Match Up To Watch: Florida State Defending The Pass

Two weeks in a row we’ve talked defensive line; starting with the LSU big boys against the Oregon blocking scheme followed by Auburn’s glaring need to defeat blocks and make a play. This week we’re off the line and we’re also out of the SEC. The biggest game of the weekend draws this guy’s eyes […]

The Dirty Dozen: Our Staff Picks The Week 3 Winners

It’s another Friday, and you know what that means here at Crystal Ball Run: It’s time to make our picks on the 12 biggest games of the weekend! As always, we’ve given each of our staff writers two games to give you a quick preview of, with everyone else chiming in on their winners. And […]

Five Burning Questions: Beyond The Bets

In less than a year circulating the Interwebs, Beyond The Bets has quickly become one of the best sports gambling sites around. The blog delivers handicapping analysis with wit and flair that is rare for the genre. Crystal Ball Run finally convinced Beyond The Bets to answer “Five Burning Questions,” and the results didn’t disappoint. […]

Stadium Tour: Everything You Need To Know About Sun Life Stadium

Joshua Guiher is a college football fan whose goal is to visit all 120 FBS football stadiums. He will be writing a weekly column for Crystal Ball Run, highlighting a different stadium he has visited each week. Josh’s first piece on Michie Stadium can be read here, and over the course of the last two […]

Jimbo Fisher Looking To Make Statement For ACC

Here we are in the third week of the season and the much anticipated match-up between Oklahoma and Florida State is already upon us. After getting drilled last year in Norman by a score of 47-14, the Seminoles are hoping that a second year under Jimbo Fisher coupled with the game being in Tallahassee will […]

Breaking Down Tonight’s Key LSU-Mississippi State Showdown

It’s only the third week of the college football season, but with that, it’s hard to imagine that we’ll see a better Thursday night game than the one we have on tap for this evening. That’s right, at 8:00 p.m. EST, a pair of ranked teams hit the field, when No. 3 LSU travels to […]

Miami Assistants Accused Of Delivering Recruits To Nevin Shapiro

When Yahoo Sports crippling, tell-all report on Nevin Shapiro and the Miami football program first came out a few weeks ago, the whole narrative was so action-packed and so overwhelming that it was hard to put it all into a proper context. There was so much information, so many potential major violations, that it was […]

Five Burning Questions: Marshall Thundering Herd

With all of the crazy finishes and great games last week, one victory went unnoticed by many. When Marshall upset Southern Miss 26-20 in Huntington, the Herd took a big step toward winning the East Division of Conference USA. There’s still a long ways to go for Marshall, but the program seems to be going […]

Podcast: Talking Sooners and ‘Noles

In a bit of a role reversal perhaps, staff writer Kevin McGuire takes on the role of host to ask managing editor Allen Kenney about this weekend’s big game between Oklahoma and Florida State. We’re also joined by Adam Tolliver from the new website, Unconquered Noles, for a Florida State perspective.         […]

Bloguin Heisman Poll Week 2

Week two of the College Football Season is over and it was highlighted by a couple of great games in South Carolina/Georgia and Michigan/Notre Dame. Last week we debuted the 2011 version of the Bloguin Heisman Poll at College Football Zealots. This week we have made the move over to Crystal Ball Run for the […]

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