- The Crimson Tide has a short week of preparation for the first time this season, writes Gentry Estes of the Mobile Press-Register.
- There is no chance Alabama is looking past this Iron Bowl, writes Don Kausler Jr. of the Birmingham News.
- Ray Melick of the Birmingham News writes that Iron Bowl week action starts well before the kickoff.
- ESPN's folks are back with some more bowl projections. Chris Low says Chick-fil-A. Mark Schlabach and Bruce Feldman have Auburn to the Liberty and Outback bowls, respectively. Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel has Auburn in the Music City Bowl. And Jerry Hinnen of the War Eagle Reader has a nice breakdown as well. The conclusion to draw from this? Nobody knows for sure.
- Low has Alabama first in his SEC power rankings and Auburn eighth.
- Georgia's loss to Kentucky was in line with just about everything that's happened to the Bulldogs this year, writes Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- Les Miles claims he has no idea who called for his quarterback to spike the ball with one second left against Ole Miss. Umm, it was you Les, as this video shows. This guy won a national title?
- Gary Laney of the Baton Rouge Advocate writes that there's plenty of blame to go around for LSU's clock mismanagement.
- Houston Nutt always seems to find a way to win, writes Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
- It was a rough day for Michigan's Rich Rodriguez and LSU's Miles, two coaches that were the toast of the profession two years ago, writes Mandel.
- Nice. The BCS hired a PR firm to improve its image. Right, it's better to act like you're doing a good job than actually design a better system for determining the national champion. Great move.
- The Wizard of Odds takes a look at how college football games were played up in newspapers across the country.
- It's no longer an issue of "if" but "when" Notre Dame will fire Charlie Weis, Mandel writes.
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