News, strategy, and updates from the Sandman Sports crew.
With the World Cup expanding to 48 teams, the path for unexpected runs feels wider than ever. Morocco’s breakthrough in 2022 showed what can happen when a squad catches momentum at…
Jun 1, 2026
Last week, an anticipated matchup became the latest casualty of the superconference era, as North Carolina and South Carolina chose to cancel their upcoming two-game series. Had th…
May 31, 2026
For decades, home-field advantage in the NFL was treated almost like a law of nature. Fans, analysts, and sportsbooks largely accepted that playing at home automatically gave teams…
May 31, 2026
UCLA almost made the worst kind of history on Saturday afternoon. The No. 1 seed curse is legendary in college baseball. Since the NCAA went to this format in 1999, only two No. 1…
May 31, 2026
We decided to run a mock NBA expansion draft. With the increasing likelihood of two new NBA teams arriving sometime in the near future, we wanted to see what the process could actu…
May 31, 2026
A Look Back at 2025 Regular Season: 11-1 (1st in SEC)SEC Championship: Beat AlabamaSugar Bowl: Bye + Lost to Ole Miss Notable: Georgia scored on 91% of their red-zone trips while a…
May 30, 2026
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