G5 Game of the Week:#18 UCF @ SMU
Line: UCF @ SMU (+14.5) (moneyline: SMU +465) (UCF -630) Total 73: When: 6:15 p.m. Saturday at Gerald J. Ford Stadium Broadcast: ESPN2: A huge matchup in the American Athletic Conference will broadcas...
Week 10 Winner$
What better way to start off my time at Student Union than to give out some #winners? As the football season goes on, the lines Vegas creates keep getting more accurate. However, there are some games ...
Beat the Spread: Perfect Parlay Week 10
After a couple abysmal weeks have dropped our season record to a pedestrian 15-13-4, I promise this the week we are turning this ship around. I’m feeling really good about these underdogs and I beli...
Desert Hot Takes Episode 7: College Basketball Preview
The Desert Hot Takes podcast, features Host Austin Montgomery, and co-host Jacob Allen, bringing up the hottest takes on this side of the Mississippi. This week’s episode of Desert Hot Takes inc...
The Campus Cover Episode 12: College Football Week 10
The Campus Cover 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 previews of the best...
Eight Team Playoff Is The Answer
When I thought about the College Football Playoff Committee releasing their top four in the playoff rankings this week, I couldn’t help but to notice that there were way more than four teams cap...
The Johnny Rambos Podcast Episode 14 With Barstool Sports Young PageViews
Johnny and Huntdad discuss Zekes suspension, the reemergence of corn rows, and College football playoff talks. Young Pageviews from Barstool Sports stops in for an interview with the Rambos Podcast gu...
JJ Taylor is the Best RB You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet)
When I sat down to watch some late-night PAC 12 action on September 22nd, little did I know that I would discover a talent that most of the country had not seen play before. It wasn’t just his q...
Mr. October Aka Khalil Tate: Rich Rod’s Saving Grace
Mr. October aka Khalil Tate Tucson, Arizona A sub-par Arizona team went into September at 2-2, without very much to look forward to. With a difficult schedule approaching and narrow losses to Houston ...
CFB Preview Week 10
After last week, I feel as if I can die a happy man. J.T. Barrett put on an ABSOLUTE CLINIC last week against Penn St. I am on cloud nine after the Buckeyes finally get a marquee win in Columbus. So b...
SEC Coaching Board Story
What was once considered the most dominant conference in football is on the verge of a mass exodus of coaches. The SEC is looking at having five, possibly six, open head coaching gigs. That’s ja...
Best Games of Week 10
Week nine was pretty solid. Hearts were broken, coaches were fired. Some other things happened, but we aren’t worried about it, it’s week ten, y’all. As you are reading this, week te...
The Student Union Sports Podcast Ep. 7: Jim McElwain and a Good Looking Catfish
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...
Contender or Pretender? Week 9 Heisman Rankings
While the top spot in the Heisman rankings remains the same once again, there is some shakeup in the next four spots. A new face for the season makes an appearance, one that has been on Heisman lists ...
Notre Dame is For Real
From a 4-8 season to being ranked third in the first installment of the playoff rankings, this has been a heck of a year for the Irish so far. After being on the hot seat following a poor season last ...
Can’t Knock the Hustle Episode 107 – The Reintroduction
PJ and Bryce talk about Rhodes Athletics, CFB Playoff Rankings, Butch Jones & Jim McElwain, NFL Trade Deadline, Barry Bonds should we care?, will people actually use the Amazon Key?, Martavis Brya...
The Butch Jones Championship of Life Hot Seat: Week 10
There was a huge surprise from the hot seat world this past week with Florida firing coach Jim McElwain. He had been to the SEC championship game each of the last 2 seasons with records of 10-4 and 9-...
Playoff Eliminator Week 9
Following the first college football playoff rankings by the committee, we now have a better understanding of the contenders for the college football playoff. Unfortunately, I have had to eliminate so...
Hey, the CFP Committee Got the First Rankings Right!
The first College Football Playoff rankings are out and, naturally, everybody is reacting and overreacting to the committee’s initial Top 25 rankings. After watching the Rankings Reveal Show on...
Dear Patrick, Is Alabama Overrated?
The short answer? Yes. The long answer? Yes, absolutely. Thanks to fellow Student Union writer Cody Goggin, we publish a Top 25 College Football Poll every week compiled of our picks and rankings amon...
The only picks that matter for week 10
So last week, I returned to prime half-Pulitzer, half-Comedy Central El Pollo form. In response, the football gods rewarded me with an overtime victory for the UMass Minutemen. It’s admittedly m...
Who is the best team in the SEC?
Alabama and Georgia have been the talk of college football this year. Alabama was expected to be this good, considering this is how they look every season. Georgia, however, is 8-0, despite having an ...
Mark Emmert Concerned About Public Perception of NCAA
Recently, the NCAA has come under fire for the handling of many scandals, notably the UNC academic fraud, and the college basketball recruiting scandal. NCAA President Mark Emmert is concerned that th...
