There’s a retro feel in Tallahassee these days, as Florida State fans are hopeful that the Seminoles are rounding into the form that turned FSU into the dynamo we all remember from the 1990s. Second-year coach Jimbo Fisher is rolling on the recruiting trail and has the ‘Noles back in the preseason top five of […]
Meeting Of The Minds: Are Big Week 1 Showdowns Good For The Game?
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After the intial success of our “Meeting of the Minds,” feature a few weeks ago, the staff at Crystal Ball Run has decided to bring it back, for a once weekly debate, centered on the biggest storyline entering the weekend. This week, the Crystal Ball Run staff takes the simple, yet complex question of this: […]
Top 10 Games Of Opening Week In College Football
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 8/28/2011
Finally… FINALLY we have actual games to talk about!! No more Tressel. No more tattoos. No more Will Lyles. No more Charles Robinson (sorry Chuck, love your stuff). No more Nevin Shapiro. No more excessive piles of shoes. Finally, the autumn breeze is slowly coming upon us and a week of college football is here. […]
2011 College Football Preview: Breaking Down The Non-AQ’s
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/26/2011
For years, the mantra of non-AQ college football programs was simple: “Make the big boys notice us.” Well, consider it done. In the last few years alone, Utah (no longer a non-AQ) beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, TCU beat Wisconsin in the “Granddaddy of them All,” and Boise has beaten Virginia Tech, Oregon and […]
Five Burning Questions: Northwestern Wildcats
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Few know the Northwestern football program quite like Phillip Rosman-Reich. The Northwestern grad does an excellent job covering the team for RiseNorthwestern.com (Phillip is changing addresses later this week) as well as the Big Ten website Delanys Dozen. Not to mention that he’s constantly sharing his thoughts on the Wildcats
Warrant Issued For LSU Quarterback Jordan Jefferson
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Update: Shortly after CBR posted this story, LSU acted swiftly and suspended Jefferson and Johns indefinitely in a statement released by the school… “Jordan and Josh have been suspended indefinitely. We will continue to cooperate with the authorities in an effort to find out exactly what took place during the incident. As sad as this incident […]
Yahoo’s Robinson Making All The Right Moves
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I remember a scene from “All the President’s Men” when Jason Robards, who playing Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, says “Fuck it, we’ll stand by the boys.” Now, I’m not sure that’s what anyone at Yahoo! Sports is saying about Charles Robinson, the investigative reporter who dropped a bombshell on the Miami Hurricanes. But one […]
2011 College Football Preview: Breaking Down The Big 12
The bickering in the Lone Star State this off-season might have you thinking that no one in the Big 12 is happy. Texas A&M hates the Longhorn Network to the point that the Aggies are leaving the conference for a league where they could very well be cast off into oblivion. Texas fans can’t ogle […]
LSU Wide Receiver Russell Shepard Suspended
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/25/2011
What started off as a preseason full of optimism, has turned into nothing short of a nightmare for LSU fans. As they await the fate of starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson for next Saturday’s opener against Oregon in Dallas, the Bayou Bengals were dealt a brutal blow Thursday, when, according to the Twitter account of ESPN’s […]
Les Miles Comes To The College Gameday Set
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For all the things that ESPN does that annoys the hell out of us (the Longhorn Network, #FreeBruce, their entire Baseball Tonight staff), it’s easy to forget that they do in fact do quite a bit of good work. Some of their best, and most creative stuff comes from their marketing staff, which consistently pumsp […]
2011 College Football Preview: Breaking Down The ACC
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The ACC. What can be said about the ACC? It is another year in the league newly reconstructed in 2005 and another year of question marks all over the place. What will come from the two full scale coaching swaps in the league? What will come from the coaching staff moves? How will the new […]
Trying To Get To A Boston College Football Game This Fall? Check Out…Groupon?
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College football is a sport that can be known at times for its passionate fans. People arrive days early for tailgates. They call into radio shows and scream at rival fans. More than a few harass recruits via Twitter and Facebook. Simply put, there isn’t a group of people who care more about their respective […]
