0 comments by Tom Perry on 12/4/2011
We know 7-5 Louisville won’t represent the Big East in a BCS bowl, but Cincinnati’s 35-27 victory over UConn did give us a three-way tie for the conference championship. Now West Virginia (9-3, 5-2) and Cincinnati (9-3, 5-2) will have to see which one is ranked higher in Sunday’s BCS Rankings. The Mountaineers are the […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 12/3/2011
LSU is heading home for the bowl season. After a smashing victory against Georgia in the SEC championship game in Atlanta, the Tigers will be playing for the BCS championship in New Orleans next month. The top-ranked Tigers capped an undefeated regular season by coming from behind and a sluggish first quarter to snap the […]
0 comments by Reginald Eller
If the CBS-Houston report that Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin will be named as the new Texas A&M head coach in the next 24 hours, his team’s performance Saturday probably wouldn’t be quite the exit that he had envisioned. The Cougars fell 49-28 to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in the Conference USA championship game. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Our final Crystal Ball Run conference championship preview isn’t technically a conference championship preview at all. Ok, well it is, since the winner of Saturday night’s Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game will earn the Big XII’s automatic berth. Still, it’s not technically a conference championship game either. Catch my drift? No? Ok, let’s just move on then. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Following their demolishing of UCLA in the first ever Pac-12 title game, the greatest compliment you can give Oregon coach Chip Kelly and his program is this: Nobody is surprised. Not by the ease of the Ducks 49-31 beat down of UCLA at Autzen Stadium Friday night. Not by their second Rose Bowl in three […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
I’m back with part two and the final four games of the second round of the FCS playoff bracket. The bottom half of this bracket is arguably tougher than the top half. It has former champions in Georgia Southern, and Appalachian State. It has upstart programs like Old Dominion and new comers to the post […]
0 comments by Tom Perry
It was another Friday night game, so no one should be surprised the Mid-American Conference championship game delivered another crazy performance. Trailing 20-0 at halftime and by 13 points with less than nine minutes to play, Northern Illinois scored 16 points to pull out the win in Detroit. Not until Matthew Sims hit a 33-yard […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 12/2/2011
After previewing the Pac-12 Championship Game yesterday, and the ACC and Big Ten this morning, the guys are back, this time to talk about the biggest game of them all: This weekend’s SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Can LSU cruise into the title game undefeated? Our guys debate. SEC Championship Game: No. 14 […]
0 comments by Reginald Eller
The debate that seems to be the topic du jour in college football today: Who will, or who should, play LSU? Who is going to this bowl, or that bowl? If it’s not, you can bet the discussion is centered somewhere around the Penn State and Syracuse scandals. Maybe who’s hiring who and who’s firing. […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
In between our look at all the conference championship previews today, Crystal Ball Run will look at this year’s playoffs…the FCS playoffs that is. Here is Part I of Matt Elder’s preview, with Part II coming Saturday morning. Sam Houston State v. Stony Brook Sam Houston State enters this game as the No. 1 team […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Next, the Crystal Ball Run staff looks over the Big Ten Championship Game, where Wisconsin and Michigan State will match up for the second time this season. Will the second time be the charm for the Badgers? Let’s take a look. Big Ten Championship Game: No. 15 Wisconsin Badgers vs. No. 13 Michigan […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres
Think you’ve got to wait until the BCS National Championship Game to get a much-unwanted re-match between two top teams? Think again, as both the Big Ten Championship Game (discussed later on today at Crystal Ball Run) and ACC Championship Game are both rematches from early season games. Still, if you think Clemson’s 23-3 win […]
