Reviewing my preseason Top 25 (things to watch)
Adam Rittenberg, Big TenPosted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg It's always fun at this time of year to look back at preseason thoughts and predictions. In August, I outlined 25...
Blog | December 18, 2008Indiana's Lynch not planning staff changes
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...Big Ten 2000: 112th nationally (457.3 ypg), 11th in Big Ten This is an extremely troubling track record of defensive futility. Northwestern had a similar sequence of bad defenses until last winter, when head...
Blog | December 18, 2008Season review: Syracuse
Brian Bennett, Big East...There is a lot of work to be done to get this program back on the winning track. Offensive MVP: Curtis Brinkley, RB: In his senior season, Brinkley had his first breakout year. He set...
Blog | December 16, 2008Purdue Boilermakers season recap
Adam Rittenberg, Big TenPosted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg This wasn't how Joe Tiller envisioned his final season playing out. The man who restored Purdue football to respe...
Blog | December 16, 2008Alabama season review
Chris Low, SEC...the final polls. In only two years, Saban has restored this program to national prominence, and his track record suggests this is only the start
Blog | December 16, 2008Indiana Hoosiers season recap
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...seven touchdowns and had an impressive 6.7 yards-per-carry average. Thigpen continued to show his track-star speed on special teams and finished the year ranked fourth in the league in all-purpose...
Blog | December 15, 2008Illinois Fighting Illini season recap
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...well to middle linebacker, leading the Big Ten in tackles (132). But the Illini never stayed on track. They missed star running back Rashard Mendenhall and safeties Kevin Mitchell and Justin Harrison. Williams threw nine...
Blog | December 15, 2008SEC mailbag: Jones gets the nod over Green ... barely
Chris Low, SEC...right? Honestly, he's gone back and forth so much between quarterbacks this season that I lost track a long time ago. You can see the frustration oozing out of him any time the Gamecocks...
Blog | December 10, 2008Big 12 rankings: Sooners aiming to reclaim national luster
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Chase Daniel's battle cry after the Oklahoma loss, but they need something to get back on track after their championship game blowout. Or else, it could be another bad trip to San Antonio. 6...
Blog | December 08, 2008USC's interest level could give Penn State an edge
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...Jan. 1. Penn State has enough talent to pace the Trojans, but given USC's amazing track record in bowl games under Carroll, any intangible edge the Lions can get will be beneficial. ...
Blog | December 08, 2008Michigan's McGuffie misses football banquet
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...who briefly left the team to attend a family funeral before the Ohio State game, was on track to return for his sophomore season. McGuffie ranked second on the team in rushing with 486 yards...
Blog | December 05, 2008ACC/Big Ten football challenge
Heather Dinich, ACC...State beats Florida State.Georgia Tech beats Iowa (but this would be a great game, and a track meet between Jonathan Dwyer and Shonn Greene, who has crept onto my Heisman list in recent weeks...
Blog | December 04, 2008A clash of styles between two dominant teams
Chris Low, SEC...has blocked two punts. But before anybody wants to classify the Gators as some kind of quasi track team out-running everybody on the football field, Florida coach Urban Meyer points to an offensive line...
Blog | December 03, 2008ACC's lunchtime links: Going bowling
Heather Dinich, ACC...the hire of Dabo Swinney might be considered a gamble. Athletic director Terry Don Phillips has a track record, though, of getting big payoffs with little-known names
Blog | December 02, 2008Oregon steals Civil War spotlight with big plays
Ted Miller, Pac-10...all about their super-special selves by putting on an extraordinary offensive show in a 65-38 track meet where they were a lot faster. They rolled up 694 total yards against the nation's...
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