Obviously the big news for Auburn is the commitment from top running back Michael Dyer, which you can read about in the post below. But the second biggest news is the return of the college football links, which took an unscheduled day off yesterday when I somehow slept through my alarm.

To the links!

• Furman coach Bobby Lamb could be on the outs if things don't turn around in a hurry, writes Bart Wright of the Greenville News. That's a tough crowd for a coach who has a .606 winning percentage and a 60-33 record with the Paladins.

• Jerry Hinnen of the War Eagle Reader has recaps of the Ole Miss game, starting with the first half and moving to the second.

• Chris Low has an SEC-style "Did You Know?" blog post. Here's Auburn fun fact:

• "Auburn has posted six games with at least 200 yards rushing this season. That total already equals the number of 200-yard rushing games that Auburn had in the two previous seasons combined. Auburn had four 200-yard rushing games in 2007 and just two in 2008."

• In case you didn't know, LSU and Alabama have a pretty big game this week, writes Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com.

• Quarterback play will be crucial in that game, writes John Zenor of the Associated Press.

• Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News writes that everyone should listen to Alabama running back Mark Ingram and vote for Tide linebacker Rolando McClain for Heisman.

• Alabama would like to get WR Julio Jones involved in the offense more, writes Low.

• Urban Meyer says he still hasn't been contacted by the SEC after being critical about the officials in Wednesday's SEC teleconference. Last week the league said it would levy fines and suspensions to coaches who do so publicly. Here's guessing they wimp out on this one.

• Meyer's not the one you thought would be testing this policy so soon, writes Ray Melick of the Birmingham News.

• Former walk-on defensive tackle Brandon Wheeling is living his dream at Georgia, writes Tyler Estep.

• Things are not looking good for Al Groh at Virginia, my old beat. If Groh's sub-par record doesn't do him in, the Cavaliers' dwindling attendance numbers will.

• The NCAA will not overturn its decision to suspend Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant, writes Brandon Chatmon of the Oklahoman. I guess talking to Deion Sanders is more of a problem that trying to blind someone on a football field in the NCAA's eyes.

• Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated endorses a plus-one model for determining college football's national champion in this mailbag.

• BCS bowls are keeping an eye on Notre Dame. That is a load of garbage. When is the NCAA going to step in and make the Irish go through the same process of making a BCS bowl as everyone else? I'm sure fans at Boise State and TCU just punched a wall after reading that story.