The NCAA Did…. Something
The NCAA inches slowly towards paying student-athletes NCAA press release located here:http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/board-governors-starts-process-enhance-name-image-and-liken...
Union College Splits Rivalry Weekend with RPI
The Union College Dutchmen and RPI Engineers men’s hockey teams squared off this past weekend for a 2-game set, as the latest chapter in the storied rivalry. The upstate New York teams faced off...
The Hangover, Week 9: Winners and Losers from Kansas State’s Upset
Welcome to the eighth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I s...
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Nine
Last week, we had a lot of good and a lot of bad. On the positive side, the double-duty in Starkville both hit, with LSU covering and the under securing with ease. On the negative side, big favorites ...
Midseason QB WAR Update
We’re about halfway through the 2019 college football season. This means that we are now at a good time to see how the nation’s quarterbacks have played so far in the midseason QB WAR update! I cr...
The Hangover, Week 8: Tua Injury Watch 2019 is Here
Welcome to the seventh edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Starkville, Mississippi, and Tus...
October 20th, 2018: The Best Night of My Life
To understand how much this day meant to me it’s important to understand everything that had led up to it. Growing up a Purdue football fan, I’ve sat through countless heartbreaks. When I ...
Syracuse football enters must-win territory
With six games under their belts, the Syracuse Orange sit at 3-3, on pace to become bowl-eligible for the second straight season. But 6-6 and bowl-eligible is not the standard head coach Dino Babers w...
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Eight
There’s a reason it’s called gambling, folks. Last week, we had some super close calls. LSU stopped Florida on fourth and goal to cover (we had Florida), Missouri missed two extra points t...
The Hangover, Week 7: The Full List of Teams with a CFP Chance
Welcome to the sixth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from College Station, Texas, and Birmin...
XFL Draft Live Results
Today is the beginning of the XFL Draft. There are five phases of the snake draft, starting with skill players, moving to offensive line, and finishing with defensive front seven and secondary. Each t...
XFL Announces Assigned QBs
On Tuesday morning, the XFL kicked off the start of the XFL draft by announcing the quarterbacks that were assigned to the eight teams in the league. The league will begin play this February. With QB ...
Trick or Treat! The Best College Football Themed Halloween Costumes
Halloween is right around the corner and it’s time to break out the best college football-themed costumes. You don’t want to be just like every other frat boy at the Halloween party dresse...
Western Michigan Hockey Splits Ice Breaker Tournament
The 14th ranked Western Michigan Hockey team saw their first real test this weekend in the Ice Breaker Tournament against 12th ranked Ohio State. Friday Night The Buckeyes got on the board early to ta...
Purdue Hockey Puts Up Video Game Numbers This Weekend
October is the best sports month of the year. College football every Saturday, the NFL is in full swing, The NHL and NBA have just gotten underway, MLB playoffs are heating up, and college basketball ...
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Seven
Folks, I have a confession to make–I had a great time last weekend placing bets on college football games at a casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. As I said in this week’s edition of The Hangov...
The Hangover, Week 6: Where Does Florida Belong?
Welcome to the fifth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Biloxi, Mississippi, where I took ...
Examining, power ranking college football’s surprising undefeated teams
You might think Auburn or Florida’s hot starts are surprising. Even a B10 team like Iowa or Penn State being 4-0 may shock some. But those aren’t the teams I want to examine today. This ar...
Cal vs Oregon: Keys For an Oregon Win
Oregon will be playing host to Cal this week following a bye week. Last game out, Oregon got a win over Stanford for the first time since 2015. This week will be a different test. Cal started the seas...
Big Ten Volleyball: #3 Nebraska at Northwestern
Here at Student Union, we take care of all your coverage needs for men’s basketball, football, hockey, and baseball. We don’t get a lot of content out on the women’s side, until now....
Purdue Stars, Sindelar and Moore, Injured on Same Play
With both Elijah Sindelar and Rondale Moore going down on the same play, where does the Purdue offense go from here? Two of their most dynamic playmakers out with what seems to be a season-ending inju...
Elliott, Collins, and Goff sign fresh deals ahead of new NFL season
Ezekiel Elliott has penned a new six-year contract with the Cowboys, worth a reported $90 million. The new deal makes him the highest-paid running back in the history of the NFL. The new six-year deal...
Luke’s Six-Pack: Week 5
Hey y’all, it’s Luke here. I don’t actually have a six-pack, of either variety (wish I did), but instead, I have six games you should be watching this weekend. It’s pretty stra...
Midweek Report: Nats Clinch, UCF-Boise, D’Eriq King
It’s Wednesday night. There’s no MACtion. There’s no football. But there’s still plenty to talk about between those blessed Saturdays. Without further adieu, the very first Mid...
Any Volunteers? What’s Next For Tennessee football?
Jeremy Pruitt was hired after the 2017 season to revive a Tennessee football program that many thought was dead. The Volunteers were coming off of a 4-8 season, the worst in school history, and with f...
The Hangover, Week 4: Michigan has a Harbaugh Problem
Welcome to the fourth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Athens, Georgia, where I watched ...
History Shows Why Voters Should Continue To Sleep On UCF
I’ve had enough. It’s been over two years and the fanbase of UCF and their advocates *ahem, Clemson Carl* *ahem, Andy Jones* continue to scream from the mountain tops that they are a champ...
