Lecture Hall 3/24: Broken, Busted, and Defeated

Mar 24, 2021
What’s up and welcome to Lecture Hall! Presented by Student Union Sports and hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings. The first two rounds of March Madness are over and so are everyoneR...

Lecture Hall 3/10: Ticket Punching Szn

Mar 10, 2021
What’s up and welcome to Lecture Hall! Presented by StudentUnionSports.com and hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings. March Madness begins next week and we jump into it all today: Dak De...

BREAKING: Carson Wentz Traded to Colts

Feb 18, 2021
The Carson Wentz offseason drama is finally over. The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2021 third-round pick and a conditional 2022 second-round pick that...

Lecture Hall 2/9: Jordan Spieth and the Mental Abyss

Feb 9, 2021
What’s up and welcome back to Lecture Hall hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings and presented by Student Union Sports. This week we dive into: Carson Wentz trade situation Super Bowl LV...

Lecture Hall 1/27: Scoring Points is Good

Jan 27, 2021
What’s up and welcome back to Lecture Hall hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings and presented by Student Union Sports. This week we’re finally back with a normal episode and have ...

Lecture Hall 1/19: Moments in History Snake Draft

Jan 20, 2021
What’s up and welcome to Lecture Hall, hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings and presented by Student Union Sports. This week we brought back the snake draft squad, Patrick ‘Patty ...

Lecture Hall 1/5: We Lost the Farm

Jan 5, 2021
What’s up and welcome to Lecture Hall hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings and presented by Student Union Sports! This week we discuss the CFP Semifinals and give our predictions for th...

Lecture Hall 12/29: Take Out a Second Mortgage

Dec 29, 2020
Welcome to Lecture Hall presented by Student Union Sports and hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings. In this week’s syllabus, we have the San Diego Padres trading for everyone, week one ...

Lecture Hall 12/23: The Playoffs are the New BCS

Dec 23, 2020
Welcome back to another episode of Lecture Hall hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings and presented by Student Union Sports. This week we discuss the return of the NBA and NHL, NBA contracts, ...

Five Takeaways from Purdue’s Loss to Nebraska

Dec 5, 2020
Nebraska handed Purdue their fourth straight loss 37-27. Don’t let the scoreboard fool you, this game was not as close as it may suggest. A blocked punt on the first possession of the game led t...

Purdue vs Nebraska: Week Seven Keys to the Game

Dec 3, 2020
Thank you, Nebraska for bringing back Big Ten Football so we’re able to watch these two incredible football programs play Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette. Purdue vs Nebraska is only one ste...

Lecture Hall 12/2: Two Stooges are Better Than One

Dec 2, 2020
What’s up and welcome back to another episode of Lecture Hall presented by Student Union Sports and hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings. This week we discuss the greatest running back ...

Purdue Loses Three in a Row With Loss to Rutgers

Nov 28, 2020
Rutgers, an 11 point underdog, moves to 2-4 after a 37-30 win over Purdue in West Lafayette. As expected, this game was a shootout from start to finish. Both teams took advantage of nonexistent defens...

Purdue vs Rutgers: Week Six Keys to the Game

Nov 27, 2020
This Thanksgiving isn’t what we’re used to in the Big Ten. Usually, at this time we’re getting ready for bowl speculations and a big rivalry weekend. But because of the delayed start...

Lecture Hall 11/24: College Basketball is Back

Nov 24, 2020
Welcome back to Lecture Hall hosted by Harrison Sillings and Bryce Hopwood and presented by Student Union Sports. This week we dive into some way too early college basketball implications and give our...

Lecture Hall 11/17: No One Comes into Ryan Field

Nov 17, 2020
What’s up and welcome back to another episode of Lecture Hall brought to you by Student Union Sports! This week Harrison is a little too excited about Northwestern Football and seems to be a big...

Purdue Falls to #23 Northwestern

Nov 14, 2020
A rainy night in West Lafayette set the stage for the Big Ten West matchup of the year as Purdue hosted Northwestern. #23 Northwestern went into Ross-Ade Stadium and defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 2...