Pinch Jim McElwain, He’s Having a Nightmare
No, it’s not that Jim McElwain got to school and realized he was in his boxers…that’d be preferable to the hellish, absurd week that the former Florida Head Coach has endured. Nor is...
The Worst of Week Nine
Week nine was one of the best weeks in recent college football memory. Some things that made this week so great were also kind of dumb though. Some were dumber than others. There were some thrillers f...
The Sad State of Football In Texas
As all of you know, the past few years for football in the state of Texas has been a far cry from what the state has become accustomed to. From the fall of a football blue blood in the University of T...
Best tweets of week 9
Alright, everyone. Take a breath. Week 9 is over, so we are all able to relax again. Sit back. Maybe have an IPA. Get ready for the rest of the World Series, which isn’t seeming to give any rest...
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...
The Rise and (Epic) Fall of the Fighting Illini
For a Power Five school, Illinois, especially in football and basketball, has taken a huge step down in the past decade or so. Growing up an Illini fan, it’s been tough to watch. I have fuzzy me...
Is Arizona the Team to Beat in the Pac-12 South?
Khalil Tate Tate is pretty much the entire reason that the Arizona Wildcats are relevant, now in a two-team race with USC for the Pac-12 South title. The Wildcats have gone 4-0 since Tate took over un...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 9
Just ahead of the first College Playoff rankings, we had a huge shakeup with some of the top teams in the nation. For all those people who just root for chaos leading up to the playoff, you got it thi...
College Football Playoff: Who’s Getting in
With a month left in the regular season the discussion for who will get in the Playoff is heating up. Of course at this point no one has any clue of who is getting in–except for Alabama, they ar...
SU25: Week 9
Just nine weeks into the college football season, everything is starting to go off the rails. Iowa State is a top 15 team, Notre Dame is back, and all the good teams just keep losing. There was a bit ...
Polls are stupid
Sports media is a world where takes are generally hot and everyone likes to #EmbraceDebate. Some hot takes are actually well put together, but others are basically purposeless. These purposeless takes...
O.J Simpson + USC Football Program = True Love or Tinder Disaster?
Orenthal James (O.J) Simpson, aka “The Juice”, former USC running back, was released from Lovelock Correctional Center (Las Vegas, Nevada) on October 1st, 2017. O.J was serving a nine-year...
The Hangover, Week 9
Welcome to the first edition of The Hangover, where we recap the previous weekend in college football. College football is the best time of the year (and that’s not up for debate, so don’t...
Campus Cover Week 9
Cody and PJ are back for Week 9 action under the covers. They debut a new game, make picks, and talk games of the week. Tweet @pjguip1 and @CodyGoggin with what you think about us or our picks or our ...
Beat the Spread: Perfect Parlay Week 9
#22 West Virginia (+7.5) vs #11 Oklahoma St: Surprisingly, the Mountaineers find themselves in a four-way tie for second place in the Big 12 as they get set to host Oklahoma State on Saturday. Dana Ho...
Gambling and Gifs: Week 9
Georgia Tech (+14) against Clemson While I don’t see the Yellow Jackets beating Clemson straight up in this matchup, I really like their chances to cover. In case you haven’t been keeping ...
HYPEST Hype Video of Week 9
Hello, ladies and gents I’m back again! Your weekly hype man is here to give you the best hype videos of this week. I know last week’s videos were amazing so let’s see if we can top ...
Optimizing Gameday With Your Boys
Little known fact: I’m a PhD student in Industrial Engineering. What does that mean? I’m not good at making things, but I’m good at making things better. I did not invent football, b...
Surprise, Suprise, Mountaineer DUI
Well, folks, I’d be lying if I said this was a surprise. West Virginia University. The former number 1 party school in the country. (We are 2 right now but in all honesty, everyone knows we are ...
Baker Mayfield Deserves the Heisman
By Patrick Belanger Honestly, who doesn’t love Baker Mayfield? Well, besides Ohio State fans and any people that are fans of the other nine teams in the Big 12. Seriously though, this guy is amazing...
Thursday Thots
Its Thursday, I have Thots running through my head. Ya know that’s just how most Thursday’s go for me in the great city of Clemson, South Carolina. Starting today we have 41 days straight ...
CFB Week 9 Preview
As we approach the final stretch of the College Football season, I’m gonna shake up the Preview format a little bit. So let’s go face first into this transition. Games of the Week: #11 Okl...
What To Expect From The WLOCP
One of the greatest traditions in college sports is the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. A great venue for really any kind of sports fan to get together, have some food, get a good daytim...
The MAC is BACK
We made it guys, we finally made it. Football season has been upon us for about two months now, and it has been awesome. But the MAC is back. Nothing beats getting together with the boys early on a Sa...
Who Moved My Cheese? College Football Edition
Change is often sparked by the need or desire to improve. Generally, change can be a good thing. If anything, it is refreshing to get a change of scenery. Our beloved sport of college football can def...
