Insider Ranking the most irreplaceable players
If you were going to make a list of the most irreplaceable players in college football, it would be very quarterback-heavy. How could you leave off …
Insider LSU leads teams with toughest starts
No one in football is more unpredictable than Les Miles. The LSU coach has become legendary for daring decisions. The man is great drama. Still, you…
Insider The new battle for SoCal recruiting
Southern California always has been an inviting target for college football recruiters, but it might never have been as tempting as it is right now.…
Insider Boise leads potential BCS busters
We've gotten used to BCS busters having an impact on the college game over the past couple of seasons, and this year there are again a few legit thr…
Insider Wisconsin will test 'powerhouse' label
The most significant recruiting news for Wisconsin didn't come last February on national signing day. Instead, it came five months later, when stand…
Insider Georgia RB leads on-the-spot freshmen
Mark Richt is one of the most respected men in college athletics not just for what he has done on the field, but for how he is off it. Since arriv…
Documenting the Bama-Auburn rivalry
Early this spring my friend Joe Tessitore left me a voicemail about an idea he wanted to talk to me about. I'd gotten to know Joe over the previous …
Insider Houston, Miami, Michigan could rise
As the ESPN.com/ESPN The Magazine preseason Top 25 gets unveiled this week, we decided to take a look at the group of teams that missed the cut but …
Insider The losing record all-star team
Since we all spend so much time talking about players on the nation's top teams, we figured it was time to focus some attention on some of the best …
Insider Offseason's biggest winners and losers
We've got a little twist for this week's top 10 list: We're focusing on the five teams who have surged the most since the BCS title game ended, and …
