Tennessee's Neyland Stadium is just now recovering from the wild celebration that took place after the Vols' overtime win against Florida. Fans stormed the field and tore down both goal posts. They dumped at least one of them in the nearby Tennessee River.

Replacement cost: $7,000.

Also gone was one of the two goal-post cameras leased by CBS for the game. The cameras go for about $70,000 apiece. Fans also dug up more than 100 huge chunks of turf as souvenirs. So widespread was the damage that several local golf course groundskeepers are volunteering their help.

Bad break

If the NCAA has a heart it will grant redshirt freshman Freddie Mitchell a rare sixth year of eligibility. Mitchell's left leg was basically snapped in two while returning the first kickoff for UCLA last Saturday. Bruins coach Bob Toledo said he still gets queasy watching the tape. Partly because of the injury and partly because the Bruins lose four players with that injury: wide receiver, kick returner, punt returner and occasional quarterback.

Mitchell left the hospital earlier this week with a rod and screw in his broken leg. Now UCLA will do its part and petition the NCAA for a medical redshirt season.

Beasts of the East

It's early. Very early. But the Big East seems to be recovering nicely from an 0-4 bowl record last season. Keep this play up, and the league might get five postseason invitations.

Syracuse and West Virginia are probably locks for a bowl, but few people predicted 3-0 starts by Boston College and Virginia Tech. The fifth bowl possibility: Miami or Pittsburgh.

Bouncing back

Florida State coaches are feeling much better about quarterback Chris Weinke two weeks after his six-interception nightmare against North Carolina State. Seminoles coaches reduced his number of coverage reads and audibles against Duke. It worked. Weinke finished with six touchdowns and no interceptions. And his accuracy grade, which is what FSU coaches use, went from 50 percent against the Wolfpack to 90 percent against the Dookies.