College hockey bubble watch: crowning conference champs
This weekend in college hockey will see the crowning of six conference champions and the end of the road for many more. The weakest teams have all been more or less bounced for good, as we’re al...
College Hockey Bubble Watch: Conference Tourneys Week 2
With NCHC teams playing their final regular season games, it’s finally true — the college hockey postseason is finally in full swing. Several teams in the other five conferences have already s...
College hockey bubble watch: conference tourneys in sight
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...
College hockey makes a big impression at the Olympics
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...
Farewell to Larry Eustachy, America’s most problematic basketball coach
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...
Football guy Scott Frost puts two of his players in hospital from offseason workout
It appears that new Nebraska head coach Scott Frost is drastically changing the culture of the program he hopes to bring back to glory, first by working his players so hard that two of them spent mult...
Dallas Goedert ruled out of Senior Bowl due to injury
It was reported Wednesday that South Dakota State’s Dallas Goedert, considered by most to be the top small-school player and best tight end prospect for April’s NFL Draft, will miss Saturd...
Stanford’s Bryce Love to return for senior season
In the final hours before last night’s midnight deadline for college players to declare for the NFL draft, Stanford running back Bryce Love announced his intention to return to school for the 20...
SU64: National Championship
The end of the road is finally here for college football fans. After today, the Student Union 64-team College Football Playoff is no more. Oh, and there’s also an apparently-important SEC game g...
SU64: Semifinals
We’re coming down to the wire with the Student Union 64-team College Football Playoff and college football in general. Today we’ll narrow down our championship game so the winner can be re...
Separating reality from fantasy on UCF
It’s a little weird to attach a label of “sore loser” to the only undefeated team in college football, but that’s where we are at. Central Florida, now claiming themselves to b...
SU64: Elite Eight
With most major upsets averted up to this point, the Elite Eight of the Student Union 64-team playoff is down to the big boys. The SEC has a chance at three spots in the Final Four, which would in rea...
SU64: Sweet 16
Forty-eight teams have already seen their seasons cut short in the Student Union 64-team playoff and we’re getting down to the blue bloods versus the bracket busters. This round will probably sa...
NFL Draft Twitter makes college football less fun for everyone
Especially if you root for a smaller school, there’s really no way to prepare yourself for a sudden rush of NFL Draft hype surrounding your team’s favorite player. As a Wyoming fan, Josh A...
SU64: South/East regions second round
The second round of the Student Union 64-team College Football Playoff has already seen some surprising upsets and a few other close calls for top teams. In the left side of the 64-team bracket, secon...
Josh Allen declares for 2018 NFL Draft after bowl victory
The much-hyped 2018 NFL Draft quarterback class just gained another member as Josh Allen announced that he will be skipping his final year of eligibility at Wyoming. Allen made the announcement in fro...
SU64: South region first round
As Student Union continues on with our unprecedented 64-team CFP experiment, it is time to tie up the first round with the South region first round. This bracket is headlined by Clemson, Auburn, Miami...
SU64: East region first round
With the first round completed for one side of the Student Union 64-team CFP, we move to the east region. This bracket is led by Georgia, Ohio State, UCF and Michigan State. So far, there’s been...
SU64: Midwest region first round
Moving right along with the Student Union 64-team College Football Playoff, let’s travel to the Midwest region, headlined by top seeds Alabama, Wisconsin, Penn State and Stanford. If you’v...
SU64: West region first round
The only real college football this weekend is Army-Navy and some FCS playoff action. But fear not, because the first round of the Student Union 64 team playoff is here. If you’ve missed previou...
SU64: Selection Monday
With the conclusion of conference championship games and the selection of the actual 4-team College Football Playoff, today is the day — the Student Union 64-team bracket is here. For those who miss...
Introducing the Student Union 64 team CFP
Here at Student Union, we are big thinkers. Your vanilla sports blog is probably debating who should be in the four team playoff as we speak, or maybe even getting wild and crazy with a six-team or ei...
Beautiful club hockey uniforms, for your viewing pleasure
Here at Student Union, our hockey crew has decided definitively that club hockey IS college hockey. One of the many factors that makes club hockey fun is the uniforms, especially for schools without a...
If undefeated, Wisconsin cannot be left out of the CFP
Many have begun to question whether Wisconsin would deserve one of the four spots in the College Football Playoff even if they finish the season at 13-0 and win the Big 10. The day that an undefeated ...
What was Penn State’s plan on its final possession?
Driving down the field to score the go-ahead touchdown Saturday, Ohio State was faced with a typical dilemma: Can you score too quickly and give the ball back to your opponent with too much time? Shou...
Does Eric Dungey have a death wish?
This past weekend, we were treated to the most stupidly-fearless man in college football, Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey, doing stupidly fearless things. Hurdling defenders is the cool thing to do f...
