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: 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 ...
2019 CFB Preview: Big Ten Power Rankings
Since scrapping the Leaders and Legends divisions six years ago, the East has dominated the West in the Big Ten. The gap might be shrinking a tiny bit, but for now the most pessimistic view for the Ea...
Tate Martell Should Transfer Again
Tate Martell had it all. He was the king of college football memes and the apparent heir to the QB throne in Coral Gables. While the meme potential is still alive and well, we’ll have to wait at...
Ranking the Big Ten Starting Quarterbacks
Football in the Big Ten has always featured some of the greatest players and has had some of the best competition in college football since the conference’s inception in 1896. With the 2019 season a...
Shea Patterson is Good!
A year ago I was very critical of Shea Patterson. What I didn’t realize is that at Michigan, there were a number of factors beyond his control that would help him tremendously. Michigan had perh...
UPDATE: What we have learned about the dismissal of Brenton Cox from UGA
Breaking news came out of Athens yesterday in the form of the surprising dismissal of former 5 star recruit Brenton Cox from the Georgia program. Cox was a rising sophomore coming off a lackluster fre...
2019 CFB Preview: Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Well, the good news is Rutgers managed to avoid losing every game last season. The bad news is, there doesn’t appear to be a light at the end of the tunnel just yet. Head coach Chris Ash has won...
2019 CFB Preview: Texas Longhorns
Last season, the #9 Longhorn’s finished with a 10-4 record. That was quite an improvement from their 7-6 2017 year. After a Sugar Bowl win over #7 Georgia during last year’s bowl season, it was ...
2019 CFB Preview: West Virginia Mountaineers
The West Virginia Mountaineers enter the 2019 season as a new-look team. They were in Big 12 contention last year before some tough losses, the most brutal of which was a home loss to Oklahoma where t...
Is Michigan State Football Ready to Contend Again?
The Spartan faithful want to continue to believe in Mark Dantonio and his program’s resilience. They responded to a season that saw them win only three games by winning ten. Last year, they brou...
2019 CFB Preview: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Dave Clawson’s team has won 22 games over the past three seasons and seems primed to make a fourth straight bowl in 2019. Led by two quarterbacks with starting experience, the Wake Forest Demon ...
No. 1 Class of 2020 recruit Brian Bresee commits to Clemson
Brian Bresee, the No. 1 defensive lineman and the No. 1 overall recruit in the class of 2020, according to 24/7 Sports, has committed to Clemson. The Tigers beat out Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio S...
Draft Breakdown: Trace McSorley, PSU
With March Madness wrapping up and the college football season still in the distance, Student Union Sports finds a way to bring you content. The NFL Draft is approaching and as always everyone has the...
Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry: Reunited
My favorite wide receiver tandem of all time is BACK. 2013 is my second favorite college football season behind only the fabled 2007 season. There were so many things that made 2013 such a magical yea...
Missing Spartans Football? Here’s an In-House Opinion
I am going to keep my thoughts and opinions short and to the point. I miss college football… a lot! In-House Michigan State’s Head Coach Mike Dantioni – I’m sorry, I mean Mark Da...
Justin Fields is Eligible Immediately
Ohio State was facing a dire situation at quarterback. Incumbent starter Dwayne Haskins declared for the NFL draft and Tathan Martell transferred to the University of Miami. While all this was going o...
30 For 30 Worthy Stories of 2018
It has become impossible to scroll through sports Twitter without seeing a million tweets pertaining to what the next great 30 For 30 will be. A lot of the proposed 30 For 30 stories are pretty hyperb...
New Years Resolutions: Michigan State
2018 was a tumultuous year for Michigan State University to say the least. The University came under fire for its handling of sexual assault on campus as well as a myriad of other issues. The universi...
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...
Bird Box Is a Remake of the Cheez-It Bowl
Netflix has aggressively pushed its original content over the last few years. Some of their original content has been really bad and some has been really good, but most of it just falls somewhere in b...
It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Celebrity Coaches
College football coaches are placed on a pedestal. Why?...
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...
Did the College Football Playoff Commitee Get it Right?
On Sunday, December 2nd, the much anticipated final rankings for the college football playoffs were released. As always, there was plenty of speculation over who should get in and who should be left o...
