Friday Fire: Sing-A-Long Edition

Jan 25, 2019
IT. IS. FRIDAY. End of the work week is here and it is the freakin’ weekend, baby, I’m about to have me some fun. And of course there is not other way to start off your weekend than with S...

Friday Fire: Hoops SZN Begins

Jan 18, 2019
January is an odd month for College sports. College Football is dead. College Basketball is basically in Mid-Season form which feels very wrong, and the Big Dance is t-minus two months away. Enough ra...

Friday Fire: THE COMEBACK

Jan 11, 2019
WE ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER! That is right folks, football season is officially over and I am officially heartbroken. So, what’s the one thing that can heal a broken heart (other than bing ...

USF: Unbelievably Sh***y Finishes.

Dec 28, 2018
The Bulls were one of the hottest G5 teams (other than that one other undefeated team in Florida) in the first seven weeks of the season. USF was 7-0, ranked, led by the ex-Bama and ex-ASU QB Blake Ba...

Mizzou’s QB Situation Post-Lock Era

Dec 19, 2018
Believe it or not, Drew Lock is finally leaving Mizzou after playing for what seems like 7 years (or what we like to call the J.T Barrett Plan) and his future is going to be a bright one. Lock is bein...

5-Star QB’s are the Drama Queens of CFB…

Dec 19, 2018
Yeah, I just split the tea. I’m not afraid to say it at all. QB’s can be and are some of the biggest crybaby’s/drama queens/most butt-hurt players ever. The Golden Children of High S...

Ex-Texas A&M QB Wins Award

Dec 9, 2018
As if being a Texas A&M fan isn’t depressing enough, we now have to watch our once golden child lifting up the Johnny Manziel Remembrance Trophy. I still remember the day that Kyler AND that oth...

Braden Mann Deserves A Heisman #ChangeMyMind

Dec 8, 2018
Hello, I am still alive and doing well. As for my absence for the past month, as it may of possibly been known, I am Enrolled in EMT School. During this time, I have non-stop been studying, in school,...

Could Bama actually beat an NFL team?

Oct 31, 2018
Every year we hear about Bama having top tier recruits and the best coaching in all of CFB. With that, some people will always ask the stupid, yet intriguing question… “Could Alabama beat ...

#MinshewForHeisman

Oct 31, 2018
All Hail our new lord, a flavor saver savior, Gardner Minshew II, the new sheriff over in Leachville. After Luke Faulk, arguably one of the greatest QB’s in PAC-12 history left, this man wieldin...

Scariest CFB Players

Oct 31, 2018
It’s Halloween. It means one of two things: You’re out partying until 3am and gonna regret doing so because it’s a god damn Wednesday and it is the middle of a School/Work week. You&...

Comparing this years QB prospects to last years

Oct 26, 2018
Now, lets get real…This years QB’s is not great at all, like borderline disgusting. If you had to compare this years class to last years, it’s like choosing between the Prom Queen, a...

UCF Still Gets No Respect And I’m Over It

Oct 22, 2018
I’ve been pushed over the limit now. As the college day was wrapping up and I had just witnessed Purdue make OSU their PurDaddy, Wazzu once again ruining the Pac-12’s chances at a playoff ...

ATTENTION: We Have Achieved Blood Week 2018

Oct 15, 2018
It happened. Mayhem Week, Blood Week, Chaos Week, whatever you call it, it happened Week 7 of the 2018 CFB Season. A Week where every team dreads and prays that their team will not be apart of… ...

Why all of CFB should be cheering for WVU

Oct 3, 2018
West Virginia Mountaineers. Arguably one of if not the hottest teams in all of college football. We knew last season that they were up and coming within the Big 12, but with Baker Mayfield and the S...

Student Union CFB Preview: Texas A&M

Aug 24, 2018
Oh man, the past 4-5 years of being an Aggies fan has easily taken a few weeks off my life. Winless Novembers, QBs transferring mid-season (yes, multiple QBs), and even a coaching change. From the goo...

