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...
Are you new to gambling? A veteran? A numbers nerd or always trusting your gut? No matter who you are, you’re looking for a bet to cash tonight. I have that bet for you. Last night, I gave you ...
Are you new to gambling? A veteran? A numbers nerd or always trusting your gut? No matter who you are, you’re looking for a bet to cash tonight. I have that bet for you. Background In 2014, the ...
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...
On this week’s HTR, we welcome on 247’s Sean Bock and David Eickholt. The boys preview the 2021 football season with an extra-long football special. They also draft their top bars in Iowa ...
We’ve reached the final week of the NFL Season. With the year we’ve had, it’s quite amazing that the NFL was able to get through this year with only a few hiccups along the way. On t...
Another week in the NFL has arrived. Week 15 had some shocking upsets and created some serious changes in playoff position. Week 16 should be no different, as every game means a little bit more than i...
The rescheduling of games due to the Coronavirus means no Thursday night game as we enter week 13 of the NFL season. Instead, we’ll be treated to a Monday night doubleheader and the return of Tu...
Welcome back to another weekly NFL Preview! Week 12 has phenomenal matchups, and significant playoff implications for both the NFL teams, and many fantasy managers as well. Thanksgiving weekend always...
Dear Members of the College Football Playoff Committee, I’ll put it simply: It’s time to shake things up a little bit. 2020 has been the year of irregularities, and no sport has suffered mor...
Being an NFL fan is tough, especially when your team is no better than a dumpster fire. Obviously, being a fan involves immense amounts of emotion, but I want to take the emotion out of it. My questio...
Three time Pro-Bowl running back Le’Veon Bell was recently released from the New York Jets after just over one season with the team. The two time All-Pro inked a one year deal with the Kansas Ci...
Today, on the Pat McAfee Show, Aaron Rodgers said “I sometimes laugh when people talk about down years for me, because a lot of times down years for me are career years for most quarterbacks....
After an almost perfect week in Week 3, we came back down to earth a little bit while still flexing the fantasy football knowledge. Because I have the guys that I like coming into a season, a lot of m...
After their game this past Sunday the Titans and Vikings have decided to stop all in person work (for now). They stopped due to eight Titans testing positive for COVID-19 earlier within the last 24 ho...
The New Orleans Saints and super star running back Alvin Kamara have come to an agreement on a contract extension keeping the All-Pro in NOLA. The extension is for five more seasons with up to $75 mil...
The Tennessee Titans are coming off a season that saw them incredibly overachieve. In 2019 the Titans managed to appear in the AFC Championship game for first time since 2002, but came up short agains...
On Tuesday night I attempted a fantasy football auction draft for the first time. This is my long-standing home league and for years I have been the person pushing for an auction draft. Because 2020 h...
Former Jacksonville Jaguars star Yannick Ngakoue finally gets out of Jacksonville, just like he wanted. On Sunday morning the Jaguars traded Yannick Ngakoue to the Vikings in exchange for a 2021 secon...
On Thursday morning, several NFL teams decided to call off scheduled practices for the day. The Cardinals, Colts, Jets,Washington Football Team, Titans, Bears, Broncos, Chargers and Packers were the t...
On the morning of August 25, the Arizona Cardinals decided to make Budda Baker the NFL’s highest paid safety. The Cardinals extended Baker on a 4- year deal worth $59 million with $33.1 million ...
Former Ravens star safety Earl Thomas was sent home from Thursday’s practice following a fight with position-mate Chuck Clark. When the Ravens returned for practice on Friday Thomas was no where...
Along with his current domestic violence charges, Derrius Guice has been accused of rape by two former LSU students. The students claim that this happened during Guice’s freshman year at LSU in ...
Despite the New England Patriots initial plan of hosting 20% of their stadium’s capacity on July 14. Gillette Stadium officials announced today that no fans will be attending stadium events this...
Following the announcement in July that the Southwestern Athletic Conference would postpone all fall competition in 2020. The SWAC announced today the schedule for all 10 football programs that will t...
Following a season in which Travis Kelce had over 1,200 yards with 5 touchdowns, a Second team All-Pro selection, and a Super Bowl victory. The Chiefs rewarded Kelce on a 4 year extension worth $57 mi...
