What’s wrong with the Hoosiers?
Whatever is ailing the Indiana basketball team, currently #12 in the Big Ten, has taken their season to its breaking point. After starting the season 12-2 and boasting strong wins over Marquette and L...
The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: February Blues
Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tucson,...
Wiesy Outta Here: Hawkeyes win another Thriller
The Iowa Hawkeyes took the court in Piscataway, NJ tonight against Rutgers. True freshman guard, Joe Wieskamp, would play the hero on this night. This role is often filled by Jordan Bohannon, but Wies...
How the Bearcats are Reloading
Baseball season is upon us! College baseball has started today, and man am I excited. The Bearcats had a decent season last year going 28-28 and leading the entire nation with the most double plays. T...
Illinois is (most likely) rejoining the NCAA Ranks
All indications point toward Illinois putting out a D1 hockey team for the first time in decades....
Hobey Baker Finalist: Jimmy Schuldt
The Hobey Baker Award is college hockey‘s Heisman Trophy. Named after American hockey hall of famer, Hobey Baker, the award is given annually to the nations best player. St. Cloud State’s,...
North Carolina: Heels in good shape despite Virginia loss
The North Carolina Tar Heels are 19-5 and 9-2 in ACC play, tied for 2nd in the conference with Virginia The Bad News CHAPEL HILL, N.C.- For Tar Heel fans, it’s hard not to believe that Monday ni...
Jim Leavitt (oddly) out at Oregon
Well, this is going to get more interesting. After only two years as the defensive coordinator, Jim Leavitt has been relieved of his duties in Eugene. Leavitt,...
Freshman We’re Most Intrigued to See in 2019 Spring Games: Part 2
Alright folks, let’s add some names to our list and take another look at some freshman who are ready to take their new teams by storm. Let’s jump right into it! Jadon Haselwood, Wide Recei...
Top 5 Gamecock Players of All-Time: Alshon Jeffery
I’m back with my fourth favorite Gamecock this week, and another player who was instrumental in leading some of the best football in Carolina history. Lane Kiffin once told Alshon Jeffery that i...
Alternate History: Auston Matthews in College Hockey
Auston Matthews just signed a monster extension which will make him the second-highest paid player in the NHL behind only Edmonton’s Connor McDavid. Matthews is a franchise center, three-time al...
Missing Spartans Football? Here’s an In-House Opinion
I am going to keep my thoughts and opinions short and to the point. I miss college football… a lot! In-House Michigan State’s Head Coach Mike Dantioni – I’m sorry, I mean Mark Da...
Freshmen We’re Most Intrigued to See in 2019 Spring Games: Part 1
The page has turned from recruiting season to the hiatus before spring practice, and while drills won’t begin around the nation for the next few weeks, it’s fun to think of some midterm en...
Illinois Basketball: B1G Tournament Champions
Speak it into existence. Brad Underwood’s squad is trending upward, and while they sit at 9-15, an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament is up for grabs in March. The path to the madness is far f...
Wooden Award Top 20: Part 2
Part 1 – posted yesterday – included some big names and studs who are putting up crazy numbers. Those ballers have earned their stripes. They are insanely athletic and are having fantastic...
#SU25 Basketball: Week 16
The Student Union Difference: #1 team in the country from last week’s poll defeats #3 team, #1 drops in this week’s #SU25 Basketball poll! This week lacked major upsets, but since the last...
Five-Star Recruit Anthony Edwards Commits to Georgia
Tom Crean’s bag man is finally starting to make some moves. Anthony Edwards, a top-five player in the 2019 recruiting class, and projected top-five pick in the 2020 NBA draft, has committed to ...
Kyler Murray to the NFL
Kyler Murray has officially made his choice. Since his last football game at Oklahoma and declaring for the draft in January, it has seemed more clear that the Heisman Trophy winner was going to choos...
Takeaways from National Signing Day 2019: Part 1
From the rich getting richer…To a battle between in-state foes…To a National Signing Day’s flip filled finale, this year’s recruiting cycle left us with tons of story lines hea...
Justin Fields is Eligible Immediately
Ohio State was facing a dire situation at quarterback. Incumbent starter Dwayne Haskins declared for the NFL draft and Tathan Martell transferred to the University of Miami. While all this was going o...
Ole Miss Lands Two Sport Stud Jerrion Ealy
On National Signing Day 2019, Ole Miss was able to come away with one of the top players in the state of Mississippi. Jerrion Ealy of Jackson Prep is a four-star prospect, ranked 58th in the country b...
South Carolina Beefs Up DL; Signs Jaquaze Sorrells
Jaquaze Sorrells is now a Gamecock. On National Signing Day, the Gamecocks boosted their recruiting class a bit more. After having an already good class, Muschamp and his crew were able to snag Jaquaz...
Georgia Steals George Pickens From Auburn
The Bulldogs now seem to be invading the neighboring Yellowhammer State. After the flip of commitment today from George Pickens, Georgia now has landed the top two players in Alabama. Pickens, the #2 ...
Florida Defense Goes Big on NSD
The Florida defense hauled in two big prizes on National Signing Day of 2019. The latest additions to the roster are Khris Bogle and Kaiir Elam. Bogle, a four-star weakside defensive end was ranked 66...