Student Union CFB Preview: UCLA Bruins

Aug 15, 2018
UCLA has had a very odd but productive offseason, with Jim Mora, Josh Rosen, and others leaving the team, while new faces such as Chip Kelly, Wilton Speight, and others have joined the team. The team ...

Student Union CFB Preview: TCU

Aug 9, 2018
Gary Patterson and his pack of Horned Frogs had a decent 2017-18 season, going 11-3 and having another great year, unlike every other Texas college team. This is their 3rd year out of the past 4 winni...

How the Bama QB Battle is Hurting Hurts…

Aug 8, 2018
The story of Jalen Hurts has been one for the books. His Freshman year, he was seen as one of the top players in the country and was a Heisman Hopeful. In his second year, he led Bama all the way up t...

Student Union QB Lab: ACC

Aug 6, 2018
Hello and welcome to the first QB breakdown for the preseason of the 2018-2019 football season. In these articles, Cody Goggin and myself, Andy Jones, will be taking our top 3 QB’s from each Pow...

PSA: NO MORE FALL WEDDINGS

Aug 4, 2018
Ladies, this article is more aimed towards you due to that men have exactly 0% say over wedding choices. Also, please take the words said in this article by heart because your significant other is hur...

Student Union CFB Preview: Wisconsin

Aug 3, 2018
Wisconsin was by far one of the best all around teams of the 2017 season. They finished with a 13-1 record (9-0 in conference play minus the B1G Championship) and wrapped up the year with a win over t...

Auburn Has Just Signed The Brandon Weeden Of The SEC

Aug 2, 2018
Sit down kids and let me tell you the story about a trendsetter in college football. This legend goes by the name of Brandon Weeden and he was a very special player over at Oklahoma State in Stillwate...

Jim Harbaugh: Confirmed Steak Guy

Aug 1, 2018
The weirdest coach in all of College Football is back at it again. After watching the Amazon Prime show All Or Nothing with the Wolverines being featured, we got an inside look at some of the weird th...

Student Union CFB Preview: NC State

Jul 26, 2018
The NC State WolfPack, the team in the ACC who you can’t hate, but you also can’t love. Last season, this team had the power to jump ahead of the pack in the ACC and make some noise aroun...

The MAC Has Done Something Awesome

Jul 25, 2018
When we think of the Mid-American Conference, we think of a Group of 5 conference who can sometimes do some damage to a Power 5 team (aka Kansas, Nebraska, and Rutgers). But boy oh boy did we get a t...

Fireside Chat w/ ARJ (Andrew Ryan Jones)

Jul 1, 2018
Hello folks, I am currently on vacation in the Mountains of Big Bear (my old hometown) and camping out. As the #Blogger I am, while sitting around the campfire and just twiddling my thumbs, I have dec...

Why Mental Health/CTE Needs To Be Talked About

Jun 29, 2018
(Note: This will be more of a serious article, so if you’re looking for a good laugh, you won’t find it here) A while back, we heard the news about Tyler Hilinski and the tragic incident t...

The Sports Fans You Meet Working At Lowe’s

Jun 28, 2018
It’s summer time and it means I’m doing one of two things: Chilling at home with real food, spending time with my family and girlfriend (editor’s note: sick brag, bro) Working at the...

Friday Fire: Karaoke Edition?

Jun 22, 2018
Well folks, the work week is finally over. Summer has officially started, we are less than 75 days away from both College Football and NFL, and best of all, it’s officially Lake/Beach/Pool SZN. ...

Why Texas Can’t Have Nice Things

Jun 19, 2018
Tom “The Crazy Hip Uncle” Herman. Bringing his swagger and all that jazz over to Austin to help bring back Texas. Well, spoiler alert: Texas is not back… They have had improvement in...

Strike Up The Band…

Jun 16, 2018
If you don’t know by now, all of us here at Student Union love music. We grade NBA draft prospects based off of Ye songs.. Hell, we even give out our favorite songs of the week for Friday Fire. ...

The Decision: Kyler Murray Edition

Jun 11, 2018
If you’ve been paying any attention to the MLB Draft (which literally 3 people in the world I think actually watch past the 1st pick), then you heard a very interesting name drafted by the Oakla...

