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All opening week point spreads now available
Hat tip to Beyond the Bets for catching that offshore site BetOnline has posted point spreads for all 44 games on the opening weekend of the college football season. Earlier this month, 5Dimes had taken the lead in posting lines for a handful of openers.
A few observations:
*Differences of opinion
The numbers posted by the two offshore books reveal a few notable discrepancies...
NOT OK
Gundy causes stir with transfer blocks
We all know Mike Gundy cares deeply about his players, but what about when one of those players wants to leave Oklahoma State? Well, that's a different story.
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MAC Preview: The Crystal Ball Run staff makes their conference championship picks
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After a fun-filled week of #MACtion, which saw us discuss the league’s newest coaches, biggest games, toughest schedules and best players, it is now time for our staff to make their picks on who will ultimately win this league.
(Also, for our staff picks on the American Conference please click here)
Allen Kenney’s Take: Northern...
Maurice Clarett is back...and playing rugby?
There was a time not too long ago when most everyone believed that Maurice Clarett had a prominent future as a star in the National Football League. With that dream now long gone, Clarett is apparently making a run at being the best in another sport: Rugby.
That certainly wasn’t a headline we expected to see this morning, but according to the Columbus Dispatch, Clarett has...
Video: Johnny Manziel takes BP at Padres game. Continues to be good at everything
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It’s only 10:30 a.m., but we’re already a bit late to the game in the latest chapter of “Where in the World is Johnny Football.” After Manziel has spent his off-season traversing the globe, with pit-stops along the way at a casino (18+ of course!), numerous NBA and NFL games, and a soon-to-be bromantic getaway with A.J. McCarron, Manziel...
The MAC Preview: Preseason All-Conference teams
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In every way, shape and form, #MACtion (as both a noun and a verb) is alive and well. Just looking over rosters this spring, it’s simply incredible how much talent returns to this conference in 2013. In specific these offenses (not surprisingly) are stacked; the MAC returns seven wideouts who had at least 800 yards last year, and a...
MAC Preview: Toledo relying on "Coach Tuke" to stabilize the defense
#MACtion is synonymous with shootouts in the college football world, and few teams in the country’s wildest conference have lived up to the offensive hype as consistently over the years as the Toledo Rockets.
Stopping opponents, on the other hand, tends to present more of a challenge for the MACsters, Toledo included.
At the end of the 2011 season, newly made 32-year-old...
Rutgers will need their B1G Boy pants for 2014
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Rutgers will host long time regional rival and new division rival Penn State in the first Big Ten Conference game in program history on September 13, 2014. The home date against Penn State will be the first of a healthy dose of contests against some of college football's legendary programs in 2014 as the Big Ten is handing Rutgers quite the initiation...
The MAC Preview: The future of the MAC vs. Big Ten relationship
Could more neutral site games be in future of MAC/Big Ten relationship?
(photo courtesy: USA Today Sports/Anthony Wells)
We've talked a lot about the term "MACtion" this week and rightfully so, you know... since we're previewing the conference and all, but there's another term, one that the MAC would like us to forget and that's MACrifice. It's...
The MAC Preview: Ranking the Strength of Schedules
The Mid-American Conference has captured the hearts of the college football Twitterati over the last few years with their willingness to play, seemingly, on any day of the week that ends in the letter “Y.”
For those who cannot get enough college football, a Tuesday night game between Toledo and Northern Illinois in November is like manna from heaven. It’s been a...
Bill O'Brien calls Sports Illustrated report a "character assassination" of Penn State AD
Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien was not shy or timid about his response to a recent Sports Illustrated report. Photo: USA Today Sports
Bill O'Brien was focused on the future when the NCAA handed down harsh sanctions against his new football program last summer. He was short and upset after he suffered his first coaching loss in Penn State's season opener...
Podcast: MAC Preview with Ryan Autullo
The #MACtion craze swept the college football world last fall as the conference soared to new heights. The MAC should again be one of the top non-AQ conferences in the country this fall, and Ryan Autullo of The Toledo Blade joins CBR's Allen Kenney for a podcast to preview the upcoming season.
Ryan and Allen cover:
*Northern Illinois' hopes for another conference...
Memphis Football: Where the punter ends up on the media guide cover
It’s no secret that the last few years have been lean times for the Memphis Tigers football program. That tends to happen when a school is coming off a 4-8 season, which just so happens to mark their best record in five years. Overall, the Tigers are 9-39 since the beginning of 2009, and have just one bowl win since December of 2003. That’s definitely not good, but definitely...
TCU suspends Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year for LSU opener
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When TCU kicks off the 2013 season on the big stage in Cowboys Stadium against SEC West power LSU, they will do so without one of their top players. Sophomore defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for what the team is calling a violation of university and team policy.
Fields is actually being suspended for the first two games of TCU's...
The MAC Preview: Getting to Know the League's New Coaches
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It’s “MAC Week” here at Crystal Ball Run, and if there’s one certainty about this league through the years, it’s that it’s become known as somewhat of a cradle for future college football coaching superstars. In the same way that every great actor seems to have done a random two-episode stint at General Hospital at some point in...
The MAC Preview: Ten biggest games for #MACtion
Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports/Andrew Weber It's MAC Week here at CBR and personally I'm pretty geeked about it. After all, there's a reason why #MACtion has become all the rage amongst the college football geeks out there and why the casual fan is starting to catch on. It's because they know what I know - on any given Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday and the occasional...
Brady Hoke upset because Notre Dame won the break-up with Michigan
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Most of us have been there before. We have a nice relationship with somebody, share a few laughs and lovable memories we believe we will cherish forever. Then, out of the blue, that relationship is over. You go your separate ways and look for reasons to feel better about your future now that the other is removed from the picture, but deep down inside you...
The MAC Preview: 2012 took #MACtion to new heights
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 MAC.
The MAC has become sort of a cult favorite in the college football world. Some would call it a lifestyle choice, while others might call it an obsession. Either way, the MAC has given college football fans everywhere...
Les Miles son throws high school no-hitter
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Admittedly, Crystal Ball Run isn’t normally a source of late-breaking high school baseball news, but then again there’s nothing normal about Louisiana high school pitcher Manny Miles.
For one, the sophomore from University High School in Baton Rouge is an emerging star, and on Friday night threw his second no-hitter of the 2013 season in a...
The American Preview: Crystal Ball Run makes their championship picks
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After spending the last five days reviewing the new “American,” it’s time for the Crystal Ball Run staff to make their conference championship picks.
Allen Kenney’s Take: The lack of stability within the membership of the Conference Formerly Known as the Big East fits with the outlook for the league in 2013. The default strategy...
The American Preview: Preseason All-Conference Teams
(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) This past week, Crystal Ball Run has given you an all-encompassing look at college football’s newest conference, “The American.” We’ve discussed key players, the league’s bizarre scheduling quirks and even the biggest and most exciting games to mark on your calendar. And today it’s time to complete our look-ahead to the 2013 season...
URINE TROUBLE
Aggies have evil plan for Kyle Field
The Aggies have big renovations planned for Kyle Field and one of the chairs of the redevelopment committee for the stadium hinted at what is to come.
The American Preview: Road Trip Distances for Each School
It’s a fact of life in any conference: You’re going to have to travel at some point.
Now, some leagues have teams that don’t travel much at all save for the conference away games. Those teams are big enough that they don’t have to hit the road, or are very selective about the non-conference tilts they do play away from home.
But with this latest round of realignment...
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