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Peter Keating provides a primer on the Simple Rating System, a formula that has proved to be an accurate predictor of bowl games, and offers up some knowledge on each of the BCS bowl games.

Story | Conversation | December 28, 2011

ESPN Insider Will Harris provides his upset odds and picks for Week 10, including the biggest game on this weekend's docket, Oregon at Stanford.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2011

ESPN Insider Will Harris provides his upset odds and picks for Week 10, writing that LSU won't come close to hanging with Alabama in the weekend's biggest game.

Story | Conversation | November 03, 2011

Will Harris provides his upset odds and picks for Week 7. Will the Spartans hold off the Wolverines in East Lansing? Will the Gators leave Auburn with a win? Predictions for those and others.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2011

Teddy Mitrosilis writes that recent history has shown that season openers between highly ranked teams -- like Saturday's Oregon-LSU game -- have featured diluted point and yardage totals. In this game, that gives the defensive-minded Tigers an advantage.

Story | Conversation | September 02, 2011

Bruce Feldman makes his Championship Weekend picks. He has green in the Civil War and Tigers in Atlanta, so he's calling chalk on the BCS title game. Plus, new ideas on Colorado and Miami's next head coaches.

Blog | Conversation | December 02, 2010

Bruce Feldman goes into detail on the rise of Chip Kelly as a coach, including some amazing quotes from Jon Gruden on the topic. I've sat there with guys who are lifers in football and ... we're in awe of Oregon's offense."

Blog | Conversation | November 24, 2010

Bruce Feldman makes his Thanksgiving week/weekend picks. He likes the Tide at home, thinks Oklahoma State-Oklahoma could be a classic, thinks OSU will continue to dominate Michigan and is tempted to consider Arkansas over LSU.

Blog | Conversation | November 23, 2010

Bruce Feldman makes his Week 12 CFB picks. He likes Iowa at home to end the Buckeyes' BCS dreams, thinks Michigan will keep it deceptively close with Wisconsin, and has Nebraska winning a big spot on the road.

Blog | Conversation | November 18, 2010

Bruce Feldman makes his Week 11 CFB picks. Some notables: The Gators should drop the Gamecocks at home; Turner Gill's return to Nebraska isn't going to be pretty; Andrew Luck should keep carving up defenses and Oregon ... in a trap? Probably not.

Blog | Conversation | November 11, 2010

Bruce Feldman makes his Week 9 picks. In the two main 3:30 games, he likes the home team in each, which would end Michigan State's unbeaten run. He sees Oregon-USC as ultimately close, but Ohio State-Minnesota? No, not so much.

Blog | Conversation | October 28, 2010

Bruce Feldman looks at the 10 hottest coaching seats in America. No. 1 isn't a real surprise -- Dan Hawkins -- but Rich Rod is still hanging around this list and could creep even higher if Michigan drops to Penn State on Saturday.

Blog | Conversation | October 27, 2010

KC Joyner looks at multiple examples of the Oregon Ducks' not getting full respect, from BCS computers to Vegas oddsmakers. People love to pick upsets of top teams, but Joyner thinks the notion that USC can hang with or beat Oregon is preposterous.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2010

Bruce Feldman makes his Week 8 picks. He thinks Oklahoma-Missouri and Wisconsin-Iowa will stay within 10 points, but he thinks someone's going to run away in the LSU-Auburn game. Plus, what San Jose State means to the BCS title picture.

Blog | Conversation | October 21, 2010

Here we go: Bruce Feldman is plenty excited about 'Les Miles magic' vs. 'the Cam Newton Express' on Saturday afternoon on the Plains. Plus: what to expect from UCLA, the chip on Blaine Gabbert's shoulder, and UNC's deepening mess.

Blog | Conversation | October 19, 2010

Bruce Feldman makes his picks for Week 6 in college football. In two of the weekend's marquee games -- Michigan State vs. Michigan and Alabama vs. South Carolina -- he sees the contest decided by a single point. Plus: the fall of UGA.

Blog | Conversation | October 07, 2010