Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day: October 3, 2014

This is your daily links roundup of our favorite sports and entertainment posts on the web for October 3:

• A great weekend in college football is yielding some great cheerleader showdowns.

• Tennessee has adapted Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" into "Third Down for What," launching a love affair between the school and the rapper.

• Arizona won the game against Oregon and then won Twitter with a great Duck Hunt tweet.

• One ill-timed and unnecessary penalty flag might have impacted the inaugural college football playoff.

• Tomorrow, Mississippi is the center of the college football universe. Given that the Rebs and Bulldogs play in one of the SEC's least populous states, their ascendancy is impressive.

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• Houston lost to UFC last night in the most heartbreaking manner imaginable.

• Angels shortstop Erick Aybar was chewing on something gross last night.

• The helmet worn by Auburn's Chris Davis on the immortal kick-six is going up for auction. Harvey Updyke may buy it to use as a bedpan.

• Jetes says there will still be a place for sportswriters, even when he launches his unfiltered athletes website. Whew.

• Deadspin had some fun yesterday presenting evidence that Stevie Wonder is not blind.

• The Royals flashed serious leather in their win over the Angels.

--Email us with any compelling sports-related links at links@athlonsports.com