Week 7 BALLS Index

...Penn State 20.25 4 Minnesota (17) 5 Alabama 18.57 5 South Carolina (17.5) 6 Kansas 15.5 8 Colorado (10.5) 7 Boise State 15.1 9 Tulsa (10) 8 Oklahoma State...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Time to make some picks

I had a shaky opening week going against the line; I went one under .500, 8-9 in games on the board. The good: picking Oklahoma State to handle Georgi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Big 12 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

ESPN The Magazine previews: Big 12

ESPN The Magazine's August 24 issue contains previews of every conference in college football. This is the Big 12 preview.

Story | Conversation | August 11, 2009

Top 25 Intel: No. 22 KU -- rock 'n' run

Todd Reesing will need some running help from Jake Sharp for the offense to get back to what it was in 2007.

Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009

Scouts Inc.: Kansas vs. Minnesota

Story | December 29, 2008

Georgia Tech DE Johnson a rare athlete; Clemson RB Davis shows toughness

Steve Muench's weekly film report examines tape of two top seniors: Georgia Tech DE Michael Johnson and Clemson RB James Davis.

Story | Conversation | December 02, 2008

Johnson powers Ducks; Daniel's missteps continue

Todd McShay offers his Week 14 stock report and says Oregon RB Jeremiah Johnson is rising while Missouri QB Chase Daniel is falling.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2008

RB Gerhart rising, QB Clark falling

Todd McShay offers his Week 10 stock report, including five rising skill players and a pair of defenses that are sliding.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Bama's D will test Vols' Hardesty

A chance to play in the BCS title game doesn't look good for teams needing Texas to lose. History favors the Longhorns.

Story | Conversation | October 22, 2009

Top 10 toughest nonconference schedules

The previous top 10 list was devoted to the softest nonconference schedules in the country. Naturally, in this week's list, we look at the toughest ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 29, 2009

Workout warriors: coaching edition

Because Monday marks the launch of our annual list of the fittest Freaks among college football players, I figured an apt sidebar to this week's top-1...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009

Are schools skirting coach rules?

...that could surprise a lot of people is Kansas. I'm a big fan of Todd Reesing...country. By the way, I've heard that KU running back Jake Sharp has had a fantastic...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009

Intriguing new assistant coaches

I'm in Houston for a coaching clinic for an ESPN Magazine story and was unable to file Monday's weekly top 10 list. This week's topic is the most intr...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009