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...
Four things to watch for Champions Classic
Tomorrow, college basketball is officially, all the way back. As has happened for the last few seasons, the season kicks off with The Champions Classic, which is a blue blood playground. Michigan Stat...
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...
College hoops AP poll released, basketball’s back, baby
In light of the college basketball preseason AP Poll being released, I would like to take this opportunity to say that it is officially basketball season. The NBA started last week, college football i...
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...
Campus Cover 040: Your Rankings Suck!
If polls are really just subjective interpretations.. why do we take them so seriously? How should the polls be figured? We take a look at this debate, the best teams ATS, and of course, our picks of ...
Campus Cover 039: Transfer Talk
Kelly Bryant transfers from Clemson.. should Jalen Hurts do the same at Alabama? We discuss this, play a couple new games, and feed you a ton of correct picks. The Campus Cover is the always off-topic...
A case for an alternative Big Ten Championship game
Ohio State is the best team in the Big Ten. This isn’t really a hot take or news in any way. Even without head coach Urban Meyer, they got off to a great start, outscoring opponents in the first...
Campus Cover 037: We’re Baaaaack
We.. um… had some issues come up and are just now returning, but the Campus Cover makes its triumphant return just in time for week 3! In this episode we discuss early season overreactions, what we ...
Deep ball beauty
There are certain things in the world that are simply too beautiful to be described in plain English. Instead, one needs to delve into comparisons and figurative language to explain the sensation. For...
Campus Cover 035: ACC Preview
Cody and PJ are back to talk ACC, including a possible Georgia Tech/Duke bet. Also talk about geography, PJ’s drunkeness, and Chinese food. Take a guess who we pick to win the conference. Regist...
Campus Cover 034: Big Ten Preview
Cody and PJ return to talk about the Big Ten, the Urban Meyer situation, any why their Big Ten Championship pick might not be something you’d expect. Stanley picks: over on Iowa, Maryland, Penn ...
Student Union CFB Preview: Duke Blue Devils
Las season, Duke’s young core led by the not-so-young David Cutcliffe had a season that looked a lot like a large, desolate valley in between two beautifully verdant hills. Their youth showed ma...
Campus Cover 033: Johnny Rambos
Cody and PJ return from the summer break along with guest Johnny Rambos of the Johnny Rambos podcast. They talk home run derby, NBA summer league, and it devolves from there. Check it out as we will g...
Campus Cover 32: NBA draft special and other stuff
Welcome to the Campus Cover, a gambling (~kinda~) podcast that uses that as the main point to talk about everything in sports. Hosted by PJ Guippone and (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), we ta...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: #WorldCupWoes
Special late night Summer edition of the Student Union Sports Podcast for the real fans out there. Today’s topics include World Cup gambling woes and the age old debate of Cigs vs JUUL…I k...
Marvin Bagley is my new favorite player
Draft day is under a week away and the best young players in the nation are anxiously awaiting the lips on Adam Silver’s phallic head to utter the words “And with the _____ pick in the NBA...
NBA draft prospects as songs from “ye”
On the first day of this wonderful month of June, Kanye West released his highly anticipated album, which he named “ye.” It was greeted with extremely mixed opinions, with even some of the...
A case for Bamba at number one
People have been asking me a lot recently about what I like to do for fun. “What are your hobbies?” they ask me, expecting a normal response of something like “Oh I love riding my bi...
Campus Cover 031: Delayed NFL Draft Talk with Andy Jones
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is a Student Union Sports podcast featuring Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin) and PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) primarily focusing on college sports gambling and pure nonsense. Thi...
Campus Cover 030: Softball Super Regionals with Gray Robertson
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is a Student Union Sports podcast featuring Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin) and PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) primarily focusing on college sports gambling and pure nonsense. Gra...
Lottery mock 1.0 on day one of the combine
The NBA Draft order is set after the results of the Lottery were revealed. For the second half of this week, the draft combine is taking place, which accomplishes 3 main things for me. One is this, by...
Acceptable reasons to be a fan of a college
I feel like I should include a trigger warning at the beginning of this because people really value their fandom. People create reasons to love teams and they convince themselves that it is a valid ra...