On Thursday super star tight end,George Kittle, signed a 5 year extension worth $75 million with $30 million guaranteed at signing, per Ian Rapoport. Kittle managed to secure the largest contract ever...
In the 2020 NFL draft the Green Bay Packers decided to trade up in the first round to get their guy. Instead of drafting Aaron Rodgers his very first 1st round weapon, their “guy” ended up being R...
On Sunday morning ThePlayersTribune.com posted a message from an anonymous group of Pac-12 players on their website. The Pac-12 players expressed their concerns and list their demands for the upcoming...
The New England Patriots and Bill Belichick will go into the 2020 season without two veteran defenders. The two vets are starting players (SS) Patrick Chung and (IBL) Dont’a Hightower. They are ...
Former NFL superstar WR Antonio Brown is back in the headlines by claiming he’s hanging up the cleats. Antonio took to Twitter to announce the “news”. “Is it time to walk away ...
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...
Greta Thunberg is TIME Magazine’s person of the year. It’s a trivial award. The magazine’s only purpose is to look cool. If you have one on the train or at the airport, you look smar...
One of the worst feelings in life is that of impending doom, the feeling that something bad is about to happen and you can do nothing to stop it. You’re at a crossroads, you still think that you...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
The Game If you were going to miss a Pac-12 after dark game, this was not the one to do so. Well, unless you love defense. This game was as good as over at halftime with the Cougs up 35-17. Anthony Go...
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...
I absolutely love It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Or, as my mother calls it, “That Stupid Show Where They All Yell at Each Other.” I can safely say it’s one of my three favo...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
You may find many different articles throughout the internet trying to tell you how to consume college football’s opening weekend the “right way.” In an effort for originality that y...
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...
The National Hockey League has announced its venues for both the Winter Classic and Stadium Series for the 2019-20 season. The Winter Classic will head down to Dallas for a matchup between the Nashvil...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 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...
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 NFL’s Hall of Fame game against the Baltimore Ravens and the Chicago Bears saw the debut of a couple new helmet rules. The first: a player cannot lower his helmet to initiate contact. The second...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From head coaches to..well we’re still not entirely sure. Bret Bielema and Butch Jones were both coaches in the SEC just last year and now they have mostly disappeared from the public eye. Butch...
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights proved that they still have some growing pains to go through since joining the Big Ten. They had two nice wins at home against Maryland and Purdue in 2017 and also had a ...
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...
Louisville might be stuck in the mud. Louisville is replacing a QB who turned in 10,375 yards of total offense over two seasons. To go along with those yards he added 96 touchdowns. That’s some ...
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’...
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...
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 ...
Drew Lock is widely considered the best quarterback in the SEC. That just isn’t true. The best QB in the SEC resides in the other Columbia. In fact, Jake Bentley is the best QB in the SEC. Besid...
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...
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...
Johnny Manziel took a big step in his attempt at an NFL comeback this week, announcing that he is signing a two-year contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football league, as first rep...
Earlier in the week, Nick Saban was questioned about the University of Central Florida’s self-proclaimed “National Champion” status after finishing their season 11-0. Saban, coming o...
Mark Dantonio teams have had a clear identity during his tenure in East Lansing. Ground & pound, fullbacks, three yards and a cloud of dust, etc. Incumbent quarterback Brian Lewerke gave the MSU o...
Texas A&M kicked off the Jimbo Fisher era on Saturday with their annual spring game. The 12th Man has been chomping at the bit for some Aggie football since the well publicized hiring of Jimbo Fis...
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...
USC SAM DARNOLD, QB UCHENNA NWOSU, EDGE RONALD JONES II, RB RASHEEM GREEN, DE DEONTAY BURNETT, WR STEVEN MITCHELL, WR Quarterback Sam Darnold is a “must watch” player in this year’s combine. Dar...
Herm Edwards says “You play to win the game,” but do you recruit to win the game, too, Herm? Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards’ first recruiting class is not considered to be one of ...
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 ...
For most of the editions of The Hangover that I published during football season, a mysterious figure named Joey Freshwater, a Crimson Tide fan from Eutaw, Alabama, provided his commentary on that wee...
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 ...
For the 5th time in just 9 seasons, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team have won the national championship. The now 13-1 Crimson Tide were able to overcome a 13 point deficit late in third quarter....
