Buck’s CFB Breakdown: Week 5 Edition
Everybody’s favorite series is back. Who am I kidding every series I do is your favorite series. Nonetheless let me tell what happened over the last few weeks even though you already know what h...
Clemson QB, Trevor Lawrence to Play vs. Wake Forest
Tiger fans can breathe easier now because after leaving last week’s game against Syracuse because of neck and head injuries, Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence is expected to play against Wake F...
Why all of CFB should be cheering for WVU
West Virginia Mountaineers. Arguably one of if not the hottest teams in all of college football. We knew last season that they were up and coming within the Big 12, but with Baker Mayfield and the S...
Building the Ideal CFB Fantasy Team through the Start of the Season
Since Kenyan Drake and the rest of my NFL fantasy team decided to disappoint me once again, I started thinking about what it would be like if I forgot about my mediocre team and got a fresh start in t...
SU25: Week 6
After five weeks of play, we’re getting closer and closer to the halfway mark of the season. Seems like every week there are a couple of teams who come out of no where to jump in the top 25, onl...
Back with the Pac: Week 5
Week five of Pac-12 football has come and gone revealing the contenders and pretenders of each division are beginning to form. The North continues to prove it is the stronger division, but we might be...
Week Five Was Cool
Exposition Week Five to me has always been the week where you figure out who’s heading in which direction. The sample size is finally available and we’ve got a solid idea of who is good, w...
UCF looking strong after Pitt win; seeking more respect in rankings
The Knights continue to win, making it now 17 straight victories and over 650 days undefeated. If UCF was any other “elite power five” school they would no doubt be within the top 6 in rankings....
Country Roads, Take Me Home…to the College Football Playoff?
Within the Student Union website and even college football as a whole, West Virginia has almost been swept under the rug. Yes, WVU Twitter is in full force, believing they have the talent to compete f...
JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week: Kyler Murray Pt. 2
Kyler Murray is the first player to be chosen as a Video Game Player of the Week more than once. It seems like every week he is putting up big numbers; this week he literally outdid himself. Murray sc...
The Hangover, Week 5: A Quick Word About Kentucky
Welcome to the fifth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home to a fantastic ba...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 5
Week 5 was another rather exciting week of football. Clemson came back late to stay undefeated, Notre Dame is rolling with another win against a ranked team, and Michigan barely survived an upset. Thi...
Campus Cover 039: Transfer Talk
Kelly Bryant transfers from Clemson.. should Jalen Hurts do the same at Alabama? We discuss this, play a couple new games, and feed you a ton of correct picks. The Campus Cover is the always off-topic...
Upset Alert: Week 5 Edition
Not a horrible week in Week 4. Missouri covered, and Kentucky and Purdue both won outright at home in upset wins. Let’s keep moving forward with some big conference matchups this weekend! I present ...
The Cup Check 9/28: Presented by Student Union Sports
On this week’s episode of the Cup Check, Luke “Big Takes” Maiers joins the show to talk a little football. Topics include life advice for Kelly Bryant, Roughing the passer rules, and...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week Five
Record to Date: 12-18-2 Last week was brutal. The Oregon beat is one of the worst of my entire life. They had a 99% win probability TWICE during the second half and couldn’t close it out. I admi...
Loser of the Week: Week 4
Picking a loser was easy this week; it has to be Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech suffered an embarrassing loss to Old Dominion on Saturday. You would think after having a week off due to Hurricane Flor...
#7 Stanford vs #20 Oregon Film Session
Ya hey we all know why you are here. So no foreplay lets just dive right in to everyone’s favorite series. Obviously to view all the plays you can visit my twitter page where I posted them. Whil...
Is Syracuse a Legit Upset Threat at Clemson?
After just four weeks of play, this has already been a big season for head coach Dino Babers and the Syracuse Orange football team. The squad, led by quarterback Eric Dungey has a record of 4-0 for th...
Can the Buckeyes Take Down the Happy Valley White Out?
Last time the Ohio State football ream stepped foot into Beaver Stadium an eerily cold, snowy, and rainy day overtook State College. Neither team could get going consistently on offense or fully gain ...
The Comeback of the Bearcats
It only took 2 offensive series before coach Luke Fickell replaced QB Hayden Moore with Redshirt freshman Desmond Ridder for the Bearcats. Ridder is a former 3-star recruit for the Bearcats. After tak...
BREAKING: Kelly Bryant to Transfer out of Clemson
Kelly Bryant started the past 18 games for Clemson… his next start will be for a different school. On Sunday, head coach Dabo Swinney informed Bryant that he was no longer the starting quarterba...
Back with the Pac: Week 4
With week 4 bringing us the beginning of conference play, #Pac12AfterDark was in full effect! Oregon vs Stanford was the premier game in the conference this past weekend, and it lived up to all of the...
SU25: Week 4
Alabama (11) Clemson (3) Georgia Ohio State Oklahoma Stanford LSU Washington Auburn West Virginia Notre Dame UCF Penn State Michigan Wisconsin Kentucky Miami (FL) Michigan State Duke Texas BYU Oregon ...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: Week 4
We were having a discussion in our Slack chat the other day about how other teams stack up with Alabama this year. Our Clemson guys of course thought that they stacked up well, along with a few of our...