Tim Tebow Had the Worst Take of All Time
So this video of Tim Tebow talking about the new law in California this past week. If you are not familiar, the new law will allow student-athletes in the state of California to profit of their own im...
Syracuse needs a statement win this Saturday
Embarrassing. Disappointing. Subpar. Those are just a few of the many words that have been thrown around about the start for Syracuse football in 2019. The Orange are now 1-2 with their lone win comin...
The Hangover, Week 3: A League of Their Own
Welcome to the third edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Columbia, South Carolina, where I ...
Can Syracuse continue to be Clemson’s kryptonite?
Clemson football hasn’t had trouble with virtually any opponent recently. In 2018-19, the Tigers went undefeated en route to a national championship. During that run, Clemson’s opponents w...
SU25: 2019 CFB Week 3
As we enter 2019 CFB Week 3, this is one of the final weeks we’ll see the Playoff caliber squads beating up on the cupcakes and FCS school. In case that’s your thing, don’t fret, Kan...
The Hangover, Week 2: LSU is Scary Now
Welcome to the second edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I went...
Ultimate Madden College Teams
So for the last few years I have composed a roster in Madden where every team had players from a specific college or colleges. This year I decided to fill the rosters to the best of my abilities and t...
Keys, predictions for Syracuse against Maryland
Syracuse football began their 2019 season with a 24-0 win over Liberty. But it didn’t feel like that big of a victory for Syracuse fans. The Orange got off to a slow start and led just 10-0 at t...
The Hangover, Week 1: That Throw-Up Orange
Welcome to the first edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Lake Martin, Alabama, where I̵...
Transfer Quarterback Josh Jackson: Maryland’s New Hope
With a desperate need for a quarterback to bring their offense success, the Maryland Terrapins are looking at Virginia Tech transfer, Josh Jackson, to lead the way....
SU25: 2019 CFB Week 1
It’s that time of the year again: A bunch of college bloggers outsmarting the pros at other sites. It’s the return of the SU25: 2019 CFB Week 1 edition! Reigning champion Clemson Tigers fi...
Kentucky Football is far from a one year wonder
After a magical 2018 season the Kentucky Football Wildcats are ready to prove to the nation last year was no fluke. For a program that has suffered some of the most brutal losses of any school in the ...
How serious was the QB “battle” at Ohio State
When former number one recruit in the country, Justin Fields, decided to leave Georgia for Ohio State, it was a foregone conclusion he would be named the starter. But new head coach Ryan Day claimed t...
The Boilermaker State Ep 1: Nevada Preview
Two podcasts in the same week? That’s right we’re back with another podcast. This one is talking anything and everything Purdue athletics. Dan Jakes and I will be bringing you football rec...
How to do Opening Weekend the Wrong Way
You may find many different articles throughout the internet trying to tell you how to consume college football’s opening weekend the “right way.” In an effort for originality that y...
ACC Quarterbacks Ranked
ACC quarterbacks have seen a lot of success in recent years. The conference arguably has the best quarterback in the country, but how does the rest of the leagues QB’s rank? 14. Lucas Johnson, G...
2019 CFB Preview: Memphis Tigers
Coming off back to back heartbreaking losses in the AAC title game, Mike Norvell’s Memphis Tigers appear to be on the precipice of a breakthrough to a New Years 6 game. Armed with one of the nat...
What to Expect in Syracuse’s Opener Against Liberty
Syracuse football opens their season on the road once again this year. In 2018, it was a 55-42 opening win in Western Michigan that kickstarted the Orange’s 10-3 campaign. This time around, Syra...
2019 CFB Preview: American Athletic Conference
This is UCFs conference now. A few formidable FBS opponents, but the Knights own the headlines when it comes to the American Athletic Conference. The AAC is yet to receive respect in the eyes of the P...
Bucky Picks: Power 5 Predictions
Bucky Picks ….. Bucky Picks: I thought it would be a good idea to cover each Power 5 team and do a game-by-game prediction. Instead of sharing those game-by-game prediction I will share the end ...
CFP Predictions: The 2019 Student Union Sports Edition
Student Union Writers CFP Predictions College Football is back!!! Once again I rounded up a bunch of brave volunteers to weigh in with their CFP predictions. Let us see what our smart writers think...
Florida makes *slightly* fewer mistakes than Miami
College football is back and we had an absolutely perfect game to remind us why we love this incredibly dumb and amazing sport. The #8 Florida Gators beat their rival Miami Hurricanes by a score of 24...
Chad Henne Was Terrific at Michigan
Michigan is one of the greatest programs in all of college football. Throughout their history, they’ve had many great quarterbacks. Tom Brady, John Navarre, Brian Griese, Denard Robinson, all gr...
Week Zero After Action Report: 150 Years is a Long Time
Everyone is Bad That Florida-Miami game was so atrocious it made Andrew Luck quit football altogether. Miami QB Jarren Williams was sacked ten times. Both defenses looked… fine. There were a ton...
2019 CFB Preview: Missouri Tigers
Since Barry Odom took over the Missouri Tigers in 2016, the Tigers haven’t been much better than mediocre. The Tigers are coming off their best season under Odom’s control and have a lot t...
Bo Nix Named Auburn Starting Quarterback
The Auburn offense has been most effective when Gus Malzahn is getting the most out of a dual-threat quarterback. He used Cam Newton’s gifts to make a national championship run. Nick Marshall g...
