2023 Alamo Bowl Preview | Arizona vs Oklahoma
The 2023 Alamo Bowl is taking place in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome. We have the matchup of the 9-3 Arizona Wildcats and the 10-2 Oklahoma Sooners. Arizona comes into this one winning six strai...
2023 Holiday Bowl Preview | Louisville vs USC
The 2023 Holiday Bowl takes place at Petco Park in San Diego, California. We have the matchup of the 10-3 Louisville Cardinals and the disappointing 7-5 USC Trojans. Louisville comes into this one wit...
Power Ranking Every 2023 College Football Conference Championship Game
Conference championship week is finally here and I’m here to tell you how excited you should be for all 10 games. The formula for these rankings is constructed in my own brain but takes into acc...
One Thing Each College Football Playoff Contender Should Be Thankful For
1. Georgia- Kirby Smart There are a lot of things Georgia and their fans can be thankful for. But what Kirby Smart has done for the Bulldogs is astonishing. Back-to-back national championships after y...
The ONLY Five College Football Teams that can win the national championship this year
The 2023 college football season has been one of the best in recent memories. All I can think about during the day is all the wacky scenarios that lie ahead and which four teams will be selected to co...
The Don’s Week Ten College Football Best Bets
In the Wednesday slate of MACTION games, we took the ugly under and it did not hit. We are now 24-20 (+1.49u) on the season. The best bets are hitting at a 54.5% clip this season and we have a busy Sa...
The Don’s Week Nine College Football Best Bets
We bounced back with a winning week last week. 2-1 (+0.9u) and Tennessee should have made us 3-0. The Volunteers were winning and their road woes continued with a loss to Alabama. The record is now at...
The Don’s Week Eight College Football Best Bets
The end of last week was less than ideal. We lost our game of the year and went 1-3 (-4.11u) on the Saturday slate. Now the record is at 19-17 (-0.22u) on the season for best bets. We bounce back thou...
The Don’s Week Seven College Football Best Bets
After a challenging loss on Friday night, our week stands at 3-3 (-0.04u), while our best bets record remains at 18-14 (+3.89u). We’re maintaining a 56.2% success rate on the season for our best...
Bayou’s Best Bets: College Football Week 5
Week 4 Record: 2-2-1; Record YTD: 11-9-1 After a brief hiatus last week, I am back here to give my Week 5 edition of BBB. As we start heading into conference play, the picture starts to get a little c...
Five Players Who Will Dominate Week 4 of College Football
We are 25% into the college football season. Hopefully, your favorite team is unbeaten, but in the case your team is underperforming and their chances to reach your ideal potential are already gone, I...
Diaz: My Post Week 3 Top 25
1. Florida State (3-0) Even though they struggled vs Boston College in Chestnut Hill, I don’t have a doubt in my mind that the Seminoles are the best team in the country. A 21 point win in week ...
Owens: My Top 25 After Week 3
If there’s one thing I hate in this world it is preseason rankings. And snakes. But snakes don’t apply here. After watching three weeks of ball, it becomes a little easier to see where tea...
You Missed the Last Train to Boulder, Colorado
It’s over. You blew it. If you don’t believe now, don’t bother packing, the station is closed. Tonight, and into the morning, Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes checked off the...
College Football Week 2 Best Bets From The Don
After a rough week zero for the best bets, we bounced back with a 2-1 record last week. Called the Colorado and Clemson game with ease. LSU disappointed us, but we shake that off and we get ready for ...
5 Things We Learned From College Football Week One
With the first full week of college football in the books, we learned a ton about the direction of this college football season. We saw a couple of double-digit favorites lose outright and we saw the ...
College Football Week 1 Best Bets from The Don
Last week wasn’t the start of the college football season that we were looking for. However, we now are ready for the bounce back for a great comeback. 0-3 (-3.37u) on the best bets article so far t...
Will Utah get revenge on Florida for last season? Week 1 Thursday Night Best Bets
There’s a lot to be excited for as the fall season approaches, but I’m personally most excited for week one of college football. Last week was an appetizer, but as the great Eric Cartman o...
Bayou’s Best Bets: College Football Week 1
Recap: Week 0: 2-1; YTD: 2-1 Last week we got our first taste of college football, and it was a profitable one. We were able to see Rich Rod lead his Gamecocks to their 1st ever win as an FBS school, ...
Breaking Down Each of the Preseason AP Top 25 Teams
Do you feel it? Do you reealllyy feel it? Can you smell it? Can you smell all those smells? The burgers. The pasta salad… The beer. We have the first collegiate football rankings of the year and...
