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Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comThe preseason hype sent the season's stock to an all-time high. Now it feels like we were part of a Ponzi scheme.
Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009Breaking the huddle on spring practice
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comForward Thinking You don't have to be Todd Blackledge to know that Florida, Texas and USC -- which have won four of the past five BCS championships an...
Page | ConversationFSU penalties to impact wins race
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comNCAA penalties against Florida State should turn the horse race between Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno for the most wins in major college football history into a runaway.
Story | Conversation | March 06, 2009Five coaches to visit military personnel
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comTexas coach Mack Brown and Ohio State's Jim Tressel are among five FBS head coaches who have committed to travel to the Middle East to visit U.S. troops this spring on the second annual Under Armour Coaches Tour.
Story | Conversation | March 03, 2009Nittany Lions seniors were a breath of fresh air
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comFour years ago, the stench of losing was attached to Penn State. But a special group of seniors has cleansed the air in State College, writes Ivan Maisel.
Story | Conversation | December 29, 2008Breaking the huddle on protocol in the BCS era
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comOffice Of Protocol It is the time of year when all of college football obsesses about protocol. Making the BCS National Championship Game is neither c...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on the politics of the Big 12 South
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comPigskin About To Get Political The 1993 Florida State Seminoles are alive and well in Norman, Okla. Bobby Bowden's first national champion finished N...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on Texas Tech's opportunity
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comProving Ground Now is the time to prove the nation wrong. For 8½ seasons, Texas Tech has won games. But the Red Raiders haven't won enough to con...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on 2008's stealth teams
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comStealth Fighting The Ohio State team preparing to play No. 3 Penn State in the Horseshoe on Saturday night (ABC, 8 ET) is not the same team that lost ...
Page | ConversationBowden, Tigers part without sharing an ACC crown
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comThe timing of the end of Tommy Bowden's Clemson career might be a surprise. But after failing to win an ACC crown in 10 seasons with the Tigers, the action itself isn't.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2008Breaking the huddle on the Red River Rivalry
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comSooner Rather Than Later When All-American middle linebacker Curtis Lofton made the last-minute decision this past January to forego his senior season...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on conference cannibalism
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comBig 12 Feeding Frenzy Starts Saturday It could be that the Big 12 Conference has arrived. The league that has belonged almost exclusively to Oklahoma ...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on SEC defenses, schedule changes
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comLeague Of Extraordinary Defenders Teams on the West Coast always have loved to throw the ball. The Big 12 has become a treasure trove of quarterbacks ...
Page | ConversationBreaking the huddle on off weeks and the state of Florida
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comOff And Running No. 1 USC has no game scheduled for the second weekend of the season. The Trojans practiced for a month, played at Virginia and won 52...
PageKelly doesn't dwell on the pass he didn't catch
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.comAaron Kelly will be playing for a lot of things when Clemson meets Alabama on Saturday, but redemption isn't one of them.
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