Had a chance to check out the CBS Sportsline preview, some of which is online, today. I've got to start laying out pages for tomorrow's paper pretty soon, but here are a few highlights:

• Dennis Dodd has a really nice feature about Rutgers, during which he re-plays last season's "Pandemonium in Piscataway" win over Louisville. If you need to explain to an out-of-state friend why Rutgers is now a big deal, tell them to read Dodd's piece.
• CBS ranks the Knights third in the Big East and 18th in the country. I think they'll be slightly higher than that in the AP and Coaches' polls -- maybe 16th? -- but CBS's ranking is pretty consistent with those of other publications, and its significantly higher than the No. 30 ranking Phil Steele gave them.
• Ray Rice, as expected, is on CBS's Heisman watch list, as the other two usual suspects from the Big East: West Virginia RB Steve Slaton and Louisville QB Brian Brohm. Brohm is the QB on the CBS first team All-America squad.
• Rice and DT Eric Foster are CBS second team All-Americans.
• CBS has a full slate of very early bowl predictions. Some highlights: They have the Knights in the Meineke Car Care Bowl -- which pits the 3rd place team from the Big East against the 5th, 6th or 7th place team from the ACC -- Dec. 29 against Wake Forest. They have West Virginia (Orange Bowl against Virginia Tech) and Louisville (Sugar Bowl against Florida) in BCS bowls. And last but not least, they have USC -- who will only lose a game this year if it beats itself -- taking on LSU in the BCS title game.

That's it for today. Any insight is welcome. Tomorrow we'll look through Lindy's preview, which ranks the Knights 16th.

Enjoy the Home Run Derby.

- Ben