Merry Christmas Eve, gang.

• Brendon Kay will start the Belk Bowl, but the Bearcats' 2013 QB remains up in the air, Tom Groeschen writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

• Is UConn RB coach Clayton White NC State-bound?

• Louisville is springing ahead to its bowl, C.L. Brown writes in the (Louisville) Courier-Journal.

• Ray Graham has his sights set on the NFL after bouncing back from an ACL tear, Jerry DiPaola writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Rutgers QB Chas Dodd is dealing with his role as a reserve, Tom Luicci writes in the (Newark) Star-Ledger.

• Willie Taggart is one of a number of coaches who became a hot commodity for landing Florida recruits, Joel Anderson writes in the Tampa Bay Times.

• The Daily Orange's Michael Cohen says Syracuse coach Doug Marrone's punishments of Marquis Spruill and Steven Rene are hypocritical.

• Jahad Thomas is the first Temple commit of the Matt Rhule era.