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Other Non-AQs Watch as Boise State Embarks on Historic Season

Chris Petersen has gotten so used to reciting the company line that even he seems bored delivering it. In nearly every interview leading up to Boise State's 2010 season, Petersen, the Broncos' fifth-year coach, has been asked questions about his team, its historically high preseason ranking (third by AP, fifth by coaches)...

SEC Primer: Urban Meyer and Nick Saban Are Actually Underpaid

It's finally here, the race to determine which SEC team will become the fifth consecutive national champion to emerge from the conference. Could a darkhorse -- Arkansas or Georgia -- win a title from the SEC and become the fourth different team to emerge from the league, or will this be the third consecutive season...

Pac-10 Primer: League Expects Big Year in Final Season of Current Format

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott has pretty good timing. He decided to take his show on the road at the right time, to bring his coaches and players to the East Coast as the lead-in to a season that's going to be as compelling as any in recent Pac-10 football history. The Pac-10 isn't wide open solely because USC can't...

Big 12 Primer: Getting Defensive

It was almost one of the most unbelievable breakups in college sports. And no, we aren't talking about Mike Leach and Texas Tech. The Big 12 came within days of falling apart this summer. For a league that has been in the BCS national championship conversation more than it hasn't, the spring and early summer provided...

Big Ten Primer: More Than Big Four

If only the Big Ten is able to supply as much drama this autumn as it did last spring. Not in recent memory has college football provided a hot stove league atmosphere quite the way it did in the first half of 2010, and the impetus behind it all was rumors about Big Ten expansion. Would the Big Ten absorb Nebraska?...