News, strategy, and updates from the Sandman Sports crew.
These teams can truly say that nobody believed in them. 2025 ushered in a new era of college football, as programs used the transfer portal and NIL to reinvent themselves at warp s…
Jan 17, 2026
It was obvious after Feast Week in late November that Michigan was the best team in college basketball. The Wolverines trounced a very good Gonzaga team by 40 in the championship g…
Jan 17, 2026
The football season is winding down fast, and the game options each week are getting slimmer, but the Legends still have a couple of weeks left, and they may be starting to heat up…
Jan 17, 2026
The first week of the NFL playoffs is behind us, and there was some incredibly competitive football throughout the weekend, even the Houston game, which was close right until it wa…
Jan 17, 2026
The trade deadline is less than a month away. Teams are close to the halfway point of the regular season. It’s that time of year where sample sizes are big enough for serious concl…
Jan 16, 2026
The sports “villain” is a role that’s hard to play, and even harder to maintain. As fans, we tend to be more outspoken than most when it comes to criticism, and this is especially…
Jan 16, 2026
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