Pregame Linking Laconically (almost all football, for some reason)

• The Other Side of Spartan Sports: I'm Going to the Alamo Bowl, Are You?
  Anybody going?
• 2009 Bowl gifts to participants
  Ipod Touch AND Dr. Dre headphones for the Spartans!
• LSJ Blogs: Hey, Joe: Another big week
  Stuart Dunnings to issue charges this week?
• Central Michigan gets national ranking, GMAC bowl bid | detnews.com | The Detroit News
  Hey, 4 of our 6 losses were to ranked teams.
• How the Big Ten coaches voted in final poll - Big Ten Blog - ESPN
  Mark Dantonio disses both his coaching mentor and his previous school by voting Texas #1.
• Texas didn't save us from BCS chaos - it's already BCS chaos - Dr. Saturday - NCAAF Blog - Yahoo! Sports
  Can someone explain to me how Texas' resume is clearly better than Cincinnati's?  (Both teams with three wins over ranked teams, two by 3 points or fewer.)  Or does Big 12 automatically beat Big East?
• Brian Kelly confirms contact with Notre Dame; Jim Harbaugh reportedly a candidate - Chicago Breaking Sports
  Who scares you more?
• NCAA, TV talk about bigger men’s tourney
  So a 96-team playoff for basketball is worth talking about, but a 6- or 8-team playoff for football isn't?
• Career of an 'adventurer' spanned 32 years, entire globe and includes many Michigan State memories | MSU Spartans - - MLive.com
  Steve Grinczel bids us farewell.  Didn't always agree with his take on things, but I'll miss having a beat writer who knew as much about the history of MSU athletics as he does.

I should be actively engaged in tonight's game thread (having just recently discovered that I get ESPNU).

Go State!  Beat the Bulldogs!