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It's that time again, time to dole out helmet stickers for Week 2 in the SEC. There weren't an overload of marquee games in the SEC this week, but there were a few terrific performances. Here are this week's winners:

Georgia tailback Knowshon Moreno: What leg injury? Moreno looked better than ever in Georgia's 56-17 thrashing of Central Michigan. He rushed for 168 yards on 19 carries and scored three touchdowns for the second straight week. One of those was a 52-yard gem where Moreno showcased his speed, vision and power all in one vapor trail to the end zone.

Alabama special teams: Without the kicking game, Alabama would have been in real trouble. The Crimson Tide scored their first two touchdowns on special teams, an 87-yard punt return by Javier Arenas and a blocked punt and 13-yard return for a touchdown by Chris Rogers. Arenas' return was as pretty as you'll ever see. He broke at least four tackles and then turned on the jets, as Alabama held off Tulane, 20-6.

Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson: Hey, let's give Johnson his long overdue props. The guy can coach. Vanderbilt knocked off South Carolina on Thursday night for its first home win over a nationally ranked team since 1992. More importantly, the Commodores are 2-0. Johnson is getting better players into the program, and his teams are tough, disciplined and always prepared. None of his high-paid coaching counterparts in the SEC could have done any better job than he's done at Vanderbilt, and he's done it with class.

Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams: Talk about a one-man show. Williams showed why he's one of the best pass-catching tight ends in college football in Arkansas' 28-27 escape against Louisiana-Monroe. He had five catches for 124 yards, including a pair of touchdowns. His 8-yard touchdown catch with 1:22 to playwon it for the Hogs after his 76-yard catch and run earlier in the fourth quarter set-up a short touchdown run to pull Arkansas within 27-14.

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Jan Jorgensen, DE, BYU: Blocked Washington's game-tying extra point with no time remaining to preserve a 28-27 win and keep BYU's BCS-busting dreams alive.

Kyle McCarthy, SS, Notre Dame: Made a crucial hit near the end zone that popped the ball loose from San Diego State running back Brandon Sullivan. The play swung the momentum and helped in Notre Dame's 21-13 win.

Patrick Pinkney, QB, East Carolina: For the second consecutive game, Pinkney helped lead his Pirates to a win over a ranked team. Pinkney completed 78.5 percent of his passes for 236 yards and a touchdown.

Chris Jammer, DB, Rice: Intercepted a pass and returned it 69 yards in the final seconds to give Rice a 42-35 win over Memphis and cap a comeback win.

David Johnson, QB, Tulsa: Threw for 418 yards and six touchdown passes while completing 75 percent of his passes, and rushed for a touchdown in a 56-26 win over North Texas.

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OK we're not messing around with these things anymore. We've got a nifty new sticker for you, and only the best of the best are getting one, so if you lose to, say, Middle Tennessee State, or only hang for dear life by, say, three points for most of a game, you're not getting one.

The following were deemed sticker-worthy in Week 2:

Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson: Not only did he win his first ACC game, but he did it on the road and against one of the better defenses in the conference. Johnson became the first coach in school history to win his conference opener.

Wake Forest kicker Sam Swank: Had he not made his 41-yard field goal with three seconds left, odds are the ACC wouldn't have anyone representing the conference in the top 25. Swank booted the game-winner against a much-improved SEC team and kept the league from taking another hit in the national spotlight.

Clemson safety Michael Hamlin: He tied a school record with three interceptions in a feel-good win against the Citadel. The Tigers held Citadel, which averaged better than 191 yards on the ground last season, to 42 yards rushing through three quarters and 89 for the game.

Florida State's quarterbacks: The debut of duo of Christian Ponder and D'Vontrey Richardson couldn't have gone much better. They combined for six total touchdowns in a season opening romp of Western Carolina.

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The Big East continues to take it on the chin, but these guys deserve a slap on the hat:

Donald Brown, RB, Connecticut: Ran for a career-high 214 yards and the game's only touchdown in the Huskies' 12-9 overtime win at Temple.

