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Five Burning Questions: Northwestern Wildcats

Few know the Northwestern football program quite like Phillip Rosman-Reich. The Northwestern grad does an excellent job covering the team for RiseNorthwestern.com (Phillip is changing addresses later this week) as well as the Big Ten website Delanys Dozen. Not to mention that he’s constantly sharing his thoughts on the Wildcats

LSU Wide Receiver Russell Shepard Suspended

What started off as a preseason full of optimism, has turned into nothing short of a nightmare for LSU fans. As they await the fate of starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson for next Saturday’s opener against Oregon in Dallas, the Bayou Bengals were dealt a brutal blow Thursday, when, according to the Twitter account of ESPN’s […]

Les Miles Comes To The College Gameday Set

For all the things that ESPN does that annoys the hell out of us (the Longhorn Network, #FreeBruce, their entire Baseball Tonight staff), it’s easy to forget that they do in fact do quite a bit of good work. Some of their best, and most creative stuff comes from their marketing staff, which consistently pumsp […]

Report: Miami Likely To Suspend Accused Players

Update: After Crystal Ball Run first mentioned Thursday morning that as many as 12 University of Miami football players were set to be suspended by the school, the hammer officially dropped on Thursday evening. The Miami Herald is reporting that indefinite suspensions (barring NCAA investigations) have been handed down to eight Miami players. The University […]

Tennessee’s Janzen Jackson Dismissed From The Team

The long, winding, and controversial career of uber-talented and often-troubled Tennessee safety Janzen Jackson has come to an end, as coach Derek Dooley announced that he’d been dismissed from the team prior to this morning’s practice. GoVolsExtra.com was the first to report this story. While no reason has officially been given (and likely won’t be), […]

2011 College Football Preview: Breaking Down The SEC

Welcome to the SEC, where football is either being played, spoken of, argued about or debated 365 days a year. Thanks for coming, and feel free to hand your coat to the receptionist at the door. She’ll also provide a lovely parting gift- likely a BCS National Championship trophy- upon your departure. Ok, so yes, […]

Meeting of the Minds: Can Lane Kiffin Coach?

All week long, the writers at Crystal Ball Run have been tackling the interesting and controversial questions around college football, in a segment called Meeting of the Minds. They’ve discussed who’ll get back to the top first, Texas or Florida, debated the merits of Terrelle Pryor and the NFL’s supplemental draft, and even tackled what […]

New Problems For Miami: NCAA Ready To Use Willful Violators Clause

A bad situation at the University of Miami just got a whole heck of a lot worse. By now you know about what the last few days have brought the school. On Tuesday, Yahoo Sports dropped a nuclear bomb on the sports world, detailing the eight year free reign super-booster Nevin Shapiro had over the […]

Terrelle Pryor Is Eligible For The Supplemental Draft…With A Catch

Well, the long, winding road to professional football for our man Terrelle Pryor has come to end. T-Peezy is coming to an NFL stadium near you. Sort of… After months of back and forth between Pryor, his lawyers, agent Drew Rosenhaus and the NFL, the former Ohio State quarterback was made eligible for next Monday’s […]

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