Hello and welcome to Midweek Madness! This is The Floor Slap’s weekly CBB article from our CBB expert, Jordan Beckley… Hi, that’s me. Every Thursday, I will be recapping the week that was, the weekend ahead and doing so in a variety of recurring segments and superlatives. So, follow us (@thefloorslap) and have our site…
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Big Ten Betting Guide – Week 13
by Jordan Beckley and Sean Szymczak Three months later and we find ourselves in Rivalry Week! I truly cannot remember a year with so much still up in the air coming into the final week of the regular season. Maybe 2007? But certainly not one in the 4-team CFP era. We have 8.5 teams that…
Week 13 College Football Top 25
by Sean Szymczak Tell your family & friends you love them. Go talk to that person you have a crush on. Take that exotic trip. Life is short people! The swiftness of the college football is an annual reminder to appreciate the great things in life while they’re around. In the blink of an eye,…
Big Ten Betting Guide – Week 12
by Jordan Beckley & Sean Szymczak Somehow, here we are. Week 12. You know what that means? The SEC and their vaunted schedule has 7 matchups against non-power 5 schools. Classic. Meanwhile we just have all 14 Big Ten teams going to war with each other for the 3rd straight week. We have just two…
Midweek Madness – Gavitt Games Week
Hello and welcome to Midweek Madness! This is The Floor Slap’s weekly CBB article from our CBB expert, Jordan Beckley… Hi, that’s me. Every Thursday, I will be recapping the week that was, the weekend ahead and doing so in a variety of recurring segments and superlatives. So, follow us (@thefloorslap) and have our site…
Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 12
by Sean Szymczak For the first time in the history of The Game, Ohio State and Michigan will both enter their matchup undefeated in consecutive years (barring a monumental upset this weekend). That tells you how great these two programs are, as well as how mediocre the rest of the conference has been playing. Iowa…
6 Goldilocks Takes for Week 1 of CBB: Too Hot, Too Cold or Just Right?
In place of an observations article from the first week of Big Ten Basketball, let’s rate six overreactions. Are these Hot Takes: Too Hot, Too Cold or Just Right? by Jordan Beckley The first week of College Basketball is usually supposed to suck. Normally, you watch your team clean up 1 or 2 games against…
Week 12 College Football Top 25
by Sean Szymczak Week 12 was another entertaining one in college football. Some of the highlights: Michigan downed Penn State, whose offense took the day off. Washington squeaked by Utah in a thriller at home. Georgia & Alabama both made emphatic statements in dominant victories. Florida State once again struggled with a team they were…
Big Ten Head Coaches & Coordinators on the Hot Seat
by Sean Szymczak Two weeks remain in the college football regular season. As sad of a fact as that is, it means it’s time for teams to reassess their coaching staffs. While I’d be shocked if there is more than a couple head-coaching changes in the Big Ten this off-season, there are plenty of coordinators…
The Floor Slap’s Big Ten Betting Guide – Week 11
by Jordan Beckley and Sean Szymczak What a horrible week. I mean the football was great! But man did we take some losses. Sean went 3-4 in his Big Ten picks and Jordan went 1-6 his picks. Gulp. We flipped our normal week of doing well in Big Ten bets and missing on out of…