Bet of the Night: 10/22/2022

Oct 22, 2022
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 ...

College Football Bet of the Night: 10/21/2022

Oct 21, 2022
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 ...

Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 8/23/21

Aug 24, 2021
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 ...

The Suffer Index: NFL Fanbases

Nov 13, 2020
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...

Le’Veon Bell Inks Deal With Chiefs

Oct 15, 2020
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...

Why Did You Doubt Aaron Rodgers?

Oct 7, 2020
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....

BigHoppa’s Fantasy Football Review: Week 4

Oct 7, 2020
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...

Titans & Vikings Suspending ALL in Person Activity

Sep 29, 2020
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...

Saints Sign Alvin Kamara to Lucrative Extension

Sep 12, 2020
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...

Tennessee Titans 2020 Season Preview

Sep 4, 2020
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...

My First Fantasy Football Auction Draft

Sep 2, 2020
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...

Yannick Ngakoue Finally Gets His Wish

Aug 30, 2020
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...

Several NFL Teams Cancel Practice Symbolically

Aug 27, 2020
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...

Cardinals Make Budda Baker Highest Paid Safety

Aug 25, 2020
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 ...

Earl Thomas the Free Agent

Aug 23, 2020
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...

Former LSU/NFL RB Derrius Guice Faces New Allegations

Aug 19, 2020
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 ...

Patriots Won’t Host Any Fans This September

Aug 18, 2020
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...

SWAC Releases Spring Football Schedule

Aug 17, 2020
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...

Travis Kelce: First Purchase on His New Contract

Aug 15, 2020
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...

George Kittle Inks Record Extension

Aug 13, 2020
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...

Aaron Rodgers’ Future in Green Bay

Aug 5, 2020
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...

Pac-12 Players Threaten to Boycott

Aug 2, 2020
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...

6 Patriots Will Sit Out of 2020 Season (so far)

Jul 28, 2020
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 ...

Antonio Brown Retiring (again)?

Jul 20, 2020
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 ...

What Happens to a Dream Deferred?

Dec 12, 2019
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...

I disagree With TIME Magazine

Dec 11, 2019
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...

For Whom Does the Rivalry Bell Toll?

Dec 1, 2019
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...

I’m unhappy with the College Football Playoff

Nov 12, 2019
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...

Week 11 AAR: Row That Boat

Nov 10, 2019
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...

Week 7 AAR: Yikes, Georgia

Oct 14, 2019
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 5 AAR: Let the Coaching Carou$el Begin

Sep 30, 2019
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...

While You Were Sleeping – WSU vs. UCLA

Sep 22, 2019
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...

Week Four Points of Interest

Sep 17, 2019
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...

Week Three After Action Report

Sep 15, 2019
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...

Week Three Points of Interest

Sep 11, 2019
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...

CFB Week Two After Action Report

Sep 8, 2019
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...

NCAA Week 1 After Action Report

Sep 2, 2019
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...

How to do Opening Weekend the Wrong Way

Aug 29, 2019
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...

Justin Fields is Eligible Immediately

Feb 8, 2019
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...

New Years Resolutions: Michigan State

Jan 3, 2019
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...

Loser of the Week: Week 12

Nov 23, 2018
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...

Loser of the Week: Week 11

Nov 14, 2018
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 7

Oct 19, 2018
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...

Loser of the Week: Week 5

Oct 4, 2018
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...

Loser of the Week: Week 2

Sep 12, 2018
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 ...

Will New Helmet Rules Affect Football in the Longrun

Aug 16, 2018
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...

Student Union CFB Preview: Arizona State

Aug 14, 2018
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: Texas Tech

Aug 7, 2018
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...

Student Union CFB Preview: Minnesota

Jul 31, 2018
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...

SEC Fallout: The Butch Jones and Brett Bielema Story

Jul 30, 2018
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...

Student Union CFB Preview: Rutgers

Jul 30, 2018
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 ...

Student Union CFB Preview: Louisville

Jul 25, 2018
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 ...

Top Pro Prospects From Each FBS Conference

Jul 19, 2018
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’...

Prospects that have left New Jersey

Jul 15, 2018
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

Jul 5, 2018
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 ...

Bold Takes: South Carolina is Winning the SEC

Jul 2, 2018
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: An Odyssey

Jun 18, 2018
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...

Alabama Doesn’t Need an Ultimatum at QB

Jun 11, 2018
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 Football is Back(ish)

May 19, 2018
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...

Danny Kanell Weighs in on the Saban vs. UCF Saga

May 18, 2018
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...

Michigan State’s Offense is Changing

May 1, 2018
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 Kicks Off Jimbo Fisher Era at Spring Game

Apr 17, 2018
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...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume VI

Apr 1, 2018
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...

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!

Jan 29, 2018
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 ...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume I

Jan 26, 2018
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...

College Football’s perfect coaching staff

Jan 10, 2018
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 ...

Following the Future: Oklahoma Sooners

Dec 20, 2017
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, ...

Buckle Up, It’s Bowl Season

Dec 5, 2017
  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...

On The Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 13

Nov 27, 2017
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...

The Hangover, Week 13: Everything is Chaos

Nov 26, 2017
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats Week 12

Nov 20, 2017
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...

SU25: Week 11

Nov 14, 2017
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...

The Hangover, Week 11

Nov 13, 2017
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...

Convicts Murder Catholics’ CFP Hopes

Nov 11, 2017
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...

Week 10 Winner$

Nov 4, 2017
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 ...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 9

Oct 30, 2017
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...

The Hangover, Week 9

Oct 29, 2017
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...

Thursday Thots

Oct 26, 2017
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 ...

Big 12 Week 8 Preview

Oct 18, 2017
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 7

Oct 16, 2017
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...

What the Hell Happened to Wazzu?

Oct 14, 2017
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 ...

Campus Cover Episode 006

Sep 29, 2017
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 4

Sep 25, 2017
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 ...

Nebraska Fires AD Shawn Eichorst

Sep 21, 2017
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 3

Sep 18, 2017
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 2

Sep 11, 2017
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, very good at football

Sep 9, 2017
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...

MAC Preview

Aug 17, 2017
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...

Pac 12 South Preview

Aug 14, 2017
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...

ACC Coastal Preview

Aug 2, 2017
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 ...

American Conference Preview

Aug 2, 2017
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...

The Lineup: US Presidential Football Team

Jan 4, 2017
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 13

Nov 28, 2016
(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...

Week 13 Chaos Theory Rooting Guide

Nov 23, 2016
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 12

Nov 21, 2016
(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...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide Week 12

Nov 19, 2016
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 11

Nov 14, 2016
(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...

Playoff Eliminator Week 10

Nov 10, 2016
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 10

Nov 7, 2016
(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...

Playoff Eliminator Week 9

Nov 2, 2016
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...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 10

Nov 2, 2016
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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 8

Oct 24, 2016
(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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 7

Oct 17, 2016
(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....

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 4

Sep 26, 2016
(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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 3

Sep 19, 2016
(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...

On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 1

Sep 7, 2016
(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...