Breaking: San Diego State Is Leaving The Mountain West Conference
We have some big news coming out of the Mountain West Conference. According to ESPN, San Diego State gave the Mountain West a written notice this week that the school “intends to resign from the...
2022 College Football Coach of the Year Candidates
TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes (12-1) TCU was unranked coming into the 2022 season and lost their starting quarterback in Week One. That might be too much for some teams, but not Coach Dykes and the Horne...
Diaz: Week 14 College Football Top 25
1. Michigan (12-0) For the first time in my rankings, we have a shakeup at number one. My reasoning behind this is because in the past four weeks, Michigan has looked more complete than Georgia, and t...
Is it Saturday Yet? Rivalry Week Edition
It’s a skeleton crew this weekend with just Luke Owens and Andrew Diaz, but the guys had a lot to jump into including Michigan-Ohio State and Notre Dame-USC, the two biggest games this weekend. ...
Week 8 CFB Gambling Picks
Yearly Record: 19-19-2 Lock Of The Week: Ole Miss +2 at LSU This line is flat out disrespectful. The Ole Miss offense is putting up 502.9 yards per game this season behind Jaxson Dart and the LSU is a...
Andrew Diaz’s Week 5 CFB Gambling Picks
Yearly Record: 10-14-1 Lock Of The Week: Baylor -2 vs Oklahoma State Baylor is 3-1 against the spread this season, with margins ranging from large odds to tight spreads. They’ve also played bett...
Andrew Diaz’s Week 4 CFB Gambling Picks
Yearly Record: 9-10-1 Lock Of The Week: Kansas -7.5 vs Duke It’s the BASKET-BOWL. The Jayhawks are quickly becoming America’s team, and that’s why I’m riding with them this wee...
Is it Saturday Yet? CFB Week Four Edition
On this weeks episode, the guys are forced to eat their words about Oregon QB Bo Nix, Hop reacts to a crazy App State win, and Luke has a bold statement about the PAC 12. Plus, a Week Four preview wit...
11 Suitable Head Coaching Replacements For Herm Edwards At Arizona State
Florida State Head Coach Mike Norvell The odds seem to like the idea of Norvell to Arizona State, but I personally don’t see it. He seems to be settling in at Florida State nicely in 2022 after ...
Best Week Three College Football Bets
Last week was a good bounce back. Pitt not covering the 6.5 was an absolute travesty, but we can’t dwell on the past. Let’s look ahead to the Week Three slate, where underdogs are the play...
Diaz’s Week Three CFB Gambling Picks
Yearly Record: 7-7-1 Lock Of The Week: BYU +3.5 vs Oregon Oregon has proved to be frauds after getting trounced by Georgia and BYU proved to be for real when they beat Baylor. BYU has a stellar defens...
Top 15 College Football Players in 2022
HONORABLE MENTION: USC OT Andrew Vorhees, Alabama RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Clemson DT Bryan Bresse, Notre Dame DE Isaiah Foskey, Kansas State RB Deuce Vaughn, Army OLB Andre Carter, Clemson LB Trenton Simpson...
2022 Heisman Trophy Big Board
The Favorites Alabama QB Bryce Young Young is the returning Heisman winner and is undoubtedly the favorite to win the award again. Last season, in a very loaded SEC, the sophomore threw for 4,827 yard...
The Ultimate College Football Realignment
Look at what we currently have for FBS football conferences. Take a good long look at it. Maybe you like it, maybe you believe it could be improved. Well, completely scrap it. Throw it in the trash an...
Breaking: UCLA and USC Plan Move to Big Ten
CODE RED! CODE RED! We have more college football conference shakeups as it’s been announced that USC and UCLA plan to move to the Big Ten as early 2024. While nothing has been finalized yet, it...
Luke’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 6
Week 5 saw a MAJOR shakeup in my rankings. Ole Miss and Arkansas were both crushed on the road, solidifying Bama and Georgia as the two best teams in the country. We also saw Oregon lose a brutal game...
Luke’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 5
Week 4 in college football was another great one, with Arkansas knocking off Texas A&M (just like I predicted) and setting the stage for a huge Saturday matchup at Georgia. Notre Dame was able to ...
Luke’s Top 25 Rankings Week 4
1. Alabama Maybe have some competition this year in the SEC? 2. Georgia Good start to conference play. 3. Oregon Kind of mean to do a SUNY school like that but I’ll allow it. 4. Iowa Iowa is the bes...
