the top of that. takes a shot to the legs even. the top of that route having a feel and giving this quarterback the opportunity to convert third down. >> eric: we told you they never defeated lsu. never come close. they're 0-21 in 21 games and had those 21 games believe it or not the majority happened way back when only scored one touchdown in 21 games against lsu. they've been outscored 957-22 over the years. >> brock: ouch. >> eric: masson gets it out. a pickup of a pair.

third and eight. >> brock: look at the shot of the purple around the football. that's a john chavis coach football. baton rouge, one thing about tennessee's defense, always flew to the ball. preaching that. wants all this speed that they. >> eric: made by louis lee. field goal team will come on. >> brock: i like what chavis is doing. converted 11 of 19 third downs did the huskies, last week just

2 of 12 for vanderbilt. tonight doing a nice job of doing that. three-man fronts. pressure fronts. another pressure look good creativity. >> eric: tyler albrecht. a week ago -- makes it this time, as well. 2 for 2 on the season. a 48-yarder last week and this time around a 40-yarder. so louisiana-lafayette on the board for the first time here against lsu in 2009. still trail 14-3. watches s.e.c. on espn.

the rain continues to paul in auburn hosting the west virginia mountaineers. due to kick off on espn2 at 7:45. we're in a little bit of a rain delay. there is lightning in the area hoping to get you this game as soon as we can. likely in about a half an hour. >> s.e.c. country. the players have to leave but fans will stay right in the stands. >> byu struggling number 7 trailing florida state, 20-7. 6:30 to go in the second quarter. right now though we want to get you back out to lsu. eric collins and brock huard has the call. >> eric: tigers on top of

louisiana-lafayette by a score of 14-3. 11:26 remaining here in the first half. first time the two schools have met since 2006. lsu a 5-3 winner. three seasons ago. brett will kick it on after the field goal made by albrecht. on the ground. picked up by brooks, bottled a little bit. nowhere to go. that's a disaster. just down to the 16 yard line. a loss of two. on the return. >> brock: jefferson starting out shaky. you saw the high throw, interception. late down the field but it's how you respond to adversity as a quarterback and it's really nice when you have 6'3 point'playmakers that can take a

one-yard route and convert it to 15-yard topdowns as you saw from brandon lafell. >> eric: lsu scored touchdowns. started off with a run to charlotte scott stopped at the line of scrimmage. >> brock: just shy of 66% coming into the game. one interception was a call that i like. a shot down the field. took their two talented receivers both lafell and toliver tried to join down the field. allowed the safety to make the interception into the end zone. >> eric: jefferson by himself in the backfield. three receivers, wide right. two to the left.

things weren't working out and jefferson calls a time-out. the first time-out of the half called by lsu. the time-out on the field let's go back to the state. lowell galindo, what's going on? >> georgia coming off the tough hard fought win last week. the number 23 bulldogs all tied up, 9:56 to play in the first quarter, georgia and arkansas, 7-7. this game going on over on espn. back to lsu. >> eric: thank you, lowell. things heating up. we'll be down in athens next weekend. bobby petrino and ryan mallett with a talented arm. very gifted wide receiver. i'll keep a close eye on that for them to head into

fayetteville. bobby petrino is putting talented around a gifted quarterback with a big-time arm. >> eric: he was considered to be a great offensive behind when he was in louisville. the minute he left louisville. kragthorpe hasn't had the success that petrino had today with louisville losing against the kentucky wildcats. second down and nine. fastball incomplete trying to get it to terrance toliver and that's the second time he dropped the pass. sunday afternoon, sets and spikes, coverage of women's college volleyball. the kentucky wildcats take on the lsu tigers on espnu at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> brock: one thing we saw was a vanderbilt defense and group that presented looks. gary preaches protection first to his quarterback. he really wants to see jordan handle those protections and

