The Big Ten needs a Valiant bowl season

As the Big Ten battles the perception of obsolescence, this bowl season will be a pivotal test.

It don't come easy in the BCS edition of the Bottom 10

Ringo Starr won't read his fan mail, but he and his All-Starr band will deliver a "Beaucoups of Blues" to the bottom of the college football barrel.

Just another wild Saturday in college football

...Trojans defeated Arizona State 28-0. The Nittany Lions played their best game of the season at Wisconsin, winning 48-7. But Penn State and USC are the exceptions. On this kind of Saturday, it...

Wells must show more authority; Adams and Williams effective in big games

In his weekly matchup report Scouts Inc.'s Steve Muench says Beanie Wells' numbers against Wisconsin are a bit deceiving, while Juice Williams was impressive in dismantling Michigan.

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Big Men On Campus With Pat Forde

Pat Forde talks about Alabama-Georgia, Mississippi-Florida and Wisconsin-Michigan

ANN ARBOR, MI - SEPTEMBER 27: Allan Evridge #4 of the Wisconsin Badgers fumbles the ball late in the forth quarter on a hit by Brandon Graham #55 of...

Home is where the heart is? Not this season

Home Unsweet Home By Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com Strategy goes in and out of fashion, just like hair length, tattoos and helmet designs. The pass used to be...

Michigan celebrates 500th game in Big House with big win

Michigan celebrated its 500th game at the Big House with the first big win of the Rich Rodriguez-era.

ANN ARBOR, MI - SEPTEMBER 27: Allan Evridge #4 of the Wisconsin Badgers fumbles the ball late in the forth quarter on a hit by Brandon Graham #55 of...

...Mathews #13 and Ryan Van Bergen #53 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrate their win over the Wisconsin Badgers on September 27, 2008 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty...

SEC is top conference so far, but Big 12 isn't far behind

Rank And File 1. SEC What we believed: From top to bottom, the SEC was once again supposed to be the best conference in college football. Georgia was ...

Three weeks in, three teams stand out

The Big Three By Pat Forde, ESPN.com It's early. There are a dozen major plot twists still to come. A Stanford or a Pittsburgh or a Colorado may yet h...

Holtz building East Carolina; Clemson's Bowden misses on first carry

Pirates Cove East Carolina coach Skip Holtz knew it had been a while since the Pirates had accomplished something that left jaws dropping from coast t...

Big Ten and Notre Dame team recruiting needs for the Class of 2009

Steve Muench digs deep to find out what positions Big Ten teams and Notre Dame should target with the Class of 2009.

Happy to be back, The Dash kicks off the season

Back from Beijing, CTD -- that's Columnist The Dash to you -- runs through it all, from debuts to hot seats to turnovers.