Is it Time to Move on From Philip Rivers?

Nov 11, 2020
On March 21st, The Indianapolis Colts signed 39-year old veteran Philip Rivers to a one-year deal worth $25 million. It’s even rumored that the Colts turned down Tom Brady’s interest in In...

Lecture Hall 11/10: 2020 NBA Mock Draft

Nov 10, 2020
Class is in session! Welcome to Lecture Hall brought to you by Student Union Sports. This week the boys give you their picks for the upcoming NBA draft. They break down each of the top five teams̵...

Lecture Hall 10/28: Olympic Gold Medalist Sami Hill

Oct 28, 2020
What’s up and welcome back to another episode of Lecture Hall brought to you by Student Union Sports! This week the boys are joined by Olympic gold medalist Sami Hill to talk about the postponem...

Purdue Scores Late to Win Opener Over Iowa

Oct 24, 2020
For the first time since 2016, Purdue has won a season opener. The Boilermakers defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 24-20 in West Lafayette on Saturday afternoon. Going into the game there were more questions ...

Rondale Moore Ruled OUT Against Iowa

Oct 23, 2020
Purdue kicks off the 2020 football season Saturday afternoon and will be without their star wide receiver Rondale Moore. The school announced at 12ET Friday that Moore would not be playing in the game...

Purdue vs Iowa: Week One Keys to the Game

Oct 23, 2020
After months of uncertainty, scrutiny, and anticipation, Big Ten football finally kicks off this weekend. For the Purdue Boilermakers, a tough week one opponent is nothing new in the Jeff Brohm era. W...

SUS Lecture Hall 10/22: Big Rings and Big J’s

Oct 22, 2020
The Lecture Hall boys are back! This time a couple of days later than usual because Hoppa is now engaged! They talk just a smidgeon the World Series (Harrison predicted this). Dive into their NFL Week...

SUS Lecture Hall 9/23: A Call to the Bullpen

Sep 23, 2020
Lecture Hall is back once again! This week Shooter makes a call to the bullpen with Hoppa out on the DL. Shooter is joined by the hosts of the Campus Cover podcast, Patty Takes, and Cody Coggin. Produ...

BREAKING: Big Ten Football is Back

Sep 16, 2020
A month after postponing the 2020 fall football season, the Big Ten has announced that they have approved new guidelines to resume the football starting October 24th. It has been teased for a couple o...

Lecture Hall 2020 NFL Season Preview

Sep 9, 2020
If you haven’t been listening, you’ve been missing out first of all, but here is a recap of the Lecture Hall boys 2020 NFL Season Preview! Seeding After 7 long weeks, the boys predicted al...

Indianapolis Colts: 2020 NFL Preview

Sep 4, 2020
Coming in at the 10 spot in the 2020 Student Union Sports NFL power rankings is the Indianapolis Colts. Indianapolis is a city with high expectations for its football team. They were thought to be rea...

SUS Lecture Hall 9/2: Drew Lock is my Cocaine

Sep 2, 2020
Lecture Hall is back this week with yet another episode! This week the boys discuss the MLB trade deadline, its impacts, and predict the second half of the MLB season. They also continue their NFL bre...

SUS Lecture Hall 8/12: A Sad Day for Sports

Aug 12, 2020
Lecture Hall is back this week and we’re jumping right into the only thing anyone is talking about, the Big Ten and PAC 12 have postponed fall sports. We talk about the lasting impact of this de...

SUS Lecture Hall 7/29: Magic City Mania

Jul 29, 2020
This week the Lecture Hall boys continue their NFL division breakdowns with AFC South. We also get into MLB opening weekend and the disappointments that come with it, Magic City wings, NBA and NHL pre...

SUS Lecture Hall 7/22: Rodger Goodell is a Stooge

Jul 22, 2020
The boys are back for another jam-packed episode of Lecture Hall! This week Hoppa and Shooter discuss the corruption within the NFL. Specifically with the Washington Football Club. That leads into a r...

