0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/7/2012
Three Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks from the state of Florida in five years signaled the beginning of the evolution of the award and the quarterback position. Earlier this week, which is Heisman Week at Crystal Ball Run, we took a quick look at the odds for who will win the most prestigious award in sports this fall. […]
0 comments by Ty Hildenbrandt
Ty’s mystical “lady friend” unlocks the dark spirits. Little known fact: We actually have a crystal ball. Yup, we use it on occasion for personal reasons. This year, though, we’ve cleared up the legalese and turned it loose on college football’s 2012 regular season. If a greater challenge exists for a mystical predictive device, we’d […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wIZZ0HvPlYg The Rocket would have had a speed rating of 99 in NCAA Football 90… if it existed. We have a pretty light edition of the Morning Playbook this morning, but there is plenty of good stuff to check out. Start by catching up on Heisman Week here at Crystal Ball Run. Yesterday we took a […]
A cavalcade of distinguished college football bloggers join Crystal Ball Run‘s Allen Kenney for a roundtable podcast on the larger effects of conference realignment on the sport. Participants include Senator Blutarsky of Get The Picture, Mark Ennis of Big East Coast Bias, Michael Felder of Bleacher Report and Crystal Ball Run, Honus “The Dude” Sneed […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 6/6/2012
Give credit to the powers that be in college football: They won’t make the same mistake twice. That’s because after all the controversy that surrounded the first LSU-Alabama game during the 2011 season, there will be no such drama in 2012. The SEC’s two best teams will play at night, in Baton Rouge, in CBS’s […]
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We continue “Heisman Week” here at Crystal Ball Run with one of the most important positions in the Heisman Trophy race – Running Back. In the history of the Heisman Trophy Award the winner has more often than not come down to a running back or quarterback. In fact running backs have won the award […]
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As we run through Heisman week here at Crystal Ball Run, we talk about quarterbacks and running backs. Dynamic playmakers and how they each have their own shot at winning the stiff arming trophy. I’ll admit it outright, I’m a defensive guy. I played safety and defense is what separates a good team from a […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
West Virginia is getting ready for the Big 12. Is anybody surprised that Bobby Bowden wants to be a part of the potential BCS selection committee to voice his say on who should play for a national championship? Probably not, but Bowden has confirmed he would be interested. The elder Bowden still watches the sport […]
Waiting for the next Superman. My colleague Aaron Torres ran down the favorites to capture the Heisman Trophy in 2012, but I doubt you saw any major surprises there. That’s why they’re the favorites. The last two Heisman winners, though, have come from way off the radar – Auburn’s Cam Newton in 2010 and Robert […]
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Remember when UCLA football mattered? The Big Ten, perhaps rightfully so, is on the receiving end of a bunch of blows nationally today. A media conference call held yesterday probably did more harm than good, causing Pete Fiutak to call it a “disasterous conference call.” The logic and thought-process being shared to represent the Big […]
0 comments by David Purdum on 6/4/2012
There’s some debate among oddsmakers over who is the favorite to win the national title. Some sportsbooks have LSU. Others have Southern Cal. Phil Steele says Florida State. But everyone has Matt Barkley as the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. Due to Nevada Gaming Control regulations, you’ll only find Heisman odds at online sportsbooks. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, and in the case of the Duke football program, that’s especially true. When you’ve won a total of 11 games in the last three years (for comparison’s sake, four teams from the SEC won 11 games last year alone) it’s never a bad thing when you’re […]