those checks at the line of scrimmage when you empty out often easier in protection. you know you got five blockers and one unaccounted for. look at the ragein' cajuns providing different looks.in' c providing different looks. >> eric: there is a flag on the field. mccoy made the open field tackle. we'll have to sort this one out. >> referee: offside, number two 22 on the defense. repeat third down. >> brock: what a killer there. you get a critical third down stop lsu backed up and momentum. that's one of those defenders for louisiana-lafayette roaming

around trying to confuse the quarterback. put himself in a position to draw that penalty. louisiana-lafayette. you have to get that stop. to continue that momentum. >> eric: out of the back feel. can't get out of the grasp of antoine sanders. middle linebacker with the squeeze. it's a loss of six. >> brock: impact player for a reason. 24 tackles on the season. best open field tackle. not an easy patchup for any linebacker in america. williams to throw a little behind minimum. jordan jefferson and this is tomorrow morning that teaching tape will say, jordan, look at this play right here. you put that ball in keilen's belly, give him a much better chance against a linebacker

barreling down on him and gives anders the opportunity to wrap up williams. >> eric: helton punts it away from his own 6 yard line. no fair catch called for it. he pays for it. no return. a punt of 38 yards. louisiana-lafayette will have the ball when we come back. >> the rain continues to fall in auburn doing nothing to the fans. their spirit also not be dampened about 40 minutes away from kickoff. west virginia and auburn. this game was scheduled to begin at 7:45 but as you can see inclement weather slowing down things just a bit. glad you could be with us. the rain continues i've got robert smith, todd mcshay. trust me i tell you i'm glad they're here. plenty of time to talk while we wait on the game again about 40

minutes until kickoff. up to date. christian ponder and florida state facing byu. no score in the first, second and one in the byu. ty jones with the score. second quarter same score. how about there, 13-0 edge. >> physical, i've been surprised. they cut the deficit to 6. florida state up by 3 but byu with the answer, maximum hall to unga the score. three minutes to play before they take a break in this one. >> max hall 13 of 16. very efficient. i think they'll hang around. >> chip kelly in oregon hosting

number 18 -- the first quarter walter thurmond iii. how is that walter thurmond iii. >> first and second are proud. >> run for office. has to run for a touchdown? make a lot of money being a cornerback in the nfl. >> we're politic, come on. terrance cain finds jereme brooks in the back of the end zone. nicely down. utah down 28-17. moments later, first and ten for the ducks. jeremiah masoli will fumble. good news for robert johnson who cov recovers. utes cut the deficit to four. cain throws. that's a costly mistake. oregon will hold on to win, 31-24. >> a lot of mistakes. masoli 4 of 14 passing today. saw the fumble, as well but they're able to hold on and get a big win. needed this after a ranked team to start the season against

boise state. >> a great job and got momentum last week by coming back and beating purdue. i think that really changed the tone for the season as far as chip kelly and his team goes. >> cal began the day arming 5 appoints per game. third best in the fcs. number 8 cal. 33 yards, cal up 7-0. jahvid best show. talk about that. adam weber. watch the hit on the receiving end. touchdown minnesota. >> looking at the pylon. sees him. this guy will be playing on sunday in professional baseball. also baseball guy. >> possession receiver. >> as a possession receiver. >> decker, throws it to marquis gray. tied at 21. >> he can throw here, you see.

>> oh. >> you asked for it. >> you asked for it. this is in the play, bennett and decker crossing the backfield. do your job. >> look at all the cal guys going one way, coming back. decker, the lefty, southpaw action. >> fired up after the touchdown pass, rightly so. second and goal. inside the gophers' 2. jahvid runs into the end zone. cal, goes on to win, 35-21 but there was one more. he ties a school record for five touchdowns, 26 -- he ran the ball 26 times for 131 yards. >> average isn't very good for him. having a round of three interceptions really hurt. couldn't overcome it. the difference in the game. >> let's talk about jahvid best. five touchdowns. great athlete. smart player but what allowed him to be so incredibly effective. >> the same thing that's always allowed the guy to be effective. first of all only 5'8". difficult to see behind the line

