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CrystalBallRun.com’s End of the Year Top 10

Florida State was the easy pick at the top of our staff rankings at the end of the year. Photo: USA Today Sports We already shared our final power rankings for the 2013 season following the conference championships had been sorted out, but with the bowl season now in the books we figured it was […]

Is Louisville getting a new and improved Bobby Petrino?

Bobby Petrino has coached at Louisville twice before. Will the third time be the true charm for the Cardinals? Photo: USA Today Sports I am pretty weird when it comes to song lyrics. As much as I enjoy music and as much influence as it has had on my life, when it comes to lyrics […]

Podcast: Saying good-bye to the BCS

This may have been the final crystal ball run, but how much is really changing in 2014? Photo: USA Today Sports The 2013 college football season provided plenty of drama from start to finish, so it may be fitting that the season's final minutes delivered some intense moments with the championship on the line. As […]

Denny’s offers Auburn 47 chances to win

Auburn may have lost the BCS Championship Game to Florida State, but they still have a chance to win on their way home. 47 of them, to be exact. National dining chain Denny's had one of the best BCS Championship Game tweets of the night, perhaps, reminding Auburn they have 47 chances to be winners […]

BCS goes out like a lion as Florida State reigns supreme once more

Florida State claimed their first national championship since the 1999 season and snapped the SEC's BCS title streak at seven. Photo: USA Today Sports Talk about going out in style. The Bowl Championship Series may have saved its best batch of bowl games for the last year in existence. Before turning things over to the College […]

Is Penn State a destination or pit stop for coaches?

Photo: Bill O'Brien had his eyes set on the NFL the entire time he was at Penn State, but he waited for the right opportunity to take the next step. Will Penn State's next head coach do the same? Photo: USA Today Sports In 2014 Penn State will have their fourth head coach in three […]

Maybe Texas should have gone one more year with Mack Brown

Did Texas rush in to a bad coaching decision? Photo: USA Today Sports We were told Texas would have coaches clamoring to fill the vacancy in Austin. We were told Texas would have their pick of the litter. Maybe we were fooled. Texas has been turned down by potential targets Art Briles of Baylor and […]

Michigan Stadium makes for photogenic NHL Winter Classic

Michigan Stadium was packed with hockey fans for the annual NHL Winter Classic. Photo: USA Today Sports The NHL once again attempted to cash in on a day traditionally reserved for college football, and they did so this year in one of college football's cathedrals of the game. Michigan Stadium was the site of this year's […]

Saying farewell to Teddy Bridgewater and Johnny Manziel

Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater is taking his game to the NFL. Photo: USA Today Sports Just before the ball dropped on 2013 we learned the Bill O'Brien to the Houston Texans saga had taken the next step. Now it looks as though O'Brien will have a decision to make with the top pick in the 2014 […]

Army Navy Game: Crystal Ball Run makes their picks

College football's final regular season game will be played Saturday afternoon in what is expected to be a pretty constant snowfall. We may not see an exact repeat of Sunday's Snow Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions, but the weather forecasts Friday morning are calling for a couple of inches of snow in Philadelphia […]

SEC Championship had 28.5 times as many viewers as MLS Cup

Interest in soccer may be growing inside the United States, but it has a long way to go before rivaling college football when it comes to television ratings. Take Saturday for example… "So, how about that MLS Championship Game?" Said no one, at this particular moment — Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Follow Crystal Ball Run […]

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