0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/4/2013
We may never again see a program make the move from the FCS to FBS with the success experienced by Marshall in the late 1990s, but the University of Texas-San Antonio is currently staring down a golden opportunity to come as close as we may have seen since the Thundering Herd's storming of the MAC. […]
A look at five of the biggest stories that CBR is following this week. 1. Georgia looks to make its start a little less rough. The Bulldogs lost a thriller on the road in the opening week to a really good Clemson squad. Alas, college football’s unforgiving pollsters reserve glory – along with lofty rankings […]
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0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 9/2/2013
Well that was fun. After seven long months of having to actually be productive on Saturdays, college football returned this weekend, and it was as good as advertised. I set a personal career worst Nike Fuel Points on Saturday, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Football! Laziness! America! I’ll be writing a weekly column […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 9/1/2013
Week one is completely in the books for the schools usually left on the outside looking in to the BCS party and boy was it an interesting week to say the least. Of course, early this week I highlighted seven games (usually will be six games) of big importance to the non-AQ conferences and their […]
0 comments by Patrick Johnston
The American Athletic Conference begun play as a conference in transition on Thursday evening. While the Big East had long been the butt of major college football's jokes (largely despite the lack of results to back it up), the American got off to a bad start in keeping its distance from the ACC in face-first […]
0 comments by Dave Singleton
It happens from time to time each college football season. A school from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, aka "Divison 1-AA) takes a game against a team from the Football Bowl Subdivision for paycheck and then plays the game of their life as a team and beat their gracious hosts. Well this weekend, it […]
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The artwork on the field said, "Retake Montlake." The Washington Huskies did that in style, getting revenge on Boise State for last season's bowl game loss by throttling the Broncos 38-6 to christen their renovated stadium. The 38-6 defeat marks the worst loss ever for Chris Petersen at Boise State. Washington quarterback Keith Price […]
0 comments by Tom Perry on 8/31/2013
No. 11 Florida State at Pittsburgh Monday, 8:00 p.m. EST, ESPN Line: Florida State -10.0 Pittsburgh has replaced all of the old Big East logos with ACC logos and the Panthers believe they have joined the big time. However, Pitt didn’t win much as members of the Big East so there’s no reason to get […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 8/30/2013
We have waited long enough, but college football season is finally here. That means this is our first truly official Football Friday Hangout! With games commencing last night, Crystal Ball Run staffers Kevin McGuire and Andy Coppens will reflect on what happened from coast to coast, as well as preview some of the key games […]
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Atlanta has been kind to AJ McCarron and Alabama in recent years. Our staff feels secure with their chances in Atlanta again this weekend. Photo: USA Today Sports Remember when Major League Baseball was embarrassed they had an All-Star Game end in a tie, and commissioner Bud Selig decided that the overblown travesty would never […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Jadeveon Clowney may not have had a stellar night, but the Gamecocks had little trouble with Bryn Renner and UNC. Photo: USA Today Sports South Carolina jumped out to a 17-0 lead on the visiting Tar Heels and never allowed North Carolina to break in to a double-digit lead.The Gamecocks opened the year with a […]
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0 comments by Dave Singleton
There was plenty of speculation leading into this game about who was going to be the quarterback for USC. It turns out that the defense might render the play of the man under center moot. The Trojan’s defense, under new coordinator Clancy Pendergast, forced Hawai’i and their first time starting quarterback Taylor Graham into […]
