0 comments by Aaron Torres on 1/8/2013
It’s not often that we report on early declarations for the NFL Draft here at Crystal Ball Run (we leave that up to the NFL guys) but in terms of Texas A&M left tackle Luke Joeckel, we’ll make an exception. The 6’6 310 lb. Outland Trophy winner announced he would enter the NFL Draft Tuesday […]
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I know, I know…. What in the bull hell is going on here, right? Well, it's officially the offseason – yes, I know the National Championship game was played last night, but it's the morning after and that means it brings us a chance to entertain you the reader even more because the show that […]
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There’s not really any way to describe Alabama’s 42-7 BCS National Championship beat down of Notre Dame on Monday night, other than to say this: The final score wasn’t indicative of how one-sided this game was. From start to finish, and in every way shape and form, the Crimson Tide were the better football team […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 1/7/2013
Here are the Crystal Ball Run staff’s picks for Monday night’s BCS National Championship Game! Allen Kenney’s Take: I've tried to look for one notable edge in this game in either side, and I'm not finding any. The closest thing is Amari Cooper versus Notre Dame's secondary. From a more intangible standpoint, the quarterbacks are […]
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We could go in a lot of different directions in the lead-up to Monday night’s BCS National Championship Game here at Crystal Ball Run. We could talk about the battle in the trenches between Alabama’s offensive line and Notre Dame’s defensive line or how Nick Saban plans on to defend Irish quarterback Everett Golson. The […]
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By now, even casual college football fans know the names of guys like Manti Te’o, A.J. McCarron and Robert Lester, and the important role they’ll play in Monday night’s BCS National Championship Game. But as we’ve seen so many times before, championships aren’t always won because of big contributions from star players, but instead unheralded […]
In the words of Natalie Merchant, "These are days you'll remember." Not 10,000 but rather twice that number of maniacs appeared on Saturday for a Notre Dame pep rally in Miami, a pep rally in which no members of the Fighting Irish football team were present. But what did the fans care? Notre Dame football […]
A year ago, Oregon coach Chip Kelly was supposedly signed, sealed and delivered to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A last-second change of heart kept him in Eugene. This year he flirted with not one, but two NFL franchises, the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns, while basking in the glow of his team's Fiesta Bowl win […]
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It’s not like Nick Saban needs any advice on how to win a BCS Championship, but watching Florida in the Sugar Bowl is a good place to see what not to do. Saban and Alabama were in a similar position as Florida when the Tide played heavy underdog Utah and lost 31-17. It’s hard to […]
The names stretch across four decades. They lead down the ancient steps from the Notre Dame locker room to the north end zone tunnel to NFL rosters, Super Bowl lore and both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Dave Casper. Ken MacAfee. Mark Bavaro. Anthony Fasano. John Carlson. Kyle Rudolph. And now, […]
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No. 25 Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Arkansas Red Wolves January 6, 9:00 PM, ESPN Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mobile, Alabama) Line: Arkansas State -3 On the night before Alabama plays Notre Dame down on South Beach, the penultimate game of the 2012 football season will be played featuring two non-automatic qualifiers in the state of […]
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Who knew the Big East had turned into the cradle of NFL head coaches? Ok, so that might be a slight exaggeration, but still, just one year after Greg Schiano left Rutgers to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Syracuse’s Doug Marrone was named the Buffalo Bills new head coach on Sunday morning. The news was […]
