— TCU 48, North Carolina 14
First drive, UNC drove 83 yards on 7 plays, scored a TD.
Rest of game, Tar Heels ran 42 plays for 139 yards.
Horned Frogs led 20-7 at halftime.
Total yardage: TCU 541, North Carolina 222
North Carolina has 70 new players this season; 70!!!!
— South Carolina 24, Virginia Tech 11
Gamecocks ran a punt back 80 yards for a touchdown.
South Carolina QB Sellers was 12-19/209 passing, with a TD.
Hokies kicked three field goals, including a 56-yarder.
— Miami 27, Notre Dame 24
Miami kicked a 47-yard FG with 1:04 left for the winning score.
Hurricanes led 14-7 at half; they were +2 in turnovers.
Total yardage was 332-315, Miami
— First week of college football, here is how leagues did against the spread:
AAC- 5-2 ATS, 2-0 as a favorite.
ACC- 4-6 ATS, 1-3 as a home favorite.
Big 10- 3-10 ATS, 3-8 as a favorite.
Big X- 5-2 ATS, 4-0 as a favorite.
C-USA- 2-2 ATS
MAC- 5-4 ATS, 5-2 as a road underdog.
Mountain West- 7-4 ATS, 5-2 as an underdog.
SEC- 5-5 ATS, 1-3 as a home favorite.
Sun Belt- 4-5 ATS
— Duke’s QB Darian Mensah got paid $4M to bolt Tulane to play for the Blue Devils; on September 13, Duke visits the Green Wave on Bourbon Street- that should be interesting.
— Big 10 Network is now 18 years old; when it started in 2007, the league had 11 teams, now it has 18 teams— once the season gets rolling, we refer to the league here as the Big 18.
— Tennessee Vols have lost two starting defensive backs to injury; Vols play a I-AA team this week, but they play Georgia next week. Big early season game.
— Dabo Swinney is Clemson’s football coach; for the last eight years, one of his sons has been the holder when Clemson tries extra points/field goals.
— Famous birthdays, September 2nd:
Terry Bradshaw, 77
Nate Archibald, 77
Mark Harmon, 74
Rick Manning, 71
Eric Dickerson, 65
Rex Hudler, 65
Keanu Reeves, 61
Tommy Maddox, 54
Willie Adames, 30
Kerry Carpenter, 28
— Every team should play on these days:
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day.
Four teams had Monday off. No bueno.
— Reds 5, Blue Jays 4
Noelvi Marte had the walk-off single for Cincinnati.
Both teams scored three runs in the ninth inning.
Bo Bichette was 4-for-4 with a homer for Toronto.
— Phillies 10, Brewers 8
Milwaukee led 5-1 after the 4th inning.
Brewers had won 47 games in a row when they led by 4+ runs.
Brice Turang has 11 HR’s, 25 RBI since August 1st.
— Mets 10, Tigers 8
Juan Soto hit a grand slam and a two-run triple.
Edwin Diaz got his 25th save in 27 chances this season.
Mets lead Cincinnati by four games for NL’s last Wild Card slot.
— Astros 8, Angels 3
Jose Altuve homered, knocked in three runs.
Luis Garcia allowed three hits in 6 IP, in his first start since 2023.
Astros are 18-9 when one of their lefty P’s starts, 58-53 when a righty starts.
— A’s 11, Cardinals 3
JJ Bleday homered twice, knocked in three runs.
Zack Gelof went 3-for-5 with a home run.
Sonny Gray gave up seven runs in 6 IP against his old team.
— Cubs 7, Braves 6 (10)
Atlanta led 6-1 in the fifth inning.
Carson Kelly tied the game with an 8th inning home run.
Ian Happ went 3-for-5 with a home run.
— Red Sox 6, Guardians 4
Trevor Story went 3-for-4 with a home run.
Red Sox are 35-18 since July 1st.
Cleveland is 7-13 in its last 20 games.