Penn State vs Ohio State
By:Â Patrick Belanger The Big Ten is arguably the hottest conference in college football at the moment. With four teams in the AP Top 25, three of them being in the top 10, the Big Ten is dominating ...
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...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 8
As we sadly near the end of the college football regular season (only a month left), the race for the Heisman is about to heat up. Saquon Barkley is firmly entrenched atop the rankings, but is followe...
Week 9 TOP 20 & What We Learned
It’s late Saturday night on the East Coast in West Virginia. An unknown number from California rings the landline at Murray Energy Corp. It’s the Trojan great, and current USC AD, Lynn Swa...
The Butch Jones Championship of Life Hot Seat: Week 9
Welcome back to the second installment of the critically acclaimed, award winning series, Butch Jones Championship of Life Hot Seat. In this installment we are going to check in on our hot seat coache...
Best Games of the Week: Week 9
This has been a really weird year for college football and, to be honest, we wouldn’t have it any other way. The reason we love and follow this sport every fall is because it is the weirdest, mo...
Saquon Barkley: a Creation Story
The history of the world is riddled with things far too perfect to be the work of human hands. The pyramids attain geometric perfection. Ancient Maya achieved numerous advances that were thousands of ...
El Pollo, an apologetic chicken
There are times in a man’s life where he hits low points. With every moment of genius comes an equal and adjacent moment of failure. For Tom Cruise it was being a scientologist and divorcing Kat...
Shower Thoughts with Anthony
We all know the feeling when you’re in the shower and sometimes you get bored and you just start thinking about random things. Well since college football consumes my entire existence, all of my...
Playoff Eliminator Week 8
Another crazy week of college football has left us with only 22 teams in the playoff hunt. In just one week, the committee will release their first playoff rankings for the year and depending on how t...
SU Top 25 Poll: Week 8
Over the past two weeks of college football, a lot has been shook up in the CFP race. USC, Washington, Washington State, Clemson, Michigan, and more have all fallen since the last time we made this po...
All Talk, Little Walk for Harbaugh
For all the talk Jim Harbaugh has had over the last three years at Ann Arbor, it really hasn’t amounted to much. After getting dominated by Penn State in primetime Saturday, Harbaugh and company...
What The World Was Like The Last Time Kansas Scored
After another atrocious performance on both sides of the ball, the Kansas Jayhawks have once again found themselves a spot as the laughing stock of college football. In two weeks, the Jayhawks have be...
Week 8 through tweets
There are a lot of great things about football. For the people that just have their tv up and running on gameday, there are the scores and the turnovers. There are the 40 yard rushes that get you off ...
Lets Get Weird: Big 12 Breakdown
What a great week for the Big 12. Well, maybe not for the Big 12 as a whole but we have some teams on the rise and other teams barely hanging on. Then there’s Kansas. The only thing we know for sure...
My Open Letter To Butch Jones
As you all know, I mainly watch/cover the SEC. Unfortunately for me, most of my memories of the SEC have been hot garbage as I missed a majority of the golden years when the SEC contained three or fou...
Student Union Player Spotlight: Khalil Tate
Khalil Tate School: University of Arizona Position: Quarterback Year: Sophomore Twitter: @KhalilDTN I’ll tell you what, man. Jon Gruden would be ecstatic if he was to watch Khalil Tate on his Co...
PAC-12 OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION
Well, here we are… Week 8 has passed, and the Pac-12 has been officially eliminated from College Football Playoff contention. Hear me out, because there is no way a Pac-12 school even has a shot...
Su’a Cravens DEMOLISHED USC Football on Twitter
On the field, USC was getting embarrassed by Notre Dame, eventually losing 49-14. On the internet, former player Su’a Cravens was not holding back in criticism of the program. Cravens made sure ...
Tim Tebow Continues to Motivate Everyone Around Him
Tim Tebow: not the best quarterback ever. However, Tim Tebow may be one of the best motivational speakers of our generation. This morning on SportsCenter, Tebow had us all ready to do anything we have...
USC vs Notre Dame Preview
For the first time since 2009, both Southern California and Notre Dame enter their storied rivalry game as ranked teams. The contest is packed with College Football Playoff implications for both teams...
Gambling and Gifs
Michigan (+9.5) against Penn State There are way too many people doubting Jim Harbaugh this season, and that is exactly why he’s about to shove all of that criticism in our faces and take down t...
Desert Hot Takes Podcast Episode 5
On this episode of the desert hot takes Austin Montgomery and Jacob Allen discuss the Pac-12 football conference and the growth of college hockey in the western United States. The podcast begin...
Johnny Rambos Podcast Episode 13 With Frank Fleming
On today’s episode Frank Fleming joins us to talk about pretty much everything New York, B. Hunt dad and Johnny discuss the current state of the NBA, Steph Curry’s foot fetish, Dwayne Wade...
