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SN's team previews: No. 46 Purdue

This is Joe Tiller's last hurrah, a victory lap to cap a glorious 12-year run as Purdue's coach. And it could be a memorable one. Sporting News is counting down its top 50 teams in college football, one by one, from early July until kickoff of the ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  7 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Cliff Avril,  Selwyn Lymon,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Dorien Bryant,  Dustin Keller

Dienhart: Trickett working to build a line

This is an excerpt from Rivals.com College Football Senior Writer Tom Dienhart's Weekly Whispers Inside College Football I was in Tallahassee this spring for a story. First thing I did was see Florida State offensive line coach Rick Trickett. " ...

From TOM DIENHART, Florida State Football: Warchant.com,  5 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bill Stewart

Dirty Jobs: Sweating Wisconsin football's small stuff

Do the players know we are practicing indoors today, Bill? You don't know Bill Nayes, and that's a good thing. It means he's doing his job well. They might not notice Nayes in the University of Wisconsin football offices, but they know he's there. ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  19 May 2008
Related Topics: Bret Bielema

Dienhart: Ranking the non-BCS coaches: Don't overlook these rising stars

In these ranks, you'll find a coach who has won a national championship (Howard Schnellenberger), a coach who has led his team to a BCS bowl win (Chris Petersen), a coach who has worked the BCS title game (Frank Solich) and a former NFL head coach ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  15 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Howard Schnellenberger,  Frank Solich,  June Jones,  Skip Holtz,  Larry Fedora

Dienhart: Ranking the BCS coaches: USC's Carroll second to none

For the second year in a row, the effervescent USC big boss tops my ranking of the 66 BCS coaches. Carroll has built the closest thing to a dynasty in college football, stockpiling wins and talent in building a King Kong program in southern ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  10 Apr 2008
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association

Dienhart: Ranking the BCS coaches: Richt leads talent-rich SEC

Five SEC coaches have won national titles (South Carolina's Steve Spurrier, Florida's Urban Meyer, Tennessee's Phillip Fulmer, LSU's Les Miles, Alabama's Nick Saban). Four SEC coaches have been NFL head coaches (Arkansas' Bobby Petrino, Kentucky's ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  8 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Nick Saban,  Steve Spurrier,  Les Miles,  Sylvester Croom,  Rich Brooks

Dienhart: Huskers' hopes for turnaround rest on Pelini

The kingdom looks a lot different these days. A program that used to road-grade opponents into roadkill and stacked up five national titles since Bob Devaney began laying bricks for its foundation back in 1962 is a black-and-blue pulp of its former ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  6 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Bob Devaney,  Bill Callahan,  Tom Osborne,  San Francisco 49ers,  George Seifert

Dienhart: Ranking the BCS coaches: Big Ten breeds skepticism

But it's hard to ignore the slippage of Penn State's Joe Paterno and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz. And after this fall, Joe Tiller will leave Purdue, depriving the conference of one of its most dynamic minds from the last 10-plus years. Also, the jury ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  4 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Jim Tressel,  Kirk Ferentz,  Bret Bielema,  Joe Paterno,  Ron Zook

Dienhart: Suck it up, blue -- here comes the spread

Rodriguez likes how his new clothes fit. And he better, because no coach is under more scrutiny this spring. Rodriguez is taking over at Michigan after Lloyd Carr's 13-year run that produced a national title and five Big Ten crowns. Rich Rodriguez ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  3 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Rich Rodriguez,  Lloyd Carr

Dienhart: Simpler is better for Buchanan, Louisville defense

Change? Louisville's Bobby Buchanan is used to it. Bring it on. During last season's colossal meltdown on defense -- the Cardinals gave up 416.5 yards per game, finished 6-6 and failed to make a bowl for the first time since 1997 -- he was switched ...

From TOM DIENHART, Sporting News,  3 Apr 2008

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