Brohm Brings in Best Class in Purdue History
National signing day is finally upon us and no one is happier than Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm. Going into his third season leading the Boilers, he has secured a top-25 recruiting class, a feat that ...
#SU25 Basketball: Week (1)5!
Football season is over, but there is some good news: The Patriots can’t win March Madness. But the Patriots of college basketball find themselves atop our first #SU25 rankings of the regular se...
Miami Signs Australian Punter Who is Definitely 45 Years Old
National Signing Day is arriving today, which means we’re about to see a lot of high school kids make the biggest decision of their lives. Some will have super dope videos and have some kind of ...
Bad Beat in Norman
Last night some of you bettors may have fallen victim to maybe the worst bad beat of the season so far. To set the stage, Iowa State was favored on the road at Norman, from anywhere between 2.5 and 3....
ACC Corner: Week 4 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner: Week 4 Edition. With some big games coming up this week, the picture became a little bit more clear in the standings. We also saw Duke blow out St. Johns in a non-conference gam...
The Buzzer-Beater, First Edition: Kentucky is the Real Deal
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tuscaloo...
Breaking: Francois Dismissed from Florida State
The Florida State Seminoles will unexpectedly have a new starting quarterback in 2019. Willie Taggart announced Sunday, “I informed Deondre Francois that he is no longer a member of the Florida ...
Oh You: Lincoln Riley and the Contract Details
“It’s a time old story… Boy meets university, boy has success at university and university offers boy large extension.” -Me in Oh You: The Lincoln Ri...
Silvio De Sousa, Kansas Hosed by NCAA
Well, that’s that. Silvio De Sousa banned from the NCAA until 2020-2021. Held out for all of the 2018-19 season this point, hope remained with the Jayhawks that they might get their big back bef...
Dan’s Bedtime Thoughts: CBB Edition
It’s college basketball season! Yes, I know that CBB started way back in November, but now that we’re without football, I’ll officially declare it college basketball season. Let̵...
Club Hockey is College Hockey: Miami University’s Noah Klinsky
Miami University is a hotbed for hockey in an unlikely place. Kids from around the nation flock to southwest Ohio thanks to its now-great hockey culture. Miami has had varied success at the NCAA level...
NCAA Alumni of the Week: Johnny Gaudreau
Johnny Gaudreau has been terrorizing NHL netminders and defensemen all season. His play making ability is up there with the likes of Connor McDavid and Mitch Marner. The Flames are an absolute wagon t...
American International is on the Warpath
American International College is a relatively unheralded hockey program. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Hockey Association. They’ve never...
Western Michigan Finds Themselves Back in Top 10 After Weekend Sweep
After two losses last weekend, Western Michigan returned home to Lawson Arena to take on the 4th ranked University of Denver. It was a matchup between two nationally ranked conference opponents as Den...
Oh You: Lincoln Riley and his Quarterback Conundrum
When you attend Oklahoma as a student, student-athlete, or are an alum of the school you become familiar with or are familiar with The OU Chant. It reads: O-K-L-A-H-O-M-AOur chant rolls on and on!Thou...
Beanpot SZN
The Beanpot Tournament is one of my absolute favorite traditions in college sports. Every year Northeastern, Boston College, Boston University & Harvard get together for the four-team tournament o...
ACC Corner: Week 3 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner, Week 3 edition. There wasn’t as much firepower in terms of big games, but there were some crazy finishes nonetheless. The race for the best record is heating up, as four teams...
The Comeback: UTSA Shocks Old Dominion
On Saturday night, the UTSA Roadrunners shocked the world in a last minute (or last 3 minutes and 49 seconds if you please) comeback of epic proportions. The Runners had a rough day shooting only scor...
Locker Room Talk : Episode 1
The Student Union Sports podcast about nothing in particular. Hot takes, cold drinks, and trash talk is what we like best. On todays episode, some of the Student Union boys (Sam Tschida, Andy Jones, A...
Providence Sweeps Northeastern
The Hockey East is probably college hockey’s deepest conference this year. Even With Boston University and Boston College struggling early the rest of the conference has been strong. As we inch ...
B1G Hockey Splits to Close January
I thought this weekend would separate the top of the B1G from the bottom of the conference. The only decisive series was Notre Dame’s sweep of their ol’ rival Michigan State. Michigan &...
Ethan Happ: Mr. Triple-Double
Holy shit folks. I’m absolutely dumbfounded. Elation, shock, happiness. Ethan Happ just ended the game against Northwestern with 13 points, 12 boards, and 11 assists which accounts for his 2nd t...
Fab 5: Naming the Best College Basketball Freshmen Ever
On ESPN’s College Gameday this weekend, Seth Greenberg made the claim that Carmelo Anthony was the best freshman to ever play college basketball. So that got me thinking. With guys like RJ Barrett, ...
Gonzaga Needs to Grow Up and Join a Real Conference
Since Mark Few took over Gonzaga’s basketball program in 1999, it’s been pure dominance in the West Coast Conference. After a 98-39 win last night over Santa Clara (yeah, that’s 59 p...
Friday Fire: Sing-A-Long Edition
IT. IS. FRIDAY. End of the work week is here and it is the freakin’ weekend, baby, I’m about to have me some fun. And of course there is not other way to start off your weekend than with S...