Mardy Gilyard, WR/KR, Cincinnati: Set a new Big East record for kickoff return yards, including a 97-yard touchdown, and had a school record 365 all-purpose yards in the Bearcats' 52-26 loss at Oklahoma.

Matt Grothe, QB, South Florida: Threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yard strike to Taurus Johnson in overtime, to beat Central Florida and keep the Bulls' season -- and some semblance of Big East pride -- alive.

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There were plenty of tense moments, but the Big Ten got through Week 2 undefeated. Time to hand out helmet stickers.

Penn State QB Daryll Clark -- Clark aced his first significant test as the Nittany Lions' starter, passing for 215 yards and two touchdowns and adding 61 rushing yards and a touchdown on only five carries in a 45-14 rout of Oregon State. Penn State might have the Big Ten's most explosive offense, and Clark is proving to be the linchpin.

Minnesota QB Adam Weber -- It's a different season for the Gophers, who already have eclipsed last year's win total, and Weber remains the biggest reason why. The sophomore was nearly perfect, completing 22 of 26 passes for 257 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-17 road win against Bowling Green. Weber added a rushing touchdown to put the game out of reach.

Michigan State RB Javon Ringer -- Jehuu Caulcrick has graduated, and that means more touchdown opportunities for Ringer. The senior cashed in with five rushing scores -- the second-highest single-game total in team history -- and gained 135 yards on the ground in a 42-10 win over Eastern Michigan.

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TEMPE, Ariz. -- From the Sun Devil Stadium press box:

• Dimitri Nance starts at TB instead of Keegan Herring, who's nursing a hamstring injury.
• WR Michael Jones is in -- his first reception went for 9 yards and a first down.
• Sun Devils can't be too happy that a 15-play drive only yields a field goal, but a drive that kills 7:15 off the clock can't be easy on the Stanford D in this heat.
• The Cardinal offense needs a few first downs to let the D rest -- which it promptly does. QB Tavita Pritchard looks sharp -- completely different than he did vs. Oregon State. Wow! Nice drive to answer.
• Pritchard is 5-for-5 for 68 yards on a nine-play 80-yard TD drive to take a 7-3 lead.
• Bam. ASU bounces back with a 46-yard completion, Carpenter to Chris McGaha. But the Cardinal pressure is getting through the Sun Devil OL. He's getting hit after almost every pass, though only one sack so far.
• It's second-and-goal on the 4 (after a loss of 2) as the quarter ends.
• Stanford is winning in the trenches so far, thwarting the ASU running game and getting after Carpenter.

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	Oklahoma's Ryan Broyles, left, celebrates a touchdown against Cincinnati Saturday with teammate Juaquin Iglesias, right, in front of quarterback Sam Bradford.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Having grown up and played his high school ball just down the street from the home of the Sooners, Ryan Broyles had been waiting most of his life for a day like Saturday. Oklahoma fans probably feel like they had been waiting almost as long.

The payoff was pretty good. In his first collegiate game, Broyles turned in the best showing by a freshman receiver in team history. He had seven catches for 141 yards and a touchdown in his team's 52-26 destruction of Cincinnati.

"We were, as well as a lot of other people, waiting for him to show us all what he can do," Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford said. "It didn't look like that was his first time being on the field."

Broyles riled fans up before signing day in 2007, switching his allegiance back and forth between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma before finally settling on the school in his hometown. Coach Bob Stoops was ready to play him as a freshman.

But the day before the season opener against North Texas, Broyles got arrested for allegedly stealing gas. He would plead no contest to misdemeanor attempted petty larceny, and Stoops suspended him for the season.

His troubles apparently didn't end there, as Broyles was suspended again for this season's opener vs. Chattanooga for undisclosed reasons. No wonder Stoops tempered his praise for Broyles by saying things like "if he keeps doing the things he's been doing lately," and "he's still got a lot of growth to make."