Luke’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 3
Week 2 in the NCAA saw a handful of surprising outcomes. Oregon handed it to Ohio State on the road, Texas fell to Arkansas, and USC got its doors blown off by a bad Stanford team, just to name a few....
Luke’s Top 25 Rankings: Week 2
As we go through my first Top 25 rankings, let’s remember a couple things. First, I don’t care what AP has to say. Second, rankings should never come out until after at least one week of p...
Quick Hits: Recapping a wild Week One in College Football
Week One of the college football season was everything we could have asked for as fans. Upsets, great games, and all day action. In case you missed any of it, here are some of the big headlines after ...
Betting Week 0 of College Football
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Football is BACK baby! Week 0 starts this weekend with Nebraska-Illinois and just like that we have meaningful football until February. This also means ...
Jay Tufele: 2021 NFL Draft Breakdown
Jay Tufele is one of the rawest prospects in this draft. He is an athletic freak that headed USC’s defensive line. He opted out in 2020 due to the incompetence of the PAC 12. When he did play he...
Oregon QB Tyler Shough Enters Transfer Portal
Last week, there was significant PAC 12 news regarding the transfer portal. Tyler Shough, who started every game but saw his playing time dwindle late in the season, is leaving the program. Given this...
Fiesta Bowl: #25 Oregon vs. #10 Iowa State
This will be the 50th game of the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl with two powerhouse teams going at it. The game will be played at State Farm Stadium on January 2, 2021. How They Got Here: Oregon The Oregon ...
Utah RB Ty Jordan Passes Away
Utah running back Ty Jordan passed away Friday night, the Denton, Texas police department told ESPN. The police department also told ESPN that they believe Ty accidentally shot himself. Utah announced...
USC’s Jay Tufele Opts Out, Will Declare for NFL Draft
USC defensive lineman Jay Tufele will opt out of the Pac-12’s postponed season and will declare for the 2021 NFL Draft, he announced Wednesday. ESPN’s Mel Kiper ranks Tufele No. 22 on his Big ...
Where Are They Now? Last Chance U: Season 5
Like any good sports documentary, the fifth season of Netflix’s Last Chance U is a Trojan horse. It rides out of the tunnel showing football and then opens into a story about everything but athletic...
Pac-12 Postpones Sports for 2020
The Pac-12 announced Tuesday its CEO group voted unanimously to postpone football, basketball and all other sports through the end of the year. The conference said in its press release it plans to ree...
2020 College Football on Thin Ice
Following Sunday’s reports of College Football getting into its “Critical stage” by Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger and Pat Forde, the Big Ten voted in favor of the cancellatio...
Pac-12 Players Threaten to Boycott
On Sunday morning ThePlayersTribune.com posted a message from an anonymous group of Pac-12 players on their website. The Pac-12 players expressed their concerns and list their demands for the upcoming...
Pac-12 Approves Altered Schedule for 2020
The Pac-12 announced on Friday that it has approved a plan to further modify its football schedule for this season. Expanding on the conference’s decision to adopt a conference-only scheduling metho...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: Reality Check
Shooter is back and the last dance of his college career in NCAA Football 13 continues. When we last left off, Shooter and the boys were off to a 4-0 start and were absolutely rolling. However, the re...
Stanford Eliminating Eleven Varsity Sports
Stanford University announced Wednesday morning their plan to cut eleven varsity sports from the school’s athletics department budget. Programs facing elimination upon conclusion of the 2020-21 ...
Josh Rosen and the Bears: Match Made… Somewhere
When the Arizona Cardinals selected Josh Rosen with the tenth selection in the 2018 NFL Draft, the UCLA quarterback didn’t hold back when barking about the newly found chip on his shoulder. The ...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: #HeismanHarri
When we last left off NCAA Football 13 Chronicles, Harri “Shooter” Sillings, had just finished up his junior year at Arizona State. He’s won eight games in his three years as a start...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: Aggressive Mediocracy
Welcome back to NCAA Football 13 Chronicles! When our Arizona State standout Shooter Sillings last left us he had just made the decision to return to ASU for his junior season. The team was sitting at...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: The Decision
At 11 am Eastern Standard Time, news broke in the world of NCAA Football 13. Soon to be junior QB Shooter Sillings had made the decision to return to ASU for his third season of eligibility. This news...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: ASU year two comes to a close
When I last left you, Shooter had just come out of the gauntlet. His Sun Devils were sitting at 1-6 with no hope of a bowl game because of their 11 game schedule. Can he keep the ASU football season f...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles Episode 2: The Gauntlet
When I left you last time, Sophomore QB Harri Sillings was about to lead the ASU Sun Devils into the gauntlet of their schedule. They were sitting at 0-4 with #9 Notre Dame coming to Tempe and #11 USC...
