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Bitter Rivalry craft beer created for World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

Earlier this year, the Athens based brewery Terrapin Beer Company partnered with Knoxville based Saw Works Brewing Company  to create a seasonal beer for the rivalry game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers. If you didn't have a chance to try it, and chances are you didn't unless you were in Knoxville, you are […]

If Carl Pelini was using drugs, FAU made the right call

Carl Pelini, now former Florida Atlantic head coach. Photo: USA Today Sports Earlier today I got a chance to listen to Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini as  a guest on Bill King's daily college football radio show. Pelini sounded a bit off during his regular appearance on the show, which may have been expected after […]

2013 Bloguin Heisman Poll: Week Nine

Many teams are two-thirds through their schedule at point of the season and we now have three legitimate Heisman candidates that have distanced themselves from the rest of the field. It's still possible that someone could rise up and challenge this trio of players but for now, it's their race to win or lose.  What […]

CrystalBallRun.com Power Rankings, Week 10

Oregon is second in our power rankings, but just barely. Photo: USA Today Sports The top of our rankings should look pretty familiar, with Alabama remaining on top and trailed by Oregon and Florida State. As usual, the biggest changes in our power rankings can be seen in the bottom half. This week's power rankings […]

Early Analysis: Florida State vs. Miami

  No. 7 Miami at No. 3 Florida State Saturday, 8:00 PM, ABC Line: Florida State -21 When the ACC expanded early in the 2000s, it was these kinds of games that the conference leadership had to be dreaming about. Two top ten teams from the state of Florida duking it out for conference and […]

Early Analysis: Florida vs Georgia

Florida (4-3, 3-2) vs Georgia (4-3, 3-2) Saturday, 3:30 PM EST, CBS Line: Georgia by 2.5 Over the past two decades or so, Florida has owned the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party". From 1990 to 2010, the Gators posted a record of 18-3 against Georgia. The last two years, Georgia has started to swing the […]

The Week Ahead: A classic rivalry begins a new chapter

The five biggest stories that CBR is tracking this week: 1. Miami-Florida State gets some new heat. Rivalries in college football often ebb and flow. They sometimes even ebb to the point of getting washed away. (Nebraska-Colorado used to be a big deal, for crying out loud.) Not so long ago, no rivalry burned hotter […]

How the SEC East can be won

From 1993 to 1998, the SEC East was the king of the Conference as they ran off six straight SEC Championship Game wins. Recently, the balance of power has shifted to the West as Alabama, Auburn and LSU have combined to win five of the last six SEC titles. Last year, Georgia came within yards […]

Handicapping The Unbeatens

They fooled us again. We entered Week Nine of the college football season with ten undefeated teams, yet many of them still had major questions that needed answering. For whatever reason, a zero in the loss column always enamors the pollsters. It doesn’t matter how you won or who you beat. The rule of thumb: […]

What We Learned: The American in Week 9

Points were the name of the game in Week 9 in the American and lots of them were scored. The four winners in the AAC (Houston, Louisville, SMU and UCF) this week put up an average of 51 points in their games. Three of the games were blowouts while Temple put up a surprising fight […]

Back to school? Potential landing spots for Greg Schiano

Photo: CBSSports.com Greg Schiano was the head coach at Rutgers for eleven seasons. Before he decided to dip his big toe into the NFL, he compiled a record of 68-67 including a 49-28 record over his last six seasons. Like many college coaches before him, the NFL hasn't been very good to him. In his first […]

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