Links at Lunch: Nick Toon Making His Name; Kiffin Being Kiffin
By Kyle Kensing
Nebraska’s Big Ten debut continues to loom large, and boy is it a biggie. The Cornhuskers are traveling to Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium, where Russell Wilson and Montee Ball are garnering numerous headlines. But Nick Toon is quietly emerging as one of the nation’s premiere receivers, and soon the words “Nick Toon” will be as associated with catching passes as they are with Spongebob Squarepants. His evolution is a key to the Badgers’ offense, writes Dan Sinclair at BadgerOfHonor.com.
- Oh, Lane Kiffin. It wasn’t enough he bolted Tennessee just one year after the university gave him his first opportunity post-Oakland Raiders jettisoning. Kiffin was, of course, dinged on several smaller violations in his one year in Knoxville, but a report today in the Chattanooga Free Times Press says a member of Kiffin’s staff may have been involved in something much, much larger.
- Arizona State is undergoing its own evolution, last week winning a game that historically has given the Sun Devils fits. William Boor at HouseOfSparky.com says yes, this year is indeed different.
- While there’s optimism in Tempe, Pittsburgh is already growing restless. The Panthers have dropped consecutive heartbreakers for head coach Todd Graham, to which Pitt Script says the honeymoon is over should the Panthers fall Thursday vs. unbeaten USF.
- TeamSpeedKills.com ranks the SEC through four weeks.
- Future SEC member Texas A&M plays Arkansas in a battle of top 20 teams, analyzed at Razorbloggers.net in a rivalry continued from the Razorbacks’ Southwest Conference departure. But is Arky A&M’s sure bet for an SEC rivalry, I Am The 12th Man asks.
- This week marks the release of the Star Wars trilogies on Blu-Ray, as Everyday Should Be Saturday examines the sometimes spacy world of Clemson football.