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Even before Texas and Oklahoma exited the Big 12, Kansas State football was boasting a Big 12 conference championship. Now, the Wildcats are preseason ranked No. 2 in the conference behind newcomer Utah for the 2024 season. The thing with the Big 12 this season, as it becomes a 16-team league, is that it has […]

Oklahoma State football has been one of the most consistent brands in college football over the last two decades. But just when head coach Mike Gundy thinks he’s seen everything, the entire Big 12 Conference gets turned upside down. With the influx of conference realignment, the Big 12 is no stranger to change. Over the […]

One of the MLB favorites to win this year’s World Series was the Atlanta Braves. With a reigning National League MVP who led one of the best offenses in the league last year, coupled with a strong pitching staff featuring both young and veteran talent, who could argue against them? But then the season began, […]

With all the conference realignment that has taken place throughout the Big 12 over the last couple of years, Oklahoma State football has remained consistent. They are the stability of the conference now, some would say. That stability comes a lot from their veteran head coach, Mike Gundy, who has been with the program since […]

With NFL training camp just weeks away, the Cleveland Browns, like the rest of the teams across the league, will be adjusting their rosters for the upcoming season. That means some players could be finding new homes soon. The Browns are hoping to regain some of the magic that made them a playoff team last […]

This 2024 Utah football team comes in with high expectations, but they’ll do it in a brand new conference after spending just a little over a decade in the Pac-12. The Utes enter what will be a much-altered Big 12 Conference that has taken on quite the facelift over the last two years. This season, […]

There was a time not so long ago when Arizona football fans likely dreaded seeing the upcoming season’s schedule. From 2018 until 2022, the Wildcats didn’t record a single winning season and went 15-38. Then last year happened. Arizona football became the biggest surprise in college football last year. Winning just five games the year […]

The Pac-12 was one of the most exciting brands of football to watch last season, and one reason why was the surprising resurgence of the Arizona football program. For a team that had won no more than six games over the previous two seasons, the Wildcats pulled off a 10-3 record last year, including their […]

This year’s Colorado football team under Deion Sanders in his second year will be one of the most intriguing squads of the season. It will once again be changes galore for Colorado, thanks to Sanders and staff doing another overhaul that sent out nearly 30 players while bringing in about the same number of new […]

Colorado football enters Year 2 under the Deion Sanders regime for the 2024 season, and to no surprise, it’s going to look like a brand-new team once again. After finishing 1-11 in 2022, Sanders came into Boulder and gutted the program of the talent that was there and replaced it through the transfer portal, adding […]

Inching closer to the 2024 college football season, the first of media days began with the Big 12 on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada at Allegiant Stadium. Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark left many speculating on the future of the conference. “We are exploring all options. Two years later, you could say we’re still open […]

The Chicago Bears became one of the most talked-about teams in the NFL after what has to be considered one of the most notable offseasons in years. The Bears did everything from trading their starting quarterback from last season to drafting their potential franchise signal-caller of the future. Gone is Justin Fields, and in comes […]

If you’re looking for the New England Patriots to be competitive this season, you are likely misguided. Though the team had a stellar NFL Draft and made other moves during free agency this offseason, this team is far from those of the dynasty years. In his first season as head coach, Jerod Mayo will take […]

One of the biggest surprise teams of the first half of the 2024 MLB season is the Cleveland Guardians. Currently, the Guardians have the third-best record in the league at 56-32 and hold first place in the American League Central by six games over the Minnesota Twins. Cleveland has had firm control in the Central […]

It pretty much took all of June and now part of July, but the Houston Astros are right back in the thick of things in the American League West. On June 18, they were as far back as 10 games behind the division-leading Seattle Mariners. But just days before that, they were in third place […]

Technically speaking, the official date for the Big 12 to open their doors to newcomers Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State isn’t until August 2. However, other conferences have already officially welcomed their new teams—unless they were from the Pac-12—back on July 1 as part of conference realignment. Regardless, a new era of college football […]

No team in the MLB has been as hot as the Philadelphia Phillies this season. After two misses in the postseason the last two years—losing to the Houston Astros in the World Series and being upset by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS—the Phillies look on a mission this season. Sitting at 57-29 currently, the […]

When it comes to free agent signings, none was bigger than Shohei Ohtani joining the Los Angeles Dodgers this winter. Ohtani was the most coveted free agent the league has seen in years. But it’s hard to ignore the impact that Teoscar Hernandez has had with the Dodgers this season. Ohtani, even though he’s set […]

It took some time, but the Baltimore Orioles are now one of the best teams in baseball, which is something that hasn’t been said for a long time. The roster is now arguably at its apex, albeit through a lengthy build that took an immense amount of patience from the Orioles’ front office and fanbase. […]

By the midpoint of June, it wasn’t looking good for the San Diego Padres. After losing a series to the Philadelphia Phillies on June 19, they were nine games back in the National League West and had lost 11 of their last 18. However, since then, they’ve won eight of their last 11. Living in […]