Should Notre Dame Stick with Ian Book?
As was said during ESPN Chicago’s radio broadcast of the Notre Dame game against Wake Forest; it is not too often you switch quarterbacks after starting 3-0. However, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish b...
Tua Tagovailoa Wants to Bring Back the NCAA Football Video Game
Tua Tagovailoa has set the college football world on fire. After his heroic victory in last year’s National Championship game, Tua became an automatic 2018 Heisman favorite. All summer, people w...
The Hangover, Week 4: Getting a Sense of What We Know
Welcome to the fourth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I finally t...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 4
Week 4 was exciting! As a student and a fan I was at the Cincinnati game when they came back from a 21-0 deficit. That was so much fun to see live, but that’s not what I’m here to tell you right n...
JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week: Dwayne Haskins
Just like Kyler Murray from OU, Haskins is a player that I figured would end up making this list and is also a possible Heisman contender. Dwayne Haskins hasn’t really played a bad game yet, but thi...
Things Are Pointing Up in Upstate New York
A very complex title, but the gist is pretty simple. Upstate New York football is somehow, someway on the map. Sorry, Army, I love what y’all did in Norman, but today is about two programs more near...
Behind the Numbers: Old Dominion Shocks Virginia Tech
Sooo Old Dominion is pretty bad at football. Right? Maybe not. The Monarchs were off to an 0-3 start with losses to Liberty, FIU, and Charlotte. Not exactly heavyweights. So when Virginia Tech came to...
Let’s check in on Ohio State.
Has the situation gotten all that better? Unless you have been living under a rock, everyone should know about the mess that was Ohio State’s offseason. I think I have published five or six arti...
Are Dynasties in College Football a Good Thing?
After allowing a 75-yard touchdown pass on the game’s first play from scrimmage, the Alabama Crimson Tide went on to score 62 unanswered points in their week three road victory against Ole Miss. The...
Upset Alert: Week 4 Edition
Somehow, someway, we got 3 upset picks right straight up last week. Syracuse knocked off Florida State, Troy stunned Nebraska, and in perhaps the biggest surprise of this college football season, Wisc...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week Four
Record to Date: 8-14-2 (-5 units) We finally found our level last week. Week One went really well, week two went really bad, and week three finally evened out. Buying the half point on Wake Forest sav...
Loser of the Week: Week 3
Week 3 of college football gave us on of the worst performances we’ll see all season. If you haven’t already figured out who the loser of the week is, here’s a hint… How does a...
Defensive Heisman Watchlist: Part II
So we are back again with the greatest idea on the planet. It’s mine so if you use it I will sue you. Nonetheless it is time to update our candidates and how they are doing and introduce a new c...
Kansas Basketball Schedule Released- Key Games to Watch
Kansas fans, it’s almost that time. Yes, our football team somehow turned it around to be an absolute juggernaut and probably the best team in a country according to some… (okay, according to ...
Week Three’s Good and Bad
They were the best of times (for some teams), they were the worst of times (for others). Some teams smartly played BYE this week. It’s always good to regroup and just kinda watch other teams tri...
#12 LSU vs #7 Auburn Film Session
No poll, but I figured the fellow readers of our wonderful website would’ve chosen this game since it was the closest and it was between two really good teams. So here ya go. What I saw The Good...
Back with the Pac: Week 3
Welcome to the first edition of Back with the PAC where we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly happening around the Conference of Champions during football season! Each week will feature a breakdo...
Contenders and Pretenders: Chain Restaurants on Gameday
Everyone obviously has their local college bars that they love. Whether they have a badass projector or a bunch of small tv’s with weird colors radiating from the screen. But we’re not her...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: Week 3
Another week, another step closer to the Big Ten becoming like the Pac 12 after a laughably dismal showing. Ohio State was one of the few bright spots this week, along with Penn State. The B1G has off...
SEC Releases 2019 Football Schedules
In the never-ending quest to help the American public make plans well in advance, the SEC released the 2019 football schedules on Tuesday. The SEC has committed to at least one conference game every w...
Big Ten Football Should Scrap its Division System
Shortly after Maryland and Rutgers announced their intent to join the Big Ten in 2012, the conference implemented its geographical East-West division split. It has been a fine system and was a positiv...
Buck’s CFB Breakdown: Week 3 Edition
Well, I am back. A lot of stuff happened in college football–like always–so I will give my opinion on those things–like always. If you want more of my thoughts just go to www.bucktho...
Syracuse University: A Football School?
Walking up to the Carrier Dome this weekend, something felt different. There was the usual scattering of drunk people. The dudes yelling at people saying I would go to hell if I didn’t turn my life ...
JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week: Alan Bowman
My Video-Game Player of the Week for this week is Alan Bowman, who put up huge numbers as Texas Tech won in a shootout against Houston. This past Saturday, Bowman threw 5 touchdown passes for……...
#SU25: Week 4
Alabama (10) Clemson (2) Georgia Ohio State Oklahoma LSU Stanford Washington West Virginia Notre Dame Auburn Penn State Mississippi State Virginia Tech UCF Oklahoma State TCU Oregon Wisconsin Michigan...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 3
Week 3 could have gone better, as 3 top 25 teams had to cancel their games due to Hurricane Florence. Everybody here at Student Union Sports send their prayers to everyone affected by the disaster. So...
