19 Wisconsin’s first game with a new Air-Raid-ish offense: 312 yards rushing and four touchdowns in a victory against Buffalo. Iowa jumped out to 14-0 lead in the first quarter against Utah State before settling into a very Hawkeye-like performance. Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz needs the 25th-ranked Hawkeyes to average 25 points per game this season to keep his job. The day’s most notable Group of Five over P5 upset came in Wyoming, where the Cowboys knocked off Texas Tech in overtime. Texas State beat Baylor for its first victory against a Power Five team and got $375,000 for making the 2-hour drive to Waco. Northern Illinois knocked off Boston College in overtime and received $1.1 million for its time. Fresno State won at Purdue in coach Ryan Walters’ debut, a trip the Bulldogs were paid $1.35 million to make. 7 Penn State cruised past West Virginia.ĪROUND THE COUNTRY: Fresno State, Northern Illinois and Texas State pulled off the sweetest upsets against Power Five opponents: ones that come with a big check. The most impressive performance among the new starting quarterbacks for highly ranked teams came in Happy Valley.ĭrew Allar looked very much like a former five-star recruit, passing for 325 yards and three touchdowns as No. Carson Beck, Stetson Bennett’s replacement, was 21 for 31 for 294 yards and a touchdown. 1 Georgia had the easiest opener among top-five teams against Tennessee-Martin. Milroe, the third-year quarterback who filled in for Bryce Young last season, had three touchdown passes and two TD runs in a rout against Middle Tennessee State. “This is a Coke bottle, not a crystal ball,” Saban said, holding up the ever-present soft drink on his postgame podium. The 71-year-old coach wasn’t in the mood to speculate about what’s next for his quarterbacks. 11 Texas coming to Tuscaloosa next week, but Jalen Milroe might have eased some worries for Nick Saban. 23.Īlabama doesn’t have that luxury with No. The Buckeyes have home games against Youngstown State and Western Kentucky to get things sorted out before a trip to No. “But going in, really wanted to play Devin some more, would like to do that moving forward.” “I didn’t want to run the risk of putting ourselves in a bad spot by continuing to move those guys in and out,” Day told reporters. Day said he didn’t play Brown as much he wanted. Backup Devin Brown, who Ohio State coach Ryan Day insisted was neck and neck with McCord most of the offseason, only got a taste of action.īrown was 1 for 3 and ran once for a total of minus-5 yards. McCord was 20 for 32 for 239 yards and an interception. Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes’ offense were uninspiring in a workmanlike victory against Indiana that was also the debut of the Big Ten on CBS. 4 Alabama seemed to gain clarity at the position.

3 Ohio State’s quarterback competition might not be over. Meanwhile, Washington State went to Colorado State of the Mountain West - which could be a future conference trip for the Cougars - and put up 50 on the Rams. Saturday brought CU’s upset of TCU Washington overwhelming Boise State California romping at North Texas UCLA unveiling five-star freshman quarterback Dante Moore against Coastal Carolina and Oregon dropping 80 on an FCS opponent.

On Friday, Stanford won at Hawaii in its first game under coach Troy Taylor.

It started Thursday night when Utah roughed up Florida of the SEC in Salt Lake City without its starting quarterback.

It’s sad and made sadder by just how entertaining and competitive the conference has a chance to be. Even if it does survive in some patchwork form, it will never be the same. The rest will be dispersed to other Power Five conferences, including Colorado as one of four Pac-12 teams heading to the Big 12 next year.įailures in leadership and poor decision-making by those in charge have put the onetime Conference of Champions on life support. Off the field, there are only two schools left committed to the Pac-12 beyond this school year, Oregon State and Washington State. Every other conference has at least two losses. 18 Oregon State still to play Sunday at San Jose State, the Pac-12 is the only unbeaten league in the country. What might be the final season of Pac-12 football is off to a great start on the field. After facing rival Colorado State the next week, the Buffaloes end September with back-to-back games against Oregon and USC.

Hype pro 4