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Taua to sit out bowl game

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Nevada junior running back Vai Taua has been ruled academically ineligible for the Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl, the university announced Saturday.

Story | Conversation | December 19, 2009

Service academies sell discipline, jobs

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Think the life of a college recruiter is tough? Try selling a service academy during wartime. But while Army, Navy and Air Force face unique challenges, they have a few advantages, too.

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009

Pettis could be available for bowl game

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Boise State receiver Austin Pettis it out for the rest of the regular season with a lower leg fracture, coach Chris Petersen announced Monday, but he might be available for the bowl game.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Early signing period debated for football

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

The start of basketball's early signing period raises questions about whether football should adopt a different recruiting schedule. There aren't any easy answers, writes Graham Watson.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

AD 'very hopeful that we'll find a game'

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Athletic director Gene Bleymaier said that while the Broncos have been turned down by several automatic qualifying schools for both home-and-home and guarantee games in 2011, the pool of teams available is by no means dried up.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Replay official suspended one game

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

WAC football replay official Michael Goshim was suspended for one game beginning this weekend, conference commissioner Karl Benson announced.

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

PR firm hired to make push for Boise St.

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

The Western Athletic Conference is using Boise-based PR firm Scott Peyron & Associates to help Boise State's football team in its push for a BCS bowl.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Marshall takes nothing for granted

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Marshall University's Darius Marshall is one of the top running backs in the country. But a brush with the law six months ago nearly derailed his career and with it the school's hopes for its first winning season in six years.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Kent St. senior RB Jarvis out for season

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Kent State fifth-year senior tailback Eugene Jarvis will miss the rest of the season with a kidney injury, coach Doug Martin announced during his weekly press conference Monday.

Story | Conversation | September 14, 2009

Numbers add up for QB Keenum

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Not many people know about Case Keenum, and that includes those in his own backyard. But if the Houston QB shines at Oklahoma State on Saturday, that will change.

Story | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Utah's gamble pays off with Sylvester

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Utah took a gamble on an undersized, under-recruited linebacker four years ago. Stevenson Sylvester has made that gamble pay off.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

BYU counts on Hall-to-Pitta connection

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Dennis Pitta started his career unrecruited. Now the senior tight end is the go-to-guy in BYU's offense.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

All roads go through Boise

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Boise State is clearly the class of the WAC. Now it's time for another team to step up to the Broncos.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Fletcher looks to earn back trust

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

After an offseason in which he was arrested on a weapons charge, Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher is glad to be back on the field and is looking for redemption in 2009.

Story | Conversation | August 25, 2009

Buffalo's Roosevelt inspired by Crabtree

Graham Watson, ESPN.com

Like his idol Michael Crabtree, Buffalo's Naaman Roosevelt has burst onto the receiving scene.

Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009