2019 SU CFB Preview: LSU Tigers
Besides being a viral star for his press conference discipline, Ed Orgeron has gotten the LSU Tigers into a strong position in the SEC race. Ohio State transfer QB Joe Burrow is now settled into the o...
2019 CFB Preview: Texas A&M Aggies
After a somewhat surprising season, the Texas A&M Aggies will look to build on what was a successful first season for Jimbo Fisher. They went 9-4, which is considerably good, but especially in the...
2019 CFB Preview: Arkansas Razorbacks
Coming off one of the worst seasons in school history, the Arkansas Razorbacks will look to improve in year two of the Chad Morris era. 2018 Record: 2-10 (0-8) SEC 2018 Bowl Game: Did Not Qualify The ...
AGI Model: 2019 Big 12 Projections
For the past three years I have worked on building a college football model that is able to separate narrative from what is actually happening on the field. This model has been able to successfully pr...
The Hangover, Preseason Edition: Happy 150th, College Football
Welcome to the preseason edition for the junior 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, The H...
AP Poll released, Cuse checks in at No. 22
The first 2019 AP College football Top 25 poll has been released and Syracuse football fans can rejoice. The Orange checked in at number 22, marking the first time since 1998 they have been ranked pre...
2019 CFB Preview: Stanford Cardinal
The Stanford Cardinal are facing a lot of change on both sides of the ball for 2019. David Shaw will have to rebuild the offensive line and receiving core for the offense to be successful. That doesn&...
2019 CFB Preview: Washington Huskies
The Washington Huskies have been transformed into a perennial power under Chris Petersen. In the last 3 years, they’ve made a College Football Playoff appearance, won the PAC 12 twice, and won t...
2019 CFB Preview: Utah Utes
Utah’s 2018 campaign ended on a bad note. If not for the season-ending injury to their starting quarterback, the Utah Utes might’ve been destined for a trip to the Rose Bowl for the first ...
2019 CFB Preview: Arizona Wildcats
The second year of the Kevin Sumlin era begins in Tucson, Arizona this fall, but there are a lot more questions than answers for the Wildcats. Kevin Sumlin should be under some pressure after going 5-...
2019 CFB Preview: USC Trojans
Simply put, 2018 was an utter disappointment for the USC Trojans. Head coach Clay Helton survived the off-season speculation, but do not expect the school to be a forgiving in 2019. Prestige Rating (I...
2019 CFB Preview: Oregon State Beavers
Oregon State is trying to climb out of the bottomless abyss of awfulness. They have won nine total games over the last four years. This isn’t great. So how are they going to get better? ThatR...
Pac-12 Quarterback Rankings 2019
There might not be a more intriguing group of quarterbacks in the country than the one that settles out west. From top NFL prospects to highly touted transfers this Pac-12 quarterback group looks to r...
N’Faly Dante Commits to the Oregon Ducks
Five-star center N’Faly Dante has committed to Oregon. This is a big one. For an Oregon roster experiencing a lot of turnover from last seasons Sweet Sixteen team, help in the frontcourt was des...
Wisconsin Unveils Worst Uniform in Sports History
Calling these articles of clothing the worst uniform in sports is far from an understatement. Wisconsin’s uniform-maker was so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop ...
2019 CFB Preview: Big Ten Power Rankings
Since scrapping the Leaders and Legends divisions six years ago, the East has dominated the West in the Big Ten. The gap might be shrinking a tiny bit, but for now the most pessimistic view for the Ea...
Power Rankings: 2019 Big 12 Quarterbacks
In a conference that’s known for its explosive offenses, the quarterback is the center of everything. Big 12 quarterbacks have taken home the last two Heisman Trophies and the conference has hou...
Three 5 Star QB’s All Connected by One School
Which of the quarterbacks will be the best? The University of Georgia has signed three 5 star quarterbacks in the last 4 years. Only 1 remains on campus. If you follow college football, you probably k...
AGI Model: 2019 ACC Projections
For the past three years I have worked on building a college football model that is able to separate narrative from what is actually happening on the field. This model has been able to successfully pr...
Heisman Hopeful? Can Purdue’s Rondale Moore Make History?
Rondale Moore took the nation by storm last fall. The former five star recruit was a consensus All-American as a true freshman along with earning Big Ten freshman and receiver of the year honors. Moor...
2019 CFB Preview: Michigan State Spartans
After a mediocre 7-6 season, Mark Dantonio and Michigan State look to take advantage of what could be a chance to take over the Big 10. With Urban Meyer’s retirement mixed with some key Ohio Sta...
2019 CFB Preview: Penn State Nittany Lions
The Penn State Nittany Lions are coming off their first step backward under James Franklin. They have all the pieces to get back on track, but a difficult schedule might stop them from really breaking...
2019 CFB Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes
The Ohio State Buckeyes are looking to get back to playoff caliber as Ryan Day takes over for Urban Meyer, but that isn’t the only change on the coaching staff. Co-defensive coordinator Greg Mat...
Who are the Best College Football Players We’ve Seen Live?
The Question A couple of days ago in our website group chat someone asked who are the best college football players we’ve seen live? Naturally, this sparked an hour or so of conversation but the...
