0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/5/2012
Update: At a 10pm CT news conference, Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long announced that Bobby Petrino will be put on paid leave as the school further investigates this matter. Assistant head coach Taver Johnson will take over the day-to-day operations of the program for the time being. Long set no timetable on how long the […]
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After spending the last week going conference-by-conference, team-by-team, it is time Crystal Ball Run to finally wrap up our look at the best head coaching jobs in college football. We’ve already broken down the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big XII and SEC, meaning it’s time to shift our focus to left coast, and the […]
Tough to believe, but we’re going on nearly 20 years since college football has seen a program capture back-to-back, outright national championships. Nick Saban will be working on adding that notch to his size 32 belt in the fall following Alabama’s 2011 title. What is the biggest obstacle facing the Crimson Tide in their quest […]
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When Steve Patterson was hired as Arizona State Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director a few weeks back, he pulled no punches in his opening press conference, describing not only where his program was, but where he saw it going. Patterson told reporters that day: “I don’t believe that we can’t compete. I […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/4/2012
When I talk about Historically Black Colleges and Universities I usually am talking about their great football, their passionate fan bases, and halftime shows that can’t be matched by any other venue or event in the country. Sadly though for the last two years these great universities have seen more tarnish than fame. Last year […]
If the “college football leadership council” leaked the document on options for postseason reform published today by USA TODAY Sports as some public demonstration of their infinite genius, consider it a massive miscalculation. The document outlines the broad strokes of what appear to be the four main avenues conference commissioners are mulling for the sport […]
The Texas Longhorns got off to an early start this spring and wrapped up practices over the weekend with the annual Orange-White Game. We checked in with ‘Horn über-guru Westcott Ebbers of Burnt Orange Nation for his take on spring drills and where things stand for UT a year after the program’s extreme makeover. 1. […]
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Crystal Ball Run’s jaunt through the conference coaching ranks continues again today and yes, I get to get into the mix with the ACC. The league does not have an Ohio State or an Alabama, and most certainly no Texas type job, but there are some right fine jobs in the conference. As is the […]
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Highlights from Nigeria Trip 2010 from Matt Barkley on Vimeo. At times as college football fans, we all (myself included) spend way too much time dwelling on the negative, and not nearly enough on the positive. Between the NCAA investigations, conference realignment, smarmy agents, smarmy athletic directors and smarmy TV executives, it’s enough to literally […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/3/2012
As we often mention here at Crystal Ball Run, generally we like to take a look at the lighter side of college football. We as a staff which loves everything there is to love about the sport; the tailgates on Saturday’s, the coaches on the sidelines, and yes, USC’s song girls. The key thing is […]
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We continue to take a look at the head coaching positions in each of the major conferences. This year the Big Ten will welcome a few new names to the party, with Urban Meyer joining Ohio State, Penn State going with Bill O’Brien, and Illinois hiring Tim Beckman. Each will walk in to a different […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 4/2/2012
With almost 9,000 votes cast, LSU defeated Nebraska in the CBR Uni Madness Final: 6,319 votes – 2,629 votes After a month long LSU defeated Nebraska in the final of our tournament to crown the best uniforms in college football. LSU entered the tourney as a #4 seed, so perhaps their victory is somewhat of […]
