- Kentucky coach Rich Brooks isn't announcing who will start at quarterback, and probably won't do so until gametime Saturday, writes Chip Cosby of the Lexington Herald-Leader. He had this funny quote to reporters to go with it:
- "That gives you guys more stuff to write about and have fun with and do your polls on who should start. This is more fun for you than if I say 'so and so is starting.' I'm giving you some cannon fodder."
- The Wildcats' injury list is mounting. Reserve offensive lineman Jake Lanefski looks like he'll miss Saturday's game, writes Brett Dawson of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Cornerbacks Trevard Lindley and Paul Warford, plus quarterback Mike Hartline are already out.
- Depth problems are starting to show for Auburn, writes Chris Low of the ESPN.com blogosphere.
- ESPN's Pat Forde looks forward to this weekend's Texas-Oklahoma showdown in his Forde Yard Dash.
- Brian O'Keefe calls prominent Auburn booster and trustee Bobby Lowder "easily one of the most feared, loathed, and some say misunderstood men to wield power in (Alabama) since George Wallace" in this fascinating read on the Fortune 500 web site.
- Soak it in Auburn fans: the NCAA called Alabama a "repeat serial violator" with an "abysmal track record of infractions," writes Gentry Estes of the Mobile Press Register.
- Alabama fired back Tuesday, writes Michael Casagrande of the Decatur Daily.
- The NCAA's not letting Alabama's past sins be forgotten, writes Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News.
- Georgia said "no" to a potential yearly matchup with Georgia Tech in the Georgia Dome, writs David Hale of the Macon Telegraph.
- The Bulldogs have no answers in their beleaguered secondary right now, writes Hale.
- Could the Volunteers actually be turning things around? Low thinks so.
- Replay missed a call in the Mississippi State-Houston game last week. Kyle Veazey of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger has a breakdown on his blog.
- Tony Barnhart of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes that the SEC championship game could also be the BCS title game if Alabama and Florida keep dominating like they have.
- Jay Christensen of the Wizard of Oz says that we should all pump the brakes with the SEC hype machine.
- Just what college football needs: another bowl game. Ugh.
- Suspended Oklahoma State WR Dez Bryant said he panicked when he spoke with the NCAA about his contact with Deion Sanders.
- Sportsline's Gregg Doyel says we need to stop denying Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen is the best passer in the country. I'll continue living in denial, thank you.
- Lee Corso has made a long road back to College Gameday since suffering a stroke that rendered him speechless four months ago, writes Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch.
- This doesn't seem to fit in with the spirit of the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Jacksonville city officials are trying to curb excessive post-game drinking by reducing the number of vendors in Jacksonville Landing and not allowing wandering outdoor vendors to offer shots of liquor. Where's the fun in that?
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Re: Cocktail party.. I guess people will have to get hammered before the game.
Re: Alabama.. NCAA is all talk, no action.
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