/austin-montgomery-460660492/austin-montgomrey-live-beat-the-spread-segment-with-alex-wilcox Austin and Alex are back to give you their picks of the day. Alex was kind eno...
Did somebody say… VACATION? With all of this talk of vacation out of South Bend, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, I can’t help but dream of a warm beach somewhere with the waves crashing ...
Back in 2016, the NCAA ordered the Notre Dame football team to vacate their 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons due to academically ineligible players. The University attempted to appeal the decisio...
With a good amount of this college basketball season under my belt, I feel comfortable making a couple conclusion. Every team, with the exception of (maybe) three, sucks. Every conference, with the ex...
“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, three weeks ago. “…Basket...
Welcome to the third edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from beautiful Hattiesb...
As a general sports fan, I enjoy college basketball and the craziness that March Madness brings, along with no one knowing what is going to happen next. However, during the regular season, I would lik...
As National Signing Day came and went, the Georgia Bulldogs came away with the number one class. The program led by Nick Saban disciple Kirby Smart was able to reel in a solid class of recruits. Notab...
Last year’s College Baseball season came to a conclusion in Omaha, Nebraska, with the Florida Gators winning their first ever National Championship in program history over SEC rival LSU Tigers. ...
As the postseason approaches rapidly, each conference game becomes more important. Duke came back strong after a down week, while Clemson’s seeding potential took a hit. Winners NC State The Wol...
For the first time since June, college baseball has returned. What a glorious sentence that is. From now until June, we will have America’s pastime to fill our weekend afternoons. The first week...
YEARSSSSSSSS off my life. Mini heart attacks, a quarter-million ulcers growing in my stomach, stress level to the max, sleepless nights, migraines that are lasting a lifetime. All because of this Kans...
Another late week, for which we apologize. I’m in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for Alabama softball’s appearance in the Black and Gold Tournament at Southern Miss. My travels did, however, r...
Well, it’s another big Saturday in February for college basketball, meaning it’s sadly one of the last chances us handicappers have to do some significant damage on the books over the course o...
Phoenix, AZ: Pitchers and catchers reported for spring training in the Arizona desert for Cactus League spring training this past week. However, that’s not the only big baseball story in the Val...
Photo via Getty Images Okay, bear with me here. I may have started slow, as I enter Saturday 3-6 since I started last week, but Tuesday for me was like an ongoing SportsCenter sequence of “Bad Beats...
The desert has been known to do very, very weird things to people. Tonight was no exception. During the rivalry Arizona, Arizona State game, before a free throw mid way through the second half, the re...
Bobby Hurley and his Sun Devils are looking for revenge against Sean Miller’s Wildcats. The Wildcats beat the Sun Devils in the first game of conference play over 6 weeks ago. This time, the Wildcat...
Beat the Spread and ATS Picks have collaborated to make the best college basketball gambling column in the country. Both Alex Wilcox and Austin Montgomery have been on a role as of late. Alex has wo...
The 6’3”, 230-pound former Texas Tech starter, Patrick Mahomes II, broke NCAA and Big 12 records, throwing for 5,052 yards and 41 touchdowns in 2016. The small town quarterback from Tyler, Texas, ...
National Signing Day can be either an exciting or disappointing day for college football fans depending on how your team does. Still, no matter what, there’s always a little bit drama. Highly t...
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 includ...
SEC baseball has long featured some of the premier teams and players in the nation. Last season, three teams (LSU, Texas A&M, Florida) found themselves in Omaha for the College World Series, with ...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME to the NUMBER 1 sports podcast on Student Union. Probably the number 1 sports pod in the entire world, honestly. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Anthony talk a wide...
Super Tuesday is the perfect day to get your bank roll up. The Beat the Spread Column has taken a short break, but we are back to make you guys money. We are hoping for a 3-0 day as we try to hit this...
On Sunday, the tournament selection committee released their early top 16 tournament seeds. A lot of it is fairly perplexing. A Michigan State team that beat Purdue on Saturday and is three in the mos...
I’m not sure about you all, but I think this college basketball season is going by too fast. Part of that may be that the upsets started early and happened often and all the changes in the pol...
In the name of James “The Father” Naismith, Bill “The Son” Self and the Almighty Mark “The Holy Spirit” Mangino: A reading from the Book of Jayhawks: Brothers and S...
Well, how about that for a rough start? Okay, well it wasn’t that rough. In my first picks addition on Monday night, I went 0-2 in the first two games, although I may add that Notre Dame was c...
“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, two weeks ago. After Villanova, Virgi...
A busy week in the ACC had Virginia take its first conference loss, Duke continue to fall (a little), and Syracuse and Notre Dame keep their seasons alive. Winners Virginia Tech A huge week for the Ho...
Welcome to the second edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you beachside from Oran...
Picking college basketball games. Is there anything less stable? You might as well flip a coin because college basketball is literally where, as the great Jon Rothstein says, the unexpected becomes th...
We apologize for the lateness of this week’s advice column from America’s favorite psychologist, Joey Freshwater. I was in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach working Alabama softball and Joey w...
College basketball is nearing March, the best time of the year. However, there’s still plenty of tough conference matchups over the next couple weeks, and this weekend that are sure to bring some su...
