For about as long as I can remember the University of Connecticut has always been known as UCONN to it's fans and to the rest of the sporting world. However, it's never really been an official thing for the university itself. That all changed on Thursday afternoon as the university announced an official re-branding of […]

Gone is the Big East we knew and were luke warm at best about. That's a basketball led conference now, but for those non "Catholic 7" schools and some new members it's time to say hello to a new conference. Late on Wednesday commissioner of the once known as Big East, Mike Aresco, announced the […]

Welcome back to Helmet Madness as we are now down to the regional semi-finals in bot the Lou Holtz and Mark May brackets. To say things have been a bit surprising is a big time understatement as upsets galore happened in the 1st round of each bracket.  So, before we get going any further let […]

Christian Hackenberg may not be in the picture this spring at Penn State, but he will be a key name in the mix under center before the start of the 2013 season. (Photo source: USA Today Sports) Spring football presents fans with a number of open competitions to keep an eye on. As is typically […]

Trojan Freshman Max Browne takes a snap in spring practice (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It’s spring, and here at Crystal Ball Run, that only means one thing: The start of baseball season! Kidding. No one actually watches baseball anymore, do they? In all seriousness we’re here to talk some spring football, where just about […]

April 1 brings with it a bunch of comedians and wanna be comedians. The college football world is no exception to this. Some stunts are carefully calculated, while others should have been left on the drawing board al together. And then there are those who just have fun with it on a whim, like Arkansas […]

For those of you who might not remember, it was exactly one year ago today, April 1, 2012 when former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino hopped on his motorcycle and rode into the sunset and right into a ditch with a blonde Arkansas staffer named Jessica Dorrell literally in his hip pocket. Safe to say to […]

First Practice: April 3 Spring Game: April 27 Kansas State has enjoyed back-to-back seasons with double-digit wins, which includes the 2012 Big 12 championship. That’s a far cry from the Ron Prince days. But now the Wildcats will find out how solid their program is as they try to replace about a dozen key players […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) First Practice: April 2 Spring Game: April 27 Spring camp is set to open at Oregon on Tuesday, and like everything they do with their football program up in Eugene, practice will be a fast-paced affair. Despite being one of the final programs to start spring ball, the Ducks will […]

Mal Moore, the recently retired Alabama Athletic Director best known as the man who hired Nick Saban as football coach in 2007 passed away on Saturday, according to the school. He was 73-years-old. Moore was a man tied to Alabama since his teen years, as a player for legendary coach Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant from 1958 […]