The Winter Classic: Coming to a College Stadium Near You
The National Hockey League has announced its venues for both the Winter Classic and Stadium Series for the 2019-20 season. The Winter Classic will head down to Dallas for a matchup between the Nashvil...
Jhivvan Jackson: Cold as Ice
Last night the Roadrunner men’s basketball team put the beat down on conference opponent Charlotte. From the tip-off, there was never really a doubt about this game. JHIVVAN-STOPPABLE Jhivvan “Ice...
Transfer SZN at Virginia Tech
Earlier this week, several Virginia Tech football players announced that they would be leaving VT to enter the transfer portal. The list of leaving players includes WR Eric Kumah, RB Deshawn McClease,...
Johnny Walker the Hometown Kid
Arizona State is a program that is still in its infancy. They play their home games in a community rink that seats a couple hundred. That hasn’t deterred them from a 10-3-0 home record. It also ...
ACC Corner: Week 2 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner, Week 2 edition. The week started with No. 1 Duke being knocked off at home against Syracuse but ended with a 72-70 Blue Devils win over Virginia. The loss was the Cavaliers firs...
Friday Fire: Hoops SZN Begins
January is an odd month for College sports. College Football is dead. College Basketball is basically in Mid-Season form which feels very wrong, and the Big Dance is t-minus two months away. Enough ra...
The NCAA lied… Again
Their investigators actually suck. Note: This is based of a report from the LA Times. In 2010, former USC running back coach Todd McNair sued the NCAA on the grounds of defamation. McNa...
Oklahoma Gets *Another* Transfer QB.
They own the market at this point. One of the last, and biggest, dominoes in the QB transfer pool has fallen. Today, Jalen Hurts announced his decision to spend his final...
Taro Hirose’s Case For the Hobey Baker
The Hobey Baker is college hockey’s Heisman Trophy. The award goes to the most outstanding player in the nation and cares not for a player’s professional prospects. Michigan State’s ...
#10 Western Michigan Takes Unbeaten Streak on the Road against #2 St. Cloud State
The WMU Broncos are the hottest team in hockey. They’re 9-0-1 in their last 10 games which is their longest unbeaten streak since 2010-11 and currently the longest unbeaten streak in the country...
Big Ten: Strongest Conference in Basketball?
The Big Ten struggled mightily in basketball last year, fielding only four teams in the NCAA Tournament. However, it is a new year and 2019 looks to be a great one for the Big Ten. As it stands right ...
Down Goes Dook
You know, it may have been a rough start to the season for Syracuse fans, but all of that was forgotten when the Orange went into Cameron Indoor and punched the Dookies in the mouth. Syracuse knocked ...
THE UNDENIABLE POWER OF THE TRANSFER PORTAL
A portal of unknown intent or nature has opened, gashing the fabric of the space-time continuum. Our college football players are now plummeting through dimensional layers until they eventually land a...
Kyler Murray to the NFL?
Kyler Murray has just declared for the NFL Draft. This closes the door on returning for his senior year at Oklahoma. But does this mean he’s made his final choice between football and baseball? Murr...
How the Tigers took down the Tide
On Monday night we saw something that we had never seen before: Nick Saban’s Alabama get blown out. We’ve seen them blow a huge lead in the “Cam Back” and lose heartbreakers at...
ACC Corner: Week 1 Edition
Welcome to ACC Corner, where every week I will highlight the best players, games, and teams of the week in college basketball’s best conference. It will also preview the matchups to watch in the com...
Friday Fire: THE COMEBACK
WE ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER! That is right folks, football season is officially over and I am officially heartbroken. So, what’s the one thing that can heal a broken heart (other than bing ...
The Italian Stallion Rides Again
Last night in a complete shut down of conference foe Rice, Giovanni De Nicolao of UTSA put on a clinic. Going for 19 points, 3-6 around the arc and getting the Runners the ball back a whopping five ti...
Should College Athletes Be Paid?
One of the most controversial topics when it comes to the NCAA is paying the student athletes. We’ve all had this debate with friends and family, but have you ever sat down and really thought ab...
Zion Williamson: The Next Generational Superstar
Let me be the first to say that I am not an expert on the intangibles of what makes a college basketball player NBA-ready. But, many of those who are have Duke forward Zion Williamson at the top of th...
Purdue Basketball Mid Season Review
College football is officially over and it’s time for everyone to turn their attention to the rest of the college basketball season. We’re officially at the halfway point and conference pl...
The Hangover, Postseason Edition: Clemson Dominates, Bama Searches for Answers
Welcome to the fourteenth and final edition of sophomore year The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Santa Clara, California, where...
2018(19?) Playoff Final Preview
Monday night, the culmination of the entire college football season, but what year is Monday’s College Football Playoff Final taking place in? Is this the 2018 Natty or the 2019? I’ve had ...
Justin Fields transferring to Ohio State
The former 5-star and #2 overall recruit is reportedly set to leave Georgia for Ohio State. Fields also seemed to be considering Oklahoma and Florida State, but his relationship with Dwayne Haskins an...
Smart’s Potentially Fatal Mistake
Disclaimer: This is merely an opinion. This is my opinion. I am not a fortune teller. After deciding to break my silence I thought I should talk how much Georgia has pissed me off. As well as what the...