No Matter What, Notre Dame Should Be In
For the second time under head coach Brian Kelly, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has finished the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record. The first time came back in 2012, and it landed his team i...
UCF Does Not Deserve Respect Yet
As we head into conference championship week, the second to last college football playoff rankings have been released after a big finish to the regular season. For the first time in the short five-sea...
Loser of the Week: Week 13
Anytime your head coach loses a game drenched in Gatorade, your’e gonna be Loser of the Week (yes I watched Ohio State beat down Michigan). After an interception by Kellen Mond with only 29 se...
Historic weekend for UCF is just a taste of what is yet to come
What a weekend it was for UCF. Not just the football team, but for the university as a whole. Obviously the student-athletes on the football team is what brought the national spotlight to Orlando,...
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...
Notre Dame thrashes Syracuse to move to 11-0
This past Saturday the No. 3 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish extended their undefeated record and playoff campaign with a 36-3 victory over the No.12 ranked Syracuse Orange at Yankee Stadium. As I me...
Upstate NY Fan on Notre Dame vs Syracuse
This Saturday the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are taking on the No. 12 Syracuse Orange at Yankee Stadium. Notre Dame football is my favorite team in all of sports and they are playing my (much imp...
CFB: Week 12 Preview
After an incredibly pedestrian week 11 that saw the top 10 go undefeated, there’s one thing college football fans (minus fans of Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan of course), are craving...
College Gameday is coming to UCF, gives Knights national boost they need
Finally, a little bit of positive National recognition. College Gameday is coming to UCF! Despite all of the negative noise surrounding the Knights, ESPN has decided to jump on the positive side o...
Loser of the Week: Week 11
Kentucky traveled to Knoxville to snap their 16-game losing streak at Tennessee, but instead they extended it and landed them the title Loser of the Week in week 11. After a disappointing loss in the ...
Loser of the Week: Week 10
After winning 5 games in a row, securing a #11 CFP ranking, and looking to be like true contenders in the SEC East, the Florida Gators threw all that away for a chance to be the coveted Loser of the W...
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...
Notre Dame’s Playoff Chances
The first official College Football Playoff rankings have been announced and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been placed at #4. And according to the ESPN’s College Football Playoff Predictor, the...
The Hangover, Week 9: All Eyes on the SEC
Welcome to the eighth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Jacksonville, Florida, where Georgia r...
CFP Contention Update
With the official College Football Playoff rankings coming out next week, here is a last-minute update. Despite the chaos this week (Ohio State, Oregon), the top four is relatively solid. Before the f...
The Hangover, Week 8: Meyer’d in Uncertainty
Welcome to the seventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Knoxville, Tennessee, where Tua Tagov...
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...
Checking In on Each New Power 5 Head Coach
Thirteen Power 5 conference schools entered this season with new head coaches, some set up to succeed and others starting from scratch to rebuild their program. Although it isn’t fair to judge t...
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...
Blake’s Best Bets: Week Six
Record to Date: 15-22-2 Another week, another stretch of bad luck for me. I played my biggest college football slate of the year last Saturday and went 15-10. Really good day and I was very happy wit...
Syracuse Drops the Ball on Upset Bid
Being an unranked team and losing on the road to a top 3 opponent after having a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter is a very underrated way to lose a football game. Largely because of the fact that ...
Loser of the Week: Week 5
The Mississippi State Bulldogs fell to the Florida Gators 13-6 in Starkville to give the Bulldogs an 0-2 record in the SEC, but more importantly ensured them the title of Loser of the Week 5. YourR...
Building the Ideal CFB Fantasy Team through the Start of the Season
Since Kenyan Drake and the rest of my NFL fantasy team decided to disappoint me once again, I started thinking about what it would be like if I forgot about my mediocre team and got a fresh start in t...
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...
Loser of the Week: Week 4
Picking a loser was easy this week; it has to be Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech suffered an embarrassing loss to Old Dominion on Saturday. You would think after having a week off due to Hurricane Flor...
Should Notre Dame Stick with Ian Book?
As was said during ESPN Chicago’s radio broadcast of the Notre Dame game against Wake Forest; it is not too often you switch quarterbacks after starting 3-0. However, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish b...
Big Ten Football Should Scrap its Division System
Shortly after Maryland and Rutgers announced their intent to join the Big Ten in 2012, the conference implemented its geographical East-West division split. It has been a fine system and was a positiv...
