Welcome to Three Downs and a Punt: Episode III. A look at three items you may have missed over the weekend that was in college football, plus one, um, different bit of information. It's the "Punt" ... get it?
First down: James Madison '10 vs. Appalachian St. '07
Within minutes of James Madison's college football landscape-bulldozing upset of Virginia Tech, I started receiving e-mails and tweets asking which FCS versus FBS upset I thought was bigger -- the Dukes over the Hokies or Appalachian State over Michigan in '07?
First, let's place them side by side and see what we have.
For a close look at (and take on) what truly is the biggest upset ever, at how long college replays really take and at the best player on the worst team -- you must be an ESPN Insider.
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Ryan McGee
Ryan McGee is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. While you may know him for his extensive and very popular NASCAR coverage on this site and television, he's also been a constant in the Mag's coverage of college football. Why? Well, to wit:
• He started working in college athletic departments at 16 (Furman, Tennessee). Got his first sideline pass (UNC @ Virginia) when he was 12 and was totally run over by Tar Heels LB Micah Moon.
• His father was a college football official for 36 years (FBS 1981-2009), working 20 bowl games and two national championships.
• Ryan's a member of the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America).
• He's covered college football for ESPN The Magazine for the last five years.
• He's all over college sports -- Ryan authored "The Road To Omaha: Hits, Hopes and History at the College World Series."
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