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 Pop-Tarts Bowl Preview | NC State vs Kansas State
The 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl taking place at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. We have the matchup of the 9-3 NC State Wolfpack and the 8-4 Kansas State Wildcats. NC State comes into this one on a five gam...
2023 Texas Bowl Preview | Texas A&M vs Oklahoma State
The 2023 Texas Bowl is taking place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, with the matchup of 7-5 Texas A&M and the 9-4, Big 12 Championship runner-up Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Aggies come in here l...
2023 Duke’s Mayo Bowl Preview | UNC vs West Virginia
The 2023 Duke’s Mayo Bowl is taking place at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. We have the 8-4 UNC Tar Heels going up against the 8-4 West Virginia Mountaineers. UNC comes in...
2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl Preview | UNLV vs Kansas
The 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl is taking place at Chase Field in Phoenix. This matchup will see the 8-4 Kansas Jayhawks and the 9-4 Mountain West Championship runner-up UNLV Rebels. Kansas comes into t...
2023 Gasparilla Bowl Preview | Georgia Tech vs. UCF
The 2023 UnionHome Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl is a battle of two teams that I enjoyed watching this past season. We have the 6-6 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets going up against the 6-6 UCF Knights. Georgia...
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...
The Don’s College Football Week Six Best Bets
We went 1-3 (-2.33u) last week which is not great. Back to back losing weeks, and a record of 12-10 (+2.03u) is what we are at right now in best bets. This week I am back and ready to get back to my w...
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...
Can The West Virginia Mountaineers Get Above The Mediocrity Hump?
The West Virginia Mountaineers have been mediocre since the start of the Neal Brown era in 2019. They haven’t gotten more than six wins in a season and haven’t contended for the Big 12 title in ye...
TCU Horned Frogs: College Football Playoff Hangover?
The TCU Horned Frogs are coming off a season like they haven’t seen since 1938, which was the last time they won the national championship. In Sonny Dikes’ first season as head coach of TCU, h...
2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys Preview
The Oklahoma State Cowboys haven’t had a losing season since 2005. Gundy’s streak will be put to the test this season. A lot of question marks on the offensive and defensive side of the football m...
2023 Oklahoma Sooners: One Final Hurrah In The Big 12
The Oklahoma Sooners are looking to come back from a beyond disappointing 2022 campaign. Brent Venables is entering year number two and is looking to get the Sooners back on track in 2023. Oklahoma lo...
Kansas State: Back To The Big 12 Title Game?
The Kansas State Wildcats are looking to build off a successful run last year that included a Big 12 Championship. Last year was the best record in the Chris Klieman era. Kansas State won their first ...
2023 Kansas Jayhawks Football Preview
The 2022 Kansas Jayhawks had their best overall season since 2008. Kansas has the tools to take that step forward again in 2023. They have Lance Leipold entering his third season and they have some ke...
2023 Iowa State Cyclones Preview
Matt Campbell has changed the culture of Iowa State football in his tenure as the head coach for the Cyclones. He has brought winning football to Ames, and Cyclones fans are always happy that he is th...
2023 Houston Cougars Preview
The Houston Cougars are entering their first season in the Big 12. For head coach Dana Holgorsen, it is his second stint in the Big 12. Houston is entering a new era in a power five conference with te...
Cincinnati Bearcats: From Top Team In The AAC To Mediocre In Big 12?
The Cincinnati Bearcats are officially starting a new era in 2023. They are in a new conference and have a new head coach to lead the charge of the new era for the Bearcats. Scott Satterfield is the n...
2023 Baylor Bears Football Preview
The Baylor Bears had some hype around them last season after they won the 2021 BIG 12 Conference Title. However, 2022 was a real disappointment for Baylor. They finished 6-7 and it led to some changes...
BYU Cougars: First Year In Big 12 Jitters?
A new era begins for BYU as they join the Big 12 after a dozen years of being an FBS Independent team. However, the road will be tough for the first year Big 12 team. BYU has a new defensive coordinat...
2023 Big 12 Basketball Tournament Predictions
The Big 12 tournament is going to be the best conference tournament in the country hands down. Looking ahead there are so many good matchups from the quarterfinals all the way to the finals. There is ...
TCU vs. Baylor | CBB Prediction 1/4/23
We have a fantastic college basketball game in the Big 12 taking place tonight. The TCU Horned Frogs are going up against the Baylor Bears. TCU is one point away from being undefeated. However, they h...
Kansas vs. Texas Tech | CBB Prediction 1/3/23
The Big 12 has an intriguing college basketball matchup for this Tuesday’s slate of games. The reigning National Champion Kansas Jayhawks will be on the road at Texas Tech. Kansas has won six st...
