NCAA Alumni of the Week: Johnny Gaudreau
Johnny Gaudreau has been terrorizing NHL netminders and defensemen all season. His play making ability is up there with the likes of Connor McDavid and Mitch Marner. The Flames are an absolute wagon t...
Game Preview: Iowa vs #5 Michigan
Time for the Hawkeyes to Panic? Iowa has lost two straight, and the world appears to be falling apart in Iowa City because of it. Coming off of a loss to Michigan State, a team that could win it all, ...
Nebraska Basketball Falling off the Map
All those associated with the Nebraska basketball team hoped this was going to be the year. The year they not only made the NCAA Tournament but win their first ever tournament game.The Huskers returne...
BIG Takes: Week 3
Two out of the top three teams lost this week with Purdue taking control in their win against Michigan State, to send the Spartans home with their first Big Ten loss of the year. The shocker of the we...
American International is on the Warpath
American International College is a relatively unheralded hockey program. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Hockey Association. They’ve never...
A couple teams Vegas hasn’t picked up on yet
Gambling, ultimately, is finding lines that are a little wonky to you. Sometimes, it’s just a you thing. Sometimes, you are right. When you are right, you tend to pick up on trends and tendencie...
Western Michigan Finds Themselves Back in Top 10 After Weekend Sweep
After two losses last weekend, Western Michigan returned home to Lawson Arena to take on the 4th ranked University of Denver. It was a matchup between two nationally ranked conference opponents as Den...
Oh You: Lincoln Riley and his Quarterback Conundrum
When you attend Oklahoma as a student, student-athlete, or are an alum of the school you become familiar with or are familiar with The OU Chant. It reads: O-K-L-A-H-O-M-AOur chant rolls on and on!Thou...
Beanpot SZN
The Beanpot Tournament is one of my absolute favorite traditions in college sports. Every year Northeastern, Boston College, Boston University & Harvard get together for the four-team tournament o...
ACC Corner: Week 3 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner, Week 3 edition. There wasn’t as much firepower in terms of big games, but there were some crazy finishes nonetheless. The race for the best record is heating up, as four teams...
The Comeback: UTSA Shocks Old Dominion
On Saturday night, the UTSA Roadrunners shocked the world in a last minute (or last 3 minutes and 49 seconds if you please) comeback of epic proportions. The Runners had a rough day shooting only scor...
Locker Room Talk : Episode 1
The Student Union Sports podcast about nothing in particular. Hot takes, cold drinks, and trash talk is what we like best. On todays episode, some of the Student Union boys (Sam Tschida, Andy Jones, A...
Providence Sweeps Northeastern
The Hockey East is probably college hockey’s deepest conference this year. Even With Boston University and Boston College struggling early the rest of the conference has been strong. As we inch ...
B1G Hockey Splits to Close January
I thought this weekend would separate the top of the B1G from the bottom of the conference. The only decisive series was Notre Dame’s sweep of their ol’ rival Michigan State. Michigan &...
Ethan Happ: Mr. Triple-Double
Holy shit folks. I’m absolutely dumbfounded. Elation, shock, happiness. Ethan Happ just ended the game against Northwestern with 13 points, 12 boards, and 11 assists which accounts for his 2nd t...
Fab 5: Naming the Best College Basketball Freshmen Ever
On ESPN’s College Gameday this weekend, Seth Greenberg made the claim that Carmelo Anthony was the best freshman to ever play college basketball. So that got me thinking. With guys like RJ Barrett, ...
Gonzaga Needs to Grow Up and Join a Real Conference
Since Mark Few took over Gonzaga’s basketball program in 1999, it’s been pure dominance in the West Coast Conference. After a 98-39 win last night over Santa Clara (yeah, that’s 59 p...
Friday Fire: Sing-A-Long Edition
IT. IS. FRIDAY. End of the work week is here and it is the freakin’ weekend, baby, I’m about to have me some fun. And of course there is not other way to start off your weekend than with S...
