Diehards know his blog Smart Football as an invaluable resource on football strategy. Now you can find all of Chris Brown’s greatest hits and more in his new book The Essential Smart Football. (It’s currently the best-selling football book on Amazon.com.) In advance of the book’s release next week, Chris talked with CBR about what […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 5/17/2012
Stop us if you have heard this before, but Nate Montana has transferred to a new football program, his seventh different program dating back to his high school playing days. We know that being the son of a legend in the same sport is certainly no easy task. They can’t all be Ken Griffey Jr. […]
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I don’t think we’re breaking any news here at Crystal Ball Run by saying that the sport of college football appears to be on a collision course with a four-team playoff in 2014. Sure, there are plenty of details to figure out between now and then; how we pick the four teams; where the games […]
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Incredibly, we are down to just 107 days until the kickoff of the college football season, when Tennessee will play NC State on Friday, August 31 in the 2012 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic. But if you think it’s too early to look ahead through this August, straight past 2013 into 2014, well my friends, you’re sadly […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/16/2012
With finals done nationwide, and a few weeks between the end of the spring and the start of summer school, it’s a relatively quiet time for college football news. But on the recruiting trail, things continue to remain white hot, as the top rising seniors are making their college decisions in a fast and furious […]
Florida St. is pondering a possible move from the ACC to the Big 12. FSU beat reporter Coley Harvey chats with CBR’s Allen Kenney in a podcast about where things stand with the Seminoles. Allen and Coley cover: Who’s in charge in Tallahassee? How serious are the talks between FSU and the Big 12? What’s […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/15/2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hini7BmqztE Memo to college football fans across the country: You might not like Lane Kiffin, but you better get used to him. Yes, the coach everyone loves to hate has the prohibitive BCS National Championship favorite heading into 2012, but we already knew that. The scary thing though? The Trojans aren’t slowing down anytime soon. […]
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Move over Jeremy Foley. Take a seat Mal Moore. DeLoss Dodds, get the hell out of the way. There’s a new king of college football athletic administrators. His name is Pat Haden, he works at USC and- on his way to taking over the world- he once again hit pay dirt yesterday for the Trojans […]
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When it was announced late last night that Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter had taken an indefinite leave of absence from the team, it wasn’t immediately obvious why there’d be any type of college football twist to the story. Only there is, and it’s under the most unfortunate circumstances. That’s because according to a […]
0 comments by Ty Hildenbrandt on 5/14/2012
One of my favorite pastimes is setting imaginary odds on random, hypothetical situations. It’s not healthy, but I do this for almost everything, especially weddings and Notre Dame football. Why those two in particular? Both are painfully predictable and otherwise intolerable. I mean, have you ever truly dedicated a Saturday to watching a Notre Dame […]
You didn’t think we’d actually make it through another offseason without more talk of conference realignment, did you? Here are 10 expansion-heavy thoughts and observations to start your week off right. 1. After all the scoffing at the mere suggestion that Florida St. would even entertain the idea of leaving the ACC for the Big […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/13/2012
Is Arkansas a program spiraling out of control? Or is what’s going on in Fayetteville right now just par for the course in major college football? Those are the questions that all Razorbacks fans are asking themselves this morning, as another major off the field distraction has hit at Arkansas. First, the news: The Arkansas […]
