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Travis Haney outlines his list of the 10 college football head coaches who are the nation's most effective recruiters. Alabama's Nick Saban and Ohio State's Urban Meyer top the list.

Blog | Conversation | January 28, 2013

An up-close view of the title game convinced Urban Meyer the most fundamentally sound team he saw all season won the national championship, even as it left his team as the nation's only unbeaten.

Former Notre Dame assistant coach Urban Meyer nearly made $100,000 from the Fighting Irish's loss to Alabama in the BCS National Championship on Monday night.

Ryan McGee checks with coaches who have BCS championship game experience to see how Alabama and Notre Dame will be most affected by the long layoff leading up to the game.

Blog | Conversation | January 04, 2013

ATH Vonn Bell already thinks highly of two coaches and old rivals: Nick Saban at Alabama and Urban Meyer at Ohio State. Next up is a meeting with new Tennessee coach Butch Jones.

Story | Conversation | December 11, 2012

The BMOC surveys BCS campaigning, firing season, realignment's next move and more.

KC Joyner examines the Ohio State Buckeyes' season and whether they could have ended the season as a split national champion if they were eligible.

Story | Conversation | November 26, 2012

Phil Steele offers up four bold predictions for rivalry week, including why he thinks the ACC will get the better of the SEC in the conferences' head-to-head matchups, and how USC will take Notre Dame down to the wire.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2012

Brad Edwards examines college football coaching trees to see which current head coaches have the most impressive history at developing their assistants for top jobs.

Story | Conversation | August 15, 2012

Travis Haney ranks the top 10 coaches in the country, plus includes a list of five more who just missed the cut and another five who could be joining the list in the near future.

Blog | Conversation | July 13, 2012

Ohio State is ineligible for postseason play in 2012, but Travis Haney writes that Urban Meyer could lead a national title contender-caliber team in 2013. Haney examines the Buckeyes and four other programs that are one year away from title contention.

Blog | Conversation | May 02, 2012

Brock Huard ranks the nine major coaching hires so far this offseason, with Urban Meyer-to-Ohio State earning the top spot.

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2011

Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders looks at three coaches who are best set up to make an immediate impact at news programs next season. Urban Meyer and Ohio State top the list.

Story | Conversation | December 12, 2011

This season has officially lost its mind, which isn't such a bad thing. We thought we had clear-cut national title matchup (unbeaten LSU against unbeaten Oklahoma State). Now we have LSU and BCS bedlam.

Ryan McGee ranks the top assistants, mid-major head coaches and wild-card candidates who figure to be in the mix for the available college football head-coaching positions at season's end. Included here are Gus Malzahn, Brent Venables and Urban Meyer.

Blog | Conversation | October 25, 2011

Apparently, you're nobody in this country's sports culture until you've been bronzed. And guess what? There's no waiting period before somebody commissions a statue of you. See: Cam Newton.