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UCLA football has been a pleasant surprise this season, as Chip Kelly’s program is undefeated and currently ranked inside the top 10 of the AP Top 25 poll. With huge Pac-12 aspirations- and possible even bigger goals, the Bruins can get one step closer to such hopes with a win over the rival Oregon Ducks […]

The weekend is almost here, which means it is time for some Texas football Week 8 bold predictions. The No. 20 Longhorns will be on the road to face the No. 11 Oklahoma State Cowboys in a Big 12 clash Saturday. This should be one of the most anticipated games of the week in college […]

Ohio State football will be looking to improve to 7-0 this season as they face Iowa on Saturday. The No.2 ranked program in the country and a contender for the CFB Playoff, the Buckeyes will also get a massive boost in their backfield. Running back duo TreVeyon and Miyan Williams are both expected to play […]

The offenses for both the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Iowa Hawkeyes will be tested when the two Big Ten schools square off on Saturday. The C.J. Stroud-led Buckeyes offense is set to meet an Iowa defense that currently ranks third in all the FBS in points per game allowed this season with a 9.8 […]

It’s the battle of undefeated ranked teams this coming weekend at Clemson Memorial Stadium down in South Carolina, as the No. 5 Clemson Tigers and the No. 14 Syracuse Orange clash in what is essentially a matchup of two of the best ACC teams right now. With that said, it’s time to take a look […]

Tragedy has hit the Mississippi Bulldogs as 18-year-old Mississippi State football player Sam Westmoreland reportedly died, the school revealed Wednesday. Via Pete Thamel of ESPN: “The Mississippi State Athletics Family is heartbroken by the sudden death of Sam Westmoreland,” Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach said via a statement. “Sam was a beloved son, brother […]

Syracuse football is off to its best start since 1987, as they sit a cool 6-0, with impressive wins over Purdue, who may crack the Top 25 soon enough, and current No. 20 North Carolina State. Sure, the Wolfpack didn’t have their star quarterback Devin Leary, who appears to be out for the season, but […]

Kansas football is flying high this season and is just one win away from their first bowl appearance in 13 years. However, star quarterback Jalon Daniels hasn’t played in two weeks after suffering a shoulder injury in a nailbiting loss to the TCU Horned Frogs. While there were reports that he could miss most of […]

Alabama football is looking to rebound from its first loss of the season after falling to Tennessee football. But before they can pick up the pieces, they must deal with a situation in which wide receiver Jermaine Burton seems to have hit Tennesee fans following the No. 6 Crimson Tide’s 52-49 loss. As Tennesee fans […]

The Troy Trojans (5-2) take on the South Alabama Jaguars (5-1) in a pivotal Sun Belt matchup Thursday night. The kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Troy-South Alabama prediction and pick. Troy is 5-2 but has won 4 straight games after a 1-2 start. […]

The Virginia Cavaliers will travel to take on Georgia Tech in a Thursday night ACC football matchup at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Virginia-Georgia Tech prediction and pick, laid out below. Virginia has limped to a 2-4 record […]

Scott Frost’s firing from the Nebraska football program wasn’t exactly surprising to many fans. After inheriting the team in 2018 , Frost failed to lead the team to any semblance of consistent success. It all came to a head in the 2022 season, when the Cornhuskers’ awful start forced their hand. After the conclusion of […]

Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin voiced out his issue about the tunnel at Michigan Stadium after getting irked by the fact that visiting teams and Michigan Wolverines players have to sometimes cross paths when walking in and out of the locker rooms. In last Saturday’s game at the said stadium between Penn […]

There is a possibility that the Maryland Terrapins won’t have Taulia Tagovailoa working under center for them this coming Saturday against the Northwestern Wildcats. According to Maryland football head coach Mike Locksley, Tagovailoa’s status for the Northwestern game is likely to be known just before the game itself, per Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. “Maryland starting […]

The expectation for the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners is that both programs will leave the Big 12 for the SEC in 2025. That is still the projected date of departure for Texas and Oklahoma despite recent murmurs about the two schools potentially leaving earlier than expected, according to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, […]

James Franklin and Penn State football are off to a solid season. They currently have a 5-1 record and are the 19th-ranked team in the nation. But even with their success, they have still faced struggles. After starting the season off with five straight wins, including victories over Purdue and Auburn, things came to a […]

Every USC football fan held their breath when they saw star wide receiver Jordan Addison making his way to the injury tent during Saturday’s 43-42 loss to Utah. Addison appeared to suffer a lower-body injury when a Utah player rolled up on him while attempting to make a tackle. On Tuesday, Trojans head coach Lincoln […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes are still undefeated as they have just slayed the Michigan State Spartans on the road last Saturday, 49-20. By doing so and combined with the other notable results in college football in Week 7, Ohio State football now has the best chance to win the National Championship, at least according to […]

The Georgia State Panthers will travel to take on the Appalachian State Mountaineers in a Wednesday night Sun Belt college football matchup in Boone. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Georgia State-Appalachian State prediction and pick, laid out below. Georgia State limps into this […]

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes are off to an explosive start. The team is currently ranked second in the country and is 6-0. But Day believes that they are still yet to be as good as they can be. Day recently appeared on 97.1 The Fan to speak on how Ohio State has […]

