0 comments by Aaron Torres on 11/9/2012
We are coming down the homestretch of the season, and with it, here are your Crystal Ball Run Week 11 staff picks! As always, feel free to share your own picks in the comments section or with us on
I'm right at .500 on the year, which is a nice way of saying these weekly picks are losing money slowly. Baylor at Oklahoma (-20) This season hasn't exactly comported with history for the Oklahoma Sooners, who have lost twice as double-digit favorites in Norman. Even so, Bob Stoops' teams rarely fail to get revenge […]
Southern California: In the matter of the curiously, and criminally (in terms of NCAA rules) deflated footballs and coach with the over-inflated sense of self, the question is not whether we can believe Lane Kiffin – we already know that we cannot – but whether we should here. On Wednesday USC reported that it had […]
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The Houston Cougars season has taken a sad turn. Cornerback D.J. Hayden is listed in critical but stable condition after undergoing emergency surgery on Tuesday evening to repair a torn blood vessel in his body. Hayden, a senior who is leading Conference USA in interceptions this season with four, suffered a torn inferior vena cava […]
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Rashad Greene “pulled a T.J. Yeldon” and Florida State’s slim BCS National Championship hopes are alive because of it, with the Seminoles holding on for a thrilling 28-22 victory Thursday night against Virginia Tech. The key play came late in the game with the Seminoles trailing 22-20. With under a minute to go and Florida […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 11/8/2012
For the last few weeks there seems to have been little doubt that Gene Chizik will be fired as head coach of the Auburn football team. On Wednesday a report surfaced that the beginning stages of the process may have already begun. The reports came via a paid link on the 247Sports.com Auburn affiliate, AuburnUndercover.com, […]
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With the regular season winding down, it isn’t just teams, programs and players getting ready for bowl season, but the cities which are hosting the big games which are prepping too. And as we enter the 2013 bowl cycle, there isn’t a single city with more going on than Miami. South Beach and the […]
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It’s no secret that USC has been one of the most disappointing teams in college football this season, and it’s also no secret that while the offense struggled early on, it’s been the defense of late which has been the problem. As things stand the Trojans rank 66th nationally and are allowing 406 yards per […]
If Alabama wasn't firmly in the drivers seat for No. 1 and a spot in the national championship game, the Crimson Tide are definitely sitting there now after last weekend's 21-17 win over LSU in Baton Rouge. On the other hand, in getting the come from behind victory, 'Bama didn't exactly look like the big […]
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No. 10 Florida State at Virginia Tech Thursday, 7:30 PM, ESPN Line: Florida State -13.5 When the master schedule for the season came out this summer, this was one of the matchups that most people circled, expecting it to serve as a preview of the ACC title game. Sometimes, reality does not match our […]
The battle for Robert Nkemdiche’s signature on National Signing Day took a foreseeable turn Wednesday night as the No. 1 recruit in the country reportedly de-committed from Clemson. Nkemdiche told AJC.com recruiting reporter Michael Carvell in a text that he remains committed to Clemson, but is “undecided”… Which sounds a whole lot like he’s not […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 11/7/2012
Week ten of the college football season saw some of the top teams in the country almost lose as Alabama and Notre Dame has close calls. Would that help AJ McCarron and Manti Te'o because they had to persevere to win or would it hurt? Kansas State's Collin Klein got knocked out of his teams […]
