All this week Crystal Ball Run, This Given Sunday and Awful Announcing are taking a look at the future of football. In our first installment in this series Crystal Ball Run took a look at the state of the NCAA, its role in governing football and the issues facing the sport of college football in […]

Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports Yesterday, we looked at the roads traveled by Ohio State and Michigan State to the Big Ten Championship Game. Now that we know how they got here, let's delve into the key players on both sides of the ball. Who has to come up big for the Buckeyes to get […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Yesterday, we took a look at the roads that Auburn and Missouri traveled to get to the SEC Championship Game. Today, we look at the key players for each team that will have the biggest impact on the outcome of this game. When you get to a championship game like this, […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Images) It’s Championship Week, and while you’re excited for all the big games, even we here at Crystal Ball Run can admit that dammit, all championship games aren’t created equally. For those of you who are into little things like, you know, “The National Championship Race” well, the ACC and Big […]

Jimbo Fisher's master project has blossomed with Jameis Winston. Photo: USA Today Sports Florida State is one game away from playing for their first BCS championship since 2000. Duke is once again entering rare territory, where football is still a topic of conversation in December rather than entirely on men's basketball. Duke is also looking […]

Braxton Miller and Ohio State have met preseason expectactions with one mroe game to play. Photo: Getty Images When the Big Ten expanded to 12 members and introduced the new conference championship game, it was expected Ohio State would be making routine trips to Indianapolis at the end of the season. As things have played […]

Missouri is playing for the SEC Championship in just their second season in the conference. PHOTO: USA Today Sports When the season started most people immediately wrote in Alabama for another trip to the SEC Championship Game. From the SEC East, many expected Georgia or South Carolina to be their opponent. In the SEC West, […]

One of the best football players in video game history is none other than Bo Jackson from Tecmo Bowl. Jackson, of course, is an Auburn legend. So it may only be appropriate that one of the craziest endings in Iron Bowl, and college football, history receive a Tecmo Bowl version. The dedicated Tecmo Bowl fans […]

Would the playoff era have taken anything away from the 2013 Iron Bowl? Photo: USA Today Sports   The BCS sucks. It’s true. We have spent more than a decade begging to get out of this mess. It has taken a small part of our souls away. It has taken years off our lives. We […]