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Connor Shaw Named Starter At South Carolina; Stephen Garcia Benched

For anyone who is a regular reader here at Crystal Ball Run, you know that of everything that happened last weekend, the one thing I couldn’t help but take away was the sad state of Stephen Garcia’s playing career. It was a mix of disappointment, surprise, anger and resentment, with my feelings fluctuating from “I […]

The Week 5 Small School Recap

What a wild weekend it was in the Football Championship Subdivision. This weekend saw nine ranked teams lose, with only three of those losses coming against fellow ranked foes. Three teams in the Top 10 fell, and seven in the Top 20, which should make for quite the shakeup come this week’s rankings. Last year’s […]

The Sorry State Of Stephen Garcia

Since I started blogging right around this time two years ago, I’ve made more jokes at the expense of Stephen Garcia than just about anyone. As a general rule I don’t like making fun of college kids, but in the case of Garcia, it was just too easy. Garcia had the hair. And the beard. […]

Five Burning Questions: The Mysterious Virginia Tech Hokies

Through four games this season, few teams have been more impressive, and equally mysterious as Virginia Tech has been. The Hokies are 4-0, but have yet to really play anyone. Well that changes this weekend, when they welcome the surprising Clemson Tigers to Lane Stadium. Clemson is also 4-0, but with a pair of wins […]

Figuring Out The Fine Print In Conference Expansion

Speed kills in college football. If you are not getting ahead, you are falling behind. That goes for on the field as much as it does off the field. From recruiting to facilities, from uniforms to campus life, each school is in a never-ending race to the top to get more – more wins, more […]

Les Miles To The NFL? It Just Might Happen

In the 24/7, Twitter-fueled, non-stop news world we live in, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction. Every rumor is reported as the stone-cold truth, every sentence out of a source’s mouth hits our Twitter feed faster than Trent Richardson hitting the five-hole against an overmatched SEC opponent. At this point, it really is impossible […]

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