7:47 PM ESPN's Beto Duran tips me to former Nebraska running back Thunder Collins getting a life sentence today for his role in a September 2008 shooting that killed one man and injured another in a drug deal gone bad.

7:24 PM Peter King today on Twitter: "Now it's certain to be a Cincinnati (Who Dey)-New Orleans (Who Dat) Super Bowl, with The Who at the half. (Thanks, @gmercer9)"

7:03 PM A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin.com has the news of just how excited the Philadelphia Inquirer is about being forced at gunpoint to re-employ Stephen A. Smith. Smith out of work for nearly a year and that's the best he can do? Okay, I'll stop pretending to act surprised.

6:45 PM Travis Haney of the the Charleston (SC) Post and Courier reports that following practice today, Steve Spurrier said of his Gamecock gameplan: "I'm calling the plays this week, put that in the paper."