Remembering Purdue Icon, Tyler Trent
With the NY6 bowl games in action and the National Championship only a few days away, the new year appeared to be off to a great start for college football. Then last night, January 1st, at 8:30 pm a ...
The Hangover, Post-Bowl Season Edition: Familiarity isn’t Always Bad
Happy New Year! Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, bowl season. This week, The Hangover...
2019 Fiesta Bowl Preview
LSU Tigers (9-3) vs UCF Knights (12-0) The 2019 Fiesta Bowl will be played on New Year’s Day at 1 PM EST and can be seen on ESPN. UCF will be coming into this game looking to complete their second s...
2019 Outback Bowl Preview
Outback Bowl (Tampa, Florida) Iowa (8-4) vs. Mississippi State (8-4) How They Got Here: Iowa The Hawkeyes had a typical Kirk Ferentz season. Run the ball. Punt a lot. Beat Iowa State. This was all bus...
2019 Citrus Bowl Preview
Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida) Penn State (9-3) vs Kentucky (9-3) How They Got Here: Penn State If anything, Penn State maintained a level of consistency this year. They lost to two good teams (and Mi...
2018 Military Bowl Preview
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, MD): Cincinnati (10-2) vs Virginia Tech (6-6) 12 P.M. ET on Monday, Dec. 31. On ESPN UC and VT have met 11 times all-time with VT leading 6-5. T...
2018 Liberty Bowl Preview
How they got here: Missouri Losses to Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama in consecutive weeks killed any chances of contending for the SEC. A controversial loss to Kentucky could have signaled the tr...
2018 Redbox Bowl Preview
Michigan State (7-5) vs Oregon (8-4) The Redbox Bowl kicks off at noon EST on the final day of 2018. FOX will televise the game so we can look forward to some good football between lengthy commercial ...
2018 Gator Bowl Preview
NC State (9-3) vs Texas A&M (8-4) For the first time in college football history, The Wolfpack of NC State will face off against Texas A&M. The Gator Bowl will highlight the evening shift of D...
2018 Great Lakes Invitational Preview
The Great Lakes Invitational is a tradition in the state of Michigan. For year, the weekend after Christmas, Michigan & Michigan State occupy Detroit hockey with an annual tournament. Traditionall...
2018 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Preview
Folks, the College Football Playoff is finally here, and we’re just hours away from the first semifinal. This year’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic is sure to excite when two undefeated squa...
2018 Capital One Orange Bowl Preview
The 2018-19 edition of the Alabama Invitational is back. The second of two playoff semifinals will kick off at 8PM EST. Fourth seed Oklahoma will be taking on Alabama. How They Got Here: Oklahoma The ...
2018 Arizona Bowl Preview
Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Arizona) Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5) How They Got Here: Arkansas State Aside from Alabama and App. State, Arkansas State’s other losses were both ...
2018 Peach Bowl Preview
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Atlanta): Michigan (10-2) vs. Florida (9-3) 12 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 29. On ESPN This will be the fifth meeting between Michigan and Florida. Michigan leads the series 4-0....
USF: Unbelievably Sh***y Finishes.
The Bulls were one of the hottest G5 teams (other than that one other undefeated team in Florida) in the first seven weeks of the season. USF was 7-0, ranked, led by the ex-Bama and ex-ASU QB Blake Ba...
2018 Alamo Bowl Preview
How They Got Here: Iowa State Iowa State has been hovering around the bottom of the top-25 all season. They’re one of the most above-average teams in college football. They started out with back...
2018 Music City Bowl Preview
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.): Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5) Friday, Dec. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN This is the first ever meeting between Purdue and Auburn. How They ...
2018 Camping World Bowl Preview
(Orlando, FL): No. 16 West Virginia (8-3) vs. No. 20 Syracuse (9-3) The Camping World Bowl kicks off at 5:15 Friday and can be found on ESPN. The game features two teams with very different expecta...
2018 Independence Bowl Preview
Are you ready for a classic? Because the *take a deep breath* Walk On’s Bistreaux & Bar Independence Bowl surely won’t disappoint. Who doesn’t love some mid day football with a b...
Quinn Hughes to Sign With Vancouver at the Conclusion of Michigan’s season
After being selected seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks, Michigan defenseman Quinn Hughes decided to return for his sophomore season in Ann Arbor. Hughes currently has three goals and seventeen ...
Tyree Jackson to Transfer: Some landing spots
When it comes to the offseason QB transfer pool, Justin Fields is obviously the biggest and most sought after name. The issue with Fields however, is that he might not be immediately eligible to play ...
Electrifying Finish in First Responder Bowl
Does this mean the under hit? Asking for a friend....
2018 Quick Lane Bowl Preview
Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, MI): Georgia Tech (7-5) vs Minnesota (6-6) How They Got Here: Georgia Tech After finishing second in the ACC Coastal this year, in what was a de...
2018 Cheez-It Bowl Preview
Cheez-It Bowl (Phoenix, AZ): Cal (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6) Going to be sad when Christmas is over? Never fear, the Cheez-It Bowl is almost here. This is the first year under the name of the overrated snack ...
