PHOTO: USA Today Sports Buffalo Bulls (8-4) vs San Diego State Aztecs (7-5) Saturday, Dec 21st @ 5:30 PM EST Line: even How Buffalo got here: Buffalo started out their season 0-2 with two losses to Baylor and Ohio State by a combined 77 points. After that, the Bulls settled down. After needing multiple overtimes […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports I grew up on box scores. Before the age of the internet, I always looked forward to waking up in the morning and getting the paper and finding out who beat who and also digging into the box score. To this day, I will often keep my internet browser open and […]

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One of the most interesting parts of bowl season is seeing what bowls give out as gifts to the student athletes. The NCAA authorizes gifts of up to $550 from each bowl. For those who are in the camp that say student athletes should be paid, this may not be what they are talking about […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Randy Edsall took over the UConn football program in 1999 and had some ups and downs but when he left, the Huskies had won eight games (or more) in four straight seasons and had made four straight bowl trips. UConn seemed to be on solid ground. Then they hired Paul Pasqualoni. […]

All eyes will be on New York this weekend as the 2013 Heisman Trophy is awarded to the top player in college football. Our first poll of the year was way back after week five. At that point, Johnny Manziel was in the pole position and he was followed by Marcus Mariota, Tajh Boyd, Aaron […]

Can Johnny Manziel make history with a second Heisman Trophy? Photo: USA Today Sports, edited by Crystal Ball Run. Six finalists for the 2013 Heisman Trophy were announced Monday evening. Crystal Ball Run will be taking a look at each finalist. | AJ McCarron | Jordan Lynch | Johnny Manziel | Tre Mason | Andre Williams | Jameis Winston | Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M Aggies 3,732 passing […]

Auburn's Tre Mason has rushed to the Heisman scene at the right time. Photo: USA Today Sports, edited by Crystal Ball Run. Six finalists for the 2013 Heisman Trophy were announced Monday evening. Crystal Ball Run will be taking a look at each finalist. | AJ McCarron | Jordan Lynch | Johnny Manziel | Tre Mason | Andre Williams | Jameis Winston | Tre Mason, Auburn running […]

This is the final year of the BCS and let's give credit where credit is due, the system worked this season and it gave us the right match-up for the National Championship. Of course, a lot of things had to fall into place but magically they did.  Starting in the 2014 season, the College Football […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Yesterday, we talked about the most disappointing teams in college football this season. Now it's time to take a look at the teams that surprised us the most (in a good way). First, go back and check out the most surprising teams at the mid-way point of the season and then […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Early in October I wrote about the most disappointing teams in college football. I thought it would be interesting to take a look back now that the regular season is over (except Army/Navy) and see which teams end up on the final version of this season's naughty list. Let's go through […]