Escaping college football's basement easier said than done
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThe schools that rank in the bottom 20 of our list of the decade's top programs are all dreaming of becoming The Next Boise. But they also know that the reality of big-time football is a good deal less glorious, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | July 22, 2007Florida opening is the first of many
Pat Forde, ESPN.comRacing this week from what jobs open next to who might fill them to Adriana on the hot seat.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2004Thanksgiving week offers rivalry feast
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Charlie Weis to Les Miles to rivalry games to the coaching temperature gauge, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Searching for at least one great team
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom examining the résumés of the BCS top 8 to Halloween fashion, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009Dishing out some October mea culpas
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the art of the apology to coaches on the hot seat to players trending up and down, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | October 05, 2009Get ready for a new world order
Pat Forde, ESPN.comLike in corporate America, 2009 is the time to get lean in college football. We've got the downsizing plan to remake big-time football -- and our ruthless redistricting will cut both ways.
Story | Conversation | July 31, 2009Bowl-der Dash sprints from D.C. to Miami
Pat Forde, ESPN.comReady to play a little Bowl-der Dash? With the 34-game bowl-season sprint from Washington, D.C., to Miami about to kick off, The Dash picks the winners.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2008Time to hand out hardware, Dash style
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWhile the BCS continues to provide annual snafus, The Dash is proud to present his annual awards: The Dashies.
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2008Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom snowball bombardment at Notre Dame to rapid-firing snowballs at some offending parties to snow cones for the winners, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2008The quick trigger is turning college football into the NFL
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom coaches getting canned to ones on the griddle to one-loss hopefuls, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2008There's no argument where the best QBs live: the Big 12
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the wealth of Big 12 QB talent to a rewind on the Cremation in the Coliseum to unnoticed undefeateds, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | September 16, 2008New reality changes the landscape for coaches
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom sorting through the carnage of Black Monday to looking at possible coaching replacements to conference relegation and promotion, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 27, 2007September sizzles with shockers, coaching controversies
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom meeting the shockers ... to coaches losing it, catching it and regretting it ... to some mascot advice, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | September 25, 2007Checking college football's four-and-aft rigging
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the scourge of South Bend to the fantastic four, to the fraudulent four to the unloved undefeateds, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | September 18, 2007Irish created the double standard they must live with
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom placing Notre Dame's credibility on the clock to this week's credibility games to the conference call, The Dash runs through it all.
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