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Here is Rob Lunn's blog.

You know what they say about opinions? Well, it seems that everyone has a blog too. I. Mean. Everyone. Lunn is a good guy. He has to thread the needle and be honest and cutting, but not outrageous.

How about USF and NC State going at it?

How about that for candor in Tom O'Brien's part. Here is O'Brien on USF's defense,which was consulted with by Ohio State and Colorado coaches on stopping the spread offense. In the St. Pete times.

"Did you watch them against Oregon?" O'Brien asked, referencing the Ducks' 56-21 trouncing of the Bulls in the Sun Bowl in El Paso. "Go look at that game. That was the spread that they were defending. I'm not saying anything about South Florida's defense, but if they're the gurus, we'd better go somewhere else."

Of course, USF had an answer. Here is defensive coordinator Wally Burnham.

"Here's the way I feel about it: He's right. We're not gurus," Burnham said. "On the other hand, we try to handle things professionally and not say anything ... with class, not say anything about anyone else's coaching staff. He can say what he wants to. The other thing, I forget what bowl game they were in. That's all I've got to say."

NC State didn't make a bowl game last year -- OUCH. I absolutely love this stuff. What do we get from UConn-Louisville? Well, Randy Edsall said that Hunter Cantwell has a stronger arm and has been more accurate than Brian Brohm and Kragthorpe believes that Tyler Lorenzen is the Tim Tebow of the Big East.

The Unfair Catch.

Louisville fans have obsessed over this call for a year. As legend goes, it was the reason that they weren't in a bowl game last year. I thought the play was ridiculous at the time. And the response from UConn wasn't very good at all if I remember. There were a lot of no comments and Larry Taylor wasn't made available. That didn't help.

But on point of fact, that play made it 7-7 in the third quarter.Louisville then took a 17-7 lead in the fourth quarter after a Donald Brown fumble was returned for a TD. Louisville then squandered the lead giving up two touchdowns.

You can't complain about a call when after the horrible call, you took control of the game by 10 points and then lost. It wasn't a game-changing call. It ruined the game, but it didn't lose the game for Louisville. That was their own doing.

• On to other things, I couldn't believe I did it, but I waited late for the Kentucky Hammer, Desi Cullen. Yes, I waited around for the punter. He never showed, he has class I guess. Though, it never stopped him from coming to interviews before.

• Had a nice conversation with DB Jasper Howard and he may start campaigning to get some time on offense. He didn't know how hard Darius Butler has lobbied for it. I asked WR Kashif Moore if he wanted to play defense. Moore smiled, "no." Offensive players never crossover. The only offensive player on the team that would like to play defense is D.J. Hernandez according to Moore. Brilliant analysis. Hernandez would have been a pretty good hard-hitting safety. Could he cover anyone? I don't know. He wiped some guy out against Temple though and he enjoys hitting.