Busy day of interviews at the Auburn athletic center today, so let's get right to the links:

• Auburn is struggling on offense, but LSU is wary of what the Tigers can do with the ball, writes Jim Kleinpeter of the New Orleans Times Picayune.

• LSU got back to the basics last week, using officials during practice and trying to eliminate the penalties that it had against Florida, writes Glenn Guilbeau of the Shreveport Times.

• LSU runs the "check-with-me" audible offense that many teams in college use, writes Gary Laney of the Advocate of Baton Rouge. You might better know this as the annoying "all 11 guys get in a crouch ready to snap the ball before standing up and looking over at the coach" offense.

• Here's a chat wrap by the Advocate's Randy Rosetta that runs the gamut of LSU questions.

• Jerry Hinnen of the War Eagle Reader chimes in with his weekly schedule stockwatch. Other than Furman, everybody's stock is up.

• Defenses have been able to pressure Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy lately, writes Michael Casagrande of the Decatur Daily.

• In a bit of gamesmanship, Alabama denied Tennessee's request to wear orange in Tuscaloosa this week, writes Mike Strange of the Knoxville News Sentinel. That would have looked cool if both teams wore their home uniforms. It's too bad it won't happen.

• Paul Finebaum doesn't want to go through the formality of the rest of the season. He wants Florida-Alabama right now.

• Georgia coach Mark Richt spoke at the Columbus Quarterback Club. Colleague Guerry Clegg was there to write about it.

• The SEC admits a penalty against Arkansas late in the Florida game shouldn't have been called, writes ESPN.com blogger Chris Low.

• Arkansas' Bobby Petrino was not satisfied with the explanation he got from SEC officials, writes Nate Allen of WholeHogSports.com.

• The Wizard of Odds has more evidence of another bad call in Florida's favor in that game. (Why do I get the feeling you can do this with any game, though?)

• Low is back with his weekly hot/not story. Auburn's confidence is ice, ice baby:

• "Auburn’s confidence: The more Auburn won in September, the more confidently the Tigers played. Even when they gave up a lot of yardage on defense (See the West Virginia game), they found a way to force six turnovers and win the game. The constant was Gus Malzahn’s balanced defense. The Tigers were running it when they needed to and passing it when they needed to. Now, on the heels of back-to-back losses, they’re not doing anything real well or real confidently. The 21-14 home loss to Kentucky last week makes you wonder where this club is emotionally right now. The lack of depth in key spots can’t be ignored, and it’s only going to get worse from here with no bye week in sight. The Tigers take on an LSU team this Saturday that should be rested after getting a bye last week. Another loss, and things could really go south for Gene Chizik’s club."

• ESPN's Mark Schlabach tries to make sense of the first BCS rankings.

• Let the complaints about the BCS start. Pete Caroll's on the dais, writes Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times.

• Wait, Cincinnati's Brian Kelly would like to say a few words, writes Bill Koch of the Cincinnati Enquirer.

• Forgot this yesterday: ESPN.com bowl projections. Schlabach dropped Auburn to the Liberty Bowl against Houston. Bruce Feldman put the Tigers in the Music City Bowl against North Carolina.

• Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of UConn cornerback Jasper Howard, writes Mitch Abramson of the New York Daily News. (It's not an arrest for the killing, however.) The two players who were with Howard when he died might be too shaken up to play this week, writes Zac Boyer of the Hartford Courant.