Saquon Barkley is a bad golfer
I have a beef that is pointless and a complete waste of time but also I didn’t have to go to work today and I just ate my last pack of ramen so I’m bored. This picture of Saquon Barkley go...
Campus Cover 029 with Dan Rubenstein
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of college betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
The Ramblers hit the diamond
Today, Wrigley Field was filled with champions as the 2015 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs invited the 2018 South Regional Champion Loyola-Chicago Ramblers to their home ballpark. Loyola, who made ...
Campus Cover 028: Nova’s Natty Rang
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of college betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
1 v 1 game of Final Four heroes
For those of you that were not too deeply involved with baseball season yet or didn’t get lost down the Tiger rabbit hole in preparation for the Masters this weekend, I’m assuming you were...
Jay Wright has created a powerhouse like no other
Now about twelve hours removed from Villanova’s second national championship in three years, it is clear this victory is bigger than this season. Of course, the Wildcats absolutely waltzed to th...
Campus Cover 27: Mean Sister Jean
The Campus Cover is a podcast hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin) that revolves around college sports with a gambling twist. The boys have fun under the cover and talk about...
Remember that time Nevada didn’t foul?
There are certain things in sports that just do not need to be over thought. If your best hitter is at the plate, don’t play percentages and use a pinch hitter. If it’s 4th and 1 on your o...
Is Sister Jean rooting for Nevada tonight?
Since Loyola-Chicago took the floor last weekend, there has been an equal amount of camera time on the team and a woman who can not really stand on her own or even celebrate like a normal sports fan. ...
Campus Cover 026: Sweet Sixteen
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of college betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Campus Cover 025: Ultimate Tourney Extravaganza
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. America’s favorite college gambling podcast, the Campus Cover, is hosted by Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin) and PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) as they talk all ...
Stop pretending you know anything about the bracket
Alright so I have good news and bad news. The good news is its March. This means the greatest playoffs in the world are live and with them, sports gambling will run rampant through schools, friend gro...
On the anniversary of the buzzer-beater that never was and 6 overtimes
On this day in 2009, the Syracuse Orange and the UConn Huskies battled in what is not only one of the best games in Big East history, but one of the best games in the history of college hoops. Followi...
Michigan Wolverines: Poised For A Title Run
For the second straight year, Michigan has won four games in four days to become Big 10 champions. Now back-to-back champions, last year was more surprising, but this year was not really expected. Las...
Things less secure than John Calipari’s job
Today, USA Today came out with their annual report of college basketball coaches’ salaries. And as usual, the list is filled with some noteworthy numbers that could either be salaries or distanc...
Stop blaming the kids for the NCAA scandals
The NCAA finds itself in a situation much like that one Nazi’s face in The Raiders of the Lost Ark: melting slowly into a pile of dank and disgusting evil goop. With scandal after scandal arisin...
Some bold predictions with March around the corner
Today, in the midst of my daunting class schedule, I received a text message while walking from my second-to-last class to my last class. March is just around the corner and it is something a lot of p...
Michael Porter Jr. is back, maybe
Before the season began, Missouri’s stud freshman, Michael Porter Jr., was the number one draft pick according to many analysts. Following two minutes against Iowa State in a game that was suppo...
Virginia or brick wall, my column
Instead of writing my midterm essay, I flipped on college basketball, like I very often do. Virginia is hosting Georgia Tech in their home arena currently and despite the fact that Virginia games are ...
This should be the year of the Mid Major
With a good amount of this college basketball season under my belt, I feel comfortable making a couple conclusion. Every team, with the exception of (maybe) three, sucks. Every conference, with the ex...
SU bracketology breakdown: Big East
On Sunday, the tournament selection committee released their early top 16 tournament seeds. A lot of it is fairly perplexing. A Michigan State team that beat Purdue on Saturday and is three in the mos...
Temple to seek approval for on-campus stadium
The history of Temple University football is fairly uneventful and generally not very important. Three years ago, Matt Rhule turned the program into one of the best teams in the American Athletic Conf...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Trivia Edition
Todays Episode of the Student Union Sports Podcast features the first round of the Student Union Trivia Tournament of Champions (Its a working title…) Writers competing include Johnny Rambos, PJ...