Zachary Spiecker’s 2020 NFL Mock Draft 2.0
We finally have something to watch! The 2020 NFL Draft is today! That means I included some trades here and these are my last few educated guesses as to where some of these guys are going. Let’s...
NCAA Football 13 Chronicles: Episode 1
I consider myself to be god-like when it comes to the NCAA Football video games. Especially when it comes to NCAA Football 13. Which is why I figured that me making another Road to Glory would be a ca...
BREAKING: Coach Duggs to take USC OC Job
LSU, Tennessee, Clemson, Tulsa, Missouri, Northern Illinois, Virginia, USF. Those are the head coaching jobs that were filled by names other than Gus Duggerton. After winning a MAC Championship with T...
Zachary Spiecker’s 2020 NFL Mock Draft 1.0
Originally posted before legal tampering/free agency: updated edition coming soon! There’s nothing else to write about, so it’s time to talk about the NFL Draft. As maybe the only sports e...
Anthony Gordon: 2020 NFL Draft Breakdown
Overview Anthony Gordon finished his high school career for 4,899 yards and 49 TDs, leading Terra Nova to a State Championship. It was not enough to earn any D1 college offers, and Gordon played his f...
Justin Herbert: 2020 NFL Draft Breakdown
Overview Justin Herbert seems to be the consensus number three quarterback in the 2020 NFL Draft, but there has been steam on him both directions. Some have contemplated slotting Jordan Love or Jacob ...
Jacob Eason: 2020 NFL Draft Breakdown
Can Eason overcome his consistency issues in the NFL? Jacob Eason one week will look like Brett Favre and the next week will look like Blaine Gabbert. There are some elements like poor pass protection...
Mel Tucker disses Colorado for Michigan State
Just days after promising to remain with Colorado, head coach Mel Tucker was pried away to fill the void Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio vacated in January. When it looked as if Tucker and Cin...
Way Too Early 2020 Top 25
I had to write a way too early 2020 top 25. I miss college football so damn much, it actually hurts. It has not even been a week and I just feel empty inside. But, the season-ending will not stop me f...
2020 National Championship Odds
As soon as the final whistle blew in New Orleans, books were already posting their 2020 National Championship odds. While this isn’t unusual, at this point we still don’t know who may decl...
2020 Early Heisman Odds
2020 Early Heisman Odds Following Joe Burrow’s masterful Heisman-winning season, 2020 early Heisman odds dropped on Monday night. At this point, their are still players who haven’t declare...
Washington State Hires Rolovich as HC
As a likely-missed news dump during the national championship game, Washington State hires Nick Rolovich. The Hawaii coach and former Hawaii quarterback was 28-27 across his four seasons on the Big Is...
2019 Sun Bowl: Florida State vs. Arizona State
The 2019 Sun Bowl is moments away from kickoff in El Paso, Texas with the Seminoles set to clash with the Sun Devils. While both teams squeaked into postseason play, records don’t show the full ...
2019 Alamo Bowl Texas vs. Utah
The 2019 Alamo Bowl pits the Texas Longhorns against the Utah Utes. Alright, I’ll admit it, I was off the mark with these teams. I had both making it to the CFP and only one was close. I still h...
2019 Redbox Bowl: Cal vs. Illinois
One of the better stories of the college football season comes to an end today when the Illini (6-6) take on the Golden Bears (7-5) this afternoon in the 2019 Redbox Bowl. With bowl season in full swi...
2019 Holiday Bowl: Iowa Hawkeyes vs USC Trojans
In the 2019 Holiday Bowl, we have a very unique match up between the Hawkeyes and the Trojans, meeting for just the 10th time and only the 2nd time since 1976. It really is a match up of the unstoppab...
2019 Cheez-It Bowl: Air Force vs Washington State
The 2019 Cheez-It Bowl will be played between Air Force and Washington State on December 27. The game will be played at Chase Field in Phoenix. How They Got Here: Air Force Air Force comes into the ga...
We Deserve Utah In The Playoff
Hey you, are you sick of Alabama, and Clemson, and Georgia, and Ohio State? (I’m not) Then you better root like hell for Utah. Not only is this our best chance to leave Alabama out, but this is ...
