0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/3/2012
Football stadium cakes never get old. Here is Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium. It feels like stadiums recreated in cake-form continue to pop up everywhere we look. The amount of work that went in to recreating Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium is nothing short of amazing. As with most of these college football-themed cakes, this was used for a […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/29/2012
There is no question that the big story this week has been the new four-team playoff model that will be used to determine college football’s national champion starting in the 2014 season. With revenue splitting a concern to many, we learned some more details yesterday. Most notably, the playoff revenue-split subcommittee features the conference commissioners […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/28/2012
Now that the college football playoff has been approved, and widely criticized already, the talk has shifted back to the familiar argument of “pay for play.” Associated Press columnist Tim Dahlberg believes pay for play should be a part of the four-team playoff, and he is certainly not alone in this belief. Our contributor Michael Felder […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/27/2012
Welcome to a new age in college football, whether you like it or not. Yesterday it was confirmed that a four-team playoff format will be the new way to determine a national champion in college football, with a selection committee choosing the teams and seeding them in a rotating bowl set of six games. Needless […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/26/2012
Before we get started, we recommend you get your day started with a well-balanced breakfast. This may or may not include a bowl of Cornhusker All Stars… Would love to see those trading cars if anyone has them. HT: Reddit Today is the day that could officially change college football postseason’s future with the adoption […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/25/2012
As we kick off our conference previews with an entire week dedicated to the ACC we also want to take a look back on the conference’s history. Today is a brief retrospective of the ACC. Last Year in the ACC Conference Champion: Clemson (10-4, 6-2) We went in to last season with many expecting Florida […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/22/2012
LeBron James has finally silenced (some of) his critics by helping the Miami Heat capture an NBA championship last night. Cincinnati BearCats head coach Butch Jones had a front row seat for all of last night’s action in Miami. But really, now that the NBA season is finally over, it is one less distraction from […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/21/2012
We are getting down to the nitty gritty and the coveted top two spots in Crystal Ball Run’s preseason top ten. You might think this team deserves a spot in either of those positions, and by the time the season ends they could very well be there, but our number three team this preseason is […]
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The era of the four-team playoff is just about here after developments last night. The commissioners of each FBS conference (and Notre Dame Athletics director Jack Swarbrick) announced that they were unanimous in their support for a seeded four-team playoff model. Here is what we know at this point. A selection committee is preferred by […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/20/2012
While we typically run our Morning Playbook as the first post during the week, sometimes we just have to hit the snooze alarm once, or twice, or 14 times. So today, we invite you to pull up a chair for a special brunch edition of the Morning Playbook. Don’t worry, we won’t spoil your appetite […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/19/2012
Happy retirement LaDainian Tomlinson. Congratulations to future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson on retiring from a successful NFL career. Tomlinson retired Monday as the fifth all-time leading rusher and second on the rushing touchdown list in NFL history. Of course, before he became one of the top running backs in the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/15/2012
Let’s get started! This one may have caught some people off guard, but the nation’s number one player is heading to… Clemson. Confirmed- Nation’s No. 1 for 2013 Robert Nkemdiche to
