8:02 PM Scott Wolf of the L.A. Daily News reports that USC football's unusually mediocre performance this season can be traced to lack of depth, which in turn can be derived from a downturn in recruiting.

7:45 PM The latest episode of the NBC show 30 Rock included a spoof of ESPN's Around The Horn called Sports Shouting. The spoof even included fake sports crawls, one of which read, "Jacksonville residents no longer aware of Jaguars."

7:30 PM With all the scrutiny SEC officials are facing this season, Gordon Riese feels their pain. He was the replay official involved in the 2006 Oregon-Oklahoma onside kick controversy (video here). (H/T The Wiz of Odds)

7:15 PM Joey Porter was at the Heat game Thursday night. And when the Dolphins LB showed up on the big screen scoreboard, the hometown fans reportedly booed.