Point spreads. To some, “point spreads” is a dirty little term that elicits all kinds of negative thoughts. Thoughts of smoky casinos and overcrowded sports books, not to mention down on their luck losers, handing over the last dime of their daughter’s college fund, all because daddy couldn’t lay off Ron Zook and the points […]

As everyone gets set to reflect back on the second Saturday in college football, the quick, knee-jerk reaction is going to be to discuss Notre Dame-Michigan. Playing to a national audience, with no other games on as it concluded, and with that wild, Denard Robinson-fueled finish, Notre Dame-Michigan was an instant classic, a game people […]

Entering Saturday’s showdown at Wisconsin, one of the great unanswered questions in college football was this: Could Oregon State possibly be as bad as their 29-28 loss to Sacramento State last weekend might indicate? Given that they fell behind 14-3 at the half, and had to rally just to force overtime, it seemed likely. Then […]

Even with a few hours to reflect on Arizona State’s 37-30 overtime win over Missouri last night, it’s hard to figure out what to totally make of the game. On the one hand, there’s no denying that it was fun, fast and exciting. The two teams combined for close to 1,000 yards of total offense, […]

Every week, Derek J. Rocco of ThePensBlog.com stops by to give his college football gambling picks. Here are his selections heading into Week 2. So lets recap the picks last week: Wins: Mississippi StateMichigan  Boise State Loses: Notre Dame Tulsa/Oklahoma “over: Oregon  What we learned: I had my first seven rules of gambling last week, […]

By now, it seems all but certain that college football is in line for another shakeup. We don’t know the exact details, and hardly know where everyone will land when this is all said and done. But to think that the six BCS conferences will look the same in a year from now as they […]

No matter where your allegiances lie, there truly wasn’t a whole lot to take out of Monday night’s Miami-Maryland matchup. The weather was lousy, Miami was without many of their starters, and given the hideousness of Maryland’s uniforms, it was hard to focus on anything actually related to football. Of the few things that seemed […]

Update: As we projected, it appears as though Baylor will in fact throw their bodies in front of A&M to the SEC, and refuse to waive their right to sue. From the

This was supposed to be the year. The year that the echoes were awakened. The year that Notre Dame made the jump back into our national college football consciousness. And the year the Irish began a string of BCS bowl appearances that made USC’s run in the mid-2000’s look like child’s play. The talent was […]

We are still figuring out exactly how we are going to handle the Sunday recap segment here at Crystal Ball Run.  But as we bat around ideas for next week and beyond, here are 10 of my personal takeaways from Week 1 of the college football season: 1. LSU: Let’s start with the most obvious […]