Beat the Spread: Perfect Parlay
A new edition of the Beat the Spread’s perfect parlay includes six teams. In honor of national writing day, I wrote up lengthy piece that includes picks for six different match ups. We are cu...
The Pac-12 is in Shambles: Who will survive?
Last Week Just like the Pac-12, my life was in shambles last week. But I am back and better than ever. Unfortunately, the Pac-12 may not recover as well as I did after being bent over by mid-terms. Mi...
Celebrities and college sports are like vodka and OJ
The celebrities in professional sports are extremely well noted. They get about air time as the players do. Next time you watch a Raptors game take a drink every time they reference or show Drake and ...
“Johnny Football 2.0”: Baker Mayfield’s Senior Year
While watching Baker Mayfield implant the Oklahoma Sooners flag into the center of the Ohio State Buckeyes home field, my “What An Asshole” alert system went off. This system hasn’t ...
Campus Cover Episode 9: Week 8 Action
MASCOT MASHUP IS BACK!! Cody and PJ give their picks of the week and dream playoff matchups. Also, get HYPED for the college basketball preview coming in a couple weeks....
Hypest HYPE VIDEO of Week 8
Alright, so I’ve decided that it’s time my fans get to look at the HYPEST video of each College Football week. So what I decided was to start putting out weekly increments of hype videos ...
Breaking Down the Most Surprising Wonderlic Test Scores
So on the latest episode of the Student Union Sports Podcast, the boys and I played a game where we tried to guess the Wonderlic test scores of notable College and NFL players. For those of you who do...
Despite His Flaws, JT Barrett is Underrated
Okay….I’ve seen the tweets and it is very clear that we need to talk about Mr. J.T. Barrett. But, if we’re going to talk about one of the statistically best QB’s of all time, itâ€...
CFB Preview Week 8
After a WILD slate of games in week 7, we saw 7 of the top 25 teams lose. Four of those were in the top ten. Let’s all catch our breath, and take a peek into what lies ahead for this week in col...
The Road Ahead for Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C.– Coming off a resounding win in Blacksburg three weeks ago, many around the nation felt Clemson gave itself one mulligan for a loss in the rest of its schedule thanks to three top-...
SEC West: The Race for Second Place
Alabama is really good this year; imagine that. In a year that has the same story as normal in SEC West, the best the other teams can realistically do is fight for a second-place finish and a potentia...
Dating the Hot Young Coach
Nothing gets an administration in college football more excited than hiring that young up-and-coming coaching from a group of five school. For the school licking their chops, getting this hot hire mea...
Playoff Eliminator: Week 7
Week 7 was underdog week as while there were not a ton of teams eliminated, a bunch of undefeated teams suffered losses, putting them on the brink of being knocked out. The field dwindles and conferen...
The Student Union Sports Podcast Episode 6: The Wonderlic Test Edition
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...
The Butch Jones Championship of Life Hot Seat
Welcome everyone to the all new weekly segment, the BUTCH JONES CHAMPIONSHIP OF LIFE HOT SEAT!!! I know you are all very excited but before we dive in let me break down the format. We are going to hav...
Come Sunday Morning: A Butch Jones Story
Butch Jones was effectively fired at approximately 8 p.m. on September 30th, moments after being shut out by Georgia. Yes, Jones is currently preparing for a beating of seismic proportions in Tuscaloo...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 7
While there is no change at the top, there are some fresh faces in the top five Heisman rankings. While it may very well be the year of the running back, two quarterbacks may have something to say abo...
Big 12 Week 8 Preview
So let me start off by saying yes it IS already week 8 in the CFB season. It’s sad, we are fast approaching the big holiday season where college football starts to wind down into bowl season. St...
El Pollo, ten game winner
Last week, I told you guys that I was actually a football guy. The secret is officially out. I know that is hard to believe coming from a guy that makes picks based on how much a school costs and who ...
Pure Dominance…?
As another week of college football comes and goes, more interesting stats fly out then we can keep track of. One that crossed the internet landscape (more importantly our StudentU group chat) was tha...
Sometimes you miss out on awesome things: A ‘Cuse Story
As a Temple student, I am not very closely acquainted with the concept of being at a fun sports school. This season, our offense might be the worst offense of all time, and the 7th place projected fin...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 7
As you can see, this weekly series is called on the ball, which usually is a phrase to show that something is consistent and doing exactly what it needs to do. Unfortunately, my schedule got packed up...
Cal Dominates Washington State
The air quality in Berkeley was piss poor, but the Washington State Cougars’ performance was worse, as the the Cougars suffered a 37-3 beatdown at the hands of the Golden Bears. Â The real heros...
What the Hell Happened to Wazzu?
In a SHOCKING result, the #8 Washington State Cougars fell last night to the California Golden Bears by a score of 37-3. If you would have told me before the game that score, I would’ve guessed ...
Mike Gundy Has An All-Time Dad Bod
At Friday night’s Oklahoma State football pep rally, Mike Gundy had another Mike Gundy moment. Already among the most entertaining coaches in college basketball, Gundy showed us why we love him ...
