0 comments by Aaron Torres on 11/29/2011
Welcome back to Monday everybody! After the long weekend that was filled with too much food, plenty of friends and family, and just the right amount of football, I’m back and looking towards next weekend’s playoffs. Before I continue on I have to apologize though to two people, the first would be my readers. For […]
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Hello Columbus! After a week’s worth of flirting, heavy petting and sneaking around behind their parents back, Urban Meyer and Ohio State are now, finally a couple. I’m pretty sure they made it Facebook official and everything just moments ago. But now with that, the fun part begins: How good will Urban Meyer be at […]
0 comments by Reginald Eller on 11/28/2011
Nothing quite said “ugly” like the final regular season weekend of the 2011 season. Coaches were fired, teams blew big leads, and others continued their modus operandi of just being ugly. Enjoy, if you can stomach it. Arkansas Razorbacks: If you were pulling for Arkansas just to cause a ripple in the Bowl Championship Series, […]
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The worst kept secret in all of college football won’t be a secret very much longer. In a story that was first reported a few weeks ago and seemed like nothing short of a done deal days before the Thanksgiving holiday, Urban Meyer will be named the next football coach at Ohio State later this […]
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After a big weekend of rivalry games and as we head in to championship week in college football, Crystal Ball Run staff writers Kevin McGuire and Michael Felder take a look at the themes from the extended holiday weekend and take a glance at the championship picture to come. Some of the […]
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This weekend was not as crazy as the last and as a result, not too much has changed with the BCS picture. However, things did become a little more clear. We will once again go through the BCS bowl selection process, using the BCS Rankings as a guide. Step 1: BCS Championship Game The first […]
Bloody Sunday in the college football coaching ranks has come to a close. We know who’s hitting the bricks, but who’s going to be replacing them? Per usual, athletic directors will be making eyes at the Chris Petersens and Gary Pattersons of the coaching fraternity. You’ll probably hear some wild rumors about egomaniacal boosters with […]
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While most American consumers are familiar with Black Friday- the day following Thanksgiving, when overzealous housewives bull-rush Best Buy’s and Target’s nationwide like an Alabama defensive lineman chasing an SEC quarterback- it is actually “Black Sunday” which is most familiar to college football fans. It’s the day following the final full Saturday of regular season […]
Gather around, kids, and let me tell you a story about a college football coach you might now know as “Pistol Rick.” He first hit the scene in 1995 as the youthful, hip alternative to your everyday meat-and-potatoes coach. While his predecessor at the University of Colorado, Bill McCartney, was off founding Promise Keepers, a […]
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When Wisconsin landed quarterback Russell Wilson via transfer over the summer the Badgers instantly certified themselves as the favorites in the Big Ten. The thing is, even without Wilson Wisconsin may have been a tough team to beat over the long haul in the Big Ten. With a shot at the Big Ten championship game […]
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Think back for a moment. Not far back, just four weeks ago. The 8-0 Clemson team that was once sitting pretty, highly ranked and with national championship on the mind, turned out to be more Fox than Tiger. Four weeks ago, Clemson was just that; undefeated – and sitting in a perfect position at 8-0, […]
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For those of you hoping to avoid an All-SEC Everything BCS title game, I’ve got some bad news: It appears as though the inevitable has become a reality. After LSU basically punched their ticket with an emphatic beat down of Arkansas on Friday afternoon, Alabama made a statement of their own Saturday, with one of […]
