0 comments by Tom Perry on 7/12/2012
Jeff Tedford is near the top of many coaching hot seat lists entering 2013, but it’s utterly insane. Since Tedford enjoyed so much success early on in Berkeley that the expectations became too big and to unrealistic. It’s freaking Cal football, not Alabama. Tedford is only 12-13 these past two years. A little history lesson […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
One thing that separates the Pac-12 from the rest of the college football world is the unique nature of it’s stadiums, fan bases, and tailgating. In fact it’s safe to say there may not be any conference with more differences in fan bases than what is out west. With that in mind we thought we’d […]
0 comments by David Purdum
Southern Cal is the most dominant of any of the BCS conference favorites. The Trojans are listed as 4/5 (-125) favorites to win the Pac-12 at the prominent online sportsbook 5Dimes.eu. No other BCS team is as a big of favorite to win its own conference: Big 12: Oklahoma 6/5 (+120) Big Ten: Michigan 11/5 […]
0 comments by Dave Singleton
Former FBI director Louis Freeh released a damning analysis this morning of the Penn St. administration’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case, including accusations that longtime coach Joe Paterno used his authority to help conceal allegations of abuse dating back to 1998. The report concludes that Paterno and members of the higher levels […]
Even though it’s July, the college football world isn’t slowing down. Bruce Feldman of CBSSports.com joins Crystal Ball Run managing editor Allen Kenney for a podcast to discuss the imminent release of the Freeh Report regarding the investigation into Penn St.’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky case. After that, in conjunction with CBR’s Pac-12 Preview […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 7/11/2012
It’s another Wednesday, meaning that it’s time for another edition of “The Crystal Ball,” our week-by-week look ahead at how the 2012 college football season is going to shake out. Last week the Crystal Ball spit out four winners for us, as Washington shocked Stanford in a Thursday night showdown, Georgia put a damper on […]
Could another Thursday night road game by USC’s undoing? In a year in which the Pac-12 is thought to have two major powers and a bunch of rebuilding teams, finding true “Danger Games” in the conference isn’t easy. With that in mind, here are five games that look a little more upset-likely than expected. 5. […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Award watch list week continues with the release of the Rimington Trophy (best center) and Mackey Award (best tight end) watch lists. We took a stab at predicting who will win the individual honors and Michael Felder took a look at how the role of the tight ends has increased at Bleacher Report. The […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/10/2012
Auburn’s Philip Lutzenkirchen is among the favorites for the 2012 Mackey Award. Another day, two more watch lists to review. On the heels of the release of watch lists for two high-profile awards, the Maxwell Award (top college football player) and Bednarik Award (best defensive player), the preseason watch lists for two under the radar […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
It’s Pac-12 Preview Week and up on the docket of the Crystal Ball Run court today is the case of Rich Rodriguez, the newest head coach of the Arizona Wildcats. This will be his 3rd stop in FBS football as a head coach after a successful stint at West Virginia and a disastrous one at the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Yesterday was the first official watch list day for college football fans. The Maxwell Football Club got it all started with the initial release of the watch lists for the Maxwell Award and Bednarik Award. Can LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu become the first defensive back to win consecutive Bednarik Awards for the first time in the […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 7/9/2012
We’re officially entering the final countdown (cue Europe now) to the start of the college football season as over the next two weeks the National College Football Awards Association will unveil the watch lists for the various awards up for grabs. Today, they kicked things off with the two biggest awards, the Maxwell (outstanding collegiate […]
