Breaking the huddle on Gators vs. Crimson Tide
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...all season, the Tide scored three. Those victories differ in character from the early-season games against Clemson and Georgia, in which the Crimson Tide knocked out both teams before halftime and spent the second...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on the alternative BCS route
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comBCS Is Not Wrong, Just Different If it's November, it's time for every Tom, Dick and Barack to weigh in on the BCS. President-elect Barack Obama decla...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on a new season, neutral sites and a key hidden stat
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...LSU lost in triple overtime at home to unranked Arkansas, 50-48, on Thanksgiving Friday, and the Tigers still climbed high enough in the rankings to play for and win the national championship. Fast-forward...
Page | ConversationUnder center: Gridiron Bash, license plates, financial aid
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comSpring Bash What Alabama hath wrought: If Shawn Garrity is right, spring football will never be the same. When 92,000-plus fans filled Bryant-Denny...
Page | ConversationUnder pressure: Clemson's coaches, Gator Bowl officials, Tebow's opponents
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...will take off for more stable environs. Bowden has brought Clemson to the cusp of big success. It might happen this season. The Tigers are at home against a Boston College team that has...
PageDome dispute, directional debate and gurus gone bad
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...more than once. But four years after the Sooners lost the BCS championship to Saban's LSU Tigers 21-14 in the Sugar Bowl -- aka LSU's backyard -- Stoops said he "may have made a...
Page | ConversationBuckeyes, Sooners lead post-spring Top 25
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comIs Ohio State the favorite in 2006? Or is it OU or Notre Dame? What about Texas? Ivan Maisel has the answer in his post-spring Top 25.
Story | Conversation | May 18, 2006Breaking the huddle on protocol in the BCS era
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comOffice Of Protocol It is the time of year when all of college football obsesses about protocol. Making the BCS National Championship Game is neither c...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle at the season's halfway point
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...a tailback's speed. The Crimson Tide have played their best games against their best opponents, humiliating Clemson 34-10 and taking a 31-0 halftime lead at Georgia before coasting to a 41-30...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on SEC defenses, schedule changes
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com...spread offense. Auburn, using a rudimentary version of the offense, defeated Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl this past December. But the Tigers have taken several steps backward in their quest to master the...
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Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comIs there such a thing as a good bye-week coach? Are the coaching floodgates about to open? How dark are the clouds at Bama? Should Bobby Bowden retire? Ivan Maisel has all the answers.
Story | Conversation | October 25, 2006Just For Argument's Sake...
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comFrom handing out some awards to wondering what happened to FSU to how to put together a game plan, Ivan Maisel tackles all the midseason topics.
Story | Conversation | October 11, 20063-Point Stance Archive
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Story | Conversation | November 23, 20043-Point Stance Archive
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Story | Conversation | August 30, 2004TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "clemson tigers" make the list?