We've reached the end of our offensive player rankings with a look at the ACC's best tight ends for 2010. A tight end can be anything from a sixth offensive lineman, to an extra receiver. Pure stats don't always tell the whole story of a tight end's value to a team. Who are the best one's the ACC has to offer?   1) George Byran, NC State Byran is the ACC's best pass catching tight end. He had 40 catches for ...

The 2010 FSU defense will be completely different under new coordinator Mark Stoops. The switch from a predominantly man coverage team for the past quarter century under Mickey Andrews, to one that will play zone as its base will test all the defensive position segments. There's a need to learn both new terminology, as well as new techniques. The new scheme, new terminology, and new techniques should all help FSU improve from a dismal 2009 season ...

For fans out there that keep up with the NFL, it is no revelation that elite speed is coveted. In an era when teams are regressing back to oversized or jumbo defensive sets once again, speed and quickness is the equalizing factor. The same is true in college football. In the NFL as well as college football, the elite speed threshold has been regarded at 4.5 seconds in the 40 yard sprint for some time. ...

Not all schedules are created equal. And in the high-stakes world of major college football, strength of schedule can be a crucial factor in determining which teams are earning championship trophies and playing in New Year's Day bowl games at the end of the season... ...and which teams will be spending the holidays at home because they couldn't squeeze out the half dozen wins needed to be bowl-eligible. With that in mind, let's take a look at the ...

Over-hyped and lauded prior to previous football seasons, Cal has recorded underwhelming, middle-of-the-pack finishes over the past few seasons like it was their job. Countless summer predictions of the Pac-10 have cemented the Bears' chances to make any kind of significant impact as nearly non-existent, minimal, and highly unlikely. Berkeley is often associated with engineering, molecular cell biology, sustainability, hippies, and the free speech movement; not powerhouse college football. But, will the 2010 Cal football team deviate ...

Could Ricky Dobbs win the 2010 Heisman Trophy? Could he join ranks with Roger Staubach, the only Navy quarterback to win this prestigious award? If he duplicates last year's performance, I think he's got a chance, but his name hasn't surfaced on any of the Heisman watch lists. Today, Las Vegas odds makers issued their list of Heisman hopefuls, and Dobbs' name was absent. They couldn't find a spot for him in their list of 25 ...

You don't need to know much about college football to know that the ACC does not always get a lot of love. It has been quite some time since the conference could claim a national champion. The 12 teams continue to search for respect with some of the best out of conference games slated this 2010 season. However, as any ACC fan can tell you, these teams are absolutely stacked with freakish athletes who can make it ...

No, I don't think Kansas head coach Turner Gill is in trouble.  In fact, I think that he is already solidifying himself, with attitude alone, as a pleasant fixture at the school. However, athletic director Lew Perkins pending retirement may not bode particularly well for Gill.  Now, stay open minded, and let's look at a possible situation that Gill hopes he never faces. Perkins will retire after the coming school year, which will also be Gill's first in ...

The NBA draft just recently passed and the Kansas Jayhawks were well represented. Exciting individual steps forward by key members of the 2009-2010 Big 12 Champion Jayhawks leaves Bill Self a large challenge for this coming season. The big man in the middle 6'11" center, Cole Aldrich, was selected No. 11 overall by the New Orleans Hornets and quickly traded to join the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder so he can play along side the NBA scoring champ Kevin ...

Several factors have combined to help shorten this year’s off-season for fans of the Mountaineer football team. The first was an injury to Eugene Smith’s foot that prompted Coach Bill Stewart to move spring drills into April. A move that turned out to be a windfall for attendance at the annual spring game, it is believed this year’s spring game had the highest attendance ever. The second was Bob Huggins’ WVU basketball teams Final Four run. WVU ...