SUS Lecture Hall 7/15: Starting 9’s JayHay

Jul 15, 2020
Shooter and Hoppa are back to continue their interview hot streak! This week they have Jay Hay from the Starting 9 podcast. JayHay is a former employee of ESPN and the current producer for Starting 9....

NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: Reality Check

Jul 9, 2020
Shooter is back and the last dance of his college career in NCAA Football 13 continues. When we last left off, Shooter and the boys were off to a 4-0 start and were absolutely rolling. However, the re...

NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: #HeismanHarri

May 16, 2020
When we last left off NCAA Football 13 Chronicles, Harri “Shooter” Sillings, had just finished up his junior year at Arizona State. He’s won eight games in his three years as a start...

NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: Aggressive Mediocracy

May 14, 2020
Welcome back to NCAA Football 13 Chronicles! When our Arizona State standout Shooter Sillings last left us he had just made the decision to return to ASU for his junior season. The team was sitting at...

NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: The Decision

May 5, 2020
At 11 am Eastern Standard Time, news broke in the world of NCAA Football 13. Soon to be junior QB Shooter Sillings had made the decision to return to ASU for his third season of eligibility. This news...

NCAA Football 13 Chronicles Episode 2: The Gauntlet

Apr 24, 2020
When I left you last time, Sophomore QB Harri Sillings was about to lead the ASU Sun Devils into the gauntlet of their schedule. They were sitting at 0-4 with #9 Notre Dame coming to Tempe and #11 USC...

NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: Episode 1

Apr 22, 2020
I consider myself to be god-like when it comes to the NCAA Football video games. Especially when it comes to NCAA Football 13. Which is why I figured that me making another Road to Glory would be a ca...

Indianapolis Colts: Keys to a Succesful Draft Class

Mar 31, 2020
The Indianapolis Colts were one of the most interesting storylines going into the 2019 NFL season. Jacoby Brissett was named the starter only a couple weeks before the start of the regular season afte...

Horizon League Tournament Preview

Mar 2, 2020
College Basketball has been as much of a level playing field as its ever been. Conferences like the Big Ten have seen no one able to gain enough ground to separate themselves from the rest of the pack...

Bubble Watch 2020: Purdue Boilermakers

Feb 19, 2020
In the words of John Rothstein, “Death, Taxes, Matt Painter.” Painter has had tremendous success with the Purdue Basketball program during his tenure as the Boilermakers head coach. HeR...

Oregon Women’s Basketball: The Next Dynasty?

Jan 17, 2020
Oregon women’s basketball has been on to something special in recent years. In women’s college basketball, we’ve become accustomed to dominance by traditional powerhouses. The men...

CFP Rankings Week 2: All is Right in the World

Nov 12, 2019
The second CFP Rankings of 2019 were just released and all is finally right with the world. Top Four After their dismantling of Alabama last weekend, LSU is holding down the top spot. Did anyone not s...

October 20th, 2018: The Best Night of My Life

Oct 20, 2019
To understand how much this day meant to me it’s important to understand everything that had led up to it. Growing up a Purdue football fan, I’ve sat through countless heartbreaks. When I ...

Western Michigan Hockey Splits Ice Breaker Tournament

Oct 13, 2019
The 14th ranked Western Michigan Hockey team saw their first real test this weekend in the Ice Breaker Tournament against 12th ranked Ohio State. Friday Night The Buckeyes got on the board early to ta...

Purdue Hockey Puts Up Video Game Numbers This Weekend

Oct 13, 2019
October is the best sports month of the year. College football every Saturday, the NFL is in full swing, The NHL and NBA have just gotten underway, MLB playoffs are heating up, and college basketball ...

Big Ten Volleyball: #3 Nebraska at Northwestern

Sep 28, 2019
Here at Student Union, we take care of all your coverage needs for men’s basketball, football, hockey, and baseball. We don’t get a lot of content out on the women’s side, until now....