2018 First Responder Bowl Preview
Boston College Eagles (7-5) vs Boise State Broncos (10-3) This year’s First Responder Bowl will take place on Wednesday, December 26th at 1:30 PM EST. The game will be played at the old Cotton B...
Dollar General Bowl Preview
Dollar General Bowl (Mobile, Alabama): Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3) The Dollar General Bowl kicks off at 7 PM on Saturday and can be found on ESPN. Troy makes their third appearance in the bowl hoste...
2018 Jared Birmingham Bowl Preview
Memphis Tigers (8-5) vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-6) The 13th annual Birmingham Bowl (with first-year title sponsor Jared) will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. CT at historic Legion Field in downto...
Mizzou’s QB Situation Post-Lock Era
Believe it or not, Drew Lock is finally leaving Mizzou after playing for what seems like 7 years (or what we like to call the J.T Barrett Plan) and his future is going to be a bright one. Lock is bein...
2018 Frisco Bowl Preview
San Diego State Aztecs (7-5) vs Ohio Bobcats (8-4) The 2018 Frisco Bowl will be played on Wednesday December 19th at 8:00 PM EST and can be seen on ESPN. SDSU is coming off a disappointing 7-5 finish ...
2018 New Orleans Bowl Preview
New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, Louisiana) Appalachian State (10-2) vs. Middle Tennessee State (8-5) How They Got Here: Appalachian State One of the darlings of the G5, the Mountaineers won the confere...
2018 Las Vegas Bowl Preview
Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, Nevada): Arizona State (7-5) vs. Fresno State (11-2) How They Got Here: Arizona State In the first year of the Herm Edwards experiment in Tempe, the results ended up the sam...
2018 Camellia Bowl Preview
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama): Georgia Southern (9-3) vs. Eastern Michigan (7-5) The Camellia Bowl pits a MAC conference opponent vs a Sun Belt foe for the fourth time. The Sun Belt...
2018 Cure Bowl Preview
Tulane (6-6) vs Louisiana (7-6) The Cure Bowl will kick off on Saturday December 15th at 2:30 EST in Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida and can be seen on CBS Sports. It would have been much mo...
2018 New Mexico Bowl Preview
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico): Utah State (10-2) vs. North Texas (9-3) The New Mexico Bowl kicks off at 2 PM this Saturday on ESPN. Utah State last won the New Mexico Bowl in 2014, defeati...
Ex-Texas A&M QB Wins Award
As if being a Texas A&M fan isn’t depressing enough, we now have to watch our once golden child lifting up the Johnny Manziel Remembrance Trophy. I still remember the day that Kyler AND that oth...
Kyler Murray Wins Heisman
After one of the longer Heisman presentation shows of recent memory, this time filled with awkward segments and enough missed jokes to make you think a Kansas quarterback was making them. Where was I?...
America’s Game
One of the great things about rivalries in college football is how unique they are. No other rivalry in American sports is quite like the football game played between the United States Military Academ...
Braden Mann Deserves A Heisman #ChangeMyMind
Hello, I am still alive and doing well. As for my absence for the past month, as it may of possibly been known, I am Enrolled in EMT School. During this time, I have non-stop been studying, in school,...
Student Union Roundtable: What to Watch For
Conference season is officially underway now that it begins in early December. However, more non-conference games are set to be played this weekend and, of course, we get treated to numerous top-25 ma...
Student Union Sports – More Than a Sports Website
In April 2017, I started “The Johnny Rambos Podcast”, which can be found on SoundClound & Itunes. It was always a dream of mine to talk about sports for a living and maybe make some mo...
The Alabama Head Coach Clinic Continues
Saban pumps out head coaches like Phillip Rivers does kids. Another year, another Alabama coordinator becoming a Head Coach. Who is it this time? OC Mike Locksley, who has been tabbed for the Maryland...
Kelly Bryant to Missouri
Well, the Tigers don’t have to worry about life after Drew Lock. Just like that, we have the first of the grad-QB transfer dominoes to fall. Former Clemson QB Kelly Bryant has announced his dest...
#SU25: Final Rankings
Alabama (9) Clemson (1) Notre Dame Oklahoma Georgia Ohio State UCF Michigan Washington Florida Washington State Texas LSU Penn State Kentucky West Virginia Fresno State Texas A&M Mississippi State...
The Hangover, Last Call: How Will We Remember Urban Meyer at Ohio State?
The writing was on the wall. Ever since this season started, all signs have pointed to this decision by Urban Meyer. When the Zach Smith scandal dropped into college football over the summer, many fel...
BREAKING: Urban Meyer to Retire After Rose Bowl
We thought it may happen sooner or later, but it has just become official this morning that Urban Meyer will be retiring from coaching and will coach his last game for Ohio State at the Rose Bowl on J...
The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?
Welcome to the twelfth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Atlanta, Georgia, where I witn...
No Matter What, Notre Dame Should Be In
For the second time under head coach Brian Kelly, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has finished the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record. The first time came back in 2012, and it landed his team i...
Texas Tech hires Matt Wells
Tech got themselves a good one. Just days after firing Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech has decided on their next head coach. After initial reports suggested that Mike Leach and Dana Holgorsen, the Red Rai...
