It was a familiar story in the history of the Big 12: Oklahoma State and Texas squaring off. One with national championship aspirations, the other a dangerous underdog. Of course, the difference this time was that it was the Pokes with the lofty national ranking and Texas trying to make a statement. The Longhorns managed […]
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Through seven weeks of the college football season, there are a few certainties we’ve come to accept. We’ve come to accept that by the end of the year, Alabama’s defense may end up hospitalizing more people than the flu. We’ve come to accept that after every offensive series, Florida offensive coordinator Charlie Weis will need […]
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Down 35 to 17 in the third quarter – the viewing audience and a cringing Clemson fan base were relegated to “Clemson being Clemson” yet again. But insert super freshman Sammy Watkins into the formula, and out comes a very different football team. The 2011 version of the Clemson Tigers are for real. You have […]
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Since Paul Wulff took over at Washington State in 2008, the college football world had basically forgotten that the Cougars played any longer. Well, actually for his first three years Wazzu never managed to win more than two games in a season. This year, the Cougars have actually been playing much better. The big reason […]
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=LZBPu7jJbJU For weeks, almost every WVU fan has been dreaming of life as a member of the SEC. It’s pretty clear that dream won’t be realized. It’s not quite as bad as losing to Pittsburgh 13-9, but it is another slap in the face to a very proud program and even prouder fan […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Denard Robinson is a runner. That is what made him a Heisman candidate this year and last. His breakaway speed can be breathtaking at times. So when Robinson is rushed like Michigan State rushed him and forced out of the pocket, into rushed throws and into a state of complete disorientation, running seems to be […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 10/14/2011
The Illinois Fighting Illini host the Ohio State Buckeyes this weekend and back in August if you’d have said one team would be undefeated and the other would have three losses the easy money would have been on the Zooker’s team to be the 3-3 team. However, tables are turned and while folks anticipated Ohio […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
I couldn’t be any colder if you packed me in ice, shipped me to Antarctica and showed me naked pics of Rosanne Barr. Last week: 0-5 (I technically won the LSU game, but I had it in a parlay with Iowa) Overall: 9-18-1 Really incredible to think how bad I am doing right now. But […]
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Hard to believe, but we are now seven full weeks into the college football season. Here are the Crystal Ball Run Week 7 staff picks, including why a few writers like Baylor to pull an upset at Texas A&M, and why Vontaze Burfict (pictured above), is coming for YOU, Darron Thomas. No. 23 Michigan State […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
This week will see a number of unbeaten teams take to the road in conference match-ups. LSU, Alabama, and Oklahoma are all on the road. So are surprising Michigan and Clemson, who look to pick up one more win and remain in the outsider’s chance conversation when it comes to the BCS national championship. Here […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
What started out as a sloppy game turned out to be, well… a sloppy game. Cal turned the ball over five times, including twice in the first half of the first quarter, as USC picked up a 30-9 victory in AT&T Park, home of baseball’s San Francisco Giants. USC only managed to score three points […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 10/13/2011
Full-disclosure, I’m a little bit of a sports media dork. While you were busy growing up worshipping people like Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Rebecca Lobo (ok, maybe not the last one), I always found people like Keith Jackson, Michael Wilbon and Bill Raftery far more fascinating. (In a related note, that’s also probably why […]
