Spanning the globe on a Monday morning. ...

This from Ole Miss Media Relations. ...

Television for the Rebels' season opener against Central Arkansas is being carried only on pay-per-view.

The telecast is being carried on cable systems across the region (listed below). Channel assignments on Direct TV, Dish TV and UVerse will be announced at a later date.

ESPN Gameplan/ESPN3.com will have the game in outside markets, but the game will be blacked out in Mississippi, Arkansas and Memphis, Tenn. In the blacked-out areas, residential purchases on DirecTV and Dish Network are by remote.

Announcers will be Richard Cross handling play-by-play duties and Brett Norsworthy as color analyst.

CABLE SYSTEMS - $34.95

Cable One: Biloxi, Gulfport, Long Beach, Pascagoula; Comcast: Corinth, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian, Rankin County, Tupelo, Memphis (TN); Mediacomm:  Biloxi, Long Beach; Metrocast: Amory, Ashland, Booneville, Guntown, Hickory Flat, Holly Springs, Iuka, Louisville, New Albany, Oxford, Pontotoc, Starkville, Union, Red Bay (AL); Suddenlink: Greenville, Greenwood

SATELLITE SYSTEMS - $39.95

Dish Network: Channel TBA; DirecTV: Channel TBA; UVerse: Channel TBA

Elsewhere ...

From Yahoo, Pat Forde reports that an NCAA investigation into the recruiting of Memphis-area prospects isn't a recent thing.

From the Dr. Saturday college football blog, Alabama coach Nick Saban responds to comments made by Steve Spurrier about his coaching skills ... comments made four months ago.

Speaking of Saban, will there be a fifth-year senior rise from obscurity to play a key role on this year's Alabama team, as Nick Gentry did on defense last year? If so, Saban isn't saying ... or making predictions. ...

From Baton Rouge, LSU coach Les Miles has put the BCS title game loss to Alabama behind him. He's moved on and hopes his team has too. Miles believes the Tigers could be better this season than they were in 2011 when they steamrolled most regular-season opponents.