The Most Impressive High School Highlight Reels
High school football is truly a beautiful thing. It’s the only level of the sport where you will find scrawny 16-17 year old kids squaring off against elite 5-star recruits who are essentially g...
History 101: Oklahoma Sooners
By Jesse Crittenden For arguably the most successful and storied college football program in history, the last decade of football for the University of Oklahoma has been a rollercoaster ride. Througho...
Are the Oklahoma Sooners the Best Program of the Modern Era?
By:Â Jesse Crittenden College football can bring out the best and the worst in all college football fans. It brings out our arrogance, our cockiness, and our irrationality. However, it has given me s...
NCAA Investigation Clears UNC of Charges
After a seven year-long investigation into an academic fraud scandal, the NCAA has cleared the University of North Carolina from any NCAA sanctions. While everyone may jump to the conclusion that UNC ...
Syracuse’s Hype Video for the Clemson game is LIT
I never thought I would hear “Thriller” used in a college football hype video…. but here we are. When you have a home game on Friday the 13th, against the #2 team in the country, you...
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...
The week of Gambling Commandment number 3
For those of you that are followers of The Campus Cover podcast, you will know that we have some rules. There is one commandment in particular that is extremely important in college sports. We talked ...
Jim Harbaugh is Actually Not a Good Coach
As an Ohio State fan it feels good to know that the Buckeyes have the second best coach in college football: Urban Meyer. He’s 66-7 in his time at Ohio State, which ranks near the top of the nat...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Episode 5
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...
Campus Cover week 8
Cody and PJ are back with this week’s college football action. Guest Austin Montgomery is on to bring a rational voice into the fold. Expect less talk about Michael Beasley being a genius and Ro...
Week 7 Top 20 Breakdown
By:Â Ryan Mullican 20. Michigan State Now THAT was Big10 football if I’ve ever seen it. Poor QB play in rough and tumble weather, truly just a torrential downpour. LOVE IT. Sparty came into the...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 6
If you were looking for a change at the top, you are going to have to look harder. Saquon Barkley is currently dominating defenses throughout college football. This weekend was no different, with Penn...
Philosophy 101: What if Sam Bradford Didn’t Get Hurt in 2009?
If you were to look at the 2009 final NCAA football standings, you would see an 8-5 finish for the Oklahoma Sooners. While this finish might be respectable for most programs, it is very unacceptable f...
El Pollo, football guy
As the weeks go on and the season gets deeper, the harder it gets for me to take off my football guy hat. For those of you that listen to The Campus Cover, you would know this is just an alter ego. Th...
Student Union Top 25: Week 6
As we reach the midway point in the season, the views of these teams becomes a lot more clear. Teams like Georgia and TCU are better than everyone expected while the Florida States of the world contin...
Playoff Eliminator Week 6
After skipping a week of the playoff eliminator (my bad), we are back to see who still potentially remains in the hunt. Between weeks five and six combined, a total of 27 more teams have been essentia...
Gary Andersen and Oregon State Mutually Part Ways
Gary Andersen and Oregon State agreed to part ways today, even though Andersen was under contract through 2021. He was going to make about 12.6 million dollars over that time. This is a blurb from Ore...
Florida Coaching: Fire Nuss; Everyone else on the hot seat
Florida should not have lost that game, plain and simple. LSU was a chicken with its head cut off. They lost by 30 to Mississippi State, struggled against Syracuse, and lost to Troy as their homecomin...
Beat the Spread: Perfect Parlay Week 6
Northwestern +14 vs Penn St: The game comes at a tricky spot on the schedule for the Lions: before an open date and then season-defining games with Michigan and Ohio State.  This sets up to be  perf...
Campus Cover Epsiode 007: Week 6
Cody and PJ are back to make you money and preview week six. We’d love to hear from you guys so please tweet us. @CodyGoggin @pjguip1 @StudentUSports...
CFB Preview Week 6
After a weekend that saw LSU lose to Troy at home, USC lose on the road to Washington State, Â and Clemson continue its tear through their gruesome (or so we thought) schedule, hopefully the games can...
Barstool and ESPN? No. Barstool and ESPN2??
The Worldwide Leader in Sports made some headlines yesterday, snagging Katie Nolan from Fox Sports to take on a role with ESPN. I saw this as a complete shock because I did not think ESPN was looking ...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Episode 4
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...
Contender or Pretender?: Week 5 Heisman Rankings
My weekly Heisman rankings have very quickly turned into a Saquon Barkley love-fest. Much like Lamar Jackson last season, Barkley has dominated the early season. Barkley has quickly established a sign...
El Pollo, an origin story
I was recently showing my friend the El Pollo series of articles. This is for a few reasons, the biggest of which being I think they are fantastic articles and some of my best work. One of his first q...
Is Georgia actually good or are they blowing smoke?
At media day for the SEC, the majority of experts picked the Georgia Bulldogs to win the SEC East. This has been the fourth time that the media has picked Georgia to win the SEC East since 2012. The o...
