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College football Insider Brad Edwards wades through what came out of the recent BCS meetings and the playoff talks. After the meeting came an announcement that serious conversation had taken place regarding several new formats, including some that...

Brad Edwards writes that while many surface-level questions regarding a BCS playoff system have been all but officially answered, there are still some crucial issues to work out for college football to settle on a new postseason format.

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2012

College football insider Brad Edwards crunched the NFL draft numbers and waded through the approximately 250 players who are selected each year to find out which schools are producing the most talent. The emphasis, as you've probably noticed, is o...

Brad Edwards looks at college programs that have excelled at producing valuable players in the later rounds of the NFL draft. The SEC, as you may imagine, plays a big factor, but the top program comes from another conference.

Story | Conversation | April 25, 2012

Colleague Brad Edwards delved inside one of the toughest aspects of the college recruiting game: recruiting linemen on both sides of the ball. Just like in the NFL, development trumps pedigree, especially as players' bodies change. That makes recr...

Brad Edwards compares the high school recruiting ratings of recent NFL first-round picks and the players projected to be picked early this year. What he found is that offensive and defensive lineman are the most difficult recruits to evaluate.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2012

ESPN Insider Brad Edwards, who's tracked the BCS standings as closely as anybody the past few years, doesn't think the new college football playoff format being discussed will do much to slow down the SEC. I agree with Edwards and think it's equa...

ESPN's Brad Edwards writes : The playoff format that is most likely to come from the discussions taking place this week involves a four-team playoff. Well, when your conference is running away with the race for most annual top-four finishers, things ...

Brad Edwards writes that we could see college football's postseason go to a model that puts four teams into a playoff. He says that won't slow the SEC, and could help it even more.

Story | Conversation | February 20, 2012

Brad Edwards writes that while a win in the BCS title game would already put LSU among the best teams of all time, the real historical opportunity for them is if they can do it again in 2012 -- something this year's Tigers team looks well set up to do.

Story | Conversation | January 03, 2012

ESPN's BCS guru Brad Edwards is live blogging/chatting all day today during the bowl action! Send in your questions here or via Twitter @BradEdwards_BCS, @ESPN_BowlBound or @ESPNCFB....

ESPN.com's Brad Edwards considers a potential "plus-one" quasi-playoff being added to the BCS, and he shows that it's hardly flawless. First, here's specifically what he is writing about: For that reason, it had been assumed until very recently t...

Brad Edwards writes that one playoff model being discussed as an option for the BCS is an unseeded plus-one, which would add a playoff element while still preserving the bowl structure. The problem is, the model has too many flaws for it to be a success.

Story | Conversation | December 27, 2011

Brad Edwards provides a deep look at the numbers for several of the season's bowl games, examining both the matchups that matter and which teams have the edge.

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2011

Brad Edwards diagnoses some of the main issues with the current BCS system and looks at some changes that should -- and in some cases, could -- be enacted.

Story | Conversation | December 07, 2011

Scott and Ryen welcome Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy (1:15 p.m. ET), ESPN NFL analyst Jon Ritchie (1:30), College GameDay on ESPN Radio's Brad Edwards (1:45), Alabama RB Trent Richardson (2:15), Michigan coach Brady Hoke (2:45) and SI's Andy Staple...