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Here's a consolation prize for Oregon State QB Ryan Katz, who recently lost his starting job: He nonetheless made the first cut on the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award's new 25-player watch list. Stanford's Andrew Luck and Arizona's Nick Foles are a...

NC State quarterback Mike Glennon has been compared to former Boston College record-setter Matt Ryan, the ACC's 2007 player of the year and current quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons. Doesn't matter -- at least not to Glennon. "I've heard it si...

Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders looks at Monday's Orange Bowl. How can Bud Foster and Virginia Tech's D slow down a guy like Andrew Luck, especially considering a similar QB, Matt Ryan, was 2-0 vs. Tech? There's a way: It's all about field position.

Story | Conversation | January 03, 2011

Well, the House of Pain project is coming to a close. But not before we use this space for you to vent. Virginia Tech fans filled up the HOP mailbag with the torturous memory of Matt Ryan's improbable comeback. Hurley, in Arlington, Va., couldn't ...

You Stanford fans might enjoy this. Here's Todd McShay's first line: The more I watch of Stanford QB Andrew Luck this season the more flashbacks I have to Matt Ryan's days at Boston College. There, I said it. McShay takes a thorough and detail...

KC Joyner uses his Draft Lab series to evaluate Penn State LB Navorro Bowman. Going off video analysis of three Big Ten games and his own metrics, Joyner finds that while Bowman has one surefire NFL skill, he needs some work in other areas.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Duke senior Thaddeus Lewis, Wake Forest senior Riley Skinner, NC State sophomore Russell Wilson and UNC junior T.J. Yates were among the 38 players named to the 2009 Manning Award watch list on Monday. While th...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Biggest reason for hope -- Quarterbacks Unlike coach Tom O'Brien's first two seasons in Raleigh, there's no question who the starting quarterback is -- Russell Wilson. He also happens to be the best...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich There's always reason for hope -- your team has the best quarterback in the league, it's got a favorable schedule, a great coach, or the defense returns almost everyone. But there's also always a fe...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Boston College senior center Matt Tennant and his fellow offensive linemen have made it a tradition to get wings at Buff's Pub in Brighton after wins. Of course, the burly linemen wouldn't mind eating e...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich In reviewing some of ESPN.com's evaluations of the 2008 recruiting class, it was hard not to notice that the ACC had five quarterbacks ranked by ESPN.com among the top 21 in the country, four of whom were...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Before his neck surgery last October, Boston College defensive end Alex Albright said he used to lose feeling in different parts of his body. Sometimes it would happen in his arms, sometimes his legs. The incon...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich First of all, thank you all so much for your suggestions. The mailbag is packed, and I've heard from fans at just about every school. There were so many comments that I think I'll post at least one with...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich BC officially announced the departure of assistant head football coach and offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. to the New York Giants, where he was hired by former BC coach Tom Coughlin. In 1991, Coughlin su...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich If people are content with the ACC being a defensive league, they will have to be content with it being an average league. If the conference is going to take the next step, it needs to recruit better quarterbac...

Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich It's never good to be out one coordinator a few weeks before signing day, and Boston College is now down two after the surprising news offensive coordinator Steve Logan is leaving the program. It's not ...