Ohio State, Louisville and Miami were the first three teams to score 70 or more points in a game.Yes, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson was amazing in accounting for a school-record eight touchdowns against second-year FBS team Charlotte, and Miami beat FCS Florida A&M in every way imaginable.Ohio State, though, had the most impressive outing of college football’s opening weekend.The Buckeyes’ 77-10 rout of Bowling Green was their largest margin of victory over an FBS opponent since a 72-0 win over Pittsburgh in 1996 and the most points they’ve scored since an 83-21 hammering of Iowa in 1950.The dismantling of BG was more remarkable than that long-ago win over Iowa. The Hawkeyes made it easy for the Buckeyes back in ’50, fumbling on their first play and totaling 12 turnovers. Bowling Green committed three turnovers Saturday, and Ohio State had eight touchdown drives of at least 65 yards.Some more notable statistical feats from Week 1:GRAND GRAD TRANSFERSHigh-profile graduate transfer quarterbacks Trevor Knight, Dakota Prukop and Davis Webb had big openers.Knight threw for 239 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores, including one in overtime, to lead Texas A&M to its victory over UCLA. Prukop passed for 271 yards and…
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