SEC links for Monday:
- Arkansas State coach Hugh Freeze will be named the new head football coach at Ole Miss, reports Parrish Alford of the NE Mississippi Daily Journal.
- Oklahoma State makes it close in BCS standings, but it’s the LSU-Alabama rematch for the BCS title, writes Jim Kleinpeter of the Times-Picayune.
- If every game counts in college football, LSU should already be a national champion, writes Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News.
- Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News writes that Alabama should not be expected to apologize for playing in the BCS Championship Game.
- Alabama’s brand burned Oklahoma State, writes Mark Bradley of the AJC.
- The BCS system works, writes Joe Medly of the Anniston Star, now Alabama must find a way to beat LSU.
- Urban Meyer’s former school will play Urban Meyer’s new school in the Gator Bowl, reports Robbie Andreu of the Gainesville Sun.
- It’s Georgia vs. Michigan State in the Outback Bowl, reports Seth Emerson of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
- South Carolina will play Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, reports Darryl Slater of the Charleston Post and Courier.
- Mississippi State will play Wake Forest in the Music City Bowl, reports Brandon Marcello of the Clarion-Ledger.
- Vandebilt is headed to the Liberty Bowl to play Big East co-champ Cincinnati, reports Jeff Lockridge of the Tennessean.
- Home for the holidays, Tennessee football faces a painful off-season, reports Patrick Brown of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

