We’ve got a few more college football bowl cancellations this morning, abruptly ending the seasons for four teams. According to Brett McMurphy of The Action Network, the Fenway Bowl between SMU and Virginia has been canceled. Earlier this morning, the Military Bowl between East Carolina and Boston College was canceled too. The Military Bowl was […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: College Football Playoff, Bowl Season
The 2021 college football regular season was filled with drama. Top 10 teams struggled to maintain their spots in the rankings and a batch of programs that haven’t been in the mix for years factored into the national championship conversation throughout the campaign. But when all was said and done, picking the four teams to […]
Read MoreTCU Reportedly Makes Decision On New Head Coach
For the first time in more than 20 years, Texas Christian University has a new full-time head coach. According to ESPN radio host Ian Fitzsimmons, the TCU football program has hired SMU head coach Sonny Dykes. The Mustangs reportedly offered Dykes a package up to $4 million to stay in Dallas, but the offer from […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 12
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 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 MoreCollege Football World Reacts To Viral Lee Corso Anniversary
ESPN’s College GameDay was in Houston on Nov. 19, 2011 to preview a thrilling matchup between the SMU Mustangs and Houston Cougars. During that episode of College GameDay, ESPN’s Lee Corso dropped an F-bomb while on air. Corso made it seem like he was going to pick SMU because he held up a megaphone with the program’s […]
Read More3 Coaches Named For Texas Tech Football Opening
Texas Tech made a surprising decision on Monday, firing third-year head coach Matt Wells. Wells, who took the job after six years at the helm of his alma mater Utah State, was 13-17 (7-16), but does have Texas Tech at 5-3 this season. The Red Raiders swept non-conference games against Houston, Stephen F. Austin, and […]
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 MoreBreaking: New Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Released After Wild Saturday
Week 6 of the 2021 college football season brought tons of drama as Alabama suffered a stunning loss while Oklahoma enjoyed an incredible comeback win over arch-rival Texas. So it should be no surprise that the new Coaches’ Poll top 25 looks very different today. The Week 7 USA Today Coaches’ Poll was just released […]
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 MoreThere Are 26 Remaining Unbeatean College Football Teams
The 2021 college football season has delivered a steady dose of madness through just four full weeks. Some of the nation’s top preseason picks have plummeted down the rankings, while some surprising upstarts have already begun to make their mark on the new year. Although there’s been a fair share of early season shake-ups, 26 […]
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 MoreCollege Football World Reacts To Arch Manning’s Visit List
Arch Manning may surpass LeBron James as the most hyped high school athlete of all-time. But unlike LeBron, the Isidore Newman quarterback will be going to college before going pro. And his reported visit list has gotten a lot of attention in college football world. Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports reported on Monday that Arch Manning […]
Read MoreArch Manning Reportedly Has 5 College Visits Scheduled
Arch Manning, the No.1 high school quarterback recruit in the class of 2023, has reportedly come another step closer to deciding where he wants to play college football. According to 247Sports, the New Orleans (La.) Isidore Newman gunslinger has a list of programs he plans on visiting this summer. Arch, the son of Cooper Manning […]
Read MoreAnalyst Names The No. 1 Transfer QB In Country
College football’s transfer portal has experienced unprecedented usage this off-season, especially at the quarterback position. On Monday, 247Sports released a ranking of the top transfer quarterbacks in college football this year. Former Oklahoma quarterback Tanner Mordecai checks in at No. 1. Mordecai joined the Sooners’ program apart of the 2018 class. The former four-star prospect […]
Read MoreFormer Oklahoma TE Grant Calcaterra Announces Transfer Decision
Grant Calcaterra hasn’t played a full season of college football since 2018, when he was an Oklahoma Sooners tight end. Since that yeah, he has retired due to multiple concussions, elected to return to the sport, announced his intention to transfer to Auburn, and is now heading to a different school instead: the SMU Mustangs. […]
Read MoreHere’s A List Of Every Canceled/Postponed College Football Game So Far This Week
We didn’t see a ton of college football games canceled in September or even early October when only about half of teams were playing. But heading into Week 12, we’re poised to see the most canceled college football games of the entire season. COVID-19 cases are surging, and the dangerous virus is spreading through college […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 11
This week has been more negatively impacted by COVID-19 than any other so far. A huge chunk of the SEC slate, including the rivalry game between Alabama and LSU, has been postponed, leaving something of a light College Football Saturday this weekend. Texas A&M at Tennessee, Georgia at Mizzou, and Auburn at Mississippi State are […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 10
With the return of the MAC this week, and the Pac-12 this weekend, the vast majority of the FBS world will be underway, at long last. We have our first full-looking college football slate of the weekend, featuring games from all Power Five conferences. The headliner of the weekend comes out of the ACC. No. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 9
The final college football weekend of October is upon us. Somewhat surprisingly, there is just one game between ranked teams this weekend. No. 3 Ohio State travels to No. 18 Penn State, in a significant Big Ten battle. Ohio State looked the part of a College Football Playoff contender against Nebraska last weekend, while Penn […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
After a long wait, this weekend brings us closer to a full college football season. The Big Ten conference kicks things off this weekend, with a very intriguing slate of games. Big Ten West power Wisconsin officially opens the conference season on Friday night, hosting Illinois. Ohio State, the conference favorite and a potential College […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2020 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
This week brings us one of the biggest games of the 2020 college football season. No. 2 Alabama hosts No. 3 Georgia, in a potential preview of the SEC Championship, and maybe even the College Football Playoff. The rest of the week doesn’t have quite as many interesting games as last week, but there’s some […]
Read MoreAn Entire College Football Student Section Was Ejected Saturday
The SMU Mustangs notched a big-time win on Saturday afternoon, upsetting No. 25 Memphis, 30-27 at home. SMU’s student section missed the end of the game, though. The Mustangs’ entire student section was ejected from the game. Late in the first half, local police reportedly ejected SMU’s student section from the stadium. The Mustangs’ student […]
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