Campus Cover 024: Hoops Hot Takes
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
College hoops trade machine
The NBA trade deadline is upon us and a week and has been heating up recently, with a blockbuster deal sending Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in return for roughly the entire city of Detroit. Ma...
Big East Beat: midseason review
With six weeks remaining until everyone’s favorite CBS overindulgence, Selection Sunday, conference seasons are in full swing and the field of 64 is starting to come into view. Lunardi’s w...
Campus Cover Ep. 23: Against the Spread
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Phil Booth suffers broken bone in hand
Before Villanova faced Providence last night, I had a conversation with one of my roommates. I am high on Nova and have been all year. I have said numerous times on The Campus Cover that this Nova tea...
Campus Cover 022: Title Talk
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Student Union College Football Awards
All-Americans have been chosen. Positional awards are all off the table. The Heisman went to Baker Mayfield. And now, a national champion has been crowned. There is still one set of awards that need t...
Reggie Lynch facing more sexual assault allegations
Reggie Lynch, reigning Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year and starting center for the Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team, is again facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. ...
Campus Cover 021: Special National Championship Preview
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Campus Cover Episode 20: Is Kansas Done?
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Grab a drink for the CFP National Championship game
The National Championship is all set after a semifinal that consisted of one of the best games in college football history and a game that I couldn’t even sit through. Georgia and Alabama are no...
The Big East Beat featuring Butler Bulldogs
The Big East Beat is back in a big way at the same time conference play started in full force. In the first week of conference play, there was one team that really stood out amongst the rest. That is ...
Campus Cover 019 with Clemson Carl
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
A 2017 year in review
2017 is being widely considered as the worst year ever. This is funny because before that, last year was the worst year ever. 2015 was probably the top of the list at the end of 2015. At some point, I...
The Music City Bowl referee has very thin skin
During the second quarter of the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Kentucky running back Benny Snell was tackled, an event that often happens in a football game. After the hit, the referee, ...
The Big East Beat
The Big East again has four teams in the AP top 25, including Nova still sticking at number one. That is the third most teams any conference has in the poll behind the Big 12 and the ACC. If you reall...
Boca Raton Bowl Preview
Disrespectful things happen all the time. Just last night, Larry Nance Jr. sent Kevin Durant back to the Twilight Zone with a dunk that could be considered assault with a deadly weapon in five states....
Campus Cover 018: Bowl Extravaganza
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Student U Player Profile: Mikal Bridges
Alright, so do I have your attention now? This is Mikal Bridges. If you have not heard of him and consider yourself a basketball fan, I am sorry for you. Bridges is a stud on both sides of the ball an...
The Big East Beat: time to rise
Everything basically went to shit in college basketball last week. It was beautiful and fun and Duke lost so all is right in the world. One place in the country where everything went according to plan...
The beautiful chaos that is college hoops
Weeks like last week are a great reminder that college basketball is the greatest thing in the whole world. I’m sure many of you are still solidly in football mode (I’m struggling to trans...
Baker: good for football, good for Student Union
If you didn’t know because you didn’t watch any college football this year or read anything about college football this year or you didn’t watch the Heisman presentation or because y...
Army-Navy Game staying relevant
The 118th installment of the Army-Navy rivalry will take place today at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia at 3 pm EST. Coming off breaking a 14 year win streak for Navy, Army is a three point un...
Campus Cover 17: Life in Hindsight
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Tennessee Fires AD John Currie
Today, multiple sources broke the news that John Currie would be relieved of his duties as the University of Tennessee Athletic Director. This comes on the heels of the controversy involving Greg Schi...
Campus Cover 016: Championship Week
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Urban Meyer stars in The Cameraman
During Ohio State’s victory over rival Michigan, star quarterback J.T. Barrett suffered what appeared to be a leg injury. In live action, the nature of the injury was a tad mysterious. Coach U...
Off the Kliff
Kingsbury blues His sadness has spiraled down and down for the last two years. An endless slope beginning with nothing but a nudge of a rock. The decision was made. It was correct. He did what he had ...
The Big East Beat
I’m sure after reading last week, some of you jumped off the Big East bandwagon. It was a tough week for the conference. Seton Hall fell out of the rankings following a loss to Rhode Island and ...