The Hangover, Week 3: The Picture is Taking Shape
Welcome to the third edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Auburn, Alabama (gross), where I watche...
Rule Proposal for the NCAA
It’s not every year that you see two of the worst Power 5 teams playing each other, and today we saw just that. Rutgers and Kansas squared off for the bragging rights of not being the worst team...
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 ...
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...
The Hangover, Week 1: Let’s Take Some Temperatures
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Charlotte, North Carolina, where I spe...
Urban Meyer’s Gators and the Perfect “30 for 30”
Unless you’re living under a rock that doesn’t get ESPN+, we’ve all had to endure the scandals coming out of the Ohio State football program. Urban Meyer’s involvement in covering up for wide ...
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...
Kellen Mond Named Starting QB for Texas A&M
Jimbo Fisher announced on Monday that sophomore Kellen Mond will start over Nick Starkel for the Aggies’ season opener vs Northwestern State. Mond was thrown into the fire last season after Star...
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: South Carolina Gamecocks
In their second season with Will Muschamp as head coach, the South Carolina Gamecocks finished the year with 9 wins. In each of their past three seasons, their win count has improved. The 2017 season ...
Gameday Weeks 13-15: The Game, America’s Game
Rivalries are the lifeblood of collegiate athletics. Rivalry week is the best week of the year. I love it and hate it at the same time. I love the rivalries, the passion of the players and fans, and t...
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...
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...
A Perfect Repeat? Power ranking UCF’s opponents in 2018
A 13-0 perfect season and a claimed National Championship has the college football world taking aim at the UCF Knights for the upcoming 2018 season. Regardless of the opinions of the biased SEC writer...
Most Underused Offensive Players in Recent CFB History
Alvin Kamara– 2017-2018 Offensive Rookie of the Year Alvin Kamara was probably someone you didn’t know about until last season. That’s because in his last two years of college playing at Ten...
Gameday Preview Weeks 11 & 12: Benedict Arnold Sucks
Week 11 East Lansing, Michigan: Ohio State @ Michigan State Aside from the 2017 debacle, this has been one of the most competitive games in the Big Ten the last few years. Ohio State fans and Michigan...
Interesting and Odd: NFL vs College All-Star Team in the ’70’s
In the present day, professional sports All-Star games are more of a pickup game that is meant to be an attractive site for fans. And that concept seems to make sense. It cannot be too intense of a ...
Unintelligent Sports: A CFB Team Could Beat an NFL Team
No matter where you go in the country, you are always bound to find unintelligent Skip Bayless-level idiotic sports fans. They make outlandish claims based on the hype with no intelligence involved w...
Student Union CFB Preview: Minnesota
Football is a really simple game that requires a few things to be successful at the college level. I don’t just mean successful in regards to winning championships or eight or nine games, I mean...
Recruiting Season Episode 2: Payton Mangrum, Eastside HS (SC)
Welcome back for the second installment of the Recruiting Season podcast, hosted by myself and Johnny Rambos. This week, we welcomed our first ever recruit guest, Eastside HS (SC) junior WR Payton Man...
Student Union CFB Preview: Florida State
2017 was certainly a down year for the Seminoles. After knocking off Michigan in the Orange Bowl in 2016, 2017’s team stood the test of losing stars and, more prominently, injury. After starting...
The Types of Transfers in College Football
Transfers Studs like J.J Watt, Aaron Rodgers, Alvin Kamara, and Baker Mayfield all had to do some sort of transferring when they were a college student. I went to three different schools in three year...
GameDay Preview: Weeks 7 & 8: Crawfish & the Heartland
Week 7 Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Georgia @ LSU Stoppin’ every hundred miles, callin’ Baton Rougeeeeeeeeee! LSU is one of the truly great tailgate scenes in all of sports. The Bulldogs are fa...
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...
Student Union CFB Preview: Syracuse Orange
The Syracuse Orange almost turned a corner in 2017. Almost. However, after beating Clemson for their fourth win of the season, the Orange failed to win another game. Once again, the tide appears to be...
Recruiting Season: Episode 1 Feat. Sean Bock (247 Sports)
The very first installment of the newest Student Union podcast is here! Introducing Recruiting Season, a weekly podcast hosted by Student Union personalities Brendan Smith and Johnny Rambos. The pod...
