0 comments by Tom Perry on 8/31/2011
With the season opener just days away, Ohio State fans can finally put the tumultuous off-season behind them. Jim Tressel’s replacement, Luke Fickell, gets a break in his first game with the Buckeyes as OSU hosts Akron on Saturday. Yep, it’s the same Akron team that went 1-11 last year. To offer us at Crystall […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
Allow me to go back in time to last June. I sat in Columbus Crew Stadium watching the inagural USA College Sevens rugby tournament. The best rugby teams from around the country came together for this wide-open, entertaining competition that highlighted rugby sevens as a future Olympic sport. As I watched several games throughout the […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
The watching, waiting and anticipating is all but over. Effective earlier this morning, Texas A&M officially announced that they had notified the Big XII of their plan to leave the conference. Their final day as a member of the Big XII will be June 30, 2012. Via a release on Texas A&M’s website: “After much […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Over the last month, the boys at Crystal Ball Run have debated just about everything in the college football world to this point…except who they think will the National Championship. Today, they do just that, as our six staff writers have three different National Champions among them, six different BCS National Championship Game participants, and […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 8/30/2011
Update: Late Tuesday Miami announced the indefinite suspension of wide receiver Aldarius Johnson. He is not officially part of the eight NCAA suspensions but is believed to have received benefits from Shapiro. Make that NINE Canes out for the opener. We’ve all been waiting with bated breath as the Miami mess has slowly started to […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Since our inception here at Crystal Ball Run, we’ve covered just about every aspect we can think of in the world of college football. Our staff has voted on our Top 10 teams, the Top 10 games of this upcoming weekend, debated various topics and even gave individual, conference by conference previews. But one thing […]
Imagine you had a friend who decided to build a deck in his backyard. You’re over at his house one day, and he shows you the plans – spot for a grill, hot tub, etc. All in all, sounds pretty sweet. The next day, he calls you to tell you about going to Home Depot […]
(Editor’s note: Every Tuesday throughout the season, the crew at Coaches By The Numbers will tackle a coaching topic related to one of the week’s marquee games. With the LSU Tigers and loopy coach Les Miles taking on the Oregon Ducks in the opening week’s biggest game, the CBTN team asks if the criticisms of […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Penn State has a little bit of everything this season. Quarterback competition still up in the air just days away from the season opener? Check. Rising star at running back? Check. Veteran offensive and defensive lines? Check. Top secondary in the Big Ten? Check. Legendary coach? Check. Names on the uniforms and fancy Nike Pro […]
There’s a retro feel in Tallahassee these days, as Florida State fans are hopeful that the Seminoles are rounding into the form that turned FSU into the dynamo we all remember from the 1990s. Second-year coach Jimbo Fisher is rolling on the recruiting trail and has the ‘Noles back in the preseason top five of […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
After the intial success of our “Meeting of the Minds,” feature a few weeks ago, the staff at Crystal Ball Run has decided to bring it back, for a once weekly debate, centered on the biggest storyline entering the weekend. This week, the Crystal Ball Run staff takes the simple, yet complex question of this: […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 8/28/2011
Finally… FINALLY we have actual games to talk about!! No more Tressel. No more tattoos. No more Will Lyles. No more Charles Robinson (sorry Chuck, love your stuff). No more Nevin Shapiro. No more excessive piles of shoes. Finally, the autumn breeze is slowly coming upon us and a week of college football is here. […]