2019 CFB Preview: Cal Bears
Last season, the Bears finished with an average 7-6 record, good for 5th in the Pac-12 North. The Bears lost in the Cheez-it Bowl to TCU 10-7. In his second year as coach of the Bears, Justin Wilcox s...
2019 CFB Preview: Northwestern Wildcats
Since Pat Fitzgerald took over at Northwestern they’ve been a model of consistency. They’re coming off of a 9 win season where they won the Big Ten West and the year before that they won 1...
2019 CFB Preview: Minnesota Golden Gophers
PJ Fleck has the Minnesota Golden Gophers right where he wants them. When Fleck was hired in the winter of 2016 expectations were high. He was coming off of an undefeated regular season at Western Mic...
2019 CFB Preview: Maryland Terrapins
Maryland Terrapins football program seemed to be on the chopping block after the tragic death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair during a team workout. But following the tragedy, it seemed like the Te...
2019 CFB Preview: Illinois Fighting Illini
The Kansas of the B1G, the Illinois Fighting Illini haven’t found much success for the better part of a decade. Entering year four of the Lovie Smith Experiment, which hasn’t yielded many ...
2019 CFB Preview: Indiana Hoosiers
The Indiana Hoosiers, a traditional Big Ten football punching bag, have been stuck in mediocrity for the past few years now and are looking for a breakthrough. Head coach, Tom Allen, and his team will...
2019 CFB Preview: Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Well, the good news is Rutgers managed to avoid losing every game last season. The bad news is, there doesn’t appear to be a light at the end of the tunnel just yet. Head coach Chris Ash has won...
2019 CFB Preview: Texas Longhorns
Last season, the #9 Longhorn’s finished with a 10-4 record. That was quite an improvement from their 7-6 2017 year. After a Sugar Bowl win over #7 Georgia during last year’s bowl season, it was ...
Ten 2020 Draft Prospects to Watch for This Year
The NFL Draft might not be until April but we have the first look at which 2020 draft prospects you should be watching this college football season. Justin Herbert This Oregon stud, a projected first-...
Breaking News: Former 5-Star Brenton Cox Dismissed From Georgia
Early this afternoon it was reported by Anthony Dasher of Rivals that the Georgia Bulldogs have dismissed Brenton Cox from the team. Cox, a former 5-star recruit to Athens, was arrested for a misdemea...
2019 CFB Preview: TCU Horned Frogs
Gary Patterson has a habit of bouncing back in a big way after down years. His win totals the year following disappointments: 10, 11, 11, 11, and 12. That means we should expect big things from the TC...
Oh, Urban Meyer Messages are Wild
And Zach Smith is here! Earlier today, Ohio State released 2,000 pages worth of documents pertaining to last year’s investigation of both Urban Meyer and Zach Smith. Most of us likely thought th...
2019 CFB Preview: Iowa State Cyclones
The Iowa State Cyclones showed that they were no longer a cakewalk, thanks to Head Coach Matt Campbell. Posting their first back-to-back 8 win seasons since the 1970’s. It’s a very modest ...
2019 CFB Preview: Oklahoma Sooners
What’s the best way to measure team’s success? Number of wins in a year? Players winning individual awards? Amount of future NFL stars? Any way you ask the “Q’s”, the ...
Power Rankings: The Best Mascot for NCAA Football Mascot Mashup
The NCAA Football video game series is an all time classic, (may it rest in peace.) Until EA Sports works something out with the NCAA, we’re left reminiscing on the past. One of the game modes f...
2019 CFB Preview: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State has been a steady program since 2008 and has won nine games or more every year since then except for two (2014 and 2018). Mike Gundy has turned Stillwater into a desirable destination f...
2019 CFB Preview: Baylor Bears
*This is part of a series of previews for Student Union Sports, for teams other than Baylor, see here. When he took the Baylor job, Matt Rhule knew two things: It was a rebuild, and the school would b...
2019 CFB Preview: ACC Poll
If you haven’t noticed by now, our writers here at Student Union have been working on our season previews for every power five college football team. Over the past week and a half, the ACC teams...
2019 CFB Preview: Kansas State Wildcats
Kansas State enters 2019 without its longtime head coach Bill Snyder. Snyder will be replaced by former North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman, who won three national championships in five years ...
2019 CFB Preview: Kansas Jayhawks
In the year of our lord, two-thousand and nineteen, anticipation builds before students crowd Jayhawk Boulevard for the fall semester. For the first time in a long time, there’s genuine exciteme...
2019 CFB Preview: ACC Power Rankings
Over the last week, we’ve been taking a look at what every ACC team’s season will look like in 2019. Here’s a recap of what the entire conference will look like, broken down into tie...
2019 CFB Preview: Miami Hurricanes
It was a meh year for the Miami Hurricanes. After starting the year 5-1, they lost 5 of their last 7, including 4 in a row. It will be very interesting to see how the Canes can make a comeback after d...
2019 CFB Preview: Clemson Tigers
Dabo Swinney has built the Clemson Tigers into one of the most dominant programs in the sport and there’s no sign that’s gonna change in 2019. They return loads of talent on offense, and r...
Is Michigan State Football Ready to Contend Again?
The Spartan faithful want to continue to believe in Mark Dantonio and his program’s resilience. They responded to a season that saw them win only three games by winning ten. Last year, they brou...
