The Wiz of Odds

Game 1: Fresno State at Cincinnati

Wiz correspondent Greg Laughlin pulled off another doubleheader on Saturday, first taking in the Fresno State-Cincinnati game at Nippert Stadium. View his gallery from the game by clicking here.

Game 2: Florida at Kentucky

Greg then made the 88-mile trip south to Lexington for the Florida-Kentucky game. To view Greg's gallery from this game, click here.

Old Media

Our weekly look at how college football news was played on the front pages of Sunday newspapers, leading with the Des Moines Register and its play of Iowa's victory over Penn State. Click an image for an enlarged view.

Two Radio Appearances Scheduled for Sunday

A busy Sunday on the airwaves. First, I'm scheduled to be the guest of Jim Zabel and Jim Walden on WHO's "Two Guys Named Jim." The segment is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. (Central).

Zabel is the former longtime voice of the Iowa Hawkeyes and Walden is the former Iowa State and Washington State coach.

The Des Moines station can be heard throughout Iowa and other parts of the Midwest and also offers streaming off its website.

Later Sunday evening, I'm scheduled to join Walden on ESPN 700 The Ticket in Spokane at 7:30 (Pacific). Click here to see the station's coverage area.

Bradford Meets With Andrews; Tebow Has Illness

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford flew to Birmingham late Friday and was to meet Saturday morning with renowned sports surgeon James Andrews, according to a report by Christian Steckel of WAPT-TV in Jackson, Miss.

Bradford sprained the AC joint in his right throwing shoulder before halftime of the Sooners' 14-13 loss to Brigham Young on Sept. 5. The Heisman Trophy winner has sat out the last two games. Oklahoma has a bye this week.

"There is no talk of surgery that we know of on the record, this is further evaluation on the original injury," Steckel said. "He wants to return to play next week [against Miami] and he's been in consultation with Dr. Andrews from the beginning, but he's going to make an appearance in front of him on this so he can make a better evaluation."

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and safety Major Wright have come down with flu-like symptoms. The team plays Saturday night at Kentucky, and the players flew to Lexington on a plane separate from the team, according to Kyle Maistri of the Florida Independent Alligator.

Reporters Notebooks

Joseph Goodman, Miami Herald: Las Vegas thinks Miami is for real. The current odds for a Florida-Miami Bowl Championship Series title game are 12-1, second behind a Florida-Texas matchup, which is 6-1.

Michael DiRocco, Florida Times-Union: Florida defends its creampuff scheduling policy once again. You won't see USC, Oklahoma or Notre Dame on the Gators' regular season schedule. Plus, CBS analyst Gary Danielson says none of the Big 12 quarterbacks are better than the top three Southeastern Conference quarterbacks.

Ben Volin and Kyle Maistri, Gator Bytes: Urban Meyer said more than a third of his team has come down with flu. "I think we've had over 35 cases over the last three or four weeks."

Bud Withers, Seattle Times: Voting in the Associated Press poll is not as easy as it looks.

Neil White, Columbia State: Mississippi offensive tackle Bradley Sowell, who watched South Carolina linebacker Eric Norwood run past him for much of Thursday night's game, did not care about losing his team's No. 4 ranking. "I'm glad it's gone so we can get back to working and win some ball games."

Ray Glier, The Quad: There were plenty of empty seats at Williams-Brice Stadium. That's what a seat-license fee can do to a program.