Personnel Points: Still Golden

While I'm not saying that Golden Tate will have the same type of immediate success in the NFL that Minnesota's Percy Harvin has enjoyed, I do see him providing a team with that same sort of dimension.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Vereen steps up while Miles bails out

Todd McShay offers his Week 12 stock report, including rising RB Shane Vereen and a a pair of coaches who are falling fast.

Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

...York, NY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels guard-forward Marcus...

Mel's Matchups: CFB Week 12

Mel Kiper spotlights the best individual matchups of Week 12 in college football, including Dane Sanzenbacher and DeVier Posey versus Donovan Warren, Jacoby Ford versus Ras-I Dowling and more.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Time to make some picks

...versus the number. The good was picking Stanford to give Oregon fits. The bad was picking East Carolina to keep it tight with Virginia Tech. And the ugly was picking Notre Dame to pound Navy...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Horns-Cowboys, Trojans-Ducks and more picks

...s guesses: North Carolina Tar Heels at Virginia Tech Hokies (Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) The Tar Heels are 0-5 against Tech since the Hokies joined the ACC, and UNC hasn't...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Draft Lab: Marvin Austin's stock

KC Joyner turns his Draft Lab spotlight on UNC DT Marvin Austin. In four key areas of evaluating defensive linemen, Austin excels and should be considered NFL-ready. There are concerns, however, about his big-play and point of attack potential.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Freshman Highsmith's 113 yards receiving, TD key UNC's victory

T.J. Yates threw for two touchdowns while freshman receiver Erik Highsmith had a big game to help No. 24 North Carolina beat East Carolina 31-17 on Saturday.

Mel's Personnel Points

Mel looks at who helped, and hurt, their draft standing this weekend.

Story | Conversation | September 07, 2009

Mel's Matchups: Week 1

Mel details some key individual matchups from this weekend's college games.

Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009

Mel's Matchups: Week 2

Mel details some key individual matchups from this weekend's college games.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Will the ACC make the BCS leap?

The ACC is chock-full of talent. Will this be the year the conference fields a BCS contender?

Zac Robinson spends time camping with the Mannings

...He was my roommate. T.J. Yates from North Carolina and Jonathan Crompton from Tennessee. There were more...

Clarification on linebacker post

...Duke: 3 10. Clemson: 2; Virginia Tech: 2; North Carolina: 2

ACC's lunchtime links

...Heather Dinich Around the ACC we go ... Is North Carolina being too selective in its recruiting? Andy Staples...