SP+ Conference Round Robin
On Twitter this week, there was a tweet from fellow Student Union writer Clemson Carl that claimed the ACC would have a winning record if there was a conference round robin with the SEC and Big Ten. K...
CFP Rankings Week 2: All is Right in the World
The second CFP Rankings of 2019 were just released and all is finally right with the world. Top Four After their dismantling of Alabama last weekend, LSU is holding down the top spot. Did anyone not s...
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 ...
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...
Devon Williams Headed to Oregon, After All
Devon Williams has had quite the saga. When he was a four-star recruit and the number six ranked wide receiver coming out of high school, many thought Williams would commit to Oregon on signing day. H...
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...
While You Were Sleeping – WSU vs. UCLA
The Game If you were going to miss a Pac-12 after dark game, this was not the one to do so. Well, unless you love defense. This game was as good as over at halftime with the Cougs up 35-17. Anthony Go...
Week Four After Action Report: When Dubya Was in Office
Michigan Ded Wisconsin absolutely dominated Michigan en route to a 35-14 win in Madison. Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor is the first player to ever rush for 200 yards against Michigan. A stadium full of...
Montana vs Oregon: Goals For the Week
Montana vs Oregon is the final non-conference game Oregon will take part in before starting conference games next weekend. To start conference play Oregon will be traveling to Stanford. However, first...
Week Three After Action Report
This has turned into a weekly thing at this point. My favorite thing about college football is the variety that it offers. All sorts of cool stuff happens in this sport. Without further delay, here...
CFB Week Two After Action Report
There’s nothing better than the first big week of the season. Plenty of intriguing matchups on the board turned into a pretty fun Saturday. From start to finish, this was a great day of football...
Waters and Jackson to miss rest of season
Head coach Mario Cristobal meets with the media every Monday following a game, and today he announced that wide receiver JR Waters and linebacker Adrian Jackson will miss the remainder of the season. ...
NCAA Week 1 After Action Report
College football is officially back. In my preview, I declared this particular iteration of games lackluster. On paper, it was pretty accurate, we only had one top-25 matchup. But college football has...
CFB Goals: Pac-12 Edition
College sports are unlike any other in the athletic world. There are 130 FBS teams competing for one championship. A large portion of teams don’t even crack the Top 25. Therefore, many teams hav...
Week One Points of Interest
Week One is here. There’s plenty to be excited about in a seemingly lackluster opening stanza to the 150th season of college football....
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...
When Andrew Luck Had Love for the Game
NFL organizations loved him. Pac-12 teams envied him. Soon enough, #SuckforLuck was coined, and pro fanbases of subpar franchises across the country pleaded for their teams to tank for the first overa...
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: Oregon Ducks
As the Oregon Ducks head into the 2019 season, they are ranked 11th in the country in the preseason AP poll. In the second season under head coach Mario Cristobal, they hope to make some noise in the ...
Week One Under the Radar Matchups In College Football
Week one of the college football season is always a glorious occasion. We catch our first whiffs of the fall as the 130 FBS teams across the nation begin their pursuit of a National Championship. Whil...
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...
2019 CFB Preview: Colorado Buffaloes
A couple years ago back in 2016, Colorado won the PAC-12 South, made the Alamo Bowl, and finished with a 10-4 record. Now, the goal is simple: get six wins. The Buffaloes had a rough season last year,...
Odds for the Next Program to Receive NCAA Sanctions
It’s that time once again in America. College football teams across the country are putting in the man-hours at practice and vigorously preparing for their season-opener, which for most teams is in ...
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...
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...
Brenden Schooler Suffers Foot Injury
The wide receiver position is the one position on offense with question marks for the Oregon Ducks. Now, they will be without one of their more experienced ones, Brenden Schooler, for six-to-eight wee...
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...
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-...
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...
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,...
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...
2018 Holiday Bowl Preview
Northwestern Wildcats (8-5) vs. Utah Utes (9-4) Monday, 12/31, 7pm EST, FS1 – SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, CA Happy holidays! This New Year’s Eve, we all get a special treat as there are actu...
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 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 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 ...
5-Star QB’s are the Drama Queens of CFB…
Yeah, I just split the tea. I’m not afraid to say it at all. QB’s can be and are some of the biggest crybaby’s/drama queens/most butt-hurt players ever. The Golden Children of High S...
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...
What’s the Problem With the PAC12?
It seems as if this is the question surrounding the PAC 12 every year, “What is their problem?” Every year it seems as if the so called ‘Conference of Champions’ is left just w...
