John Clay’s Sidelines

SEC links for Thursday:

• Robbie Nieswanger of the Morning News reports on SEC suspending officiating crew from Arkansas-Florida game.
• Ray Melick of the Birmingham News writes that the SEC should get out of the referee business.
• Mike Herndon of the Mobile Press-Register writes that the SEC’s overall strength is under debate.
• Joe Person of The State reports on the latest development in the South Carolina-Alabama tape-gate.
• Mr. SEC says Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier are pointing fingers at each other.
• Austin Ward of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that Alabama’s Mark Ingram has Tennessee’s attention.

• Edward Aschoff of the Gainesville Sun writes that Urban Meyer says MSU game is not about Dan Mullen.
• Phil Kegler reports for Florida Today that the Gators want to spread the ball around more.
• Jeff Lockridge of the Tennessean writes that Vanderbilt’s next win won’t be easy.
• Jay G. Tate of the Montgomery Advertiser writes that Auburn wants to make its offense mysterious again.
• Randy Rosetta of The Advocate reports that LSU is ready for Auburn’s power game.
• David Brandt of the Clarion-Ledger reports that freshmen are filling key roles for Ole Miss.