• A Notre Dame blog discusses their prospects for landing Seantrel Henderson:

Notre Dame is going to have to put a strong product on the field in order to close on recruits like Henderson and it looks like Weis is putting a lot of his eggs in the USC weekend basket this year.

• Adam Rittenberg of ESPN's Big Ten Blog interviews Kevin Cosgrove regarding Greg Paulus:

"He has the abilities to run different types of offenses," Cosgrove said. "He can be a drop-back passer, he can be the zone-read quarterback. So you have to prepare for those things so you're ready."

• TCF Bank Stadium has been eliminated from the running to host the World Cup Soccer event in 2018 or 2022.

• There is a long list of players who have defected from Syracuse heading into this season that can be viewed at this link.

• Following is an interview with new Gopher basketball player Royce White: