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UC's D, TCU's O and other big surprises

Bruce Feldman

...week I did a top 10 disappointments list. Here's another look: the top 10 surprises of college football in 2009. 1. The defense of the Cincinnati Bearcats: They had to replace 10 starters, had...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

FSU's D, Notre Dame and other disappointments

Bruce Feldman

...bowl drought. Then there was Oklahoma State star WR Dez Bryant's getting shut down by the NCAA. Mike Leach, who hadn't had any quarterback injuries in 20 years of coaching, has had to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Talking Heisman, Tate, Moore and Armanti

Bruce Feldman

Time to hit the mailbag: From Jim in Austin, Texas: I don't agree with your assessment of Mark Ingram and the Heisman, but I do respect your opinio...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

The 10 best linebackers in America

Bruce Feldman

There was much preseason hype about how a great crop of QBs was going to dominate the college season, but it has proved to be a pretty special season for linebackers, especially in the SEC...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Tebow, McElroy, Pike, turnovers and more keys

Bruce Feldman

For this week's top-10 list (I do one every Wednesday), I looked at the top 10 teams in the BCS standings and pulled out one key for each of them in t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

All eyes on Provo and the crazy Coastal

Bruce Feldman

Let's get right into the most compelling storylines of college football for Week 8: 1. BYU's turn for revenge: Last year, TCU swarmed BYU and wrecked...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Week 7 Wrap: Ingram tops Heisman list

Bruce Feldman

...Auburn's Ben Tate for 128 rushing yards earlier this month. One of the bizarre quirks in college football history is that for all the great players who have come through the Crimson Tide program...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009

Lewis, Barkley, Forcier among the top frosh

Bruce Feldman

Since we're about halfway through the season, I thought it was time to examine who the biggest impact freshmen have been. One caveat: With apologies t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009

Time to make some picks

Bruce Feldman

...Colin Kaepernick and company will be too much. The pick is Nevada 42, Louisiana Tech 24. Boston College Eagles at Virginia Tech Hokies (Saturday, 12 p.m. ET, ESPN360) The Eagles have been a...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Week 5 Wrap: Miami not yet The U of old

Bruce Feldman

Lots of folks will be talking about how Miami is back, again. After all the Canes, 3-1, more than survived playing four straight ranked teams, includi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009

Mailbag: Heisman, Stoops' tree and TCU

Bruce Feldman

We'll open this week's mailbag with some Heisman banter. From Sam in Chicago: In a recent blog post, you wrote four or five sentences about Tate Fo...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Time to make some picks

Bruce Feldman

The season is here, which means my Thursday blog entries will be picks-based. A little history: Last season was a good one for me in terms of picki...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2009

Get ready for these 10 debuts

Bruce Feldman

To prepare you for the debut of college football season Thursday night, we also recommend these previous Bruce Feldman blog entries: 1. The top 10...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009

The 10 best program-building coaches

Bruce Feldman

...not had a winning season for five years before he arrived at MSU (there were also some NCAA sanctions still around from the previous regime). Saban got them to bowls in his first three seasons...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

It's the year of Notre Dame (I think)

Bruce Feldman

...similar team last season lost at home to Syracuse, one of the three worst teams in major college football -- or bring up that Weis' biggest "win" since coming to South Bend is actually the close...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 20, 2009