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*** UPDATED: L.A. Daily news reporter Scott Wolf tweeted that he had been reinstated following talks with USC athletic director Pat Haden.

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USC coach Lane Kiffin is once again having a little trouble with the media.

According to the L.A. Times, USC has suspended L.A. Daily News reporter Scott Wolf from two weeks of practices and revoked his credential for the Sept. 22 home game against Cal.

Why?

There are only two games in the books, but already several players have set themselves apart from the rest of the pack. Some, such as USC quarterback Matt Barkley, were expected to contend for the Heisman, whereas others, such as UCLA running back Johnathan Franklin have piqued interest with strong play.

It's a long season, but it's never too early to start thinking about New York and everyone's favorite bronze statue. Every week, the Doc will bring you its Heisman favorites and why we feel like a trip to the Big Apple might be in their future.

(Jamie Kuntz)Jamie Kuntz started to tear up when he was told that he had been dismissed from the North Dakota State College of Science football team on Sept. 3; in the freshman linebacker's mind, he had done nothing wrong.

But two days earlier, Kuntz's coach, Chuck Parsons, had pulled him off the team bus and asked him about a "distraction" that had occurred in the press box during the Wildcats' blowout loss to Snow College during the Mile High Shootout in Pueblo, Colo.

By the end of the day on Sept. 3, Kuntz was packing up his locker and he believes it's because of his sexual orientation.

Kuntz, 18, had been injured much of fall camp and had only practiced a couple days prior to the trip. So, the coaching staff asked him to film the game from the press box. While in the press box, Kuntz invited his 65-year-old boyfriend, who lives in Colorado, to join him to watch the game. During the second half of the 63-17 blowout, Kuntz took a minute away from the camera to kiss his boyfriend. The kiss was caught by some of Kuntz's teammates and word started to spread.

Up until that point, Kuntz had hidden the fact that he was gay.

Buffalo backup running back James Potts is probably too young to remember Bill Gramatica or the infamous celebration that put him on injured reserve with a torn ACL, but he can certainly sympathize.

After rushing for a 49-yard score against Morgan State last weekend, Potts did a mild hop while pounding his chest in celebration and immediately tumbled to the ground.

Today's Video of the Day comes from the Ole Miss-UTEP game last weekend.

It's not so much the video itself that's intriguing, but rather the SEC actions that followed it.

(AP)In the past two weeks, Western Kentucky coach Willie Taggart has had no problem expressing his opinion about his upcoming opponent during his weekly press conference.

Last week, he called the 40-point spread against Alabama "baloney" and that he believed in destiny regarding a WKU win. The Hilltoppers were beat 35-0 (hey, at least he got the spread right).

On Monday, Taggart once again made a foot-in-mouth comment by calling out students on the WKU campus, who were wearing Kentucky gear. The Hilltoppers play "rival" Kentucky on Saturday.

"Everybody wears it and I hear people ask them why they do it, and the reason they're at WKU is probably they couldn't get into UK," Taggart said.

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Missouri defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson may have made amends with Georgia coach Mark Richt after calling Georgia's style of play "Old Man Football," but the effects of that statement will probably be part of Georgia's 2012 season forever.

Not too many people would turn their son's first collegiate game into a publicity stunt for themselves, but then again, they're not Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.

Combs' label Bad Boy Entertainment chronicled the first game of young cornerback Justin Combs. However, since Justin is redshirting this season and the most action he saw was standing on the sideline, the entire three-minute video is P. Diddy talking about the experience of sitting in a suite and watching his son stand on the sideline.

It was riveting.