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Sep 3, 2017 - 2:55 AM STARS —Drew Lock, Missouri, set school records by throwing for 521 yards and seven TDs as the Tigers beat Missouri State 72-43. —Saquon Barkley, Penn State, racked up 226 total yards and two TDs to lead the No. 6 Nittany Lions to a 52-0 win over Akron. —Jesse Ertz, Kansas State, threw for 333 yards and four TDs in three quarters, sending the No. 20 Wildcats to a 55-19 rout of overmatched Central Arkansas. —Nic Shimonek, Texas Tech, threw for 384 yards and three TDs in his first career start and the Red Raiders opened what could be a crucial season for coach Kliff Kingsbury with a 56-10 win over Eastern Washington. —Josh Adams, Notre Dame, had 161 yards and a TD rushing to lift the Fighting Irish to a 49-16 victory over Temple. —Ronald Jones II, Southern California, rushed for 159 yards and three scores in the fourth-ranked Trojans' 49-31 comeback victory over Western Michigan. —Ross Bowers, California, threw for 363 yards and four TDs to help the Bears beat North Carolina 35-30. —Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, missed just one pass and threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns in one half of work to help the No. 7 Sooners roll past UTEP 56-7. ____ TERPS HOOK THE HORNS With a new head coach and the promise that the program is already on the rebound with its $10 million locker room, big wins in recruiting for the future and some good looking talent for the present, all eyes were on Texas and Tom Herman. Then Maryland spoiled the Longhorns unveiling — in emphatic fashion. Tyrrell Pigrome passed for two touchdowns and ran for another before leaving with an injury and Maryland stunned No. 23 Texas 51-41 Saturday. Even after Pigrome had to be helped off late in the third quarter after twisting his knee, freshman Kasim Hill came in and led two crucial fourth-quarter touchdown drives that put the game out of reach. Maryland led 27-7 in the second quarter and then held off a Texas rally to snap a 17-game losing streak to ranked opponents, the third-longest streak among Power Five conference teams. ___ WOLVERINES TOPPLE GATORS No. 11 Michigan had to replace 18 starters and has numerous young players on its roster. That didn't slow the Wolverines from pulling away from No. 17 Florida for a 33-17 victory . Quinn Nordin, in his first college game, became the first Michigan kicker to make two 50-yard field goals in the same game, freshman Tarik Black had a 46-yard touchdown catch and the overhauled Michigan defense didn't allow a touchdown while handing Florida its first season-opening loss in nearly three decades. Michigan trailed 17-13 at halftime before scoring three times in the first 6 minutes of the second half. The Gators had won 27 consecutive season openers, the nation's longest such streak, since a home loss to Mississippi in 1989. ___ TOUGH COACHING DEBUTS Justin Wilcox is one of the few coaches who can say he has had a successful debut. The Cal head coach had to go cross country for the Golden Bears to post a 35-30 win over North Carolina. Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley is also 1-0 after the Sooners rolled past UTEP. Going into Saturday night's games, this season's new coaches are 6-9 in debuts. USF's Charlie Strong got things going last week as the Bulls defeated San Jose State. Cincinnati's Luke Fickell, P.J. Fleck (Minnesota) and Randy Edsall (UConn) won on Thursday. Texas' Tom Herman had the most anticipated debut of Saturday and became only the third Longhorns' coach to drop his debut after Maryland's 51-41 win. ____ NUMBERS 3_100-yard rushers by Notre Dame in its 49-16 victory over Temple. Josh Adams had 161, Dexter Williams 124 and Brandon Wimbush 106. 56_Length of the field goal by Northern Colorado's Collin Root against College of Idaho, breaking the school record of 54 yards by Ryan Anderson in 1993. ___ BLIND LONG-SNAPPER Jake Olson, No. 4 Southern California's blind long-snapper, has delivered a flawless extra-point snap for the Trojans. Olson took the field with 3:13 to play for the Trojans, and he delivered his snap without a hitch for a kick that put USC ahead of Western Michigan 49-31 on Saturday. Olson lost his sight to a rare form of retinal cancer eight years ago, but never lost his dream of playing for USC. The lifelong Trojans fan joined the team under a scholarship for disabled athletes and began to practice with the Trojans two years ago. Olson uses a teammate to line him up for snaps in practice. He hadn't played in a game until this season opener for the Trojans. ___ MONUMENTAL MUFF Wyoming freshman Tim Zaleski produced one of the strangest muffed punts in recent memory against Iowa. With the Cowboys down 7-3 late in the first half, Zaleski was charged with getting the Cowboys out of danger. Instead, Zaleski lost control of the ball as he went to toss it in the air to kick. Iowa recovered the loose ball at Wyoming's 27-yard line — and scored on the next play to go up 14-3. ___ More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25No one has shouted yet.
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