Mike Leach might be in for a long season if a new rule is passed; Photo: USA Today Sports It's that time of the year. The time of year when the NCAA tweaks the rules. Last year, this brought us the much maligned "targeting rule" that affected the outcome of more than one game.  First […]

Photo: USA Today Sports It wasn't long ago that Big Ten coaches were complaining about Urban Meyer's recruiting tactics. Now it looks like they may be delving into some of those tactics themselves. In an interview with the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Steve Spurrier had this to say: We don’t run into much of any negative […]

Prime time games could become less frequent out west if the Pac 12 has their way. Photo: USA Today Sports Hardcore college football junkies have no problem staying up late to watch as much west coast college football as possible in the fall, but the Pac 12 wants to make sure more fans are getting a […]

The Florida State Seminoles ran a perfect slate in 2013 with an ACC championship preceding a BCS national championship and a Heisman Trophy quarterback capturing the college football world by storm. But Division 2 Shippensburg was better, and the Internet can prove it. While cleaning up my bookmarks collected over the course of the season […]

Photo: KSUOwlsFootball.com Here at Crystal Ball Run, we usually stick to the big names of the FBS but occasionally it's nice to shine a light on the smaller programs and take a look at what's happening around the world of college football. Today, we take a look at the newest football program in the state […]

Michael Sam's support of his teammates and coaches is an important part of his story. Photo: USA Today Sports On Sunday we learned Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, an All-American and SEC Defensive Player of the Year, is gay. According to the New York Times, Sam announced his sexuality to his teammates before the start of […]

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When the 2014 NFL season begins, it is likely to be the first with an openly gay player on a roster. At least it should be. On Sunday, Missouri All-American defensive end Michael Sam officially announced he was gay … something he had already shared with his teammate before he became the SEC’s Defensive Player […]

Florida and Florida State is the perfect cross-conference rivalry. What others can we make? Photo: USA Today Sports With conferences looking for ways to make for more attractive games — and maximize on television revenue — the idea of nine-game conference schedules continues to grow in popularity. For the record, I hate nine-game schedules for conferences. […]

Mark Stoops is on a mission to prove Kentucky isn't just a basketball school; Photo: USA Today Sports Recruiting is a big key to success in today's world of college football but often we just look at the big winners, the teams that finish in the Top 10. Truthfully, that's a big indicator for who […]

Riggs tackles LSU's Jarvis Landry in a 17-6 loss; Photo: USA Today Sports Will Muschamp had as tough of a 2013 season as any coach in college football and, at least for now, it looks to be continuing into 2014. In December, ESPN posted an injury-by-injury look at Florida's 2013 season and it wasn't pretty. […]