The Hangover, Week 3: The Picture is Taking Shape
Welcome to the third edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Auburn, Alabama (gross), where I watche...
Rule Proposal for the NCAA
It’s not every year that you see two of the worst Power 5 teams playing each other, and today we saw just that. Rutgers and Kansas squared off for the bragging rights of not being the worst team...
KANSAS FOOTBALL IS GOING BOWLING
Cancel the Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ football program IMMEDIATELY. 55-14? Are you kidding me? KU just put up 55 points on a team that only allowed 52 to THE Ohio State. Urban Meyer on the hot sea...
The Cup Check 9/14: Presented by Student Union Sports
On todays episode of the Cup Check, the boys prepare for Hurricane Florence, while also breaking down the upcoming weekend of College Football. Antics ensue…...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week Three
Record to date: 6-12-1 (-5.1 units) What an atrocious week last week. Normally that’s what my week one performance is like, but it came week two. Just disgusting. I’m having really bad luc...
The 10th Anniversary of the Greatest Game Ever Played
On September 13, 2008, Mississippi State and Auburn squared off at Davis Wade Stadium for what would be an instant classic. It didn’t look as if the barn was ever gonna burn, but with 7:38 left ...
Campus Cover 037: We’re Baaaaack
We.. um… had some issues come up and are just now returning, but the Campus Cover makes its triumphant return just in time for week 3! In this episode we discuss early season overreactions, what we ...
Loser of the Week: Week 2
Week two featured some spectacular losers. Florida lost to Kentucky for the first time in 31 years, and the North Carolina Tar Heels got blown out by East Carolina. But this week’s loser of the ...
Nick Bosa: The Heisman Candidate We Need
As an Ohio State fan, it’s easy to be subjected to the bias that Nick Boss has been one of the best players in the nation, yet it is hard to believe that there have been many players that have p...
#SU25: Week 3
Alabama (7) Clemson (4) Georgia Ohio State Auburn Oklahoma Wisconsin Stanford Washington West Virginia LSU Notre Dame Virginia Tech Mississippi State TCU UCF Penn State Boise State Oregon Michigan Ari...
Dear Vanderbilt University, Please Hire Jay Cutler.
After the news out of Vanderbilt that athletic director David Williams would be resigning, Clay Travis dropped into the conversation with an absurd suggestion for the university’s next man up: ...
Upset Alert: Week 3 Edition
Upsets are one of the most exciting parts of any sport. As we move into Week 3 of the college football season, we start to get a feel for where teams lie. We also get a feel for teams that should be w...
#2 Clemson vs Texas A&M Film Session
So in the poll on the Student Union twitter, the masses voted that I do my film session on the Clemson-Texas A&M game. So here I am, pleasing the people. This is the game of the year thus far, so ...
DO NOT HIT THE PANIC BUTTON, ARIZONA WILDCATS FANS
Coming into the season, the Arizona Wildcats had dreams of having a successful season behind new head coach Kevin Sumlin and Heisman candidate Khalil Tate. Yet here we are two weeks into the college f...
The Hangover, Week 2: Good Things are Ahead for Texas A&M
Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Columbia, South Carolina, where I wat...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: Week 2
Well, another week is in the books for the college football season, and here are my thoughts on what happened in week two. Clemson is EXTREMELY lucky to leave Kyle Field with a win. I was in Fort Wayn...
JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week: Kyler Murray
After watching Murray perform the way he did in week 1, I figured it was only a matter of time before he would end up as my Video Game Player of the Week. And it did not take long at all as he has bee...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 2
Week 2 was a rather exciting week, with games like Clemson at A&M going down to wire. With that being said, this week it was pretty easy to pick biggest win, as well as the most cupcake win. Mos...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week Two
Week One Record- 5-8-1 (-1.4 units) Week One was tough. Week One is always tough. Despite months of offseason research, you don’t know what a team is going to do until you actually watch them pl...
Student Union Top 25: Week 2
Nothing like a little overreaction after week one. This week we saw Michigan, Miami, and Florida State all take losses in primetime, causing Michigan and Miami to fall to 23 and 24, while having Flori...
The Cup Check 9/7: Presented by Student Union Sports
On todays episode of the cup check, the boys prepare for the weekend of football with some questionable topics…. Today we are trying to understand the mind of Le’Veon Bell, get to the bott...
The South Carolina Gamecocks Are Going to Upset the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday
#GeorgiaHateWeek is in full swing in Columbia, SC. There is a palpable energy in the city that I haven’t felt since 2014. Obviously 2015 and 2016 were tough years for the Gamecocks, however 2017...
Is Nick Saban Trying to Tell Us His Job is Too Easy?
Tua is obviously the better quarterback, let us make that very clear before we begin. You may know by now, but Nick Saban went OFF on Maria Taylor when she asked about the QB competition between Jal...
Notre Dame Playoff Chances Soaring Through the Roof After Just One Game
After coming away with a 24-17 victory in the “return of rivalry” game against the Michigan Wolverines, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s playoff stock seemed to shoot way up. According t...
Grading New CFB QB 1’s After Week 1.
