0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 10/4/2013
Brett Hundley provided some heroics against Utah Thursday night. UCLA is 4-0 for the first time since 2005. Photo: USA Today Sports I am running on four hours of sleep this morning but it was worth it after watching the way UCLA had to hold on against Utah last night. The Bruins built a 10-point […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
On Thursday night in Ames, Iowa something screwy happened. OK, someTHINGS screwy happened is more like it. Regardless, the final score read 31-30 to the guys in white uniforms and burnt orange longhorns on their helmets. Most importantly though, Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns are atop the Big 12 standings (for a few days […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Just a hunch that Texas wide receiver Mike Davis will be suspended in the coming days for this indefensible late hit on Iowa State's Deon Broomfield Thursday night… Yeah, you can't be doing that. Ever. Helmet sticker to Twitter and Facebook and subscribe to The Crystal Ball Run Newsletter.
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 10/3/2013
So, perhaps there actually will be more than one BCS Buster after all. Fresno State, meet last year's BCS Buster—Northern Illinois. Both of these teams own impressive wins, but NIU's may be even more compelling as the season goes on as Iowa is playing some good football and two of the Huskies W's are now […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
One of the best things ESPN has done in recent years is introduce the 30 for 30 series of documentary films. College football fans have taken a particular liking to Pony Excess, a look at the rise and fall of SMU football, and The U, a look at Miami football's glory days. If you have […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Oh boy, do we have some good games to look forward to this weekend. It gets underway Thursday night with Texas traveling to Iowa State, the scene of many upsets in Big 12 play on past Thursday nights. Those who stay up for it will be entertained by UCLA's road trip to Utah, another dangerous […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Earlier this week we took a look at the most disappointing teams from the early 2013 college football season. So far this season has gone according to plan with teams like Alabama, Clemson, FSU, Louisville, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon and Stanford remaining undefeated. Georgia, Texas A&M, LSU and South Carolina all have a loss but […]
0 comments by Dave Singleton
No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford Saturday, 10:30 PM, ESPN Line: Stanford -7 A team’s fortunes can turn very quickly in college football. You just need that inciting incident that forces a change to occur. For Stanford football, it was a loss to a fairly mediocre Washington football team at CenturyLink Stadium in […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
What goes better with college football than a nice cold beer? Not much if you ask me and it appears that a couple of breweries local to Athens, Georgia and Knoxville, Tennessee agree. Athens brewery Terrapin Beer Company (recently named one of the top 25 craft brewers in the US) has collaborated with the Knoxville […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 10/2/2013
Steve Sarkisian made a name for himself as a USC assistant. Is the guy to turn the Trojans around now? Photo: USA Today Sports Crystal Ball Run continues our look at some of the top candidates to be named the next head coach at USC. We already looked over Kevin Sumlin. Now we look at […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Oregon is off to a hot start, but are they a true national title contender? Photo: USA Today Sports We’ve seen this movie before. In each of the past three seasons, Oregon has jumped out to a blazing start in September, beating mediocre opponents to a pulp with ease. Every year, we fall in love […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Welcome to the third year of the Bloguin Heisman Poll on Crystal Ball Run. We are now approximately one-third of the way through the season and some players are starting to make a case for being invited to the Downtown Athletic Club for the 79th Annual Heisman Trophy Dinner Gala. Despite a rough off-season, Johnny […]
