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Ryan McGee ranks the top "sleeping giants" in college football -- mid-level major conference programs that have the potential to join the elite.

Blog | Conversation | November 16, 2012

Ryan McGee lists the top five rising "program builders" -- the coaches with five or fewer years of head coaching experience who ADs across the country will be keeping a close eye on.

Blog | Conversation | September 07, 2012

While college football's head coaches go through the public relations dance of conference media days, the coordinators are back on campus focusing on football matters. Ryan McGee looks at the toughest challenges facing new coordinators this season.

Blog | Conversation | July 20, 2012

Ryan McGee ranks the coaches most likely to lose their jobs by season's end, and the most popular candidates to be considered for the available openings.

Blog | Conversation | December 02, 2011

Ryan McGee examines the rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State, looking at which program is better set up to be successful over the next few seasons.

Blog | Conversation | November 25, 2011

Ryan McGee ranks the top assistants, mid-major head coaches and wild-card candidates who figure to be in the mix for the available college football head-coaching positions at season's end. Included here are Gus Malzahn, Brent Venables and Urban Meyer.

Blog | Conversation | October 25, 2011

Ryan McGee evaluates the Michigan-MSU rivalry to determine which program is more likely to have success over the next few seasons.

Blog | Conversation | October 13, 2011

Ryan McGee writes that if the experience at West Virginia, where Bill Stewart allegedly tried to sabotage Dana Holgorsen, doesn't kill the coach-in-waiting system, nothing will.

Story | Conversation | August 09, 2011

Ryan McGee ranks the head coaches on the five hottest seats at this point in the offseason, with Lane Kiffin of the USC Trojans checking in at the No. 1 spot. Also: why Tommy Tuberville's pay raise has the Texas Tech faculty up in arms.

Blog | Conversation | February 24, 2011

Pitt is in a bind with its coaching situation, but if the Panthers want to help the program, and do a service to their conference, they should target a familiar face: Rich Rodriguez.

Blog | Conversation | January 03, 2011

The BCS is set up to create the best games, but the non-BCS matchups are often far better. Ryan McGee reviews where the other games measure up and surpass the BCS games.

Blog | Conversation | December 17, 2010

If you look at what's happened to some well-liked assistants across college football who stayed on to become head coaches, you'd know why the Clemson head coach might not be feeling so great today.

Blog | Conversation | November 29, 2010

Bruce Feldman looks at the 10 hottest coaching seats in America. No. 1 isn't a real surprise -- Dan Hawkins -- but Rich Rod is still hanging around this list and could creep even higher if Michigan drops to Penn State on Saturday.

Blog | Conversation | October 27, 2010