On the field, though, Broyles looked like a polished product. He made maybe the most important play in Saturday's game, as Oklahoma led 28-20 and faced a third-and-nine at its own 23.

Bradford threw the ball high toward Broyles despite heavy coverage -- "It was a misread, I admit it," the quarterback said -- and cornerback Brandon Underwood broke on the ball for the interception. But Broyles outjumped him and outwrestled him for the ball, turning it into a 43-yard play. The Sooners would go on to score and salt the game away.

"I just jumped up, and I didn't look back from there," Broyles said.

Smiling through his postgame interviews, Broyles said he was "blessed" to be on the field and finally contributing.

"It's never a good feeling just sitting around and watching the team play," he said. "It's been a whole year's process of anticipation for me."

He is only the second Oklahoma player to have 100 yards receiving in his debut, following Jon Harris, who had 108 yards against SMU in 1970. The previous best performance by an Oklahoma freshman receiver was Tinker Owens' 132 yards in the 1972 Sugar Bowl.

Stoops said he wasn't surprised by how Broyles played.

"I've been watching him for a couple years, I've seen a lot of this in our scrimmages," he said. "He's very competitive and he has a great knack for going after the football."

Broyles said he had more than 30 friends and family members in the stands, many no doubt after waiting a long time to see him come through. He said he's trying to make sure he does the right things so he can do it more than once.

"I don't let it get to my head," he said. "This is the first game I've been out there, so I still have a lot to prove."

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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Driving to Sun Devils Stadium for Arizona State's tilt with Stanford tonight, my car thermometer read 110 degrees.

The front page of the Arizona Republic says it's presently (6:15 p.m. PT) 105.

I plugged that information into my supercomputer, and it deduced this: It's really, really hot.

Enjoy, Stanford.

Last year about this time -- and temperature -- Colorado came to Tempe and jumped ahead 14-0 in the first quarter.

Colorado then simply wilted, surrendering 33 consecutive points to the Sun Devils.

"I like it when it's hot," Arizona State QB Rudy Carpenter said this week. "It's good for us."

Yes, it is.

A hour before game time and the student section is mostly full with gold-shirted Sun Devil adherents, and these hardy souls -- the sort who always call it "a dry heat" -- are flicking fans back-and-forth trying not to slow roast.

Plugging the on-field variables into that ol' supercomputer again, and it's hard to imagine Stanford prevailing this evening.

ASU is more talented in the first place. Oregon State's flop today at Penn State also took some of the gleam off the Cardinal's opening win over the Beavers last week.

And this is a heck of a home-field advantage.

Normally, this is when a sports media sort would talk about how important it is that Stanford start fast and establish confidence and take the crowd out of the game.

And that's true in this case, to an extent.

It's just hard to believe Stanford, not the deepest team in any event, can start fast enough that when exhaustion inevitably sets in, they can hold on in the fourth quarter -- particularly against a veteran QB like Carpenter, who can run any defense ragged.

Sure, the Sun Devils' offensive line is questionable, but the Cardinal secondary is just as uncertain, particularly with CB Corey Gatewood hobbled with a sprained ankle and free safety Austin Yancy out with a hamstring injury.

Unless ASU wide receivers Michael Jones (Achilles) and Chris McGaha (toe) also can't finish -- both are probable but banged up -- the Sun Devil advantage here is striking.

And probably decisive.

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	Notre Dame safety Sergio Brown (31) celebrates with his teammates after Notre Dame beat the San Diego State Aztecs, 21-13, Saturday.

SOUTH BEND -- For a team like Notre Dame that hasn't experienced a lot of victories over the last season, any win is a good win, even if it's ugly.

The Irish scratched and clawed its way to a 21-13 decision over San Diego State on Saturday and even though the team had more turnovers than touchdowns it was reason to celebrate. For the first time since 2006, Notre Dame opened the season with a win.