The Winter Classic: Coming to a College Stadium Near You
The National Hockey League has announced its venues for both the Winter Classic and Stadium Series for the 2019-20 season. The Winter Classic will head down to Dallas for a matchup between the Nashvil...
Jhivvan Jackson: Cold as Ice
Last night the Roadrunner men’s basketball team put the beat down on conference opponent Charlotte. From the tip-off, there was never really a doubt about this game. JHIVVAN-STOPPABLE Jhivvan “Ice...
Transfer SZN at Virginia Tech
Earlier this week, several Virginia Tech football players announced that they would be leaving VT to enter the transfer portal. The list of leaving players includes WR Eric Kumah, RB Deshawn McClease,...
Johnny Walker the Hometown Kid
Arizona State is a program that is still in its infancy. They play their home games in a community rink that seats a couple hundred. That hasn’t deterred them from a 10-3-0 home record. It also ...
Super Saturday at the Garden
The B1G will be taking over Madison Square Garden for a Super Saturday basketball-hockey doubleheader. At noon EST, Maryland and Illinois will tip off at center court to open the day. The primetime ev...
2019 College Football HoF Class Review Part 2
I hope you enjoyed the first part of the College Football HoF Review. Now we have the last 6 players and coach. Jake Plummer First, we have somebody who didn’t always have the most success in th...
Gamecocks land “Primetime” recruit
Shilo Sanders out of Cedar Hill, Texas committed to South Carolina on Tuesday night. The 6’0″, 185-pound cornerback is the son of the greatest defensive back of all time, Deion Sanders. Sa...
BIG Takes: Week 2
A new team is on top of the Big Ten standings and deservingly so. After Michigan’s loss in Madison to Wisconsin, Michigan State has taken over sole position of first place in the standings coming of...
Iowa Basketball: Midseason Review
SO FAR, SO GOOD. Up to this point, the Iowa men’s basketball season has been a pleasant surprise considering how they looked last year. Compared to a 14-19 record last season (4-14 record agains...
St. Cloud State Ends Western Michigan’s Unbeaten Streak
Last week we previewed the matchup between the NCHC’s top 2 teams, second-ranked St. Cloud State and 10th-ranked Western Michigan. The matchup didn’t live up to the hype as the Huskies too...
2019 College Football HoF Class Review Part 1
Ah yes, with the lack of college football on Saturdays, for what is going to feel like an eternity, I figured that we should get a little nostalgic with it. Luckily, instead of playing endless hours o...
Big Ten Roundup
February is right around the corner and that means that conference tournaments are right around the corner. The Big Ten put three teams in the Frozen Four last season(Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame)...
ACC Corner: Week 2 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner, Week 2 edition. The week started with No. 1 Duke being knocked off at home against Syracuse but ended with a 72-70 Blue Devils win over Virginia. The loss was the Cavaliers firs...
A Potential PAC-12 Hockey Conference
A few years ago, the Arizona State Sun Devils moved up to become an NCAA Division 1 hockey club and they’re now ranked 13th in the nation. There’s one issue the Sun Devils are facing right...
IU/Purdue Battle for the Hoosier State
There is a huge showdown in West Lafayette happening today. At 2 pm the Hoosiers from Bloomington make the 2 hour drive north to face their instate rivals the Purdue Boilermakers. Let’s get a br...
Friday Fire: Hoops SZN Begins
January is an odd month for College sports. College Football is dead. College Basketball is basically in Mid-Season form which feels very wrong, and the Big Dance is t-minus two months away. Enough ra...
The NCAA lied… Again
Their investigators actually suck. Note: This is based of a report from the LA Times. In 2010, former USC running back coach Todd McNair sued the NCAA on the grounds of defamation. McNa...
New Years Resolution: Purdue Edition
Well it’s been a couple weeks since the “New Year New Me” posts have come and gone. Now it’s about time to look at what Purdue should switch up going into next year with their ...
