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There's no doubt that Alabama should be outstanding again in its offensive line this coming season. College football analyst Phil Steele is certainly a believer. In his "Phil Steele's 2012 College Preview," which will hit newstands June 5, Steele ...

As part of "College Football Live's" 100 Days Till Kickoff countdown, we'll take a look at the top-10 players in the SEC heading into the 2012 season. Keep in mind that these are the guys we project to be the 10 best college football players this ...

Making the rounds on a Monday: How big of a role does social media play in college football recruiting? Alabama quarterback commitment Cooper Bateman shines at an Elite 11 camp. Alabama lands a commitment from defensive end Jonathan Allen of ...

Our Friday offering of lunch links: Jeff Schultz of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes that bowls and the BCS need to be kept away from a college football playoff. LSU doesn't want to forget its loss to Alabama in last season's BCS Nationa...

Earlier this week, ESPN's Travis Haney listed the college football teams that he deems to be a year away from a run at a national championship , and Ohio State topped his list. But guess who else made that list? Alabama. Yep, the same Alabam...

In a lot of ways, the NFL draft is an audit of a college football team's personnel. Florida coach Will Muschamp certainly thinks so. "I've always said you find out what kind of football team you have in April," Muschamp said. The Gators have...

It's never too early for a preseason college football poll. ESPN's "College Football Live" has released its preseason poll for the 2012 season. I was one of the voters along with Edward Aschoff, better known to most on this blog as the ATL Kid. ...

John L. Smith has been a risk-taker his whole life whether he was jumping out of planes at 14,000 feet or running with the bulls in Spain. But he doesn't view his latest venture as a huge gamble, at least not in the realm of college football coach...

My ESPN.com colleague, Mark Schlabach, is reporting that the FBS conference commissioners and other power brokers in college football are looking at neutral-site games for the semifinals and championship game if a four-team playoff comes to fruition....

LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis has proved over the last two decades that he's one of the finest defensive coordinators in college football. He's now going to be paid like it. Chavis, who won the Broyles Award as the top assistant coach i...

LSU is finalizing a new contract for defensive coordinator John Chavis that would pay him an average of $1.1 million over the next three years and make him one of the highest paid assistant coaches in college football.

Thomas Jefferson so famously penned more than 230 years ago that all men are created equal. Obviously, there will be many who disagree, but that same concept simply does not apply to college football conferences, which is why a playoff that only i...

It's a given that not everybody will be totally satisfied when college football finally settles on a playoff format, which will likely be in place for the 2014 season. The USA Today this spring outlined four options being discussed, and one of tho...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU's Tyrann Mathieu emerged as one of college football's biggest stars last season. As a rule, stars are typically branded with nicknames, and Mathieu had a catchy one -- the Honey Badger. He also had a knack for making gam...

NCAA president Dr. Mark Emmert weighs in on the NCAA tournament, the state of amateur athletics, changes to the college football postseason, conference realignment and more....

With Peyton Manning being wooed by a number of different NFL teams in what's obviously high-stakes free agency, I thought we'd have some fun here in the SEC. If there were such a thing as free agency in college football (and, please, save the wise...