OK, guys, all week we’ve been talking about college football coaches on the hot seat. Let’s draw things to a close with this: Who is your stone-cold lock to be dismissed at the end of 2012? Andrew Coppens: Guess I’ll kick it off this week with my stone cold lock being Frank Spaziani from Boston […]
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Let’s get started! This one may have caught some people off guard, but the nation’s number one player is heading to… Clemson. Confirmed- Nation’s No. 1 for 2013 Robert Nkemdiche to
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Life in the SEC as a head football coach is not a job that guarantee’s job security. That’s especially the case for a program like Tennessee, where they ousted Phillip Fulmer after 16 years of stability and a 152-52 record at the school because they seemed to just simply get old of him. Now in […]
Yabba Dabo doo, chump! So much for all those rumors about Clemson leaving the ACC hurting the Tigers’ recruiting. Coach Dabo Swinney secured a verbal commitment Thursday from defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, the nation’s consensus No. 1 recruit. Coming out Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga., Nkemdiche currently holds the top spot in the 2013 […]
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You always hear about the coaches who need a huge season to remain employed for another year. We all know who they are. Names like Frank Spaziani, Jeff Tedford, Robb Akey and Mike Riley have been floated out there since the 2011 season ended. Oregon’s Chip Kelly is an interesting case. He would seem like […]
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Arkansas will have a new, or updated, look this fall. So it appears that Jim Delany may have been right about something. The chances the commissioners organize a new postseason format themselves by June 26 looks to be diminishing following yesterday’s meetings in Chicago. If a plan cannot be agreed upon and set by the […]
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Here at Crystal Ball Run, we’re one big, happy family. When one guy is down, another picks him up. When someone has writers block, one of his colleagues will take him to the white board, review the tape, and work with him until his head’s right. And when— well, you get the point. And never […]
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It’s “Hot Seat” week here at Crystal Ball Run and it’s a perfect time for us to debut a new segment we’re calling Holding Court, where we look at both sides of an argument and render our verdict. Earlier this week we brought you a list of the names that were in need of a […]
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Michigan will honor President Gerald Ford, shown above in his Michigan football playing days, and two others this season by activating their retired numbers. Photo via Ford Library Museum. The University of Michigan is bringing some retired numbers back in to the rotation, and using them to honor legendary Wolverines. The numbers 48, 47 and […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 6/12/2012
It’s no secret that we here at Crystal Ball Run have a bit of an affinity for West Virginia football coach Dana Holgorsen. West Virginia’s beer swillin’, casino fightin’, score running upin’ (ok that last one’s a stretch) head ball coach is simply one of the most fascinating men in all of sports, let alone […]
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Oregon State’s Mike Riley sits squarely on the hot seat, but should he be? A coach’s record against the pointspread is a great gauge of whether his teams are exceeding expectations or failing to meet them. The Beavers have covered the spread in 54.26 percent of games (70-59-1) under Riley. That puts him in the […]
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The high school highlight film of former Auburn player Ladarious Phillips. We continue to follow the developments in the Auburn shooting case. Last night police surrounded a house believed to contain the suspected shooter Desmonte Leonard in East Montgomery. Dozens of law enforcement officers from local, state and federal agencies were involved in a standoff […]
