0 comments by Aaron Torres on 11/11/2011
This is a new experience for the Big Ten. Yes, the final three weeks of the conference’s regular season will be chock full of the same intensity and tenseness as ever. But, no there will not be rose-colored dreams. No, there will not be the crazy ties that always seem to occur. The Big Ten […]
Nearly 20 years after the arrest and trial of O.J. Simpson on charges that he had murdered two people, what’s your enduring memory of that three-year ordeal? For me, it’s the image of a cadre of Los Angeles cops ambling along behind a white Ford Bronco for miles on the city’s freeways. In fact, I […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 11/10/2011
We’ve got some good old Thursday night football in the ACC as Virginia Tech travels down to the ATL to take on the Yellow Jackets. The Hokies are in the driver’s seat in the ACC Coastal, same as every year it seems, and this contest against Georgia Tech will be another step towards getting them […]
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It’s been a gripping, surreal, almost unconscionable few days at Penn State. A week ago, an 8-1 team was on a bye, relaxing, preparing and waiting for Nebraska, with a potential berth in the first annual Big Ten title game on the line. One week later, a coaching legend is gone, the reputation of a […]
The career of Joe Paterno, the all-time winningest coach in college football history, at Penn State is over after being fired by the school’s board of trustees Wednesday night. To call Paterno’s 61 years at Penn State a “career” undersells his hold over not only his football team, but the university as well. He was […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 11/9/2011
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mzci0jejCsE 87 seconds of highlights can’t really do a game with 18 touchdowns (and 1 field goal) justice, but Toledo played their second straight game in the 60s in defeating Western Michigan 66-63 on Tuesday night. This came a week after their 63-60 loss to Northern Illinois last week. The MAC! It’s Faaaantastic! (Hey, it’s […]
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In this week’s edition of the Crystal Ball Run Podcast, co-managing editors Allen Kenney and Aaron Torres break down the LSU-Alabama slug-fest from all angles, before quickly previewing the Week 11 games. The pair discussed the following topics and much more: – Was the 9-6 final a thing of beauty, or an offensive abomination? […]
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What was thought to be inconceivable just a week ago, became official on Wednesday morning: Joe Paterno will retired as head coach at Penn State at the end of the 2011 season. The 84-year-old coach released a statement this morning, which read: I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case. I grieve for […]
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A quick note from the editor: Since starting Crystal Ball Run back the first week of August, the hardest story that we’ve had to cover- by far- is the ongoing situation at Penn State. By now you know the sordid details, which involve allegations surrounding former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky’s role in alleged sexual abuse […]
ESPN’s new documentary Roll Tide/War Eagle captures the insanity, er, passion of the Iron Bowl, one of college football’s greatest rivalries. Good flick and all, but that game has been around forever. Bor-ing. Let’s talk about the next generation of college football’s mean girls. How about these candidates to become some of college football’s new […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
The “Game of the Year of the Century” came and went with mixed reviews but one thing was for sure, fans watched. The game gave CBS it’s best rating for college football since 1989 as LSU topped the Crimson Tide by a score of 9 to 6. Heisman Candidate Trent Richardson accounted for more than […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 11/8/2011
Joe Paterno’s weekly press conference with the media was cancelled a little more than half an hour before it was to begin by Penn State president Graham Spanier. Over 100 media members from the local beat reporters who always participate in the weekly conferences to national media flying in to cover the Penn State scandal linked to […]
