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I love it here: manicured lawns, planned activities, early dinners. What more does a kid need? A must read: the second part of Mgoblog's look at a week in the life of Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Here's Part I. It seems unlikely the ...

Now that spring practice is over, we're examining the most indispensable players on each Big Ten team for the 2013 season. By indispensable, we don't necessarily mean best. We mean the players who would be hardest to replace between now and the st...

Let's take a morning jog through the headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Although some teams have started signing their draft picks, I don't expect the Falcons to move too quickly in this department. D. Orlando Ledbetter writes...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue's reputation for producing great quarterbacks is recognized throughout college football, as names like Brees, Griese, Herrmann, Dawson and Everett are linked to the program. But there's another position where Purdue ...

2012 record: 6-7 2012 conference record: 3-5 (fourth in Leaders division) Returning starters: Offense: 5; defense: 9; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners DT Bruce Gaston Jr., DE Ryan Russell, S Landon Feichter, CB Ricardo Allen, RB Akeem Hunt, C R...

Time for a cruise through the headlines from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS As expected, Warren Sapp confirmed he will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor at some point during the season. Sapp is the logical choice this year si...

It's been a fairly quiet news day in the NFC South. But there were a few odds and ends, so let's take a run around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board voted to approve the hiring of a Kansas City-base...

RISING Matt Ryan. With Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers signing a huge contract extension, Ryan and his agent have stepped out of the on-deck circle and are walking toward the plate. Ryan's going to get money similar to what Rodgers and Joe Flacco got. I...

The NFL draft has come and gone. Overall, the NFC South teams did a good job of addressing their needs. But no team is perfect. Let's take a look at one area for each team that still could use some work: Atlanta Falcons: They fortified the situ...

As I look at what NFC South teams did in the NFL draft, I'm not seeing a lot of players that will make instant impacts. In fact, I'm seeing only four players that are likely to be starters on opening day. Let's take a look: Atlanta Falcons: Go ...

The gap between the Big Ten and the SEC not only is widening on the field, but on the NFL draft boards. While the SEC produced a record 63 picks in the 2013 NFL draft -- eight more than any conference in any draft in the modern era and 32 more tha...

The NFC South second-round picks just wrapped up. I'll do a quick analysis on each of the three (the New Orleans Saints didn't have a pick in the road). And I'll be back later with a column on what I think is the division's best story of the night...

The links are on the clock ... More on quarterback Steven Bench's departure from Penn State here and here and here and here. Bob Flounders looks at Penn State's all-time draft team on defense. The draft is here for Penn State's NFL hopefuls. A ...

IRVING, Texas - Over the last few years, the Cowboys' top-30 visitors before the draft have been a good indicator into who they end up selecting. Guys like Dez Bryant, Sean Lee, Tyrone Crawford and Matt Johnson, among others, visited Valley Ranch ...

The spectacle known as the NFL draft kicks off tonight in New York with the first round. As Brian pointed out late last week, the Big Ten is in danger of going without a first-round selection for the first time since the NFL-AFL merger. Mel Kiper ...

For the past month or so, the universal opinion in mock drafts seemed to be that the Carolina Panthers would take defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson in the first round, the New Orleans Saints would take a defensive player and the Atlanta Falcons wou...