0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/18/2012
College football is never one to be outdone by its little brother college basketball, which is why it only makes sense that in a week when Larry Brown was hired as SMU’s hoops coach, a college football coaching rumor came out late Tuesday that seemed to be just as out of left field as Brown-to-SMU. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/17/2012
When it was announced in late September that both Syracuse and Pittsburgh were packing up their bags to head to the ACC, it seemed like a strong possibility that most of the football playing members of the Big East would eventually leave with them. At the time most believed the Pac-12 would expand to 16 […]
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Handle with care. Just a few months after Alabama shattered LSU’s BCS Championship aspirations, a player’s father shattered Alabama’s BCS trophy. On Saturday, after Alabama’s A-Day scrimmage in Tuscaloosa, the AFCA crystal ball trophy was knocked off a podium when a player’s father (currently unknown which player), bumped in to the trophy after catching his […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/16/2012
On Saturday, early BCS title favorite USC took the field for their spring game. But while expectations are high at Southern Cal, the on the field results left a lot to be desired. Simply put the Trojans just didn’t look all that good Saturday afternoon. Well, one reporter who covered the game was ESPNLA.com’s
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We’ve all seen the terrifying pictures of Terrence Cody at the NFL Combine a few years back, pictures which, even today still give many of nightmares. But as scary as that sounds, how much more intimidating might it be to see Cody barreling at you full-speed ahead on a paintball field? Well, some folks in […]
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Welcome to this week’s edition of ‘Case of the Mondays” where we look at the good, bad and sublime from the world of college football and beyond. And with this week’s edition, we also bring a disclaimer: There will be no talk of Bobby Petrino, motorcycles, paid administrative or sexting. Instead, we’ll begin by asking… […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/15/2012
Earlier this week, former Auburn running back, and 2011 BCS National Championship Game MVP Michael Dyer made headlines when he took the witness stand in the trial of former Auburn teammate Antonio Goodwin. Goodwin was on trial for an armed robbery committed with three of his teammates last March, and Dyer described the night as […]
Saturday was one of the biggest days of the spring football season. A whole slew of major programs held their final scrimmages of the year. It’s an opportunity for overreaction galore. CBR surveys the hyperbole. *At Alabama, the Crimson Tide offered a preview of what to expect under new offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier. Nick Saban […]
With Nebraska playing host their spring game this weekend, Darren Carlson from Big Red Network stopped by to answer a few questions for Crystal Ball Run. How will the Cornhuskers match up in Year 2 in the Big Ten? Let’s take a look. 1. From the outside looking in, the offense in year one under […]
Bobby Petrino’s implosion aside, the biggest offseason story in the world of college football this offseason has been the momentum behind some type of reform to the college football postseason. The result could potentially set the wheels of conference realignment in motion again. Brett McMurphy of CBSSports.com joins CBR’s Allen Kenney for a podcast to […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/12/2012
While spring football has been going on at campuses all across the country for weeks now, this Saturday is the one we’ve all been waiting for. On that day, a number of big name programs will be playing their spring games, and in the process giving us college football fans our first insight into what […]
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We like to talk about the USC Trojans here on Crystal Ball Run. And why wouldn’t we? The Trojans have one of the most entertaining characters coaching on the sidelines in Lane Kiffin. They have one of the top Heisman contenders and charming quarterbacks in the country in Matt Barkley. They have the USC Song […]