Last night Grand Canyon University opened the doors for the first time to the brand new GCU Softball Stadium in fantastic fashion by completing a two game sweep against Montana, the defending Big Sky ...
There are only ten seconds left on the clock and so many challenges are forming a barrier between you and your goal. What are you going to do? Roll over and face defeat or fight on? You would think I ...
Other than being the second best University in the State of Colorado, the Men’s Colorado State basketball team is in a tsunami of trouble. Men’s Head Basketball Coach Larry Eustachy is set...
The Denver Post reported Thursday afternoon that a source inside the Colorado State basketball program has indicated that head coach Larry Eustachy will be fired. Eustachy is currently on administrati...
Herm Edwards says “You play to win the game,” but do you recruit to win the game, too, Herm? Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards’ first recruiting class is not considered to be one of ...
USC’s national signing day started out fast and ended with a bang. USC started outside the top ten heading into NSD, but it was only a matter of time before the Trojans made a huge leap to get t...
Texas A&M had a pretty mediocre the 2017-18 season and decided to give Kevin “Mr. November” Sumlin the boot. Rumors were spreading that his successor would be the man down in Tallahass...
The history of Temple University football is fairly uneventful and generally not very important. Three years ago, Matt Rhule turned the program into one of the best teams in the American Athletic Conf...
A Changing Offense Change is one of the biggest aspects of coaching a Big 12 team not named Texas or Oklahoma. Teams like Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have constantly thrived on changing offenses and...
Good afternoon, comrades. I have officially decided to come out of retirement after a long month and a half or so since my last article. Today, I will be absolutely fangirling over National Signing Da...
Chip Kelly is in the Captain seat for UCLA, and his first big task is National Signing Day. Can the offensive mastermind create a new era in LA and bring UCLA back into national contention? So far, he...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME to the NUMBER 1 sports podcast on Student Union. Probably the number 1 sports pod in the entire world if I had to say so myself. This week the gang of Frank, Andy, and Ant...
The number 1 player in the state of Alabama, Justyn Ross, has pulled one of the biggest stunners in recruiting history and signed with Clemson over Alabama and Auburn. It has only happened once before...
A couple weeks ago I wrote an article saying how we need to talk about Ohio State basketball more. Am I saying I was wrong? no, I’m never wrong, but I may have overstated it. Everything I said w...
In a video on Twitter this morning, 3-star DE/OLB Caleb Okechukwu has announced his commitment to Syracuse. Okechukwu had narrowed his list to Syracuse, Arkansas and Texas ahead of National Signing Da...
Big news coming from Lawrence, Kansas. Bill Self has just about had it with this team and a specific individual. This team can do absolutely nothing to surprise me anymore. They can lose in the Round ...
Todays Episode of the Student Union Sports Podcast features the first round of the Student Union Trivia Tournament of Champions (Its a working title…) Writers competing include Johnny Rambos, PJ...
Bryce Thompson (Irmo, SC), a 4-star wide receiver, will not be signing with the in-state South Carolina Gamecocks on Wednesday, altering his original plan. Thompson had been committed to the Gamecocks...
National Signing Day is a beautiful and hopeful time, and if you ask me, should be a national holiday. Unfortunately, it also can be a day for top recruits to stay away from social media, fearful of t...
Following an official visit to Arkansas this past weekend, Caleb Okechukwu, a 3-star DE/OLB from Washington D.C., has announced through Twitter that he will be deciding between Syracuse, Arkansas, and...
Welcome to the first weekly edition of the ACC Check-In. I’ll be doing updates for these last few weeks of the season and into March Madness. Essentially, I’m going to group the teams into...
Football is a game that promotes family, so Syracuse head coach Dino Babers’s recent hire at quarterback coach makes perfect sense. On February 3, Syracuse announced that Kirk Martin, a long-tim...
With National Signing Day rapidly approaching, college coaches around the country are putting the finishing touches on their recruiting classes. At Syracuse University, things are no different. For he...
Welcome to the first edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was at home spending some time wi...
LINK HERE Welcome back to the Branch Sports Podcast! If you don’t know or you’ve never listened before, we are three college students, former college athletes, childhood best friends, and teammate...
College basketball is nearing March, the best time of the year. However, there’s still plenty of tough conference matchups over the next couple weeks (and this weekend) that are sure to bring some s...
St. John’s broke their eleven game losing streak in miraculous fashion by upsetting the #4 ranked Duke Blue Devils in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden. The two historic program...
Last week, I introduced the ultimate nickel-psychologist Joey Freshwater, and the positive response was overwhelming. We got a lot of questions sent in for the second edition of this advice column;...
Maybe it’s just me, but every sporting event I go to I size up the mascot (except you Uga, I just want to pet you). For example, I’m fairly confident I could annihilate Brutus the Buckeye....
Welcome to the first edition of Throw Back Thursday Quarterback or TBTQB. As the inaugural article, I have decided to release it on Friday as a little celebration and as a way to kickoff the weekend r...
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
As we roll into February, the college football season can be seen from the rear view mirror. There are many memorable moments that can be taken away from this past year. But I felt that it was time fo...
The NBA trade deadline is upon us and a week and has been heating up recently, with a blockbuster deal sending Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in return for roughly the entire city of Detroit. Ma...