Eleven things you should learn from Week 9 in college football

proceed and mark Ameer Abdullah down as the largest non-quarterback risk to win the Heisman Trophy.

only at that point, the Nebraska running back has to move ahead of Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon, Alabama’s Amari Cooper, and anyone else who does not throw the ball in his play for the top individual honor in college football. On Saturday, Rutgers’ defense was more of a witness than the usual opposition to Abdullah’s latest exploits, enabling the Cornhuskers senior 225 yards and three touchdowns in the floor as well as a school-record 341 all-purpose yards as Nebraska improved to 7-1, 42-24.

» Can Not-miss Minutes: Top plays of Week 9 in CFB

With five games remaining, including a bowl, a 2,000-yard season is not out of reach for Abdullah.

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Eleven things you should learn from Week 9 in college football

Five things you should learn from Week 9 in college football

proceed and mark Ameer Abdullah down as the largest non-quarterback risk to win the Heisman Trophy.

only at that point, the Nebraska running back has to move ahead of Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon, Alabama’s Amari Cooper, and anyone else who does not throw the ball in his play for the top individual honor in college football. On Saturday, Rutgers’ defense was more of a witness than the usual opposition to Abdullah’s latest exploits, enabling the Cornhuskers senior 225 yards and three touchdowns in the floor as well as a school-record 341 all-purpose yards as Nebraska improved to 7-1.

» Can Not-miss Minutes: Top plays of Week 9 in CFB

With five games remaining, including a bowl, a 2,000-yard season is not out of reach for Abdullah.

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Five things you should learn from Week 9 in college football

Position every FBS QB scenario at midseason: Nos. 61-70

Main beginner: Cooper Rush/Cody Kater Buzz: Rush was a redshirt freshman when he was thrown to the infraction last season, and he clearly learned some lessons. He’s completing 64 percent of his passes, for 10 TDs and four picks for a team that is playing better than anticipated in the MAC.

Main beginner: Sam Richardson Buzz: Richardson has gained in the tutelage of new coordinator Mark Mangino. Richardson threw 11 TD passes last season and already has thrown 10 this season. He is additionally a productive runner.

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Main starter: Grant Hedrick Buzz: Hedrick is second in the country in completion percentage, at 72.1. But he’s more interceptions (10) than TD passes (seven). He’s proved to be a running risk, though.

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Position every FBS QB scenario at midseason: Nos. 61-70

Nick Marshall shreds LSU defense in blowout win

In his first start as an SEC quarterback, LSU’s Brandon Harris didn’t get it done.

But at least he got to watch Nick Marshall show him how.

Auburn’s senior quarterback led a 566-yard explosion by the Tigers’ offense in a 41-7 home win. He completed 14 of 22 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. But it was his direction of Auburn’s base running play, the zone-read option, that really had LSU on its heels. Marshall rushed 16 times for 119 yards and two more touchdowns, while the give man on the option — senior Cameron Artis-Payne — had 126 yards on 24 carries.

It didn’t take long for Marshall to stake his team to a commanding lead. He found wide receiver Sammie Coates (four catches, 144 yards) for a 56-yard touchdown in the first quarter, then put the Tigers up 17-0 with a 7-yard touchdown run. Marshall all but put the game out of reach with 2:29 left in the first half with a 29-yard touchdown run.

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Nick Marshall shreds LSU defense in blowout win

Charlie Strong absorbs first loss as Texas coach

New Texas coach Charlie Strong drew all sorts of criticism in the spring after telling a gathering of Longhorns fans that their team wouldn’t reach the national championship game.

He’s looking prophetic now, if not any more appreciated.

BYU brought the Texas-Strong honeymoon to an abrupt end as BYU quarterback Taysom Hill led a 41-7 win in the Longhorns’ 100,119-seat house. Hill completed 18 of 27 passes for 181 yards and rushed for another 99 to spoil things in Austin.

This play, in particular, was a forgettable one for Texas fans:

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Charlie Strong absorbs first loss as Texas coach