2022 VRBO Fiesta Bowl Betting Trends | TCU vs. Michigan – The Don’s Best Bet
The VRBO Fiesta Bowl kicks off the College Football Playoff on New Year’s Eve with No. 3 TCU taking on No. 2 Michigan. TCU finished the 2022 regular season with an unblemished record before fall...
2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl Betting Trends | Alabama vs. Kansas State – The Don’s Best Bet
The New Year’s Six kicks off on Saturday when one college football powerhouse takes on the Big 12 Conference Champion in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. It’s the Alabama Crimson Tide – winners ...
2022 Alamo Bowl Betting Trends | Texas vs. Washington – The Don’s Best Bet
The Alamo Bowl has not only a Power Five conference clash, but it also has two top 25 teams going at it. We got the Big 12 powerhouse Texas Longhorns going up against Pac 12 studs Washington Huskies. ...
2022 Cheez-It Bowl Betting Trends | Oklahoma vs. Florida State – The Don’s Best Bet
The Cheez-It Bowl features a power five conference showdown. At the beginning of the season, I thought it would have been an entertaining game. Now that I have seen the season play out, it doesn’...
2022 Texas Bowl Betting Trends | Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss – The Don’s Best Bet
The Texas Bowl is the final bowl game on the Wednesday slate of games. We have yet another Power Five conference matchup between the Big 12 and the SEC. The matchup of Texas Tech and Ole Miss could be...
2022 Liberty Bowl Betting Trends | Kansas vs. Arkansas – The Don’s Best Bet
The Liberty Bowl has a good matchup on deck this year. We have a showdown between the Big 12 and the SEC as Kansas and Arkansas go head to head in this power five conference clash. Both teams come in ...
2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl Betting Trends | Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State – The Don’s Best Bet
If this Guaranteed Rate Bowl matchup was brought to me at the beginning of the season, I would have been beyond excited for this matchup. Now seeing where these teams are, it is just a disappointing b...
2022 Armed Forces Bowl Betting Trends | Baylor vs. Air Force – The Don’s Best Bet
The Armed Forces Bowl is going to be a great matchup between the Big 12 and the Mountain West. We have the Baylor Bears going up against the Air Force Falcons. Baylor is coming into this game on a thr...
Pay-Off College Parlay: Dillon Hepp’s 2022 Week 7 College Picks
Some might use a ROTH IRA or 401K for their long-term investment strategy. I consider college football spreads my chosen path to early retirement. Student loans, engagement rings, sketchy characters i...
Transfer Portal Winners and Losers
The creation of the transfer portal has turned college basketball’s off-season into the Wild West. Over 1,000 players have put their name in the portal since the end of last season. As of June, ...
What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
I love Langston Hughes. He’s one of the twentieth century’s most influential voices and he could flat-out make me feel things. My favorite poem of his is Harlem. It talks about a ‘dr...
I’m unhappy with the College Football Playoff
The table is officially set for two SEC teams in the CFP. We’ve all been bamboozled. The BCS is alive and well under new management. The Playoff is a scam. I’m fine with LSU in the top spo...
Week 11 AAR: Row That Boat
This is why we love college football. LSU Triumphs Joe Burrow has gone from backing up Dwayne Haskins to establishing himself as arguably the best quarterback in the nation. Has a grad-transfer quarte...
Week 7 AAR: Yikes, Georgia
The State of Georgia is in flames like it’s 1865 all over again. Much like Gone With the Wind, last week started with so much optimism in the State of Georgia. The Braves lost (twice, got elimin...
Week 5 AAR: Let the Coaching Carou$el Begin
Week five is over? Happy Trails, Chris Ash Rutgers fired Chris Ash today. Tough to blame them after he posted a 3-26 record in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights’ only win this season came in the...
Midweek Report: Nats Clinch, UCF-Boise, D’Eriq King
It’s Wednesday night. There’s no MACtion. There’s no football. But there’s still plenty to talk about between those blessed Saturdays. Without further adieu, the very first Mid...
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...
Week Four Points of Interest
The points of interest is back. This is essentially just me rambling about the things I’m most interested this week. He’s got a great personality! Clay Helton could be the nicest guy in th...
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...
Week Three Points of Interest
I’m just gonna dive right into this thing. I don’t have anything interesting to open with this week. Actually, here’s a fun fact; if he had never scored a goal, Wayne Gretzky would s...
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...
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...
2019 CFB Preview: Texas Longhorns
Last season, the #9 Longhorn’s finished with a 10-4 record. That was quite an improvement from their 7-6 2017 year. After a Sugar Bowl win over #7 Georgia during last year’s bowl season, it was ...
UCF’s Fiesta Bowl bid is just the tip of the fraudulent CFP iceberg
The Knights are headed to Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl, which is their third New Year’s Six Bowl in the last six seasons. This is a remarkable feat for any college football team in the nation. To...
