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Meeting of the Minds: Can Lane Kiffin Coach?

All week long, the writers at Crystal Ball Run have been tackling the interesting and controversial questions around college football, in a segment called Meeting of the Minds. They’ve discussed who’ll get back to the top first, Texas or Florida, debated the merits of Terrelle Pryor and the NFL’s supplemental draft, and even tackled what […]

Meeting of the Minds: Terrelle Pryor and the NFL

Throughout the week, we at Crystal Ball Run are debating and discussing the biggest stories in college football in a series we call “Meeting of the Minds.” If you missed it yesterday, check out our discussion on the potential for a rebound season by Texas and Florida. Now we couldn’t resist discussing the NFL’s decision […]

New Problems For Miami: NCAA Ready To Use Willful Violators Clause

A bad situation at the University of Miami just got a whole heck of a lot worse. By now you know about what the last few days have brought the school. On Tuesday, Yahoo Sports dropped a nuclear bomb on the sports world, detailing the eight year free reign super-booster Nevin Shapiro had over the […]

Terrelle Pryor Is Eligible For The Supplemental Draft…With A Catch

Well, the long, winding road to professional football for our man Terrelle Pryor has come to end. T-Peezy is coming to an NFL stadium near you. Sort of… After months of back and forth between Pryor, his lawyers, agent Drew Rosenhaus and the NFL, the former Ohio State quarterback was made eligible for next Monday’s […]

Boston College Star Montel Harris To Miss 3-4 Weeks

As strange as this might sound, there are actually things to talk about in the world of college football right now besides the Ponzi-schemin’, strip-club hangin’, extra benefit takin’ Miami Hurricanes. Camps are open, jobs are being won and lost, and injuries are altering how we feel about specific teams. That is certainly the case […]

Five Burning Questions: Navy Midshipmen

Crystal Ball Run returns to the service academies for this edition of “Five Burning Questions,” as Michael James from Navy blog The Birddog takes a turn in the hot seat. 1. You know how much I like Ricky Dobbs. All in all, how big of a loss is he for the Midshipmen? Not as much […]

Meeting Of The Minds: Texas, Florida On The Mend

Throughout the week, we at Crystal Ball Run are debating and discussing the biggest stories in college football in a series we call “Meeting of the Minds.” Check out this morning’s roundtable discussion on how conference realignment will shake out. Now we’re moving on to the reclamation projects underway at Texas and Florida. Allen Kenney: […]

Five Burning Questions: NFL Draft

Here at Crystal Ball Run, we don’t just like to talk about what’s going in the college football world now, but what will likely happen in the future as well. Call it “looking into the Crystal Ball,” if you will. Well with that said, few things intrigue us more than how certain players we’re watching […]

Meeting Of The Minds: Conference Realignment Endgame

Throughout the week, we at Crystal Ball Run are debating and discussing the biggest stories in college pig in a segment we call the “Meeting of the Minds.”  You can check out yesterday’s roundtable discussion on the top challengers to Ohio State’s throne in the Big Ten here.  Today our discussion chain focuses on the […]

Putting A Price On Texas A&M’s Misery

Every time I say I’m done with the college football realignment talk, those magnificent bastards down in Texas find a way to pull me back in. While Texas A&M proceeds towards the Southeastern Conference with the precision and pacing of a Grateful Dead show, its rivals continue circling the wagons to mount a political challenge […]

Bombshell Hits University of Miami, And Nobody Knows What’s Next

Well, Yahoo! Sports has done it again. And like any summer blockbuster, it’s just as big, just as bad and just as explosive as anything we’ve seen in a long time. After an 11-month investigation, Yahoo! Sports investigative reporter Charles Robinson was back at it Tuesday, this time sharing the sordid details of a near […]

The Great Tailgate Debate: Where To Watch The Game?

Here at The Crystal Ball Run we’ve got you covered on the field, but as the season approaches we’ve decided to take some of the discussion off the field. Here is where you’ll find The Great Tailgate Debate, folks. It’s a chance to not only hear some of your favorite writers give their take on […]

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