Here are a few odds and ends to get your Saturday morning started...

USC's Katinka Hosszu nominated for ESPY - ESPN Los Angeles
USC junior swimmer Katinka Hosszu, a three-time NCAA champion and five-time All-American, has been nominated for an ESPY in the category of Best Female College Athlete.

North Carolina reveals eight players who got tickets under probe - SI.com
North Carolina has identified eight football players who accumulated 317 parking tickets that were uncovered in documents requested by media outlets covering the ongoing NCAA probe. No this isn't a lack of institutional control...

NCAA is truly out of control - Thayer Evans
By holding back serious charges against Ohio State and North Carolina, the NCAA shows its the real institution thats lost control.

A Few Good Coaches - Addicted To Quack
Well played...

Oregon retains attorney amid mounting questions involving relationship with Lyles | CollegeFootballTalk
Oregon's postion all along is that they have done nothing wrong...so why hire an extremely high-priced law firm (all the way back in March) to conduct the initial investigation? Do they have doubts about the "innocence"? Seems to me that the NCAA demanding copies of Chip Kelly's bank statements, e-mails, and other correspondence, along with UO's recruiting logs back in March, means that the NCAA didn't believe there weren't any possible infractions...