Top Pro Prospects From Each FBS Conference
Fur’s pro prospects, Football season is upon us people, so I figured I’d celebrate by throwing out my predictions for the best pro prospects from each FBS conference. Every year you’...
College Gameday Weeks 5 and 6: Conference Title be Damned
Week five is a good point for telling whether or not you’re in the hunt. This is when the Big Ten will start to get into the hairy part of its schedule. Week six will either tell us if THA U is ...
Prospects that have left New Jersey
Hello guys, my name is Fur and this is my first article for Student Union Sports, so lets just get right into it. The other day I was on twitter and saw this tweet. I just watched my first college foo...
Jake Fromm is Bad at Lakes, Breaks his Hand
Over the holiday week, Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm broke his non-throwing hand in a “freak lake accident.” The incident occurred Monday on Lake Burton in Georgia. Georgia fans can hold ...
College Football Prediction: North Carolina Tar Heels
Continuing on with our series after talking about Tennessee, we have the North Carolina Tar Heels. After posting an abysmal 3-9 record, the Tar Heels will be trying to restore some of their credibilit...
Jerry Rice Talking About a Return Makes me Wonder
Recently one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL, Jerry Rice made a wild yet not totally unrealistic claim. The 55-year-old said that he could still play in the NFL. Also, former teammat...
The Carrier Dome: A Diamond in the Rough
When thinking of some of the greatest college football venues, places like “The Big House” and “Death Valley” come to mind among a number of many others. And due to the fact that there are so ...
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...
Alabama Doesn’t Need an Ultimatum at QB
Between Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts, Alabama has the most intriguing QB battle in the nation heading into this fall. A lot of the takes surrounding this competition indicate that Nick Saban can hav...
Heisman Campaigns Gone Awry
The Heisman Trophy is probably the most prestigious individual award in American sports. Summer is the perfect time to get a Heisman campaign going. I’m already campaigning for Will Grier and JK...
College Football Prediction: Tennessee Volunteers
We are a few months away from the beginning of college football. So until then I will attempt to go over all Power 5 teams schedule and predict their W-L record. We will be starting with the SEC and t...
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...
3 Most Exciting Non-Conference Games in the First Month of the 2018 Season
For the most part, the NCAA is pretty good at scheduling some quality (or at least appealing on paper) non-conference games every season. 2018 will definitely be no exception to that as proud die-har...
The Worst Thing You Could Do: Betting on College Athletes
Gambling can become an addiction. As a former gambler, I don’t recommend it to anyone. The whole system is designed similar to how casinos or any form of gambling is designed. The bookies are th...
Top 5 Dynasties in College Football Since 1960
Becoming a dynasty is perhaps one of if not the highest accomplishment a team can reach in sports. Over the past nearly 60 years, college football has certainly had their fair share of dynasties. Many...
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 ...
Shea Patterson: Bad?
Michigan got some real big news this past week when it was reported that Shea Patterson would be eligible for Michigan immediately. Good for them! Ever since Wilton Speight got hurt way back in 2016, ...
The Spring Game: The Most Meaningful Preseason in All of Sports?
In professional sports, the preseason is often just an afterthought and tease for what’s to come when the games are for real. For the NFL and MLB, it’s much more about getting different p...
HBO Struck Gold With “Paterno” Movie
I have long been a fan of HBO programming, ever since I discovered The Wire and The Soprano’s (two of the greatest shows ever, don’t even try to argue with me). Once again, HBO has outdone...
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume VI
We’re back, folks! After a few weeks on the job for me and a few weeks of off-the-grid redneck shenanigans for Joey, we’ve returned to give you an Easter edition of the best question and a...
Going Into 3rd Season, Does Syracuse Coach Dino Babers Need to Have a Winning Season?
This upcoming season will mark Syracuse Orange football head coach Dino Babers’ third with the program. In both of his first two, his teams went 4-8 but pulled out some major upsets in both sea...
Should CFB Playoff Committee Take Notes From March Madness?
I’m not really much of college basketball fan or just basketball fan in general, but I still can’t deny the excitement that comes with March Madness. Every year you always hear, “You...
Why is Vince Young the Biggest QB Bust of the BCS Era?
