History warns not to write off UCLA just yet
Updated: November 30, 2006, 3:42 PM ET
By
Chris Fowler | Special to ESPN.com
I have embraced a mantra after a couple of decades of watching surprises unfold in college
football: No Foregone Conclusions
No Foregone Conclusions
No Foregone Conclusions.
I have thrown that at Corso and Herbstreit for years, trying to gauge their interest in going out on a limb. You see, they pick a big upset about as often as Jim Tressel hits a dance club.
Not frequently. But they happen, anyway.
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Since 1989, Chris Fowler has been ESPN's primary college football and men's college basketball studio host. He's anchored College GameDay, the network's award-winning Saturday morning college football preview show, since 1990.
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