I'm back home after a long day at Rutgers and done with my stories for tomorrow's Trentonian. I don't think there has been another day in camp during which I heard so many funny and unusual stories.

There was Greg Schiano mentioning that one of his favorite things about Game Day preparation is getting a haircut the day before the game; there were a few funny moments during the first weekly Big East conference call; and there was Schiano's story about watching Buffalo coach Turner Gill play in the 1984 Orange Bowl while writing a college application essay.

He said he couldn't even remember which college he was applying to (he eventually went to Bucknell to play football), let alone if he got into the school in question.

The funniest thing I heard all day, however, was what Eric Foster said when I asked him if he, as a captain, was especially vocal while making sure his teammates didn't take Buffalo for granted.

"“You say it and you show it,” Foster said. “You can’t say in the meeting room that everyone has to be up for the game prior to the game and then go out and lollygag. You have to carry it out on the field. No lollygagging.”

It was the first time I've ever heard a football player borrow the term that was most famously used in "Bull Durham," which, for my two cents, is the greatest movie in history. Not just the greatest baseball movie or the greatest sports movie. Flat out, the greatest movie.

Mike Teel said that he hadn't seen Bull Durham, but that he liked the expression anyway.

"Everything we do around here is up-tempo, whether it's running off the field after a drill, or going through a drill, it's a high-speed, fast-paced football team. So we don't want any lollygagging around here."

And Schiano, Foster, and Teel all said or indicated that the Knights are a lot closer to being game-ready than they were two or three weeks ago, when everyone seemed to agree they were behind schedule.

Said Foster: "I think we're ready. Two weeks ago, I couldn't say that. I think we're at a point where we're getting ready. We're still not where we should be. We still have two days left, and we're going to be ready for that ballgame."

Foster also chimed in on facing Buffalo's option offense, which is likely to be difficult in spite of the Knights' obvious edge in talent.

"I'll tell you what, the first game is always difficult . The option, that's even tougher," he said. "You never know what they're going to throw at you the first game. We got a sense of what they're coming into the game and trying to do, but I'm telling you, there are going to be some wrinkles in there."

That's all for tonight. There's plenty more in tomorrow's paper. I'll check in again tomorrow and talk about what Schiano has to say after practice.