Best tweets of rivalry week
The tweets keep coming just as the chaos and insanity does. This college football season rocks, much like every other college football season. Going into Championship Week, a lot is still pretty murky...
SU player spotlight: Tremont Waters
Will Wade’s first season with LSU did not have a ton of promise. The LSU program was not much with Ben Simmons and it hasn’t been much since then, either. Maybe there is something brewing,...
College Hoops All-Hair Team
College is a time to explore your look, be young and try new things. I am saying this from experience. In this school year alone, I have gotten close to 12 inches of hair cut off, tried a mustache f...
Campus Cover 015: Time to Play The Game
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and pr...
Student Union Basketball Poll
The Associated Press may have released a poll last week for the regular season despite the fact it was essentially the exact same as the preseason one. But, here at Student Union, we use logic and bra...
Is El Pollo making basketball picks or football picks?
Another win for the underdog king last week as Texas A&M pulled off the upset of Ole Miss. Sometimes I really think I should just stick to this, especially after a weekend like last where I put up...
Best tweets of week 12
It wasn’t the most exciting week of college football, but that doesn’t mean the tweets stop. They still roll in like Tide or like literally no one against Wisconsin’s defense. Really...
The Big East Beat
The Big East is and forever will be a top three basketball conference. Other conferences have their ebbs and flows, but the grit and heart of The Big East reigns supreme always. It is not the Big East...
Real star of PK80 is the uniforms
Next week, Nike is hosting the PK80 invitational in honor of Phil Knight’s 80th birthday. This is a hell of a birthday party considering it includes some of the best programs in the nation. The ...
Campus Cover Episode 014: I’m Sorry Miami
The Campus Cover boys are back with another amazing episode. Cody apologizes to Miami, PJ discusses Bears wiping their asses with trees, and we have more UAB talk. Follow both of us @CodyGoggin and @p...
El Pollo, in touch with pop culture
After another win last week from the Knights of West Point on Veteran’s Day Weekend, I decided to switch it up a bit this week. Is my system broken? no, but I am only a man and I get bored somet...
Best tweets of week 11
What was potentially the best Saturday of the college football season is now over and many of the games ended in fairly decisive fashion. One of those, Miami’s 33 point win over Notre Dame, was ...
Future headlines of NCAA sanctions
I will translate that tweet for you. The NCAA is handing down sanctions on Houston’s Rob Gray because he played basketball. Also, he is a basketball player. He did not play in the season opener,...
Opening Day takeaways
Opening day for the college basketball season is finally here. With it, there are predictions, hot takes and a full day of games that will probably end in absolute blowouts. Still, what it mostly mean...
College Basketball Preseason Round Table
Merry Basketballmas, friends. The best five months of the year are finally here, so we asked some of our writers to sit down and talk about what they’re most excited about for the upcoming seaso...
The Student Union Podcast Episode 8: LiAngelo and Locker Room Talk
The Student Union Sports Podcast offers you an inside look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students while also highlighting our talented student writers. Today’s show includ...
Campus Cover Episode 013: College Football Erotica
The Campus Cover podcast offers you “expert” gambling advice paired with juvenile shenanigans. RT our Campus Cover weekly parlay on Twitter. As always, the show is hosted by Student Union ...
Bill Walton in the news to really get us amped
This week marks the start of the 2017-2018 college basketball season. Yes, the most wonderful time of the year is finally here. If there is one thing in particular to get us absolutely amped for colle...
El Pollo, king of underdog picks
I went 2-1 last week. Both Temple (fucking finally) and Louisiana-Lafayette won as at least a six point underdog. I want to take this time to toot my horn a little bit. I have like 12 or 13 wins now (...
Some tweets to sum up week 10
Week 10 is in the books and goddamn is the Big Ten a shit show. Thanks to Ohio State’s loss to Iowa and Penn State’s loss to Michigan State, the conference’s dreams might be dead. Th...
Student U after Dark with Baker Mayfield
Baker Mayfield is a conquerer. There is no place he is uncomfortable. More than anyone has even thought. Of course, the gridiron is his dojo. There is no one more comfortable sitting in a pocket. Toni...
The Campus Cover Episode 12: College Football Week 10
The Campus Cover is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and previews of the best...
