I’ve spent the past few weeks researching some of the recent coaching hires as part of my neverending quest to bring CBR’s readers the best college football analysis on the planet. In the course of boning up on the new faces in different places, I came across an interesting tidbit about one of the new […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 1/19/2012
Earlier week it was the Casino Del Sol All-Star game and now on Saturday it will be not one, not two, but three games! This is a week I’ve been calling allstarpalooza because of all the news, reports, and tweets that have been flying. Just like with the Casino Del Sol game I will again […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Of all the off-season coaching buzz, not a whole heck of a lot seems to be centered around Bill O’Brien. While Urban Meyer is a home run in Columbus, Mike Leach is intriguing in Pullman and folks in College Station are excited about Kevin Sumlin’s arrival, no one is quite sure what to make of […]
When it comes college football coaches, Missouri’s Gary Pinkel comes off as one of the sport’s more milquetoast personalities. I always picture him tooling around Columbia in a Chevy SUV, driving a couple miles an hour under the speed limit and grooving to an “office rock” radio station (Sheryl Crow, Hootie and the Blowfish, Blues […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 1/18/2012
With the college football season officially wrapped last Saturday, we are now transitioning to another part of the football calendar: Draft time. Scouting combines, pro days and draft talk await, but even before that, there are a handful of big All-Star games will be played. There, some of the top draft eligible players will get […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 1/17/2012
When NCAA President Mark Emmert held a summit of Athletic Directors and college Presidents last summer, there was one phrase that he continued to repeat above all. Emmert wanted to “streamline the NCAA rule book.” Simply put, there were too many rules and too many different interpretations of rules. Because of it, when a school […]
0 comments by Michael Felder
Nick Saban is no stranger to having his staff picked through in the offseason as he’s lost guys like Major Applewhite to Texas and Kevin Steele to Clemson in recent seasons. This year is no different as Sal Sunseri heads to Tennessee to take on the Volunteers’ defensive coordinator duties and Jim McElwain heads to […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Thank goodness for 17-year-old kids. Because on a Martin Luther King Day that was devoid of virtually any major college football news, a couple of high ranking football recruits made headlines by changing their verbal commitments. In the process they did us a favor here at Crystal Ball Run, by giving us something to gab […]
Ty Hildenbrandt of The Solid Verbal podcast joins Crystal Ball Run managing editor Allen Kenney to discuss the future of Penn State football. Ty and Allen cover the damage that has been done to the school’s reputation, the enthusiasm in the Penn State community for the hire of new coach Bill O’Brien, reasonable expectations for […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 1/16/2012
I’m baaaack for those that may not be aware, not only am I small school enthusiast but also a bit of a NFL Draft analyst on my own site Buffalo Bills Draft. With that in mind the powers that be at CBR have asked if I wouldn’t mind putting fingers to keys a few more […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
Alabama may be the defending BCS National Champion, but the Crimson Tide suffered some serious talent loss following that 21-0 dismembering of LSU. That doesn’t mean Nick Saban won’t reload in Tuscaloosa, but eight months before the 2012 season begins there are five teams ahead of Bama that return more talent than anyone else in […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 1/15/2012
With just 24 hours left for college football underclassmen to declare for the NFL Draft, it’s actually been relatively quiet on the “dumb decisions” front. Most of the guys we expected to declare have (Andrew Luck, Trent Richardson, Mo Claiborne, Matt Kalil), with a few surprises electing to return to campus too (Matt Barkley, Landry […]