Playoff Eliminator Week 4
Another week, another 17 teams fall victim to the eliminator. As you can see now, the group of five is getting close to being fully eliminated. As we near conference play, the power five will dwindle ...
CFB Preview Week 5
As the season gets closer to reaching the midway point, we are starting to see more of the marquee conference games popping up on the schedule. This week is no different, with some really intriguing c...
Unbreakable college sports marriages
The news about all the controversy in college hoops is just starting, but it is far from over. Even in the first week of controversy, the news is constantly evolving. Recently, a description of the ul...
Campus Cover Episode 006
Cody and PJ are back for some week five college football action. Get their picks of the week, Crystal Ball Predictions, and some playoff odds and hot takes. A moment of silence for us because UAB is o...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Episode 3
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...
Things Weaker Than Saquon Barkley
Last week, and practically all year, Saquon Barkley has looked like a man from another planet, and may have just catapulted himself into the top spot in the running for the Heisman after plays like th...
“Last Chance U”……Where are They Now? Part 2
Yesterday, I posted an update on season 1’s stars of Netflix‘s original series Last Chance U. I covered an update on where they’re at in their collegiate careers, where they are pla...
What We Learned From the PAC-12 This Weekend
This weekend’s PAC-12 game slate was underwhelming on paper, but there were some key matchups  that will help us “experts” predict the future. First of all, ASU beating the Oregon D...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 4
The college football season has been fantastic so far and week 4 was nothing short of great. Penn State versus Iowa may hold up as the best game of the season. Saquon Barkley was nothing short of amaz...
“Last Chance U”…..Where are They Now?
Last Chance U…..if you haven’t seen the show, then you are clearly doing life wrong. Last Chance U is one of my all-time favorite shows BY FAR. It’s right up there with Friday Night ...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 4
It seems like we are getting to the point of the season where the contenders and pretenders are starting to shake themselves out. But for some reason, this just felt like a weird week of football. It ...
Rinse and Repeat: Florida beats Kentucky
This game was pretty interesting to watch. Everyone said that this was Kentucky’s year–like every year. Playing at home, being 3-0, and Florida coming off a miracle, it seemed that more pe...
South Carolina Comes Back to Beat LA Tech With an Amazing Game Winning Drive
Wow…If you are a South Carolina fan, that matchup with LA Tech was certainly a whirlwind of emotions. Obviously on paper it looked like LA Tech should have been a pretty easy game for the Gameco...
TCU Dominates the Pokes in Stillwater
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Romantics might say a sunset, teenage boys might lean towards Margot Robbie, but I’m different. I’m a football fan and clearly the most beaut...
UCLA vs Stanford Preview
After coming off losses to group of 5 teams, many pundits believe these two teams are on the brink of having their seasons spiral out of control. This is a reactionary exaggeration made by emotionally...
NC State Player Spits on the Seminole After Upset Over FSU
NCST SPITTING ON THE SEMINOLE ????? pic.twitter.com/N4Lr0Na0oi — Barstool Sports (@barstooltweetss) September 23, 2017 So I know that Baker Mayfield caught a lot of shit for planting the Oklahoma fl...
G5 Under-The-Radar Game of the Week
To the surprise of many, the Thursday night football matchup between the Rams and the 49ers ended up being the most entertaining game of the year. The Rams and Jared Goff flourished early on offense, ...
Campus Cover Episode 005
Cody goes solo as PJ is inebriated. We talk about the gruesome bad beat Cody suffered last week, the game of the week, Cody’s top 25 debate, and make you money with our picks of the week. Let us...
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...
Temple is worse than I could have imagined
I have had some time to stew a bit over the loss last night, and goddamn it has not gotten any better. I have documented fairly well my loyalty to Temple and my desire for the excitement about footbal...
Student Union Staff CFB Roundtable
We are now three weeks into the college football season. With conference play beginning for most teams this weekend, some of our writers sat down to discuss the biggest story lines of the season so fa...
Nebraska Fires AD Shawn Eichorst
It was announced on Thursday that the University of Nebraska has parted ways with athletic director Shawn Eichorst. Eichorst has served in the roll since 2012, when he came over from Miami. The Nebras...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Episode 2 ft. Stingray Steve
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 episode is ...
Playoff Eliminator Week 3
Suffering your second loss of the season is a death blow to almost all teams in the country. That came true this week for all of the teams eliminated below. We’ve never had a two loss champion i...
Burner Twitter: College Football Edition
As Kevin Durant’s twitter incident is now at the forefront of the sports world’s attention, we take a look at some coaches that we think would be most likely to have their own burner accou...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 3
Baker Mayfield has officially overtaken Lamar Jackson as the Vegas favorite in the Heisman Trophy race. Mayfield has been dominant in the short 2017 season, including a marquee win over Ohio State. Ja...