Ranking All Ten Conference Championships
There is a lot on the line this weekend. College football playoff berths, matchups with heated rivals, and conference championship games. But which of the 10 conference championship games should you b...
Twilight of the Gladiators
The days of fighting in hockey are coming to an end. The sport is moving on from what was its heart and soul for so long....
Michigan State’s Offensive Offense Needs Changes
Coming into the 2018 season, Michigan State had huge expectations. The Spartans brought back just about every starter from a team that won probably the quietest ten games of all time. 2018 was suppo...
Is Khalil Tate Transferring?
Kevin Sumlin just finished up a disappointing first season as the University of Arizona football coach. To make matters worse, there is talk of another quarterback transferring away from a team he has...
The Hangover, Week 13: Let’s Talk Playoff Scenarios
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the sophomore 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 ...
Historic weekend for UCF is just a taste of what is yet to come
What a weekend it was for UCF. Not just the football team, but for the university as a whole. Obviously the student-athletes on the football team is what brought the national spotlight to Orlando,...
One Thing Each of College Football’s Final 4 Should Be Thankful For
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching along with college football rivalry week, I figured it would be appropriate to take a look at one thing each of the Top 4 teams should be thankful for. These ...
SU Top 25: 11/20
Alabama (10) Clemson (2) Notre Dame Michigan Georgia UCF Oklahoma Washington State LSU Ohio State Utah State Texas West Virginia Florida Washington Boise State Penn State Utah Kentucky Syracuse Army P...
The Hangover, Week 12: Maybe UCF Does Belong
Welcome to the tenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Knoxville, Tennessee, where I wi...
Colorado Fires HC Mike MacIntyre
After almost six seasons in Boulder, Colorado has decided to move on from head coach Mike MacIntyre. After coming from San Jose State in 2013, MacIntyre amassed a 30-44 record over his tenure with the...
Rough Weekend for Syracuse Fans
This weekend was supposed to be a Syracuse fan’s ultimate dream. Three games between the men’s basketball team and the football team would be held in New York City. The men’s basketball team...
Les Miles to Kansas: Wave the Grass?
Ever since the announcement was made that David Beaty would not be returning for the 2019 season, rumors began flying around Lawrence regarding the next head football coach. But today, sources to Spor...
McMurphy goes after Urban Meyer again… It might have been a bad idea.
In another addition to the ever-spanning saga of Ohio State-Urban Meyer-Zach Smith-Brett McMurphy, another shot has been fired. Earlier this week, we saw Zach Smith’s return to twitter, attackin...
College Football Coach of the Year Contenders
With the month of November in full swing and teams looking to finish their campaigns strong, I thought it would be appropriate to look at the guys that got them there; the coaches. And with the Home D...
The Hangover, Week 11: Waiting for Chaos
Welcome to the ninth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. After an off week in preparation for a broadcast, The Hangover comes to yo...
Tom Herman: Does. Not. Care.
Former Ohio State WR Coach Zach Smith is off the Henny once again, and this time his target is Tom Herman, who does not care one bit. “Ok. Cool Hook Em! 🤘” ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Lest we f...
The Experience: Ranking The Best College Stadium Traditions
Traditions: The sacred ceremonies that make college football and basketball unlike any other experience imaginable. Just about every college has ’em and just about every alumni remembers their s...
Campus Cover 043: Blind Resume Test
The Campus Cover is the always off-topic, sometimes correct college football gambling podcast presented by Student Union Sports. Not only do we have your picks of the week, but PJ and Cody give you en...
Thank You, Eric Dungey
As a season ticket holder and Syracuse native, football success is not something we are used to seeing. Sure, Cuse basketball gives us all something to cheer about, but for Syracuse football, losing i...
Exhibition Breakdown: Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks have just completed their preseason action with large margin victories over Emporia State and Washburn. Throughout the two games, I saw some really good and some not so good. What ...
#SU25 Basketball: Preseason
It’s that time of the year again! The college basketball season tips off tonight with the Champions Classic taking place in Indianapolis. The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Michigan State Spartans,...
#SU25: Week 11
Alabama (10) Clemson (3) Notre Dame Michigan Georgia Central Florida West Virginia Oklahoma Washington State Ohio State LSU Syracuse Kentucky Fresno State Boston College Utah State UAB NC State Iowa S...
Fight On: Ranking The Best College Fight Songs
Call ’em the best, most memorable, most recognizable: fight songs become ingrained in your mind, even if you can’t remember the associated school. When you listen to this list, there’...
Comparing Dynasties: Golden State and Alabama
This past weekend, the #1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide completely shut down the then-#3 LSU Tigers 29-0 in Death Valley. After the game, just about every sports fan who had high hopes that Alabama woul...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 10
Week 10 was not as exciting as the weeks past, but it was still thrilling nonetheless. Teams on the outside of the rankings looking in such as Houston and South Florida faltered against inferior oppon...
UCF latest to call for NCAAF video game reboot, and it needs to come back ASAP
Not sure what it was about Thursday night’s 52-40 victory over Temple that made a few UCF players discuss ratings in a hypothetical NCAA Football video game reboot, but there was most definitely con...
Beaty Fired, It’s Basketball Season
After four years of David Beaty football in Lawrence, new AD Jeff Long announced the football program would be moving in a different direction come season’s end. Beaty will exit the scene with t...
