How the SEC East can be won

From 1993 to 1998, the SEC East was the king of the Conference as they ran off six straight SEC Championship Game wins. Recently, the balance of power has shifted to the West as Alabama, Auburn and LSU have combined to win five of the last six SEC titles. Last year, Georgia came within yards […]

Handicapping The Unbeatens

They fooled us again. We entered Week Nine of the college football season with ten undefeated teams, yet many of them still had major questions that needed answering. For whatever reason, a zero in the loss column always enamors the pollsters. It doesn’t matter how you won or who you beat. The rule of thumb: […]

What We Learned: The American in Week 9

Points were the name of the game in Week 9 in the American and lots of them were scored. The four winners in the AAC (Houston, Louisville, SMU and UCF) this week put up an average of 51 points in their games. Three of the games were blowouts while Temple put up a surprising fight […]

Back to school? Potential landing spots for Greg Schiano

Photo: CBSSports.com Greg Schiano was the head coach at Rutgers for eleven seasons. Before he decided to dip his big toe into the NFL, he compiled a record of 68-67 including a 49-28 record over his last six seasons. Like many college coaches before him, the NFL hasn't been very good to him. In his first […]

College Football Top Plays, Week 9

If you missed any of the college football action this weekend, don't worry because we once again have you covered with a look at some of the top plays that we were able to scrape together on YouTube. Hit play, sit back and enjoy. http://youtube.com/watch?v=pjrwK7ATr8Q?list=PLeY4YEqRHfUQgUnXIWeK8KJ8HNORLd2Fs When you finish watching this playlist, be sure to subscribe […]

Connor Shaw foils Missouri’s perfect season

The Missouri Tigers were strolling along Saturday night. They had won their first seven games of the season and were on a roll having just beaten Georgia and Florida. They took a 14-0 lead into half-time against South Carolina and expanded it to 17-0 in the third quarter. What could go wrong?  South Carolina started […]

Maty Mauk completes 96 Yard TD Pass

  Missouri has been the surprise team of the SEC this season despite the loss of their QB James Franklin during the Georgia game. Down by seven, South Carolina RB Mike Davis fumbled the ball inside the Tigers five yard line. Red-shirt freshman Maty Mauk responded by delivering the ball to his WR and then […]

Manziel throws three first quarter TDs, leads Aggies to victory

Photo: FoxSports.com Johnny Manziel was listed as questionable going into the Vanderbilt game on Saturday. In fact, with an injured shoulder has was called a "game-time decision". Vanderbilt's head coach James Franklin wishes the decision was made to hold Manziel out of the game because Manziel skewered the Commodores defense. In the first quarter alone, […]

Dirty Dozen: Crystal Ball Run staff picks for Week 9

A day late but hopefully they won't make you a dolar short, it is time once again to share our weekly staff picks. Here is a look at our updated records, sorted from top to bottom according to total correct picks, but with correct prediction percentage noted as well. Everybody saw their accuracy percentage take […]

Early Analysis: Boise State at BYU

Boise State (5-2) at BYU (5-2) Friday, 8:00 PM, ESPN Line: BYU -7 This is not one of Boise State’s best teams in recent memory, but at 5-2 the Broncos are still a tough game. It’s hard to imagine we’ll get a repeat of last year’s 7-6 win by Boise. BYU is ranked 14th nationally […]

Podcast: BCS, Miami sanctions revealed, now what?

This has been quite a week for college football news with the BCS rankings being revealed, Florida State staking a claim in the BCS championship hunt and Miami receiving their NCAA sanctions after a lengthy delay. That means there is plenty of ground to cover in this week's podcast. Fortunately this week I'm joined by […]

CrystalBallRun.com Power Rankings, Week 9

Florida State has muscled their way up our power rankings, but is still behind our top two. Photo: USA Today Sports Following another weekend of upsets we see some shuffling of the power rankings this week. Our top two teams remain unchanged, but Florida State has stormed in to the conversation while we say hello […]

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