Row Tide: Bama Up A Creek…without any gas

Jun 7, 2018
It’s the start of June, Summer is in full swing, Darty SZN is officially activated, and College Football is just less than 3 months away. So, lets take a look into how Nick Saban and the Nationa...

5 Programs That Should Be On “All or Nothing”

May 30, 2018
If you haven’t watched or heard of it, Amazon Prime has a documentary titled “All or Nothing” which is their “Hard Knocks” series. They had done it for the Arizona Cardin...

Who Are The System QB Teams In College Football

May 21, 2018
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...

Friday Fire #5

May 18, 2018
We all made it through the work or school week once again and we have been greeted by the best weekday of all time, aka the WOAT, Friday. It’s been a very interesting week with some NHL and NBA ...

Friday Fire: Gloomy Summer Friday

May 11, 2018
It’s the end of the work week once again and it means 2 things: 1. The weekend is finally here 2. FRIDAY FIRE Personally, I’m excited for both, but mother nature has decided to be a little...

Friday Fire #3

Apr 20, 2018
Our favorite day of the week is back folks, and it a special one. We still got no college football or basketball BUT we got possible Transfer Drama at Tuscaloosa. Still boring but it is Friday so we h...

Why Fans Are The Greatest Thing In All Of Sports…

Apr 18, 2018
As many of you have heard by now, we had a tragedy occur this weekend. The Humboldt Broncos were a  Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and heading to a semifinal series when their team bus was struck...

Friday Fire: Rough n Rowdy Edition

Apr 13, 2018
IT. IS. FRIDAY. The weekend is basically knocking on the door and it wants in badly. After the first full week on no “exciting” college sports, we needed this. It is like the IV to help ca...

Wiscansin is about to win all of the Natty’s

Apr 9, 2018
“We Can’t Believe It Either” I was only 9 when the song “I Can’t Believe It” by T-Pain came out. My old iPod Nano would play the song and I’d be bobbing my he...

The Masters: Student Union Edition

Apr 6, 2018
“Hello friends and Welcome to a Tradition like any other… The Masters: Student Union Edition” -Jim Nantz The Master’s are here. The next stop on the Tiger Comeback tour has hit...

Making a Starting 22…Out of College QB’s

Apr 5, 2018
If you don’t know by now, I am the resident QB expert for Student Union and just an all around QB guy. I went by Andy (Jon)es Gruden for a few weeks in our Slack and love writing all about QB...

Best College Entrances/Traditions Pt.2

Apr 4, 2018
WE ARE BACK….. A lot of people loved and hated my last one… So with the official college “offseason” starting, I’m gonna be cranking these out weekly. In my last one, a...

TBTQB: Chase Daniel

Apr 1, 2018
Now, growing up watching Texas A&M play in the Big 12, I vaguely remember hearing Chase Daniel’s name every once in a while. He also played for the Chiefs and,, in a week 17 game, eliminated...

FBFQB: The Ohio State 3 (Miller, Barrett, Jones)

Mar 23, 2018
So a little back story. I played QB all throughout my football career before it was cut short due to a knee injury. When I played in high school, before every game, I would look up college football pu...

Sister Lavar: College Basketball’s Heel

Mar 20, 2018
Lavar 3:16 “For God So Loved The World That He Sent Me Amazingly Talented Yet Ugly Suns, And If The Lakers Believe In Them, Then Their Franchise Shall Be Saved” In The Name Of The Baller, ...

Why I Love/Hate Sports Betting…

Mar 18, 2018
So, March Madness is now in full swing. Sister Jean is carrying a team on her back, Nova looks like a lock for the Natty, and UVA has made history by blowing it. Now, I know what you’re thinking...

S-E-Crean: America’s Favorite Coach Is Back

Mar 15, 2018
“Guess Who’s Back, Back Again…” -Eminem That’s right, America’s favorite coach Tom Crean is back in the college basketball world. On the first day of March Madness,...

