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Or something like that. I'm not a doctor.

Texas-El Paso coach Mike Price was released from a hospital Friday afternoon after doctors implanted a stent to relieve a blocked artery in his heart.

The 61-year-old Price was resting at home after being released, UTEP spokesman Mark Brunner said.

Price was having routine tests Thursday when doctors discovered a significant blockage in one of his arteries. Doctors performed an angioplasty and inserted a stent to increase blood flow in the artery.

Glad to see the coach still kicking around, although last week's spree of player arrests didn't do much good for the ticker.

The latest episode of As The Piggy Turns has us learning that all-everything quarterback Mitch Mustain re-enrolling at Arkansas.

This is probably not a move indicating a return to the Razorback team as Mustain has asked for and received permission to seek a transfer. Thus, holding pattern on the runway to leave the Razorback program.

He has been rumored to be looking at three schools (Tulsa, Louisville and Oklahoma), according to the Arkansas Traveler. The Wizard of Odds expands that list to UTEP and Texas Tech but notes several schools have backed off.

It appears you can scratch Louisville and Oklahoma off Mitch Mustain's list. The quarterback, who earlier this week was given his release by Arkansas, was told Thursday by Cardinals coach Steve Kragthorpe that he wasn't welcome.

"Due to widespread media speculation, the University of Louisville is not interested in recruiting Mitch Mustain," Kragthorpe said.

And a report out of Norman said Oklahoma had closed the door on Mustain becoming a Sooner.

Slim pickings, eh? The responsibility for the mess at Arkansas cannot be completely laid at the feet of Mustain but other major programs are giving him that safe distance of a man far more guilty than has been documented. Interesting.

I'm Kind of a Big Deal--people Know Me

In case you haven't heard, there's a little skirmish happening in Austin this weekend. In fact, it's a rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle, the earliest point in a season a one versus two game have ever been played.

The defending national champion Texas Longhorns will go it without that Vince Young guy, but feel confident in taking on the Ohio State Buckeyes with young buck Colt McCoy seven yards behind center.

Ohio State vs. Texas (8:00 p.m.) ABC, ABC HD

Former Power Faces Declining Power

In a game that's flown under the radar and has the feel of Spain taking on France for global supremacy, the Washington Huskies travel to Norman for a fun intersectional battle with Oklahoma. This would have been more festive in the 1980's, but we'll take it anyway.

Washington vs. Oklahoma (3:30 p.m.) ABC, ABC HD, ESPN360, ESPN GamePlan, DirecTV 775, Dish Network

A Team May Die, But Its Rivalries Live On

Colorado vs. Colorado State (5:00 p.m.) CSTV, OLN

Takin' on the ESS EEE CEEE

Mississippi vs. Missouri (12:30 p.m.) FSN, FSN HD, FSN Regional Affiliates, Turner South, Comcast Mid-Atlantic, Philly and Chicago

Mountain West Showdowns

UNLV vs. Iowa State (7:00 p.m.)
Texas Tech vs. UTEP (9:00 p.m.) CSTV, CollegeSportsDirect.TV

The Sun Belt is Your Personal Whipping Boy--Commence The Beating

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Texas A&M (7:00 p.m.)
Kansas vs. Louisiana-Monroe (7:00 p.m.)
Oklahoma State vs. Arkansas State (7:05 p.m.) ESPNU
Florida Atlantic vs. Kansas State (7:10 p.m.)

Fishing in I-AA Waters

Nicholls State vs. Nebraska (1:30 p.m.)
Northwestern State vs. Baylor (7:00 p.m.