of scrimmage but he has great vision. he accelerates extremely well. when he gets to his top end he's not going to be caught by anybody out on the field. he has all the tools he needs to be an incredible running back. has just tremendous lateral movement as well and doesn't just cut hard, but when he makes his cuts he covers a lot 6 difference laterally which allows him to get away from perspective tacklers. >> all about speed and also because he gets so much attention, allowed the offense to go now and throw vertically. riley had mistakes but great deep throws. that will be something the key for this cal offense as you watch them moving forward. if they can continue to get big plays in the vertical passing game. could be an offense good enough to win the pac-10. >> t-minus 35 minutes. weather delay, lightning and heavy rain, fans in the stands, they do so at their own peril. we have seasonal beers

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we start to see how teams will fare. who they really are. wacky week three. 14-18, number 17 cincinnati leading oregon state almost at the half underunder two minutes to play. >> pike one of the best quarterbacks, puts up big numbers week in and week out. play in the nfl one day. impressed with him early this season. what about the cincinnati team only one starter back on that defense. incredible what they've been able to do. >> nick saban fired up as alabama takes on north texas. guessing they fared pretty well. late in the first quarter. alabama up seven. greg mcelroy. >> good guess, wendi. >> to maze for the score, 14-0, tied. mcelroy dumps it off to ingram. he will do what he does. nifty moves. avoids the tackles. 27-0. time, not quite, 53-7.

the final score in that one. so alabama, number 4. 3-0 doing all right. >> macelroy, 13-15 too quietly building confidence. tougher questioned, important for him to get off to a good start. >> thanks, buddy. >> lean on that, lean on those running backs and the running game early in the year and mcelroy get legs underneath him. >> penn state opened with wins over akron and syracuse. up next for joe paterno's team. temple. daryll clark, the play action fake here looking for mickey shuler where he should be penn state on the board 7-0. >> bill costby is nby is not hat that. >> no real test for the lions. >> royster had the flu. still comes out. 19 carries, showing a lot of

toughness. >> what are you saying about akron and syracuse and temple? >> thanks a lot for that. throw me under the bus. paterno, 26-0 against temple during his long tenure as the head coach of penn state. ohio state. remember what happened last week. ohio state university. terrelle pryor. >> your guy, sansen back sanzen. >> does, good, strong german name. >> why don't you say it again. >> dane sanzenbacher. >> down the middle. 18-yard score. his second. >> man, all over the place. just what the doctor ordered. ohio state wins easily, 38-0. no real hangover it looks like from last week's loss. >> good to see him moving around getting past the line of scrimmage.

as you've talked about. he has got to be a dual threat and not a pocket passer in order for them to be great on the offensive side. >> he is who we thought he was. >> a lot of screaming. >> michigan, who would have thought they were? they beat notre dame last week tate forcier getting the start. 17-10. carlos brown up the middle. 90 yards later, 24-10. >> interior of the offensive line did a great job. you can see the offense starting to open up after everything the defensive units have seen on film from forcier. >> forcier is hit hard here. he does go down. a little scary. he was on the ground for a few minutes, was able to walk off but on his own. michigan, 45-17 now let's think about this. 3-0. their record last season, 3-9 so they match their win total today. i want to jump ahead but, wow, what an improved michigan team. >> indiana coming up next. should be 4-0 to start the

season. great start for rich rodriguez. >> got to breathe a sigh of relief given all the turmoil. mark mangino, kansas, facing duke. jayhawks up 13-7. todd reesing. deja vu, todd reesing, myer, score. >> former al qaeda. knows the passing windows, great tandem. >> thaddeus lewis with the mistake, oh, no,. >> pretty bad mistake for tay smart guy going to duke. >> returned 48 yards. have to pay for that. kansas wins big, 44-16. tate forcier, 7 of 13. 16 yards. this is the michigan score. tate forcier. right, a big enough win, 45-17. >> oh, there we go. well, maybe it was the 44 they got. >> 28-41.

