East Carolina

East Carolina is no longer being considered as a Big 12 expansion candidate. The East Carolina Pirates will not be moving to the Big 12. Wednesday, the school alerted its followers that Big 12 conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby had informed school officials that the university is no longer being considered as an expansion candidate. East Carolina chancellor Dr. Cecil Staton … [Read more...] about East Carolina No Longer In Consideration As Big 12 Expansion Target

The Spun staff makes its picks for College Football Week 2 games. If last weekend didn't live up to the billing as "the greatest first weekend in college football history," it came pretty damn close. A number of games, including Notre Dame-Texas and LSU-Wisconsin were nail-biters, and even something like Alabama's rout of USC was interesting and taught us a lot about this two … [Read more...] about The Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2

Seven 2016-17 NCAA Championship events are being moved from the state of North Carolina over the state's HB2 bill, after a decision by the organization's Board of Governors. The NCAA cites North Carolina's laws denying protections to those within the LGBTQ community in the decision. In its official release, four specific factors are outlined that led to this landmark … [Read more...] about NCAA Votes To Move 7 2016-17 Championships From North Carolina Over HB2

The Spun staff makes its picks for College Football Week 3 games. Last weekend didn't have a ton of hype heading into Saturday, but we still had some very fun games. Central Michigan pulled off an amazing Hail Mary lateral-spawned upset of Oklahoma State that, as it turns out, shouldn't have happened. Doesn't mean it wasn't crazy to watch though. Arkansas shook the September … [Read more...] about The Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3

College Football Week 4 picks by The Spun staff members. Through three weeks of the college football season, things are pretty tight here in our office-wide picks contest. Matt Hladik has jumped out to a two-pick lead after a monster Week 3, in which he only picked four losers of the 46 games we selected. Here are the full office standings so far: Conference play really gets … [Read more...] about The Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4