0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/18/2012
Kevin Sumlin was cool under the pressure of his first SEC media day event. “It’s a pretty damn hard league.” That was Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin’s response when asked about the difficulty of the SEC schedule, which will pit the Aggies against the past six BCS champions. It was one of the first […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 7/17/2012
SEC Media Days can be a strange bird because you never know what you might get, but the one thing you can count on is getting something out of the ‘Ole Ball Coach and in 2012 Steve Spurrier didn’t disappoint as his charges after Georgia and more overshadowed the debuts of Texas A&M and Missouri […]
What do you get for the college football coach who has everything? How does a private hot tub next to your office sound? That awaits Chip Kelly – along with a built-in waterproofed video center, so he doesn’t lose sight of the important stuff – at Oregon’s new palatial football facility slated to open in 2013. […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
Underrated? YES, but Damn He’s one PROUD coach!! “I am so PROUD to be your football coach,” those nine words uttered following a huge upset over Nebraska in 2009 sum up all you should need to know about Iowa State Cyclones head football […]
Who’s the next Justin Blackmon? The Big 12 produced a bumper crop of wide receivers in wide receivers in 2011. There was two-time Biletnikoff Award winner Justin Blackmon of Oklahoma St., the first wideout off the board in April’s NFL draft. Oklahoma’s Ryan Broyles broke the the NCAA record for career receptions despite playing in […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
SEC media days are here and they are bigger than ever. Yes, football is back, as Dennis Dodd writes for CBSSports.com. Brace yourself for plenty of quotes from some of the country’s most quotable coaches and prepare for plenty of attention given to the new conference members, Missouri and Texas A&M. Yes, this year should […]
The release the Freeh Report on the investigation into Jerry Sandusky and the Penn St. football program rocked the college football world last week. The unprecedented level of impropriety alleged in the report strengthened the calls for criminal charges against members of the Penn St. administration, as well as investigations into the school by the […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 7/16/2012
Simply put, it’s hard to find a conference with a more interesting and dynamic group of players, teams and coaches than the Big XII in 2012. Between the new programs joining up (helloooooooo West Virginia and TCU), the new coaches and coordinators in town, and plenty of returning talent both on the field and in […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
It is Big 12 Preview Week here at Crystal Ball Run. Before looking ahead to the 2012 season and debating who will be the team to beat and whether or not the conference is ready for another strong season, we begin once again by taking a look through history of the conference and their incoming […]
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Welcome to this week’s edition of “Case of the Mondays” Crystal Ball Run’s look at the good, the bad and the sublime from the week that was in college football and the world beyond. With SEC Media Days hitting the calendar this week, we are unofficially ready to start the college football season. But before […]
The LVH SuperBook, the nifty new moniker by which the Las Vegas Hilton’s sportsbook is now known, got college football gamblers’ juices flowing Sunday by releasing not only its Game of the Year point spreads, but win totals on 35 teams as well. LVH is posting its numbers with some significant lag from its Vegas […]
Most of the time, I’m down here, but ol’ Groban, man, he raises me up. Rich Rodriguez led West Virginia on arguably its most successful run in program history. He followed up that feat by leading Michigan to one of its lowest points. What’s in store for Arizona? We checked in with our buddy Kyle […]
