Orrin Hatch is taking a break from fighting the BCS to fight health care reform. This bill, he says, will prompt a “holy war” … Oprah’s ending her run on TV. Her 10 most memorable moments … It’s not so easy for your boss to read your e-mail these days …
Brian Kelly better slow down. Urban Meyer’s back to being the favorite to replace Charlie Weis. (NBC Sports)
A municipal court judge told Zach Collaros to grow up. But he also gave the Cincinnati QB three weeks to finish an alcohol diversion class. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
In the meantime, Collaros’ teamates are working on running the ball more. (Rivals.com)
QBs tend to look like Heisman candidates against UConn’s defense. Tomorrow, the Huskies will see an actual candidate… Flip side of that, Notre Dame could make UConn’s run game look like the 1963 Browns’… Weis’ hot seat from UConn’s angle. (Hartford Courant)
Oddly enough, Notre Dame and UConn are similar teams today. (Waterbury Republican-American)
Huskies’ assistant coach Terry Richardson won’t be making the trip to Notre Dame. (Connecticut Post)
Jordan Todman never ceded the starting tailback job to Andre Dixon. Still hasn’t. (Middletown Press)
Four seasons is enough to gauge Steve Kragthorpe’s fit at Louisville… After two weeks off, QB Adam Froman’s working to get back in game shape. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Pitt fans can calm down. Jonathan Baldwin isn’t going anywhere… Antwuan Reed now knows about big-time college football. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Dave Wannstedt wants a university-wide curfew the night before and a set of drums – he’s going to have to bang on dorm windows to get people to a noon kickoff in the all-important title-decider against Cincinnati. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Robert Sands once committed to Pitt; now he’s at West Virginia. (Times West Virginian)
Oh boy. West Virginia beat writer Colin Dunlap sounds awfully sure Pitt’s beating Cincinnati. Lots of good stuff in this chat, including some pseudo marital advice channelling Mike Tomlin. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rutgers safety Joe Lefeged is into the Carrier Dome. (Star-Ledger)
Jonathan Freeny is too. (Trentonian)
The linebackers are Rutgers’ defensive cogs. (Home News Tribune)
Syracuse and Rutgers are playing for lots more than a win. (Protect R Turf)
Rutgers has called on preparation. And chemistry. (ESPN.com)
The foundation for Rutgers’ defense was set years ago. (Rivals.com)
Syracuse’s seniors may not have won in their time in Orange. They still deserve applause… No, the Orange aren’t expecting any mercy from Greg Schiano. Breaking down the game. (Syracuse Post-Standard)
Carlton Mitchell’s back. Hopefully. (Tampa Tribune)
Jim Leavitt’s at USF for the long haul. The really long haul. (Bleacher Report)
The bowl picture’s murky for the whole Big East. (St. Petersburg Times)
Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.
Orrin Hatch is going to fight against the Democrat’s version of health care reform, socialism, which will lead to shortages, waiting lines and expensiveness. He is simultaneously fighting for market based health care reform, which will lead to abundancy and affordability.