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State of the Program: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Head Coach: Tyson Helton is entering his 7th season as the head coach of the Hilltoppers with a 48-32 record. He’s been the hallmark of consistency, never missing a bowl and only in 2020 did he win less than 8 games. They have 2 conference championship game appearances under his watch and he’s also not…

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July 8, 2025

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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 18th)

Boca Raton Bowl: James Madison Dukes (8-4) vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (8-5) Key Facts: Western Kentucky has a tradition of strong bowl performances. The Hilltoppers are 7-3 in bowl games during their time at the FBS level, and 4-1 under Tyson Helton with his only loss in 2020. The Tops even have a couple cool…

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December 11, 2024

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FBS Roundup Week 13

This sport truly always delivers. All the talk about the logjam atop the playoff rankings and how it felt like deserving teams would miss it. Now after some upsets it feels like we have too many playoff teams. What a sport! American It was a rough night for Army at Yankee Stadium. Notre Dame was…

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November 25, 2024

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State of the Program: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Head Coach: Tyson Helton is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Tops with a 40-26 record. He’s been the Hallmark of consistency for the program, the weird 2020 season is the only time they won less than 8 games and didn’t win a bowl under his watch. He’s pretty underrated as…

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July 31, 2024

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March Madness Tournament Preview: South Region

1: Houston Cougars Best Tournament Moment: The Phi Slama Jama teams for Houston were of course the best period of Houston basketball. They made 3 straight final 4s and 2 straight national titles, but of course you can’t forget 1983 when they lost at the last moment to Jimmy V and NC State in one…

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March 20, 2024

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CBB: CUSA Conference Tournament Preview

Favorites (odds below +500) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (+110): At first glance, it’s very shocking to see Louisiana Tech have a much lower number compared to everyone else in the conference. A deeper dive shows that this team is the best rated by the metrics, and in a conference where everyone struggled on the road they…

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March 11, 2024

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College Basketball Roundup: Part 3

Conference USA: Headline: This is yet another conference that has seen an absolute bloodbath to open conference play. This one might be one of the wildest yet. Liberty, Mid Tenn State and Western Kentucky were unanimously voted as the top 3 teams in preseason but have opened conference play a combined 4-10. Needless to say…

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January 22, 2024

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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 18th)

Famous Toastery Bowl: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (7-5) vs Old Dominion Monarchs (6-6) What you need to know: Western Kentucky and Old Dominion are two teams that have very distinct traits this year. Western Kentucky has a fun offense but they struggled in the 2nd half of games all season. Old Dominion was addicted to close…

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December 10, 2023

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