Recently, CBS Sports’ Tom Fornelli compiled a list of the five biggest NFL Draft QB busts of the BCS Era. Somehow, Vince Young ended up in the top-ranked spot. Yes, you read that correctly. Vinc...
Notre Dame-Alabama Home and Home? Let’s Do It
According to several reports, two of college football’s most storied (and hated) programs, Notre Dame and Alabama, are in the works of scheduling a home and home series. Apparently, Alabama is a...
UCF’s Unbeaten Season Worth $200 Million, Say What?
I recently stumbled across an article on ESPN.com in which the headline reads; “The price of glory: UCF says unbeaten season worth $200 million” Some of my first thoughts after reading t...
If College Football Had Trades…NCAA, Are You Listening?
The NCAA has been pissing off a lot of programs and fans as of late. Investigation after investigation, penalty after penalty, whatever the case may be, there is no arguing they are on many peopleR...
What if the FBI Wiretapped College Football Head Coaches cell phones
Cheating goes on in pretty much every single aspect of recruiting in basically every sport. I can guarantee whatever school you go to your rowing team has probably cheated, for God’s sake even t...
NCAA vacating Notre Dame wins from 2012-2013: A Fan’s Perspective
Back in 2016, the NCAA ordered the Notre Dame football team to vacate their 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons due to academically ineligible players. The University attempted to appeal the decisio...
Georgia’s No.1 Recruiting Class: Something Every College Football Fan Should be Excited About
As National Signing Day came and went, the Georgia Bulldogs came away with the number one class. The program led by Nick Saban disciple Kirby Smart was able to reel in a solid class of recruits. Notab...
What Needs to be Done with National Signing Day After Copeland Incident
National Signing Day can be either an exciting or disappointing day for college football fans depending on how your team does. Still, no matter what, there’s always a little bit drama. Highly t...
Syracuse Lands 3-star DE Caleb Okechukwu Over Arkansas and Texas
In a video on Twitter this morning, 3-star DE/OLB Caleb Okechukwu has announced his commitment to Syracuse. Okechukwu had narrowed his list to Syracuse, Arkansas and Texas ahead of National Signing Da...
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...
4-Star WR Bryce Thompson Won’t Sign with South Carolina
Bryce Thompson (Irmo, SC), a 4-star wide receiver, will not be signing with the in-state South Carolina Gamecocks on Wednesday, altering his original plan. Thompson had been committed to the Gamecocks...
National Signing Day 2018: Social Media Do’s and Dont’s
National Signing Day is a beautiful and hopeful time, and if you ask me, should be a national holiday. Unfortunately, it also can be a day for top recruits to stay away from social media, fearful of t...
Syracuse Stays in the Family for QB Coach Hire
Football is a game that promotes family, so Syracuse head coach Dino Babers’s recent hire at quarterback coach makes perfect sense. On February 3, Syracuse announced that Kirk Martin, a long-tim...
Syracuse Target Mychale Salahuddin Reportedly Leaning Toward Pitt
With National Signing Day rapidly approaching, college coaches around the country are putting the finishing touches on their recruiting classes. At Syracuse University, things are no different. For he...
College Mascots I Would Not Fight
Maybe it’s just me, but every sporting event I go to I size up the mascot (except you Uga, I just want to pet you). For example, I’m fairly confident I could annihilate Brutus the Buckeye....
Does Jim Harbaugh Need to Have a Big Year in 2018?
As a diehard a college football fan, the offseason can be a bit slow and boring. Much of the focus is centered around former players leaving for the NFL draft, as well as new players coming in throug...
Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!
It’s been a few weeks since the National Championship game and people are still talking about the performance of the Alabama football team. Many forget that Alabama was the fourth seed entering ...
5 Players to Watch in the Senior Bowl
This Saturday, some of our favorite players will be stepping on the field as collegiate athletes for one last time. All of their hard work and dedication will be paying off as they look to make it big...
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...
College Football’s perfect coaching staff
With the 2017 season now in the rearview, it’s that time of year again: #debateSZN. Time to dive head first into topics that will more than likely never even come close to reality, but we still ...
Why the College Football Playoff should NOT expand
Much like my gut after the holidays, the Playoff has no room for expansion. While most people want an 8, maybe 16 team Playoff field… I’m here to tell you it would be a mistake. Four is th...
