Student Union Wonderlic Test

Feb 28, 2018
*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...

Bucky’s Breakdown: Martez Carter, Grambling State

Feb 28, 2018
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 ...

Why The Hell Is The B1G Tourney In NYC?

Feb 28, 2018
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 ...

I Miss The Old John Groce

Feb 28, 2018
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...

Is Gonzaga for Real?

Feb 28, 2018
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...

TBTQB (Wednesday Edition): Pat White

Feb 28, 2018
“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...

Why Virginia is the best team in the Nation

Feb 28, 2018
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 ...

TBTQB (Wednesday Edition): Sam Bradford

Feb 28, 2018
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 ...

Should Collin Sexton be allowed to play?

Feb 28, 2018
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...

#RallyChestSZN

Feb 27, 2018
“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 ...

Beat the Spread Picks February 27th

Feb 27, 2018
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 ...

Stop blaming the kids for the NCAA scandals

Feb 27, 2018
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...

Duke Upset by VT: A Hokie’s perspective

Feb 27, 2018
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...

Done with the One and Done

Feb 27, 2018
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...

Today I got Flustered and Now I Hate Bison

Feb 27, 2018
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 Underdogs of College Basketball: Texas Tech

Feb 27, 2018
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 ...

Pair of Buckeyes Win Postseason Awards

Feb 26, 2018
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 ...

SU25: Basketball Edition

Feb 26, 2018
“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...

Beat The Spread: The Triumphant Return

Feb 26, 2018
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...

The Jerome 2018 – Staff Picks

Feb 26, 2018
*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...

Best Power Five Basketball Programs of All Time

Feb 26, 2018
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...

ACC Check-In #4: Virginia Clinches

Feb 26, 2018
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 ...

Kansas Clinches 14th Straight Big 12 Title

Feb 25, 2018
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...

Student U’s Guide to College Hockey: Week 1

Feb 25, 2018
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...

RE: Official Statement Revisions

Feb 25, 2018
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...

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For

Feb 24, 2018
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...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume V

Feb 23, 2018
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” ...

HBO Releases “Paterno” Trailer

Feb 23, 2018
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’...

Some bold predictions with March around the corner

Feb 23, 2018
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...

Michael Porter Jr. is back, maybe

Feb 23, 2018
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...

College Hockey Wrap-up

Feb 23, 2018
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...

College hockey makes a big impression at the Olympics

Feb 22, 2018
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 SU Sports Podcast Episode 15: Scandal Season

Feb 21, 2018
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...

Virginia or brick wall, my column

Feb 21, 2018
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 ...

Andy Cannizaro Abruptly Resigns from Mississippi State

Feb 21, 2018
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...

Louisville Gets Screwed, Hard

Feb 21, 2018
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...

National Lampoon’s College Vacation

Feb 20, 2018
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 ...

This should be the year of the Mid Major

Feb 20, 2018
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...

SU25: Basketball Edition

Feb 19, 2018
“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...

The Buzzer-Beater, Third Edition: Who Do You Trust?

Feb 19, 2018
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...

Why This Year is Abnormally Bad for College Basketball

Feb 19, 2018
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...

SEC Baseball crash course

Feb 19, 2018
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. ...

ACC Check-In #3: Duke Makes A Statement

Feb 19, 2018
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...

Kansas Jayhawks Craziest Year Yet

Feb 18, 2018
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...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume IV

Feb 18, 2018
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...

Saturday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Feb 16, 2018
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...

Arizona State vs. Arizona Men’s Basketball Preview

Feb 15, 2018
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 with Austin and Alex

Feb 15, 2018
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...

Big 12 Star to NFL Starter

Feb 15, 2018
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, ...

SEC Baseball: Predicting the Breakout Hitters

Feb 14, 2018
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 ...

The WalkOns: Episode 3 – Carl Flaked on The Squad

Feb 14, 2018
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...

Beat the Spread: Super Tuesday Perfect Parlay

Feb 13, 2018
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...

SU bracketology breakdown: Big East

Feb 13, 2018
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...

Life on the Bubble

Feb 13, 2018
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...

Tuesday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Feb 13, 2018
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...

SU25: Basketball Edition

Feb 12, 2018
“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...

ACC Check-In #2: Notre Dame Bounces Back

Feb 12, 2018
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...

Monday’s College Basketball Picks ATS

Feb 12, 2018
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...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume III

Feb 10, 2018
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...

Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch

Feb 9, 2018
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...

The Disaster in Fort Collins

Feb 9, 2018
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...

Gig’Em Gang 2018: TAMU NSD

Feb 9, 2018
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...

Temple to seek approval for on-campus stadium

Feb 7, 2018
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 New QB Type in Stillwater

Feb 7, 2018
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...

Fan-Girling Over Ohio State’s Commitments on NSD

Feb 7, 2018
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...

UCLA 2018 NSD: Hows Chip Kelly Doing?

Feb 7, 2018
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...

Ohio State Basketball is Overrated

Feb 7, 2018
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...

Bill Self to shift things up in starting lineup

Feb 7, 2018
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 ...

The Student Union Sports Podcast: Trivia Edition

Feb 6, 2018
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...

ACC Check-In #1: Virginia Keeps Rolling

Feb 5, 2018
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...

Syracuse Stays in the Family for QB Coach Hire

Feb 5, 2018
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...

Weekend Edition: What to Watch

Feb 3, 2018
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 Stuns Duke in the Garden

Feb 3, 2018
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...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume II

Feb 2, 2018
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;...

College Mascots I Would Not Fight

Feb 2, 2018
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....

TBTQB (Friday Edition): Johnny Manziel

Feb 2, 2018
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...

Campus Cover 024: Hoops Hot Takes

Feb 2, 2018
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...

By the Numbers: Getting Defensive?

Feb 2, 2018
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...

College hoops trade machine

Feb 1, 2018
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...