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Photo: USA Today Sports Any Big Games? No. 17 Michigan (1-0) vs. No. 14 Notre Dame (1-0) (More) The battle of historic college football titans will once again be played under the lights and despite the fact these teams will play again in 2014, this is being billed as the end of an era. Last […]
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Tennessee took advantage of an imploding and turnover happy Western Kentucky offense this afternoon in a 52-20 victory over the visiting Hilltoppers. While the Tennessee defensive game film will be full of highlights, it is this catch by freshman Marquez North that is deserving of some special recognition. Sliding down on the turf, it appeared […]
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Photo: USA Today Sports Any Big Games? No. 11 Georgia (0-1) vs. No. 6 South Carolina (1-0) (More) It is widely considered one of the top games of the season, at least within the SEC. The key battle in the SEC East will give one team a head start on a run for Atlanta and […]
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Photo: USA Today Sports Any Big Games? Miami (1-0) vs. No. 12 Florida (1-0) (More) This is a big game for Miami, as Al Golden's Hurricanes look to make a bit of a statement in their home stadium against one of the top teams from the SEC. Florida's defense played well last week against Toledo […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/6/2013
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel created a stir with some of his on-field antics in a second half debut performance against Rice last week. When Manziel was not leading the Aggies to a touchdown, he may have been found making some symbolic hand gestures. One of those gestures saw Manziel rubbing his fingers today in […]
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As mentioned last week, this year we are going to keep score all season long to see which Crystal Ball Run writer claims bragging rights at the end of the year. After one week, Allen is sitting on top after correctly picking straight-up winners in 11 out of 12 games last weekend. Here is how […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/5/2013
Time magazine placed Texas A&M's Heisman Trophy quarterback Johnny Manziel on the cover of their latest issue, saying it is time to begin paying college football players. The thought is nothing new of course, and it has been a topic of growing interest, debate and discussion over the past few years any time a player […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/4/2013
Photo: 247 Sports Anytime Alabama lands a big time recruit, it is met with a yawn. We expect this sort of recruiting news to happen when discussing the Crimson Tide. Nick Saban has built what can be referred to as an empire, a dynasty at one of college football's historically great programs. Not to take […]
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We may never again see a program make the move from the FCS to FBS with the success experienced by Marshall in the late 1990s, but the University of Texas-San Antonio is currently staring down a golden opportunity to come as close as we may have seen since the Thundering Herd's storming of the MAC. […]
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0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/2/2013
Well that was fun. After seven long months of having to actually be productive on Saturdays, college football returned this weekend, and it was as good as advertised. I set a personal career worst Nike Fuel Points on Saturday, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Football! Laziness! America! I’ll be writing a weekly column […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 8/30/2013
We have waited long enough, but college football season is finally here. That means this is our first truly official Football Friday Hangout! With games commencing last night, Crystal Ball Run staffers Kevin McGuire and Andy Coppens will reflect on what happened from coast to coast, as well as preview some of the key games […]
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Atlanta has been kind to AJ McCarron and Alabama in recent years. Our staff feels secure with their chances in Atlanta again this weekend. Photo: USA Today Sports Remember when Major League Baseball was embarrassed they had an All-Star Game end in a tie, and commissioner Bud Selig decided that the overblown travesty would never […]