The 2018 College Football season started in August but the first weekend of September marked the start of some fresh new faces who are trying to take their respective teams to the promise land. Among ...
UCF moves up in polls after week 1; rankings could be on their side this season
Week one was filled with some interesting games and some pretty routine ones. After the dust of the opening weekend of college football settled, the polls gave teams and fans an inside look at how t...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week
College football is back! Week 1 has finally come and gone, and there were some great games and some not so great games. This new weekly series is pretty simple: the biggest win of the week in terms o...
Defensive Heisman Watchlist
As I am sure most of you know the Heisman trophy is more or less a glorified “Best QB or RB” and that is because after Charles Woodson won it in 1997 those are the only two positions that ...
The Best and Worst of CFB: Week One
Week one is in the books and it’s almost time for week two. But first, let’s go look at the best and worst from the first week of college football. Worst The Big Ten East What a tough week...
Buck’s CFB Breakdown: Week 1
Week one of college football is in the books, so why not go over what happened? If you want more of my thoughts just go to www.buckthoughts.gov.www/buckthoughts. Should open as a word document. SEC St...
Is Eric Dungey the Best QB in the ACC?
Hot take title for clickbait or legitimate argument? Eric Dungey has inserted himself into the conversation for the ACC’s best quarterback. And he’s a bad, bad man. Let’s throw away the passing ...
JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week: Keytaon Thompson
Welcome to the first edition of “JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week.” Each week I will be selecting one player to talk about who put up crazy, video-game like stats. There were a lot of power-fi...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: Week 1
This past weekend was one that should be celebrated as a national holiday as COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK. Hopefully all your bets, and dartying were as successful as mine. After the first weekend I rea...
The Hangover, Week 1: Let’s Take Some Temperatures
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Charlotte, North Carolina, where I spe...
Urban Meyer’s Gators and the Perfect “30 for 30”
Unless you’re living under a rock that doesn’t get ESPN+, we’ve all had to endure the scandals coming out of the Ohio State football program. Urban Meyer’s involvement in covering up for wide ...
On the Biggest Stage the PAC-12 Comes Up Short…Again
When you think of PAC-12 football in big time games against the SEC there are not too many fond memories that come to mind. No matter how good a PAC-12 team is, they just never seem to stack up to foo...
Loser of the Week: Week 1-Guess Who’s Not Back…
College football is back and after opening weekend we already have some big-time losers. Welcome to my new weekly article where I will be picking a “Loser of the Week” to commemorate the s...
THE Student Union CFP Predictions
You can cancel your ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS, NBC, and any other sports channel subscriptions. This is the only sports site you need. And it is that time of the year. Where the best guys come forward and...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week One (Saturday/Sunday/Monday)
If you haven’t read Part 1 of BBB Week One and want to bet Friday’s games click here. Thursday night already got us some great action. Some good bets, some bad. No extra points in OT screw...
What win #1 over UConn told us about the UCF Knights
The Knights did exactly what they needed to do on the gridiron against UConn on Thursday evening, beating them solidly 56-17 with one of the Husky touchdowns coming late in the fourth quarter. The U...
Student Union Preseason Top 25 Poll
College football is back upon us. For weeks we have been previewing the 2018 season and how we think it will all shape up. This preview process concluded with 16 of our most talented writers voting on...
The Johnny Rambos Podcast Episode 28
On episode 28 of the Johnny Rambos Podcast, Hunt Dad and Johnny return to the booth to talk about preseason football and the Browns’ Hard Knocks season. They discuss Clemson football and the foo...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week One (Thursday/Friday)
Real college football is officially here. We made it through months of baseball. We survived endless Urban Meyer scandals. We traversed through the brutal Week Zero action, and we are rewarded by the ...
The 20 Greatest voices in Sports
This article takes a look into the best voices in sports, not just broadcasters and commentators, but the personalities that make your overall sports experiences more enjoyable. 20. Dick Vitale –...
Join SU’s ATS Pick ‘Em Pool
Do you think you’re among the best of the best? Do you want to test that against the best fans and writers for Student Union? Of course you do. Welcome to our first annual Student Union Sports...
The Cup Check 8/30: Presented by Student Union Sports
Topics for 8/30 -College Football Week one Previews-Daddy Long Neck and Gucci Berry-Week 1 Locks and Upsets of the Week-Agents in the NCAA-Weekly Nut-tap...
Zach Smith Imploding On Twitter
If I am Zach Smith’s attorneys right now, I am shaking my head until it falls off. I am just assuming right now, but I do not think that Zach Smith consulted with his lawyers before taking to tw...
AGI Model: Looking Back at 2017
If you’ve followed me over the past year, you know that my “AGI” model as I decided to name it has been my child. My goal with this was always to create a tool to predict college foo...
Beyonce and Jay-Z Destroyed the Field at Williams-Brice Stadium a Week Before the South Carolina Opener
You are looking live at Williams-Brice Stadium pic.twitter.com/b45bgRyznq — Hale McGranahan (@HaleMcGranahan) August 25, 2018 August 21st was a big day for Columbia, South Carolina. Beyonce and ...
Kellen Mond Named Starting QB for Texas A&M
Jimbo Fisher announced on Monday that sophomore Kellen Mond will start over Nick Starkel for the Aggies’ season opener vs Northwestern State. Mond was thrown into the fire last season after Star...
