In the wake of recent of recent reports of misdoings within the basketball programs at Syracuse and UCLA, outspoken NCAA critic Tommy Craggs of Deadspin yesterday brought his fastball in going after the usual object of his employer’s affection, the mainstream media. In this case, Craggs threw a little chin music at Yahoo! Sports and […]
Temple to Join Big East in Football for 2012 Season
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It is often said that you can’t go home. Temple is about to find out if that is true. According to CSNPhilly.com, it appears that Temple has reached an agreement with the Mid-American Conference to be released to rejoin the Big East for football in 2012. The Owls would move the rest of their […]
Spring Practice Primer: Oklahoma Sooners
First Practice: March 5Spring Game: April 14 A 2011 season that started with grandiose visions of a crystal ball ended in a three-loss disappointment of a year for the Oklahoma Sooners. Since then, Bob Stoops brought his brother Mike back to help shore up the defense and lost right-hand man Brent Venables in the process. […]
Bill O’Brien is Penn State’s toxic avenger
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Months after the fallout of an alarming and disturbing sex abuse scandal tore the fabric of trust and everything that was right at Penn State, head coach Bill O’Brien dedicated himsefl to an unenviable task, to put it nicely. “Penn State is toxic,” CBSSports.com’s Brett McMurphy wrote when discussing Penn State’s bowl future toward the […]
All-SEC linebacker gives up pro career for law school
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 3/6/2012
By now, I think we’re all pretty aware that the SEC is the king of college football. Six straight championships will give a conference a reputation like that. What is also safe to say is that the SEC is the king of the NFL Draft. Last year the conference had 38 players selected, and this […]
Spring Practice Primer: Clemson Tigers
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Spring Practice Primer: Clemson Tigers 2011 was a banner year for the Clemson Tigers as Dabo Swinney got the folks in Tiger Town their first ACC title since Ken Hatfield’s 1991 championship. To add to it the Tigers were back in the Orange Bowl on the 30 year anniversary of Danny Ford’s national championship. However, […]
So the Honey Badger wants to go pro
0 comments by Michael Felder on 3/5/2012
The good folks over at Eye on College football dug up a great nugget from Tyrann Mathieu’s time in New York this weekend; seems the Honey Badger has high hopes for going pro following his junior campaign. It is early and as
Spring Practice Primer: West Virginia Mountaineers
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Camp Opens: March 11Spring Game: April 21 All anyone remembers about WVU’s Big East-championship season is the 70-33 victory over Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl. But the Mountaineers had some serious ups and downs last season, including a dismal loss at Syracuse. Now Dana Holgorsen and the rest of his Mountaineers must take it […]
Case of the Mondays: On bounties, spring ball and Barack
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Welcome to this week’s edition of ‘Case of the Monday’s’ where we at Crystal Ball Run look at the good, the bad and sublime of the week that was in college football and beyond. Since it was another slow week in college football, we’ll instead start in the pro game, and begin by discussing… […]
Spring Practice Primer: Miami Hurricanes
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 3/2/2012
First Practice: March 3Spring Game: April 14 With spring practice set to open Saturday, it’s no secret that the University of Miami’s football program has fallen on hard times. As the school still awaits the fallout on the Nevin Shapiro saga, the Canes enter spring ball with holes on both offense and defense, and an […]
10 things Barack Obama can do to improve college football
On the scale of people whose opinions I value regarding the college football postseason, I’d put President Barack Obama somewhere around Bill “Shawshank” Simmons. Ironically, the two have just recorded a podcast together in which they actually discuss this very topic. For the record, Obama told the Boston Sports Guy he preferred an eight-team playoff […]
Meeting of the Minds: How will new rules impact college football?
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 3/1/2012
Last week the NCAA Football Rules Committee announced a series of changes that will go into effect in 2012. They included new regulations on blocking, equipment and the like. The changes that have received the most attention involve kickoffs, which are being moved up to the 35-yard line. Additionally, all members of the kickoff team, […]