2019 CFB Preview: Virginia Cavaliers
*This is part of a series of previews for Student Union Sports, for teams other than the Cavaliers, see here. In his third year at the helm of the Cavaliers, Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall nearly led to...
2019 CFB Preview: ACC Coaching Pyramid
Ever since its founding in 1953, the ACC historically has been a top conference in the NCAA. With the rise of Clemson football and other schools, it’s easy to see why more and more highly ranking re...
2019 CFB Preview: NC State Wolfpack
Dave Doeren has done a great job with this NC State Wolfpack team since taking over as head coach in 2012. His recent success saw him as the target of a few head coaching vacancies during the off seas...
2019 CFB Preview: Pittsburgh Panthers
The tide seems to be turning in for the Pittsburgh Panthers, fresh off an ACC Coastal Division championship (not going to mention the ACC Championship game), and bowl games in four of the last five se...
2019 CFB Preview: Duke Blue Devils
In David Cutcliffe’s 11 seasons at Duke, he has brought a dying program back to life. Coaching at a school that most people only know from basketball can be a difficult task. Cutcliffe has lived...
2019 CFB Preview: Boston College Eagles
Steve Addazio has very quietly built one of the most consistent teams in college football with the Boston College Eagles. Making a bowl should really be the only goal for BC, especially with Clemson a...
2019 CFB Preview: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Dave Clawson’s team has won 22 games over the past three seasons and seems primed to make a fourth straight bowl in 2019. Led by two quarterbacks with starting experience, the Wake Forest Demon ...
2019 CFB Preview: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will be completely starting over this year after a decade of running Paul Johnson’s triple option. Geoff Collins is the perfect coach to rebuild excitement and en...
2019 CFB Preview: North Carolina Tar Heels
To be frank, the North Carolina Tar Heels experienced a miserable 2018 season, however, fans are hopeful that with a new coach and improved quarterback play, this program should be on the rise. Presti...
2019 CFB Preview: Louisville Cardinals
The Louisville Cardinals are back… Kind of. After an abysmal 2018 season, there is a lot of work to be done here. Jeff Brohm is probably glad he stayed in West Lafayette. Prestige Ranking: 2* La...
2019 CFB Preview: Syracuse Orange
The Orange enter 2019 with a boatload of expectations. In their third season under Dino Babers, Syracuse won 10 games and took home a Camping World Bowl victory over West Virginia. Local and national ...
Former Purdue Quarterback Offers $250 to Anyone Who Can Win MVP and Super Bowl With Him in Madden 20
Football season is quickly approaching which means it’s about time for the newest Madden. Madden 20 is available on August 2nd and former Purdue quarterback, David Blough, has a challenge for yo...
The Secret of Triumph SC: An Interview with Chris Lewis
If you’ve ever written, read or interacted with Student Union Sports, you’re well aware of the culture at hand created by the people involved. A sense of brotherhood and association within...
What In The World Is This: Instagram Algorithms
You’re scrolling through Instagram, still in bed trying to decide whether or not to head back to sleep for another hour or start your Saturday before noon. Then the biggest WTF moment of the day...
NBA Draft Preview: Purdue’s Carsen Edwards
Carsen Edwards caught everyone’s attention during Purdue’s NCAA Tournament run. The junior guard averaged 35 points per game in the tournament, including two 42 point performances against ...
No. 1 Class of 2020 recruit Brian Bresee commits to Clemson
Brian Bresee, the No. 1 defensive lineman and the No. 1 overall recruit in the class of 2020, according to 24/7 Sports, has committed to Clemson. The Tigers beat out Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio S...
The March Madness Rematch We’ve All Been Waiting For
Last time you heard from me I was crying on my dorm room floor over Purdue’s heartbreaking loss in the Elite 8 to Virginia. Virginia went on to win the National Championship and apparently IR...
ACC/B1G Challenge Preview
It’s June 12th and we are now in that space of the year where there isn’t exactly a lot going on in the sports world. As tweeted out by Jon Rothstein last week, the entire college basketba...
Iowa’s Crazy Offseason Continues
Wieskamp To Return Joe Wieskamp announced in early April that he would be testing the NBA Draft process. As expected, Wieskamp pulled his name from the 2019 NBA Draft on Wednesday, saying, “the ...
More Than a Penny
As we saw five-star recruit Precious Achiuwa, a 6-9 Small Forward from Montverde, Fl, sign with first year coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers. We will see some of the best high school talent ...
Adam Fox inks with the Rangers
The stud defenseman from Harvard has signed a three year deal worth $925k a year with his childhood team. Before the trade that sent him from Carolina to New York, all indications were that Fox would ...
Don’t sleep on Josh Norris
Michigan’s Josh Norris was drafted in the first round by the San Jose Sharks. Last summer, he was one of the pieces involved in San Jose’s blockbuster trade that landed them prized defense...
Best things to do at a tailgate
Football season is right around the corner. It’s only like five months away, we’re almost there. We’re gonna have plenty of freshmen battling for playing time. More importantly, ther...
Michigan State’s New Uniforms are Immensely Useful
On the banks of the Red Cedar, the Spartans of Michigan State unveiled these…gems. These are bad. Neon is awful. I get PTSD from summer after summer of working at a hockey camp and chasing kids ...
Draft Breakdown: Rodney Anderson, Oklahoma
Rodney Anderson is part of the next offensive group of prospects to come out of Oklahoma. In 2018, it was Baker Mayfield, Mark Andrews, and Orlando Brown Jr. This year’s draft, it’s Kyler Murray, ...