we continue to wait. inclement weather in the area. those fans are still in the stands and going to play this one we're told. have to wait a bit longer. >> s.e.c., of course, they're going to play. >> not going anywhere. >> what we can talk about is what to expect. we're waiting for kickoff. let's tell the good people what we'll see in auburn when they do play. >> they need to get off to a fast start and shown a little more explosiveness than they did a year ago. offensive system that is still focusing on running the ball. always have to do that at auburn. that's what they got away from. now running the ball and getting better quarterback play and bigger more physical up front against that west virginia defense that is small and likes to work out of the 3-3-5 and i think auburn will wear west virginia down in the game. >> mississippi state, vanderbilt. out for bonus coverage as we continue to wait for kickoff in auburn.

>> best guy in the s.e.c. nobody has heard about. >> tremendous job. just a great kick. kicks his coverage. a long kick like that. he gets the coverage strung out but a good job of barry finding the wall and putting mississippi state in great shape. >> 70 seconds to work with. lead quarterback. marcus green the tight end. first down, bulldogs. that play took six seconds. >> a big-time throw. on the corner route, great read by tyson to see that the corner rolled up short. had that hole outside the

safety. >> at the vanderbilt 30 yard line. 25-yard completion. lee, pressured. sacked. taken down by brent. >> terrorize is a hybrid player. used to play safety. got him at linebacker. little undersized at 215 but has great speed and great closing ability. >> swing it to heavens. rolled up at the 33. mississippi state is out of time-outs. they don't have any now so it's critical. they gain yardage.

down goes lee. that will be the half. vandy's defense. >> a poor job by tyson lee and dan mullen is running out on the field to talk to him right now. been telling him you had no business taking the sack. you cannot take the sack. talking to him right at midfield. great job of coaching by dang mullen right in the middle of the field telling tyson lee you cannot take a sack. we'll get a chance to kick a 50-yard field goal but you can't take a sack. boy, he's really upset. >> we are waiting an 8:49 kickoff. this game delayed just about an hour and four minutes due to weather. out to mark jones and bob davie with an update. we'll update florida state.

chasing byu. what they call an audible. >> byu, ponder to casparowski. >> you're gloating about it. >> this a bit of a surprise. number 7 byu team on the ropes. now, come on. diggs agreement. why not. >> it's not a surprise. we did see -- we did see florida state play miami earlier in the year and did see miami play the other night against georgia tech which was a team coming into the season that a lot of people had high expectations for. i had picked them myself to win the akc. i was wondering after the miami and florida state game when i saw those teams tussle there and put up so many points i was wondering is this really great offense. are these terrible defenses? you see the game the following week with florida state against jacksonville state. see them struggle in some inclement weather there as well and then the picture becomes a little bit clearer. maybe they're struggling because of the bad weather.

miami the other night and what they were able to do against paul johnson and that georgia tech team, i knew that florida state had to be pretty good -- >> there's some eye rolling going on from your colleague. >> the longest pat on the back i've ever seen. >> that's right. plenty of time. >> to score 34 points on miami. >> we have plenty of time and byu still has plenty of time. this game is not over. can get hot offensively. man-to-man coverage will be a problem for byu but defensively i've been spiced because they played earlier in the season better. >> early. one game against an offensive line that -- >> all right. we got to go. we may get to sit here for the whole game but mark jones and bob davie, can you help us out with an update. >> mark: this is the seen at jordan-hare stadium. s.e.c. football on espn where you can see just about anything and anything happened tonight.

