0 comments by Tom Perry on 7/3/2013
Your average college football fan can rattle off 10 to 20 of the top players going into almost any season. As you hear them call off this who’s who of football what you get is mostly offensive players like Johnny Manziel, Braxton Miller and Marqise Lee. Maybe you’ll get Jadeveon Clowney, but don’t expect too […]
Add kicker to Mark Richt's list of summer headaches. (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) DUIs and DWIs are commonplace in the parlance of off-the-field trouble in college football. BUIs? Not so much. Yet, in possibly the most SEC of offseason indiscretions, Georgia kicker Marshall Morgan was arrested last weekend by state authorities on charges of […]
0 comments by Tom Perry on 7/2/2013
On Monday, college athletic programs across the nation swapped conferences to much jubilation. There was the ACC announcement. There was the American Conference debut. There was Conference USA additions. There was the Mountain West welcome. Then there was New Mexico State. No big announcements and little to celebrate as the Aggies will spend the 2013 […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 7/1/2013
Pop quiz hot shot. There's a brand new conference in college football, two schools joined the ACC and one conference has been wiped off the face of the college football map. Do you know who is where now? July 1 marks the day all of the conference realignment changes for 2013 officially become reality so […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
Yes, we're talking mascots, but one look at this picture and you'll see why: Now, you can make fun of mascots all you want (and who doesn't want to do that generally), but clearly this was a message sent that the Terps aren't wanted in the league anymore. Don't believe me? Guess where this pic […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire
Notre Dame got by BYU in a battle of independent programs in 2012 on their way to a BCS title shot. Photo: USA Today Sports Crystal Ball Run will be previewing each conference for the 2013 season with week-by-week coverage. Today we continue our 2013 conference previews with a look at the independent programs. We […]
Texas hopes this Mike will make some magic downfield in the fall. (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) When the CBR staff gave you our predictions for the upcoming season in the Big 12, Lache Seastrunk was a popular pick as league MVP. Not surprisingly, Baylor's junior running back leads the way on our preseason all-conference […]
Lache Seastrunk looks a lot like an MVP to us. (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) Here are our picks in the Big 12 for this fall. Feel free to share your picks in the comments. Bookmark it and hold us accountable at the end of the season as well. Allen Kenney's Take: The Big 12 […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 6/28/2013
This week on the Google+ hangout we take a look at the Big 12 as we wind down on our Big 12 preview week. Are the Longhorns on their way back? Will the conference bragging rights come down to either school in Oklahoma? Is TCU ready to challenge for the conference right now? We discuss […]
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TCU didn't fold in 2012, but are the newcomers fitting in to their new home? (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) 2012 was an interesting year in the history of the Big 12. For one, it was the first year in the conference's history that they didn't have a championship game and for another they added […]
"Vince Young once caught a fish this big." (Photo courtesy: Dallasnews.com) On paper, Texas should have one of the best teams in the country this year. Take the paper in the pages of Phil Steele's annual preview, for instance. The guru of college football abbreviations is projecting the Longhorns to finish as the No. 4 […]
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Mike Yurcich looks to prove you can move from D2 to the Big 12 without skipping a beat at Oklahoma State. Photo: USA Today Sports The recent success of Oklahoma State during the Mike Gundy era has led to some new opportunities for members of the coaching staff in recent years. Todd Monken begins his […]
