(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It’s the college football off-season, but unlike Johnny Manziel, the staff here at Crystal Ball Run hasn’t spent the last few months gallivanting around Mexico or hanging out with LeBron James (mainly because, well, our lives aren’t nearly as awesome as Johnny Manziel’s), but instead, 100 percent, totally focused on […]

(Photo Credit: USA Today Sports) Very sad news came out of USC spring camp on Thursday evening, when it was reported that back-up wide receiver George Farmer tore his ACL and MCL and will be lost for the 2013 season. The news was first shared via the USC athletics Twitter feed,

Trojan Freshman Max Browne takes a snap in spring practice (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It’s spring, and here at Crystal Ball Run, that only means one thing: The start of baseball season! Kidding. No one actually watches baseball anymore, do they? In all seriousness we’re here to talk some spring football, where just about […]

For those of you who might not remember, it was exactly one year ago today, April 1, 2012 when former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino hopped on his motorcycle and rode into the sunset and right into a ditch with a blonde Arkansas staffer named Jessica Dorrell literally in his hip pocket. Safe to say to […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) First Practice: April 2 Spring Game: April 27 Spring camp is set to open at Oregon on Tuesday, and like everything they do with their football program up in Eugene, practice will be a fast-paced affair. Despite being one of the final programs to start spring ball, the Ducks will […]

Mal Moore, the recently retired Alabama Athletic Director best known as the man who hired Nick Saban as football coach in 2007 passed away on Saturday, according to the school. He was 73-years-old. Moore was a man tied to Alabama since his teen years, as a player for legendary coach Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant from 1958 […]

The SEC has been known for its wild recruiting wars through the years, but in the winter and spring of 2013, things have taken on a new and dramatic turn that no one was ready for: Coaches in the conference have now decided to eschew typical recruiting tactics and instead, make headlines by simply sending […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) Spring has sprung, and you know what that means: A bunch of angry coaches nitpicking every little mistake, error and missed tackle their team makes. That is the case nationwide, but apparently an even larger issue at Arizona than most schools, where second-year head coach Rich Rodriguez actually took time […]

(Photo Courtesy of USA Today Sports) For anyone who watched Michigan’s 78-53 second round (or is it third round?) NCAA Tournament beat down win of VCU over the weekend, two things stood out above all others: 1. Man, Michigan can play. 2. And also, man, that Mitch McGary is one tough…well, you know. McGary, is […]

With Paul Finebaum’s radio show off the air for a solid two months now, thousands tens of college football fans across the country have wondered how the man so many across the South know simply as “PAWWWWWWWWWWWWL” has spent all his newfound free time. The answer came on Tuesday with news that Finebaum will apparently […]

First Practice: March 27 Spring Game: April 20 As we all know, it’s been it’s been a wild, wacky and tumultuous two years for Auburn fans. Following the 2010 BCS National Championship run, it was literally and figuratively all downhill for Gene Chizik’s program, culminating in one of the worst seasons in program history in […]