In This Issue: Michael Crabtree Feature

...feature we did on Crabtree at the beginning of the college football season this fall (free) | Mel Kiper's Latest Mock Draft (ESPN Insider

First-Round Knockout

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay have plenty of opinions about how Round 1 will play out. Come Draft Day, at least one of them will probably look smart

ESPN Insider: Mock Draft Consensus

Yesterday both Mel Kiper and Todd McShay released updated NFL Mock Drafts at that same time. After that, we came...

ESPN Insider: Tuesday's With Mel

If you've been keeping an eye on stuff around here, you know we keep Mel Kiper busy. Today, like every Tuesday leading up to the draft, Insider rounds up the wisdom of...

ESPN Insider: Mel Kiper Jr. Checks In

Mel Kiper Jr. might know more about Harvard quarterback Chris Pizzotti than we know about our mothers. That...

DESPERATELY SEEKING WOODLEY

...who might appear in the 2009 NFL Draft. One caveat: we're not Todd McShay or Mel Kiper Jr. (or else the byline would say that!), but we do spend every Saturday of our...

Filling The Gap

As Ikaika Alama-Francis grew into a football player, the distance between him and his dad got smaller. That he became an NFL prospect along the way is just a bonus

Why We Look the Other Way

With every new drug revelation, our faith in the sanctity of football is shaken. And yet we still believe. Why? That's entertainment

Power 16

No.1 team? Okay, fine, it's USC. After that, it's anyone's BCS ballgame

Icing On The Cake

Glenn Dorsey has never scored a TD, caught a pass or gained a yard, but we've got 72 reasons why LSU's big no. 72 Is worthy of the Heisman?

THE GUY BEHIND THE GUY BEHIND THE CENTER

NFL washout Steve Clarkson is now the most powerful QB coach in football.

THE ULTIMATE RACE

...like this guy. And when we analyze Peak Oil, we go to T. Boone Pickens, the Mel Kiper Jr. of oilniks. He still thinks you should hold on to those oil futures, because we...

FANTASY WORLD: FOR WHOM THE MEL TOLLS, IT TOLLS FOR THEE

...here at The Mag.com, where, in the afterglow of the NFL Draft, we realize that Mel Kiper Jr. will be away for a while. In honor of another job well done for Mel...

JASON TAYLOR: DANCING WITH THE STARS. WRITING FOR US

Dancing With the Stars is opening doors for Jason Taylor—green room doors. Last Friday night, Taylor was a guest on the Tonight Show, along with...

For the past few years we've brought you the expert mock drafts of our own Mel Kiper Jr. and Scouts Inc.'s Todd McShay. But this year's draft is too slippery for...