This and that

• Have you been following the Robert Marve story (background here), at least on the ESPN ticker? Well the Miami Herald's Barry Jackson says UC is one of several schools who have offered the quarterback a scholarship. Marve is leaving the "U," which won't allow him to transfer to Florida, Tennessee or LSU (before Friday, they said they wouldn't allow him to go to any ACC or SEC school or any school in Florida) because of alleged tampering before he was given his release.

Eugene Marve has said one of the reasons he wants his son to go to school in the Southeast is because he has prostate cancer and prefers that Robert be close to his family members in Tampa. So that would pretty much rule out the Bearcats but I guess you never know.

And right now it doesn't look like the Bearcats will be getting this guy either: The Kansas City Star reports that three-star wide receiver Erick McGriff - the son of former MLB star Fred McGriff - has committed to Kansas. UC was one of McGriff's four finalists.

• Fiesta Bowl coverage in the Columbus Dispatch includes a Rob Oller piece that points out the following:

Since beating No. 2 Michigan in November 2006, the Buckeyes are 0-5 against top-10 teams and have lost their past three BCS games, two of which cost them the national championship. The Buckeyes have now lost three straight bowl games for the first time since 1990-92. The Big Ten, meanwhile, finishes its bowl season at 1-6.

• From ProFootballTalk.com, former Bengals quarterback Gus Frerotte thinks he would've given the Vikings their best chance to win this past weekend against Philadelphia. Sounds like he's angry/confused enough to find somewhere else to play.

• Cleveland.com's Terry Pluto suggests that it may be time for the Cavs to unload former Miami University star Wally Szczerbiak, whose numbers are way down across the board since he joined the Cavs during the 2007-08 season (sure, he's no spring chicken). Which could leave Wally playing for his fifth team in four years (Pluto says some teams have inquired about Wally). And who says I never have anything NBA-related.

• The Enquirer's Tom Groeschen reports that Aiken and Dunbar will resume the game that was interrupted by a halftime brawl.

• Apparently I'm not the only one who's not sure Willy Taveras' on-base percentage is what the Reds needed in their lineup. Baseball Prospectus' Joe Sheehan questions Walt Jocketty's logic.

• Non-local link of interest: I've gone back and forth over who to pick in tonight's GMAC Bowl showdown between Ball State and Tulsa. I really do expect it to be a fun game to watch.