Preseason poll released for 2017-2018 season
Today, the Associated Press released their preseason poll for the 2017-2018 season of College Hoops. I still think polls are stupid. The only thing that is dumber than polls is preseason polls (also, ...
The only picks that matter for week 10
So last week, I returned to prime half-Pulitzer, half-Comedy Central El Pollo form. In response, the football gods rewarded me with an overtime victory for the UMass Minutemen. It’s admittedly m...
Campus Cover Episode 011: College Basketball Preview
After months of waiting, college basketball season has finally arrived. Cody and PJ make their favorite title picks for the season, as well as conference winners and sleepers....
Best tweets of week 9
Alright, everyone. Take a breath. Week 9 is over, so we are all able to relax again. Sit back. Maybe have an IPA. Get ready for the rest of the World Series, which isn’t seeming to give any rest...
Polls are stupid
Sports media is a world where takes are generally hot and everyone likes to #EmbraceDebate. Some hot takes are actually well put together, but others are basically purposeless. These purposeless takes...
Campus Cover Week 9
Cody and PJ are back for Week 9 action under the covers. They debut a new game, make picks, and talk games of the week. Tweet @pjguip1 and @CodyGoggin with what you think about us or our picks or our ...
Joel Berry, bad at video games
Last week, I wrote about how Joel Berry was still in college. It is certainly a surprise to quite a few people. Soon after that world-busting news was broken by me, though, some more Berry news broke ...
Saquon Barkley: a Creation Story
The history of the world is riddled with things far too perfect to be the work of human hands. The pyramids attain geometric perfection. Ancient Maya achieved numerous advances that were thousands of ...
Week 8 through tweets
There are a lot of great things about football. For the people that just have their tv up and running on gameday, there are the scores and the turnovers. There are the 40 yard rushes that get you off ...
Celebrities and college sports are like vodka and OJ
The celebrities in professional sports are extremely well noted. They get about air time as the players do. Next time you watch a Raptors game take a drink every time they reference or show Drake and ...
Wait, that guy still plays college hoops?!?
In college hoops, there always seem to be a few guys that have found a way to have like seven extra years of eligibility. The best example of this is Perry Ellis. Ellis’ tenure at Kansas lasted ...
El Pollo, ten game winner
Last week, I told you guys that I was actually a football guy. The secret is officially out. I know that is hard to believe coming from a guy that makes picks based on how much a school costs and who ...
Sometimes you miss out on awesome things: A ‘Cuse Story
As a Temple student, I am not very closely acquainted with the concept of being at a fun sports school. This season, our offense might be the worst offense of all time, and the 7th place projected fin...
College Hoops is back and I am very excited
College hoops has returned to the practice court, and with it, all the joy in my life has returned. As if hoops on the horizon isn’t enough happiness for me, today I had the pleasure of seeing t...
The week of Gambling Commandment number 3
For those of you that are followers of The Campus Cover podcast, you will know that we have some rules. There is one commandment in particular that is extremely important in college sports. We talked ...
Campus Cover week 8
Cody and PJ are back with this week’s college football action. Guest Austin Montgomery is on to bring a rational voice into the fold. Expect less talk about Michael Beasley being a genius and Ro...
El Pollo, football guy
As the weeks go on and the season gets deeper, the harder it gets for me to take off my football guy hat. For those of you that listen to The Campus Cover, you would know this is just an alter ego. Th...
Campus Cover Epsiode 007: Week 6
Cody and PJ are back to make you money and preview week six. We’d love to hear from you guys so please tweet us. @CodyGoggin @pjguip1 @StudentUSports...
Lavar continues to put up dubs
Lavar Ball has been known to make insane claims and make questionable decisions. He added to this list of things on Monday when he decided to take his youngest son LaMelo out of public high school to ...
El Pollo, an origin story
I was recently showing my friend the El Pollo series of articles. This is for a few reasons, the biggest of which being I think they are fantastic articles and some of my best work. One of his first q...
Unbreakable college sports marriages
The news about all the controversy in college hoops is just starting, but it is far from over. Even in the first week of controversy, the news is constantly evolving. Recently, a description of the ul...
Campus Cover Episode 006
Cody and PJ are back for some week five college football action. Get their picks of the week, Crystal Ball Predictions, and some playoff odds and hot takes. A moment of silence for us because UAB is o...
