Tuesday Hot Links

Football

• Take a look at the Pac-10's top five players by position. [The Sporting News]
• Rivals has started a new power ranking of coaches, which apparently will be updated each week during the season. Pete Carroll is #1 to start the year. [Rivals]
• Mike Williams was warned. He listened. He lost 30 pounds. [AP]
• USC's fourth-quarter scoring was one of the wildest stats of 2007. [College Football News].
• The school is selling an 83-minute DVD featuring some of the most classic moments in USC football history (pictured). [USC]

Hoops

• Collin Robinson is returning to USC, but doesn't plan on playing for the team. [L.A. Times]
• One-and-dones will be less common next year, but USC's DeMar DeRozan is expected to be on the short list. [USC]
• Sounds like O.J. Mayo's new hangout is the Shangri-La of basketball gyms. [Draft Express]
• Assuming Rose and Beasley go 1-2, Mayo or Bayless could be up for #3. [NBADraft.net]
• Upon careful consideration, Chad Ford decided that O.J. Mayo isn't "bad," after all. [ESPN]
• The Minnesota Timberwolves, with the third pick in the NBA draft, aren't concerned with allegations of Mayo's off-court violations. [ESPN]

Other Sports

• Robert Farah and Kaes Van't Hof won the NCAA national championship in doubles tennis. [CSTV]
• Andrea Gaston won National Coach of the Year honors after guiding the women's golf team to the national championship (more on that in a moment). [USC]