College puck for dummies, because this is a hockey website now
It was a big week for Student Union Sports. Not only did we pick up a handful of new contributors in the span of a few days, the executives up top made the decision to expand into college hockey just ...
Texas A&M thinks they can “make a run” at James Franklin
A report surfaced Thursday that Texas A&M is gearing up to try and lure James Franklin away from Penn State if/when they fire Kevin Sumlin. From @dennisdoddcbs: Penn State is preparing for Texas A...
Allow me to say a nice thing about Colorado State
*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...
Penn State-Pitt is the champion of dumb rivalries
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,...
UCONN Needs Big Comeback, Practice Kneeldowns to Put Away Holy Cross
While you were watching the sadly predictable second half of Ohio State-Indiana, UConn was mounting a furious second half comeback against FCS Holy Cross. We didn’t get to see the upset we deser...
James Franklin Inks Long-Term Deal at Penn State
After his rebuild of Penn State football exceeded all expectations, James Franklin got his payday. The school announced a new six-year contract for Franklin on Friday, with an average yearly payout of...
Mountain West Preview
Week three of conference previews is here, and it’s time to turn the spotlight on the Mountain West, an entertaining league last year that should be just as wide open this season. With all-due respe...
James Franklin has already pulled off the rebuild of the century
After he took the Penn State head coaching job in 2014, it was easy to feel pity for James Franklin. What’s clear from the job he’s done since then, is that he never pitied himself. Taking...
All Aboard the Josh Allen Hype Train
With the 2017 NFL draft in the books, it’s only natural to start speculating wildly about how things will turn out a year from now at the 2018 Draft. Draft nerds like Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McSh...
A Mountain West Basketball Autopsy
In the few weeks since North Carolina celebrated as national champs, the college basketball landscape has shuffled dramatically, as is custom, while coaches leave or are fired, star players declare th...
Nevada’s Rollercoaster March
It’s hard to imagine what the past 28 days were like for a Nevada fan. On the one hand, the Wolf Pack won a de facto regular season championship game in front of their home crowd on the last day...
Luke Maye Was At His 8 AM Class This Morning
Luke Maye, this hero of North Carolina’s Elite 8 win over Kentucky Sunday, made the rest of us look bad by showing up to his 8 AM class this morning, where he received a standing ovation from hi...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode 5
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Ben Shumate, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maie...
Mountain West hoops roundup — Tying up loose ends
The calendar has turned to March, and I couldn’t be happier. The highlights of early conference tournaments already have me itching for Madness. The Mountain West and a majority of other leagues...
Should You Storm the Court? A Comprehensive Guide
You’re in the student section, watching the final seconds of a win for your school run off the clock. Rushing the court/field after a big win is an unforgettable experience as a sports fan; I sp...
Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 2/20 – 2/26
It seems fitting that, even with just one week of games remaining, we’ve still yet to decide a regular season champion in the Mountain West. Luckily for us, a showdown in Reno Saturday will prov...
Maine Brawled in the Locker Room Over Music
It was reported Wednesday by Larry Mahoney of the Bangor Daily News that five University of Maine basketball players were suspended after a locker room brawl that resulted in a broken jaw for forward ...
Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 2/13 – 2/19
Well, it looks like we’ve got ourselves a three-team race to the finish. Or is it 4? 5? One thing is for sure, we haven’t seen the end of the surprises from this league. What was it this w...
Mountiain West Hoops Roundup — 2/5 – 2/12
Outside of a quadruple-overtime marathon in Laramie and UNLV continuing a record streak, it was a fairly uneventful week in the Mountain West, as the power rankings come out looking pretty similar to ...
5 Mid-Majors You Should Start Paying Attention To
College basketball’s classic programs have never been healthier: UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Duke are all legit contenders, and will get plenty of respect come March. But anyone s...
Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/30-2/4
I thought I had this figured out, at least to a reasonable degree. Saturday in college basketball was complete anarchy; the Big 12 alone was enough to make a for wild weekend. Maybe we’re at the...
Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/23 – 1/29
It was only a matter of time before we would start to see some separation in the Mountain West. It’s safe to say that the league now has a clear frontrunner, and that other teams who may have ha...
Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/16 – 1/22
I know some may be starting to think that I’m just saying this every week to hype up the league, but I’ll say it again anyway: the Mountain West is straight up bananas. The power rankings ...
Leave Grayson Allen Alone
First, a disclaimer: I am not a Duke fan. In fact, like many people, Duke basketball is a team I love to hate. I enjoy watching them choke in the NCAA tournament and probably always will. With that ou...
Mountain West Hoops Roundup — 1/9 – 1/15
The past week in Mountain West basketball was another eventful one. A statement from the league office is forthcoming on another ugly incident in Fort Collins, while a logjam of epic proportions is se...