Any Volunteers? What’s Next For Tennessee football?

Sep 25, 2019
Jeremy Pruitt was hired after the 2017 season to revive a Tennessee football program that many thought was dead. The Volunteers were coming off of a 4-8 season, the worst in school history, and with f...

Dear Tennessee Volunteers & Phillip Fulmer, Hire Us.

Sep 11, 2019
The Tennessee Volunteers coaching staff has proven they’re incapable of doing anything right. They can’t beat a two win Sun Belt team, nor can they take down an Independent team that hasn&...

The Boilermaker State Ep 1: Nevada Preview

Aug 29, 2019
Two podcasts in the same week? That’s right we’re back with another podcast. This one is talking anything and everything Purdue athletics. Dan Jakes and I will be bringing you football rec...

Now Presenting the Woo Sports Podcast!

Aug 27, 2019
If you follow Student Union Sports you would know that we traditionally cover college sports exclusively. However, it’s been a dream of mine to have my own podcast. I didn’t see an exclusi...

2019 CFB Preview: Missouri Tigers

Aug 24, 2019
Since Barry Odom took over the Missouri Tigers in 2016, the Tigers haven’t been much better than mediocre. The Tigers are coming off their best season under Odom’s control and have a lot t...

2019 CFB Preview: Washington Huskies

Aug 16, 2019
The Washington Huskies have been transformed into a perennial power under Chris Petersen. In the last 3 years, they’ve made a College Football Playoff appearance, won the PAC 12 twice, and won t...

Power Rankings: 2019 Big 12 Quarterbacks

Aug 13, 2019
In a conference that’s known for its explosive offenses, the quarterback is the center of everything. Big 12 quarterbacks have taken home the last two Heisman Trophies and the conference has hou...

2019 CFB Preview: Northwestern Wildcats

Aug 8, 2019
Since Pat Fitzgerald took over at Northwestern they’ve been a model of consistency. They’re coming off of a 9 win season where they won the Big Ten West and the year before that they won 1...

2019 CFB Preview: Minnesota Golden Gophers

Aug 8, 2019
PJ Fleck has the Minnesota Golden Gophers right where he wants them. When Fleck was hired in the winter of 2016 expectations were high. He was coming off of an undefeated regular season at Western Mic...

2019 CFB Preview: Oklahoma State Cowboys

Jul 31, 2019
Oklahoma State has been a steady program since 2008 and has won nine games or more every year since then except for two (2014 and 2018). Mike Gundy has turned Stillwater into a desirable destination f...

2019 CFB Preview: NC State Wolfpack

Jul 17, 2019
Dave Doeren has done a great job with this NC State Wolfpack team since taking over as head coach in 2012. His recent success saw him as the target of a few head coaching vacancies during the off seas...

2019 CFB Preview: Duke Blue Devils

Jul 16, 2019
In David Cutcliffe’s 11 seasons at Duke, he has brought a dying program back to life. Coaching at a school that most people only know from basketball can be a difficult task. Cutcliffe has lived...

NBA Draft Preview: Purdue’s Carsen Edwards

Jun 12, 2019
Carsen Edwards caught everyone’s attention during Purdue’s NCAA Tournament run. The junior guard averaged 35 points per game in the tournament, including two 42 point performances against ...

Purdue Basketball Season Wrap Up

Apr 8, 2019
When I wrote my Mid Season Review for the Boilers back in Januar, things were looking pretty grim. They’d just come off a 20 point loss at Michigan State and had already shown signs of strugglin...

NCAA Hockey Tournament Midwest Regional

Mar 28, 2019
The NCAA unveiled the 2019 hockey tournament bracket this weekend and we’re poised for another action-packed tourney. Here at Student Union Hockey, we’re bringing you all the coverage you ...

NCAA Hockey Tournament West Regional Preview

Mar 28, 2019
The NCAA unveiled the 2019 hockey tournament bracket this weekend and we’re poised for another action packed tourney. Here at Student Union Hockey, we’re bringing you all the coverage you ...

