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Every Big Ten team will rely on a handful of freshmen (sometimes more than a handful) to fill key roles when the 2013 season rolls around. Which newcomers will make the biggest impact in the league? Tom Luginbill, RecruitingNation's senior nationa...

100 days away ... Illinois is very much in the mix for Oklahoma State QB transfer Wes Lunt. Illini coach Tim Beckman and his assistants are social-media machines. A great look inside a week with Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Michiga...

Good news: We are just 100 days away from the start of college football. To mark the occasion, we're pulling out a checklist today of things that Big Ten teams need to accomplish between now and the start of the season. It's not quite "The Final C...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Before Florida's offensive line strapped on those shiny orange-and-black knee braces and trotted onto the Gators' practice fields this spring, Tim Davis put them through visual torture. The Gators' offensive line had a very s...

Northwestern's offense has been rooted in the same philosophy -- players, formations, plays -- since coordinator Mick McCall arrived in 2008. McCall shapes his scheme around the players first before choosing formations and plays that maximize their s...

I like to say it's "Mother's Day Week" in our house ... USA Today will tell you who the moneymakers are in college athletics. Florida State and the ACC are in it for the long haul. Clemson freshman T.J. Green will get his first shot at playi...

Your questions, my answers. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, too. Peter from Myrtle Beach, S.C., writes: Adam, Could you be more insulting to Minnesota? First, you comment as if their schedule has been creampuff (think Wisconsin) for years. It was...

More Monday mail musings: Fake Harry Husker from Tom Osborne Field writes: You do not know how much I want to fire off an angry email about how the Huskers got snubbed by ESPN/ABC and the prime time TV schedule next fall. I really want to rant abo...

M.J. Salahuddin was one of five true freshmen to play for NC State last season. But he toiled largely unnoticed, as a key member on special teams. He was a backup linebacker, but did not get many snaps there. And when he went into the spring, he w...

2012 record: 5-7 2012 conference record: 2-6 (fifth, Eastern Division) Returning starters: Offense: 8; defense: 6; kicker/punter: 1 Top returners QB James Franklin, RB Henry Josey, RB/RS Marcus Murphy, WR Dorial Green-Beckham, OL Evan Boehm, ...

ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI 2012 record: 2-10 2012 conference record: 0-8 (sixth in Leaders division) Returning starters: Offense: 9; defense: 4; special teams: 2 Top returners QB Nathan Scheelhaase, RB Donovonn Young, RB Josh Ferguson, WR Ry...

Cincinnati Bearcats 2012 record: 10-3 2012 conference record: 5-2 Returning starters: Offense: 7; defense: 5; kicker/punter: 1 Top returners QB Brendon Kay, QB Munchie Legaux, RB Ralph David Abernathy IV, T Eric Lefeld, G Austen Bujnoc...

UCF Knights 2012 record: 10-4 2012 conference record: 7-1, C-USA East Returning starters: Offense: 6; defense: 5; kicker/punter: 1 Top returners QB Blake Bortles, WR J.J. Worton, S Clayton Geathers, LB Terrance Plummer Key losses ...

In the coming months, you'll be bombarded with watch lists, predictions and plenty of look-aheads to help that football appetite that baseball just can't cure. ESPN colleague Travis Haney jumped on the look-ahead bus earlier with a glance at his t...

Christopher Harris offers his top 10 fantasy rookies for 2013, and profiles the top skill-position players from the final two days of the draft.

Five Pac-12 players were selected in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday. Here's the chart: So... what's our take? Thanks for asking. Kevin Gemmell: I must say, very, very interesting first round. And one that I think most Pac-...