Second-year head coach Tommy Tuberville has the Texas Tech Red Raiders undefeated through their first four games of the season, and the offense is clicking at a pace that would make Mike Leach envious. After dodging a bullet last week at Kansas, Tech faces its toughest test of the season so far when Texas A&M […]
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Conference Realignment: Will Big 12’s Moves Mollify Mizzou?
Helluva 24 hours for the Big 12. First, Texas and ESPN relent on showing high school content on the Longhorn Network. Then, news breaks this morning that Texas Christian plans to jilt the Big East at the altar in favor of a bid to the Conference That Won’t Die. As always, the developments could potentially […]
Upset Alert: Going From Coast To Coast This Week
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Who Is The Best SEC Program In The BCS Era?
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While debate over the nation’s top conference used to be a hot topic, nobody argues its identity anymore. The SEC is on top right now, and it’s not even close. The league boasts a perfect 7-0 in BCS Championship Games, including the last five in a row. With the conference supremacy discussion settled for […]
Stadium Guide: Ryan Field, Northwestern
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Tulane To The Big XII? It Ain’t Happening. But Could It Hold A Bigger Key To Conference Realignmentt?
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One of the most fascinating, and equally annoying subplots of the conference realignment merry go round we’ve experienced the last few months, is that it’s simply impossible to decipher fact from fiction. Some leaked information has proven to be true (Texas A&M to the SEC for example), while much more hasn’t. After all, how many […]
WVU’s Dana Holgorsen: Unplugged and Unfiltered
0 comments by Tom Perry on 10/5/2011
When Dana Holgorsen goes off script you better buckle up. West Virginia’s first-year coach is 4-1 and one of the biggest stars in the state. After getting back on track with a 55-10 crushing of Bowling Green it would only make sense to think he would be in a good mood. Guess again. Holgorsen actually […]
Meeting Of The Minds: Of The Undefeated Teams Which Are “For Real” & Which Are “For Fake”
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Guys we’re five weeks into the 2011 season and we still have a lot of unbeaten teams. Some, like the top 6, were expected while others were not. We’ve got some low ranked teams boasting undefeated records and a couple Non-BCS squads in the ranks as well. My question to you all is simple: Who […]
Bloguin Heisman Poll Week Five
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Week five of the College Football Season has come and gone. Russell Wilson and the Wisconsin Badgers beat up on the Cornhuskers of Nebraska, Alabama flexed it’s muscle against the Gators, and Stephen Garcia might have single-handedly put the kibosh on Marcus Lattimore’s Heisman hopes. Last week was week four of the Bloguin Heisman Poll […]
Conference Realignment: Missouri Wants To See Other People
In the latest conference realignment turn, Missouri has now put itself on the market. How will this affect the major players still in flux? Here’s a look: Missouri Mizzou’s administration still has the option to re-commit to the Big 12, but no one seems to think that’s realistic. Could the Tigers use their newfound singlehood […]
Connor Shaw Named Starter At South Carolina; Stephen Garcia Benched
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 10/4/2011
For anyone who is a regular reader here at Crystal Ball Run, you know that of everything that happened last weekend, the one thing I couldn’t help but take away was the sad state of Stephen Garcia’s playing career. It was a mix of disappointment, surprise, anger and resentment, with my feelings fluctuating from “I […]
Rick Neuheisel And The Warren G. Harding Effect
“…when Franchione bolted in 2000 to coach Alabama, TCU barely considered Patterson. He and his second wife were separated, and he hardly projected the smooth leader-of-men look so beloved of chancellors and players’ moms.” The above passage is from S.L. Price’s recent Sports Illustrated article on Gary Patterson. If you have ever read Malcolm Gladwell’s […]