Why the SEC is the Most Overrated Conference in CFB
I get it. The SEC has two teams in the National Championship game. But, this still needs to be brought up because the issue is as prominent as it’s ever been. It’s also like beating a dead...
Branch Sports Podcast Episode 6: Early Singning Period, Partying With Athletes, Nick Evans In The Background
Welcome back to the Branch Sports Podcast! We had some technical difficulty uploading our podcast, and we are just not getting to updating the article for it. If you don’t know or you’ve never lis...
Pinstripe Bowl Preview
Iowa and Boston College will meet in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee stadium in a game that will look like some old school Big Ten football. With cold weather predicted and both teams heavy on the ground...
A Journey into the Unknown: Taking the JUCO Route
Dear Frustrated High School Athlete, I know your pain. The feeling of being unwanted by the schools you were hoping to attend. The feeling that all your work was for nothing. I am here to tell you tha...
Syracuse Welcomes Stellar Class During Early Signing Period
It has been a while since Syracuse football has felt relevant, both on the field and in the recruiting world. Even with a disappointing 4-8 record for the 2017 season, Syracuse is a program on the ris...
For the CFB Playoff, do Conference Championships Matter?
As we gear up for the fourth edition of the College Football Playoff, there is at least one fan base left #madonline over the committee’s decision. Ohio State, with an early loss to Oklahoma (th...
Mississippi State Hires Away Joe Moorhead from Penn State
Tuesday night, Brett McMurphy reported that Mississippi State, less than a week after losing head coach Dan Mullen to Florida, has hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead to fill the vacan...
It’s Time for Notre Dame to Move On
After a great start to the 2017 season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have fallen apart at the seams once again. Just last year, the Fighting Irish finished a dismal season with a 4-8 record. In 2017,...
USC vs Clemson: The Only Game That Matters
Another year and another heated matchup between the Palmetto State rivals of the Clemson Tigers and the South Carolina Gamecocks. If you grew up in South Carolina like myself, then you know just how i...
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...
Scott Frost Should Be The Top Coaching Candidate For Everyone
51 kids on that UCF roster have now experienced both a winless and an unbeaten season. — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 25, 2017 THIS…..THIS, MAN. What kind of guy takes a team that was W...
Ideal Coaches for CFB Teams: Part 3
The final piece of the coaching puzzle! Here it is, enjoy: Tennessee: Dan Mullen While Butch Jones should be commended for rebuilding Tennessee after the disastrous tenures of Lane Kiffin and Derek Do...
2017 College Football Coach of the Year Candidates
Mark Richt (University of Miami) In just his second season in Coral Gables, Richt has the Miami Hurricanes in a great position for a playoff berth. The Canes have their first 10-win season in 14 yea...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 12
This Saturday (save for Army-Navy), the college football regular season will sadly come to an end. With the end of another exciting regular season, the College Football Playoff will commence for the f...
The Hangover, Week 12
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home of a great bar scene and a pretty good f...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 11
As the semester begins to sing it’s swan song, so too does the college football season. College basketball regular season play is beginning to heat up at the same time as the Heisman race. The n...
Playoff Eliminator Week 11
As the playoff committee has released their thoughts on the landscape of the college football playoff, so the playoff eliminator rolls on. There are nine teams that still have a possible path to the p...
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...
Tennessee Volunteers Fire Head Coach Butch Jones
After five below average football seasons at the University of Tennessee, the Butch Jones era has come to an end, as announced by the University on Sunday November 12th. The firing came as no surprise...
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...
Convicts Murder Catholics’ CFP Hopes
If you’re a college football fan, you gotta love when Notre Dame is having a decent season. Not because you actually root for them or anything like that, but because you get to hear the delusional F...
Contender or Pretender?: Week 10 Heisman Rankings
The day has finally come. It is time for a change at the top of the Heisman rankings. Week nine provided some of the best games of the season, and a shakeup in the Heisman rankings. Without further ad...
Hey, The CFP Committee Got It Right Again!
The CFP committee just released the second edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings on ESPN, so it’s time for my weekly reactions to the updated Top 25. Here we go: Head-to-Head...
Could This be the Final Strike Against Butch Jones?
