Best Of The Bowl Games

Ivan Maisel and Mark Schlabach go over the best matchups in this year's bowl games

It's a no-brainer for No. 1

Ranking the best and worst bowl games, those decisions were no-brainers. The games in between were the fun part.

Gator Bowl could choose Seminoles

Saturday's ACC championship game could throw a wrinkle into the Gator Bowl's plans to matchup Florida State with West Virginia in Bobby Bowden's final game.

...game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd...

...game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd...

Thanksgiving week offers rivalry feast

From Charlie Weis to Les Miles to rivalry games to the coaching temperature gauge, The Dash runs through it all.

It's all about the bottom line for top three

...of the SEC championship game in Atlanta's Georgia Dome on Dec. 5 will play for the...a Commodores defense that was shredded by Georgia Tech the week before. Marvin Gentry/US PresswireSaturday's...

...10 Clemson at Georgia Tech 10 September 2009...the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 30-27 victory...

The BCS race hasn't changed much at the top

...3 Alabama remain on a collision course for the Dec. 5 SEC championship game in Atlanta's Georgia Dome. No. 2 Texas remains the best bet to face the SEC champion in the Jan. 7...

Nesbitt, Yellow Jackets hand third straight loss to Bowden's Seminoles

Josh Nesbitt ran for three touchdowns and threw for another Saturday night to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech to a 49-44 win at Florida State, handing the reeling Seminoles their third straight loss.

Saturday full of heavyweight matchups and contenders on the rise

...experience, but he has started seven games -- most recently leading the Tigers to a thrilling win at Georgia. Even if Tebow does play, significant questions remain as to whether he'll play like his normal...

Gators' world turned upside down with Tebow injury

Florida's Uncertain Future By Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com LEXINGTON, Ky. -- With No. 1 Florida finally hitting on all cylinders in Saturday night's SEC ...

Winless teams come back strong

Ball State's Stan Parrish has coached his teams to a 0-30-1 record in the last 31 games, and his first win likely isn't coming this week against Auburn.

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009

Will the ACC make the BCS leap?

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

ACC divisional analysis

Football Outsiders does a divisional breakdown of the Big 12 in 2009 and finds the following: the South might have 4 teams better than the best team in the North and Nebraska's defense isn't as good as the hype.

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2009