Well, Las Vegas is still here.  It's still hot.  And for some reason, the place is crowded when I didn't expect it to be.  But it still has the same smarmy charm as always.

Now, for the news:

Top Stories

• College Preseason Top 25 Countdown: No. 4 Kentucky
  Nice.

• Bradford prognosis 1-2 weeks away, Stoops says - College football- nbcsports.msnbc.com
  Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says it will be a week or two before the third-ranked Sooners have a timetable for the return of Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford from a sprained shoulder.

• Georgia must get better play at quarterback | Mr. College Football
  Do y'all think we have a legitimate shot at Georgia down in Athens?

• SEC players of the week - SEC - ESPN
  Trevard Lindley is the SEC POW for defense. Good stuff.

UK Basketball

• Tobias Harris shaping up to be a Pitino/Calipari battle, UK still seems strong with Doron Lamb
  Interesting stuff. These recruiting battles could wind up being the stuff of legend.

• Lawyers, Guns and Money: Gillispie and Pitino Breathe Sighs of Relief...
  Heh. Funny.

• Calipari holds court, pen in hand | KentuckySports.com
  "Calipari hasn't done anything wrong," Brown said. "He deserves better treatment." You go, girl.

• Run n' shoot? Sign me up for that coach
  Mike Miller examines the coaches he would like to play for.

UK Football

• UK football enters bye week on high note | KentuckySports.com
  "There were some mistakes technique wise and some assignment errors in the kicking game, on defense and on offense," Brooks said. "If we don't correct those things they will cost us football games as we move forward." Brooks is right, this was not a perfect game, or even a game that had few errors to critique.

• John Clay: 'A significant change in Mike Hartline's game' | KentuckySports.com
  We had heard about it. The coaches talked about it after the closed practices. His teammates talked about it after the closed scrimmages. All fall camp, the talk had been how much better Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline was than a year ago. Indeed.

• Wildcats dealing with injuries after win
  All in all, I'd say we were lucky, injury-wise. It's good news to hear Davis could return by season's end.

Other UK Sports News

• None today
  

NCAA Sports News

• Kevin Galloway to Texas Southern

• The Chizik Era Starts With A Bang - Track Em Tigers
  I beg to differ with Jay, I 'm not sure that Auburn game was all that impressive. What say you?

• Wha Happened? Week One - Black Heart Gold Pants
  Become one with the Big Ten news. Black Heart Gold Pants has the scoop.

• Leavitt: WKU 'light years ahead' of USF's start

Other News of Interest

• More than 1,200 horses killed at tracks in 2008 | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
  The rush to improve safety since Eight Belles was euthanized at last year's Kentucky Derby did little to curb the number of horses dying at American racetracks in 2008, The Associated Press found in a national count.

The Daily Schadenfreude

• Business as usual on first Saturday | KentuckySports.com
  And what about Louisville? The Cards toiled to beat an abysmal Indiana State 30-10 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on Saturday. Bobby Petrino's old U of L teams would have stacked 70 points on the sorry Sycamores. This isn't that Louisville. Heh.