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Travis Haney provides his ranking of the top 15 breakout players coming out of spring practice. Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston tops the list.

Blog | Conversation | May 02, 2013

Travis Haney looks at several players who will be asked to carry heavy loads for their teams this season, starting with dual-threat quarterbacks Braxton Miller and Johnny Manziel.

Blog | Conversation | April 05, 2013

Travis Haney examines five teams with quarterback competitions that could lead to the emergence of star signal-callers this fall, including the Max Wittek-Cody Kessler battle at USC and the Clint Trickett-Jameis Winston competition at Florida State.

Blog | Conversation | April 03, 2013

Travis Haney looks at which college football players have the biggest shoes to fill next season. His top choice is quarterback Daniel Sams at Kansas State, who takes over for Collin Klein.

Blog | Conversation | February 21, 2013

Travis Haney consults with ESPN's recruiting experts and looks at team needs to identify seven early-enrollee freshmen who could make an impact during the 2013 season.

Blog | Conversation | February 20, 2013

Travis Haney provides a look at several potential breakout player candidates from the 2012 recruiting class.

Blog | Conversation | February 14, 2013

Travis Haney takes an in-depth look at in-state recruiting of the last several seasons, identifying which programs do the best job of keeping top prospects in-state, and which states get raided the most.

Blog | Conversation | February 05, 2013

Travis Haney outlines his list of the 10 college football head coaches who are the nation's most effective recruiters. Alabama's Nick Saban and Ohio State's Urban Meyer top the list.

Blog | Conversation | January 28, 2013

Travis Haney takes a look at the teams in each of the major conferences that look to be facing the easiest schedules for the 2013 season.

Blog | Conversation | January 24, 2013

Travis Haney ranks the 10 college football teams losing the most talent from their 2012 rosters via early entrants to the draft, graduation or loss of eligibility. LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma have the most talent to replace heading into the 2013 season.

Blog | Conversation | January 17, 2013

Travis Haney takes a look at the teams poised to move up in the Pac-12 pecking order, in the event that Oregon slips as a result of Chip Kelly's departure and possible future NCAA sanctions.

Blog | Conversation | January 16, 2013

Travis Haney outlines teams in each of the five major conferences that could be surprise contenders in the 2013 college football season. Could North Carolina, Michigan or Washington mirror what Notre Dame or Florida did this season?

Blog | Conversation | January 02, 2013

Travis Haney writes that the UCLA Bruins, with first-year coach Jim Mora at the helm, appear to be on the path to sustained success.

Blog | Conversation | November 29, 2012

Travis Haney writes about whether Notre Dame could beat either Georgia or Alabama in the BCS title game, plus a Heisman update and other Week 13 takeaways.

Blog | Conversation | November 25, 2012

Travis Haney ranks the head coaching jobs that are or could become open this offseason, in terms of which ones would be most desirable to potential candidates.

Blog | Conversation | November 20, 2012

Travis Haney writes how Oregon and Kansas State's losses jumble the BCS for everyone except Notre Dame.

Blog | Conversation | November 18, 2012