Butch Davis

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Vereen steps up while Miles bails out

Todd McShay, Scouts Inc.

Todd McShay offers his Week 12 stock report, including rising RB Shane Vereen and a a pair of coaches who are falling fast.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

Iowa's road to BCS title; FSU as "Entourage"

Bruce Feldman

Let's get started with the regular Friday mailbag: From Kevin in Iowa City: Quick question regarding the Hawkeyes. Obviously we need to convince th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Are we at football's tipping point?

Tim Keown, Page 2

Tim Keown wonders if we're at a tipping point between the risk of playing football and the reward.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009

A one-sentence analysis of Browns QBs

David Fleming, Page 2

The woes of the Cleveland Browns' quarterback carousel can be summarized in one sentence.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Thought of the Day: Browns backers

James Walker, AFC North

...from now and then is not the losing record. It is the lack of passion. Under Butch Davis and Romeo Crennel the Browns had no talent, but they at least waited until the last...

Blog | September 28, 2009

Freshman Highsmith's 113 yards receiving, TD key UNC's victory

Associated Press

T.J. Yates threw for two touchdowns while freshman receiver Erik Highsmith had a big game to help No. 24 North Carolina beat East Carolina 31-17 on Saturday.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 19, 2009

Mailbag: Miami's Harris has shot at Heisman

Bruce Feldman

A flood of e-mails poured into the mailbag after Miami's romp over Ga. Tech on Thursday night. From Diana in Miami: The bandwagon is filling up!!! C...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Kiper's Top 5 by position: Juniors

Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN.com

Looking ahead to the 2010 NFL draft, Mel Kiper ranks the Top 5 juniors at each position.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 16, 2009

The 10 best program-building coaches

Bruce Feldman

I was trading e-mails with a few buddies and we got into an interesting exchange about which current coach deserves top billing as the country's best ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Will the ACC make the BCS leap?

Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com

The ACC is chock-full of talent. Will this be the year the conference fields a BCS contender?

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2009

AFC North mailbag

James Walker, AFC North

...the Baltimore Ravens' general manager that I know of. It was in 2005 following the Butch Davis era in Cleveland. The Browns were looking for a traditional GM-coach setup for the organization...

Blog | May 29, 2009

Nicks not worried about filling Plax's shoes

Matt Mosley, NFC East

...Famer Michael Irvin while playing for one of Irvin's old coaches at North Carolina. Butch Davis was on Jimmy Johnson's University of Miami staff in the late '80s and...

Blog | May 14, 2009

Friday mail: Trivia answer

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett You disappoint me, dear readers. You're normally so astute that I thought you would get the answer to the t...

Blog | March 13, 2009

The Mt. Rushmore of Miami football

Heather Dinich, ACC

...Clinton Portis, Ken Dorsey, Jeremy Shockey, Kellen Winslow, Ed Reed, Sean Taylor, Andre Johnson, Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis, Gino Toretta, Willis Mcgahee.... and I know ive been a bit specific to the post-Shnell...

Blog | February 20, 2009

Pre-spring ACC power rankings

Heather Dinich, ACC

...Whipple. Defensive coordinator is still a question mark, though. 5. North Carolina -- Never count out a Butch Davis-coached team, but the Tar Heels will be a question mark until a new batch of...

Blog | February 09, 2009