This week's mailbag looks at the SEC scheduling dilemma; Michigan State's offense; Texas' D; the rise of Jameis Winston, why no one seems to have much faith in Miami; Brian Polian and Brett Hundley for Heisman. ...more

Jim Mastro, an assistant at Washington State and one of the coaches who helped Chris Ault develop the pistol at Nevada, was approached by three NFL teams to help them learn about defending the Pistol's Zone Read and what causes it problems, but he declined the interest. ...more

The birthplace of the Pistol Offense is a carpeted, 10-foot-by-30-foot stretch of space in the front of the Nevada football locker room. One morning in the spring of 2005, Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault --coming off a 5-7 season -- led his running backs coach Jim Mastro and three other Nevada assistants with him from their offices down a flight of stairs at 6:30 a.m. ...more

Texas A&M special teams coordinator Brian Polian is expected to be next Nevada head coach but a source told CBSSports.com Saturday night that the deal is not done yet. ...more

Here is this week's mailbag. As always send your questions to me via Twitter to @BFeldmanCBS ...more

Hall of Fame coach Chris Ault is retiring as the head coach at Nevada, a source told CBSSports.com Friday. ...more

Here are this week's guesses. ...more

This week's Tuesday Top 10 list: The most pleasant surprises thus far in the college football season. ...more