There's plenty of college football news out there in the world today, like this: the Auburn-LSU game will be televised by ESPN2 on Saturday, this according to the schedule posted on ESPN.com. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Now for the links:

• LSU's defense has been good, but it wants to get better in the second half of the season, writes Randy Rosetta of the Baton Rogue Advocate.

• Les Miles is 2-2 coming off bye weeks with the Tigers, writes Rosetta.

• LSU has been a "B" movie in the first half of the season, writes Glenn Guilbeau of the The News Star.

• The Tigers are right where they want to be this season in ever facet ... except offense, writes Gary Laney of the Advocate.

• Florida is No. 1 in the BCS standings. Alabama is No. 2. LSU is ninth. (Alabama is No. 1 in the Associated Press poll. I had this wrong earlier.)
  

• Enjoy the current BCS standings as quick as you can. They're bound to change quick, writes Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Times. This is usually where you see the cliched "BC-Mess!" headlines in newspapers and Web sites across the country. I think they're waiting for Boise State to move higher than fourth for that to be the case this time.

• LSU still controls its destiny to make a push in the BCS standings, writes Ted Lewis of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

• Carl Dubois of TigersDroppings.com (nice Web site name) makes a case for Jarrett Lee to be LSU's starting quarterback instead of Jordan Jefferson.

• Jerry Hinnen of the War Eagle Reader says Auburn's offensive numbers earlier this season were not a mirage.

• Auburn would have loved to have won ugly in Saturday's game, writes Ray Melick of the Birmingham News.

• Auburn tumbled to 10th (10th) in ESPN.com blogger Chris Low's power rankings this week:

• "10. Auburn: How different does this Auburn team look now as compared to three weeks ago? The Tigers (5-2, 2-2) have lost two in a row, including the 21-14 setback to Kentucky at home last week. Defense has been the major stumbling block. The Tigers can’t stop anybody, but their offense also let them down in the loss to the Wildcats."

• Low also writes that Auburn is heading in reverse in his things we learned post:

• "3. Auburn headed in reverse: Everybody wondered those first five weeks if Auburn was for real. In retrospect, maybe the Tigers weren’t. More and more, it’s looking like they feasted on a pretty cushy home schedule. It’s no surprise that depth problems are starting to plague the Tigers. Gene Chizik knew that was going to be a problem back in August. But as Auburn grinds away on what will be 11 straight weeks without a bye, the lack of depth on this team will only become more glaring. The 21-14 home loss to Kentucky last Saturday was disappointing on a couple of different fronts. The defense was again exposed, allowing 282 rushing yards to the Wildcats. But now the offense is starting to show some signs of slippage. Quarterback Chris Todd didn’t play well for the second straight week, and Auburn also hurt itself with drive-killing penalties and untimely dropped passes. All in all, this looks like a pretty average team right now that’s just trying to hang on."

• Nick Saban made his team watch a documentary about Lebron James' high school team for motivation, writes Michael Casagrande of the Decatur Daily.

• Steve Spurrier's not superior anymore, writes Kevin Scarbinksy of the Birmingham News.

• Mark Ingram for Heisman? That's the buzz in Bama right now, writes Bill Bryant of the Huntsville Times.

• Georgia faced seven straight BCS-conference opponents to start its season and is thankful for its bye this week, writes David Hale of the Macon Telegraph.

• Florida and Texas failed to impress, but they still control their BCS destinies, writes Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated.

• Notre Dame is taking solace in the fact that it didn't get blown out. Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star finds this humorous.

• Here are several examples of how Arkansas was done in by the refs at Florida, according to The Wizard of Odds. Now THOSE are examples of bad calls. Auburn jumping early on offense? Not so much.

• The stabbing and death of UConn's Jasper Howard at a school-sponsored dance this weekend makes you sick to your stomach. Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant has an account of the incident here.