0 comments by Reginald Eller on 11/4/2011
Saturday we all will clear our schedules for LSU-Alabama, which promises to be the biggest game of the season. It actually feels like the biggest game in many years. This match-up will feature a number of players who will be playing on Sundays in the National Football League once they’re done with college. Phil Savage, […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
Let me see if I have this right. Tulane football, which hasn’t had a winning season since 2002, is reaching big time for the next coach. How about this list of candidates? Former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski Former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach It’s hard to believe three high […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 11/3/2011
We sit just two days away from the contest folks have been looking forward to since the Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers passed the Oklahoma Sooners for the top two spots in the polls. There’s been plenty said about how good each of these teams are and how they are not just the class […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
With our focus on the titanic LSU-Alabama game Saturday night, what better way to discuss No. 1 versus No. 2 than by having one of the best college football writers in America answer “Five Burning Questions” about the much anticipated showdown. Our latest guest at CBR is Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports. His summer move […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Let’s take a break from drowning in hype for this Saturday’s LSU-Alabama game to ponder a scenario even more likely to blow up to mammoth proportions. I’m talking, of course, about Paul Finebaum’s wet dream, a rematch in the BCS Championship Game. There are two clear schools of thought on this. One side contends that […]
With the huge SEC clash between the No. 1 LSU Tigers and No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide just days away, Kris Brauner of LSU site Saturday Night Slant joins Crystal Ball Run managing editor Allen Kenney for a podcast to break down the keys to the game. Kris and Allen cover: Steve Kragthorpe’s impact on […]
0 comments by Reginald Eller on 11/2/2011
Oklahoma State, in the midst of a dream season, will try to not look past a pesky Kansas State team this weekend to the Cowboys’ Dec. 3 match-up with the Oklahoma Sooners. To answer “Five Burning Questions” regarding Oklahoma State-Kansas State, I called upon the voice of the Cowboys, Dave Hunziker. 1) Usually, after losing a […]
With the big showdown coming up in Tuscaloosa this weekend, it is only appropriate we take a look at the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Nick Saban. Though this game is being hyped by the media as one of the biggest college football games of all time, big games such as these are […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
I don’t know if A.J. McCarron is a regular listener to the podcast that Allen Kenney and I do here at Crystal Ball Run every Sunday night, but if he is, well, I’m guessing he might not be the biggest fan. That’s because whenever Allen and I tape those podcast,s at some point the conversation […]
With the regular season two-thirds complete, we have a good feel as to which teams are for real and which ones are pretenders. In a number of cases, new assistants and coordinators are making their mark behind the scenes, helping propel their teams up the polls and conference standings. It’s time for these guys […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
The Big East is expected to extend invitations to as many as six schools over the course of the next week. For real this time. We think. No, seriously, we mean it! On Tuesday the Big East presidents and athletic directors from all members not named West Virginia, Syracuse or Pittsburgh (and TCU for what […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
If you thought last week was crazy with the finish to Wisconsin and Michigan State, this week was just as wild. Oklahoma State and Brandon Weedon curb stomped the Heisman campaign of RG3, Georgia Tech shocked Clemson, Georgia got the monkey of it’s back in Jacksonville, South Caroina survived it’s first full game without Marcus […]
