Getty ImagesSome links from around college football on a Thursday…
– Estimates for Big East payouts continue to change.
– In case you missed it, former Steelers receiver Hines Ward has joined NBC Sports as an analyst. He’ll do a little work here on the college side as well.
– Mark Emmert called a four-team playoff “workable.”
– Jerry Sandusky keeps asking for a delay in trial.
– Arkansas coach John L. Smith has done it all. His next challenge is coaching the Razorbacks this season.