It’s do or die for Penn State this Saturday vs. Michigan

The Penn State Nittany Lions take on the Michigan Wolverines this Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. The Nittany Lions are 8-1 and ranked ninth in the current AP poll and 10th in the current BCS standings, while Michigan is 9-0 and ranked second in the latest AP poll and third in… read more

Pitt football won’t be bowling this holiday season

They say bowling is a great indoor pastime this time of year, especially around the holiday season. Unfortunately for Pitt’s football team, it will have to settle for actual bowling in December and January since it won’t be going to a bowl game. That became official on Saturday evening when a game Panthers squad fell… read more

Penn State isn’t an elite team because it never beats elite teams

Penn State’s college football program thinks an awful lot of itself. The Nittany Lions’ supporters fill up Beaver Stadium to the tune of over 106,000 for every home game in State College, Pennsylvania. Penn State fans travel well to road games. Nittany Lions fans are cocky, arrogant and generally look down on what they consider… read more

Alabama Dominates Tennessee In Second Half: Is Crimson Tide Back?

It’s amazing that one loss and one year without a National Championship turns people off Alabama. The Crimson Tide had one of the best offenses of all-time during their National Title run in 2020. The 2021 season ended with an SEC title and loss to Georgia in the CFB Championships. Last season, Alabama lost two… read more

Blowing a 29-point lead at home will cause Colorado fans to turn on Coach Prime

It’s one thing for a plucky, brash underdog like Colorado has been so far in 2023 to lose a game to then-undefeated USC at Folsom Field on Sept 30. Head coach Deion Sanders’s Buffaloes looked severely outclassed for most of the first half–Colorado trailed by a score of 34-7 late in the second quarter–but rallied… read more

The Miami Hurricanes loss could have been avoided

They say that if you live long enough, you see everything twice. OK, I don’t know if anyone has actually ever said that, but it seems to be a truism, nonetheless. Take me, for example. I was alive for the Miracle At the Meadowlands, a play that occurred between the Giants and Eagles at old… read more

Iowa Heads to Madison for Big Ten West Showdown with Wisconsin

Iowa Hawkeye football is back with another Big Ten game, this time the Hawkeyes will be taking on Wisconsin it what very well could be the game that decides the Big Ten West champion. Iowa comes in with a 5-1 record, 2-1 in the Big Ten, while Wisconsin comes in with a 4-1 record and… read more

Texas Football: Quarterback Play Has Longhorns Back and Here to Stay

It has been seven years since Joe Tessitore uttered the phrase “Texas is back, folks” following a Tyrone Swoopes touchdown run that gave the Longhorns a win over Notre Dame. The problem was, Texas was not back and it was because of the quarterback play. Swoopes carried the ball 13 times and scored three touchdowns… read more

2024 No. 1 Cooper Flagg Seemingly Focused On Duke & UConn

Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 player in the Class of 2024, seems to have narrowed his decision down to two schools — Duke and Kansas. According to 247Sports, Flagg has cancelled his official visit to Kansas, which was planned for this weekend. On Sept. 11, it was reported that Kansas head coach Bill Self and… read more

Pitt’s nightmare season continues with 38-21 loss at Virginia Tech

If a “get right” game was left on the schedule for a Pitt Panthers team that began the 2023 regular season at 1-3, it just had to be at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Saturday night, no? Virginia Tech came into the game also at 1-3 and had just lost to Rutgers and Marshall… read more

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