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...
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...
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...
Back with the Pac: Week 11
Another thrilling week of Pac-12 football has concluded, and the division races are heating up. The North is down to both Washington schools meaning the Apple Cup will likely determine the winner of t...
Back with the Pac: Week 10
Just like that, there are only three weeks of Pac-12 football left in the regular season. The Pac-12 North appears to be coming down to an Apple Cup showdown between Washington and Washington State. T...
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’...
CFB: Week Ten Preview
Games to Watch No. 6 Georgia (-9.5) at No. 11 Kentucky (3:30 CBS) Just like everyone expected, the SEC East will be decided this Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. Each team comes in 7-1, 5-1 and have b...
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...
#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...
Back with the Pac: Week 9
It was officially upset week for Pac-12 football this past weekend. Three ranked teams lost, all coming from the North division, which leaves us with one clear front runner with three weeks to play. T...
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...
Back with the Pac: Week 8
Once again the Pac-12 continues to consume itself. This week in Pac-12 football, Pullman, Washington continues to prove to be a death sentence for ranked teams playing there. In the south, Utah picked...
Back with the Pac: Week 7
Welcome to Back with the Pac: Week 7 where we look at the most unpredictable conference in college football! The main event of the weekend was Oregon vs Washington which lived up to all of the hype. W...
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...
Back with the Pac: Week 6
We are now officially half way through the college football season which is hard to believe. This past weekend, any chance of a Pac-12 football team reaching the playoff seems to have disappeared. Wit...
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...
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...
Buck’s CFB Breakdown: Week 5 Edition
Everybody’s favorite series is back. Who am I kidding every series I do is your favorite series. Nonetheless let me tell what happened over the last few weeks even though you already know what h...
Back with the Pac: Week 5
Week five of Pac-12 football has come and gone revealing the contenders and pretenders of each division are beginning to form. The North continues to prove it is the stronger division, but we might be...
#7 Stanford vs #20 Oregon Film Session
Ya hey we all know why you are here. So no foreplay lets just dive right in to everyone’s favorite series. Obviously to view all the plays you can visit my twitter page where I posted them. Whil...
Back with the Pac: Week 4
With week 4 bringing us the beginning of conference play, #Pac12AfterDark was in full effect! Oregon vs Stanford was the premier game in the conference this past weekend, and it lived up to all of the...
Back with the Pac: Week 3
Welcome to the first edition of Back with the PAC where we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly happening around the Conference of Champions during football season! Each week will feature a breakdo...
Loser of the Week: Week 2
Week two featured some spectacular losers. Florida lost to Kentucky for the first time in 31 years, and the North Carolina Tar Heels got blown out by East Carolina. But this week’s loser of the ...
DO NOT HIT THE PANIC BUTTON, ARIZONA WILDCATS FANS
Coming into the season, the Arizona Wildcats had dreams of having a successful season behind new head coach Kevin Sumlin and Heisman candidate Khalil Tate. Yet here we are two weeks into the college f...
Biggest Win/Most Cupcake Win of the Week
College football is back! Week 1 has finally come and gone, and there were some great games and some not so great games. This new weekly series is pretty simple: the biggest win of the week in terms o...
On the Biggest Stage the PAC-12 Comes Up Short…Again
When you think of PAC-12 football in big time games against the SEC there are not too many fond memories that come to mind. No matter how good a PAC-12 team is, they just never seem to stack up to foo...
Student Union College Football Preview: Pac 12 Poll
The “big three” at the top of the Pac 12 North may be able to compete with those of any division in the country. Because of these teams being super tough, there being five new coaches in t...
Student Union CFB Preview: Washington
What Chris Petersen is building up in Seattle still isn’t getting enough attention nationally. In the past two seasons, Washington has made the College Football Playoff and then after retooling ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Stanford Cardinal
For the past decade of PAC-12 football, the Stanford Cardinals have built up a reputation for good coaching, a dominant run game, and winning a lot of football games. The same was true in 2017. The Ca...
Student Union CFB Preview: USC Trojans
Clay Helton and the USC Trojans survived an early-season upset at the hands of Washington State and a mid-season demolition on the road against rival Notre Dame to win the PAC-12 championship in 2017....
Student Union College Football Preview: Oregon Ducks
Oregon is known possibly as much for their uniforms as they are for their football. The “University of Nike” seemingly has a new uniform design every week, yet, in football they haven̵...
