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On Saturday afternoon, the Boston College football team will host their New England rival UConn Huskies at Alumni Stadium for an October clash. It’s only game #7 for the Eagles, but their season has already totally collapsed. UConn, on the other hand, has a winning record and is looking for their 2nd-ever victory over BC. […]
At the halfway mark of the Horned Frogs 2025 campaign, what is your assessment of the performance to date? What are your expectations for TCU in the second half of the season? In two Big 12 road trips, QB Josh Hoover has six total turnovers. What is your diagnosis as the cause of these struggles […]
It looks like yet another great day in Iowa City for a football game. Late Friday into Saturday, there’s a chance of rain in the Iowa City area. Late Saturday night into Sunday morning, there’s another chance of rain in the Iowa City area. Fortunately we’re not playing a football game at 1:00 a.m. So […]
Game notes Setting the scene Two Ohio-based schools with somewhat similar color schemes clash at the Glass Bowl. Toledo and Kent State started the year on exact opposite sides of the preseason coaches’ poll, but the two are neck-and-neck in the conference standings. In fact, Kent State actually passed Toledo last week as the Golden […]
It feels like we’re all just trying to get through the week as we eagerly await Saturday night’s prime time game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and USC Trojans. It’s the Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh and every factor going into the game counts — especially if there’s going to be inclement weather. So […]
Howdy and welcome back to Fun With Numbers. We’re here to talk about what advanced stats say about the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football squad—while remembering the two most fun numbers of all. 6 and 0, baby. How’d We Do Last Week? Just your casual 17-point win over an SEC opponent—putting up more points than they’d […]
Happy Friday, TOC Nation. Game 7 is tomorrow, and it is against perhaps the toughest opponent we will see all season. The Green & White are traveling down I-69 to take on the #3 team in the nation. If MSU loses, they will have a losing record. If, by some miracle, MSU wins, then maybe we […]
BOISE STATE BRONCOS VS. UNLV REBELS Location: Boise, Idaho (Albertsons Stadium) Date/Time: Saturday, October 18th at 1:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) Television: FS1 Streaming: Fox Sports App Radio: KBOI 670 AM/KBOI 93.1 FM (Bronco Radio Network) Head-to-Head: The Broncos are 11-3 all-time against UNLV, with three of those 11 games occurring within the last two years. […]
For the fourth time in five years, and for the second time in the Big House, the Huskies face off against the Michigan Wolverines in what’s turning into a rekindled, now in-conference rivalry. After avenging our loss in the 2023 National Championship Game last year at home, both teams are now led by a young […]
Maryland football faces a crucial inflection point in its season Saturday. The Terps are down to 4-2 on the season, with four-straight wins followed by back-to-back losses decided by a last-minute touchdown. They travel to California for a matchup with UCLA, a team with the exact opposite path as Maryland. The Bruins started the season […]
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are climbing up the rankings and are now ranked #13 in the country following their 36-7 win over NC State. The Irish will host #20 USC in the Battle for the Jeweled Shilellagh. Much has been made this week about the future of the seris, the incoming rain bomb, and […]
The Hawkeyes dominated the Badgers in Wisconsin a week ago. Now it’s time to return home to Kinnick to take on the #2 Penn State Nittany Lions. **Wait, I’ve just received some important information. I’m now being told that Penn State is NOT #2. They’re now…. is this right? They are unranked and winless in […]
Is Iowa State football broken? It sort of feels that way, doesn’t it? After a 2nd straight loss, on the road, the Cyclones’ Big 12 championship aspirations seem dashed, and a 3rd kicker injury has us all scratching our heads. Seriously, I had Colorado fans in the stands last week asking me how 2 kickers […]
Due to the implementation of the House settlement last spring, schools found themselves bidding for players this past offseason. It happened in the past, but now it’s out there in front of everyone and more schools are involved. And contributing to the spending spike, many schools went big early (and some are reported to have […]
After taking care of business in a pair of overtime thrillers against then No. 8 Florida State and Louisville, the Virginia Cavaliers went into last weekend’s bye with a 5-1 record (3-0 ACC), a recalibrated set of expectations, and in need of some well-deserved rest. Now, Tony Elliott and company will kick off the second […]
Bit of background: I used to work with technology and media companies at a corporate level. One thing stood out in all those interactions between engineering, accounting, news rooms, product development, tech support, sales, and all the other entities that had to work together for the product in the field to be successful: Effective leaders […]
—Spread check: Miami by 12.5. —The CJ’s Alexis Cubit writes that continuity is the biggest key to a Cardinal upset on Friday night. —College Football News predicts a 31-20 Miami win. —The latest CC Podcast episode is here. —ESPN’s Dan Murphy has a good story on Miller Moss trying to putt his time at USC […]
Things have been tough out there on the football field for the Purdue Boilermakers as they’ve dropped four straight games including their most recent loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a game that they had in hand for the majority of the game. Northwestern meanwhile is coming off their best win of the season […]
Indiana football is getting involved with the recruitment of Matt Sieg, a 4-star safety in the class of 2026 out of Fort Cherry High School in McDonald, Pennsylvania, who is currently committed to Penn State, per Tom Loy, a national recruiting analyst at 247Sports. While Sieg, an in-state prospect in Pennsylvania, remains committed to Penn […]
Former James Madison and NFL quarterback Ben DiNucci, currently working in broadcasting with CBS Sports, heaped praise on Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti, who coached him when the two were still with the Dukes. “He’s come a long way from calling me a slappy first day of winter workouts in 2019 at JMU,” DiNucci […]
Indiana is one of several programs involved with the recruitment of Amir Brown, a 4-star running back out of Rolesville High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, who was previously committed to Bill Belichick and North Carolina, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. As stated above, Brown is rated as a 4-star by Rivals/On3, ranking in as […]
Big 12 Arizona Wildcats at Houston Cougars – Sat. Oct. 18, 11:00 AM, FS1 West Virginia Mountaineers at UCF Knights – Sat. Oct. 18, Noon, TNT/HBO Max Texas Tech Red Raiders at Arizona State Sun Devils – Sat. Oct. 18, 3:00 PM, FOX Utah Utes at BYU Cougars – Sat. Oct. 18, 7:00 PM FOX […]
Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure to talk about it in the comments. NOT SO SECRET West Virginia takes the court tomorrow for the first […]
The School: Louisiana State University Record: 5-1 (2-1 in the SEC) Ranking: AP #10, Coaches’ Poll #10, and SP+ #17 Mascot: Mike the Tiger, both a typical mascot and the real-life badass tiger (Mike VII). Seriously, the enclosure is one of the coolest on-campus features that I have ever seen. Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Born […]
Good Friday afternoon, Dawg fans!! We’ve almost made it to another jam-packed weekend of college football, with great games all over tomorrow’s slate. The ninth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs face one of their biggest tests of the season tomorrow afternoon against the fifth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels, who remain unbeaten this year. The Dawgs are coming off a […]