Here are your Crystal Ball Run, Week 8 staff picks! No. 6 LSU at No. 18 Texas A&M: Saturday, 12:00 p.m. ESPN Allen Kenney’s Take: So far this week, the talk about this game has centered more around when it's kicking off than the match-up on the field. Too bad, because this could turn out […]

No. 9 South Carolina at No. 3 Florida Saturday, 3:30 p.m. CBS Line: Florida -3 They say “There’s never an off-week in the SEC” and if there was ever a living, breathing embodiment of that statement, it’d be the South Carolina Gamecocks’ October 2012 schedule. Two weeks ago Georgia came to town. Last Saturday, South […]

For those who pay attention to the sort of thing, the point spread for Thursday night’s Oregon-Arizona State game presented an interesting conundrum to college football fans everywhere. The Ducks opened as a double-digit favorite, yet as the game got closer and closer, the spread only continued to get smaller and smaller. And frankly, no […]

Yesterday, Crystal Ball Run told you about a newly released Sports Illustrated article which, put simply, implied that former LSU All-American cornerback Tyrann Mathieu and his friends from high school used Mathieu’s likeness to promote parties at clubs and other events. If the report is found to be true, it could put Mathieu’s future eligibility […]

Despite a big win Saturday against South Carolina, many still perceive LSU’s 2012 football season as a bit of a disappointment so far. The Tigers entered the year as a National Championship favorite, but with one loss already under their belts, it’s safe to assume that the Tigers have to win out to play themselves […]

So what did we learn in Week 7 as we get set to look at this week's BCS Bowl projections? Well West Virginia’s lack of defense finally caught up with them, LSU gave South Carolina a lesson about coming into Death Valley at night cocky and who saw the current leader of the Big XII […]

With LSU’s 23-21 victory over South Carolina Saturday, we were once again taught college football’s most important lesson:  The college football regular season is the best playoff we have in all of sports. A week after many- including this website– tabbed the Gamecocks as a National Championship contender, they are now just the latest team […]

Ames, Iowa has become the Bermuda Triangle of logic and reason thanks to Paul Rhodes. Then-No. 2 Oklahoma State had their national championship dreams shattered in Jack Trice Stadium last year. Texas and Texas Tech saw their rankings take a hit at the hands of the Cyclones in the past. Bill Snyder was well aware […]

Here are the Crystal Ball Run, Week 5 staff picks! No. 5 Kansas State at No. 25 Iowa State: Saturday 12:00pm FX Andy Coppens’ Take: It's been a few years since Farmeggedon has mattered, in fact it's been over half a decade since this game decided the Big 12 North representative believe it or not. […]