ACC admits replay official made mistake
The Atlantic Coast Conference said Saturday the replay official erred on the final play of the North Carolina-Wake Forest game by failing to initiate a review that would have put one second back on the clock.
League supervisor of football officials Dennis Hennigan said in a statement the officials determined that UNC running back Michael Carter’s forward progress had been stopped and time had elapsed in Wake Forest’s 24-18 win Friday night. But he said the replay official “should have stopped the game for further review,” which should have resulted in restoring the final second.
Officials would have then spotted the ball at the Wake Forest 43-yard line and restarted the clock on their signal. It’s unclear whether the Tar Heels would have been able to get off a snap in time once the officials restarted the clock.
“All disciplinary measures related to the replay officials are being handled internally and the ACC considers this matter closed,” Hennigan said.
Doing it by the Book: Ian Book threw a career-high five touchdown passes and Notre Dame’s defense came up with three first-half interceptions in a 66-14 home rout of New Mexico before a showdown at No. 3 Georgia.
Book rebounded from a lackluster opening performance in a 35-17 victory at Louisville to complete 15-of-24 passes for 360 yards. Book finished with another 46 yards rushing yards and a 1-yard TD.
The Fighting Irish (2-0) had their way with the Lobos (1-1), who were without head coach Bob Davie. Saga Tuitele acted as head coach for Davie, the former Irish head coach from 1997-2001 who was hospitalized following New Mexico’s opening victory over Sam Houston State.
Good Knights: Freshman Dillon Gabriel threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns in his second start, leading No. 17 UCF to a 45-27 rout of Stanford.
The Knights (3-0) scored on six of seven possessions, building a 31-point halftime lead in what was expected to be a much tougher test for the two-time defending American Athletic Conference champions, who won their first two games of the season by a combined score of 110-14 against Florida A&M and Florida Atlantic.
Sun Devils prevent record: Eno Benjamin reached the ball to the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds remaining, and Arizona State beat No. 18 Michigan State 10-7 after the Spartans had a tying field goal negated for having too many men on the field.
Matt Coghlin’s 42-yard kick appeared to have tied it with 6 seconds remaining, but a replay showed too many men on the field for Michigan State. Coghlin had to try again from farther back after the penalty, and he hooked the kick left for his third miss of the day.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio missed a chance to take over sole possession of first place on the school's career victories list. He remains tied with Duffy Daugherty at 109.
Temple cools off Maryland: Kenny Yeboah put Temple ahead on a onehanded touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter, and the Owls used two clutch stops at the goal line for a 20-17 victory over a No. 21 Maryland team, which averaged 71 points in its victories over Howard and Syracuse.
The Owls (2-0) defeated an unbeaten Maryland team for the second straight season and got coach Rod Carey off to a nice start in his first season on Temple’s sideline. Yeboah used his outstretched right hand to snag Anthony Russo’s pass with 7:27 left in the game to put Temple ahead 20-15.
Extra points: Florida QB Feleipe Franks was carted off the field with a right leg injury late in the third quarter before the No. 9 Gators (3-0, 1-0 SEC) came back from an 11-point deficit to defeat Kentucky 29-21 . ... Dayan Ghanwoloku intercepted a tipped pass in overtime after Jake Oldroyd kicked a 43-yard field to give BYU the lead, and the Cougars (2-1) beat No. 24 USC 30-27, their second straight OT victory . ... In a game delayed nearly 3 hours because of lightning, Nate Stanley threw for 201 yards and ran for a score as No. 19 Iowa (3-0) rallied to beat Iowa State 18-17 for their fifth straight win over the Cyclones. ... Chuba Hubbard rushed for a careerhigh 256 yards and three touchdowns as Oklahoma State (3-0) defeated Tulsa 40-21 . ... Jarrett Guarantano threw three touchdown passes and Tennessee rolled to a 45-0 blowout of FCS program Chattanooga as the Volunteers (1-2) began digging their way out of their slowest start in over three decades. Tennessee is trying to bounce back from its first 0-2 start since 1988 . ... Colorado S Aaron Maddox was carted off in the third quarter with a left leg laceration after he crashed into a cooling fan on the Air Force sideline during a 30-23 overtime loss. He could be back mid-to-late season.