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Highlights, good & bad, of bowl season

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

With so many games, it was easy to cull out the best (and worst) of the bowl season crop.

Story | Conversation | January 13, 2009

Breaking the huddle on SEC defenses, schedule changes

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

League Of Extraordinary Defenders Teams on the West Coast always have loved to throw the ball. The Big 12 has become a treasure trove of quarterbacks ...

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Breaking the huddle on a new season, neutral sites and a key hidden stat

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Seasons Of Change Topsy hooked up with turvy for the entire 2007 college football season, and those crazy kids first met a year ago this weekend at th...

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Hagen's navigated nomadic coaching course

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Steve Hagen's coaching transcript includes 14 jobs in 24 years. But the North Carolina assistant's track is normal in the get-a-phone-call-and-go world of coaching.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2007

Just For Argument's Sake …

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Which rumored coaching changes might actually happen? Who should start at QB for Arkansas? Know how to paint the Notre Dame helmets? Ivan Maisel has all the answers.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2006

Butch Davis jumps to top of list for North Carolina job

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Former Miami coach Butch Davis is a leading candidate for the head coaching job at North Carolina.

Story | Conversation | November 03, 2006

Just For Argument's Sake...

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Will West Virginia and Louisville live up to expectations? Who will get the North Carolina job? How do you hold the crystal football? Ivan Maisel has all the answers.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2006

Just For Argument's Sake...

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Is there such a thing as a good bye-week coach? Are the coaching floodgates about to open? How dark are the clouds at Bama? Should Bobby Bowden retire? Ivan Maisel has all the answers.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2006

Players, coaches, games to watch

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Here are the players, coaches and games to watch to get a sense of how this season will unfold.

Story | Conversation | September 01, 2009

Breaking the huddle on protocol in the BCS era

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

...the BCS meter did not flicker. That's a dog-bites-man final score. Florida humiliates South Carolina 56-6 and, rather than take the final margin at face value, we parse the play-by...

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Breaking the huddle on the Red River Rivalry

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Sooner Rather Than Later When All-American middle linebacker Curtis Lofton made the last-minute decision this past January to forego his senior season...

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Youthful Crimson Tide rising ahead of schedule

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Nick Saban wanted Alabama to play Clemson so he could prepare his team for a future when it would be ready to contend for championships. In the wake of the Crimson Tide's 34-10 victory, the future might be now.

Story | Conversation | August 30, 2008

BCS more mature at 10, but reputation still suffers

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Controversy and criticism surrounded the first 10 years of the BCS, but college football has never been more successful. That is the paradox of the BCS decade.

Story | Conversation | May 18, 2008

Rejection memories still linger for coaches

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

For coaches who put their hearts and careers on the line each February, nothing turns their stomachs like the ones who got away.

Story | Conversation | February 06, 2007

Bush elevates entire USC offense

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

In their final pre-game press conferences on Tuesday, Pete Carroll and Mack Brown waxed eloquently about their teams.

Story | Conversation | January 03, 2006