Southern California was the dominant program in the Pac-12 in the first half of the 2000s. Oregon ascended to prominence in the late 2000s, and lately Stanford has asserted its will over the league. That’s not to say, however, that the Pac-12 is a league with one giant and eleven dwarves. In fact, the […]

UCLA celebrated over rival USC last season, can that game matter again in 2013? (Photo: USA Today Sports) 2012 was one heck of a ride for the Pac-12 conference as they had teams like UCLA and Oregon State rise from the ashes to become relevant contenders and you also had the slow and painful demise […]

The college football offseason "began" when the final whistle blew in Miami, this January. But there isn't really a college football offseason. There is national signing day, recruiting, spring games, transfers, arrests, Johnny Manziel's Twitter acount, Preseason All-everything lists and award watch lists. The season never really ends, it just takes on a different form. […]

Former Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson said in an interview that he will be returning to the school after he was suspended for the 2013 Fall semester due to "poor academic judgment." Golson led Notre Dame to a 12-0 regular season and a BCS National Championship Game appearance, in which it was squashed by Alabama. […]

With the recent announcement that NCAA Football 14 will feature full-on, beast-mode Bo Jackson, it got us thinking here at Crystal Ball Run: What other players would we like to see at their college peak? Let’s face it you aren’t looking for great linemen like Dave Rimington or a punter like Ray Guy. A few […]

What does Brian Kelly have up his sleeve for this fall? (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) In retrospect, Notre Dame’s return in 2012 to the upper echelon of the college football world came in unlikely fashion. Aside from the occasional scalping, such as the one ND put on Miami, the Fighting Irish rarely dominated any […]

What has followed since the horrific and sad murder of Odin Lloyd and the subsequent arrest of ex-Florida Gator star Aaron Hernandez has been nothing short of a complete circus. That circus has now engulfed Hernandez's ex-head coach at Florida, Urban Meyer, and his entire career at Florida. Every decision or non-decision that Meyer made […]

  There are six schools that are serving as independent football programs this season, up from four last year. With the demise of the WAC as a football conference, New Mexico State and Idaho were left to fend for themselves in 2013 (both schools will rejoin the Sun Belt in 2014 as affiliate members). Old […]

Florida's Jeff Driskel is focused on football despite signing a baseball contract. Photo: USA Today Sports The Florida Gators could be in the hunt for an SEC championship this upcoming season. Junior quarterback Jeff Driskel figures to be one of the key ingredients to success this season in Gainesville of course after leading the Gators […]

On Wednesday afternoon the University of Mississippi football team lost a member of it's family as Park Stevens was tragically killed in a car accident.  “Our team is hurting tonight with the loss of Park," Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said via statement. "He was a tremendous young man that was loved by his […]