Student Union CFB Preview: SEC Poll
It only took us a little over five weeks, but we have finally reached the conclusion of our conference previews. If you have been paying attention for the past few weeks, thank you for reading! You ha...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts
I’m not really in bed, but there were some thoughts that I wanted to share that we had discussed in our Slack channel. The discussion we were having was that of, “Who is the best head coac...
Student Union CFB Preview: Alabama
We all know how this goes: Bama is going to be good. Now they might have an extremely good QB, so we are all going to die. So… the Tide are probably going to go to the playoff again. They have b...
Student Union CFB Preview: Georgia Bulldogs
Fresh off a National Championship appearance and armed with the best 2018 recruiting class, spirits are high in Athens. Head coach Kirby Smart, a branch off the Nick Saban coaching tree, has continued...
The Cup Check 8/24: Presented by Student Union Sports
8/24 Topics/Segments -Urban Meyer Suspended -Clemson QB Battle -NFL Helmet Rules -Dez Bryant….Pick a team dude.. -Best Conference #EmbraceDebate...
Blake’s Best Bets: The Futures Edition
We finally made it guys. This weekend we will get to watch (semi) real college football. The best way to get juiced up for the college football season is by laying down some action. Every week I am go...
The SU Podcast: Hype SZN ft. Fur
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...
Why the 2018 CFB season is the most important ever for “G5” teams such as UCF
Undefeated. Zero games lost. That’s what the 2017 UCF Knights did on the football field, yet they received no credit and weren’t taken seriously until they were victorious in the Peach Bowl. ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Auburn Tigers
Auburn is one of the country’s most recognized brands. They continually contend for the titles in the country’s toughest division (arguably). They are looking up this year. Though they end...
Student Union CFB Preview: SEC Heisman Candidates
Year after year the SEC hosts a ton of the most talented athletes in college football, and this coming season looks to be no different. Lets take a look at who among these players have the bet shot at...
Student Union CFB Preview: Texas A&M
Oh man, the past 4-5 years of being an Aggies fan has easily taken a few weeks off my life. Winless Novembers, QBs transferring mid-season (yes, multiple QBs), and even a coaching change. From the goo...
Student Union CFB Preview: Mississippi State
Best Mississippi State team ever? If Joe Moorhead has anything to say about it, yes When Dan Mullen left for Florida, there was a small amount of panic among the MSU fanbase. This was arguably the bes...
The Hangover, Preseason Edition: We Need Football More Than Ever
Welcome to the preseason edition for the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, get you ready for the upcoming season. This week, Th...
Student Union CFB Preview: SEC Dark Horses
The SEC has been under Alabama’s thumb for as long as I can remember, but I will try to convince everyone–mainly myself–that there’s a chance the Tide’s reign of terror...
Student Union CFB Preview: Florida
Another year, another new head coach for the Gators. This one, however, has a much more proven track record. Is Dan Mullen finally the guy? Last season, the bottom fell out for the Gators and alleged ...
Student Union CFB Preview: South Carolina Gamecocks
In their second season with Will Muschamp as head coach, the South Carolina Gamecocks finished the year with 9 wins. In each of their past three seasons, their win count has improved. The 2017 season ...
Student Union CFB preview: LSU
The SEC is the hardest conference all year round. For instance, LSU Tigers had the 15th overall recruiting ranking last year but 5th in the SEC. Ed Orgeron is heading into his 3rd season as the Tigers...
Urban Meyer Suspended. My Thoughts:
Ohio State has suspended coach Urban Meyer for the team’s first three games after a two-week investigation into allegations that Meyer and others mishandled domestic assault accusations made aga...
Breaking: Urban Meyer Suspended Three Games
So it took the Ohio State Trustees ALL DAY to come to a decision that we all knew they were going to eventually wind up at. At this point everyone knew he was going to face a suspension of some kind. ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Missouri Tigers
Last year was quite the Cinderella story for Missouri. After having losing records in 2015 and 2016, it seemed as if they were on that same path in the first half of season going 1-5 and losing their ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Kentucky Wildcats
The good news is that Kentucky returns 15 starters from a team that went 7-6 last year. The bad news is that they lose their starting quarterback and don’t have a lot of experience at the positi...
Student Union CFB Preview: Ole Miss
This Ole Miss offense is going to be FUN. The defense has some questions, but expect the Rebels to pull an upset or two in the SEC West. Matt Luke did not have an enviable job in 2017. Promoted to h...
Student Union CFB Preview: Tennessee
No longer the champions of life, Tennessee is now lead by a new man. Jeremy Pruitt is yet another Saban assistant to get a head job; it’s time to see which category he is in. The Butch Jones era...
Tailgate SZN Survival Guide
Beer. Football. Burgers. And more beer. It’s almost every college student’s favorite time of year: Tailgate Season. Here are some pro tips on how to effectively tailgate and make it out alive: 1. ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Arkansas
Arkansas is about to undergo a complete identity change. Under new head coach Chad Morris, you will see shift from a pro-style to a spread style offense, along with a reenergized defense under new c...
