Last week, we talked about the keys to the Mississippi State-Auburn game. Sunday, we dropped some “instant analysis” on the game, as the Tigers walked away with a W and Mississippi State’s SEC West woes continued. Today, we’ll take a look at that final drive and how the Bulldogs turned success into failure or, more […]

In a game that ended with Chris Relf laying just a few inches short of the endzone, the Mississippi State Bulldogs’ demons of the SEC West became real again. It has been two full seasons since the gang from Starkville has beaten an SEC West team from outside of the Mississippi border and they will […]

Last week we took the time to preview the Oregon offensive line against the LSU defensive line because that would be the key to the game in Dallas. This week, and I swear this won’t be every week, the answer to the game is again in the trenches. However, unlike the contest from last Saturday […]

By now we’ve all got a chance to wax philosophically on the Boise State versus Georgia game from this past Saturday night. The Dawgs got out worked by the Broncos, they were pedestrian in their attack and listless in their execution. As a result of this the “Mark Richt Hotseat” meme has been fired up […]

Notre Dame has high expectations in year two of Brian Kelly and the Irish have a roster talented enough to achieve the goals that have been set internally and placed upon them from the outside. However, the boys in South Bend opened the year with a head scratching loss to Skip Holtz’s Bulls and no […]

“Win the battle in the trenches” is probably the most often listed “key to the game” from football analysts. They throw in phrases like “control the line of scrimmage,” “get penetration,” “get to the quarterback,” and “command a double team” on the reg when discussing this ideal. A lot of times it comes across as […]

Update: Late Tuesday Miami announced the indefinite suspension of wide receiver Aldarius Johnson. He is not officially part of the eight NCAA suspensions but is believed to have received benefits from Shapiro. Make that NINE Canes out for the opener. We’ve all been waiting with bated breath as the Miami mess has slowly started to […]

Update: Shortly after CBR posted this story, LSU acted swiftly and suspended Jefferson and Johns indefinitely in a statement released by the school… “Jordan and Josh have been suspended indefinitely.  We will continue to cooperate with the authorities in an effort to find out exactly what took place during the incident.  As sad as this incident […]

The ACC. What can be said about the ACC? It is another year in the league newly reconstructed in 2005 and another year of question marks all over the place. What will come from the two full scale coaching swaps in the league? What will come from the coaching staff moves? How will the new […]

The final “Meeting of the Minds this week tackles the biggest topic in college football right now: The Miami Hurricanes. What’s next and where does Miami go from here? The guys at Crystal Ball Run answer that question. Michael Felder: By now everyone’s got their chance to talk about how much of a rat fink […]

Here at The Crystal Ball Run we’ve got you covered on the field, but as the season approaches we’ve decided to take some of the discussion off the field. Here is where you’ll find The Great Tailgate Debate, folks. It’s a chance to not only hear some of your favorite writers give their take on […]

Earlier in the week I got a chance to talk about my favorite player for this season, the one and only Stephen Garcia, quarterback of the South Carolina Gamecocks. While SG will only be around for one more year, I’ve picked something a bit more timeless as my favorite offensive scheme. In this age of college football that has […]