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Good Morning and Happy Sunday, but basically Saturday x’2 of the Labor Day Weekend. We had a great week 1 of College Football, but it ain’t over yet. There’s other action in sportslandia too, we’ll cover a bit of everything today.
College Football Scoreboard
Top 25
The biggest surprise of week 1 so far is the upset of last year’s National Championship runner-up, TCU. The Colorado Buffalo gored the TCU defense on a sunny Saturday in Dallas, TX. Just 9 months after Deion Sander aka Coach Prime took over the program and basically told current Colorado players if they weren’t ready then leave(many of them did) because he had his guys coming in to play. Deion professed some and then professed some more. For week 1, his professions were accurate. He said “We Coming” and the Buffs showed up.
#14 TCU 42
Colorado 45
Deion’s son, QB Shedeur Sanders threw for a record 510 yards and tossed 4 touchdowns.
The Colorado defense will need some work on the rushing attack as they gave up 262 yards on the ground.
Travis Hunter was the star of the show though, playing both sides of the ball. He had 11 receptions for 119 yards and had an INT on defense
It wasn’t all bad for TCU, their offense still shined and they have a very capable run game. It’s hard to be mad when you score 42 as an offense. Clean up some defense and you’ll be right back in the mix of the Big 12.
#15 Oregon 81
Portland State 7
Oregon became the first team to drop 80 points in an FBS game since 2015 when UNLV put 80 up on Idaho State
Bo Nix went 23/27 for the Ducks and threw for 287 yards and 3 TDs
Oregon had video game-like stats, passing for 381 and 4 TDs, rushing for 348 yards and 7 TDs
A few surprises: Oregon had zero INTs or sacks and they even punted once.
#21 North Carolina 31
South Carolina 17
In a battle of two talented QBs, Drake Maye put together some impressive throws for UNC, going 24-32 for 269 yards and TDs. Maye unfortunately threw 2 picks as well.
South Carolina star Spencer Rattler had a well-played game, going 30-39 for 353 but he didn’t throw for any TDs in the game. The Carolina defense created pressure during crunch time and had 9 sacks.
#3 Ohio State 23
Indiana 3
Ohio State opened the season with Big 10 play and had a sluggish start. The Buckeyes would head into halftime only up 7 points with a 10-3 lead. They would score 13 in the shutout Indiana in the 2nd half.
Marvin Harrison Jr. would only have 2 catches for 18 yards for Ohio State. He’s never been held to two catches in his college career
There were a number of other blowout scores. Check them out here.
Formula 1
Formula 1 is in action this weekend with the Italian Grand Prix. This weekend’s race takes place just North of Milan at the Monza Circuit. Carlos Sainz gets the pole position today and Max Verstappen will start in the 2nd position but well all know that doesn’t really matter with Verstappen.
Tune into ESPN around 9:30 am ET to see the opening laps
US Tennis Open
Women’s Singles
We’re in the round of 16 and we’ve got some great battles in Arthur Ashe Stadium today. Here’s today’s matchups
No. 6 Coco Gauff(USA) vs. Caroline Wozniacki, 2:00 pm ET on ESPN
No. 1 Iga Swiatek vs No. 20 Jelena Ostapenko, 9:00 pm ET on ESPN
Men’s Singles
Today’s Men’s single host one of the world’s best and a matchup of Americans
No. 14 Tommy Paul(USA) vs Ben Shelton(USA), Noon ET on ESPN
No. 2 Novak Djokovic vs. Borna Gojo, 7 pm ET on ESPN
Tonight’s Headliner
We have a marquee matchup in College Football tonight. #5 LSU takes on #8 Florida State at 7:30 pm ET live on ABC.
Mike Norvell has built FSU back up to one of the nation’s best teams since he took over in 2019. LSU is being led by 2nd year HC Brian Kelly and the Tigers have a talented roster who will likely be ready to put a title run together this year.
You likely don’t have work tomorrow so that Monday definitely ain’t gonna scare your Sunday.
HAVE A DAY!
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