A basketball game between Mississippi State and Loyola of Chicago 50 years ago helped end segregated college basketball. NPR had a good story about it this morning that you can either listen to or read here.

Kari Chisholm of StiffArmTrophy.com collects known Heisman votes and turns them into a projection. His model, which is 10-for-10 in picking winners so far, has Johnny Manziel not just winning the statuette, but being one of the top 10 winners ever. A lot of voters have expressed the thought that this year's was one of the tougher decisions they've had to make. If that's true, the vast majority ended up breaking the same way.

Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com is reporting that Houston Dale might be getting back into coaching, as he's going to interview for the USF job. Tampa, prepare for some heppin' possibly coming your way.

Wright Thompson wrote a remarkable profile of Les Miles leading up to and including this year's game against Alabama. It's well worth your time.

Nick Saban sees Kevin Sumlin's Texas A&M program as a threat both now and in the future.

Waters was taken out of the game against Alabama on a stretcher, but trainers now say it was a muscle strain.

The Sugar Bowl has deep ties to the SEC and more prestige as a BCS bowl, but the Cotton Bowl has history with both leagues and is played in the nation's fanciest stadium. It's a tough choice.

But if we're at the point where we're dissecting his buyout, that's just an all around bad sign.

Michael Dyer has washed out of two programs, but the former BCS National Championship Game MVP is working to get his life back in order.