Every time I say I’m done with the college football realignment talk, those magnificent bastards down in Texas find a way to pull me back in. While Texas A&M proceeds towards the Southeastern Conference with the precision and pacing of a Grateful Dead show, its rivals continue circling the wagons to mount a political challenge […]
Bombshell Hits University of Miami, And Nobody Knows What’s Next
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Well, Yahoo! Sports has done it again. And like any summer blockbuster, it’s just as big, just as bad and just as explosive as anything we’ve seen in a long time. After an 11-month investigation, Yahoo! Sports investigative reporter Charles Robinson was back at it Tuesday, this time sharing the sordid details of a near […]
The Great Tailgate Debate: Where To Watch The Game?
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Here at The Crystal Ball Run we’ve got you covered on the field, but as the season approaches we’ve decided to take some of the discussion off the field. Here is where you’ll find The Great Tailgate Debate, folks. It’s a chance to not only hear some of your favorite writers give their take on […]
Bubba Starling Chooses Baseball
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A few weeks ago, Crystal Ball Run shared with you the curious case of Bubba Starling. A two-sport star out from just outside of Kansas City, Starling had one of the toughest decisions of any freshman in college football this fall. No, it nothing to do with choosing Natty Lite vs. Coors for his first […]
Five Burning Questions: The Pac-12 Conference
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Over the last two and a half weeks, Crystal Ball Run has been sure to give you the best insight, on college football’s biggest and best storylines, with a segment we’ve called ‘Five Burning Questions.’ In each, we’ve asked an expert writer to share their thoughts, on a specifc area of expertise. However, one thing […]
Meeting Of The Minds: Who Is Poised To Take Control Of The Big Ten?
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All week long, the staff at Crystal Ball Run is debating college football’s hottest topics, in a segment we call the “Meeting of the Minds.” Yesterday, the guys debated about which player they would take first overall if college football had an imaginary Fantasy Draft, and followed it up later with a heated debate about […]
The Gus Malzahn Effect
In 2005, Gus Malzahn was coaching football in Springdale, Ark. (population: 69,000) at Springdale High School. In January of 2011, he was hoisting a national championship trophy and looking forward to earning $1.3 million per year as Auburn’s offensive coordinator. As you probably know by now, at Coaches By The Numbers we rate coaches using […]
Meeting Of The Minds: What To Expect From TCU And The Big East In 2012
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/15/2011
Earlier this morning, the staff over at Crystal Ball Run got down to business, in the first of their “Meeting of the Minds,” roundtable discussions. There, they debated who they would take with the No. 1 overall pick in an imaginary college football draft. The responses were fascinating, as after most everyone agreed they’d take […]
Five Burning Questions: Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners enter the 2011 season on top by a wide margin in the USA Today Coaches Poll. More importantly, the voters at Crystal Ball Run tabbed OU as their preseason No. 1 as well. Guerin Emig has covered the Sooners for the Tulsa World since 2004 and knows the program about as well […]
Meeting Of The Minds: College Football’s Franchise Player
(Editor’s note: So far, we’ve given you our preseason top 10 and some of our favorite things in college football. This week, Crystal Ball Run’s finest minds have convened at a secret location, SEC style, to debate some of the major themes surrounding the game right now. We’ll start with its franchise player.) Allen Kenney: […]
SEC Statement On Realignment Changes Little
Well, today’s secret gathering of the SEC overlords regarding conference expansion produced an unexpected outcome in the form of a statement expressing “satisfaction” with its current 12-member alignment. Intrepid New York Times reporter Pete Thamel protrayed the news as a decision against adding the Texas A&M Aggies, who can’t get out of the beleaguered Big […]
Aggie, Meet Fredo; Fredo, Aggie
As if you need any proof of how strongly the two Godfather films (yes, two) resonate in our cultural consciousness, consider one word: Fredo. The name has come to be synonymous with the bumbling, fumbling black sheep of the family. The one who can’t help but screw up, even when life is lobbing him softballs. […]