"The guys will come in here and everyone will talk about an ugly win," coach Charlie Weis said of his team speaking to media after the game. "Are you happy with an ugly win? I told them, Yes, you're happy with an ugly win because it's better than an ugly loss. I'll take an ugly win any day of the week."

After the game, the team ran over to the student section and started chanting, "Crank it up." It's a new chant that the players passed on to the student section during the pep rally Friday night. It became the rallying cry when the Irish fell down 13-7 in the fourth quarter and ultimately the signal that the home team had triumphed.

The Irish celebrating with their fans was a scene that was rarely seen last season. But arm in arm the players stood, swaying back and forth with their fans, singing the alma mater and feeling the feeling of being a proud Notre Dame football player for the first time in a long time. This is only the second win in Notre Dame Stadium since 2006.

Few teams needed a win simply for the psyche of the team more than Notre Dame.

"Coming off those two wins last year, we just wanted to keep it going, keep it rolling," quarterback Jimmy Clausen said. "I think it's big for this team just to start off with the first win at our stadium in front of all our fans and just come out on top."

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• East Carolina is a legitimate team that deserves to be ranked -- probably should've been ranked instead of South Carolina last weekend. And the fact that there are two subpar ACC schools remaining on the Pirates' schedule -- NC State and Virginia -- only bodes well for their odds of staying in the top 25.
• Notre Dame and Michigan snuck away with wins, but both of them didn't have much to brag about in the process. Which one should be more confident when they face each other next week? It's a toss-up. Jimmy Clausen should be credited for his leadership in that game and hanging in there, but the Wolverines did show improvement from their season-opening loss against Utah. Clearly, though, they both still have lots to work on before they restore their storied traditions of the past.
• There probably wasn't a more costly penalty today than the unsportsmanlike conduct call on Washington quarterback Jake Locker, who tossed the football into the air following an impressive touchdown drive that pulled the Huskies to within one point. The PAT attempt was blocked, and Locker's efforts were overshadowed by his penalty.
• On the flip side, how on Earth does a West Virginia team with so many playmakers score just three points? Where was Pat White the gunslinger we saw just a week ago?
• Save for Wake Forest's game-winning field goal, the ACC didn't do much to help or hurt its reputation.
• It took too long for Ohio State to get its ground game going -- something USC will have little, if any, trouble doing when those teams meet in a week. The Buckeyes need Chris "Beanie" Wells back, but it looks like they might also need more from Terrelle Pryor. Or maybe it's just everyone wants to see it.
• Biggest loser? Syracuse coach Greg Robinson will be feeling some heat after his team's 42-28 loss to Akron.

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	BYU players celebrate the blocked PAT that sealed its victory over Washington.

It was one of the worst judgment calls you will ever see -- no your eyes and instincts and sense of fairness didn't deceive you.

When Washington quarterback Jake Locker ran for a 3-yard touchdown to put the Huskies within a converted PAT of tying their game with BYU, he threw the ball behind his neck so he could hug his teammates in order to properly enjoy a thrilling moment as the fans went bonkers.

He was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for his celebration, a point of emphasis for officials this season.

He certainly didn't break the spirit of the rule.

The Huskies should have converted the resulting 35-yard PAT after 15 yards were walked off. It's a routine field goal distance.

But they didn't.

So they lost.

And the result may irrevocably doom Huskies coach Tyrone Willingham.

From Bob Condotta's Washington Football blog:

Here is the official statement from referee Larry Farina on the penalty on Jake Locker at the end of the game:

"After scoring the touchdown, the player threw the ball into the air and we are required, by rule, to assess a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. It is a celebration rule that we are required to call. it was not a judgment call."

The rule in question is Rule 9, Section 2, Article 1 of the rule book.

Section C of that rule states that "throwing the ball high into the air" is an unsportsmanlike act.

Locker most certainly did not throw the ball "high into the air."

The Pac-10 needs to formally explain this call. Or it should correct it, even if it can't change the result.

