College Football

This time of year is critical for college football players who dream of playng in the NFL. This year, a total of 324 prospects are invited to attend this year’s combine, which took place in Indianapolis from March 1 through March 7. While top players in the NCAA are invited to the Draft Combine, there…

Social media has played a vital role in sports today. From the advancement of technology that advances the game, to different apps who showcase city teams behind the scenes; social media has changed the landscape of sports. In today’s game, we the audience can share our opinions more vividly than ever with providing a clear…

Don’t Get Distracted College Football may have finally found the answer to Alabama’s dominance. SEC rival Georgia Bulldogs defeated Alabama in the National Championship game in Indianapolis and much of the nation rejoiced. The Bulldogs have been a consistent playoff contender for years and after 40 long ones, they brought the title back to Athens….

What is the AP Poll? The Associated Press Poll creates weekly rankings for different NCAA sports. The sports include football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. The ranking is accumulated from various sportswriters and broadcasters across the country.  Every voter ranks the teams one through 25. The individual rankings eventually produce a national ranking. The teams…

Since November, there has been constant talk about whether or not the Big East conference will be expanding, but there is no clear answer.  Currently, the Big East conference is made up of 11 teams, most of them being located amongst the east coast and midwest regions of the United States. The conference is made…

DePaul University and the University of Connecticut (UConn) womens’ basketball teams remain undefeated in the Big East conference after this past weekend’s games.  On Jan. 7, DePaul beat Providence 98-77. On Jan. 9, UConn beat Creighton 63-55, toppling Creighton’s undefeated status.  Though this season has relied heavily on a team not contracting Covid-19, there is…

The last game of my short football career came when I was in middle school. I can still remember the play that turned my suspicions that I may not be cut out for an illustrious gridiron career into a stark reality. The opposing team’s running back, a 13 year old ostensibly occupying a 30 year…

Buyer’s remorse is abound in Jacksonville. It was recently reported by Michael Lombardi that internal “closed-door” meetings have taken place over the past few days in the wake of a video showing Urban Meyer engaging in, what appears to be, some unsavory behavior with a woman at an Ohio bar. https://twitter.com/mlombardinfl/status/1445369107310944260?s=21 Separate reporting from Michael…

I can recall a story I was told by a friend about her persistent relationship issues with her then, boyfriend. She explained to me that there were new problems every day and it felt as though the relationship was failing. I asked her why she didn’t just cut her losses and try to find happiness…

Arch Manning, the son of Cooper and nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning. He is visiting colleges already at the age of sixteen. He is almost bound to go to a SEC school, but the question is which one. Every school will make an effort to land the top ranked quarterback of the 2023 class….

During the 2020 college football season, more than one-third of the Power 5 teams played eight games or fewer. Now coaches are preaching the basics more than usual. The football coaches talked for days about the basics: how to carry the ball, how to handle a block, how to tackle. As they dissected their position…

Competition is heating up for this year’s rivalry between the Idaho Vandals and Eastern Washington football, as is the Big Sky MVP rivalry. EWU boasts a large senior class of experienced players, and the Vandals are expecting a solid defensive strategy. Idaho’s first team defensive inside linebacker Tre Walker finished up the spring season with…

For the upcoming 2021 season, the Pac-12 conference announced that if a team cancels a game due to COVID-19 relations, it will result in a forfeit. In 2020, the conference amended the rules temporarily and counted games that were canceled due to player availability as no contests. Which, in turn did not impact the standings. …

Going into the year 2021, there is a former Alabama quarterback playing in the NFL for four teams. Those former Crimson Tide are Tua Tugovailoa, Jalen Hurts, Mac Jones, and AJ McCarron. For the sake of the article and relevance, I will be focusing on Tua, Jalen and Mac. Although, McCarron has put in multiple…

Now that the records of all 130 FBS teams in college football have been predicted and the presumptive conference champions have been crowned, it is now time for a season wrap-up.  This begs the question of how this season will unfold. Who will make the College Football Playoffs? Which teams will be selected for spots in the New Year’s Six Bowls?…

Our last installment of our Big Ten football power rankings, we rank teams 11-14. To recap our prior rankings here is the rest of the list: Ohio StateIowaPenn StateIndianaWisconsinMichiganMarylandNorthwesternRutgersMichigan State Read about the top three here. 11. Minnesota Minnesota is a wild card in this league. In 2019, Minnesota went 11-2 and beat a top-10…

We continue our Big Ten football power rankings this week with teams 7-10. So far, our list goes like this: Ohio StateIowaPenn StateIndianaWisconsinMichigan Read the rankings 4-6 here. 7. Maryland Terrapins Mike Locksley enters his third year at the helm of the Terrapins and he seems to have them heading in the right direction. A…

               Mascots bring all the fun to a stadium when they come into the section you are sitting in. These goofy, big-headed personas that represent your team are always cheery and no one is ever excited to see the mascot on the big screen.                Your team could be down a billion to nothing and…

The news that has dominated the college football world the past week is that both Oklahoma and Texas plan to leave the Big 12 sometime in the coming years to join the SEC.  Chaos has ensued in the time since as everyone scrambles to react and make their own predictions on what is going to happen as a…

As of this very moment, people are running around losing their minds trying to predict what is going to happen to college football now that Oklahoma and Texas are inevitably headed to the SEC.  While I acknowledge that I am one of those people myself, I also am someone who likes to have a little…