about 45 minutes ago when we were supposed to kick off, the skies suddenly became very gloomy, very ominous looking. right now very calm 71 degrees but if you turn the clock back about an hour ago, this is what it looked like. a torrential downpour. inclement weather wreaking havoc with the area. and they predicted about 50% of storms and thundershowers yesterday. that 50% definitely turning into 100%. mark jones along with bob davie. much love to the auburn faithful that stuck around. over 85,000 expected for the game. the game staff operations people had to empty out the stadium. the fans that stayed stayed at their own risk. not allowed to bring the teams back until one half hour after the last lightning strike and there is about, oh, some eight minutes to go on the clock so we're going to cross our fingers and then they'll have an ensuing ten-minute warm-up.

but having gone through all this what do the teams do. >> bob: knowing the two offensive coordinators as innovative as they are they're probably drawing up new offensive plays to the chagrin of these defensive coordinators. once we get it started i don't think any will make much difference because the playing field is about as nice as i have seen in college football. it's amazing how well this is drained and the student body, this auburn student body. you mentioned it. this is one big party and that's what really is unique about the southeastern conference. you're not going to get these fans out here. you know those west virginia fans are tuning up getting ready for the game too. a long night of football. >> mark: auburn led 17-3 and lost 34-17. what do you think about the various players. >> bob: high-pace game. a lot of smurf hybrid games,

5'7", 150-pound speed sters, combination running backs and wide receivers. innovative game from an x and o standpoint so mother nature isn't even going to slow the offenses down. >> mark: new coach in gene chizik and gus malzahn and without pat white for the west virginia mountaineers. as for the fans they're all wait but their spirits ready to go and waiting for the kickoff. back to you, wendi. >> mark, thank you very much. this game going on over on espn. number 23 georgia and arkansas. how about that, mallett to darius -- >> a perfect fit for bobby petrino. mallett off to a hot start. >> funny you say that. there's mallett again. to craig childs with the score and what have we here? it is 21-10 and you can see

mallett, 6 of 9, 161 yards, the number that matters, three touchdo touchdowns. >> georgia defensively struggling. potent arkansas offense. tough game for georgia to come become in. >> ryan mallett is the transfer from michigan. certainly wasn't a good fit for what rich rodriguez wanted to do but what bobby petrino has at arkansas, good fit. >> mark richt given expectations said this year you know what, we don't wantny of that. do our best to keep the team levelheaded. but still don't get a sense of where georgia is. have the real bulldogs emerged? it's early. i understand. >> part of the problem again you lose a great left tackle in trenton sturdivant with the exact same injury to the left knee. tore his acl again. last year they lost a couple other people off the offensive line and knowshon moreno

couldn't make up for the problems. new quarterback in joe cox and new running back in richard samuel. they haven't had a chance to develop as players but defensively you've got real concerns. >> and this is where the s.e.c. becomes brutal. you go win a game against south carolina last week, a shootout and they cast in all their chips, georgia did, now they've got to come back, go to arkansas and play an underrated team with a lot of offensive weapons and look tired. they'll have to regroup in the second half and play better defensively but an early sign of how tough the s.e.c. can be. >> that was a dog fight against south carolina last week. if you heard mark richt after the game no one was more relieved than he was. a palable sense of relief. >> let me just say this. it's not just an indication of how sufficient the s.e.c. is. it's talking about or it reveals how much parity we have. let's not forget. the same georgia team that went

out to stillwater and lost to oklahoma state. we have usc losing to washington. i mean all of -- and tennessee staying in there for awhile with florida. apart from florida, who even had a little bit of trouble today at home against tennessee, can we say that there's any one team in this country that is absolutely dominant especially when we're looking at texas tonight down 3-0 against texas tech. who is that team in the country right now? >> again, a reminder -- >> are they that dominant. >> point well taken. >> thank you. georgia, that game, a reminder going on over at espn. we're trying to get you ready for an 8:49 kickoff. as you can see plenty of hot air here to keep you company. kick off at 8:49. er: "it looks like nothing else on the road right now," proclaims "gq" magazine. did you see that? the interior "positively oozes class," raves "car magazine." "slick and sensuous," boasts "the washington times."