Loser of the Week: Week 12
West Virginia failed to clinch a Big 12 Championship game berth, but they did manage to clinch their second Loser of the Week honors of the season with a loss to Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State QB Ta...
Loser of the Week:Week 7
Four teams ranked in the top-10 suffered upsets in week 7; a wonderful weekend for losing. Penn State lost to Michigan State, Washington fell to Oregon in overtime, Georgia got trounced by LSU, but ou...
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...
Loser of the Week: Week 6
This weeks “Loser of the Week” features a tale of redemption, as the Texas Longhorns (inaugural “Loser of the Week” in week 1) marched into the Cotton Bowl on Saturday and beat...
The Hangover, Week 5: A Quick Word About Kentucky
Welcome to the fifth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home to a fantastic ba...
The Best and Worst of CFB: Week One
Week one is in the books and it’s almost time for week two. But first, let’s go look at the best and worst from the first week of college football. Worst The Big Ten East What a tough week...
Loser of the Week: Week 1-Guess Who’s Not Back…
College football is back and after opening weekend we already have some big-time losers. Welcome to my new weekly article where I will be picking a “Loser of the Week” to commemorate the s...
The Hangover, Preseason Edition: We Need Football More Than Ever
Welcome to the preseason edition for the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, get you ready for the upcoming season. This week, Th...
Student Union CFB Preview: Oklahoma Sooners
Led by Heisman trophy winner Baker Mayfield, OU had a great run in 2017. Their offense was electrifying, averaging 45.1 points per game. Their only regular season loss came as a shocker when they fell...
Student Union CFB Preview: Iowa State
Iowa State came out of absolutely nowhere last year to upset Oklahoma in Norman and finish tied for 4th in the Big 12. I’m really not sure what to think about this team as most of the games they...
Student Union CFB Preview: Texas Tech
Things can only get better.. right? Coming into the 2017 season, the Texas Tech defense had nowhere to look but up. Ranking near the bottom of the nation in practically every single defensive category...
Kansas State’s Amaad Wainright arrested
Kansas State university has indefinitely suspended Junior guard Amaad Wainright for a violation of the athletic department’s policy, presumably the part where it says “don’t get arre...
Film Study: Triple Option Evolution
The Read-Option Spread: A Butterfly The spread that is proliferate in college football today is the natural evolution of another style of play. If the spread (particularly the brand of read-option spr...
The Underdogs of College Basketball: Texas Tech
The Texas Tech Men’s Basketball team kicked off the season starting 6-0. After their first loss first to Seton Hall, the Red Raiders shocked the nation to then go 14-1, the best starting record ...
Best Power Five Basketball Programs of All Time
The Kansas Jayhawks have just made history, by winning 14 straight Big 12 conference championships, overcoming UCLA’s 1967-1969 streak that made history and seemed unbeatable, until Saturday, Fe...
The Buzzer-Beater, First Edition: The Curious Case of Alabama
Welcome to the first edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was at home spending some time wi...
Who’s going to win the Big 12?
We’re approximately halfway through the NCAA regular season and most Power 5 conferences look like they have a solid projected regular season champion. For instance, Virginia is looking like the fav...
Early Prediction For QB Battles Going Into The 2018 CFB Season
The 2017 College Football Season has come and gone, and with it a number of big name play callers will be leaving. What it will leave behind is some of the best internal QB battles that we have witnes...
Oklahoma State DC Glenn Spencer Fired
In a relatively unexpected move, Mike Gundy announced Thursday that Glenn Spencer will no longer be working in his capacity as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State. Gundy made no comment as to the ...
Recruiting Roundup: Oklahoma State
Live from the Gundy-Copter So, if the United charter flight is Air Cowboy One, does that give the Gundy-Copter the moniker, Poke One? Pete One? We’ll hold a poll later and figure out what to cal...
Big 12 Bowl Preview: Help Us, Iowa State; You’re Our Only Hope
Okay, so maybe not our only hope… But the rest of the Big 12 would definitely appreciate your help on this one. As the regular season winds down and the bowl season gears up, each team has to ev...
The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes Atlanta, Georgia, where I watched the Georgia Bulldogs avenge an earl...
I Try To Hate Him But I Can’t: Baker Mayfield
As hard as I have tried over the last three years to hate Baker Mayfield, I can’t. From his better than you attitude, to his off the field antics in Arkansas Baler is a very hateable guy. One of...
Potential Scenarios in the Big 12
After Oklahoma’s 38-20 victory over TCU last Saturday, the Big 12 championship and path to the playoff became a little bit clearer. The conference is OU’s to lose at this point, as they remain the...
The Hangover, Week 11
Welcome to the third edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes a day later than I originally intended. My laptop broke Sunday morn...
