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Colt McCoy overcomes worst critic to lift Texas Longhorns

Colt McCoy of Texas has won more college football games than any quarterback in the history of the sport. That's 140 years, for those keeping score at home. He has completed a higher percentage of passes in one season (76.7, in 2008) than any ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Texas Longhorns,  Colt McCoy,  Big 12,  NFL

In scheduling, as in football itself, everything old is new again

Scheduling is not an art, and it certainly is not a science. It involves some skill, to be sure, but, c'mon, it's not exactly writing the algorithm for Google. A school has to find 12 opponents and has 14 weeks in which to play them. Not only that, but ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  9 Jun 2009
Related Topics: University of Notre Dame,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Google Inc.,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Gonzaga Bulldogs

Fantasy college football matchups in venerable venues could be marketing gold

Once upon a time, many, many years ago, Notre Dame and Army served as the biggest attraction Yankee Stadium ever hosted, and that included your Ruths and DiMaggios, your Joe Louises and Muhammad Alis. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library/Leslie Jones ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  22 May 2009
Related Topics: University of Notre Dame,  Jim Phillips

Notre Dame's Tate makes it work on the diamond and the gridiron

The same guy who last fall racked up 1,754 all-purpose yards, the third-highest total in Notre Dame history, is batting .339 as an outfielder for the Irish baseball team this spring. "Baseball is kind of like a break," Tate continued, and you could ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  11 May 2009
Related Topics: University of Notre Dame

UCLA Bruins cornerback Alterraun Verner puts QBs on notice

LOS ANGELES -- UCLA redshirt freshman Kevin Prince didn't get through the first possession of his first spring game before discovering what every quarterback in the Pacific-10 Conference already knows. Ric Tapia/Icon SMIAlterraun Verner led the nation ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  7 May 2009
Related Topics: UCLA Bruins,  Rick Neuheisel,  NFL

Ivan Maisel: UCLA Bruins filled with optimism this spring

LOS ANGELES -- President Ronald Reagan loved to tell the story of the little boy who, taken to a room full of manure, gleefully began digging through it. "There must be a pony in here somewhere!" the little boy said. Judging by his reaction to the ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  1 May 2009
Related Topics: UCLA Bruins,  Rick Neuheisel,  Brian Price,  Ronald Reagan,  Matt Brown

Ivan Maisel: Aaron Corp has taken advantage of opportunity with USC Trojans

LOS ANGELES -- The most valuable lesson Aaron Corp has learned in his two years as a USC quarterback was not found between the covers of his playbook. That's saying something, because Corp's knowledge of the Trojans' offense is the vehicle he has ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  28 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Pete Carroll,  NFL,  Matt Hasselbeck,  Mitch Mustain,  Matt Barkley

MWC commish Craig Thompson pitches playoff at BCS meeting

PASADENA, Calif. -- If this were Hollywood, then Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson would have swooped into town, given his "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" speech, and then watched as college football's conscience-stricken power ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Craig Thompson

Select FBS coaches to travel to Middle East

Texas 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. Head coaches Troy Calhoun of Air Force, ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  3 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Rick Neuheisel,  Mack Brown,  Jim Tressel,  Under Armour, Inc.,  Tommy Tuberville

Maisel: Bradford puts Oklahoma in the right frame of mind

Kirkpatrick taught a managerial accounting class that Bradford took in the summer of 2007. "If you saw them, they are really not like socks anymore," Bradford said. "They're just kind of like pieces of thread everywhere." FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- When ...

From IVAN MAISEL, ESPN,  6 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Sam Bradford,  NFL,  Josh Heupel,  FedEx,  Barry Switzer

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