Gameday Weeks 13-15: The Game, America’s Game
Rivalries are the lifeblood of collegiate athletics. Rivalry week is the best week of the year. I love it and hate it at the same time. I love the rivalries, the passion of the players and fans, and t...
Student Union CFB Preview: Vanderbilt
Kyle Shurmur returns for his 8th year under center in Nashville. Okay, not really, but it seems like it. I also bet that you couldn’t name another player on Vanderbilt unless you are a fan of th...
Campus Cover 036: College Football Teams as Beers with Sam Grus
Had this idea brewing.. (pun intended) for awhile now, but finally got the chance to do it. Cody Goggin and self-proclaimed beer connoisseur Sam Grus match your favorite college football teams with th...
New Rivalry: Battle for the Fist Pump Trophy
Rutgers has scheduled Monmouth University as a 2020 opponent, finally providing us with a real battle at the shore. Well, hopefully Rutgers will blow Monmouth out… Now I understand most of the c...
Student Union College Football Preview: Pac 12 Poll
The “big three” at the top of the Pac 12 North may be able to compete with those of any division in the country. Because of these teams being super tough, there being five new coaches in t...
The Student Union Hot or Not NFL Recap
Welcome to Student U’s Hot or Not NFL recap. This isn’t your grandfather’s NFL recap or your father’s either for that matter. Rather than focusing on the NFL stars, we focus on former coll...
Student Union CFB Preview: Washington
What Chris Petersen is building up in Seattle still isn’t getting enough attention nationally. In the past two seasons, Washington has made the College Football Playoff and then after retooling ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Stanford Cardinal
For the past decade of PAC-12 football, the Stanford Cardinals have built up a reputation for good coaching, a dominant run game, and winning a lot of football games. The same was true in 2017. The Ca...
Student Union CFB Preview: USC Trojans
Clay Helton and the USC Trojans survived an early-season upset at the hands of Washington State and a mid-season demolition on the road against rival Notre Dame to win the PAC-12 championship in 2017....
G5 Friday: The Jackson-Johnson Connection
Who’s ready for some MACtion?? Nothing screams college football more than MAC conference games on Tuesday-Friday nights. And, with the season just around the corner, I thought I’d take a d...
Will New Helmet Rules Affect Football in the Longrun
The NFL’s Hall of Fame game against the Baltimore Ravens and the Chicago Bears saw the debut of a couple new helmet rules. The first: a player cannot lower his helmet to initiate contact. The second...
Student Union College Football Preview: Oregon Ducks
Oregon is known possibly as much for their uniforms as they are for their football. The “University of Nike” seemingly has a new uniform design every week, yet, in football they haven̵...
Preseason Props: Betting the Big Ten
At this time of the year, there’s not a lot of sports betting action to go around. But if you’re like me and gearing up for the college football season, I’m sure you’ve already...
Student Union CFB Preview: Utah
Kyle Whittingham has been one of the country’s most consistent coaches during his tenure at Utah. However, many are questioning when the division title is going to come. In 14 seasons as the hea...
Student Union CFB Preview: Arizona
After a strong season under Rich Rodriguez last year, Kevin Sumlin will come to Tuscon to try to keep the momentum going for the Wildcats. Sumlin will have a ton of weapons on the offense with the ele...
Student Union CFB Preview: UCLA Bruins
UCLA has had a very odd but productive offseason, with Jim Mora, Josh Rosen, and others leaving the team, while new faces such as Chip Kelly, Wilton Speight, and others have joined the team. The team ...
Student Union CFB Preview: California
While Cal wasn’t anything special last year, second year head coach Justin Wilcox certainly has this team trending in the right direction. The division that they are in makes things tough, but a...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts
As I think to myself everything that is going on with my beloved Buckeyes, I start to wonder, “If everything that has happened is true, who is gonna replace Urb?” Well I’ve put toget...
Student Union CFB Preview: Washington State
Mike Leach has been nothing short of fantastic for Wazzu, but now faces a huge rebuild and questions about his own future. Under Leach, the cougars have been the epitome of the Air Raid offense invent...
Student Union CFB Preview: Arizona State
The Sun Devils have a new light shining on them with the hire of Head Coach Herm Edwards. Edwards also brings with him a ton of NFL talent in guys like Antonio Pierce and Kevin Mawae to held turn th...
Student Union CFB Preview: Colorado Buffaloes
After a surprise 2016 season which was capped with a PAC-12 South championship, the Colorado Buffaloes took a step back into reality in 2017. Colorado finished last in the South with a record 5-7 with...
2018 Team Preview: Oregon State
To be frank, it doesn’t look great. After an abysmal 1-11 2017 season that included a coaching change after a 1-5 start, things seems to have hit rock bottom in Corvallis. That being said, t...
Does Trevor Lawrence Pass the Eye Test?
Ok Clemson fans, we get it, Trevor Lawrence is the second coming of Deshaun Watson. Freshman phenom, potential Heisman candidate, going to put up record numbers….We will take your word for it. D...
Student Union CFB Preview: Big 12 Poll
The Big 12 certainly seems like the most wide open power five conference. Only half of the league returns their starting QBs, with most of those replacements being from last year’s top half. Mos...
