0 comments by Michael Felder on 6/6/2012
As we run through Heisman week here at Crystal Ball Run, we talk about quarterbacks and running backs. Dynamic playmakers and how they each have their own shot at winning the stiff arming trophy. I’ll admit it outright, I’m a defensive guy. I played safety and defense is what separates a good team from a […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
West Virginia is getting ready for the Big 12. Is anybody surprised that Bobby Bowden wants to be a part of the potential BCS selection committee to voice his say on who should play for a national championship? Probably not, but Bowden has confirmed he would be interested. The elder Bowden still watches the sport […]
Waiting for the next Superman. My colleague Aaron Torres ran down the favorites to capture the Heisman Trophy in 2012, but I doubt you saw any major surprises there. That’s why they’re the favorites. The last two Heisman winners, though, have come from way off the radar – Auburn’s Cam Newton in 2010 and Robert […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Remember when UCLA football mattered? The Big Ten, perhaps rightfully so, is on the receiving end of a bunch of blows nationally today. A media conference call held yesterday probably did more harm than good, causing Pete Fiutak to call it a “disasterous conference call.” The logic and thought-process being shared to represent the Big […]
0 comments by David Purdum on 6/4/2012
There’s some debate among oddsmakers over who is the favorite to win the national title. Some sportsbooks have LSU. Others have Southern Cal. Phil Steele says Florida State. But everyone has Matt Barkley as the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. Due to Nevada Gaming Control regulations, you’ll only find Heisman odds at online sportsbooks. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, and in the case of the Duke football program, that’s especially true. When you’ve won a total of 11 games in the last three years (for comparison’s sake, four teams from the SEC won 11 games last year alone) it’s never a bad thing when you’re […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
We have now officially reached the doldrums of the college football calendar, where up is down, left is right, and the only thing passing for “news” these days is when a bunch of bloated (literally and figuratively) athletic directors get together in a secluded room, argue for eight hours, then spend the rest of the […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 6/1/2012
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0 comments by Kevin McGuire
We now have a pretty decent idea of where everybody stands in the debate over which playoff format is the best for college football. The Big 12 and SEC want semifinals played in bowl games or neutral sites and the best four teams, regardless of conference affiliation. The Big Ten and Pac 12 want on-campus […]
0 comments by Dave Singleton
I’m not a fan of Sean “P. Diddy”/”Diddy”/”Puffy”/”Puff Daddy” Combs. I’ve found him to be a middling M.C. at best. He is a good hype man, though. I will give him that. Well his son is in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. Actually, to clarify, his son is in the news for […]
( Editor’s note: From now until the beginning of the season, CBR will periodically preview 2012’s “danger games.” Think Oklahoma St.-Iowa St. from a year ago or Oregon St.’s upset of USC in 2008 – those unassuming match-ups most likely to trip up the power teams. We start with a nasty surprise for the Michigan Wolverines […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
With guys like Mike Leach, Rich Rodriguez and Jim Mora getting back on the sidelines this fall, it’s easy to see why so many fan bases are excited to get things started again in the fall. But how do you evaluate their success since most of them are taking over programs that have hit rock […]
