South teams active at deadline

...Carolina will enter the season with only two quarterbacks on the roster. Backups Stefan LeFors and Brett Basanez were terminated at the 53-man cut down. LeFors was a fourth-round pick in 2005...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 04, 2006

For some, three's a crowd at QB

...up another roster spot for other moves during the week. The Panthers cut Stefan LeFors and Brett Basanez, leaving Jake Delhomme and Chris Weinke as the only remaining quarterbacks. It was a little surprising...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2006

Catching up with Mike Dunbar

...be 90-percent plus at Cal. We'll be a combination. At Northwestern, we wanted Baz (Brett Basanez) under the gun because he was extremely effective. Our strengths were at wide receiver and spreading...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2006

Rebounding at Baylor

Tito from Waco, Texas: How about the change at Baylor? The offense is changing to the Texas Tech offense, with wide splits and all. Guy Morriss hired ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2006

Postseason Hot 100 list

There are several players who normally would've been on here, but because of injuries simply didn't get enough game action (Michigan's Mike Hart for o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 11, 2006

Non-BCS bowl previews

...backs (Maurice Jones-Drew and Tyrell Sutton) along with two very heady QBs (Drew Olson and Brett Basanez) going against two of the worst defenses to ever make a bowl should keep this one...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2005

Assistant coaches make The List

...devise their version of the spread. Credit Dunbar, the Cats' play-caller and his protégé, QB Brett Basanez, for piloting it so well. 6. Tom Bradley, Penn State, DC: As I said a few...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2005

Tech gets wrecked by Miami

It's 11 p.m. Sunday and I'm coming off a listless day that started with a 6 a.m. wake-up call in Virginia before taking up a couple of quick flights t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2005

Upcoming November to remember

As we brace for the upcoming November to Remember, there are a bunch of story lines still worth eyeing this week: 1. T-E-R-E-S-H-I-N-S-K-I: Footbal...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 25, 2005

A Ho-Hum Saturday

Random recollections of a ho-hum Saturday as I wait for my Maurice Jones-Drew feature to work its way up the ESPN Mag edit chain. • Watching wha...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2005

Running Quarterbacks

In light of the big showdown in Austin, this week's list is about the best running quarterbacks. In truth, it might as well be best running QBs in the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2005

Midseason Hot 100

Since we're close to the halfway part of the season, this week's list is the Midseason Hot 100. As always, this is limited to Division I-A players and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 12, 2005

...proven playmakers. Almost every starter is back. That's huge. 2) Big Ten: Tate, Henne, Stanton and Basanez lead a fairly savvy group. 3) Pac-10: They have the best guy in Matt Leinart and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 17, 2005