SEC Media Days are underway in Hoover, Alabama but here on Crystal Ball Run we get our Crystal Ball out and look towards the actual games on the field.  Unlike most seasons there is an abundance of quality non-conference games being played by the SEC in 2013, so much so it was impossible to mix […]

There are times in all of our lives where we come to crossroads, where we look back and reflect on the choices we make and chose to keep going down the road we've been on or chose a new path. LSU running back Jeremy Hill should've already faced such a choice following an incident in […]

It's SEC week here at Crystal Ball Run and it also happens to be SEC Media Days this week as well, so it's no coincidence that the conference is foremost on our minds. Of course it also helps when the conference goes and does something big. So, on Monday the conference unveiled it's "new" SEC […]

Buckle up for a potentially bumpy ride through the 2013 season across the college football landscape. That's because of a new directive based on the rule change that occurred just about a month ago, one that says "targeting a defenseless player" with a blow above the shoulders will carry an automatic ejection and not just […]

There were rumors and speculation, heck some people even claimed to have seen it for themselves. No, we aren't talking about the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot, or an Alien – we're talking about the long rumored waterfall being installed in the Alabama football building.  Rumor no more now though as CoachingSearch.com has actual […]

UCLA celebrated over rival USC last season, can that game matter again in 2013? (Photo: USA Today Sports) 2012 was one heck of a ride for the Pac-12 conference as they had teams like UCLA and Oregon State rise from the ashes to become relevant contenders and you also had the slow and painful demise […]

What has followed since the horrific and sad murder of Odin Lloyd and the subsequent arrest of ex-Florida Gator star Aaron Hernandez has been nothing short of a complete circus. That circus has now engulfed Hernandez's ex-head coach at Florida, Urban Meyer, and his entire career at Florida. Every decision or non-decision that Meyer made […]

On Wednesday afternoon the University of Mississippi football team lost a member of it's family as Park Stevens was tragically killed in a car accident.  “Our team is hurting tonight with the loss of Park," Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said via statement. "He was a tremendous young man that was loved by his […]

Yes, we're talking mascots, but one look at this picture and you'll see why:  Now, you can make fun of mascots all you want (and who doesn't want to do that generally), but clearly this was a message sent that the Terps aren't wanted in the league anymore. Don't believe me? Guess where this pic […]

TCU didn't fold in 2012, but are the newcomers fitting in to their new home? (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) 2012 was an interesting year in the history of the Big 12. For one, it was the first year in the conference's history that they didn't have a championship game and for another they added […]

The Ducks can dance in the BCS again after NCAA ruling on Wednesday (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) All of this hype over the Oregon sanctions and this is what we got? On Wednesday morning the NCAA and Oregon released the findings from the Committee on Infractions and the highlight and biggest sanctions against the […]