Tuesday Beastlines

...news, Mac Engel has some locker room changes. Philadelphia Eagles Ellis Hobbs will get his degree from Iowa State University on Saturday: "As part of the getting my degree deal, I told my mom...

Kansas City coaching options

...the coaching candidates available and how they'd potentially fit in with Kansas City. Kirk Ferentz Iowa, head coach The skinny: Ferentz's name has been mentioned for other NFL jobs and many...

Week 11 AFC East mailbag delivered

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham Jacob in St. Paul, Minn., writes: You mentioned in your Week 11 Preview that Mike Smith has to be the frontrunner for ...

Miami's Roth cashing in with position switch

...4 scheme. Roth had been viewed as a disappointment. He was a second-round draft choice from Iowa in 2005, but had started only nine games in his three previous seasons. He already has started...

It's a 'Hard Knocks' life for Jerry

...rookie linebacker Tyson Smith during a blitz pickup drill. When I arrived on the scene, the former Iowa State player was searching for his teeth. NFL Films captured the violence of the hit perfectly. Head...

Friday mailbag

Lots of talk about the coaching carousel and the bowl matchups in this week's mailbag: From Jessica in Miami: I was hoping we could've lured Jimmy Jo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2006

Best replacements

The key for any elite program is to replace good players with more good players, and through the first month of the season we've already seen a bunch ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 20, 2006

My apologies, Panthers fans

OK, I screwed up. On the Panthers. Yeah, I botched that one. Gotta explain why the Panthers weren't on my "best teams" list (below). See, they actual...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2006

Seems one of this week's hot topics, at least from the interviews I've been doing, is the notion that we are witnessing the greatest college football ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2005