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This morning, 59 of the finest sports information directors and graduate assistants…umm, I mean head football coaches, cast their ballots in the first USA Today Coaches Poll of the season. Good times! While ultimately, these arbitrary, random rankings, are fun, let’s remember that they really do mean nothing. After all, last year’s Coaches Poll had […]
Yesterday, it was the new-look Florida Gators. Today, we move to the other side of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party with some insights about the Bulldgos from the distinguished gentleman from Georgia, Senator Blutarsky, the mind behind Get The Picture and the Mumme Poll. 1. Mark Richt’s job status is the topic du jour […]
Dateline: Chernobyl. OK, what happened in the Big East in 2010 can’t compare to the nuclear meltdown in the Ukraine in 1986. But to anyone associated with the conference, it sure felt like a catastrophe. Not a single team began the season ranked and not a single team finished in the rankings, thanks to poor […]
The official Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 rolls on the No. 4 Oregon Ducks. Last year, the Ducks managed to overcome an off-season of off-the-field turmoil and sprint their way to the national championship game. A year later, the summer has been no less eventful. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 4 – […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 8/3/2011
After breaking down Wisconsin earlier in the afternoon,
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There might not be a team with more questions heading into 2011 than the University of Florida. Entering the fall, the Gators will have a new head coach and coaching staff, and an incredibly young, albeit talented, defense. One of the few places that Florida does return experience is at quarterback… much to the disappointment […]
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(L to R the OSU QB candidates: Joe Bauserman, Kenny Guiton, Taylor Graham, and Braxton Miller. Photo via Bucknuts) The calamities and chaos that have been self-inflicted on the Ohio State football program have been long documented and exhausted. Jim Tressel is gone. Terrelle Pryor is gone. The “we may lose to the SEC but […]
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So far, the Crystal Ball Run Top 10 has looked at a handful of the teams we expect to do big things this season. We’ve looked at South Carolina, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Boise State. And today, And be sure to follow Crystal Ball Run
Aaron Torres broke down the Arkansas Razorbacks this morning. Now, it’s time for Kevin McGuire of No2MinuteWarning.com to try and tame the Boise State Broncos, No. 7 in the Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 7 – Boise State Broncos Boise State in a Word: Debatable No team has […]
You might have already heard, but Ohio State’s head football coach resigned a couple months back. Or maybe he was fired. Actually, it sounds like he retired. Whatever the actual nature of the change in Jim Tressel’s employment status, it doesn’t change the fact that a new day is dawning in Columbus. Gone are the […]
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Yesterday, we covered No. 10 South Carolina and No. 9 Oklahoma State. The countdown rolls into Fayetteville, where Aaron Torres of Aaron Torres Sports is calling the hogs. Crystal Ball Run Preseason Top 10 No. 8 – Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas in a Word: Dependent When Bobby Petrino snuck out the backdoor in Atlanta and emerged […]
(Editor’s note: In case you’re not familiar with their work, the good people behind Coaches By The Numbers do outstanding quantitative analysis of college football coaches, using a propriety rating system that “objectively rates head coaches and coordinators on the core statistics critical for success.” In our quest here at Crystal Ball Run to bring […]