Louisville’s search for a new coach begins now
Today, the news officially dropped that Rick Pitino is out at Louisville. It seemed as if he has been an unstoppable force, surviving many scandals, both personal and in the program. But, it all prove...
The only college picks you will ever need
2-2 last week (including UAB). 8-5 overall. Week 4 is in the books. Realistically, it was just a lot of underdog blue balls. LA Tech, who I have previously endorsed as the team with the biggest normal...
Student Union Staff CFB Roundtable
We are now three weeks into the college football season. With conference play beginning for most teams this weekend, some of our writers sat down to discuss the biggest story lines of the season so fa...
El Pollo: Expert Analyst
You can have Lee Corso and his mascot-head gimmick, keep Jesse Palmer and his ego that makes the mascot heads look microscopic (I will say nothing about Joel Klatt because he is a king and deserves to...
Mitchell Robinson Finds Hidden Option C
In recent years, there has been an increase in guys finding ways around the one-and-done NBA rule. Emmanuel Mudiay gave up his scholarship from SMU to play a year in China before getting drafted by th...
The Campus Cover Ep. 3
Cody (@CodyGoggin) and PJ (@pjguip1) are back from their one week hiatus. The dark episode is forever lost in time, but the boys are back with their picks for week three. They’ll talk about a bu...
El Pollo, back at average
A decent week of picks last week gets me right back to average. Average is exactly where I belong. You can ask my professors or my grade school basketball coaches, they will all attest. I am the poste...
Baker Mayfield, very good at football
Baker Mayfield. Just read that beautiful name. Here, I’ll say it again. BAKER. MAYFIELD. I can’t stress this enough. Baker Mayfield is just really fucking good at football. Like really goo...
El Pollo’s picks for Week Dos
The way this season started, it almost seems like knowing stuff about football doesn’t even really matter anymore. Texas, again, is 100% not back, despite what many experts predicted. Howard pul...
The Campus Cover: Week 1
Cody and PJ are back with their predictions for week 1. Check out the Soundcloud. Subscribe to the channel, comment, let us know what you think. Tweet at @StudentUSports, @CodyGoggin and @pjguip1. Lis...
Taurean Thompson to Seton Hall
Last season, a personal visit from Jim Boeheim was enough to reel in four-star center Taurean Thompson. Unfortunately for Boeheim, he isn’t quite as important to Thompson as Thompson’s mot...
A non-football guy’s picks for week one
College Football is not generally my wheelhouse. I am constantly evolving and growing, but my college football knowledge is still in its early-childhood years. Out of necessity, my research and unders...
Campus Cover
Cody and PJ go bold with their preseason predictions as they pick conference champions, sleepers, and their favorite over/unders. Also, week 0 action! Listen as The Campus Cover guys discuss gambling ...
The Eclipse is a Good Reminder of Why Sports are Great
In case you have not heard because you live under a rock without wifi, there is a solar eclipse today. If you are unfamiliar with what that is, then you should have paid attention in your seventh grad...
Marvin Bagley III just turned the nation on its head
At this point, the nation is used to certain schools having recruiting classes that are offensive. Duke is one of those schools, and this season they outdid themselves. Late last night, Marvin Bagley ...
Philadelphia and growing up with college hoops recruiting
I had big basketball plans this summer. They included not working, driving to AAU hotbeds in Philadelphia and South Jersey, and watching kids play basketball. I’m at the point in my life now whe...
Picking NBA Draft Prop bets
This will be the first season in NBA history where Las Vegas sports books will host prop bets for the event. That is exciting for many reasons. For starters, you can win money. Second, you can create ...
College Softball might be the best sport ever
Generally speaking, sick days suck as a kid. Well actually, I should amend that. Sick days suck when you’re a kid and you are actually sick. Daytime sports TV gets repetitive as all of the talk ...
The games that made college basketball what it is today
There is a lot to love about the game of basketball. The dunk is something that will always get us out of our seat. Something about that extra point from behind the line is exhilarating, too. Prepari...
Second-Round Gold Waiting to be Struck
The draft is nearly upon us, which makes me unbearably happy because I get to talk about NBA stuff being (too far) off track. The draft is the perfect mix of college and the pros. People that love the...
