Odds & ends you may have missed over the past week:

• Read Lisa Horne’s tribute to J.P. Blecksmith and service academy football. Yeah, I know she screwed up Army’s nickname. But if that’s all you get out of this then you really miss the point.
• Some of you may remember Matt McCutchan, the former Mid who transferred to Kentucky and became their starting center. He’s playing in the Arena League now.
• Remember the Duke game? Where Navy just had more left in the tank in the 4th quarter? David Cutcliffe doesn’t want that to happen again.
• Kyle Eckel is in the mix with the media hype that suppounds the Super Bowl. He gets a little hometown coverage here, while the Baltimore Sun says more or less the same thing but with their usual sprinkling of gloom here. Bill Simmons ponders asking about a battle royale. And I don’t know what the hell to make out of this.
• Navy basketball recruit John Corrigan had a good game.
• Remember the latest panel put together to figure out how to fix Army football? Well, here’s what they came up with.
• The broadcast schedule for the lacrosse team was released with all the usual games on the air. Don’t be surprised of the Cornell game gets on TV somewhere, too.
• Navy lacrosse was voted as the preseason favorite to win the Patriot League, with Jordan DiNola picked as the preseason Defensive Player Of The Year. Colgate’s Brandon Corp was voted for the offensive honors. No surprises here.
• Colgate assistant lax coach Jeff Cohen scouts Navy, among other things.
• Patriot League All-Access is carrying Richie Meade’s halftime interview from the Army basketball game as free content. There are also some clips from the league’s preseason lacrosse teleconference here.
• Some quotes from Buddy Green about one of his former players at NC State who he helped get started in coaching.
• A volleyball recruit.