College Hockey is About to Get B1Gger.
The legitimacy of the account is in question without a blue checkmark and some questionable posts in the past, but this tweet is certainly getting plenty of attention in the college hockey universe. W...
No Shave November With The U
It is never a bad time to reflect on mental health. Here at Student Union we’ve decided to use all of the hot takes and facial hair in our power to make a positive difference this November. Move...
Syracuse Football Earns First Ranking Since 2001
After an upset-heavy weekend of college football, 7 new teams found their way into the AP Top 25. And for the first time since 2001, Syracuse was one of them. The Orange knocked off No. 22 NC State at...
NCAA Alumni Team
College hockey is leaving an increasingly bigger footprint in the National Hockey League. A good amount of the young guns in the NHL are coming through the college ranks and I could not be more excite...
UPDATE: Maryland Finally Does Something Right, Fires DJ Durkin.
Better late than never. Actual minutes after posting my previous article on Maryland deciding to keep head coach DJ Durkin despite the death of Jordan McNair, Durkin was let go. It seems that both the...
My Top 4 Predictions
So as I am sure you all know by now, the first CFP rankings came out yesterday. Now a lot of people are pissed because LSU is #3, and pretty much ignoring that they are playing Alabama this week so th...
Could Bama actually beat an NFL team?
Every year we hear about Bama having top tier recruits and the best coaching in all of CFB. With that, some people will always ask the stupid, yet intriguing question… “Could Alabama beat ...
JJ’s Video Game Player of the Week: D’Eriq King
Houston handed USF their first loss this Saturday, 57-36, behind QB D’Eriq King’s incredible performance. King scored 7 touchdowns (5 passing, 2 rushing) and had 551 total yards offense. He accoun...
#MinshewForHeisman
All Hail our new lord, a flavor saver savior, Gardner Minshew II, the new sheriff over in Leachville. After Luke Faulk, arguably one of the greatest QB’s in PAC-12 history left, this man wieldin...
Scariest CFB Players
It’s Halloween. It means one of two things: You’re out partying until 3am and gonna regret doing so because it’s a god damn Wednesday and it is the middle of a School/Work week. You&...
The First CFP Poll is Out… Things Happened.
Oh UCF Fans are Going to be Upset. With the release of the first edition of the College Football Playoff, teams know where they stand going into the tail end of the season. Some fans have to be very e...
Maryland Board of Regents does dumb thing.
Obviously, we have learned nothing from this. According to Rick Maese, sports writer for the Washington Post, DJ Durkin seems to be a lot safer than we all originally thought. On top of this, AD Damon...
The Hangover, Week 9: All Eyes on the SEC
Welcome to the eighth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Jacksonville, Florida, where Georgia r...
Comparing this years QB prospects to last years
Now, lets get real…This years QB’s is not great at all, like borderline disgusting. If you had to compare this years class to last years, it’s like choosing between the Prom Queen, a...
Maryland football report deems culture not toxic, but basically toxic
What the hell Maryland? After eight weeks, there is finally an update on the Maryland football investigation. According to the Washington Post, the report found that “…the Maryland footb...
Campus Cover 042: Dan Jakes
This week the guys are joined by fellow Student Union contributor Daniel Jakes (@danimalj) as they all talk about the ranking of G5 teams, UAB (of course), Texas, and more. Last, but not least, we dis...
Thursday Night Showdown: App State at. Georgia Southern
With a slate of big college football games ready to go this weekend, don’t lose track of the Sun Belt Conference and two of the nations best teams record-wise. That’s right, 7:30 kickoff on ESPNU ...
LBJ is out of line for calling out Jimmy B
Lebron James is the best basketball player of all-time to not go to college. And I’m one of the biggest Lebron fans on the planet. But this afternoon, he went too far. For some context, Darius Bazel...
SU25: October 24th
Alabama (10) Clemson (1) Notre Dame LSU Michigan UCF Oklahoma Georgia Texas Florida Ohio State Kentucky West Virginia Washington State Washington Iowa Texas A&M Oregon Penn State USF Wisconsin App...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 8
Week 8 has come and gone, and it is a week I certainly want to forget. My beloved Bearcats lost a conference game to Temple in OT. It was also a week to forget for the Buckeyes. Other teams, however, ...
College Hockey: Postgame Presser Week Four
We are about a month into the season and there is not much time left before conference play gets fully underway. All two of our pollsters (myself and Patty Norton) have our say after an action-packed ...
The Hangover, Week 8: Meyer’d in Uncertainty
Welcome to the seventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Knoxville, Tennessee, where Tua Tagov...
Headaches and Heartache: Urban Meyer is Leaving Ohio State
The Ohio State Buckeyes and Urban Meyer were sent into turmoil this past weekend after getting trounced by Purdue. This came only two days after Paul Finebaum reported that he sensed Meyer’s tim...
UCF Still Gets No Respect And I’m Over It
I’ve been pushed over the limit now. As the college day was wrapping up and I had just witnessed Purdue make OSU their PurDaddy, Wazzu once again ruining the Pac-12’s chances at a playoff ...
