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Does a coach define your program? Think Alabama and Bear Bryant, Penn State and Joe Paterno and Florida State and Bobby Bowden. Does he cast a shadow that's hard to escape? Or is your all-time winningest coach mostly incidental? ESPN.com is loo...

Chip Kelly is staying at Oregon. Oregon fans ... you can now breathe. By holding your breath, you turned purple and, well, you know that's not what you want to do. This has been confirmed by the general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who ...

Happy Friday. Follow me on Twitter. To the notes! Zach from Mesa, Ariz., writes: Not sure how I should feel about Todd Graham coaching my Sun Devils. Seems like a used-car salesman and he really hasn't done anything. Mike from Philly writ...

There's the real world. There's the theoretical world. And there's the world of spin. The real world: Todd Graham left Pittsburgh for Arizona State and didn't even get a notable raise on his $2 million salary because he'd rather be the head coach ...

Welcome to the last thing you must do before your weekend begins in earnest: Read the mailbag. This is your brain. This is your brain if you follow me on Twitter. This is your brain if you don't. To the notes. Corey from San Francisco writes...

Penn State assistant coach Jay Paterno, son of Joe, eyeballs a nasty, 90 mph slider and blasts it out of the park in this column. His topic? Paying college athletes, a idea that has developed plenty of momentum of late. His position? Athletes alre...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller The Sporting News asked 43 NFL players which college coach they'd most like to play for -- other than the one they did. USC's Pete Carroll was No. 1 with 12 votes. Three other Pac-10 coaches got one vote. Her...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller It really don't matter if I lose this fight. It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, either. 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller The ultimate "theme" of the Pac-10 bowl season is obvious: Redemption. And apology. So the redeemed Pac-10 would like to take a moment to formally accept the college football nation's apology for all ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller PASADENA, Calif. -- He's been alive 82 years, so Penn State coach Joe Paterno doesn't always lean on coaching cliches. Jody Gomez/US Presswire USC quarterback Mark Sanchez carved up the vaunted ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Jody Gomez/US Presswire Mark Sanchez completed 28 of 35 passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns. PASADENA, Calif. -- It was supposed to be about a pair of bone-rattling defenses, but USC quart...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller PASADENA, Calif. -- Redundant questions are part of any BCS bowl game buildup, but two predominant inquiries served to annoy the participants in the 95th Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi more than usual. For No. 8 Penn...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller LOS ANGELES -- Just finished Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi media day. Penn State for 30 minutes. USC for 30 minutes. Get your questions in. Here are some first impressions: Penn State coach Joe Paterno began his mod...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller This will be four days of HoneyBaked ham and it still tastes really good. George Schroeder talks to Phil Knight and T. Boone Pickens about life as a billionaire booster. How special are Oregon safety Patrick...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller There's a chance an impressive win by either team might earn a scattering of protest No. 1 votes in the final national polls. But even without major national title implication, this is an intriguing matchup between a p...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller These links are trying to establish a running game. Arizona wants to keep the number of people on the sideline manageable, which means some guys don't suit up. QB Willie Tuitama is searching for the perfect game. Toled...