Campus Cover 035: ACC Preview
Cody and PJ are back to talk ACC, including a possible Georgia Tech/Duke bet. Also talk about geography, PJ’s drunkeness, and Chinese food. Take a guess who we pick to win the conference. Regist...
Student Union CFB Preview: Oklahoma Sooners
Led by Heisman trophy winner Baker Mayfield, OU had a great run in 2017. Their offense was electrifying, averaging 45.1 points per game. Their only regular season loss came as a shocker when they fell...
A Perfect Repeat? Power ranking UCF’s opponents in 2018
A 13-0 perfect season and a claimed National Championship has the college football world taking aim at the UCF Knights for the upcoming 2018 season. Regardless of the opinions of the biased SEC writer...
Student Union CFB Preview: West Virginia Mountaineers
WVU has historically had top level offenses and this year will be no different. In the very recent future they’ve had extremely high level QBs, such as Pat White and Geno Smith, and this year th...
Student Union CFB Preview: TCU
Gary Patterson and his pack of Horned Frogs had a decent 2017-18 season, going 11-3 and having another great year, unlike every other Texas college team. This is their 3rd year out of the past 4 winni...
Big 12 BOLD Predictions
Every season there are multiple events that occur that majority of people don’t see coming. Some people try to predict outrageous things before the season starts so if they actually happen they seem...
Student Union CFB Preview: Oklahoma State
Mike Gundy is replacing two of the biggest stars in school history, yet he seems to have the answers to everything. Zac Robinson, Brandon Weeden, and Mason Rudolph. Hell, even J.W. Walsh wasn’t ...
NCAA Football 14 in 2030: How Did We Get Here?
There are a lot of things I have had to come to terms with while writing this article. I may have an addiction. When I joined a website of writers that love college football just as much as me, I figu...
Student Union CFB Preview: Texas Longhorns
The Texas Longhorns are one of the most prestigious programs of all time. Unfortunately, they seem to have fallen off the wagon as of late. With perennial expectations of Texas being “backR...
How the Bama QB Battle is Hurting Hurts…
The story of Jalen Hurts has been one for the books. His Freshman year, he was seen as one of the top players in the country and was a Heisman Hopeful. In his second year, he led Bama all the way up t...
Student Union CFB Preview: Kansas State
Is this the final ride for the Purple Wizard? Who the hell knows, honestly. Bill Snyder cannot die. Going into age 78, he still coaches the Wildcats. The most celebrated (and successful) coach in K-St...
Most Underused Offensive Players in Recent CFB History
Alvin Kamara– 2017-2018 Offensive Rookie of the Year Alvin Kamara was probably someone you didn’t know about until last season. That’s because in his last two years of college playing at Ten...
Student Union CFB Preview: Iowa State
Iowa State came out of absolutely nowhere last year to upset Oklahoma in Norman and finish tied for 4th in the Big 12. I’m really not sure what to think about this team as most of the games they...
Preseason Props: Betting the ACC
At this time of the year, there’s not a lot of sports betting action to go around. But if you’re like me and gearing up for the college football season, I’m sure you’ve already...
Student Union CFB Preview: Texas Tech
Things can only get better.. right? Coming into the 2017 season, the Texas Tech defense had nowhere to look but up. Ranking near the bottom of the nation in practically every single defensive category...
What Could’ve Been: The Jim Harbaugh/Kansas Saga
Everybody’s favorite milk-drinking, red meat-devouring, chicken-avoiding, khaki-wearing football coach resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he belongs, but Jim Harbaugh’s journey to the Bi...
Student Union QB Lab: ACC
Hello and welcome to the first QB breakdown for the preseason of the 2018-2019 football season. In these articles, Cody Goggin and myself, Andy Jones, will be taking our top 3 QB’s from each Pow...
Student Union CFB Preview: Baylor
Hey, Baylor might be okay after all. The first year of the Matt Rhule Baylor era went…. really bad. This is no fault of Rhule’s as the attrition the program went through following the depa...
Gameday Preview Weeks 11 & 12: Benedict Arnold Sucks
Week 11 East Lansing, Michigan: Ohio State @ Michigan State Aside from the 2017 debacle, this has been one of the most competitive games in the Big Ten the last few years. Ohio State fans and Michigan...
Student Union CFB Preview: Kansas
The Jayhawks have one of the most negative outlooks you can find in the game. With new Athletic Director Jeff Long in the building, the writing is on the wall for head coach David Beaty. With three w...
Ryan Day: THE New Coach Of Ohio State
New Beginnings, New Hampshire.. Ryan Day yesterday became the head coach of THE Ohio State University. If you somehow missed all the news because you have no wifi or live under a rock, Urban Meyer got...
Interesting and Odd: NFL vs College All-Star Team in the ’70’s
In the present day, professional sports All-Star games are more of a pickup game that is meant to be an attractive site for fans. And that concept seems to make sense. It cannot be too intense of a ...
Unintelligent Sports: A CFB Team Could Beat an NFL Team
No matter where you go in the country, you are always bound to find unintelligent Skip Bayless-level idiotic sports fans. They make outlandish claims based on the hype with no intelligence involved w...
Student Union CFB Preview: Big Ten Heisman Candidates
Big Ten football is a thing of beauty. With 14 Heisman winners in their history, I wouldn’t be surprised if they added #15 this year. With a stacked division like the Big Ten East, one of the best i...