Time to sponsor student athletes
Student athletes are hard to compensate due to their disparity in value. In professional sports, everyone is worth something on the open market, but in college that is not necessarily the case. Some a...
Draft Breakdown: Darnell Savage Jr., Maryland
Darnell Savage Jr. needs to become a household name come draft time. This elite athlete out of Maryland has a nasty attitude and even has solid coverage experience in the nickel corner spot. This give...
Virginia-Texas Tech: By the Numbers
The 2019 NCAA Tournament has been one of the more interesting in recent memory. It didn’t feature many upsets, but it did feature Texas Tech and Auburn both reaching their first Final Four appea...
Purdue Basketball Season Wrap Up
When I wrote my Mid Season Review for the Boilers back in Januar, things were looking pretty grim. They’d just come off a 20 point loss at Michigan State and had already shown signs of strugglin...
Draft Breakdown: Bruce Anderson, NDSU
All Around Stud The Arizona Cardinals are on the clock and as we inch closer to April 25th, the media begins to separate perceived superstars from the pack. This separation allows for the generic foot...
Draft Breakdown: Justin Clifton, Arkansas State
The Swiss Army Knife You Didn’t Know You Needed The Arizona Cardinals are on the clock and as we inch closer to April 25th, the media begins to separate perceived superstars from the pack. This ...
Heartbreak: The Highs and Lows of Purdue Basketball Fandom
This years Purdue team was one of the most fun teams I’ve ever watched. I hated on them all summer, fall, and even into January. They proved fans, me and the country wrong time and time again. T...
Iowa Baseball Sweeps #23 Illinois
The season is still young for the Hawkeyes baseball team, but after being swept by Indiana in the first conference series of the season, Iowa needed a confidence booster. The Hawks got just that. They...
Draft Breakdown: Will Grier, WVU
With draft day rapidly approaching, certain names in the College Football Realm begin to get bigger and bigger. Kyler Murray, listed at a stout 5’10” and a whopping 205 pounds, seems to ca...
Draft Profiles: Interview with Wake Forest WR Alex Bachman
Alex Bachman entered college with one year of wide receiver experience. He was told by many that he was too small to play receiver. That he’d be better suited at a position like safety. The nays...
Did the NCAA Miss Big With Their “Life of a Student-Athlete” Video?
Last week, the NCAA put a video on Twitter that took the internet by storm. The video showed a “student-athlete” going through his daily routine. The video received a lot of criticism from...
NCAA East Region Preview
Minnesota State The Mavericks are one of the two best teams in college hockey along with St. Cloud State. They went 32-7-2 and their reward is traveling all the way to Providence to play… Provid...
Nebraska Basketball Hires Fred Hoiberg
15 months ago, Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos reached out to his man, Nebraska’s man, Scott Frost, to resurrect Nebraska Football. On March 30, Moos hired the hottest coaching candidates in co...
Draft Breakdown: Kyle Shurmur
As we near the Draft, there are prospects that get covered 24/7 and those who get none. Those who get labeled as a “franchise changing superstar” and those who get labeled “bust̶...
Transfer Alert: Maishe Dailey
Junior guard, Maishe Dailey, has entered the NCAA transfer portal and will not be a Hawkeye next season. This season Dailey averaged 12.5 minutes per game and shot 35.2% from the field. All things con...
Get Rich or Die Trying: Back on the Saddle
After yesterday’s terrible performances, I took a pretty big loss. This game isn’t for the weak. If you’re not able to handle a loss, then you might as well get out of the game now. Today and th...
ALL ABOARD! Boilers finally break through to the Elite 8
After a 19 year drought, Purdue has finally vanquished their Sweet 16 demons and survived to see the Elite 8. As a lifelong Purdue fan, this is something that I never thought I’d see. Year after...
NCAA Hockey Tournament West Regional Preview
The NCAA unveiled the 2019 hockey tournament bracket this weekend and we’re poised for another action packed tourney. Here at Student Union Hockey, we’re bringing you all the coverage you ...
Tony Bennett, Virginia are ready to put their past behind them
Over the past five seasons, Virginia has produced no national titles and no Final Fours. They have three Sweet Sixteens and one Elite Eight appearance, coming in 2016. Heading into this year’s S...
American International College is IN
American International College is heading to the NCAA’s for the first time in program history. The Yellow Jackets will represent the Atlantic Hockey Conference as undisputed league champions aft...
Jayhawks of the Midwestern: The Curse of the Bruce Pearl
Turns out that the Kansas Jayhawks losing the Big XII regular-season title for the first time in fourteen years wasn’t an elaborate rouse by Bill Self to catch the rest of the March Madness fiel...
St. Cloud State Gets Two Top 10 Hobey Baker Finalists
On Wednesday night, the announcement rang that two Huskies found themselves as top ten finalists for college hockey’s most prestigious award, the Hobey Baker. Three-year captain Jimmy Schuldt, r...
College Coaches: I Scream, You Scream, Tom Izzo’s A Bit Extreme
Fact: Old Guys Like Yelling At Young Guys With Tom Izzo caught on camera berating Aaron Henry during Michigan State’s first round victory against the Bradley Braves, coaching tactics have been p...