Student Union CFB Preview: Utah
Kyle Whittingham has been one of the country’s most consistent coaches during his tenure at Utah. However, many are questioning when the division title is going to come. In 14 seasons as the hea...
Student Union CFB Preview: Arizona
After a strong season under Rich Rodriguez last year, Kevin Sumlin will come to Tuscon to try to keep the momentum going for the Wildcats. Sumlin will have a ton of weapons on the offense with the ele...
Student Union CFB Preview: UCLA Bruins
UCLA has had a very odd but productive offseason, with Jim Mora, Josh Rosen, and others leaving the team, while new faces such as Chip Kelly, Wilton Speight, and others have joined the team. The team ...
Student Union CFB Preview: California
While Cal wasn’t anything special last year, second year head coach Justin Wilcox certainly has this team trending in the right direction. The division that they are in makes things tough, but a...
Student Union CFB Preview: Arizona State
The Sun Devils have a new light shining on them with the hire of Head Coach Herm Edwards. Edwards also brings with him a ton of NFL talent in guys like Antonio Pierce and Kevin Mawae to held turn th...
Student Union CFB Preview: Colorado Buffaloes
After a surprise 2016 season which was capped with a PAC-12 South championship, the Colorado Buffaloes took a step back into reality in 2017. Colorado finished last in the South with a record 5-7 with...
2018 Team Preview: Oregon State
To be frank, it doesn’t look great. After an abysmal 1-11 2017 season that included a coaching change after a 1-5 start, things seems to have hit rock bottom in Corvallis. That being said, t...
An 18-year-old is the front runner to be the starting QB for USC this Fall: How did we get here?
How did this happen. How is one of the most prolific football schools in the country going to potentially put their seasons fate in the hands of a teenager? Well, lets starts from the top. J.T. Dani...
Rich Rodriguez: An Odyssey
Rich Rodriguez recently found himself out of a job. His path leading to quasi-retirement is one of the most fascinating stories in college football. Rich Rod started in the old Big East and eventually...
Will Uber’s Announcement Lead to More Coaches Being Fired?
Everyone knows that to be an elite coach for pretty much any college program you need to be good at two things: recruiting and dealing with/covering up crimes. I’m not saying all athletes are crimin...
Who Are The System QB Teams In College Football
We hear it all the time. “*Insert NFL QB Here* is a system Quarterback.” Most notably, QB’s such as Blake Bortles, Joe “Elite” Flacco, and even Thomas Edward Patrick Brad...
Weeks 3 & 4: Curb Your Optimism
These two weeks feature some make or break games for teams with zero margin for error in 2018. In parts of America, fall will start to creep into college football stadiums. In other parts, it’s ...
Best College Entrances/Traditions Pt.2
WE ARE BACK….. A lot of people loved and hated my last one… So with the official college “offseason” starting, I’m gonna be cranking these out weekly. In my last one, a...
PAC-12 Players to watch at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine
USC SAM DARNOLD, QB UCHENNA NWOSU, EDGE RONALD JONES II, RB RASHEEM GREEN, DE DEONTAY BURNETT, WR STEVEN MITCHELL, WR Quarterback Sam Darnold is a “must watch” player in this year’s combine. Dar...
A Jayhawk’s (Half-Hearted) Prayer for Keller Chryst
In the name of James “The Father” Naismith, Bill “The Son” Self and the Almighty Mark “The Holy Spirit” Mangino: A reading from the Book of Jayhawks: Brothers and S...
Herm’s Recruiting Class lacks heat…and 5-star Recruits
Herm Edwards says “You play to win the game,” but do you recruit to win the game, too, Herm? Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards’ first recruiting class is not considered to be one of ...
USC Football Secures a Top 5 Class After Strong Finish on National Signing Day
USC’s national signing day started out fast and ended with a bang. USC started outside the top ten heading into NSD, but it was only a matter of time before the Trojans made a huge leap to get t...
UCLA 2018 NSD: Hows Chip Kelly Doing?
Chip Kelly is in the Captain seat for UCLA, and his first big task is National Signing Day. Can the offensive mastermind create a new era in LA and bring UCLA back into national contention? So far, he...
2018 Senior Bowl Wrap Up
DONT PANIC, BUT THIS IS THE LAST OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNTIL SUMMER. (Okay, I guess there’s Spring Ball but who really cares about glorified two-hand touch with pads?) The 2018 Senior Bowl has com...
Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski Passes Away
Washington State redshirt sophomore quarterback, Tyler Hilinski was found dead in his apartment due to an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound according to police. A suicide note was apparently found...
