1. Urban Meyer has zero respect for Tennessee

In the spring of 2006, Meyer told a Gators booster club that “the team in Knoxville folded” when times got tough during the 2005 season. In 2007, Florida scored a touchdown very late in a 59-20 win over the Vols. And on Wednesday’s teleconference, Meyer said Ole Miss was “a much faster team than the team we just played, especially out wide, which is alarming.” Of course, respect is earned and Meyer is 4-0 against the Vols.

2. How about the WildHog in the NFL?

David Lee, the former offensive coordinator at Arkansas, is now the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Dolphins. And he was the one who suggested the Dolphins use Ronnie Brown in the formation Arkansas employed with Darren McFadden. Against the vaunted New England Patriots, Brown rushed for four touchdowns and threw for a fifth. “It does make you smile,” said Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt, the former Arkansas coach. “It’s hard to get them to change on that level, but it was obviously a good move.”

3. Georgia gets penalized a lot. So what?

The five fewest penalized teams are Boston College, Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, Navy and Syracuse. Combined record: 11-7. The five most penalized teams are Georgia, Texas Tech, Utah, Florida and TCU. Combined record: 19-0. The lesson: Stay aggressive.

4. Maybe you should have tried that on Brandon James

There’s a Sports Illustrated picture from the Florida-Tennessee game floating around that shows Tennessee center Josh McNeil, on the ground after a play, attempting to untie the shoe of an unsuspecting Florida defender. It was that kind of day on offense for the Volunteers.

5. Texas Tech’s Mike Leach gave dating tips on his coach’s show

Maybe Phillip Fulmer should do the same. I can see that being entertaining. I imagine you would have to “work like heck” to get the girl to go out with you. Some problems may occur on the date — disagreement on dinner, lulls in conversation — but “stay the course.” If you don’t get the goodnight kiss, well, “I’d boo that, too.”

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