(Photo Courtesy: Brent Pease's Instagram Account) So last week, Crystal Ball Run shared an interesting story, about the always interesting Joker Phillips and his liberal use of the photo editing and enhancing service Instagram. In it, we described how the ex-Kentucky head man turned Florida wide receivers coach has a growing reputation as the most […]

Texas A&M’s smooth transition from the Big 12 to the SEC and the emergence of Johnny Manziel at quarterback can only mean one things for 2013 — expectations are sky high. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner looked outstanding in the Aggies’ spring game, and the offense should be one of the best in the SEC […]

(photo courtesy USAToday Sports/Greg Bartram) Never doubt Urban…. Never doubt Urban… Never doubt Urban – those are words to live by in life as a college sports fan and should be on your daily reminder list, especially after what was witnessed on Saturday in Cincinnati as the Scarlet beat the Gray 31-14 in front of […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) LOS ANGELES– A year after USC football entered spring practice with as much hype as any program in the country, it was a rather subdued day at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday afternoon, where a little over 15,000 stopped by to check in and to check out the Trojans […]

(Photo Courtesy: Mark Stoops' Twitter) As recently as six months ago, had you asked most Kentucky fans how they planned to spend Saturday April 13, 2013, most would’ve likely responded by saying that if anything, they’d spend the early evening watching the Jordan Brand All-American high school basketball game. That is of course, if they […]

The SEC’s poorly kept secret – at one timed dubbed “Project X,” even though it had nothing to do with teaching chimpanzees to fly planes – became ever more poorly kept Friday when John Ourand of the SportsBusiness Journal revealed that the plans for the SEC television network will be unveiled next week. Launching the […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It’s no secret to anyone who followed college football over the last few years that Tyrann Mathieu had a problem with marijuana. You know it. I know it. Even my grandma- who thinks football is played with a bat and ball over nine innings- knows the same. At this point, […]

Arizona State AD Steve Patterson has pulled out the religion card. He’s not the first to do so, but it may be a first involving a football game. It seems Patterson doesn’t like the way Notre Dame is signaling its intent to back out of a 2014 game with the Sun Devils. The Irish have […]

(Photo Courtesy: University of Connecticut) If by some weird coincidence, you happen to have the password to all my social media accounts, than chances are pretty good you know that my Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Keek/Beebo and Myspace accounts (ok, I don’t actually have the last three) were abuzz this afternoon. That’s because on Thursday the University of Connecticut […]

We've seen this countless times – a new coach begets new uniforms and a new look for the team. You know, out with the old and in with the new type psychology stuff. Well, not exactly 100% the case at Cal, the Sonny Dykes era will nonetheless get off to a start with a whole […]