0 comments by Dave Singleton on 2/28/2012
It’s always a challenge to move into a new neighborhood, even when you’re nomadic like I am. So before I jump into writing here at The Crystal Ball Run full-time, I figured I should introduce myself to all of you, readers. I’ve been writing about college football on the web for about 8 years now, […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 2/27/2012
The ACC released their schedule today, and like every other conference, there are plenty of games to keep an eye out for. Here are 10 of the best that you should go ahead and mark on your calendar right now. 10A. Tennessee vs. NC State: Friday, August 31 (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic)10B. Auburn vs. Clemson: Saturday, […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
It probably is not much of a secret just how much we here at Crystal Ball Run have come to like now former Baylor and Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Robert Griffin III. Following an incredible showing at the NFL Scouting Combine this weekend we learned that RG3 will grace the cover of this year’s installment […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Camp Opens: March 1Spring Game: March 31 What can you say about the LSU Tigers that hasn’t already been said? For a team which dominated the 2011 regular season like few in recent college football history, the end of the year left a pretty sour taste in the mouths of everyone around the LSU program. […]
1. Oregon’s Friday night document dump served its purpose well, as the news that the NCAA has sent the Ducks a notice of “proposed findings of violations” seems to have flown under the radar. (That may have something to do with the fact that the the whole thing is “proposed,” too.) Unless the Association has […]
To the surprise of absolutely no one who paid attention to college football last season, the story of the NFL Scouting Combine over the weekend has been Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. The Baylor quarterback known as RG3 blazed the 40-yeard dash in 4.41 seconds, the fastest time run since Michael Vick clocked a […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 2/25/2012
They say in public relations and media classes in school that if you want to release some negative news the best time to release it is Friday afternoon. That may not be quite the case it once was with the Internet and social networking, but that’s exactly what Oregon did Friday night. The University of […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 2/24/2012
One thing we constantly hear about athletes (more so professional than college) is that they “don’t stand for anything.” Guys like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and LeBron James have made millions of dollars crafting quaint images of themselves… that are almost always devoid on stances on any important social issues such as politics, race, and […]
0 comments by Michael Felder
Teams from all over the nation are firing up their spring practices within the next few weeks and kicking off their on-the-field preperation for the 2012 season. Sure, they’ve already hit their winter conditioning hard to start their championship push, but now, when the pads go on, comes the hard work to crack a depth […]
In the wake of two years’ worth of press coverage of petty bickering and back-biting, Big 12 interim commissioner and professional coaching rainmaker Chuck Neinas says the conference is preparing a new media blitz to replace the quickly outdated “How We Play” campaign that still features turncoats Missouri and Texas A&M. CBR managed to obtain […]
0 comments by Tom Perry on 2/23/2012
Camp Opens: Feb. 27Spring Game: April 14 After enjoying back-to-back trips to BCS bowl games, Stanford will have to replace quarterback Andrew Luck, the best quarterback in school history (yes, I know John Elway and Jim Plunkett once played in Palo Alto). The Cardinal also lost two potential first-round picks on the offensive line in […]
0 comments by Michael Felder on 2/22/2012
Across the wire today we found out that Randy Edsall has finally agreed, thanks in part to public pressure, to allow quarterback Danny O’Brien to transfer to Vanderbilt should that be the spot the rising junior quarterback wants to plant his roots. While Maryland does have the formal tampering complain logged with the ACC this […]
