I'm sitting in the press box, looking right down at the 50-yard line as workers are putting together the temporary seeting in the open end of the stadium.

It's been a busy day here so far, and we still haven't gotten a chance to talk to any players, which we'll do after practice.

So far though, the Big East coahces were all on a conference call this morning, Greg Schiano had a press conference, and we had a conference call with Buffalo coach Turner Gill.

I'll have much more later, but here are a few funny things I've heard so far from coaches:

1. One of the things Schiano said he's looking forward to this week is getting a haircut on Wednesday, which he always does the day before Game Day. He said the Scarlet Knights aren't ready, but he knows Buffalo isn't either. He said no team is ever as ready as they need to be for the season-opener.

2. Syracuse coach Greg Robinson said he was happy with how the pre-season went because "we were undefeated in the pre-sesaon." The guess here: the Organe won't be undefeated for long. They open the season with Washington, and although the Huskies are hardly a powerhouse in the Pac-10, they're a lot better than any of the assorted cupcakes the other Big East teams are playing this week.

3. UConn coach Randy Edsall said the Huskies, who are the only Big East team opening the season on the road, will be playing in a tough environment Saturday at Duke. That caused several reporters to wonder if Edsall thought the game was at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

4. When Schiano came on the conference call, Paul Franklin from the Home News Tribue asked him what improvements he's seen from his defensive coordinator. Schiano didn't really answer the question, but that would have been tough for him to do since he IS the defensive coordinator.

I'll check back in after practice.