• AWFUL ANNOUNCING teases us with Erin Andrews giving hairstyling tips to Purdue players - and asking Steve Lavin to donate some of his Crisco.

• BUGS & CRANKS fills in the blanks, as they play the spring training edition of Mad Libs.

• ON 205TH throws us word that Derek Jeter struck out with Sienna Miller.

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• RANDBALL spikes over a nice sit-down chat with pro beach volleyball vixen Rachel Wacholder.

• SI’s EXTRA MUSTARD informs us that for only $10,000, Barry Sanders & Terrell Davis will come by and eat all your Super Bowl snacks.

• You can have your Memphis & Kansas - THE ANGRY T is rooting for the New Jersey Institute of Technology to complete their own perfect season.

• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY is Bullish on South Florida visiting Notre Dame in 2011.

The big question is: When will Jenn Sterger be showing up in South Bend?

• DEEP SOUTH SPORTS doesn’t take kindly to SPORTSLINE’s Gregg Doyel arguing about Archie Manning overshadowing his boys.

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SEMINOLE LB SAYS TEBOW’S TASTING TURF ON SATURDAY: Florida and Florida State renew their rivalry this weekend, and the Seminoles have already slung the first salvo:

MSNBC chops down news that FSU LB Geno Hayes has a little message for the Gators: “Tim Tebow’s going down.”The 235-lb Florida QB and Heisman hopeful will be a big target for the Seminoles when they go at it in Gainesville. Hayes added, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Hopefully we can go out there and shatter his dream.”

The dream could become a nightmare for the Florida State D, as Tebow alone has scored 46 TDs this season (26 pass, 20 run), almost double the output of the whole FSU offense.But Hayes isn’t backing down from his words: “He’s a great quarterback, but it’s not like we’re going to go in there and just give up because he’s bigger and more agile.”

When asked if he had a plan to stop Tebow, FSU defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews replied, “Yeah, but you get put into jail for it.”

What are the Seminoles’ chances of backing up Hayes’ claims? Let’s just say, “Emerald Bowl, here we come!”

Again.

TAMPA BAY RAYS DROP ‘DEVIL’; READY TO DROP THE TROP?: Now that Tampa Bay has dropped the “Devil” from its Rays name, are they also ready to drop the Trop?

The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES reports that the club has plans to build a new waterfront park to replace Tropicana Field.The $450 million stadium would be developed on the current site of Al Lang Field, a long-time spring training facility. The new digs would be similar in style to San Francisco’s Pac Bell SBC AT&T Park.

Of course, there’s the little matter of acquiring the land, since it’s public property, and having the public approve the sale. Also, there’s some money matters to consider, with the team hoping the Florida state legislature okays the use of sales tax reveunes for developing the park.

And let’s not forget the Rays’ lease at the Trop that runs until 2027. But by then, all the other concerns should be resolved. Maybe.

ERIN ANDREWS PROBABLY NOW OFF THE USF BANDWAGON: It’s a shame that the South Florida bandwagon derailed in Piscataway last Thursday. It’s bad enough that Jenn Sterger will probably stop coming to the games. What’s worse for the Bulls is that they’ve let down Erin Andrews:

Before Rutgers went and ruined it all, USF’s student paper THE ORACLE got a chance to turn the tables on Andrews, and interview the ESPN sideline sweetheart about the Bulls’ ride to stardom.When asked about all the attention, Erin described it as “very weird“. She mentioning how as a TV intern in Tampa, she would be working on USF football stories when the young program was still operating out of trailers.

And Erin gave a thumbs up to her employer, as she was quite happy the way ESPN showed her hometown during the Worldwide Leader’s coverage of South Florida’s big home win against West Virginia.You can excuse the Oracle interviewer for being a little nervous. He flubbed a couple of questions, and at the end, thanked Erin by calling her “Andrew”.

Sadly, Erin probably won’t be back on the sidelines at Raymond James Stadium all decked out in green ‘n’ gold - unless all the BCS top ten teams lose again.

SI.COM REPORTER PUTS UP PICS OF PARTYING W/PACKERS: Meet the new girl hoping to fill Jenn Sterger’s journalistic bra shoes - Brigid Mullen:

The aspiring model-slash-women’s football player-slash sports reporter was on the scene for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED at Lambeau Field, working as a correspondent for a recent Packers game. During her stay in Green Bay, Mullen did a quick Q&A with QB Brett Favre for the sports site.

After the game, Brigid did a little investigative journalism on her own. And by “investigative journalism”, we mean “party with the players at a local bar”.

It was a proud moment for the young Wisconsin grad - so proud, that there’s plenty o’ more pics to see on her site:

We can’t remember the last time we saw snaps of Frank Deford doing post-game shots with Bart Starr.But it’s not like SI just picked her’s face out of a crowd like some ABC cameraman. Mullen has contributed her share of in-depth reporting for the site.

Previously, Brigid did a hard-hitting piece on the trials and tribulations of