Student Union Top 25: Week 3
Regardless of the grand total of zero top-10 losses, there was a lot of movement in our top 10. Oklahoma State jumped up a few spots after crushing Pitt harder than Giancarlo Stanton crushes baseballs...
El Pollo: Expert Analyst
You can have Lee Corso and his mascot-head gimmick, keep Jesse Palmer and his ego that makes the mascot heads look microscopic (I will say nothing about Joel Klatt because he is a king and deserves to...
CFB Preview Week 4
I am back after a week’s absence from previews. Take a second to think of how gruesome last week’s slate of games was. Lots of dead bodies left on a lot of football fields. Now that weR...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 3
Another action-packed week of college football is in the books as we are starting to get into the meat of the schedule. There were a lot of notable games this week, highlighted by a convincing Clemson...
Sean White Dismissed from Auburn after Public Intoxication Charge
Auburn announced early Monday morning that they have dismissed quarterback Sean White from the team. The Auburn police arrested White early Sunday morning. He had just finished serving a two-game susp...
How Will the Gamecocks Recover Without Deebo Samuel
As a lifelong fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks, I must say this is one of the hardest articles I have ever had to write. South Carolina’s star wide receiver Deebo Samuel exited Saturday night...
Kentucky Keeps Improving
Kentucky took down South Carolina for the fourth straight time last night in front of a sold-out crowd in Columbia, SC. The Gamecocks pulled out all the stops, including a crowd and uniform blackout, ...
Instant Reaction: USC Finally Gets Revenge on Texas
What a way to end a surprisingly great day of college football! A rematch of the 2006 Rose Bowl, 11 years in the making, double overtime, and USC’s first overtime victory since 2001. Also, shout...
Florida vs Tennessee: ‘What the Hell?’ Edition
This game can only be described in many words: frustrating, boring, fun, exciting. But one word perfectly describes the game: weird. This whole game can be explained by these themes. Boring First off,...
#25 UCLA Falls to Memphis in the Liberty Bowl
Josh Rosen could not lead the Bruins to a 4th quarter comeback for the second time  as the 25th ranked Bruins fell to Memphis 48-45. The last quarter had tons of excitement. After Rosen threw in an i...
Nebraska Looks Inept in 21-17 Loss to Northern Illinois
For the first time in school history, Nebraska was defeated by a MAC school, losing to Northern Illinois 21-17 today. Judging solely by the box score, the average observer would have a tough time expl...
INSTANT REACTION: Gators Stun Vols on Hail Mary
In what will definitely be the best ending of the day in college football, the Florida Gators just ended the Tennessee Volunteers on a stunning Hail Mary as time expired. Take a look for yourself here...
Desert Hot Takes Episode 1
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Chaos Theory Rooting Guide Week 3
Another week of college football, another week to have some chaos. While Auburn couldn’t quite come through for us last week, both Oklahoma and Oregon did in a BIG way. Oklahoma has firmly put t...
Kentucky at South Carolina Preview
This Saturday, the South Carolina Gamecocks will host the Kentucky Wildcats in what is sure to be a heated SEC East matchup. Both Kentucky and South Carolina are off to great starts so far this year, ...
The Campus Cover Ep. 3
Cody (@CodyGoggin) and PJ (@pjguip1) are back from their one week hiatus. The dark episode is forever lost in time, but the boys are back with their picks for week three. They’ll talk about a bu...
GameDay in NYC is BLASPEHMOUS
*Read in Stephen A Voice* Now Skip, what if I told you that ESPN’s flagship college football program was going to a place that didn’t even like college football!?! For serious?? You could ...
Who Is The Front-Runner In the SEC East?
At the beginning of the summer, the clear-cut favorites to win the SEC East were the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators. After two weeks though, a lot of things have changed, including the opinions o...
Heisman Hopefuls 2017
By: Zach Ruocco – University of South Carolina Beaufort Heisman Hopefuls 2017: Sam Darnold USC’s early Heisman front runner, Sam Darnold, struggled last Saturday against Western Michigan, but ...
Playoff Eliminator Week 2
Welcome back to Week 2 of the Playoff Eliminator! While all of these teams may not “technically” be in the hunt still, I’m still giving them all a chance, for now. As we get further ...
Ohio State’s QB Issues
Anybody with eyes can see that Ohio State football is not in a great spot right now. Their offense specifically has been in a rut in 3 of the last 4 games they’ve played, dating back to last sea...
El Pollo, back at average
A decent week of picks last week gets me right back to average. Average is exactly where I belong. You can ask my professors or my grade school basketball coaches, they will all attest. I am the poste...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 2
The recent dominance of quarterbacks in the Heisman Trophy voting appears as if it will continue this year. Both Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson followed strong week 1 performances with even better g...
Rubber Match…. Please?
At the end of the Oklahoma/Ohio State home-and-home series, the college football world is left with a tie. I wish it could have ended better for the Buckeye faithful (including myself). Still, the ser...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 2
Well, college football is back in full swing and that means the return of the video game stat lines of the week (yes, I know it is week two, cut me some slack). Through the first two weeks we have see...