WMU’s Colt Conrad Signs With Toronto Marlies
After Toronto failed to snag Michigan State’s Taro Hirose, they went out and got another Michigan star In WMU’s Colt Conrad. The former Bronco just reached an agreement with the Toronto Ma...
NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Recap
After last weekends quarterfinal action, the conference took all four winners up to St Paul, Minnesota to compete in one game series final four of the conference tournament. The #1 team in the country...
Does Tom Izzo Deserve The Hate?
Yesterday during Michigan State’s win over Bradley, head coach Tom Izzo was caught on camera RIPPING into Aaron Henry. Izzo was so heated that he had to be restrained by his players when he lung...
Get Rich or Die Trying: The Night Shift
Well besides Cincy forgetting how to play basketball, I’m now sitting at a nice 5-1 for the picks I’ve given to the people. The Anteaters were a no-doubter and Texas Tech took a little bit...
March Madness: What We Learned on Day 1
Day 1 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament is over and done, and plenty of compelling story-lines are already beginning to unfold. Here are three of the major takeaways from Day 1 that fans should keep in mind...
Syracuse Basketball Season Review
Syracuse’s season ended last night after a 78-69 loss to Baylor. Earlier in the week, I basically guaranteed an Orange victory. Baylor had lost four straight entering Thursday’s game and was witho...
FSU: The School Who Couldn’t Cover
If you were like me and had Florida State at -9, I’m so sorry. As some may have seen, FSU ended up winning 76-69, a 7 point victory that broke hearts across the nation. Never would I ever wish a...
New Mexico State…. YOU BLEW IT
You came so close to giving us our first upset of the day. Thus far, on the first day of March Madness, we have not been gifted that many upsets. Minnesota doesn’t really count, and Yale put up ...
Get Rich or Die Trying: March Madness Day 1
March Madness: the most exciting time of the year for most gamblers. With nonstop action for 4 straight days it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. That’s why I’m here, I’m here to help...
Bad News: Your Team Is On Upset Alert
Before you call me an idiot, remember I said your team is on “upset alert” not “your team will be upset”. If you want to call me an idiot for that, then that’s your choic...
Martell to be eligible in 2019
Former Ohio State and current Miami quarterback Tate Martell will be eligible to play for the Hurricanes this season. The transferring star was able to receive a hardship waiver from the NCAA in order...
Enrico Blasi Out at Miami
Miami University relieved longtime head coach Enrico Blasi of his duties on Tuesday morning. He had served as head coach since 1999, when he was hired at the age of 27. Miami provided Blasi’s on...
4 Teams that Could Make or Break your Bracket
Some teams look like they have Final Four potential, and then lose in the first round. Other teams are expected to have an early exit, and then make a deep run. Choose wisely when picking these teams ...
Upstate New York Headed Out West
As the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket was announced, both Buffalo and Syracuse had to wait sometime before finally hearing their names called. In the end, both upstate New York squads were selected to t...
I-Who? Why the Hoosiers were among the first four out
When Romeo Langford signed with Indiana, fans were already hanging a sixth banner in their heads. After a 12-2 start, the excitement was back in Bloomington. And with in-state rival, Purdue, getting o...
The Committee gets something right
As we watched the reveal of the 68 team field for the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament, let’s remember the past. The committee has always, in my uneducated opinion (see Delphi Bracketology 2017),...
Syracuse-Duke Round 3 Preview: By the Numbers
Syracuse and Duke will meet for the 3rd time this season in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament tonight. The teams have split the season series 1-1 thus far, each taking a game on the other’s ho...
No, Clemson shouldn’t be in the NCAA tournament
After scoring just 16 points in the second half and losing to NC State in their first ACC Tournament game, the Clemson Tigers sit firmly on the bubble. This loss came after holding a 16-point lead at ...
NCHC Tournament Preview
With the regular season finally wrapped, it’s time for the conference tourney. Where teams who are out of contention look to earn an auto bid for the NCAA Tournament, and the conference powerhou...
Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry: Reunited
My favorite wide receiver tandem of all time is BACK. 2013 is my second favorite college football season behind only the fabled 2007 season. There were so many things that made 2013 such a magical yea...
International Women’s Day: A Look at Some of College Athletics Most Prominent Females
Today is International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate all of the strong women in our lives and remind each other about how much progress women have made. What better way to celebrate than to lo...
Conference Tournament Central: March 11th
We suffered a few losses on the tournament champion route. To this point, we are oh-fer in champions picked. We kept up a high percentage by only dropping 3 controllable games. Overall, we sit at 60-2...
Minnesota’s Sweep of Michigan: By The Numbers
The Gophers banished Michigan to the shadow realm and earned themselves a day off on Sunday. Instead of playing in a win-or-go-home Game Three, they’ll get to drink a few beers, watch some golf ...
Conference Tournament Central: March 9th
Well, well, well… It seems as if I’ve gone cold. I scratched and clawed to stay an even .500. I doubled my losses from the first 4 days combined. It sucks. Hopefully we can bounce back wit...
National Game of the Week: #3 Minnesota Duluth at #1 St. Cloud State
It’s the last week of the regular season in the NCHC and all eyes are on the conference as two national juggernauts square off on the ice. The defending national champion Bulldogs of Minnesota D...
