12:16 PM Michael David Smith of AOL Fanhouse's "Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in women's MMA." #10? Wow.

12:02 PM Kirk Herbstreit on ESPN's College GameDay: "When teams beat USC under Pete Carroll in the Pac-10, they are 4-11 the next week." Hello Big Game!

11:46 AM Probably wasn't a great idea for Roger Goodell to publicly suggest to NFL players that they should report teammates to medical staff if they appeared to be suffering from a debilitating concussion.

11:31 AM Darren Wolfson of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune on the Minnesota Gophers Coach: "(Tim) Brewster: 0-8 in trophy games; 0-7 vs. ranked opponents; no conf. wins in Nov. & doesn't have a signature win." Scene-setter from Iowa side.