It should come as no surprise that Butch Jones’s days as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers are numbered. His team stands at a pedestrian 4-5, with a concerning 0-5 record in SEC play. Jones...
If Barstool Bloggers Were College Football Players
Unlike most sports media outlets, a large majority of writers here at Student Union are huge fans of Barstool Sports and the impact they have had on how we consume our sports news. In my mind, Barstoo...
Kevin Sumlin’s Out; Aggies Still In Trouble
With report after report swirling around after the Aggies 42-27 loss to Auburn, the A&M faithful is only left to wonder how many days they have left with Kevin Sumlin as their head football coach....
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...
G5 Game of the Week:#18 UCF @ SMU
Line: UCF @ SMU (+14.5) (moneyline: SMU +465) (UCF -630) Total 73: When: 6:15 p.m. Saturday at Gerald J. Ford Stadium Broadcast: ESPN2: A huge matchup in the American Athletic Conference will broadcas...
SEC Coaching Board Story
What was once considered the most dominant conference in football is on the verge of a mass exodus of coaches. The SEC is looking at having five, possibly six, open head coaching gigs. That’s ja...
Contender or Pretender? Week 9 Heisman Rankings
While the top spot in the Heisman rankings remains the same once again, there is some shakeup in the next four spots. A new face for the season makes an appearance, one that has been on Heisman lists ...
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...
Who is the best team in the SEC?
Alabama and Georgia have been the talk of college football this year. Alabama was expected to be this good, considering this is how they look every season. Georgia, however, is 8-0, despite having an ...
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...
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 ...
Optimizing Gameday With Your Boys
Little known fact: I’m a PhD student in Industrial Engineering. What does that mean? I’m not good at making things, but I’m good at making things better. I did not invent football, b...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 8
As we sadly near the end of the college football regular season (only a month left), the race for the Heisman is about to heat up. Saquon Barkley is firmly entrenched atop the rankings, but is followe...
The Butch Jones Championship of Life Hot Seat: Week 9
Welcome back to the second installment of the critically acclaimed, award winning series, Butch Jones Championship of Life Hot Seat. In this installment we are going to check in on our hot seat coache...
Su’a Cravens DEMOLISHED USC Football on Twitter
On the field, USC was getting embarrassed by Notre Dame, eventually losing 49-14. On the internet, former player Su’a Cravens was not holding back in criticism of the program. Cravens made sure ...
Tim Tebow Continues to Motivate Everyone Around Him
Tim Tebow: not the best quarterback ever. However, Tim Tebow may be one of the best motivational speakers of our generation. This morning on SportsCenter, Tebow had us all ready to do anything we have...
USC vs Notre Dame Preview
For the first time since 2009, both Southern California and Notre Dame enter their storied rivalry game as ranked teams. The contest is packed with College Football Playoff implications for both teams...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 7
While there is no change at the top, there are some fresh faces in the top five Heisman rankings. While it may very well be the year of the running back, two quarterbacks may have something to say abo...
Syracuse’s Hype Video for the Clemson game is LIT
I never thought I would hear “Thriller” used in a college football hype video…. but here we are. When you have a home game on Friday the 13th, against the #2 team in the country, you...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 6
If you were looking for a change at the top, you are going to have to look harder. Saquon Barkley is currently dominating defenses throughout college football. This weekend was no different, with Penn...
Playoff Eliminator Week 6
After skipping a week of the playoff eliminator (my bad), we are back to see who still potentially remains in the hunt. Between weeks five and six combined, a total of 27 more teams have been essentia...
Florida Coaching: Fire Nuss; Everyone else on the hot seat
Florida should not have lost that game, plain and simple. LSU was a chicken with its head cut off. They lost by 30 to Mississippi State, struggled against Syracuse, and lost to Troy as their homecomin...
Beat the Spread: Perfect Parlay Week 6
Northwestern +14 vs Penn St: The game comes at a tricky spot on the schedule for the Lions: before an open date and then season-defining games with Michigan and Ohio State. This sets up to be perf...
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...
Contender or Pretender?: Week 5 Heisman Rankings
My weekly Heisman rankings have very quickly turned into a Saquon Barkley love-fest. Much like Lamar Jackson last season, Barkley has dominated the early season. Barkley has quickly established a sign...