And, in the oft-chance that somehow, some way, this rule can be twisted so Locker actually did something wrong based on the furthest periphery of the rule book, then that rule should be stricken from the rule book.

This is a game. It's supposed to be fun. Big moments should be celebrated.

There was absolutely zero element of taunting in the way Locker reacted. Period.

The Huskies made so many mistakes in this game,

Locker missed too many open receivers. Receivers dropped too many easy passes. The Huskies defense was again terrible -- BYU was an astounding 12 of 14 on third-down conversions.

BYU looked like a better team, to be quite honest.

But the ending transformed a highly entertaining game that should have been decided in overtime into a big, messy controversy.

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As the Big Ten's top two rated teams, Ohio State and Wisconsin, endured stretches of silence in their stadiums Saturday, the roar never stopped in Happy Valley.

Penn State moved the spotlight back on the field Saturday and produced a dazzling performance in a 45-14 rout of Oregon State. Concerns about carryover from the suspensions of three players quickly vanished as quarterback Daryll Clark and running back Evan Royster built a 35-7 halftime lead. A defense missing two starters kept the Beavers out of the end zone for the most part, twice picking off Lyle Moevao. A very focused performance, indeed.

Penn State is for real and both Ohio State and Wisconsin should take notice. The Lions might have the league's most explosive offense, and the schedule sets up fairly favorably for Joe Paterno's team.

Elsewhere:

• Iowa might have found its starting quarterback in sophomore Ricky Stanzi, who threw three touchdowns against Florida International. Junior Jake Christensen also played well in the 42-0 win, but Stanzi showed poise in his first career start.
  

"I still think pretty much they're playing pretty even, so it's a good thing for us," coach Kirk Ferentz said.

• Michigan still has some issues on offense, particularly at quarterback. Nick Sheridan seemed to outshine Steven Threet against Miami (Ohio), so expect the rotation to continue.
  
• Wisconsin probably passed the ball more than it wanted, but fifth-year senior Allan Evridge overcame some early struggles. He still needs to be better in the red zone but seemed to find a rhythm with the tight ends.
  
• Juice Williams showed his best and worst for Illinois, while Michigan State's Javon Ringer and Purdue's Curtis Painter were terrific in easy wins.
  

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If there's one guy you want kicking your game-winner, it's Sam Swank, and the veteran kicker came through, carrying not just Wake Forest on his foot, but the entire ACC.

This is exactly what the Demon Deacons needed -- a 2-0 record and a bye week heading into Tallahassee.

Yes, Clemson took care of business today against the Citadel, but Wake Forest has been the team that played like an ACC champion in the first two weeks.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- I've been sitting here for the last six minutes figuring out what to write. I think I'm as stunned as anyone watching this game.

For months we -- the media, fans, etc. -- have been fed this line about moving forward, and for the last 45 minutes all I've seen is 2007 from Notre Dame.

Let's break down the mistakes:

• Two fumbles
• Two interceptions
• A missed field goal
• A botched snap on a field goal
• An offside's penalty on fourth-and-3 that led to SDSU's second touchdown

The only thing that has stopped this game from being an absolute blowout has been the play of the Notre Dame defense, SDSU's inability to run the ball and drops by its receivers. Otherwise, QB Ryan Lindley has had good protection and has been on point with a lot of his passes. He's made a few mistakes, but far fewer than his counterpart Clausen.

Probably the biggest hype we've all heard has been about the progress of the offensive line. But going against an undersized and undermanned San Diego State line, the Irish O-linemen have been under siege. That's a big concern with games against Michigan and Michigan State in the next two weeks.

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NORMAN, Okla. -- Cincinnati's day, potentially, just got far, far worse.

Quarterback Dustin Grutza was carted off the field with 12:53 left in the game. He went down in a scrum that resulted in personal foul penalties on both teams. Grutza was on the field for several minutes but then stood up on his own power before being wheeled off with his right leg raised. No word yet on the nature of the injury.

Tony Pike is now in at QB for Cincinnati.