College Sports

The SUNY Cortland Red Dragons defeated the reigning DIII football national champions this weekend en route to their first title in program history.

In front of millions of fans in the stands and at-home, Stony Brook freshman Mohamed Adam scored a big payday at the 2023 Pac-12 Championship game.

Monday night, new head coach Adrian Autry took the reins for the Orange and led them to a 83-72 victory over mid-major New Hampshire.

In a time where small private colleges that once thrived are looking for new ways to survive, one such institution in upstate New York is turning to beer, not to only to survive but to compete.

In 2012, the Stony Brook Seawolves became the first and only State of New York University or SUNY school to make it to the College World Series. Out of 297 Division I baseball programs at the time, head coach Matt Senk took his America East championship team through the 64 team tournament and made it to the final 8.

Syracuse University men's basketball coach Adrian Autry knows that he will be under the 'Orange microscope,' as he tries to fill the shoes of Jim Boeheim. For 48 years Boeheim was the voice of Syracuse hoops, leading the Orange to 33 NCAA tournament appearances, including 5 Final Fours.

The big winner these days in sports wagering is the State of New York. In the gambling report released by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Wednesday, it revealed that the Empire State is far exceeding expected tax revenues from sports wagering. Sounds great? Well, there is a good side and a bad side to every story.

The UAlbany football team wasn't supposed to be very good this season. In fact, some 'experts' thought they would be pretty bad. Coming off of a 3-8 season in 2022, where the Great Danes didn't win a single game on the road, 2023 expectations were light, at best, by many but not all.

The UAlbany Great Danes roll into Saturday's CAA match up with Villanova at Tom & Casey Stadium with a 2-2 record. The only losses for head coach Greg Gattuso's squad are to FBS programs, Marshall and Hawaii. That's the good news.

MJ and I were joined by ESPN senior writer and college football analyst Ryan McGee earlier this morning right here on Big Board Sports.

The University at Albany athletic department announced on Wednesday that head coach Greg Gattuso was not on the team flight to Honolulu, Hawaii on Tuesday due to illness. Gattuso was expected to join the team on Wednesday but was unable.

When Jalen Pickett was at Siena for three seasons starting in 2018, he always felt like he could play at the next level and that could lead to a shot in the NBA