Wisconsin Basketball Mid Season Review
Through 17 regular season games the Wisconsin Badgers are 11-6 overall and 5-4 in Big Ten play. Their season to date has been very up and down. The Badgers enjoyed a 5-0 start before falling to #4 Vir...
Oklahoma Gets *Another* Transfer QB.
They own the market at this point. One of the last, and biggest, dominoes in the QB transfer pool has fallen. Today, Jalen Hurts announced his decision to spend his final...
BIG Takes: Week 1
The Big Ten is making their case for the best basketball conference, as they bragged five teams in the Monday’s AP Top 25 poll with four more teams receiving votes. Michigan and Michigan State...
Ohio State Mid Season Review
The Ohio State mens basketball team is looking to continue their success from last season. The Buckeyes are off to a 12-4 start (2-3 in Big 10) and look to make some noise in the Big10 again this seas...
Taro Hirose’s Case For the Hobey Baker
The Hobey Baker is college hockey’s Heisman Trophy. The award goes to the most outstanding player in the nation and cares not for a player’s professional prospects. Michigan State’s ...
#10 Western Michigan Takes Unbeaten Streak on the Road against #2 St. Cloud State
The WMU Broncos are the hottest team in hockey. They’re 9-0-1 in their last 10 games which is their longest unbeaten streak since 2010-11 and currently the longest unbeaten streak in the country...
Brandon Wimbush to UCF
Brandon Wimbush is transferring from Notre Dame to UCF. He is coming to UCF as a grad transfer, meaning he will be eligible to play immediately. Wimbush is the former starting. QB for the Fighting Iri...
Big Ten: Strongest Conference in Basketball?
The Big Ten struggled mightily in basketball last year, fielding only four teams in the NCAA Tournament. However, it is a new year and 2019 looks to be a great one for the Big Ten. As it stands right ...
Down Goes Dook
You know, it may have been a rough start to the season for Syracuse fans, but all of that was forgotten when the Orange went into Cameron Indoor and punched the Dookies in the mouth. Syracuse knocked ...
THE UNDENIABLE POWER OF THE TRANSFER PORTAL
A portal of unknown intent or nature has opened, gashing the fabric of the space-time continuum. Our college football players are now plummeting through dimensional layers until they eventually land a...
Kyler Murray to the NFL?
Kyler Murray has just declared for the NFL Draft. This closes the door on returning for his senior year at Oklahoma. But does this mean he’s made his final choice between football and baseball? Murr...
How the Tigers took down the Tide
On Monday night we saw something that we had never seen before: Nick Saban’s Alabama get blown out. We’ve seen them blow a huge lead in the “Cam Back” and lose heartbreakers at...
ACC Corner: Week 1 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner, where every week I will highlight the best players, games, and teams of the week in college basketball’s best conference. It will also preview the matchups to watch in the com...
CBB Mideason Conference Power Rankings
About halfway through the season with conference play in full swing, teams and conferences have begun to separate themselves from the pack. Some have made a real argument to be no. 1, whereas others h...
Tennessee: Title Bound?
For those of you who haven’t been tuned in to college basketball all year, this may come as a big surprise to you, but Tennessee is showing the country that it might have a say in who the best t...
Friday Fire: THE COMEBACK
WE ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER! That is right folks, football season is officially over and I am officially heartbroken. So, what’s the one thing that can heal a broken heart (other than bing ...
College Football is Over. Now what?
It’s getting to that dreaded time of year again when sports start to slow down. Tragically, this season of college football has come to an end. Now if you wake up at 8am on a Saturday and aggressive...
The Italian Stallion Rides Again
Last night in a complete shut down of conference foe Rice, Giovanni De Nicolao of UTSA put on a clinic. Going for 19 points, 3-6 around the arc and getting the Runners the ball back a whopping five ti...
Should College Athletes Be Paid?
One of the most controversial topics when it comes to the NCAA is paying the student athletes. We’ve all had this debate with friends and family, but have you ever sat down and really thought ab...