Student Union Top 25: Week 2
After a MONSTER week of top 25 games, we see a little bit of movement throughout the polls. Ohio State drops all the way from #2 to #7 after losing to Oklahoma, who jumped from #5 to #2. Teams like C...
Is LA Tech Playing Football or are they in a Cartoon?
I’m a little late to the party but let’s just say I’m arriving in style. Before I get into the play, the featured image is real! Even people who love the bejeezus out of football can...
Breaking: Mizzou Fires DC
After just the second game of the season, the Missouri Tigers have fired defensive coordinator DeMontie Cross. Cross was in his second season as Missouri’s DC, after a disappointing first season...
Syracuse Puts on Pitiful Display Against Middle Tennessee State
Scott Schafer finally has his revenge. The former Syracuse head coach is now the defensive coordinator for Middle Tennessee State, and on Saturday, defeated his former team 30-23. Shafer’s unit ...
Baker Mayfield, very good at football
Baker Mayfield. Just read that beautiful name. Here, I’ll say it again. BAKER. MAYFIELD. I can’t stress this enough. Baker Mayfield is just really fucking good at football. Like really goo...
Preview of #14 Stanford vs #6 USC
David Shaw and the Stanford Cardinal will come into the Coliseum tonight and try to upset Sam Darnold and the USC Trojans. This could be the Pac-12 game of the year, and last week only increased the h...
Holy War Preview
The Holy War is coming back on Sunday night in Provo and will be aired on ESPN in primetime at 7:15 PST. This is one of my favorite rivalries in all of sports. Â It is always a crazy atmosphere and th...
Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 2
#13 Auburn at #3 Clemson In what may be the most interesting game of the week, there is quite a bit of uncertainty. Both quarterbacks are only one cupcake game into their careers at their respective s...
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,...
SEC Preview: Week 2 Matchups
Week one was a very good for the SEC, going 12-2 with key wins over North Carolina State, Florida State, and Georgia Tech. Now they are set up for another big week. A lot of teams will be playing thei...
Pick 6 Gambling Picks: Week 2
Missouri -2.5 vs South Carolina (3 units) This is one of my favorite picks of the entire week. I am surprised the Tigers opened up as a favorite, but to no surprise the public is betting heavily on th...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 1
College football is finally back! However, that does not mean that Texas is back like some believed. With the return of football, comes the return of Heisman Trophy talk. Last year’s winner Lam...
CFB Preview Week 2
As we finally catch our breath after an exciting first week of football, let’s look forward to the best thing about the season, another week of primetime matchups. This week has just as many, if...
El Pollo’s picks for Week Dos
The way this season started, it almost seems like knowing stuff about football doesn’t even really matter anymore. Texas, again, is 100% not back, despite what many experts predicted. Howard pul...
10 things I would rather do than watch Georgia Tech play Football
 10 Things I would rather do than watch Georgia Tech play football I would rather get cavities filled at the dentist than watch Paul Johnson try and perfect something that went out of style 30 years ...
Student Union College Football Week 1 Power Rankings
Okay everyone, keep calm please because one of the best sports is FINALLY back! Yes, that’s right College Football, the beautiful sport that it is, got up and running this past weekend. The fir...
Playoff Eliminator Week 1
College football is back, and that also means that my weekly playoff eliminator is back. For those of you who don’t remember, each week I break down which teams are still in the playoff h...
FSU Loses Francois For Season. Now what?
Florida State knew that they would be taking a beating from the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday night. They did not know, however, that their starting quarterback, Deondre Francois, would be knocked ...
Josh Rosen and UCLA Complete Incredible Comeback With Fake Spike
Well, I am writing this article as a victim of changing the channel too early. I was watching this game in the first half before changing the channel because I thought this game was over from the star...
Jake Bentley and Deebo Samuel Impress in Gamecocks Season Opener
On Saturday the South Carolina Gamecocks pulled a huge upset over the highly-touted NC State Wolf Pack, winning 35 -28. This win would not have been possible without stand out performances from South ...
Alabama Shuts Down FSU: Proves SEC Dominance Over ACC
The first week of the 2017 College Football season is in the books and Week One blessed us with one of the most hyped up games of the year: a big time match up between preseason ranked No.1 Alabama an...
Howard Perhaps Pulls Off Biggest Upset in College Football History
By the point-spread standards, Howard pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in modern college football history on Saturday night. The Bison, an FCS team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, entere...
Student Union College Fantasy League
Everyone knows that fantasy football takes over the world starting in August every year. Well, maybe not that far but it’s pretty damn close. However, that obsession usually revolves around the ...
Maryland Pulls Away Late, Maybe Texas Isn’t Back
As our own Austin Brown alluded to before, Texas is indeed, not back. What was supposed to ring in a new era in Texas football ended in disappointment as Maryland squashed the hype and beat the Longho...