Boston College may have had a Heisman Trophy finalist, but Florida State had the Heisman Trophy winner. Photo: USA Today Sports Crystal Ball Run is taking a look back at the 2013 season on a  conference by conference basis, so what better place to start than the conference that comes first in alphabetical order and […]

Florida State could once again be celebrating at the end of next season. Photo: USA Today Sports CBR's "Way Too Early" Top 10 No. 1 Florida State Seminoles If you have been following our countdown then this should come as no surprise. Florida State looks to have all of the ingredients in the cupboard to […]

Dabo is pretty pumped about his new contract. PHOTO: USA Today Sports' The average length of a first marriage in the United States is about eight years. Dabo Swinney has been at Clemson for six years and the school has just locked him up for another eight with a contract extension. Despite not having hired […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Former Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin accepted the Penn State job and has promptly raided the Commodores coaching staff. While Franklin has not yet made a formal announcement, PennLive.com is reporting that as many as eight (yes, eight!) members of the Commodores staff will be joining Franklin in Happy Valley. This […]

Will these two teams be playing for more than pride next season? PHOTO: USA Today Sports There is a growing movement in college football to pay players. Dennis Dodd wrote a good piece on it on Wednesday and how it figures to be one of the key issues at the upcoming NCAA Convention. In the […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) CBR's "Way Too Early" Top 10 No. 2 Auburn Tigers So if you follow college football at all (and let’s be honest, if you’re on this website, you do), then chances are, you probably don’t need us to tell you the story of the 2013 Auburn Tigers. By now, you […]

A year of transition for Louisville brings many questions. Photo: USA Today Sports It has been quite a year and a half for Louisville athletics. The 2012 season saw Louisville capture the Big East crown and smash Florida in the Sugar Bowl, and that was later followed by a men's basketball national championship and great […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports In early December, Mark Richt said there would be no changes to his defensive staff this off-season. Over the last 48 hours, that has changed quite a bit. On Sunday, Louisville reached into their magic piggy bank and made then Georgia Defensive Coordinator Todd Grantham an offer he couldn't refuse. How […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports CBR's "Way Too Early" Top 10 No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide In seven years at Alabama, Nick Saban has won three BCS National Championships. With six straight double-digit win seasons, you can almost pencil in Bama for a BCS game every year as they've missed only one in the last six […]

Cornell quarterback Jeff Matthews is one player getting more attention at the Shrine Game practices than NIU's Jordan Lynch. Photo: Cornell Athletics There is no denying the impact quarterback Jordan Lynch had at Northern Illinois the past two seasons, smashing school records and becoming the face of the school and the MAC in leading the Huskies […]

Damien Mama talks with Ndamukong Suh; PHOTO: USA Today Sports We don't do a lot with recruiting here on Crystal Ball Run but it's getting to be that time of year with National Signing Day just around the corner. Teams are filling up quickly as most schools are over 20 verbal commits at this point […]

CBR’s ‘Way Too Early’ 2014 Top 10 No. 4 UCLA Bruins Remember those newspaper ads when Rick Neuheisel took over the UCLA program? It looks like they were a bit premature, as the Bruins didn’t officially stop the football monopoly in Los Angeles until Jim Mora arrived. Mora has been a fresh air for the […]