0 comments by Tom Perry on 6/21/2012
The camaraderie and fellowship remain in full effect in the halls of the Crystal Ball Run, and the fun we have never ceases to amaze me. With our magical crystal ball lost in transit one of our fearless leaders, Aaron Torres, stepped up big. Actually, he just used FedEx and overnighted the beauty my way […]
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Here at Crystal Ball Run, we’ve spent this entire week previewing our Preseason Top 10 headed into 2012. You’ve seen profiles on West Virginia, Ohio State, Arkansas, Florida State, Oklahoma and Georgia. Now though, it’s time to talk some big-boy football, with one of the smallest (in stature, anyway) teams in FBS football: The Oregon […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
The era of the four-team playoff is just about here after developments last night. The commissioners of each FBS conference (and Notre Dame Athletics director Jack Swarbrick) announced that they were unanimous in their support for a seeded four-team playoff model. Here is what we know at this point. A selection committee is preferred by […]
The conference realignment rumor birds started tweeting again Wednesday morning with talk that Notre Dame was closing in on a deal to park its so called Olympic sports in the Big 12. The talk intensified when everyone’s favorite realignment rumormonger Chip Brown of Orangebloods.com reported that the ND-Big 12 union was on track. While Brown […]
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The news that college football fans have been waiting for arrived late Wednesday afternoon: The sport we love so dearly is getting a playoff. With approval from the BCS presidential oversight committee (which will meet June 26 in Washington D.C.), the four best teams in the sport will meet on the field to determine a […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 6/20/2012
All this week, Crystal Ball Run will be counting down what our writers consider to be the preseason top 10 teams in college football. The rankings are based on ballots submitted by our writers in which they were asked to rank their top 10 based on pure team strength. In other words, the team that […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
While we typically run our Morning Playbook as the first post during the week, sometimes we just have to hit the snooze alarm once, or twice, or 14 times. So today, we invite you to pull up a chair for a special brunch edition of the Morning Playbook. Don’t worry, we won’t spoil your appetite […]
0 comments by David Purdum
After stops in Morgantown, Columbus, Fayetteville and Tallahassee, Crystal Ball Run’s Preseason Top 10 countdown hits Norman this morning, where the Sooners once again have title aspirations. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 6 – Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma in a Word: Unsatisfying Oklahoma starts in the Top 10—and may very well finish there—but unless the […]
0 comments by Reginald Eller
It’s a bird… It’s a plane… Is it Nick Saban? No, it’s none other than THE MAD HATTER—maybe? Today,
0 comments by Reginald Eller on 6/19/2012
This week, we are releasing our very own Preseason Top 10. Leading off was West Virginia at No. 10 and Ohio State then followed at No. 9, and this morning we hit on Arkansas at No. 8. Which brings us to today and a trip to Tallahassee, Florida, where our No. 7 team, the Florida […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
Earlier this afternoon it was reported by ESPN’s Mark Schlabach that tomorrow’s FBS commisioners meeting could produce a four team playoff that would be presented to the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee at it’s meeting next week. It also should be our first clue at how this thing could look. However, what comes next is a […]
0 comments by David Purdum
The housing market is struggling. So is Bobby Petrino. The disgraced former Arkansas coach reportedly added a $550,000 loss on the sale of his Fayetteville home to the things that have gone wrong recently. To recap Petrino’s missteps: The 51-year-old recruited and hired 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell—considered by most to be no more than a three-star […]