Alabama edge rusher Will Anderson has the potential to be the first name called in the 2023 NFL draft. He has all the makings of a dominant pass rusher and is a force in the run game. He could drastically help a defense become better overnight. With several teams in need of an elite edge […]

Expect the Hendon Hooker hype machine to get more intense going forward, especially after the quarterback led the Tennessee Volunteers into an upset victory at home last Saturday over the Alabama Crimson Tide, 52-49. Hooker’s performance in that Tennessee football win against Nick Saban’s squad will favor his stock in the 2023 NFL Draft, though, […]

Will Anderson and the Alabama Crimson Tide were on the wrong side of history in their loss against the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday. Saturday’s matchup featured two of college football’s powerhouse programs. It was also a top-10 matchup with Alabama being ranked third and Tennessee being ranked sixth heading into the game. From start to […]

Heading into his first season as the head coach of Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman had high expectations. Unfortunately, things haven’t all gone to plan. Through the first six games of the season, Notre Dame has struggled heavily. After starting the season as the fifth-ranked team in the Nation, Freeman’s team now finds themselves out of […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban dropped a stern warning to his team, particularly to his starters, after their brutal loss to the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday. “We can’t continue to tolerate guys that aren’t doing the things they need to do to be successful,” Saban said, per Tide Illustrated. “Nobody is entitled to a […]

It was a frustrating weekend for Nick Saban and the Alabama football program. Saban’s Crimson Tide shockingly lost to the Tennessee Volunteers at Neylan Stadium for the first time since 2006. The loss dropped Alabama football out of the top five in the AP rankings while boosting the Volunteers to no. 3. A frustrated and […]

What a college football weekend it was! There were six matchups between ranked foes, and three finished with margins of victory of three points or less. We’ve learned a lot about who the best teams in the country are, which of the top 25 are pretenders, which teams will be lucky to land a New […]

In one of the most anticipated games of the year, Tennessee football and Alabama put up a show on Saturday. The Volunteers shocked the world with a big 52-49 win and climbed all the way to No. 3 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Tennessee is now just trailing the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs […]

The Volunteers had themselves one of the best days in Tennessee Football history when, in a move very few fans saw coming, the team pulled off a hugely surprising victory over the third-ranked team in the nation, the Alabama Crimson Tide, by a score of 49-52. The win marked Tenessee’s first victory over Alabama since […]

The 2023 NFL Draft may be more than six months away, but it’s never too early to start making projections. Wide receiver has become one of the most important positions in the pass-happy NFL, and teams will line up to draft a promising young star. One of those stars has been on a tear the […]

After trailing 21-7 in the first half, Utah and head coach Kyle Whittingham knew the ways of old weren’t going to help them upset USC yesterday. So, after they pulled within one point following Cameron Rising scoring his third rushing touchdown, Whittingham and offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig knew the right decision was going for a […]

One of the rarest things in college football happened on Saturday in Knoxville. Alabama lost.  The Crimson Tide went back and forth with rival Tennessee in an instant classic at Neyland Stadium. In the end, the Volunteers shocked the college football world by upsetting the Tide 52-49 and snapping their 15-game losing streak in the […]

The USC Trojans were downed in a thrilling matchup against Pac-12 rivals Utah on Saturday, and an injury to star wide receiver Jordan Addison only stands to add to the heartbreak within Lincoln Riley’s program. The Trojans were gutted after their hard-fought defeat against Utah, with quarterback Caleb Williams reduced to tears. The injury to […]

After 15 years of misery against rival Alabama, Tennessee football proved this year’s team is different. In front of a raucous crowd at Neyland Stadium, the Volunteers defeated the Crimson Tide 52-49, with a last-second field goal capping off an instant classic. The Volunteers’ stunning win came as the biggest surprise from a Saturday full […]

USC quarterback Caleb Williams did everything he could to will his team to its seventh win of the season. Unfortunately for the Trojans, it wasn’t enough to overcome No. 20 Utah’s second half offensive explosion, as USC fell 43-42 yesterday. The loss marked both the Trojans first loss of the season and Lincoln Riley’s first […]

USC head coach Lincoln Riley wasn’t particularly thrilled that his team let a win go through its fingertips after N0. 20 Utah stormed back to upset the No. 7 Trojans yesterday 43-42. After leading 21-7, Utah took control of the game with a 36-21 scoring spree that eventually did in Riley’s team. “I’m pissed right […]

Tennessee football quarterback Hendon Hooker is going viral after their epic win against Alabama on Saturday, and for an awesome reason. A video of Hooker is making rounds online. It shows the hyped-up quarterback running to the field after their win and saying “I told you it’s game” as he celebrates with the rest of […]

The whole sports world is in awe of the incredible fight between Tennessee football and the Alabama Crimson Tide. In fact, even Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James couldn’t help but get hyped up about the wild turn of events. Tennessee won the game in real clutch fashion, tying the game 49-49 with over three […]

Tennessee football fans stormed the field after the Volunteers beat Alabama for the first time in a decade and half. However, the celebration didn’t stop there. What happened to the goal posts after the game has been one of the more amusing storylines after the Volunteers’ victory. When the fans flooded the field in Neyland […]