0 comments by Aaron Torres on 7/9/2012
It’s Pac-12 Week here at Crystal Ball Run, and now time to look at the five biggest questions the players, coaches and teams in this league will face entering the 2012 season. Let’s start by asking… Which of the new Pac-12 Coaches has the best shot at early success?: Of every major conference in college […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
We are back to dedicating a full week of coverage to a single conference this week. This week we hit the west coast and dive deep in to the Pac-12 conference. To get things started, we take a look at some of the conference history to see if we can find any similar themes heading in to the […]
How about we forego the formalities of 10 random thoughts this week? I spent all weekend poring over the college football season win totals released by Cantor Gaming last week. Here are my 10 favorite plays – in order of liking-ness, no less: 1. Arkansas under 8.5 (+140) I thought the Razorbacks were overvalued pre-Bobby […]
0 comments by David Purdum on 7/8/2012
Urban Meyer was criticized for being too lenient at times at Florida. But he’s not messing around in his first season at Ohio State. Meyer dismissed Storm Klein on Saturday, after the senior linebacker was charged with domestic violence and assault. Klein pleaded not guilty Saturday morning, but Meyer decided not wait to see how […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/7/2012
The bowl open market is officially open and conferences are already cashing in. The SEC and Big 12 got an early jump with their Champions Bowl agreement, and the Big Ten and Pac 12 have extended their deal with the Rose Bowl and the ESPN hype machine. Not to be left too far behind, the […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 7/6/2012
It’s my party & I’ll bring who I want? The name Robert Nkemdiche should be a familiar one to most college football fans, he’s the nations No. 1 recruit according to most people that rank those sorts of things. He’s also either a genius or a complete extortion artist according to most after some comments […]
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Being an NFL hopeful running back in college is a delicate balance. You’re willing to take the hits and bashings to get every inch of yardage you can. It comes with the job. And while you may be piling up yards, touchdowns, and All-American lists, NFL teams are looking at what is, in my opinion, […]
0 comments by David Purdum
Vegas has spoken. Cantor Gaming became the first Nevada sportsbook to post college football season win totals Friday. Five teams are set at 10.5: LSU, Alabama, Southern Cal, Oregon and Florida State. UNLV had the lowest, with the Rebels projected with just 2.5 wins. Duke and Ole Miss were set at 3.5, and Kentucky at […]
After summoning the spirits last week to find out what will happen in week four of the 2012 season, my colleague David Purdum shipped the crystal ball to me for ths week. He even packed it in dry ice so that when I opened the package to take it out, it looked all mystical and […]
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Well, say this about the nation’s No. 1 high school football recruit, Robert Nkemdiche: The boy knows how the recruiting game is played. That’s because on early Friday morning, the Clemson commit shared some very, VERY interesting comments with Atlanta Journal-Constitution recruiting writer Michael Carvell telling him: “I am waiting on Clemson to offer Ryan; […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
It is not too often that an athlete will mouth off about the apparrel he is given to wear, but we will get to that later. First, some official business to address… Former Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell has successfully landed at FCS Alabama State. There he will be eligible to play immediately this season, […]
0 comments by David Purdum on 7/5/2012
Vegas doesn’t know as much as you think it does. Oddsmakers don’t have access to top-secret inside information, and some of them can’t even tell you who Oklahoma State’s quarterback is this season. That goes for so-called wise guys, too. They’re numbers guys, plain and simple. So the notion that the sports betting market is […]
