Alright, let's take a stroll through the garden of the chattering class to see what people are talking about after college football's opening weekend of action.

---ESPN's Bruce Feldman jumps off the Cal bandwagon.  And the usual collection of interesting notes from the weekend (LaMarr Woodley, Tom Zbikowski, the UCLA defense, Oklahoma's fate, Kenny Irons' brother David, Percy Harvin, I-AA's great weekend and North Texas scoring against Texas' first string defense).

---Ivan Maisel has an interesting take on Arkansas' switcheroo at quarterback, moving junior Robert Johnson to wide receiver and all-everything freshman Mitch Mustain into the starting lineup.

Line of the day: "[Arkansas coach Houston Nutt] awarded Johnson the Paul Thompson Memorial Wide Receiver Trophy"

Also, Maisel rips into the FSU/Miami game last night and brings up the chick or the egg dilemma that is a low-scoring game---are the defenses that good or the offenses that bad?  I tend to think the latter and it looks like Maisel is leaning that way too.

---Gene Wojciechowski is reading a little too much into Notre Dame's narrow victory against Georgia Tech.  It's not a real good idea in this business to hold teams to an impossible standard.  Leave that to the fans.

---Pate Forde has lots to say on Louisville star Michael Bush's broken leg injury and personal character.  Also, sarcasm is the writing method of choice in writing about USC's dismantling of Arkansas.

---Mark Schlabach on Erik Ainge's transformation under the tutelate of new offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe.  Also, his weekly "On The Mark" roundup .

---Count Stewart Mandel in for general unhappiness about the sad-sack Miami/FSU game last night.

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---SI's Arash Markazi on "Uncle" Ben Olson's dazzling UCLA debut.  Also, USC channeled a little of its youthful 2003 team that went on to win a national championship in defeating Arkansas on the road behind ridiculously accurate new quarterback John David Booty.

---SI's "All-Out Blitz" by Cory McCartney.

---CBS Sportsline's Dennis Dodd on Notre Dame's struggles against Georgia Tech.

Also, it's week one of his "Sunday Seven".  Dodd piles onto Colorado's loss to Montana State.

An interesting DidYouKnow from Dodd:

The real, live buffalo, Ralphie IV, is a Montana native, found as a baby in the jaws of a coyote on land owned by Ted Turner outside Helena (pause for dramatic effect). No we're not making that up.

She was eventually donated to CU, apparently as part of an elaborate spy scheme.

Like everyone else, Dodd also finds plenty of fault with what's become of both Miami/FSU.  Ladies and gentlemen, I think there's a consensus!

To tell you the truth I'm with the pundits.  Like a camel in the desert these teams have been living off the capital of a legacy created almost three decades ago that appears to have expired with Miami's Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State in 2001.  Problem is that capital has all but run out and the vultures are circling in the sky above.  Can't blame 'em.

Of course, this little incident probably doesn't help Miami much in the eyes of the pundits, either.

The pressure increased immediately judging by Miami AD Paul Dee. At 11:55 p.m. ET, Dee made an angry sweep through the Miami locker room kicking out about 20 reporters, ending some interviews in mid-sentence.

The game had been over for 29 minutes, the locker room open for a fraction of that time. What was Dee angry about? Take your pick: the criticism coming from a second consecutive loss to FSU, facing questions (and maybe a decision) about his coach, an ACC and national championship run lost perhaps before it began.

"We're closed," Dee said to a reporter who approached him. "Good night."

A surefire way to anger media folks is to hurt their feelings.  How much of this badmouthing actually has to do with the game and how much it has to do with that incident, who knows.

---The Sporting News' Matt Hayes has a roundup and says don't abandon Cal quarterback Nate Longshore just yet and also adds a little more reflection on last weekend.

---Tom Dienhart on "USC Math" and the top seven Saturday storylines.

---The New York Times' Pete Thamel has a brief weekend roundup of storylines.

---The Mobile Register's Paul Finebaum is apoplectic about Alabama coach Mike Shula starting controversial linebacker Juwan Simpson against Hawai'i.  Simpson had been arrested in the off-season on a litany of drug and weapon charges and famously replied to a question about what penalty he deserved for his crimes, "I'd give myself an ice cone".

---The Forth Worth Star-Telegram's Wendell Barnhouse is also unhappy about Miami/Florida State.

His moment of levity:

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was on the Hurricanes' sideline. He went the entire game without attempting a free throw.

Ba-Dum-Ching!

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