The Hangover, Week 10
Ohio State, I just don’t get you. A week ago, I wrote that I was all in. I apologized to JT Barrett for doubting him, I recognized that the Buckeyes were a legitimate threat to Alabama, and I we...
Week 10 Winner$
What better way to start off my time at Student Union than to give out some #winners? As the football season goes on, the lines Vegas creates keep getting more accurate. However, there are some games ...
Hey, the CFP Committee Got the First Rankings Right!
The first College Football Playoff rankings are out and, naturally, everybody is reacting and overreacting to the committee’s initial Top 25 rankings. After watching the Rankings Reveal Show on...
Big 12 Preseason Predictions
College basketball is right around the corner. With that being said, it should be an exciting year in the Big 12 (besides Kansas winning like always). This will be another solid year in the Big 12 tha...
The Sad State of Football In Texas
As all of you know, the past few years for football in the state of Texas has been a far cry from what the state has become accustomed to. From the fall of a football blue blood in the University of T...
The Hangover, Week 9
Welcome to the first edition of The Hangover, where we recap the previous weekend in college football. College football is the best time of the year (and that’s not up for debate, so don’t...
What The World Was Like The Last Time Kansas Scored
After another atrocious performance on both sides of the ball, the Kansas Jayhawks have once again found themselves a spot as the laughing stock of college football. In two weeks, the Jayhawks have be...
Lets Get Weird: Big 12 Breakdown
What a great week for the Big 12. Well, maybe not for the Big 12 as a whole but we have some teams on the rise and other teams barely hanging on. Then there’s Kansas. The only thing we know for sure...
Big 12 Week 8 Preview
So let me start off by saying yes it IS already week 8 in the CFB season. It’s sad, we are fast approaching the big holiday season where college football starts to wind down into bowl season. St...
Kansas-Mizzou to renew Border War
One of the hottest rivalries in college sports is back (kinda). Missouri and Kansas have agreed to play in an exhibition game for hurricane relief on October 22nd. While this may just be an exhibition...
Big 12 vs PAC 12
Back in the day, when the NCAA Football series was still a thing, (With all due respect, fuck you Ed O’Bannon….no offense) my buddy and I used to line up each of the conferences and play o...
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 ...
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...
Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 20
Hey guys, welcome back to another Big 12 Weekly Shootout. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli already do weekly articles about ACC and Big Ten basketball, respectively, so I now am starting my own a...
Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 13
Hey guys, this is the first article of the new series I’m starting up. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli already do weekly articles about ACC and Big Ten basketball, respectively, so I now a...
Dime a Dozen Podcast: Episode 9
Student Union’s Austin Brown and Jack Rogers try to make sense of a crazy week of upsets in the Big 12. We talk about Baylor’s two heartbreaking losses to Kansas and Kansas State (0:25), Scott...
Which college conference could create the best NBA team?
When the ten members of the NCAA Tournament selection committee get together every March to decide the fate of 351 college basketball teams, they consider a wide array of factors. One of the most diff...
Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 10
If you’re like me, at this point of the season, your team has no chance of making the College Football Playoffs. At this point, aren’t we all just rooting for upsets and chaos to throw off the sea...
Approach the Bench: Week 8 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. Eric Taylor Coach of the Week – Dana Holgorsen (West Virginia) West Virginia is good,...
Approach the Bench: Week 7 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. Eric Taylor Coach of the Week – Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) A lesser man might have panicke...
Approach the Bench: Big 12 Power Rankings Week 7
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE BREAK DOWN THE POWER RANKINGS IN THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE. 1. Baylor (Last week: 1) Baylor was off this week which makes it kind of hard to bump them off the top spot. Th...
Approach the Bench: Week 6 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. Eric Taylor Coach of the Week – David Beaty (Kansas) It’s not often that Kansas...
Approach the Bench: Big 12 Power Rankings Week 6
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE BREAK DOWN THE POWER RANKINGS IN THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE. 1. Baylor (Last week: 1) Baylor barely scraped by against Iowa State on Saturday. Any time a game comes down to...
Approach the Bench: Week 5 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. Eric Taylor Coach of the Week – Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State) Gundy did his homework be...
Approach the Bench: Big 12 Power Rankings Week 5
After four weeks, I have come to the conclusion that we have absolutely no idea if anybody in college football is actually good this year. We’ve already seen some predicted favorites flame out a...
Approach the Bench: Week 4 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. Week 4 was far and away the best weekend of the season for the Big 12. Big 12 teams wen...
North Dakota State beating Iowa was not an upset
In case you aren’t as intense of a college football fan as others, you may not be aware of the best kept secret in college football: a little FCS school that calls its home a dome in Fargo, North Da...
Approach the Bench – Week 3 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. The Big 12’s street cred took another hit this weekend. The two highest ranked te...
