0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/9/2012
Although Crystal Ball Run is primarily a college football-themed website, we couldn’t help but take notice a few weeks back when the good folks at SI released an in-depth report on the UCLA basketball program. Teased as a “shocking, tell-all report” the story turned out to be a lot sizzle and not all that much […]
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For years, USC has been known as “Tailback U,” a moniker that tends to stick, when guys like O.J. Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen and Reggie Bush all roll through your campus, and all roll out as Heisman Trophy winners. (And yes, I still consider Reggie Bush a “winner” even if he doesn’t “technically” have […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/8/2012
Earlier this week, Crystal Ball Run wrote a quick piece on USC football and the 15 players that the Trojans are sending to Haiti in May to do relief work. For those who missed the story, the group, which was organized by Trojans All-American quarterback Matt Barkley and his family, will help build homes and […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/6/2012
Cover the sport of college football long enough, and there really isn’t all that much that’ll surprise you, especially when it comes to recruiting. The tactics of the nation’s best coaches are legendary, whether it’s Auburn’s “Tiger Prowl” limo, Lane Kiffin’s helicopter trips at Tennessee, or the time that Mark Richt went to church to […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/5/2012
Update: At a 10pm CT news conference, Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long announced that Bobby Petrino will be put on paid leave as the school further investigates this matter. Assistant head coach Taver Johnson will take over the day-to-day operations of the program for the time being. Long set no timetable on how long the […]
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After spending the last week going conference-by-conference, team-by-team, it is time Crystal Ball Run to finally wrap up our look at the best head coaching jobs in college football. We’ve already broken down the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big XII and SEC, meaning it’s time to shift our focus to left coast, and the […]
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When Steve Patterson was hired as Arizona State Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director a few weeks back, he pulled no punches in his opening press conference, describing not only where his program was, but where he saw it going. Patterson told reporters that day: “I don’t believe that we can’t compete. I […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/4/2012
When I talk about Historically Black Colleges and Universities I usually am talking about their great football, their passionate fan bases, and halftime shows that can’t be matched by any other venue or event in the country. Sadly though for the last two years these great universities have seen more tarnish than fame. Last year […]
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Highlights from Nigeria Trip 2010 from Matt Barkley on Vimeo. At times as college football fans, we all (myself included) spend way too much time dwelling on the negative, and not nearly enough on the positive. Between the NCAA investigations, conference realignment, smarmy agents, smarmy athletic directors and smarmy TV executives, it’s enough to literally […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/3/2012
As we often mention here at Crystal Ball Run, generally we like to take a look at the lighter side of college football. We as a staff which loves everything there is to love about the sport; the tailgates on Saturday’s, the coaches on the sidelines, and yes, USC’s song girls. The key thing is […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/2/2012
Here’s something scary you don’t hear every day: Apparently Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino was hospitalized early Monday morning, after getting into a motorcycle accident. No, this isn’t a bad April Fools Joke, but instead, a very scary reality. Details are limited, but Arkansas360.com has confirmed that it was in fact Petrino who was […]
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Welcome to week’s “Case of the Mondays” where we look at the good, bad and surreal from the world of college football world, sporting world and beyond. And we enter this weekend’s edition with some good news: We actually have college football to talk about! That’s right, after weeks of drugging through college hoops, Tebow-mania, […]
