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,

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 […]