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Early Analysis: Vanderbilt at South Carolina

Vanderbilt (1-1) at No.13 South Carolina (1-1) Saturday, 7 PM EST, ESPN Line: South Carolina by 13.5 This game features two SEC East foes that both have losses coming into the third week of the season. South Carolina has been a feature game both weeks so far as they handled North Carolina in their opener […]

Meeting of the Minds: Who has it worst, Texas or USC?

The Crystal Ball Run staff gathers to debate one of the big topics in college football. This week we take a look at two struggling programs not far removed from national title contention. Texas and USC played for the last BCS Championship not to be claimed by a member of the SEC. To some of […]

Early Analysis: Ole Miss vs. Texas

  No. 25 Ole Miss at Texas Saturday, 8 PM, Longhorn Network Line: Texas -3.5 A bit of allure and luster from this matchup has been lost, but there is still a lot of intrigue heading into Saturday’s matchup between Texas and Ole Miss. In this case, the intrigue centers on the Longhorns defense and […]

100 years ago, a college football icon was born

It is only fitting Alabama and Texas A&M are squaring off in one of the top games of the college football season this weekend in College Station. Perhaps someone in the SEC scheduling office took note that today marks the birthday of Paul "Bear" Bryant, a man who would have been 100 years old if […]

Early Analysis: Louisville at Kentucky

No. 7 Louisville (2-0) at Kentucky (1-1) Saturday, 12:00 p.m. EST, ESPN Line: Louisville -13.5 After back-to-back impressive wins at home over Ohio (49-7) and Eastern Kentucky (44-7), Louisville is going on the road for the first time. It’s not too far, though as the Cardinals are heading to Lexington, Ky. In those wins, Louisville’s […]

Early Analysis: Ohio State vs. California

  No.4 Ohio State at California Saturday, 7 PM, FOX Line: Ohio State -15 Ohio State doesn’t travel that often for out of conference games. But the Buckeyes are hitting the road this week and traveling to Berkeley to take on the Cal Golden Bears in a Big Ten/Pac-12 intersectional matchup. Last year, the Buckeyes […]

Oklahoma State slammed by Sports Illustrated, but do we care?

Is Oklahoma State guilty of a decade of violations? Maybe, but do we care? Photo: USA Today Sports We have been here before and we most certainly will be here again at some point. Sports Illustrated is underway with a week-long investigative look in to the Oklahoma State football program's alleged misdeeds, accusing coaches and […]

Podcast: Highlights and lowlights from Week 2

CLICK HERE to download. The second week of the college football season turned out to be pretty interesting. Miami and Michigan put together some big wins at home, while Texas and USC are left trying to clear out from the rubble after embarrassing losses. This week's episode marks the return of Aaron Torres to the podcasting […]

The American in Week 2: Already A Two-Team Race?

Teddy Bridgewater and Louisville are off to a good start. Photo: USA Today Sports The 2013 college football season is only two weeks old and in the American Athletic Conference, it is not too early to ask if there are only two real contenders for the league title. After two weeks of play, only #7 […]

Cincinnati QB Legaux done for the year, what’s next for Bearcats?

Munchie Legaux was carted off at Illinois with a season-ending knee injury. Photo: USA Today Sports Cincinnati entered the 2013 season with a bit of optimism. The Bearcats opened the year with a dominating victory at home against Purdue and has been thought by many to be Louisville's biggest threat to an American title run […]

The Week Ahead: Alabama seeks revenge on Aggies

Do they still control the Tide? The five biggest stories that the CBR staff will be watching this week: 1. Alabama, Texas A&M squaring off for SEC supremacy? The college football season is only a couple weeks old, but the game of the year has already arrived. The eyes of the college football world will […]

The ACC in Week 2: Miami latest to carry the ACC banner

Stephen Morris and Miami scored a big win against Florida, but are the Hurricanes "back?" Photo: USA Today Sports  There were two game sin particular I was following involving ACC teams on Saturday. Miami taking on Florida and Virginia hosting Oregon were assigned to me for coverage on College Football Talk, so I paid closer […]

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