Players, coaches, games to watch
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comHere are the players, coaches and games to watch to get a sense of how this season will unfold.
Story | Conversation | September 01, 2009John McKay Conference: USC rules
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comThe John McKay Conference is a blend of scrappiness and can-do. And once again, USC rises to the top.
Story | Conversation | August 06, 2009Follow the $$$ for scheduling
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comScheduling is neither art nor science, but the formula is in place. The trick is putting everything in the correct order.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009Expect BCS venues to stay the same
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comThe public clamors for change, but the BCS format will be the same. So will the bowls. Ho and hum. The commissioners running the BCS continue down the same path.
Story | Conversation | February 12, 2009Breaking the huddle on the Red River Rivalry
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comSooner Rather Than Later When All-American middle linebacker Curtis Lofton made the last-minute decision this past January to forego his senior season...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on a new season, neutral sites and a key hidden stat
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...Rudy Carpenter played quarterback for the Sun Devils. Oh, check that. Carpenter plays for No. 15 Arizona State now, and this is only his fourth season as starter. It just seems as if he...
Page | ConversationOffensive questions won't stop USC from winning the Pac-10 -- again
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comAfter gazing into the crystal ball, Ivan Maisel reveals his five predictions for the Pac-10 in 2008.
Story | Conversation | August 18, 2008Hitting the 2008 campaign trail
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comThe traditional transition of power occurs in January. But now is the time to analyze the candidates and major issues. Let the debate on the 2008 season begin.
Story | Conversation | August 02, 2008Unique essence of college football evident in Class of 2008
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comMore recognizable names are among the 15 inductees to the College Football Hall of Fame for 2008, but Pat Fitzgerald and Don McPherson may be more representative of the true nature of the sport. It is the curious burden of the Hall to honor them all.
Story | Conversation | May 01, 2008'Unprecedented' 2007 season comes in like a lion, out like a lamb
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comThe 2007 regular season defied history and logic. Too bad bowl season couldn't keep up, writes Ivan Maisel.
Story | Conversation | January 14, 2008Lone Star State signal-callers sprouting up among title contenders
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comCollege football coaches know Texas has always been ripe for the picking of prospects. Now the nation will get to see the Lone Star State's wealth of quarterbacks in the nation's best bowls.
Story | Conversation | December 26, 2007Buckeyes or Tigers will become first two-time BCS champion
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comAfter a season unprecedented for turmoil, the poll voters agreed by a large margin that Ohio State and LSU should play for the national championship.
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2007Under center: Conference title games, coaching carousel
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...both 1996, when Texas shocked Nebraska 37-27, and in 1998, when Texas A&M defeated Kansas State 36-33 in double overtime, the loser got knocked out of the national championship game. In 2003...
Page | ConversationDucks don't have to worry about being No. 2 anymore
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comAs four previous No. 2 teams did before them this season, Oregon fell, but no No. 2 team suffered as big a loss as the Ducks did against Arizona.
Story | Conversation | November 15, 2007Cornhuskers, Fighting Irish same, but different
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comCulture Clash In three seasons at Notre Dame, coach Charlie Weis has won nine games, 10 games and one game, making him the first person in history to ...
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