— LSU 51, Clemson 10
LSU led this game 31-3 at halftime.
Total yardage: LSU 644, Clemson 145.
LSU ran ball 58 times for 309 yards.
Ugly start to the season for Dabo Swinney; his QB’s have very little experience.
— SEC teams were 8-1 ATS Saturday, 8-0 as home favorites; only team that didn’t cover was Auburn (-7) which nipped Baylor 17-16 on a neutral field in Atlanta. Ole Miss won Sunday night, but didn’t cover.
— This is how a great a coaching job Curt Cignetti has done at Indiana; from 1992-2023, the Hoosiers were 0-6 in bowl games. Only six bowls in 32 years, no wins, then Cignetti wins the national title in his second year there. Pretty amazing.
— Former TCU head coach Gary Patterson is the defensive coordinator at USC now, which is really going to help the Trojans under HC Lincoln Riley. USC was 16-11 in conference games the last three years.
— Washington 24, Washington State 10
Homestanding Huskies led 10-0 at halftime.
Coogs missed field goals of 52-32 yards.
Washington outgained Wazzu, 402-242.
— Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13
Notre Dame’s first TD drive was 13 yards, after a fumbled kickoff.
Notre Dame led 13-10 at halftime.
Notre Dame got a pick-6 to lead 27-10, break game open.
— Ole Miss 41, Louisville 38
Rebels kicked a 49-yard FG at the gun for the exciting win.
Louisville scored two TD’s in last 4:42 to tie game, 38-38
Ole Miss led 10-6 at halftime; second half was lot more fun.
— Famous birthdays, September 7th:
Joe Rudi, 80
Bert Jones, 75
Corbin Bernsen, 72
Bill Schroeder, 68
Jason Isringhausen, 54
Mark Prior, 46
Kevin Love, 38
Sandy Alcantara, 31
Donovan Mitchell, 30
— Braves 5, Phillies 4
Phillies led 4-1 in the 8th inning.
Ronald Acuna hit a 3-run homer in the 8th.
Austin Riley hit a game-winning triple in the 9th.
— Red Sox 3, Orioles 1
Eli White hit a three-run homer in the 8th inning.
Payton Tolle struck out 12 guys in six IP.
Aroldis Chapman got his 400th career save.
— Diamondbacks 3, Astros 2
Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in third inning.
Arizona won Eduardo Rodriguez’s last eight road starts.
Diamondbacks have a slim lead for the NL’s last Wild Card spot.
— Guardians 3, Tigers 2 (10)
Danel Schneeman had a walk-off single in the 10th inning.
Cleveland had three walk-off wins in this four-game series.
Guardians have a one-game lead for the AL’s last Wild Card spot.
— Pirates 1, Angels 0
Pirates scored 1-1-1 runs in the series, but had two 1-0 wins.
Paul Skenes allowed four hits, got his first win in eight starts.
Henry Davis, hitting .169, homered for the game’s only run.
— Mets 4, Giants 2
Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer in the 8th inning.
Giants walked Juan Soto intentionally to pitch to Bichette.
Cesar Perdomo allowed three hits in six IP in his first MLB start.
— Rangers 8, Rays 6
Jake Burger homered twice, drove in three runs.
Ezequiel Duran had his 13th game with 3+ hits.
71-73 Rangers are two games out a playoff spot.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Diamondbacks