Major Prospects as Songs from DAMN.
On Friday, Kendrick Lamar did what Kendrick Lamar has become known for. He dropped an album that lit homes on fire. I went through three pairs of headphones just to find a pair that was suitable for t...
Coach Cal doesn’t develop talent well, but that’s not really his job
Everyone knows Kentucky is a place where guys that only want to be around for one year go. This is not a program built like this year’s champion North Carolina, or last year’s champion Vil...
The Other End of the Year Award Special
The college basketball season has officially come to a conclusion following the College Basketball Award Show. Taking place following the Final Four every year, it gives out the Wooden player of the y...
Season-Deciding Decisions for Fringe-NBA Prospects
Thanks to the new draft rules, the world gets more times to think about the decisions of all of the guys that aren’t locks for the NBA draft. While the change was fantastic for the players, it ...
Dan Dakich and Frank Kaminsky had a Subtweet Battle for the Ages
The subtweet is an art form generally reserved for teenage girls and people that recently got broken up with. Since Twitter’s inception, it has been vaguely poking not-so-subtle jabs at people t...
Individual Matchups to Look Out for in Tonight’s Final
The conclusion of the greatest tournament in American sports is finally upon us. Tonight, UNC will look to avenge their heart-wrenching loss in the final of last season against Villanova. This year, t...
A Few Reasons to be Happy that Gonzaga Made the Final Four
Gonzaga has made nineteen consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. In all of those years, they have never reached a Final Four. Finally, they have put years of heartbreak behind them and broken t...
Teams Win Tournaments, Not Conferences
There is a lot of talk every year about what the best conference in the country is. Realistically, that concept doesn’t amount to shit. There is so much unnecessary pride that goes into what con...
So, what about Sean Miller’s coaching in March?
We live in a world of instant gratification. There is a demand for results, now. Kevin Durant to the Warriors is an obvious NBA example. In college, it is mostly shown through the coaching carousel. I...
LaVar Ball isn’t as crazy as you think
Today, ESPN had the worst (best?) idea in the history of sports television. Stephen A. Smith, lead man of First Take and notoriously boisterous debate analyst, was paired with the infamous LaVar Ball....
The officiating in this tournament has been deplorable
The Monday following opening weekend is always a very productive mental day. The way the tournament is scheduled, there is a lot of time to reflect on the nearly 96 straight hours of basketball. My fi...
Turner Sports Sideline Reporter Power Rankings
Sideline reporting does not have the same level of importance as the main broadcasters. No one will ever turn off a basketball game because they were annoyed with the lady saying what Gregg Marshall ...
The Bracket Bunker: Tales from opening weekend
To some, pondering a two day span that would include 24 hours of basketball, 2 cases of Miller Lite, enough Twisted Tea to make you diabetic, and under 12 total hours of sleep is a scary proposition. ...
Keeping competition in college sports
During bowl season, there was controversy over some very high-profile college athletes not playing in their bowl games. Two of the biggest names were Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette. Two cam...
March Madness Preview: Big East
The Big East is currently in possession of the reigning National Champion. Also, it has the second most teams seeded in the tournament, behind only the ACC. Admittedly, Vegas isn’t really that h...
Grades for first-year coaches
The coaching carousel is always very erratic in college basketball. For mid-major coaches, there is always an opportunity to get a better job. If you win some games in the NCAA tournament and make the...
Knee-jerk reactions to Selection Sunday: East Region
The East region is home to the overall number 1 seed, the Villanova Wildcats. This was the only absolute lock going into the tournament. No one really believed there was anyone else that deserved the ...
The Big East is still really good
Since the conference realignment that sent teams like Syracuse, UConn, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt, etc. etc away from the Big East, it has not gotten a lot of love. Add the fact that there is no maj...
John Thompson III does not deserve a job
There are some things in college hoops that simply do not happen at the professional level. One of the biggest examples is coaching tenures. Currently at Temple, we are experiencing the issue with hea...
A flawed field: ten teams that can win the NCAA Tournament
March is fantastic. It starts to heat up in the northern part of the country, the birds return to their homes in the skies, and college basketball reigns supreme. From the very beginning of the colleg...