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Jadeveon Clowney cleared of all rumored non-compliance

Clowney? Guilty? Nah. (Photo: Getty Images) Earlier this week, South Carolina defensive lineman and master of the universe Jadeveon Clowney posted a picture a screengrab of an article on Instagram claiming he had been in contact with the rapper-turned-sports-mogul Jay, now hyphen-less, Z. The caption on Clowney's Instagrammed photo read "You kno we about to […]

Twist in Carlos Hyde story, reporter diagrams video evidence

If there is one thing that should be learned through this entire story, it is that we should hold off and just allow the legal process to play out before jumping to any conclusions. Two days after Yahoo! cited a source to suggest Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde did not strike a woman over […]

Is the Big 12 really that “deep?”

That's deep. (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) “Depth.” I imagine when Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby circulated his conference-mandated talking points e-mail to the league’s coaches before this week’s media days, he put the word in boldface font. He probably underlined it a few times. I bet exclamation points were involved. One by one, as […]

College Football will have a new trophy in 2014

Ok, this is a hockey trophy but if we aren't careful, this is what college football's trophy could look like. For years, the Bowl Championship Trophy has been presented to that year's college football national champion. The trophy has been a Waterford crystal football, mounted on a black marble base. Some of the greats have […]

Ohio State RB Hyde could make quick return thanks to video evidence

Remember when we all jumped to conclusions about the running back situation at Ohio State because it was reported Carlos Hyde had assaulted a woman outside a Columbus bar? Well it turns out that was all silly perhaps. Video evidence has surfaced from the bar showing that Hyde never struck any woman, according to a […]

Study suggests slower football isn’t safer

Nevermind the math, Nick. (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) It started last season when college football overlord Nick Saban lamented the impact of uptempo offenses on his beautiful game. The pace-of-play debate took on greater gravity this offseason as Old Man Football advocates like Saban and Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema began making the argument […]

It’s easy to get on a college football award watch list

For the past few weeks, we at Crystal Ball Run have written about the major college football award watch lists. I was astounded by how many players actually get onto each list. Does every player on the watch lists have an actual chance of winning the award, or are these award presenters just hedging their […]

NCAA Football Simulation: Wild September digitally predicted

We are simulating the entire 2013 season using NCAA Football 14 from EA Sports. While we may bicker about the role computers play in determining a college football champion, we could not resist using this year's version of the game to see how the season might play out. Using an updated community roster from Operation […]

Big 12 gets new logo, still has 10 teams

Re-branding, it's all the rage these days in collegiate athletics. It's hard not to with all the realignment that's taken place. However, for the Big 12 it's about changing the logo and not the name of a conference that houses just ten teams.  The logo is a definite upgrade over what it used to be […]

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