0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/17/2012
SEC media days are here and they are bigger than ever. Yes, football is back, as Dennis Dodd writes for CBSSports.com. Brace yourself for plenty of quotes from some of the country’s most quotable coaches and prepare for plenty of attention given to the new conference members, Missouri and Texas A&M. Yes, this year should […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/16/2012
It is Big 12 Preview Week here at Crystal Ball Run. Before looking ahead to the 2012 season and debating who will be the team to beat and whether or not the conference is ready for another strong season, we begin once again by taking a look through history of the conference and their incoming […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/13/2012
The Freeh Report all but decimated what was left of a pristine legacy for Joe Paterno. Thursday brought about sobering realizations and confirmation that Joe Paterno had a larger role in the Jerry Sandusky response by Penn State officials than he initially led on. The Freeh Report concluded that Paterno did know about a 1998 […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/12/2012
We generally try to avoid sharing our personal opinions on Crystal Ball Run, but I was asked to share some thoughts on the latest news regarding Penn State. The following are my own words and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the rest of the Crystal Ball Run staff. – Kevin Joe Paterno died […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/11/2012
Award watch list week continues with the release of the Rimington Trophy (best center) and Mackey Award (best tight end) watch lists. We took a stab at predicting who will win the individual honors and Michael Felder took a look at how the role of the tight ends has increased at Bleacher Report. The […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/10/2012
Auburn’s Philip Lutzenkirchen is among the favorites for the 2012 Mackey Award. Another day, two more watch lists to review. On the heels of the release of watch lists for two high-profile awards, the Maxwell Award (top college football player) and Bednarik Award (best defensive player), the preseason watch lists for two under the radar […]
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Yesterday was the first official watch list day for college football fans. The Maxwell Football Club got it all started with the initial release of the watch lists for the Maxwell Award and Bednarik Award. Can LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu become the first defensive back to win consecutive Bednarik Awards for the first time in the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/9/2012
We are back to dedicating a full week of coverage to a single conference this week. This week we hit the west coast and dive deep in to the Pac-12 conference. To get things started, we take a look at some of the conference history to see if we can find any similar themes heading in to the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/7/2012
The bowl open market is officially open and conferences are already cashing in. The SEC and Big 12 got an early jump with their Champions Bowl agreement, and the Big Ten and Pac 12 have extended their deal with the Rose Bowl and the ESPN hype machine. Not to be left too far behind, the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/6/2012
It is not too often that an athlete will mouth off about the apparrel he is given to wear, but we will get to that later. First, some official business to address… Former Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell has successfully landed at FCS Alabama State. There he will be eligible to play immediately this season, […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/5/2012
We hope you enjoyed your Fourth of July, and if you are one of the many making a five-day weekend of the holiday, we hope you enjoyed your Fifth of July as well! As you might expect, it was a relatively quiet day as far as college football news was concerned, but we managed to […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/3/2012
Don’t mess with Texas? More like don’t produce YouTube videos, Texas. Texas A&M fans are excited about being in the SEC as well as ready to say hello to their new rivals from Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, Georgia, Tennessee etc. To do so Texas A&M found some Aggie students to join Dr. Bowen Loftin to […]
