With no Final Four first-timers, there are some bits of past lingering.
Eric Angevine...for these championship weekend frequent fliers. Midwest: #2 Michigan State 1979 "We're #1" headline: Yes, it was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009The Morning According to Us: Ranking the Sweet 16 Games
Ted BauerDid ya see the top of ESPN.Com's front page yesterday? For a while, it was stories on LeBron James, a tug-of-the-heartstrings piece, something on ridi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009Sweet 16 Link Fun: Kansas vs. MSU
Ted Bauer, via YouTubeKansas vs. MSU (read this to find out the X-Factors in the game) pits two coaches with a national title against each other, which is always fun. Know ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009NCAA Tournament - If you think the polls don't matter come tournament time, think again.
Chris SprowPre-season polls as a tourney indicator? Hey, it adds up.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2009ESPN Insider: MSU's shot at a No. 1 seed
Mike HumeThis season, Michigan State has dropped games to Northwestern and Penn State...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009How do the ten BCS Title games so far rank out?
Ted BauerTEN YEARS OF BCS TITLE GAMES, AND YOU GOTTA GO WITH TEXAS VS. USC AS THE BEST ONE, RIGHT? What is "All-World Power Rankings?" Interesting: "BCS" is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 08, 2009Ethan has a gift for picking. He shares his Bowl projections.
Ethan has a gift for picking. He shares his Bowl projections.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2008
Prepare for the sporting weekend with ESPN The Magazine
Ted Bauer...SATURDAY You'll want to start with Ohio State vs. Michigan (12pm, ABC). It's a down year for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2008The Mag's College Basketball Team Previews: Top 8
Jerry Bembry, Elena Bergeron, Jordan Brenner, Anna K. Clemmons, Jenn Holmes and Matt Meyers, ESPN The MagazineSeason previews of The Mag's top 8 teams.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2008What do generation gaps in college football mean?
Ted Bauer...on Saturdays. Three examples are briefly profiled: Ball State's DE/TE Brandon Crawford (the oldest player...former department subject Javon Ringer, the RB for Michigan State—and a few other things we...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2008What's the best college fight song?
Ted BauerBEST FIGHT SONG? TOUGH TO ARGUE WITH NOTRE DAME HERE. [Ed's note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please click here.] Today in 2001, App...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2008A deeper look at Javon Ringer and the numbers that define him
Ted Bauer...tell you this much about Michigan State RB Javon Ringer: he leads...past three seasons, the first Spartan tailback to do that since...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2008The October 20th issue College Football Department page: Javon Ringer | Texas D
Ted Bauer and Bruce FeldmanJavon Ringer and Texas' D.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2008What's the best college football game of the BCS Era?
Ted Bauer...here.] Today in 1951 was the first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States: Duke vs. Pittsburgh in football. (Times have changed, eh?) That, coupled with the barnburner finish of LSU...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2008Plaxico Burress and his way of succeeding
Seth WickershamMoody? Difficult? Slacker? You think you know Plaxico Burress but you have no clue
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