St. Cloud State Gets Two Top 10 Hobey Baker Finalists

Mar 23, 2019
On Wednesday night, the announcement rang that two Huskies found themselves as top ten finalists for college hockey’s most prestigious award, the Hobey Baker. Three-year captain Jimmy Schuldt, r...

WMU’s Colt Conrad Signs With Toronto Marlies

Mar 23, 2019
After Toronto failed to snag Michigan State’s Taro Hirose, they went out and got another Michigan star In WMU’s Colt Conrad. The former Bronco just reached an agreement with the Toronto Ma...

NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Recap

Mar 23, 2019
After last weekends quarterfinal action, the conference took all four winners up to St Paul, Minnesota to compete in one game series final four of the conference tournament. The #1 team in the country...

Does Tom Izzo Deserve The Hate?

Mar 23, 2019
Yesterday during Michigan State’s win over Bradley, head coach Tom Izzo was caught on camera RIPPING into Aaron Henry. Izzo was so heated that he had to be restrained by his players when he lung...

I-Who? Why the Hoosiers were among the first four out

Mar 18, 2019
When Romeo Langford signed with Indiana, fans were already hanging a sixth banner in their heads. After a 12-2 start, the excitement was back in Bloomington. And with in-state rival, Purdue, getting o...

NCHC Tournament Preview

Mar 13, 2019
With the regular season finally wrapped, it’s time for the conference tourney. Where teams who are out of contention look to earn an auto bid for the NCAA Tournament, and the conference powerhou...

NCHC Weekend Recap

Mar 5, 2019
This was the second to last weekend before the NCHC tournament. We saw a few teams trying to lock up home ice for the tournament and had a battle of top 10 teams. As always it made for a lot of great ...

#1 SCSU Bucks #10 Broncos On The Road

Mar 3, 2019
On Thursday we previewed this marquee matchup in NCHC conference play between the St. Cloud State Huskies and Western Michigan Broncos. Coming in the Huskies were on a hot streak and didn’t look...

NCAA Alumni of the Week: Sean Kuraly

Feb 28, 2019
Sean Kuraly was a fifth round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft. The former Miami (OH) standout is currently a grinder on the Boston Bruins fourth line and has played a key role in a few wins for the Bruins ...

Purdue Fans Drooling Over New Hockey Unis

Feb 26, 2019
Purdue Hockey plays in the ACHA, and on December 21st they teased some new unis on their Twitter page. Rebirth Sports is the maker of these FIRE jerseys and did the official unveiling of them today on...

NCHC Weekend Recap

Feb 26, 2019
With three weeks left in the regular season, all eight teams in the NCHC returned to the ice over the weekend. St. Cloud State needed a weekend sweep and a Minnesota Duluth loss to capture their secon...

Hobey Baker Finalist: Jimmy Schuldt

Feb 15, 2019
The Hobey Baker Award is college hockey‘s Heisman Trophy. Named after American hockey hall of famer, Hobey Baker, the award is given annually to the nations best player. St. Cloud State’s,...

NCHC Weekend Recap

Feb 13, 2019
Another weekend has come and gone which means we have more NCHC action to recap. A lot of the conference had a bye week, but we were still able to get two really good matchups. Let’s dive i...

NCAA Alumni of the Week: Danny DeKeyser

Feb 10, 2019
Danny DeKeyser was a force for the Western Michigan Broncos during his three seasons in Kalamazoo. The defenseman was a favorite of Bronco fans and hockey fans in general. His NHL career started slowl...

Brohm Brings in Best Class in Purdue History

Feb 6, 2019
National signing day is finally upon us and no one is happier than Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm. Going into his third season leading the Boilers, he has secured a top-25 recruiting class, a feat that ...

NCHC Weekend Recap

Feb 5, 2019
This past weekend, the best conference in college hockey, the NCHC, was back in action with some great matchups. Let’s dive into how each team fared. #8 Western Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha Last F...