Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 1 USC

It’s been a long Top 10 Week here at Crystal Ball Run, but finally we’ve made it to No. 1. And with that we’ve got a surprise for you… Ok, who are we kidding, it’s USC. Lane Kiffin’s club enters 2012 off as everybody’s No. 1, with a Heisman Trophy favorite, talented defense and more […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 2 Alabama

 Nick Saban and Les Milles will meet at midfield in November. Maybe. We’re down to the final two of the Crystal Ball Run Preaseason Top 10. And it kind of feels like these last three teams are a notch above the rest, doesn’t it? To rundown our Top Ten so far: 1. ??? (OK, it’s […]

Texas Tech ups the ante against divisive Longhorn Network

Texas Tech detests the Longhorn Network so much that the Red Raiders would rather not play at all than play a game on it. At least, that’s one way to read Thursday night’s report from Chris Level of RedRaiderSports.com that Tech is mulling the cancellation of its Sept. 8 game at Texas St., which may […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 3 LSU

We are getting down to the nitty gritty and the coveted top two spots in Crystal Ball Run’s preseason top ten. You might think this team deserves a spot in either of those positions, and by the time the season ends they could very well be there, but our number three team this preseason is […]

Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Week Three

The camaraderie and fellowship remain in full effect in the halls of the Crystal Ball Run, and the fun we have never ceases to amaze me. With our magical crystal ball lost in transit one of our fearless leaders, Aaron Torres, stepped up big. Actually, he just used FedEx and overnighted the beauty my way […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No. 4 Oregon

Here at Crystal Ball Run, we’ve spent this entire week previewing our Preseason Top 10 headed into 2012. You’ve seen profiles on West Virginia, Ohio State, Arkansas, Florida State, Oklahoma and Georgia. Now though, it’s time to talk some big-boy football, with one of the smallest (in stature, anyway) teams in FBS football: The Oregon […]

Morning Playbook – We’re talking playoffs, and not kidding you!

The era of the four-team playoff is just about here after developments last night. The commissioners of each FBS conference (and Notre Dame Athletics director Jack Swarbrick) announced that they were unanimous in their support for a seeded four-team playoff model. Here is what we know at this point. A selection committee is preferred by […]

Big 12 expansion: Everybody wins, except the ACC

The conference realignment rumor birds started tweeting again Wednesday morning with talk that Notre Dame was closing in on a deal to park its so called Olympic sports in the Big 12. The talk intensified when everyone’s favorite realignment rumormonger Chip Brown of Orangebloods.com reported that the ND-Big 12 union was on track. While Brown […]

Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10: No.5 Georgia

All this week, Crystal Ball Run will be counting down what our writers consider to be the preseason top 10 teams in college football. The rankings are based on ballots submitted by our writers in which they were asked to rank their top 10 based on pure team strength. In other words, the team that […]

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