Zion Williamson: The Next Generational Superstar
Let me be the first to say that I am not an expert on the intangibles of what makes a college basketball player NBA-ready. But, many of those who are have Duke forward Zion Williamson at the top of th...
Purdue Basketball Mid Season Review
College football is officially over and it’s time for everyone to turn their attention to the rest of the college basketball season. We’re officially at the halfway point and conference pl...
Oh You: The Lincoln Riley Extension
It’s a time old story… Boy meets university, boy has success at university and university offers boy large extension. This is the case for Oklahoma Head Coach, Lincoln Riley. Over the New ...
30 For 30 Worthy Stories of 2018
It has become impossible to scroll through sports Twitter without seeing a million tweets pertaining to what the next great 30 For 30 will be. A lot of the proposed 30 For 30 stories are pretty hyperb...
The Hangover, Postseason Edition: Clemson Dominates, Bama Searches for Answers
Welcome to the fourteenth and final edition of sophomore year The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Santa Clara, California, where...
2018(19?) Playoff Final Preview
Monday night, the culmination of the entire college football season, but what year is Monday’s College Football Playoff Final taking place in? Is this the 2018 Natty or the 2019? I’ve had ...
New Years Resolution: Iowa Hawkeyes
2018 was a year of success in many ways for the Iowa Hawkeyes. However, as the always optimistic Hawkeye fans have become accustomed to, it was also a year full of what could have been. As we ring in ...
Justin Fields transferring to Ohio State
The former 5-star and #2 overall recruit is reportedly set to leave Georgia for Ohio State. Fields also seemed to be considering Oklahoma and Florida State, but his relationship with Dwayne Haskins an...
Ranking the top 5 games of UCF’s 25-game winning streak
I have finally graduated from UCF after four and a half years. Switching my major halfway through college and staying an extra semester for a minor allowed me to witness five seasons of UCF foot...
New Years Resolutions: Michigan State
2018 was a tumultuous year for Michigan State University to say the least. The University came under fire for its handling of sexual assault on campus as well as a myriad of other issues. The universi...
Smart’s Potentially Fatal Mistake
Disclaimer: This is merely an opinion. This is my opinion. I am not a fortune teller. After deciding to break my silence I thought I should talk how much Georgia has pissed me off. As well as what the...
2019 New Year’s Resolutions for Gamecock Football
It’s 2019 and Americans all over the country are making resolutions about losing weight, eating healthier, and exercising more. So in the spirit of making New Year’s resolutions, here are ...
Remembering Purdue Icon, Tyler Trent
With the NY6 bowl games in action and the National Championship only a few days away, the new year appeared to be off to a great start for college football. Then last night, January 1st, at 8:30 pm a ...
The Hangover, Post-Bowl Season Edition: Familiarity isn’t Always Bad
Happy New Year! Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, bowl season. This week, The Hangover...
2019 Sugar Bowl Preview
Texas Longhorns (9-4) vs Georgia Bulldogs (11-2) The Sugar Bowl will be played at 8:45 on New Years’s Day in the Superdome and can be seen on ESPN. The Longhorns will come into this looking for ...
2019 Rose Bowl Preview
#6 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) vs. #9 Washington Huskies (10-3) It’s the Granddaddy of the All and this season’s Rose Bowl features the Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes facing off again...
2019 Fiesta Bowl Preview
LSU Tigers (9-3) vs UCF Knights (12-0) The 2019 Fiesta Bowl will be played on New Year’s Day at 1 PM EST and can be seen on ESPN. UCF will be coming into this game looking to complete their second s...
2019 Outback Bowl Preview
Outback Bowl (Tampa, Florida) Iowa (8-4) vs. Mississippi State (8-4) How They Got Here: Iowa The Hawkeyes had a typical Kirk Ferentz season. Run the ball. Punt a lot. Beat Iowa State. This was all bus...
New Year’s Resolution: Wisconsin Edition
Hello folks, welcome to the New Year! I’m in dire need of flipping of the calendar because my Wisconsin boys didn’t quite get the job done. Not only did the Badger football team not meet t...