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Stanford's offense got a big boost for 2013 with the announcement that former running back Tyler Gaffney would return to the team after taking a year off to play minor league baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Michigan is banning purses, diaper bags and all other bags of any size from Michigan Stadium as a security measure.

The presidents and chancellors of the 14 remaining Big East members and TCU have authorized Commissioner John Marinatto to "aggressively pursue discussions" with certain schools interested in joining the league.

College basketball is essentially slinking around to the side door these days as football programs from Texas to Notre Dame to Syracuse look around with their hands out to make the best deal.

Ranking the best and worst bowl games? Those decisions were no-brainers. The games in between were the fun part.

As the nation gears up for the return of college and pro football, Mel Kiper unveils the most NFL-ready prospect at every NCAA program. So while you know all about Jake Locker at Washington, you can discover Kevin Kowalski at Toledo.

Story | Conversation | August 10, 2010

In the 2010 NFL draft, the SEC led all conferences in players selected -- but the Big 12 had the first four picks. The ACC had claims of its own (a run of years with a top-10 pick) and the Big Ten was No. 2 overall. What does all this mean?

Blog | Conversation | April 26, 2010

Highly touted RB recruit Bryce Brown recently left Tennessee, but he probably won't end up following Lane Kiffin to USC. Plus, does it matter how well Tim Tebow plays at the pro level? And what happened to Dexter McCluster's speed?

Blog | Conversation | March 19, 2010

Ranking the best and worst bowl games, those decisions were no-brainers. The games in between were the fun part.

There are six things you need to know about the initial BCS standings.

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

Ready to play a little Bowl-der Dash? With the 34-game bowl-season sprint from Washington, D.C., to Miami about to kick off, The Dash picks the winners.

Bowl season has arrived, but not every game is created equal. See how Mark Schlabach ranks all 34 bowl games.

Skip Holtz's rebuilding job at East Carolina hit the mark Saturday. Tommy Bowden's first carry call missed badly. Mark Schlabach runs down all the weekend's hits and misses.

There were some bad coaching debuts that flew under the radar thanks in large part to the ACC's horrible start. Plus: Young defenses begin to mature and we hand out helmet stickers.

From quarterbacks to Heisman hopefuls, Mark Schlabach has 25 reasons to be excited about the upcoming season.