0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/26/2013
Clowney? Guilty? Nah. (Photo: Getty Images) Earlier this week, South Carolina defensive lineman and master of the universe Jadeveon Clowney posted a picture a screengrab of an article on Instagram claiming he had been in contact with the rapper-turned-sports-mogul Jay, now hyphen-less, Z. The caption on Clowney's Instagrammed photo read "You kno we about to […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/24/2013
Ok, this is a hockey trophy but if we aren't careful, this is what college football's trophy could look like. For years, the Bowl Championship Trophy has been presented to that year's college football national champion. The trophy has been a Waterford crystal football, mounted on a black marble base. Some of the greats have […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/23/2013
For the past few weeks, we at Crystal Ball Run have written about the major college football award watch lists. I was astounded by how many players actually get onto each list. Does every player on the watch lists have an actual chance of winning the award, or are these award presenters just hedging their […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/19/2013
My eyes! Remember when you were a kid and the beach was fun and carefree? If you ever wanted to change, your mom would hold up a towel to shield the world, or you would go into a bathroom like a normal person. FIU's football team apparently still lives by this notion of juvenile freedom […]
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As is well-documented from a post I did earlier this week, I was not given a credential to SEC Media Days. I'm still not complaining about it, even though it really sounds like it. But instead of sulking and watching the "Days" on TV, of which I did a lot, I (with an apprehensive, […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/18/2013
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Jadeveon Clowney's coming, and it'll be televised. (Photo: USA Today Sports) The SEC Media Days are over tomorrow and the league has released its early television schedule for the first three weeks of the season. The conference also announced every air-date of each game on CBS, as well as a […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/14/2013
The Manning Passing Academy is an annual summer football camp held for high school football players. It is a four-day camp held in the Manning's homeland of Thibodaux, La. and brings in current and former college football and NFL players to help coach these campers. Texas A&M's center-of-attention quarterback Johnny Manziel was one of the […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 7/9/2013
The college football offseason "began" when the final whistle blew in Miami, this January. But there isn't really a college football offseason. There is national signing day, recruiting, spring games, transfers, arrests, Johnny Manziel's Twitter acount, Preseason All-everything lists and award watch lists. The season never really ends, it just takes on a different form. […]
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Former Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson said in an interview that he will be returning to the school after he was suspended for the 2013 Fall semester due to "poor academic judgment." Golson led Notre Dame to a 12-0 regular season and a BCS National Championship Game appearance, in which it was squashed by Alabama. […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 6/26/2013
Traditionally, USC has been known for great running backs: O.J. Simpson, Mike Garrett, Marcus Allen and others. But after Pete Carroll resurrected the program, the quarterbacks and wide receivers, along with running back Reggie Bush (he doesn’t count anymore, if you know what I mean) dominated the offensive attack. Lane Kiffin has continued this trend, […]
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 6/24/2013
Teams in the Mid-American Conference are known for their high scoring, Tuesday-Friday games, dramatic finishes and not much defense. Last year, Bowling Green made its defense a priority and went to a bowl game for the first time since 2009 because of it. Their defense wasn’t just good for MAC standards, it was in the […]
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Coffee didn't miss a 'Bama game from 1946-2013. (Photo: ABC 33/40 Birmingham) Some fans, many not actually graduates from the schools that they support, claim to be diehards. Some may attend every home game, or every "big game," but eventually miss the action in person once or twice. Alabama fan Dick Coffee was unlike any […]