Brawling Green: Some Spring Break MACtion

Mar 14, 2018
Multiple BGSU Football players were caught on camera in a fight on the beach in Miami. I talked to Mike Jinks. He says they’re aware of the situation and they’re handling it internally. Th...

March Madness Guide For Football Guys: Part 2

Mar 14, 2018
After writing the first part of this so-called “guide”, everything is still confusing. Add on to the fact that filling out a bracket can be both nerve-racking and disastrous. “Who th...

March Madness Guide For Football Guys: Part 1

Mar 12, 2018
As a huge football guy, I’m not shy in saying I probably haven’t watched about 30-40% of the March Madness teams play at all. I do love basketball and play it or will watch it when itR...

The Selection Sunday Show is a DISASTER

Mar 11, 2018
TBS…. YOU BLEW IT Now, as a diehard sports fan, I love Selection Sunday. Seeing my teams get seeded and crying at the thought of them losing on national TV….Talking crap to friends because...

TBTQB: JaMarcus Russell

Mar 8, 2018
Okay so a tiny back story, I was stuck between some QB’s to write this on and decided to ask for some help from our slack channel. I got a few responses but 2 caught my eye: Colt McCoy and JaMar...

Friday Funday: Top College Entrances/Traditions

Mar 2, 2018
“Its Friday, the weekend is peaking its head out of the door, the work week/school week is done, have yourself a great one.” -Pat McAfee It. Is. Friday. This sports week has been pretty ch...

Congrats To Texas A&M For The 20– CFB Championship

Mar 1, 2018
As soon as I was hired to write for Student Union, I was asked who my teams were. I’m a So Cal kid so I said UCLA, SD Chargers (I won’t accept the LA), LA Angels, Lakers, and Anaheim Ducks...

Student Union Wonderlic Test

Feb 28, 2018
*Mel Kiper Voice* TODD TODD TODD TODD TODD TODD Ladies and Gents, it is officially NFL Draft season, and with it comes the 8th wonder of the world: The Wonderlic Test. This is a cognitive ability te...

Why The Hell Is The B1G Tourney In NYC?

Feb 28, 2018
What the hell was the Big Ten thinking? Now, I get that New York is a very big city and Madison Square Garden is a big name venue, but what the actual hell. The team that is closest to MSG is Rutgers ...

TBTQB (Wednesday Edition): Pat White

Feb 28, 2018
“He and Steve Slaton were fun as hell to watch Together. That’s what I remember about him” -Austin Brown “Pat White Broken Finger was my history 101 when i started” -Cody...

TBTQB (Wednesday Edition): Sam Bradford

Feb 28, 2018
I know it has been a very hot minute since I have put one of these out. I originally was planning on releasing one every week, but reality (AKA College and my Pre-Physical Therapist Degree) had other ...

#RallyChestSZN

Feb 27, 2018
“College Baseball Is Fun” – PJ Guippone College Baseball is here, and oh boy we are off to a very hot start. Perfect Games, more No-No’s than a Mutumbo Finger Wave, and now we ...

Gig’Em Gang 2018: TAMU NSD

Feb 9, 2018
Texas A&M had a pretty mediocre the 2017-18 season and decided to give Kevin “Mr. November” Sumlin the boot. Rumors were spreading that his successor would be the man down in Tallahass...

UCLA 2018 NSD: Hows Chip Kelly Doing?

Feb 7, 2018
Chip Kelly is in the Captain seat for UCLA, and his first big task is National Signing Day. Can the offensive mastermind create a new era in LA and bring UCLA back into national contention? So far, he...

TBTQB (Friday Edition): Johnny Manziel

Feb 2, 2018
Welcome to the first edition of Throw Back Thursday Quarterback or TBTQB. As the inaugural article, I have decided to release it on Friday as a little celebration and as a way to kickoff the weekend r...

2018 Senior Bowl Wrap Up

Jan 27, 2018
DONT PANIC, BUT THIS IS THE LAST OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNTIL SUMMER. (Okay, I guess there’s Spring Ball but who really cares about glorified two-hand touch with pads?) The 2018 Senior Bowl has com...