Football

• Thomas Williams is learning what life is like as an NFL rookie. [Times-Union]
• Recruit #12: USC signs 4-star wide receiver out of South Carolina. [SC Playbook]
• USC is a popular bet to win the national championship. [MR. SEC, h/t Da Wiz]
• Somebody’s taking a really, really early look at USC-Virginia. [RF365]
• Oregon State could be the big sleeper game of the year. I couldn’t agree more. [Coaches Hot Seat]
• With Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen joining a couple other key college football figures in retirement, could the BCS change? Not likely. [NYT Quad Blog]
• If not the BCS, could expansion be on the table? Probably not, but here are the contenders. [Fanblogs.com]

Hoops

• Ready for another mock draft? Here’s O.J. Mayo at #3 again. [ESPN]

Elsewhere

• The NCAA track and field championships start today. [Daily Trojan]
• Football player Ron Mix and swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg were inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [NJSHOFAM]
• Oregon State is bigger, meaner, oranger. They might want to have that looked at. [Building the Dam]
• Los Angeles is TitleTown, obviously! [ESPN]
• Are Bush and Tush hearing wedding bells? Run, Reggie, run! [Larry Brown]