Well, that was fun and all, September. We should do it again some time. For now, here are the stories we'll be watching this week at CBR headquarters. Conference play is kicking in College football's first month of the season has become a matter of tuning up for conference play. Well, playtime is over. Sure, […]
"So Art Briles and a nine-fingered geisha walk into a bar…" The Super Six 1. Alabama (5-0): No individual has rushed for more than 59 yards in a game versus the Tide. 2. Oregon (5-0): Ducks migrated outside Eugene city limits for first time and looked beatable for 30 minutes versus a Pac-12 basement dweller. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/30/2012
Last season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers were welcomed to the Big Ten with a remorseless 48-17 pummeling courtesy of the Wisconsin Badgers. The following week, the Huskers found themselves down 20-6 to the Ohio State Buckeyes at the half. Following a strip of then-freshman Braxton Miller by Nebraska linebacker Lavonte David, the Huskers completed the largest […]
"Is Texas back?” The Longhorns provided some unexpected answers to one of the biggest questions in the Big 12 heading into this season in Saturday night’s 41-36 win over Oklahoma State in Stillwater. While OSU lambasted UT’s heralded defense, the ‘Horns responded to every challenge thrown their way offensively. UT offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin poked […]
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Following another West Virginia touchdown, a fan at Saturday’s game stood up and uttered the most prophetic words of the day. “For everyone talking (crap) about our defense, it could be worse. We could have Baylor’s defense,” said the unknown fan just one row in front of me. He was right, but not by much. […]
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A wild 51-44 game between Georgia and Tennessee didn’t have the look, feel or final score of your typical SEC showdown. But while there was plenty to take away from one of the wackiest games we’ve seen this season, there were two things more important than the rest: For Georgia, this victory was about surviving, […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/29/2012
Your standard 2012 Big Ten football took place between Ohio State and Michigan State before a football game broke out. The teams traded blows early on before the Buckeyes landed an initial hard smack to the jaw of Sparty in the form of a one-yard Jordan Hall touchdown putting OSU up 7-0. The second quarter […]
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There is no way to possibly begin to breakdown West Virginia’s 70-63 victory over Baylor (West Virginia just scored again). Seriously, what do you even say about this game that included Pro Bowl style defense (Baylor just scored again). So rather than break this one down and take a closer look at any questions you […]
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Why the heck are we covering Northwestern versus Indiana, right? Well, it's simple. By losing 44-29 to Northwestern Indiana just set the record for most losses ever by a FBS team, losing their 633rd game all time. They did it in record setting fashion as well, and by record setting I mean record setting for […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/28/2012
Here are the Crystal Ball Run Week 5 staff picks! No. 25 Baylor at No. 9 West Virginia, Saturday, 12:00 p.m. FX Tom Perry’s Take: Baylor quarterback Nick Florence presents a huge challenge for a WVU defense that has made big plays, but has also had trouble getting off the field on third down. While […]
Usually, I have a lot of fun writing this column, despite all the grousing about how I badly I sucked at it. (The "it" being both writing and picking games against the spread.) Not this week, though, as my research just reinforced what an awful slate of games we'll be trying to stomach on Saturday. […]
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It’s the gift and the curse of college football in September: You can’t trust anyone. A team which looks like world-beaters one week will be terrible the next. A school will pull an upset you never saw coming on a certain Saturday then get upset themselves seven days later. A club will start the season […]