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return. i'm pretty sure that's's punt return from jordan shipley. what i can tell you if you're them you better watch out. first touchdown. 7-3. 7:02 to play in the first quarter. >> if i was shipley i'd be more concern of running into the horns until shipley running into me if i was -- >> it's a contact sport. this just in. >> it's a collision sport. >> basketball is a contact sport. >> so is this apparently. robert smith, todd mcshay, i'm wendi nix. if you're wondering what we're doing here, auburn and west virginia set to kick off 8:49. it's about an hour hour told to inclement weather. the biggest upset to date. not just today but so far in this young season, and for that we go to usc and washington. peter car roll names aaron corp.

this will be easy. >> they did have to throw. >> it was thrown into double coverage. >> you know, that's when you saw matt barkley warming up. he never saw the field. >> corp again almost -- >> he saw it. never had a chance to play it. >> jay had a better day. here he hooks up with jermaine kearse for a big first down. >> what a gun he has. doesn't even have to plant his feet. threw that one directly up in the air. >> seven seconds to play. eric following.k

>> eric berry played a pretty good one. tebow got the best of him almost. he is pumped. he's always emotional. that was through the day.

into the end zone for the score. up 10-3. third quarter. tebow keeps it. >> scrambling. >> he started taking -- >> he really did. watch him break the tackle here. you think they got him. that's what he can do. >> had the two turnovers but also in the second half of the game decided i'm going to run and finished with 76 yards rushing. >> he did fumble once just the third time he turned it over in the red zone in his college career. jeffery demps, florida would win this, 23-13. number one gators stay undefeated but perhaps this one was a just closer than we thought especially given the rhetoric heading in. >> i was impressed with tennessee. physical running the football and had a good defensive game plan. you hold florida to 23 points. a good day for monte kiffin and defensive group berry and tennessee, florida i should say still have tim tebow and that was the difference in the second

half. >> monte kiffin is an unbelievable defensive coordinator. spent years under tony dungy. linebacker coach in minnesota ]w coordinator. >> top 20 matchup. virginia tech, hokies fired up to take on the cornhuskers. in blacksburg. opening kickoff and we have done that again. i'm telling you. every time we go to tell you about nebraska -- >> holding call for a touchdown. zach lee. >> cover, cover. up five, nobody gets deep. are you kidding me. >> what's interesting, nebraska really outplayed virginia tech for much of this game. >> watch this play -- watch the defensive line on nebraska on the next play. you have to go after tyrod taylor on this. you can't stay back and let him scramble all day. there's no way your secondary can cover this long. >> tyrod taylor. gets away with it. but again, threw the ball, the

rushing situation continues. seems to shy away from. >> negative 22 yards rushing. he's not running the ball. he's not getting the looks he wants as a passer. when it came down to it he made the one throw they needed and they won ugly but still won. >> scorecards don't take picture. >> tough for nebraska. outplayed them for 3 1/2 quarters. >> michigan state and notre dame. to south bend for this one. notre dame, of course, losing to michigan at the big house last weekend. michigan state down three, kurt cousins hits blair white. >> that guy is a great possession receiver. >> smart. >> big route routes. >> jimmy clausen to golden tate. one of his two favorite targets. >> i love this move. what's going on, band? don't mind me. i got a three-point lead. >> to the other team's band. >> first and ten, cousins

overthrows, wide-open larry caper. that proves to be a pretty big missed opportunity. next play, cousins intercepted by kyle mccarthy. >> a terrible play on second and ten. there's no need to try -- >> oh, you're in field goal territory right there. >> charlie weis does survive a close one. 30 but here's the situation. michael floyd left in the second quarter. appears to be a broken collarbone. he could be hagone for the year >> maybe a dislocation simultaneously. that's the only thing i can think of. >> regardless even four, six weeks. best playmaker you have in the passing game, a tough one for jimmy clausen limping throughout the second half of the game, as well. >> chip kelly and oregon hosting 18, utah. early in the first no one was on the board just yet, walter

