We are now guaranteed a new national champion in Division II this year as we head into the semifinals. Our first semifinal offers a battle between two Cinderellas who were never supposed to get this far. The second brings two of the top teams all year long together in what should be an epic showdown. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 12/7/2011
Hello everybody! Hope everyone is enjoying their first week without major college football since August. Take a breath, relax and smile, because we’ve all been through quite a bit in the last 14 weeks. (And please, for the love of God, if you haven’t seen your family since before Labor Day- like our entire staff […]
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UNC has named Larry Fedora its next head football coach. In July of this year, we laid out our thoughts on the situation at UNC and named a few names for who we thought might be solid replacements for Butch Davis. Larry Fedora was not on our list. Fedora will take over a UNC program […]
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(Editor’s note: All week long, Crystal Ball Run’s staff is handing out their postseason awards, in the aptly titled “Awards Week.” Today, staff writer Michael Felder is taking a look at his “Effort of the Year,” which was given by San Jose State’s Duke Ihenacho.) There are a lot of reasons that people watch football: […]
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Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema probably enjoyed that great Big Ten Championship game for about 24 hours. The reality probably hit that his big and bullying Badgers would have to face Oregon’s flashy and athletic Oregon in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2. But that makes for a great matchup, especially if you like scoring. The Rose […]
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December is officially here and with the selections show on Sunday night it seems everyone knows their destination for the holiday bowl season. All the boys will be pulling into town five or six days before their game to stay in a relatively swank hotel, practice at a high school, experience all the city has […]
0 comments by Tom Perry on 12/6/2011
Stanford and Oklahoma State can play the “what if” game all they want, but both programs will have to settle on playing in the Fiesta Bowl. The winner may actually stake a claim to No. 2 in the nation. But the Cardinal’s loss to Oregon and the Cowboys’ loss to Iowa State cost both teams […]
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As hard as it might be to remember now, it wasn’t all that long ago that the relationship between Lane Kiffin and USC seemed to be a bit fractured. It was just four months ago that college football’s most controversial coach was coming off an 8-5 first season in Troy, and after narrow wins over […]
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All week long, Crystal Ball Run’s staff is handing out their postseason awards, in the aptly titled “Awards Week.” Today, co-managing editor
Allen Kenney and Aaron Torres debate whether or not the BCS got it right in selecting the Alabama Crimson Tide over the Oklahoma State Cowboys to take on the LSU Tigers in the national title game. Aaron and Allen touch on: What voters should base their decisions on. Who had the better season? Why not […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 12/5/2011
Sixteen teams, 13 games and we’ll have three National Champions. That’s what we are left with at the FCS, Division II and III levels, as last weekend concluded, the dust settled and we all realized how unfortunately close to the end we are. I have enjoyed writing these columns and hopefully you’ve enjoyed reading them. […]
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Rich Rodriguez barely made a bowl game in three seasons at Michigan. He’s probably sitting somewhere in Arizona saying how Brady Hoke took his players and beat Ohio State and made a BCS Bowl. After a 10-2 season, the No. 13 Wolverines will get the SEC spot in the Sugar Bowl, since both SEC representatives […]