Playoff Eliminator Week 4
Another week, another 17 teams fall victim to the eliminator. As you can see now, the group of five is getting close to being fully eliminated. As we near conference play, the power five will dwindle ...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 4
The college football season has been fantastic so far and week 4 was nothing short of great. Penn State versus Iowa may hold up as the best game of the season. Saquon Barkley was nothing short of amaz...
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...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 3
Baker Mayfield has officially overtaken Lamar Jackson as the Vegas favorite in the Heisman Trophy race. Mayfield has been dominant in the short 2017 season, including a marquee win over Ohio State. Ja...
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...
CFB Preview Week 4
I am back after a week’s absence from previews. Take a second to think of how gruesome last week’s slate of games was. Lots of dead bodies left on a lot of football fields. Now that weR...
Instant Reaction: USC Finally Gets Revenge on Texas
What a way to end a surprisingly great day of college football! A rematch of the 2006 Rose Bowl, 11 years in the making, double overtime, and USC’s first overtime victory since 2001. Also, shout...
Nebraska Looks Inept in 21-17 Loss to Northern Illinois
For the first time in school history, Nebraska was defeated by a MAC school, losing to Northern Illinois 21-17 today. Judging solely by the box score, the average observer would have a tough time expl...
Chaos Theory Rooting Guide Week 3
Another week of college football, another week to have some chaos. While Auburn couldn’t quite come through for us last week, both Oklahoma and Oregon did in a BIG way. Oklahoma has firmly put t...
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...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 2
The recent dominance of quarterbacks in the Heisman Trophy voting appears as if it will continue this year. Both Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson followed strong week 1 performances with even better g...
Contender or Pretender?: Heisman Rankings Week 1
College football is finally back! However, that does not mean that Texas is back like some believed. With the return of football, comes the return of Heisman Trophy talk. Last year’s winner Lam...
CFB Preview Week 2
As we finally catch our breath after an exciting first week of football, let’s look forward to the best thing about the season, another week of primetime matchups. This week has just as many, if...
10 things I would rather do than watch Georgia Tech play Football
10 Things I would rather do than watch Georgia Tech play football I would rather get cavities filled at the dentist than watch Paul Johnson try and perfect something that went out of style 30 years ...
Maryland Pulls Away Late, Maybe Texas Isn’t Back
As our own Austin Brown alluded to before, Texas is indeed, not back. What was supposed to ring in a new era in Texas football ended in disappointment as Maryland squashed the hype and beat the Longho...
Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 1
Welcome back to college football boys and girls! For those of you who remember, this is my “Chaos Theory Rooting Guide,” detailing for you the games to take a rooting interest in each week if ...
2017 Bold Predictions
Brandon Wimbush Is The Truth This kid could be a stud or a complete bust, but you know what? I have faith in him sight unseen to lead the Irish at quarterback. Notre Dame will win double digit games t...
FCS Upsets In Store?
Every year there are a handful of Division I-AA teams that shock their FBS counterparts at the start of the year and crush all hopes for those fan bases. I think there are quite a few teams with a sho...
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...
Heisman Predictions and Bovada Prop Bets
Over the course of the year, you will see me publishing college football articles about the best gambling wagers in college football and basketball season. On the offshore betting site Bovada, ...
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...
Pac 12 North Preview
The Pac 12 North Division, the presumably weaker division in the conference, may not have as much depth as the Pac 12 South, but it is still loaded with talented players. Washington, the defending di...
ACC Coastal Preview
In recent memory, the Atlantic Division of the ACC has dominated the conference championships. That looks like it will hold true this year as there are about three teams that have a legitimate chance ...
Student Union College Football Preseason Power Rankings
College football is back! Okay well not quite, but it’s close enough to start getting excited about. With kickoff just five weeks away, we are officially kicking off our preseason coverage with ...
Bob Stoops will go down as one of the greatest to ever do it
Bob Stoops is hanging up the whistle and calling it a career after 18 seasons at Oklahoma. The winningest coach in Oklahoma’s storied history announced yesterday that he was resigning effective ...
Nick Saban to the NFL? Not as Unlikely as You Think
According to ESPN College Football reporter Paul Finebaum, Alabama head coach Nick Saban may be looking for another shot at coaching in the NFL. Finebaum explains that Saban is represented by agent Ji...- 2 of 3
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