Getty ImagesSome links from around college football on a Thursday…
- Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez gives an update on Big Ten scheduling, divisions.
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes that DeLoss Dodds needs to let go of his Aggie-phobia.
- Michigan cornerback Blake Countess, who was lost for the 2012 season with an ACL injury, has filed his medical redshirt paperwork.
- Speaking of Michigan and ACLs, linebacker Jake Ryan is still coming to terms with his own significant knee injury.
- Tennessee quarterbacks focus on two things: show leadership, avoid picks.
- Al.com: Bill Battle fits and fills the suit as Alabama’s next athletic director.
- The first day of the Dennis Erickson era at Utah kicked off and no rocket science was involved.
- What would the NCAA tourney look like if it were played on a football field? Predicting the first round of the West, Midwest, South and East Regionals.
- Wake Forest has hired former Demon Deacons player Warren Belin as outside linebackers coach.
- Lyndi McCartney, wife of legendary former Colorado head coach Bill McCartney, died at the age of 70 following a long battle with emphysema.