Kevin Sumlin to Arizona
Kevin Sumlin has officially agreed with Arizona to become their next head coach, first reported by SiriusXM. Sumlin’s decision comes after a tumultuous season with Texas A&M. Sumlin is known...
Stanford’s Bryce Love to return for senior season
In the final hours before last night’s midnight deadline for college players to declare for the NFL draft, Stanford running back Bryce Love announced his intention to return to school for the 20...
UCLA Has Something To Look Forward To With Dorian Thompson-Robinson
The UCLA faithful may have been fearful of their quarterback situation for next year with Rosen going to the draft. I am here to say, they have nothing to worry about. The Bruins’ highest ranked...
Rich Rod’s Job was safe…. So we thought
Early in the college football preseason, the Wildcats of Arizona were not expected to amount to much, with a realistic expectation at four games. Rich Rodriguez and his team threw away those predictio...
Rosen and Darnold Declare For NFL
Two days removed from the College Football Playoff semi-finals, both Josh Rosen and Sam Darnold declared for the NFL draft. The two Pac-12 quarterbacks are actually the two youngest of the elite quart...
Alamo Bowl Preview: #15 TCU vs #13 Stanford
No. 13 Stanford (9-4) vs. No. 15 TCU (10-3) Dec. 28, 9 p.m. ET, San Antonio, Texas (ESPN) TCU -3, O/U: 49 The 25th edition of the Valero Alamo Bowl will feature two top 15 teams that are both coming o...
Purdue wins in Late Shootout
For the first time since the 2011 Little Caesar’s Bowl, the Purdue Boilermakers are have won a bowl game. After more then doubling their win total from last year, head coach Jeff Brohm has the B...
Trojan’s Earn Pac-12 Title Behind Darnold, Jones, and guts
The Stanford Cardinal came into Levi’s Stadium a 3.5 point underdog, and gave the Trojans NEARLY everything they had. Head coach of the Cardinal, David Shaw, elected to go for it with about 7 mi...
Desert Hot Takes Episode #8
The boys from the dessert are back at it again and discussing the sensational drama known as the college football coaching carousel. The podcast opens with ASU firing Todd Graham and hiring Herm Edwar...
2017 PAC-12 Championship Preview: USC vs Stanford
USC is looking to win its first conference championship since 2011 while Stanford is trying to win its 4th conference title in seven years, extending their decade long dominance over the PAC-12 confer...
Herm Edwards Expected to be ASU Next Coach
Rumours have been confirmed that ASU athletic director, Ray Anderson, plans to make ESPN football analyst Herm Edwards the Sun Devils next head coach, pending the university president’s approval. Ed...
Ducks Land Another 4-Star LB in Winston
A year ago, the Oregon Ducks football program had missed out on U.S. Army All-American defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu and four-star legacy cornerback Elijah Molden, placing their in-state recruitin...
Tempe cools down, Todd Graham’s hot seat is vacant
Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham was fired shortly after beating rival Arizona in the Territorial Cup. The Sun Devils came back after halftime to beat the Wildcats 42-30 in Tempe on Satur...
Chip Kelly Makes his Glorious Return to the Pac-12
It has been five long years since Chip Kelly has coached in a college football game. Today, the former mastermind behind the explosive Oregon offenses of 2009 to 2012 has returned to the Pac-12 confer...
Jim Mora out at UCLA
Much to the surprise of no one, Jim Mora was let go as the head football coach of UCLA on Sunday. Many were surprised that it didn’t actually happen sooner. They definitely did him dirty though ...
How the Rankings SHOULD Look on Tuesday
You hear coaches say that the midseason rankings don’t matter and they don’t pay attention to them. On an extremely superficial level, sure. If you’re in the top 4 after week 8, it does not guar...
Desert Hot Takes Episode 7: College Basketball Preview
The Desert Hot Takes podcast, features Host Austin Montgomery, and co-host Jacob Allen, bringing up the hottest takes on this side of the Mississippi. This week’s episode of Desert Hot Takes inc...
JJ Taylor is the Best RB You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet)
When I sat down to watch some late-night PAC 12 action on September 22nd, little did I know that I would discover a talent that most of the country had not seen play before. It wasn’t just his q...
Mr. October Aka Khalil Tate: Rich Rod’s Saving Grace
Mr. October aka Khalil Tate Tucson, Arizona A sub-par Arizona team went into September at 2-2, without very much to look forward to. With a difficult schedule approaching and narrow losses to Houston ...