Being an NFL hopeful running back in college is a delicate balance. You’re willing to take the hits and bashings to get every inch of yardage you can. It comes with the job. And while you may be piling up yards, touchdowns, and All-American lists, NFL teams are looking at what is, in my opinion, […]

Former University of Georgia RB Isaiah Crowell has ended up at Alabama State, after being kicked off Georgia’s team for multiple violations of both team and university policy. Crowell’s history is well documented after coming into Georgia as a five star recruit. He was suspended once before for reportedly failing a drug test and then […]

Of all the rules to being a true college football fan, the No. 1, iron-clad, unbreakable, try-this-at-the-risk-of-losing-lifelong-friends decree is a simple one: Never, ever get married on a college football Saturday. Short of admitting to enjoying Mark May’s work, getting married during the college football season is the easiest way imaginable to upset as many […]

Welcome to this week’s edition of “Case of the Mondays,” Crystal Ball Run’s look at the good, the bad and the surreal from the world of college football and beyond. And considering that we’re knee deep in the dog days of the off-season, it was in fact a surprisingly busy week in college football. We […]

When it was announced late last week that America’s favorite sideline reporter Erin Andrews was leaving ESPN, collectively, college football fans across America had the same response: How the heck are we supposed to get through college football Saturdays without EA this fall? Well America, the national nightmare is over, and according to Sports Illustrated’s […]

It’s not often we at Crystal Ball Run would make much of a fuss about a major college football program offering a scholarship to a soon to be high school sophomore. It happens every day, in every conference in college football. Nothing to see here, right? Not so fast my friends. We must remember that […]

Entering the 2012 season, excitement is at an all-time high around the Arkansas State football program. Arkansas native Gus Malzahn has taken over as head coach. The team returns 12 starters off a team that won 10 games and a Sun Belt title last year. And most importantly, three-year starter Ryan Aplin returns at quarterback, […]

It’s ACC Week here at Crystal Ball Run, and with it, time to ask the biggest questions entering the 2012 season. Is this the year Florida State emerges? The year Virginia Tech takes a step back? Can anyone come out of the deep dark basement and surprise some folks? It’s time to take a look […]

It’s been a long Top 10 Week here at Crystal Ball Run, but finally we’ve made it to No. 1. And with that we’ve got a surprise for you… Ok, who are we kidding, it’s USC. Lane Kiffin’s club enters 2012 off as everybody’s No. 1, with a Heisman Trophy favorite, talented defense and more […]