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Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 4 Oregon Ducks

The official Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 rolls on the No. 4 Oregon Ducks. Last year, the Ducks managed to overcome an off-season of off-the-field turmoil and sprint their way to the national championship game. A year later, the summer has been no less eventful. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 4 – […]

Five Burning Questions: Florida Gators

There might not be a team with more questions heading into 2011 than the University of Florida. Entering the fall, the Gators will have a new head coach and coaching staff, and an incredibly young, albeit talented, defense. One of the few places that Florida does return experience is at quarterback… much to the disappointment […]

Ohio State’s Quarterback Quandry Is The Big Question In Columbus

 (L to R the OSU QB candidates: Joe Bauserman, Kenny Guiton, Taylor Graham, and Braxton Miller.  Photo via Bucknuts) The calamities and chaos that have been self-inflicted on the Ohio State football program have been long documented and exhausted.  Jim Tressel is gone.  Terrelle Pryor is gone.  The “we may lose to the SEC but […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 7 Boise State Broncos

Aaron Torres broke down the Arkansas Razorbacks this morning. Now, it’s time for Kevin McGuire of No2MinuteWarning.com to try and tame the Boise State Broncos, No. 7 in the Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 7 – Boise State Broncos Boise State in a Word: Debatable No team has […]

Five Burning Questions: Ohio State Buckeyes

You might have already heard, but Ohio State’s head football coach resigned a couple months back. Or maybe he was fired. Actually, it sounds like he retired. Whatever the actual nature of the change in Jim Tressel’s employment status, it doesn’t change the fact that a new day is dawning in Columbus. Gone are the […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 8 Arkansas Razorbacks

Yesterday, we covered No. 10 South Carolina and No. 9 Oklahoma State. The countdown rolls into Fayetteville, where Aaron Torres of Aaron Torres Sports is calling the hogs. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 8 – Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas in a Word: Dependent When Bobby Petrino snuck out the backdoor in Atlanta and emerged […]

Why Brady Hoke Might Have Been A Great Hire

(Editor’s note: In case you’re not familiar with their work, the good people behind Coaches By The Numbers do outstanding quantitative analysis of college football coaches, using a propriety rating system that “objectively rates head coaches and coordinators on the core statistics critical for success.” In our quest here at Crystal Ball Run to bring […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys

After Michael Felder opened up the Crystal Ball Preseason Preseason Top 10 by disccussing the South Carolina Gamecocks this morning, it’s time to head to the Big XII, and discuss the Oklahoma State Cowboys. After taking home one-third of last year’s Big XII South title, can they win things outright this year? Or, with Dana […]

Five Burning Questions: Auburn Tigers

Here at Crystal Ball Run, we’re not naïve enough to believe that we know every single thing there is to know about every single team. It’s impossible. Well, unless you’re Gary Danielson (No seriously, just go ahead and ask him). Which is why with fall camps set to open, we’ve enlisted some of our good […]

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