Only two weeks remain in the 2021 college football regular season, which means the most wonderful time of the year is just around the corner. It also means that we at The Spun are nearing the end of our weekly picks and the race for the top prize of bragging rights is heating up. The […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
With the 2021 college football season rapidly coming to a close, the playoff picture is starting to take shape. However, plenty can happen in these next three weeks and with the upcoming slate, madness is likely to be on the menu. Georgia and Alabama held serve atop the latest edition at of the College Football […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
This week brought us the first College Football Playoff rankings of the year. SEC powers Georgia and Alabama are in good shape, at Nos. 1 and 2 in the country respectively, with Michigan State and Oregon rounding out the ever-important top four. Sparty has launched itself into the Playoff discussion after beating rival Michigan in […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 9
Last weekend wasn’t the most exciting on paper, without any ranked matchups between college football teams, but we did get some very interesting upsets and results. Coastal Carolina was knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten, Penn State fell in a wild game featuring the controversial new overtime rules to Illinois, and Pitt solidified its […]
Read More7 Power Five Schools Join Collegiate NFT Partnership
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have quickly become one of the world’s biggest virtual assets. So it’s no surprise that top college athletic programs are looking to join in on the craze. According to Business Wire, the NFT tech and trading company RECUR has announced a partnership with seven schools that will “bring their college sports moments […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
Once again, a Saturday of college football helped give some clarity at the full scope of this season. Perhaps the most notable result came at Kinnick Stadium, where then-No. 2 Iowa’s, a squad that had gotten by on great defense and just enough offense, fell to a pretty explosive Purdue squad, 24-7. That loss drops the […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
Once again, college football brought us some shocking results last weekend. None was more jarring than No. 1 Alabama’s upset loss at Texas A&M. With that loss, Georgia vaults to the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll. The Bulldogs’ defense has been virtually impenetrable this season, and the offense has been efficient enough for […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
Last Saturday brought a serious shakeup to the college football season. A few major contenders, including undefeated Oregon, and one-loss Florida and Texas A&M all suffered major upset losses, while Alabama and Georgia flexed their muscles and continue to look the part of clear favorites to win it all. The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide faced […]
Read MoreArrest Has Been Made In Killing Of College Football Player
An arrest has been made in the murder of Utah football player Aaron Lowe, the Salt Lake City Police Department announced Sunday. Police have booked 22-year-old Buk M. Buk on charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder and felony discharge of a firearm for his alleged role in the killing of Lowe. A sophomore cornerback, Lowe […]
Read MoreReport: College Football Player’s Killing Is Under Investigation
The tragic shooting death of Utah football defensive back Aaron Lowe is under investigation, according to the latest report from the Associated Press. Lowe, a sophomore from Mesquite, Texas, was shot and killed at a house party early Sunday morning. A second person, a woman, was also injured in the shooting and remains hospitalized. According […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
Week 3 brought us some interesting college football results. No. 1 Alabama got everything it could handle from No. 11 Florida, No. 3 Oklahoma looked pretty sluggish once again against Nebraska, and No. 6 Clemson nearly fell to Georgia Tech. It was also a bad weekend for SEC referees, botching calls in Penn State‘s win […]
Read MoreCharlie Brewer Has Reportedly Left The Utah Program
The marriage between transfer quarterback Charlie Brewer and the Utah football program is over, according to a new report. Brewer, who transferred to Utah after spending four seasons at Baylor, has left the Utes program, per Josh Newman of the Salt Lake Tribune. The news comes after Brewer was replaced by Cam Rising during Saturday’s […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
Week 2 of the college football season really took us for a ride. One of the top teams in the country, Ohio State, fell in a big upset to Oregon, while USC‘s loss to Stanford opened up one of the biggest jobs in the sport. Week 3 brings us some more very interesting matchups. Early […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
Week 2 of the college football season is set to begin on Friday night. Last weekend gave us some interesting first games, with a number of the nation’s dominant programs looking pretty susceptible. And then there is No. 1 Alabama, which looks pretty far ahead of the field. We have a great slate of games […]
Read MoreThere Are 4 Top 25 Games Tonight – Here’s The Schedule
The first full weekend of college football action kicks off with some solid Thursday games later tonight — including four preseason top-25 matchups. At 7 p.m. ET No. 22 Coastal Carolina will take on The Citadel at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina. The Chanticleers are coming off an outstanding season in 2020, going 11-0 […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
College football is back. We got a sneak preview of what is to come last weekend, with Illinois‘ win over Nebraska, and blowout Week Zero wins for Fresno State, San Jose State, UCLA, and UTEP. This week, we get the first full course of the 2021 college football feast. After last year’s abbreviated, COVID-19-stricken season, […]
Read MoreRyan Leaf’s College Football Top 25 Is Going Viral
The start of the 2021 college football season is just a week away, and Ryan Leaf has revealed his top 25 that should spark an interesting debate this Friday afternoon. Most analysts have Alabama ranked No. 1 heading into this season, but Leaf believes Clemson is the top team in the country. He actually doesn’t […]
Read MoreCollege Football Preseason AP Poll Top 25 Released
We’re closing in on the start of the 2021 college football season and the preseason polls and predictions have been coming in quickly. But perhaps the biggest one, the AP top 25 poll, hadn’t released its preseason edition – until now. The Associated Press released its preseason college football poll today and to no one’s […]
Read MoreFormer Oklahoma WR Theo Howard Announces Transfer
Theo Howard began his collegiate career on the West Coast with the UCLA Bruins. He then joined the Oklahoma football ranks for just one season before opting to transfer. He announced his next landing spot on Thursday. Howard, a four-star recruit in the 2016 recruiting class, is heading back to the Pac-12. He announced on […]
Read MoreCollege Football Analyst Names The Most ‘Underrated’ Transfer
2021 has seen all of the high-impact college football transfers via the NCAA transfer portal that we’ve come to accept for the past couple of years. But one in particular stands out to one college football analyst. During the most recent edition of The Late Kick, host and 247Sports analyst Josh Pate argued that QB […]
Read MoreAlex Smith Reveals 1 Team He Considered Before Retiring
Alex Smith called it a career on Monday. Prior to doing so, the veteran quarterback apparently considered signing with one team: the Jacksonville Jaguars. That’s right. Smith was contemplating reuniting with his former coach in Urban Meyer. Meyer coached Smith when both were with the Utah Utes. They had immense success in Salt Lake, including […]
Read MoreFormer Alabama LB Ale Kaho Announces Transfer Destination
Ale Kaho, former Alabama linebacker and one of the most coveted transfers this off-season, has made a decision on where he’ll be continuing his college football career. Kaho is leaving Tuscaloosa and the SEC for Salt Lake City and the Pac-12. The former four-star recruit announced on Thursday he’s transferring to Utah to play for […]
Read MoreFOX Analyst Releases His 2021 New Year’s Six Bowl Predictions
FOX College Football’s RJ Young just put out some very early 2021 New Year’s Six Bowl predictions, including picks for a College Football Playoff foursome. He has at least one pretty notable omission from that Playoff field. In the Orange Bowl, Young pits 2020 national runner-up Ohio State against the Georgia Bulldogs. It would be […]
Read More2021 NFL Mock Draft 2.0: Who Will The Jaguars, Jets, Dolphins, Etc. Take?
The regular season is over, which means that we know how a large portion of the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft will look. Over the last few weeks, the Jacksonville Jaguars jumped in front of—or behind, depending on your perspective—the New York Jets for the No. 1 pick. Today, we’re rebooting our 2021 […]
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