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No. 10 Clemson at No. 4 Florida State Saturday, 8:00 p.m. ABC Line: Florida State -14 When the conference schedules came out this spring, it was clear that from Day 1, Hour 1, Minute 1, the unofficial ACC regular season championship game (or at least, the unofficial ACC Atlantic championship game anyway) would come Saturday […]
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Starting today the commissioners of the BCS will meet in Chicago with the intent to start putting together the details that will determine how the upcoming playoff structure will be assembled. Among the primary issues to settle on is the financial distribution between conferences [CBS Sports], which should be interesting to watch. On a related note, […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/17/2012
No. 18 Michigan at No. 11 Notre Dame Saturday, 8:00 p.m. NBC Line: Notre Dame -6 (It's never too early to look ahead to next weekend's game, so with it, we here at Crystal Ball Run are breaking out a new feature called "Early Analysis. That's right, in the build-up to Saturday we'll be giving […]
Some of the big stories that we'll be monitoring this week at the virtual CBR headquarters… John L., we hardly knew ye (at Arkansas)? In the hours after Alabama finished cracking some Razorbacks’ skulls in Fayetteville, word started circulating that mercurial Arkansas coach John L. Smith could be on his way out after a mere […]
The Super Six 1. Alabama (3-0): The Crimson Tide have shut out three of their past four opponents, including LSU and Arkansas. 2. LSU (3-0): Depth. Back-up safety Ronald Martin, a sophomore, had two interceptions and returned one 45 yards for a TD. 3. Florida State (3-0): While the 'Noles have only played one FBS […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 9/16/2012
Of all the truly surprising things in college football this season, maybe the most surprising is this: Notre Dame might actually not disappoint us this year. While it’s a little early to say the Irish are “back,” they are 3-0, and after beating No. 10 ranked Michigan State Saturday, have their signature win of the […]
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It may be early in the season, but Alabama is just showing off. The Crimson Tide’s crushing performance against Arkansas Saturday was more impressive than most of us thought would happen, but it was a shock. Like every week, though, there are always some things we learn about teams that help shape our perspective. Here […]
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College football fans from the North, East, Midwest and Pacific Coast, welcome to your personal version of hell: After three weeks of the season, we’re headed for another Alabama-LSU BCS Title Game. Ok, so that’s a major exaggeration. However, the college football landscape was shaken up in a big way Saturday night, when one of […]
Coming into Saturday’s early SEC showdown between Florida and Tennessee, the story of the game was if Florida’s talented defense could stop Tyler Bray, the Volunteers’ mercurial gunslinger. In the second half, a clear victor emerged. Jeff Driskel. Driskel (14-20 attempts, 219 yards, 2 TDs; 8 attempts, 81 yards rushing) and the heretofore anemic Florida […]
Tennessee star quarterback Tyler Bray had a rough night in Knoxville. He did manage to drill a strike to Derek Dooley on the sidelines here, though. Dooley needs to work on his touchdown dance.
After two games in which Pitt looked borderline uncompetitive, the Panthers rebounded behind a solid defensive effort, dynamic rushing combo and quarterback Tino Sunseri to upset No. 13 Virginia Tech by a 35-17 score. The game was never in doubt for the Panthers, who amassed 537 total yards and jumped out to a 21-3 halftime […]
Heading into halftime of Saturday’s game, it felt like Auburn had finally put a dagger in the plucky Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks. Just a week earlier, 30-point underdog ULM had knocked off the Arkansas Razorbacks in the biggest upset of the season. The Warhawks appeared to be going into the locker room tied at 14 with the […]