PSA: NO MORE FALL WEDDINGS
Ladies, this article is more aimed towards you due to that men have exactly 0% say over wedding choices. Also, please take the words said in this article by heart because your significant other is hur...
EMERGENCY REACTION: Johnny Manziel’s First CFL Start
I watched Johnny Manziel’s first CFL start for the Montreal Alouettes and before everyone overreacts let me make something very clear. Johnny Football is going to be just fine. Now listen, I kno...
UPDATE: Call the Fight, McMurphy Has Won
Zach Smith told @1057TheZone he never abused Courtney. Here is text message b/w Zach & Courtney when he admits & apologizes for strangling his wife on Punta Cana trip in March 2015 & again...
Urban Meyer Releases Statement, Says A Whole Lot of Nothing
pic.twitter.com/wrlRi9jtZz — Urban Meyer (@CoachUrbanMeyer) August 3, 2018 Oh no. Yeah…. Who proofread this for Urban? There is a lot to unpack in this statement, and honestly, I am not su...
Student Union CFB Preview: Big Ten Poll
A quick disclaimer to start this one… this poll was conducted before the recent news about Urban Meyer came out, so I’m sure they may have been a few changes, but even at that, Ohio State ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State is one of the best, if not THE best, college football program of all time. They have one of the best rosters in the country this year, with blue chips on blue chips at every position. They ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Wisconsin
Wisconsin was by far one of the best all around teams of the 2017 season. They finished with a 13-1 record (9-0 in conference play minus the B1G Championship) and wrapped up the year with a win over t...
Campus Cover 034: Big Ten Preview
Cody and PJ return to talk about the Big Ten, the Urban Meyer situation, any why their Big Ten Championship pick might not be something you’d expect. Stanley picks: over on Iowa, Maryland, Penn ...
Auburn Has Just Signed The Brandon Weeden Of The SEC
Sit down kids and let me tell you the story about a trendsetter in college football. This legend goes by the name of Brandon Weeden and he was a very special player over at Oklahoma State in Stillwate...
Would You Rather?: Quarterbacks, Running Backs and Wide Receivers
Arguing …something all friends do. You remember having millions of debates about sports with your friends. From best football player, to who should win the Heisman Trophy, and to what conference...
Student Union CFB Preview: Michigan
As always, the Wolverines are drawing a ton of buzz this preseason. Some of it for good reason as 16 starters return to Ann Arbor, along with former Ole Miss standout and top recruit Shea Patterson tr...
Student Union CFB Preview: Big Ten Awards
This season, the Big Ten is in a state of flux. The East is going to be ridiculous, as always, but the West is on the rise. Wisconsin and Iowa should both be strong teams from there, and it would not ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Michigan State
Michigan State was a win against Ohio State away from playing Wisconsin for the Big Ten Championship. After beating Penn State on an afternoon in which Ohio State was massacred by Iowa, Michigan State...
Urban Meyer and the Morality of College Football
By now, unless you are living under a rock, everyone should have heard about the very damning accusations against Urban Meyer and Ohio State. Obviously this is an issue, and will continue to be for Oh...
Student Union CFB Preview: Penn State
When it comes to being a team, regardless what kind, you should always look to build upon previous success and move forward. Tension can add up and a group can begin to feel the weight of expectations...
Student Union CFB Preview: Iowa
Are we going to have another typical Iowa season, or is there room for something greater? We typically know what to expect from Kirk Ferentz teams: Strong O-line, strong running game, and good tight e...
Student Union CFB Preview: Northwestern
The Northwestern Wildcats started 2017 off sluggishly, but turned a corner to finish the season 10-3. With QB Clayton Thorson returning, the Wildcats look to him to be their go to guy, as they hope to...
Former number one overall HS football Recruits from 2002-2018: how they fared and where they are now
Being the number one high school football recruit in the country comes with a ton of pressure and weight on your shoulders. Some can handle it and some just flat out can’t. I started to ask myse...
Student Union CFB Preview: Nebraska
You’ve seen it in every single publication by now, but Scott Frost has returned to lead his beloved alma mater. After not being able to get over the hump with Pelini and being god awful with Mik...
Jim Harbaugh: Confirmed Steak Guy
The weirdest coach in all of College Football is back at it again. After watching the Amazon Prime show All Or Nothing with the Wolverines being featured, we got an inside look at some of the weird th...
The Curious Case for HBCU Football
College football, you know it, you love it. What makes college football great? Culture. Culture is rooted deep in our veins, we all understand and respect the intensity of major rivalries like Alabama...
Student Union CFB Preview: Purdue
Under first year head coach Jeff Brohm, the Boilermakers had their most successful season since 2012, and their first bowl win since 2011. It seems as though the train is back on track for the Boilers...
Student Union CFB Preview: Maryland Terrapins
Maryland’s 2017 season was ruined undoubtedly by injuries. In the worst case of the injury bug I’ve seen, the Terps lost their top two quarterbacks and one of their pass rushers just in th...
Student Union CFB Preview: Minnesota
Football is a really simple game that requires a few things to be successful at the college level. I don’t just mean successful in regards to winning championships or eight or nine games, I mean...