If you’re the Seattle Mariners, you have to be constantly looking over your shoulder. The Mariners have been in this position before, though not as much as they would like. That position is first place in the American League West. The problem is holding onto that lead, which is currently at three games. But the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are very familiar with the MLB Trade Deadline. The good news is, they’re usually on the favorable side of it, looking to buy instead of sell. They’ve been one of the more active teams during the last several deadlines, and they look to be that way again this season. Apparently, the […]

After making a surprise run all the way to the World Series last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks haven’t quite resembled the same sort of team in 2024. Up until June, the Diamondbacks had failed to be on the positive side of the win column, which is why they’re currently 41-43 and in third place in […]

Okay, so we’re still about a month away from when conference realignment is official for some conferences, but the beginnings started in July. Once the calendar turned to the seventh month, Texas and Oklahoma officially became members of the SEC, while SMU joined the ACC. The Big Ten and Big 12, however, have to wait […]

The beginning of July changed everything in college football as we know it. That’s when most of the conference realignment officially went into place. The SEC welcomed Texas and Oklahoma, while the ACC opened their doors to SMU. Technically, it won’t be until early August that the ACC’s two other new members are officially part […]

Now that the calendar has flipped to July, the SEC can officially welcome the new neighbors into the neighborhood. Texas and Oklahoma, two of the main instigators of this recent conference realignment, can now proudly don the SEC logo across any and all platforms. That now gives the SEC 16 teams. The SEC was already […]

It’s hard to tell if the Pittsburgh Pirates are truly building something or not. Too many times have we seen this franchise show promise only to then fall flat on their face. Over the last five seasons, the Pirates have placed no better than fourth in the National League Central, losing 100 games twice in […]

Though maybe not the powerhouse school like some of the rest, the Arizona Wildcats football program still has a rich history filled with memorable moments, notable victories, and standout players who have made their mark not just on the program but college football itself. Before Arizona football kicks off for the 2024 season, now in […]

If there’s one conference that’s taking on a completely different look for the 2024 season, it’s undoubtedly the Big 12. This conference has been in a major transition phase ever since last season when it added four new schools: BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston. However, this season, it might be more about the losses of […]

With the never-ending conference expansion and realignment ongoing, we never know how long we have with what’s left of the days of old in college football. Though conferences like the SEC and Big Ten seem to be fully intact and thriving, ones like the ACC have more uncertainty. However, even if the conference were to […]

In under two months, Saturdays will begin to look a little different—and better for college football fans. Students, alumni, and followers of college football teams will flock to their respective school’s stadiums, including those in the Big Ten conference. This season will be unlike any year the Big Ten has seen, as it undergoes a […]

Ever since winning the World Series in 2019, the Washington Nationals have been on a slippery slope. That year, they placed second in the National League East, earning a Wild Card spot that eventually led them to the Fall Classic. But every year since, they’ve placed no better than fifth in the division, and, not […]

As if college football weren’t controversial enough, here comes EA Sports College Football 25 video game with another rankings list. On Tuesday, the developers started with what has been labeled the College Football 25 Rankings Week Showcase, ranking first the toughest places to play, then the sights and sounds deep dive on Wednesday. On Thursday, […]

The first half of the Tampa Bay Rays’ 2024 season has found them in an unfamiliar place. For what could be the first time in five seasons, the Rays could be void of a playoff berth. They are currently 40-41, 11.5 games back in the American League East. However, they’re just 3.5 games back of […]

To the surprise of no one, the Oakland Athletics will look to be sellers heading into the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline. In fact, they’ve already started, trading JD Davis to the Yankees. For a team that is riddled with uncertainty throughout its organization and doesn’t even know where they might play their future games, when […]

The Miami Marlins are used to being sellers when the MLB Trade Deadline approaches. Year by year, it seems that the better teams in search of making the playoffs make calls down to southern Florida to bolster their rosters for October, although this time last year they were buyers. The Marlins snuck into the postseason […]

If there’s one team that is overly familiar with the MLB Trade Deadline, it’s the Colorado Rockies. But maybe not in a good way. This is around the time of year when competitive teams come poaching around at the more downtrodden teams, like the Rockies. Yet, they hardly ever make a move. In 2022, the […]

One of the best teams in all of baseball for almost a decade now has been the Houston Astros. But they haven’t exactly resembled that in the first part of the 2024 season. That is until the calendar flipped to June. Like the sunrise, everyone just expected the Astros to be contenders again in 2024. […]

Two seasons of 4-13 records and fourth-place finishes in the NFC West have the Arizona Cardinals ready to move on. Team general manager Monti Ossenfort and second-year head coach Jonathan Gannon now hope they have put together another successful offseason to better themselves. In hopes of changing the tide, the Cardinals walked away with 12 […]