Wednesday brunch buffet

Lots of menu items today.

• Nick Williams is pumped, pumped I tell you, about the 3-4:  “I like it. I am excited. I love it,” he said. “This defense… I love this defense. You play; it’s simple; you let loose. If you mess up, you always have someone covering your back. I am back there – I am just playing loose. You can take risks. I know at strong safety in the 3-4 that I am going to have someone behind me all of the time. I have learned it (snapping fingers repeatedly) like that. You never know who is blitzing – it’s crazy. Offenses have to be smart… they are going to have to be smart. There are going to be some things that they cannot do.”
• You know, you would think after watching the 2008 Georgia team up close and personal that Tony Barnhart would know better than to predict greatness for a team with a stud quarterback and a questionable defense, but he’s picking Arkansas as his SEC West dark horse if Mallett’s healthy.
• As if you had any doubt about it, Matt Melton’s stats tell us that the Big Ten’s been Ohio State’s world and the rest of the conference has just been living in it.
• Bloggers who go bad:  “I was a journalism major in college, so I have every reason to believe my research is accurate.”
• For whatever it’s worth, here’s a comparison of Clemson’s football budget with Georgia’s and Alabama’s.
• Longhorns Inc.
• Another kick in the nuts for Tennessee fans – Bryce Brown to Southern Cal rumors surface.
• In these troubled economic times, you’ve got to fight for your right to party.
• In the NCAA basketball tourney, “The statistical correlation between the number of upsets and the performances of No. 1 seeds is nearly insignificant.” So what’s the point of a big postseason field again?
• The Title IX wars rage on.