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Wishing you a great first weekend of March ... Brian from Atlanta writes: Adam, What are your thoughts on the Jim Bollman hire by Michigan State? Seems to fit the mold of a Mark Dantonio coordinator? Adam Rittenberg: He definitely fits Dantonio...

To the mail ... Ted M. from Minneapolis writes: Hi Adam,As a displaced Nebraska fan, Saturday night was hard to swallow - especially after the Huskers turned in a solid performance the week prior and started with a very strong first quarter. My ha...

Bill O'Brien might not have had direct ties to Penn State before becoming the team's head coach Jan. 6, but he wanted some assistants with connections to the school and to the state. He found one in quarterbacks coach Charlie Fisher, a native of Alle...

Penn State made it official Thursday and announced the hires of six assistant coaches on Bill O'Brien's staff. All of these names have been previously reported, but here they are again: Larry Johnson, defensive line Ron Vanderlinden, linebac...

When I first started working here, an 8-year-old Shirley Temple taught me how to roll a cigarette. Things were a little awkward at first when former Michigan teammates Stephen Schilling and Justin Boren reunited at the NFL combine, Ken Gordon wri...

Question of the day: Do you have enough patience to wait for Big Ten expansion? Colleague Ted Miller recaps Day 2 from the BCS meetings. The Big East is prepared to fight if the Big Ten tries to poach its teams, Tom Luicci writes in The Star-Le...