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Nebraska coach Scott Frost looks away during his team's game against Colorado.(Photo: Bruce Thorson, USA TODAY & # 39; HU Sports)
A little lost among the first starts on Saturday was this score: Temple 35, Maryland 14.
Temple was open with a loss in Villanova. The Owls then doubled with a loss to Buffalo. By contrast, Maryland opened with a win over Texas and then dominated Bowling Green. That Maryland had done without her head coach, the suspended justice of the peace. Durkin made Terrapins one of the first successes of the 2018 season.
The fall of Maryland was just the first shot in a difficult afternoon for the Big Ten. From the defeat of the Terrapins, a series of results Saturday put an official end to the idea that the Big Ten is the strongest league in the country.
By the time Maryland blew, Nebraska lost at home to Troy for its worst start since 1957. Two games indicate nothing of Scott Frost's mandate to his alma mater, although the number of Cornhusker errors should to be corrected before its first season runs off the rails. Illinois led South Florida 19-7 in the third quarter, but allowed the last 18 points of the match to lose 25-19.
Wisconsin could have been in a difficult situation with a 24-21 home defeat by Brigham Young, a team the Badgers easily mastered a year ago. The Badgers are still a factor in the Big Ten hunt, especially what appears to be a very weak West Division, but the total defeat at BYU fuels the theory that Wisconsin was overrated before the 13-1 regular season. finish, which was in turn built on the back of a flexible program. This is a rather complicated theory.
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And finally, the most damning score of all: Kansas 55, Rutgers 14. Rutgers is the mainstay of the Big Ten, but the Scarlet Knights are a college football fee compared to the Jayhawks. Or so we thought. The Big Ten's worst team is 41 points less than the Big 12 Conference's worst team, and in the world of college football, that's a big calculation.
It's that kind of day for the Big Ten. Here are the other winners and losers of Saturday:
winners
Ed Orgeron
It's right to call Orgeron the big winner of the day after a 22-21 win at Auburn, which gave LSU two punchy wins in the first three weeks of the season, joining a dominant performance against Miami (Fla. ) In the first match. After a summer spent under the radar at the Southeast Conference, the Tigers are destined for the top 10 Amway Coaches Survey.
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Oklahoma State
Another team that spent the off-season far from the limelight: Oklahoma State was seen as a competitor on the edge of the Big 12, far behind rival Oklahoma, and unlikely to make much noise outside of conference matches . Saturday's 44-21 win over previously undefeated Boise State has highlighted a defense that could be enough for the Cowboys to become a factor for a New Year's Six Bowl. Few coaches in the country are doing so. better job than Mike Gundy's.
duke
The Blue Devils continue to impress. For three weeks, Duke has won victories over Army, Northwestern and now Baylor, the last on the road. And the Bears' 40-20 double came without quarterback Daniel Jones, who was injured in last week's Wildcats victory. At a conference on the unresolved Atlantic coast, could Duke plead for the best team in the Coastal Division?
Brigham Young
It was a victory that coach Kalani Sitake needed after a terrible year in 2017, and a win that the Cougars needed to continue their very tough September program. But now, 2-1 with wins against Arizona and Wisconsin, BYU gets McNeese State next Saturday, in Washington on September 29th, then a rather quiet month of October and November. Saturday's win, one year after losing 40-6 at home against the Badgers, shows the growth of the Cougars' off-season.
Defensive lineman Brigham Young Merrill Taliauli (54) and offensive lineman Austin Hoyt celebrate after their team's victory over Wisconsin. (Photo: Jeff Hanisch, USA TODAY HU Sports)
Troy
These victories have become quite common for Trojans, who can add a Nebraska victory to last year's victory at LSU. Coach Neal Brown and the Trojans straightened the ship after opening the year with an unbalanced loss to Boise State.
losers
Willie Taggart
You would not think it could get worse for the Florida State freshman than for his loss to Virginia Tech. But Samford was worse. And Syracuse was the worst. The Seminoles' loss (30-7) was marked by sluggishness and a handful of shaky training decisions, leaving Taggart with a strange pressure for a coach to only three games.
Rutgers
Because we must repeat: Rutgers lost 41 points in Kansas, about six touchdowns.
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Georgia Tech
First off, let's take a bit of credit to Pat Narduzzi and Pittsburgh, who had a great win against the Yellow Jackets a week after being defeated at home by rival Penn State. But the most important story is the game of Paul Johnson's team, which has now doubled with coming matches against Clemson, Duke, Virginia Tech, Miami (Florida) and Georgia.
The half-american conference
What could have been a busy day for the MAC has proven to be a failure, full of jumps and failures in the games between the brave success of the league to the great competition of the Power Five. Toledo thought he was in line for a home showdown against Miami (Fla.), But he was well on his way to a 49-24 loss. Ball State has never sniffed Indiana by losing 38-10. The Kent State 63-10 loss at Penn State was very, very much anticipated, so no harm there. But Miami (Ohio) did not fight Minnesota and Ohio's defense was beaten by Virginia.
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