Conference Tournament Central: March 7th
Well… The heater has ended, but to correctly pick 18 of 19 games is incredible. Let’s take a look at all the conference tournament games going on today and see how I do. Atlantic Sun Semif...
BIG Takes: Week 8 Edition
As if the Big Ten didn’t have enough drama throughout this season, the Big Ten regular season title will come down to the final weekend with Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue all tied for first pl...
What Happened to The Jayhawks?
It’s finally over. Fourteen years stopped at a screeching halt. Oh well. For the 2018-19 Kansas Jayhawks, it’s time to learn and move on. No longer at the top of the Big XII mountain, doub...
Conference Tournament Central: March 6th
Conference W-L Record Atlantic Sun 4-0 Big South 3-0 Horizon League 2-0 Patriot League 2-0 Overall 11-0 Through 2 days of conference play, I’m 11-0 overall. I swear I know what I’m talking...
Is Bill Self On The Hot Seat?
Nope. Carry on. While you’re here, check out why I think Illinois has a shot at an auto-bid this March....
Big Ten Quarterfinal Preview: Wisconsin @ Penn State
Wisconsin could have finished last in the conference were it not for their monumental sweep of Michigan last weekend. Their reward is a trip to Hockey Valley to play against the Big Ten’s (and t...
Big Ten Quarterfinal Preview: Michigan @ Minnesota
Michigan absolutely bombed their regular season finale against Wisconsin. Two OT losses saw the Wolverines slip all the way to second-to-last place above only Michigan State. That’s a major red-...
#1 SCSU Bucks #10 Broncos On The Road
On Thursday we previewed this marquee matchup in NCHC conference play between the St. Cloud State Huskies and Western Michigan Broncos. Coming in the Huskies were on a hot streak and didn’t look...
Cornell Women’s Hockey Puts Up INSANE Stat Line in OT Win
Friday night, Cornell and Rensselaer squared off on the ice in an ECAC tournament matchup. What looked to be a regular Friday night hockey game turned out to produce the most ridiculous box score I...
Nevada Faced Post-Game Drama After Loss
Look, we all hate losing. I will do everything in my power to try and win in a family game of Pictionary, whether that’s mouthing the word to my grandpa, or trying to make as close to a symbol a...
NCHC Beware, Andy Murray Announces Long Term Contract With WMU
Western Michigan Hockey head coach Andy Murray announced he has a long term deal in place to remain WMU’s head coach. He announced this in his weekly press conference. The details of the extensi...
Jason Brown Out at Independence
And he did not go quietly into the night. In a move that likely surprises no one, Jason Brown, star of season 3 of Netflix’s Last Chance U, has resigned from his position as coach. The move come...
Kyler Murray: The NFL’s Next Big Thing
It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year. The NFL Combine. With all the weird psychological questions asked, the bench press, the 40-yard sprint, and of course the measurements, what could be bet...
BIG Takes: Week 7 Edition
Tip of the hat to Michigan State this week, as they went into Ann Arbor and pulled off their most impressive win of the year. The win put the Spartans a half game ahead of Purdue and a full game ahead...
#10 WMU Seek Home Ice Energy against #1 St. Cloud State
St. Cloud has already locked up their second straight NCHC title, but with three weeks still to play in the regular season, this top 10 matchup is huge for momentum going into the conference tournamen...
NCAA Alumni of the Week: Sean Kuraly
Sean Kuraly was a fifth round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft. The former Miami (OH) standout is currently a grinder on the Boston Bruins fourth line and has played a key role in a few wins for the Bruins ...
National Player of the Year: Gustafson by a Mile
Respect The Name I have seen plenty of articles about the National Player of the Year debate in Women’s Basketball. Many of these articles have slept on or totally missed Megan Gustafson. One of...
Fran McCaffery Chases Ref Down Calling Him a “Cheating Motherfucker” and a “Fucking Disgrace”
The Hawkeyes went to Columbus and got trounced by Ohio State last night. It was a must-win for the Buckeyes to make a push to the Tournament, and they won by 20 against ranked Iowa. That was a huge wi...
NCHC Weekend Recap
With three weeks left in the regular season, all eight teams in the NCHC returned to the ice over the weekend. St. Cloud State needed a weekend sweep and a Minnesota Duluth loss to capture their secon...
NCAA Tournament: ACC has potential to get 9 teams in
March Madness is just around the corner, and the ACC is stacked as always. The league has nine teams currently in the mix for NCAA Tournament spots, three of which have a shot at a No. 1 seed. There a...
Two Prolific Players You (Maybe) Haven’t Heard Of
I want to start off by saying that I appreciate everyone who reads my articles and spreads the word about my writing. That’s why I’m not sure if I’m the reason to blame or if everybo...
Bearcats baseball recap vs Florida Atlantic
The first weekend is complete, and the Bearcats have some work to do. Their first series of the year was at Florida Atlantic, a team who finished last year with a 43-19-1 record while making the NCAA ...
A Student Athletes Take on Paying College Atheltes
Duke’s, Zion Williamson, injured himself 30 seconds into arguably the biggest college basketball rivalry in the country last night. Ticket prices were starting at $2,900 for this game and former...
Will the real Syracuse Orange please stand up?
After a 69-49 drubbing of No. 18 Louisville on Wednesday night, Syracuse now sits at 18-8 overall and 9-4 in ACC play. They’re also tied for fourth place in the ACC standings with Florida State, tra...