MASCOTS.

• Cincinnati coach Tommy Tuberville talks a little Gunner Kiel on the SVP and Russillo show.

• Good news about one of ours (and yours): Digger Phelps has progress on his cancer battle, Tom Noie writes in the South Bend Tribune.

• AthlonSports says the Irish are one of the top winners in the game of realignment.

• Urban Meyer will always work for Lou Holtz, Seth Staskey writes in the (Martins Ferry) Times-Leader.