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Florida signs its share of ESPN 150 prospects, but the Gators also show they can turn top recruits into top college players.

Story | Conversation | April 25, 2013

GatorNation gives a status update on Florida's early enrollees at the conclusion of spring practice.

Story | Conversation | April 21, 2013

Steve Bisheff wonders if Mark Sanchez's NFL career would have been better with another year at USC while also wondering if Matt Barkley would have been better served going to the NFL after last season.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2012

Urban Meyer trotted out his "Pop Pass" made famous by Tim Tebow at Florida, and it worked just fine for Braxton Miller against Cal.

Story | Conversation | September 19, 2012

Kevin Weidl looks at the draft needs of the New York Jets, who have more holes than Tim Tebow can fill on his own.

Blog | Conversation | March 26, 2012

In trying to find a comparison point for Cam Newton (Vince Young? Tim Tebow?), Bruce Feldman, via "QB builder" George Whitfield, comes up with an interesting one: Ben Roethlisberger. Don't believe it? Proof's in the pudding.

Blog | Conversation | December 05, 2010

KC Joyner writes glowingly of Oklahoma State QB Brandon Weeden, who -- via some metrics -- already compares favorably with Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow as college QBs.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2010

Bruce Feldman wraps Week 11 in CFB, including Cam Newton's brilliance (shouldn't be a surprise), Cal's holding Oregon to 15 (should be), Tyler Bray's emergence (credit Lane Kiffin), FIU's rise (a great story) and the Gators' necessary rebuild.

Blog | Conversation | November 14, 2010

Bruce Feldman loves Cam Newton as much as the next media member, but he's not the only newcomer to the college football scene excelling this year -- have you checked out Tony Jefferson, Robert Woods and others?

Blog | Conversation | October 20, 2010

Auburn QB Cameron Newton led his team past Arkansas and, with an injury to Michigan QB Denard Robinson, may have assumed the mantle of the nation's top versatile QB.

Blog | Conversation | October 17, 2010

Bruce Feldman looks at the top 10 young -- defined as freshman or sophomore -- stars in the college game. His top two selections are QBs; No. 2's head coach used to play QB at No. 1's school. The Sooners have two players on this list.

Blog | Conversation | September 15, 2010

Terrelle Pryor gets knocked for his QB skills often, but as Football Outsiders explains, he's doing exactly what someone recruited at his level should do: in fact, since 2005, only Tim Tebow has had a better initial two years than Pryor.

Story | Conversation | September 02, 2010

As college football season returns, everyone has ideas about conference and BCS races. Who to believe? Here now is the Eliminator, which looks at statistical trends every conference and BCS champion has shared -- and thus whittles down the field.

Story | Conversation | August 30, 2010

Conventional wisdom is that Ryan Mallett is a good QB, but what differentiates him is his arm, not his overall package. Not so, says KC Joyner. In reality, Mallett is in the same class as Tim Tebow was at Florida -- and if he can help the Hogs win the SEC West, he'd be considered more elite.

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2010

Numbers and conventional wisdom are often at odds but, this season, they mostly agree on QBs. Football Outsiders uses their advanced points over expected metric to determine the most valuable signal callers in college football.

Story | Conversation | August 13, 2010

Bruce Feldman interviewed Florida speedster Jeff Demps on track versus football, playing weights, Usain Bolt and life without Tim Tebow in Gainesville this fall.

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2010