Crazy CFB Things That Are Still Alive
College football in a word: crazy. Lots of crazy things happen every year in the world of college football. Some crazier than others but I think we should go over some scenarios, that while not likely...
Campus Cover 041: There’s So Much Blood
This week we lead off with picks, talk about the week seven that was, the playoff picture, and then a little game in honor of the NBA opener. The Campus Cover is the always off-topic, sometimes correc...
SU25: Week 8
Blood week got us all messed up. Georgia, Penn State, West Virginia, and Washington all lost as top ten teams, as well as losses by Wisconsin, Miami, Penn State and more. Let’s take a look at ho...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 7
This week was craaazy! 8 teams ranked in the top 25 lost, while 5 won by less than a touchdown. This is one week of just many weeks that could look the same. This is the time of the year where teams a...
The Hangover, Week 7: Could It Really Be That Easy?
Welcome to the sixth 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 “Dixie...
ATTENTION: We Have Achieved Blood Week 2018
It happened. Mayhem Week, Blood Week, Chaos Week, whatever you call it, it happened Week 7 of the 2018 CFB Season. A Week where every team dreads and prays that their team will not be apart of… ...
College GameDay is Finally Going to Pullman, Washington
Folks, it’s finally happening. ESPN decided “Hm, next week’s games aren’t all that strong. NC State vs Clemson…meh. Maryland-Iowa? Yawn. Miss State and LSU? Hard pass. Mi...
WE ALMOST HAD A COACH BRAWL
We were so close to a death match. Today’s Florida-Vanderbilt already wasn’t going how most of us expected, being that Vandy was out to a 21-10 lead towards the end of the first half. Then...
Let’s Talk About App State
Hidden in Boone, North Carolina, there is a football team who may be the best team in their state. Yes, there are seven FBS programs in the state of North Carolina, including four ACC programs, and th...
Upset Alert: Week 7 Edition
Week 6 was STRAIGHT CASH HOMIE. Texas knocked off Oklahoma, Florida stunned LSU, and Florida State covered, and really should’ve won, against Miami. Our two non-Power 5 picks hit beautifully. New Me...
SU25: Week 7
We’re halfway through the 2018 college football season and our rankings are starting to take tremendous form. More confidence in Michigan and Texas in actual rank, but not too much change in the...
Heisman Watch: The Year of the Back
Quarterback, that is. Remember before the season began when everybody assumed the college quarterback landscape was weak and that any of the talented running backs would be a shoe-in for the coveted t...
Marching Bands: College Football’s Secret Weapon
The age-old debate about whether the NFL product is better than the NCAA’s commodity is easily settled: the NFL lacks marching bands. The Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins escape blame he...
Land of Lincoln: Norman, Oklahoma
Well that’s that. The Stoops family is no longer when it comes to the staff of the Sooners. This is Lincoln Riley’s team now. Has been for a year and now he’s shocked the nation in h...
The Drake Curse: A Timeline
The Kardashians and Jenners have ruined numerous athletes careers by dating them in the past. The Kendall Jenner Curse is the most recent of a long stint of bad sports curses. We all remember Jessica ...
Oh, They BAD bad? Ranking College Football’s Worst Teams
So often we like to write about good college football teams and for good reason, but for some comical relief, or maybe agonizing pain for the fans of these schools, I thought it would be fun to look i...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week: Week 6
This college football season is fun! Cincinnati is ranked for the 1st time since 2012, Notre Dame looks like a contender, and I think it is safe to say that Texas is back! This week’s biggest win wa...
Junior QB, RB Transfers Provide a Spark for USF
South Florida should be turning some heads around college football. Charlie Strong took over right where Willie Taggert left off and the Bulls have been running ever since. After a 10-2 (6-2) campaign...
The Team Who Will Bring UCF Down
Enemies aren’t created. They’ve always existed and only just reveal themselves. That is the scenario UCF is currently facing. Not really. They already knew, but I don’t think the med...
LSU Punts Away Perfect Season
Noooo! Not like this, Coach O! Florida? LSU’s defense has been so good all year, but it was a pick-6 that finally ended the Tigers’ perfect season bid. Joe Burrow couldn’t get it don...
By God, Texas IS Back.
They actually did the damn thing and took down #7 Oklahoma! After losing to B1G powerhouse MARYLAND(!) in the first game of the 2018 campaign, it seemed as though Texas was on it’s way to anothe...
Kansas Football: At Least We Have Volleyball
Well, you can’t win ’em all, and luckily for the Jayhawks, they have two wins already in 2018, so they won’t lose ’em all either. Another fantastic defensive outing washed away...
Notre Dame: Legit Contender. No! Don’t Hang Up!
A big victory on Saturday night against #24 Virginia Tech once again proved to the nation that Notre Dame is not messing around in 2018. With wins over Michigan to begin the season, now two consecutiv...
Ian Book Adds Whole New Aspect to Irish Offense
In his first career start at Notre Dame Stadium, quarterback Ian Book showed what a difference-maker he is for the now 5-0 Fighting Irish team. The redshirt sophomore went 24-for-33 with 278 yards and...
Upset Alert: Week 6 Edition
Week 5 was a good week for picking upsets. Virginia Tech won outright at Duke, Northwestern was oh so close against Michigan, and Syracuse was minutes away from knocking off Clemson. I know close only...