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College Roundup: Chunn leads way as Trojans trump LSU

By The Associated Press quarterback Trace McSor-
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana ley on the first two scoring
(AP) — Troy University’s passes and caught the third
Jordan Chunn ran for 191 from running back Saquon
yards and a touchdown Barkley to cap the scoring
while his side’s defense in the fourth quarter. Ham-
forced four turnovers as the ilton hauled in his 180th ca-
surging Trojans upset No. 25 reer catch midway through
LSU 24-21 in College Foot- the fourth quarter to break
ball on Saturday night. the record set by Deon But-
Troy, which celebrated ler in 2008.
wildly with traveling fans in Barkley returned the open-
largely empty Tiger Stadium ing kickoff 98 yards for a
as time ran out, became touchdown and finished
the first team from outside with 221 yards.. Penn State
the Southeastern Confer- (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) turned
ence to win in LSU’s Death two first-quarter turnovers
Valley since UAB in 2000. into touchdowns to spark
They snapped the Tigers’ the rout. McSorley added
streak of 49 straight home a rushing touchdown, and
victories over non-league Nick Scott scored on a fum-
opponents. Troy cornerback Marcus Jones (8) is tackled on a return against LSU safety Todd Harris Jr. (33) in ble return.
Although the Tigers (3-2) the second half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.
were three-touchdown fa- (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton) NO. 6 WASHINGTON 42,
vorites, the result wasn’t SIPPI 3 wide-open Josh Jacobs at the 5, dodging three OREGON STATE 7
entirely unfathomable. LSU TUSCALOOSA, Alabama down the middle for an Hokies, shaking free from CORVALLIS, Oregon (AP) —
had looked vulnerable in (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw 18-yard score early in the an ankle tackle and even- Jake Browning threw three
a tense victory over Syra- two touchdown passes second quarter, and then tually turning back upfield touchdown passes, Myles
cuse a week earlier, while and ran for a score and Al- mimicked holstering his fin- at the 23. He zig-zagged all Gaskin ran for 113 yards
Troy came in on a three- abama let loose on Missis- ger guns after tossing the the way back to the 4. and a score as Washington
game winning streak and is sippi, emphatically putting TD pass. Hurts tumbled over The defending national broke open a close game
among the favorites to win down a problematic foe in tacklers on a 10-yard keep- champion Tigers (5-0, 3-0 with a 21-point third quar-
the Sun Belt Conference af- recent years with the high- er that made it 35-3 at the Atlantic Coast Confer- ter.
ter a 10-victory 2016 cam- est-scoring performance half. ence) have also beaten Browning completed 26 of
paign. by the Crimson Tide in 11 No. 13 Auburn 14-6 and 34 passes for 293 yards and
Troy (4-1) raced to leads years under Nick Saban. NO. 2 CLEMSON 31, NO. 12 No. 17 Louisville 47-21. This had touchdown passes of
of 17-0 and 24-7 before Ole Miss (2-2, 0-1 Southeast- VIRGINIA TECH 17 triumph was their 12th in a 5, 15 and 34 yards to Dante
Danny Etling’s fourth-quar- ern Conference) had won BLACKSBURG, Virginia (AP) row on the road, and fifth in Pettis, who had 12 catches
ter touchdown passes to two of last three meetings — Kelly Bryant ran around a row against Virginia Tech, for 105 yards. Browning has
Russell Gage and Foster with Alabama (5-0, 2-0), and away from Virginia including the 2016 ACC accounted for 12 touch-
Moreau got LSU as close as scoring 109 points — more Tech to lead Clemson to its championship. downs, 10 passing, in three
a field goal with 1:59 left. than any other Tide op- third victory in three games career games against Or-
But after failing to recover ponent over the last three against teams in the Top 25. NO. 4 PENN STATE 45, INDI- egon State.
an onside kick, LSU had years. The Rebels are the Making just his fifth start, the ANA 14 Gaskin ran for a third-quar-
only 23 seconds to get into only SEC team to beat the junior ran for 94 yards, hit STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylva- ter touchdown of 32 yards,
field goal range, and any Tide since 2014, and they Tavien Feaster with a pass nia (AP) — DaeSean Hamil- and had 15 carries in post-
hope of that ended when handed Alabama its only the speedy running back ton caught nine passes for ing his second consecu-
Blace Brown intercepted home loss in the past 30 took 60 yards for a score 122 yards and three touch- tive 100-plus-yard game for
Etling’s pass on the Troy 42 games at Bryant-Denny and avoided mistakes. He downs and became Penn Washington (5-0, 2-0 Pac-
with 11 seconds to go. Stadium. also kept alive a late scor- State’s career receptions 12). The Huskies finished
The Tide made it look easy. ing drive after scrambling leader. with 509 yards after strug-
NO. 1 ALABAMA 66, MISSIS- Hurts hooked up with a right on a play that started Hamilton teamed with gling to get going initially.q