There's been some debate about the validity of the name Lunchtime Links. I usually try to post it from 11:30 a.m. ET, which is an hour earlier in the Central Time. That's a little early for lunch, but I've got to cater to two time zones.

Solution: If you'd like, you can call it the Brunchtime Links.

Anyway, here are today's links (and follow the blog on Twitter) ...

• Mississippi State's Marcus Green thinks the tight end position is a secret weapon in the Bulldogs' offense, writes Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.

• In this notebook, MSU head coach Dan Mullen said he doesn't think the flu bug that's been going around the team's locker room will have any effect Saturday.

• Running back Anthony Dixon is back from suspension and will give MSU some extra oopmh in its running game, writes Chris Talbott of the Associated Press.

• Jim Mashek of the Sun Herald hopes not to see another 3-2 game this year.

• MSU wide receiver Brandon McCrae suffered a Tyrone Prothro-type injury last year, Amazingly, he's back on the field this year, writes Paul Gattis of the Huntsville Times. How, you ask? It might have been a sock that he was wearing that prevented infection.

• Jerry Hinnen, formerly of Joe Cribbs Car Wash fame, charted the Louisiana Tech game in great detail to find out who really performed well. Read his findings over at the War Eagle Reader.

• Mark Richt used a little humor to dispel rumors that he was going to start someone other than Joe Cox at quarterback, writes David Hale of the Macon Telegraph.

• Chris Low of ESPN.com drops some Did You Know? knowledge on us. Did you know that Auburn has won 50 consecutive games when scoring 30 or more points, dating back to a 56-49 four-overtime loss to Georgia in 1996. It's in there.

• From the "Stroke of Luck Department," ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel was embedded with the Oregon Ducks for their trip to Boise last week. Hmmm, can't think of anything that happened there that would make this story interesting.

• On that front, Boise State still isn't letting the sucker-punched Byron Hout talk about what transpired that night. Seems like he should come forward to say something. He wasn't quite the innocent party everyone's making him out to be in this incident. (Of course, that doesn't mean he deserved to be punched.)

• And finally, North Alabama's Terry Bowden has his players sit in assigned seats on the sideline during games. Are things that crowded on the sideline that you can't find where somebody is on the sideline?