• Let teams determine champion
Here we are once again, at the end of another great college football season. And here we are once again, arguing about which teams deserve to play for the championship.

• Lance Moore makes surprising impact on Saints' offense
NEW ORLEANS ? He stands only 5-foot-9 and weighs 190 pounds, a frame that probably wouldn't draw a second look from most upper-tier college coaches looking for a go-to wide receiver.

• Common foes assay Iron Bowl
With only arch-rival Auburn, the team that has beaten it six years in a row, standing between the Alabama Crimson Tide and an undefeated regular season, the Iron Bowl takes on some added importance this year.

• It's tough to blame McClain
Back in 1942, the U.S. Supreme Court unveiled what was known as the "fighting words doctrine," the idea that some words inflict injury by their very utterance and are intrinsically likely to start a fight.

• Florida Gators turn runners loose
The Florida Gators seem to get better every week, which is bad news for the rest of the SEC.

• New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is MVP of first half of NFL season
It has been said of me on occasion that I'd be late to my own funeral. Or, if not exactly said, certainly insinuated, implied or accepted as a given. I hope to one day prove them all right.

• Ryan the real deal in Atlanta
ATLANTA ? I've got to admit, I wasn't really sold on Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan coming out of college.

• Is Tubby cornered?
AUBURN ? If you are of the opinion that Tommy Tuberville's days are numbered at Auburn, there wasn't much in Saturday's 37-20 win over Tennessee-Martin to change your mind.

• Flops by Tennessee, Auburn offenses strikingly alike
The assessment was frank and insightful. It was given by a beleaguered SEC coach who had brought in a new offensive coordinator this season, changed the makeup of his offense and then watched it flounder: "We had a personality that obviously fit us well and we won a lot of football games. I made a conscious effort to look around and make a decision and I had no idea it'd be this hard in transforming systems. Our coaches here are good coaches and they're knowledgeable and everything. We just kind of lost our personality offensively and it's been a struggle and complicated because we haven't played particularly well at quarterback."