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Living memorials for those who served

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

The teams come and the games go, but the reminders are forever at the college football stadiums constructed as living memorials to those who served the nation.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Season is beginning to take shape

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

The 2009 season began to make sense Saturday, as poseurs were exposed and the top teams began to show their true identities, writes Ivan Maisel.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Best to have a backup plan at QB

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

A month into the 2009 season, we've already seen some of the nation's best quarterbacks sidelined by injury, sending previously unknown backups into the fire. But how do you prepare a player for a situation you hope never happens?

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Red River Rivalry rooted in revenge

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

To the three R's most important in Texas and Oklahoma -- Red River Rivalry -- add a fourth. Both teams are looking for revenge.

Story | Conversation | August 17, 2009

Stage set for historic 2009 season

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Old blood resides at the top of the polls. Established stars are back for more. If you like seeing college football history being made, then watch the 2009 season.

Story | Conversation | August 09, 2009

QB triumvirate share common bond

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow would tell you they are lucky to have college football. It turns out the reverse is true, too.

Story | Conversation | August 11, 2009

Bud Wilkinson Conference: Rival heat

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Heated rivalries -- and a new tiebreaker rule -- give Bud Wilkinson Conference an immediate buzz.

Story | Conversation | August 06, 2009

It ain't easy being green

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Sit down and read our St. Patrick's Day ode to the grass on the other side of the fence. What could be greener than that?

Story | Conversation | March 12, 2009

Times change, but OU stays on top

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

The most prestigious address in college football resides in Norman, Okla., where the Sooners have been consistent in their excellence.

Story | Conversation | January 22, 2009

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

Trademark dominant fourth quarter elevates Tebow, Gators

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Florida is loaded with speed and gifted athletes. Make them work, however, and the Gators will call on heart and guts. That trait served Urban Meyer's team well again on the biggest stage.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2009

Is the Sooners' defense better than the statistics show?

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Are Big 12 defenses as bad you think? Are SEC offenses nonexistent? Ivan Maisel went straight to the sources to find out.

Story | Conversation | January 06, 2009

Bradford solves Sooners' problems with ease

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Sam Bradford has passed for staggering numbers this season, but a real accounting of his talents steers away from his right arm and moves above his shoulders.

Story | Conversation | January 06, 2009

Stoops' industrial-grade filter weeds out irrelevant matter

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

Bob Stoops is cranky. Lots of questions about things that have nothing to do with the next game will do that. The OU coach wants to focus on one thing: winning.

Story | Conversation | January 04, 2009

This BCS mess lies at the feet of the Big 12

Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com

While this BCS chaos does the sport of college football no favors, the ultimate blame lies at the feet of the Big 12 and its tiebreaker, writes Ivan Maisel.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2008