(Ryan Shazier needs to be leader in 2013 – Photo courtesy USA Today Sports/Donnovan Young) 12-0…. Perfect.  That was the Ohio State Buckeyes 2012 season, one that could've ended with a Big Ten title and a National Championship game appearance had players before them and Jim Tressel not been idiots. Alas, Urb's 1st season in […]

Say this about Joker Phillips: The man is creative. The former Kentucky head coach turned Florida assistant has created quite a buzz in social media circles lately with his imaginative use of Instagram, and all its wonderful picture cropping/editing/altering features. To his credit, Phillips might’ve actually caused a bigger stir in three weeks with his […]

Breaking up is hard to do, or so we've all been told and probably experienced, but there are ways to do it and not to do it. On Monday CBS Sport's Dennis Dodd announced that he is breaking up with his vote for the Heisman Trophy and instead of doing so in a private way […]

West Virginia has been here before. There was the “Who will replace Jeff Hostetler?” Then came the “Who will replace Major Harris?” The same can be said for Marc Bulger and Pat White. Now you can add Geno Smith to the list. Typically there is a one- or two-year transition with someone like Greg Jones, […]

Since taking over as head coach at Texas A&M a little over a year ago, it’s hard to argue that any coach in college football (short of Nick Saban) is riding a hotter hot streak than Kevin Sumlin. And while part of that is certainly attributed to some Johnny Manziel-infused football magic, a lot is […]

A year ago, former Arkansas head coach and current Western Kentucky head man Bobby Petrino made headlines when he was fired for taking part in an extramarital affair with an employee he had hired. Her name was Jessica Dorrell, and we’re guessing you remember their April Fool’s Day rendezvous that ended in an Arkansas roadside […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It’s the college football off-season, but unlike Johnny Manziel, the staff here at Crystal Ball Run hasn’t spent the last few months gallivanting around Mexico or hanging out with LeBron James (mainly because, well, our lives aren’t nearly as awesome as Johnny Manziel’s), but instead, 100 percent, totally focused on […]

Interesting couple days on the Plains. First, there was Selena Roberts’ portrayal of an Auburn football program running wild around the time of its 2010 national championship run. On Thursday ESPN took a turn going after the Tigers, hyping an investigation into an alleged cover-up of failed drug tests and rampant use of synthetic marijuana. […]

(Photo Credit: USA Today Sports) Very sad news came out of USC spring camp on Thursday evening, when it was reported that back-up wide receiver George Farmer tore his ACL and MCL and will be lost for the 2013 season. The news was first shared via the USC athletics Twitter feed,