ESPN College Football

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett

T-minus two weeks until the season begins ...

• No alarms and no surprises for Cincinnati this preseason, and coach Brian Kelly feels good about his team, Bill Koch writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

• Syracuse is pinning its placekicking hopes on walk-on Ryan Lichtenstein, Donnie Webb writes in the Syracuse Post-Standard

• Defensive back Jarred Holley has been a training camp standout at Pitt, John Grupp writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Redshirt freshman J.D. Woods is ready to contribute at receiver for West Virginia, Jack Bogaczyk writes in the Charleston Daily Mail. (And won't that be confusing when the Mountaineers play Cincinnati, which has a receiver named D.J. Woods).

• Dan Ryan won the UConn left tackle job, but he'll be better from being pushed by Jimmy Bennett, Desmond Conner says in the Hartford Courant.

• Here's what Jim Leavitt had to say about Jason Pierre-Paul's South Florida practice debut, according to Gregg Becnel in the Tampa Tribune:

"He looked good in a jersey and helmet running out. He looks like a football player," Leavitt said. "It's going to take him a while. I don't expect much for maybe four weeks, really, to be honest with you. Will we play him in the first game? I don't know. It depends on if he can get ready or not."

• Louisville's newly-named rover linebackers will be busy this season, C.L. Brown reports in The Courier-Journal.

• Quarterback Dom Natale had his first "Mike Teel moment" during practice on Thursday, Tom Luicci writes in The Star-Ledger.