On Mark Ingram, Bud Foster and FSU recruiting

This was the first weekend since early September without a full slate of college football games. My thoughts on what transpired: • Congrats t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2009

FSU's D, Notre Dame and other disappointments

...didn't last long. Before September was over, the league's three most prominent national championship contenders -- Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State -- were reduced to just one, Texas. In fairness, no conference was hit harder...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Refs, top conferences and Tebow vs. Ingram

...disappointing teams (UGA, Ole Miss, South Carolina). The Big 12 has been even more disappointing, save for Texas. Oklahoma State lost to Houston and got blown out by UT. OU is having a nightmarish year...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Saturday college football rewind

Some general thoughts on Saturday's action (I welcome yours): Is this the best defense Texas has had since Mack Brown has been the coach? I think so. Yes, I know that national...

All Hallows will reshape Pac-10, BCS

...didn't turn out so well for the then-undefeated Longhorns. They went on the road to Texas Tech and got upset. This time, they face another potent offense in Oklahoma State, which comes into...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Bama's D will test Vols' Hardesty

A chance to play in the BCS title game doesn't look good for teams needing Texas to lose. History favors the Longhorns.

Story | Conversation | October 22, 2009

Tebow, McElroy, Pike, turnovers and more keys

...his passes and had a 9-1 TD-INT ratio.) To see what Bruce thinks everyone else -- Texas, Boise State, Cincinnati, all the way down to Miami at No. 10 -- needs to do, and to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

All eyes on Provo and the crazy Coastal

...ND doing at recruiting for next year, and can that save Charlie Weis' job? How good is Texas' defense? All that -- and much more -- is answered in this blog, but you must be an ESPN...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Week 7 Wrap: Ingram tops Heisman list

By around 6 p.m. ET Saturday, every Heisman front-runner seemed to be in the midst of a nightmarish week: Cincy QB Tony Pike got hurt Thursday night; ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009

Saturday rewind: Red River Rivalry, TCU and more

Here are some general thoughts on Saturday's action: As I watched the Texas and Oklahoma defenses control play Saturday, I found myself thinking it was an SEC game. Texas and...

Prediction time: This week's college football picks

...here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Please make your selections in the comment section: Oklahoma vs. Texas (Cotton Bowl, Dallas): Don't let Oklahoma's record trick you into think this is going to...

Leach hasn't named starter for Nebraska game

Mike Leach was asked at his Monday news conference if the answer to who starts at quarterback -- Taylor Potts (reported as a concussion, though no off...

LUBBOCK, TX - NOVEMBER 01: Head coach Mike Leach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders coaches from the sidelines during the game against the Texas Longhorns on November 1...

September 19 2009: Texas Tech Red Raiders Head Coach Mike Leach watches his players warm up before the game against the...

Saturday wrap: Chips off the old block

...Bruce's take on the USC loss at Washington, a look at Tennessee-Florida, Pitt, Notre Dame, Texas Tech and more, you must be an ESPN Insider. As for Carroll himself, it proved to be...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 20, 2009