For Better Or Worse, Paterno A Symbol Of College Sports’ Power

Since he passed away on Sunday morning, writers everywhere have taken it upon themselves to define Joe Paterno’s “legacy.” Was he a bedrock of integrity? A coward? A fraud? I’m not going to pretend that I’m equipped to tell you whether the good outweighed the bad in Paterno’s life. In the last few days, I’ve […]

Meeting Of The Minds: College Coach, NFL Coach, Or Just, “Football” Coach

Over the weekend, Chip Kelly was supposedly a last-minute change of heart away from leaving Oregon for the Tampa bay Buccaneers. Jim Tressel received consideration for the Indianapolis Colts’ opening that ultimately went to Chuck Pagano. Les Miles’ name has been bandied about as a potential pro coach. Jim Harbaugh made his bones turning Stanford […]

Recruiting Round-Up: Bobby Petrino Can’t See DGB

Some of the big news in the recruiting world as National Signing Day inches closer. *Daily DGB Update Arkansas head coach Robert Petrino won’t be a part of the Razorbacks’ delegation conducting an in-home visit with coveted wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham today. Apparently, the boss Hog “accidentally” bumped into DGB earlier this month in San Antonio, Texas, […]

Might A Solid Church Sermon Sway One Of The Nation’s Top Recruits?

If you follow recruiting, you know that elite college football coaches will do just about anything to land a coveted recruit. They’ll camp outside the player’s home, try to get friendly with their girlfriends, you name it, a coach has tried it. But trying to woo a recruit under the watchful eye of the big […]

Recruiting Roundup: All Fear Jim L. Mora, Plus Colorado Is Making Moves

With National Signing Day quickly approaching, CBR will be giving you a daily roundup of the key developments on the national recruiting scene up until the ink is dry on all those letters of intent. With just one week until Signing Day, things are moving fast and furious. Here are Wednesday’s headlines: * Let’s Start […]

Trey Griffey (Son Of Guess Who) Commits To Arizona

Since beginning his head coaching career, Rich Rodriguez has always been known to prefer speed over size. Guys like Pat White, Steve Slaton and Denard Robinson have played and thrived in Rich Rod’s spread option scheme. Now the head coach at Arizona, Rodriguez is looking for the next guy to bring speed to the offense […]

The Price To Pay Respects To Joe Pa

No matter how you feel about the current scandal at Penn State and the role that Joe Paterno may have played in it, there’s no doubt that in and around Happy Valley, the coach is still considered a legend. The man who won more games than any coach in college football history will always be […]

Joe Paterno’s Top Ten Football Moments

As we pay our respects to Joe Paterno we take this moment to look back on the storied football career of a man who loved, and perhaps needed, the game more than anything else in life. 10. It Begins With a Win Joe Paterno officially started his head coaching career in 1966 when Penn State […]

Recruiting Roundup: DGB Hosts Sooners’ Stoops

With National Signing Day quickly approaching, CBR will be giving you a daily roundup of the key developments on the national recruiting scene up until the ink is dry on all those letters of intent. *Daily DGB Update Why not kick things off with the country’s consensus No. 1 recruit, wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham? H/T […]

Joe Paterno’s Peers Discuss The Legendary Coach

Like the rest of the college football world, the staff at Crystal Ball Run was shocked and saddened by the stunning passing of legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno this weekend. The winningest coach in college football history succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 85, and is survived his wife Sue and five […]

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