Ask the casual college football fan to name the best quarterback in the land, and you’re bound to get a few different answers. Andrew Luck is the people’s choice, although his stature may be predicated more on his reputation and stature with NFL scouts than anything he’s actually done on the field this year. Houston’s […]

Week 12 was expected to a tad bit on the ugly side, considering the slate of games we were expecting. It did live up to being part ugly; and crazy and wild too. It was just an all-around cluster. Welcome to week 12 of the ugly. Southern Miss: Southern Miss came in Thursday night versus UAB the 20th […]

Later this afternoon, the Doak Walker Award finalists will be announced. As I have done the last two weeks in breaking down each semifinalist, today I do the same as well as make a projection of who I feel should be the three remaining finalist for this prestigious award. Following this weekend, one player in […]

A crazy weekend of college football filled with upsets has turned the BCS bowl picture upside-down.  A lot of questions exist about what teams could land where, and we will once again do our best to figure that out.  We will once again go through the BCS bowl selection process, using the BCS Rankings as a […]

Yesterday, Washington State suffered a loss at the hands of Utah 30-27 in overtime. Today, however, injury was added to the insult of the loss with the announcement made by Washington State that starting quarterback Connor Halliday suffered a lacerated liver during the game. Halliday was taken to Pullman Regional Hospital for observation and imaging […]

The University of Miami announced this afternoon that it will withhold its football team from bowl consideration following the regular season due to the NCAA inquiry. This is quite odd timing by the University of Miami – especially considering they are now 6-5, have not had a successful season, and would not have an attractive […]

For those of you looking for some kind of BCS clarity, we got it Saturday, in what can only be described as the craziest weekend in recent college football history. Clemson eliminated themselves from the National Championship hunt with a loss to NC State. Oregon did the same losing to USC at home. Oklahoma State […]

Clemson was 8-0 following a 59-38 victory over North Carolina back on October 22nd, and feeling quite good about themselves moving forward.  At some point – Clemson ran into a wall. Following the North Carolina win, Clemson traveled to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech where they were unceremoniously knocked from the ranks of the […]

Week 12 Gambling Picks: Week 10: 1-4-1Overall 17-25-1 Took last week off.  Really depressing times in college football. You used to be able to set your watch to the NCAA conferences. Big East, Big Ten, BIG 12, ACC, SEC. They used to mean something. Now by like 2014 gambling trends that have been shaped over […]

  Earlier in the college football season, my colleague Allen Kenney and I were discussing the merits of an undefeated Oklahoma State on the Crystal Ball Run podcast. I don’t remember exactly what week it was, or exactly the context, but I do know this: We spent a solid five minutes trying to figure out […]