0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/10/2011
Even with a few hours to reflect on Arizona State’s 37-30 overtime win over Missouri last night, it’s hard to figure out what to totally make of the game. On the one hand, there’s no denying that it was fun, fast and exciting. The two teams combined for close to 1,000 yards of total offense, […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
OK, we don’t spend too much time at Crystal Ball Run discussing the strengths and weakness of the Mid-American Conference. But guys like
In recent years, college football has seen the emergence of “kickoff classic” games at neutral sites on the season’s first weekend. These games act as sort of a bowl game to open the season. Since college football opens on Labor Day weekend, it’s easy for fans to travel to something like this. The two marquee […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 9/9/2011
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 […]
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Every week, Derek J. Rocco of ThePensBlog.com stops by to give his college football gambling picks. Here are his selections heading into Week 2. So lets recap the picks last week: Wins: Mississippi StateMichigan Boise State Loses: Notre Dame Tulsa/Oklahoma “over: Oregon What we learned: I had my first seven rules of gambling last week, […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
It’s just the second week of the season, but there are all kinds of “big” storylines in college football. So when you’re doing “5 Burning Questions” at Crystal Ball Run, sometimes it’s hard to stick with just five, especially when you get a great guest like SEC blogger Jerry Hinnen. Hinnen has made a name […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
With Week 1 in the books, it’s time to look ahead to Week 2, as our staff gets set to pick the biggest games! Below is not only a quick write-up on the dozen games you need to watch this weekend, but this week, the rest of the staff also chimes in with predictions as […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Oklahoma State’s dynamic duo was at it again last night in Stillwater. Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden connected with Biletnikoff wide receiver Justin Blackmon 12 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns in a 37-14 victory against the visiting Arizona Wildcats. Blackmon has now caught a pass of at least 29 yards in 15 straight […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/8/2011
Joshua Guiher is a college football fan whose goal is to visit all 120 FBS football stadiums. He will be writing a weekly column for Crystal Ball Run, highlighting a different stadium he has visited each week. Josh’s first piece on Michie Stadium can be read here and he returned last week to share his […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
By now, it seems all but certain that college football is in line for another shakeup. We don’t know the exact details, and hardly know where everyone will land when this is all said and done. But to think that the six BCS conferences will look the same in a year from now as they […]
0 comments by Michael Felder
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 […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Last week we placed TCU, Texas A&M, South Carolina and Notre Dame on upset alert. Two of those teams lost (TCU, Notre Dame), one took a while to wake up (South Carolina) and the other made me eat my words (Texas A&M). Let’s take a stab at week two, shall we? http://youtube.com/watch?v= CHp9s-IsO8Q[/youtube] Upset Alert […]
