Arizona State enters the Pac-12 championship game as a slight favorite, but don’t forget that Stanford whipped the Sun Devils in September 42-28 — and the game wasn’t even that close as ASU scored 21 points in the fourth quarter. Now the Sun Devils get a chance at a bit of redemption and what better […]

PHOTO: USA Today Sports Chris Petersen has been a bit of a red herring in terms of coaching searches. His name always seems to surface but it never leads to anything. It has even got to the point that that the mere mention of his name in a coaching search makes me laugh. Not because […]

James Franklin and Missouri are the favorites, but Auburn seems to have some magic on their side. Photo: USA Today Sports Did we save the best for last? It's possible. Auburn and Missouri's surprising seasons see them each reach Atlanta, which nobody saw coming after last season. Credit head coaches Gary Pinkel and Gus Malzahn […]

Stanford looks to capture a second straight Pac 12 title, but a trip to Arizona State will not be easy. Photo: USA Today Sports The Pac 12 Championship Game may not play a role in determining the BCS championship picture as once expected, but a spot in the Rose Bowl is nothing to bash an […]

How will Derek Carr and Fresno State rebound this week in the Mountain West Conference championship game? Photo: USA Today Sports The stakes in the Mountain West Conference championship game this weekend took a dive last weekend when San Jose State upended Fresno State, a team with a realistic shot at reaching the BCS to […]

Can Bowling Green stand in the way of Jordan Lynch and Northern Illinois to the BCS? Photo: USA Today Sports The Northern Illinois Huskies are looking to make a second straight trip to the BCS. Busting the BCS in back-to-back seasons has been done once before, by TCU in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but […]

Rakeem Cato and Marshall look to pick up a difficult win at Rice. Photo: USA Today Sports While we have been spending time breaking down the conference championship games for the big boy conferences, we have some thoughts to share on what should be an entertaining Conference USA Championship Game between Rice and Marshall. Rice […]

Ohio State could have their hands full with Michigan State. Photo: USA Today Sports Ohio State makes their Big Ten championship game debut this weekend in Indianapolis, and they look to extend their wining streak under Urban Meyer to 25 games. That would send Ohio State to Pasadena for sure, although it is still a […]

It should not be much of a surprise to readers to know that our staff is somewhat optimistic about Florida State's chances this weekend in the ACC Championship Game. Florida State is one step away from pretty much locking up a spot in the BCS Championship Game, but all that sits in the way now […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It's Championship Week across college football and here at Crystal Ball Run, that means we go in-depth…like, deeply in-depth with all the matchups, analysis and speculation you need to know going into the biggest games of the weekend.  We’ve given you some background on the teams participating in championship games. […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Images) It’s college football’s Championship Week, and we here at Crystal Ball Run have spent the last several days breaking down Saturday’s biggest games from all angles. We’ve given you some background on these teams. We’ve told you who their key players were. Earlier this morning we began to look at […]