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 […]

The SEC has been known for its wild recruiting wars through the years, but in the winter and spring of 2013, things have taken on a new and dramatic turn that no one was ready for: Coaches in the conference have now decided to eschew typical recruiting tactics and instead, make headlines by simply sending […]

The ongoing saga between the NCAA and the University of Miami has been as close to the lead up to a heavyweight fight as we have seen in NCAA investigations. It has been a series of ugly incidents just adding to the tension as we lead up to the title bout, o in this case […]

First Practice: April 2 Spring Game: April 27 Jim Mora’s first season at UCLA was an unquestioned success as the Bruins finished 9-5 and won the Pac-12 South. However, UCLA also fell in the conference championship game for a second consecutive season. The Bruins also struggled in a bowl loss to Baylor. Optimism prevails, though, […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) Spring has sprung, and you know what that means: A bunch of angry coaches nitpicking every little mistake, error and missed tackle their team makes. That is the case nationwide, but apparently an even larger issue at Arizona than most schools, where second-year head coach Rich Rodriguez actually took time […]