College football roundup

Local interest

• Lake Erie fell to host Edinboro, 30-3, in its first game under coach Jerry Hazzard. Mentor graduate Mike Muzic kicked 33-yard field goal in the third quarter for the Storm. LEC nearly matched Edinboro in total offense with 404 yards, but committed 12penalties, threw four interceptions and lost two fumbles. • Host Shepherd edged Notre Dame College, 5449, in a battle of the top two teams in the Mountain East preseason poll. The Falcons scored twice in the final three minutes, to cut a 19-point deficit to five, but couldn’t get any closer. Falcons QB Malik Grove threw for three touchdowns, and D.J. Greene (South) rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns. • QB quarterback D’Angelo Fulford accounted for 291 yards of total offense, and Mount Union won its 30th consecutive season opener, 58-0, over North Carolina Wesleyan. • In a rematch of a 2016 Division III national semifinal, visiting Wis.-Oshkosh defeated John Carroll, 23-17. It was the Titans’ third victory over the Blue Streaks in the past two season (click here for a full recap). • Visiting Case Western Reserve spotted Chicago two touchdowns, then went on to win, 34-14. • Visiting Baldwin Wallace rattled off 35 unanswered points in the second half to rout Defiance, 42-2. • Host Pitt needed Jester Weah’s leaping 11-yard touchdown catch on the first possession of overtime to escape Youngstown State, 28-21. Pitt, which blew a 21-point lead, didn’t seal the victory until Bricen Garner’s end zone interception let the Panthers escape. • Brian Lewerke threw three touchdown passes, and Tyson Smith capped his heartwarming comeback with an interception return for a touchdown in host Michigan State’s 35-10 win over Bowling Green. • Keion Davis returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and Chris Jackson added a 72yard interception return for a score, but host Marshall still needed to bat down a gameending Hail Mary pass to defeat Miami (Ohio), 31-26. • Ohio had no problem with Hampton in its season opener, winning, 59-0.

Top national games

• Damien Harris ran for a touchdown and blocked a punt, and Jalen Hurts chipped in with a scoring pass on a night that basically required the sophomore quarterback to make no major mistakes, leading Alabama to a 24-7beatdown of No. 3 Florida State on at Atlanta’s new $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium. • Quinn Nordin became the first Michigan kicker to make two 50-yard field goals in the same game, one of them in a go-ahead spurt after halftime, and the No. 11Wolverines beat No. 17 Florida, 33-17. Nordin made four field goals, including a 55-yarder in the first half. He missed two attempts wide right in the fourth quarter, one of those from 52yards. • Ronald Jones II ran 37 yards for the tiebreaking touchdown with 6:57 to play, and host No. 4 Southern California rallied from a second-half deficit to beat Western Michigan, 49-31. • Tyrrell Pigrome threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score before leaving with an injury and visiting Maryland spoiled No. 23 Texas coach Tom Herman’s debut, 51-41. • Kelly Bryant passed for 236 yards and a touchdown and ran for 77 more yards in his first game as No. 5 Clemson’s starting quarterback, 56-3 win over visiting Kent State. • Saquon Barkley had 226total yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 6Penn State over visiting Akron, 52-0. • Baker Mayfield passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns in one half of action to help host No 7 Oklahoma rout UTEP, 56-7. • Freshman Jake Fromm led three first-half touchdown drives after starting quarterback Jacob Eason hurt his left knee, helping host No. 15 Georgia beat Appalachian State, 31-10. • Malik Rosier passed for 217 yards and three touchdowns in his debut as No. 18Miami’s fulltime starting quarterback and Mark Walton ran for 148yards and two touchdowns in a 41-13 win over Bethune-Cookman. • Quinton Flowers threw for 186 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns to help host South Florida (20) shrug off a slow start and beat Stony Brook, 31-17.