0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/8/2011
Simply put, there is no better variable to indicate future success or failure for a college football team than their schedule. You can have all the talent in the world, the best coaching staff money can buy, and an All-American quarterback, and yet, all it takes is some crotchety old guy in your conference office […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/7/2011
Want the secret to finding the soft spot of one of college football’s hardest coaches? Apparently all you’ve got to do is be able to hit 500 foot home runs and gun a runner out at home off one hop from deep centerfield. So is the curious case at Nebraska, where notorious hot-head/big-scary-mean-guy Bo Pelini is […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/4/2011
Our countdown of the Top 10 teams on the Crystal Ball Run takes a trip to Baton Rouge to visit the grass-eating, riverboat gambling, hat wearing son of a gun Les Miles and his LSU Tigers. Can LSU make its third trip to the national championship game in New Orleans in the last decade? Crystal […]
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This morning, 59 of the finest sports information directors and graduate assistants…umm, I mean head football coaches, cast their ballots in the first USA Today Coaches Poll of the season. Good times! While ultimately, these arbitrary, random rankings, are fun, let’s remember that they really do mean nothing. After all, last year’s Coaches Poll had […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/3/2011
After breaking down Wisconsin earlier in the afternoon,
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There might not be a team with more questions heading into 2011 than the University of Florida. Entering the fall, the Gators will have a new head coach and coaching staff, and an incredibly young, albeit talented, defense. One of the few places that Florida does return experience is at quarterback… much to the disappointment […]
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So far, the Crystal Ball Run Top 10 has looked at a handful of the teams we expect to do big things this season. We’ve looked at South Carolina, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Boise State. And today, And be sure to follow Crystal Ball Run
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/2/2011
Yesterday, we covered No. 10 South Carolina and No. 9 Oklahoma State. The countdown rolls into Fayetteville, where Aaron Torres of Aaron Torres Sports is calling the hogs. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 8 – Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas in a Word: Dependent When Bobby Petrino snuck out the backdoor in Atlanta and emerged […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/1/2011
Here at Crystal Ball Run, we’re not naïve enough to believe that we know every single thing there is to know about every single team. It’s impossible. Well, unless you’re Gary Danielson (No seriously, just go ahead and ask him). Which is why with fall camps set to open, we’ve enlisted some of our good […]
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All this week, Crystal Ball Run will be taking a look at what it considers to be the top 10 teams in college football, as voted on by our staff. Understand that we might not agree on all these selections, but at the very least, it’s a good jumping off point. Starting things off, the […]
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College football fans don’t agree on much. You know that. I know that. And those poor, harmless trees at Toomer’s Corner know that. Which is why it’s been so strange this off-season to see everyone universally agree on one thing: The greatness of Andrew Luck. People just can’t get enough of him. Ask most, and […]
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Well, hello. Fancy seeing you here. If you’re wondering what kind of parallel universe you’ve arrived in, I’d like to welcome you to the new thecomeback.com college football blog, Crystal Ball Run (Ya know, like The Cannon Ball Run. Get it?) I’m Aaron Torres, and along with my good buddy Allen Kenney of BlatantHomerism.com, we’ll […]
