New quarterback gets Irish off and running
Ian Book rushed for three touchdowns and threw for two more, and No. 8 Notre Dame (4-0) beat Wake Forest 56-27 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Book replaced Brandon Wimbush in the starting lineup and was 25 of 34 for 325 yards with touchdown passes covering 3 yards to Brock Wright and 7 yards to Chase Claypool, along with three short scoring runs. Stanford travels to South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday to face the Irish.
He helped the Fighting Irish more than double their previous season high for scoring and roll up a season-best 566 total yards, surpassing the previous high midway through the third quarter.
OLD DOMINION STUNS HOKIES >> Blake LaRussa came off the bench to throw for 495 yards and four touchdowns in Norfolk, Virginia, to lead Old Dominion to a 49-35 upset of No. 13 Virginia Tech in the Hokies’ first game at the cross-state school that restarted its football program in 2009. LaRussa entered on ODU’s second series and completed 30 of 49 and ran for a score to lead the 28 1/2-point underdog Monarchs (1-3) to a stunning win over the Hokies (2-1) from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Led by LaRussa and Cox, ODU finished with 632 yards of offense.
BLACK KNIGHTS SCARE SOONERS >> Kyler Murray threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in overtime, and Parnell Motley intercepted Kelvin Hopkins’ fourth-down pass to help No. 5 Oklahoma (40) escape with a 28-21 victory over Army in Norman. The Black Knights (2-2) had the ball for 44:41 and ran 87 plays to Oklahoma’s 40. Murray passed for 123 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 40 yards and another score.
URBAN RETURNS >> Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw for 304 yards and five touchdowns in the first half, and fourthranked Ohio State routed Tulane 42-6 in coach Urban Meyer’s return to the
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sideline following a threegame suspension. Meyer was back with his team after serving a suspension for his mismanagement of former assistant Zach Smith, who was accused of domestic violence and other questionable behavior while working under Meyer at Florida and Ohio State. LONGHORNS END SKID TO HORNED FROGS >> Sam Ehlinger passed for two touchdowns and ran for a score, all in the second half, and Texas ended a four-game losing streak to No. 17 TCU with a 3116 win in Austin in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Texas (3-1) had been outscored 153-33 the last four years by TCU and trailed 16-10 before the defense forced three turnovers by quarterback Shawn Robinson in the third quarter.
The victory gives Texas its first three-game win streak since 2014.
The Longhorns also have their first back-toback wins over ranked opponents since winning three in a row in 2008, a run that vaulted Texas to No. 1 that season.
FROST IS COLD AS HUSKERS’ COACH >> Karan Higdon ran for 136 yards and a touchdown in the first half for No. 19 Michigan, and visiting Nebraska fell 56-10 and is off to its worst start since 1945 under new coach Scott Frost. The Wolverines (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) led 20-0 after the first quarter and 39-0 at halftime in Ann Arbor. The Cornhuskers
(0-3, 0-1) have lost seven in a row for the first time since 1957.
SCHOOL HEAD RESIGNS OVER
COMMENT ABOUT BLACK QUARTERBACKS >> A white Texas school superintendent who posted online that “You can’t count on a black quarterback” in reference to Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has resigned. In a letter Saturday to the Onalaska (Texas) Independent School District board, Lynn Redden said his comment posted earlier in the week on the Houston Chronicle’s Facebook page was “wrong and inappropriate.”
He also apologizes to Watson, who is black, and points out that Watson could have criticized him for his comment but instead “chose peace and positivity.”
TAYLOR RUNS WILD AS ARIZONA THRASHES OREGON STATE >> J.J. Taylor rushed for a Reser Stadium-record 284 yards and two touchdowns, including a 62-yard sprint, as visiting Arizona (2-2, 1-0 Pac-12) ran wild over Oregon State (1-3, 0-1) 35-14 in Corvallis. Arizona outgained Oregon State 594 yards to 238.
USC RECOVERS >> The Trojans trailed by 13 points in the second half, and the smallish Coliseum crowd grumbled at the prospect of an already shaky season slipping away entirely from this powerhouse program late Friday. J.T. Daniels passed for 241 yards and three touchdowns, and Tufele blocked Washington State’s attempt at a tying field goal with 1:41 to play in USC’s 18th consecutive home victory, 39-36.