State of the Program Coming towards the College Football Playoff and primed for another New Year Six showdown, Oklahoma is at the top of the college football universe. Baker Mayfield won the Heisman, ...
Orange Bowl 2017, Florida State vs. Michigan Buckle the fuck up guys. It’s bowl season out here and it’s going to be an absolute electric factory. Now, I know what you’re thin...
Well that was crazy. I don’t know exactly what to say about this last week of college football to be honest. When I said in my last article that we should be prepared for some craziness to happe...
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Lake Martin, Alabama, where I’ve been drowning my sorrows...
It seems crazy that it is already past week 12 of the college football season and we are heading into rivalry week so soon. It seems like just yesterday I was counting down the weeks to the opening ga...
Week 11 provided us with a much clearer picture of the college football landscape. Georgia finally lost, Notre Dame got dismantled, Ohio State and Oklahoma both won in blowouts, and Alabama narrowly e...
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...
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...
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 ...
Just ahead of the first College Playoff rankings, we had a huge shakeup with some of the top teams in the nation. For all those people who just root for chaos leading up to the playoff, you got it thi...
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...
Its Thursday, I have Thots running through my head. Ya know that’s just how most Thursday’s go for me in the great city of Clemson, South Carolina. Starting today we have 41 days straight ...
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...
As you can see, this weekly series is called on the ball, which usually is a phrase to show that something is consistent and doing exactly what it needs to do. Unfortunately, my schedule got packed up...
In a SHOCKING result, the #8 Washington State Cougars fell last night to the California Golden Bears by a score of 37-3. If you would have told me before the game that score, I would’ve guessed ...
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...
It seems like we are getting to the point of the season where the contenders and pretenders are starting to shake themselves out. But for some reason, this just felt like a weird week of football. It ...
It was announced on Thursday that the University of Nebraska has parted ways with athletic director Shawn Eichorst. Eichorst has served in the roll since 2012, when he came over from Miami. The Nebras...
Another action-packed week of college football is in the books as we are starting to get into the meat of the schedule. There were a lot of notable games this week, highlighted by a convincing Clemson...
Well, college football is back in full swing and that means the return of the video game stat lines of the week (yes, I know it is week two, cut me some slack). Through the first two weeks we have see...
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...
To continue our series of conference previews here on Student Union Sports, we make a stop at everyone’s favorite weekday conference: the MAC. Who doesn’t love a little bit of #MACtion?! This conf...
College football is back, well almost back, and that means it’s time to kick off the preseason hype train with my rankings and team previews. Preseason Rankings 1.) USC 10-3 last year (7-2 co...
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 ...
Can you feel it in the air? It is finally August and that means one thing: less than one month until the college football season starts. It is the best time of year for fans filled with optimism, wher...
Lilly Donahue | Indiana University With our nation’s presidential inauguration on the horizon, I’ve taken the liberty of creating a starting lineup for a football team made up of US presid...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) We all expected rivalry week to be a crazy week, but I think this even exceeded our expect...
Welcome to your Week 13 rooting guide! At this point in the season, there isn’t too much more “chaos” to have as many teams have been eliminated from having any chance, but if a few of the top t...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Outside of the #5 Louisville and #12 Utah losses, this week had a handful of close games t...
Michigan State vs. Ohio State On paper, this one should be a blowout, but this Michigan State team has some talent and good at least make this game close at home. I don’t think the Buckeyes will cov...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) If only there were some noteworthy games that were worth mentioning in this opening paragr...
We are now down to just 15 contenders who have a shot to make it to the CFB Playoffs. After an uproar last week for Texas A&M being over Washington, A&M proceeded to lose to a below average Mi...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) This college football season keeps getting weirder and weirder which is adding more and mo...
Prime Position Alabama- At this point it’s pretty clear that Alabama may be the most talented team that we’ve seen in awhile, if they win out, they’re for sure in. Even with one loss, they still...
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...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) I don’t know about you, but I thought this was a very weird week of college football...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Week 7 brought us a very mixed bag of results. We had a close top-10 game in Wisconsin vs....
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) When I decided I was going to write a weekly article on the best stat lines of the week, I knew t...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Man, what a week. We had some close games, blowouts, upsets, and games that look like blowouts bu...
(This is a weekly article on Student Union sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) EA Sports: It’s in the Game. It’s hard not to get fired up hearing those words rattle...