thurmond iii and that's because i like to say his name. returns this one, 78 yards for the touchdown. >> playmake, turn specialist. does it all for the ducks, great nfl corner. >> if he doesn't run for office. i feel that's a political name. >> you both. >> utah down 28-10. finds jereme brooks. that is nicely done. wow in the end zone. utah down 28-17. moments later, first and ten, jeremiah masoli will fumble. oop. thank you, robert johnson, take it 28 yards into the end zone. >> mags struggled. had the fumble 4 of 14 passing. >> down and cain throws. it's the interception of boyett. oregon would hold on to win this one, 31-24. >> side effects. >> some people pay for trying to make a tackle on that one. >> you can see the final

numbers, jereme masoli, 45 yards and an interception. we bring you back out to todd mcshay, wendi nicks. we have football left to be played. we saw the big upset. week three thoughts other than that? >> i would start with tennessee. you know, hanging around and being physical and giving florida all that it could. remember, all the talk leading up this week was how big is florida going to paste tennessee and weren't able to do it. give credit to tennessee. also florida finding a way to win at the end. >> you talk about this usc/washington game. there is a reason you're watching college football right now. that win and that atmosphere after the game, this is why we love college football. if the new england patriots lose to rams, big deal. nobody is going out and running on the field the way you saw the washington fans run on the field after the victory.

you got to love college football. >> you got to love kickoff. it's about that time. 8:49. set to go. the weather clearing up. auburn and west virginia. we are pleased to send it out to mark jones and bob davie. see you back here at the half. as the west azarenka mountaineerss. already what has been a comp compelling day in college football. between west virginia and auburn. 85,000 rain-soaked fans still showing a lot of temerity in hanging on. here's how it developed. starting off with a 00% chance of rain. that 50% gradually grew and grew to 70, 80 and ominous skies told what was coming up next.

a torrential downtour. 20 minutes before kickoff they emptied the stadium or told the fans they had to leave. some deciding to stay at their own risk. those ones right there. they had to wait 30 minutes before they saw the last lightning strike before they got the players and fans back out on the field. bill stewart the head coach of west virginia, headline for them life after pat white. what are they going to do without their four-year starter. meanwhile, for the auburn tigers, gene chizik, former assistant coach at auburn at early back as 2004. he has tried to put the bite back in the program this year. hello i'm mark jones along with bob davie. we were supposed to be in the second quarter kicking off almost an hour ago but today when we see the actual two teams

on the field in just a few minutes get a look at new wave offense. >> mark, right now across the country offensive football three styles of offense really hot. all the different kind of spread offenses, you have the wildcat and the pistol. tonight you'll see all throw of those offenses run and run well by both teams and this really is the next generation of offensive football. you'll going to see it all from an x and o standpoint. not see a more innovative college football game offensively all year. >> mark: bill stewart a longtime assistant coach at west virginia. took over a season ago going 9-3. took over from rich rodriguez. meanwhile, gene chizik is into his first year former head coach most recently at iowa state. and he was a member of the staff as late as 2004 when auburn went

undefeated. tigers winning the toss deferring to the second half. west virginia will receive the opening kick. and you can't say enough, bob, about the enthusiasm of the fans here at jordan-hare stadium, a good number, good portion of them deciding to stick out the bad weather here. forget about ponchos they discuss took their shirts off and got a free shower. >> that high percentage, that student body for auburn. you are right. that was an impressive display. i just hope they didn't break too soon. there is a lot of football left. they better have stamina. >> don't want to leave your best cheering in the tailgate. both these teams coming in with a record of 2-0 as austin back deep for the mountaineers along with noel devine. auburn defeating mississippi state, west virginia getting

home guns east carolina from a loss earlier last year. short kickoff to the 15 yard line. devine. even noel devine with a nice return out near the 40 injury. speaking of di swine performances, jarrett brown completing 75% of his passes last week was 24 of 31 with four touchdown passes and threw for 334 yards. in addition, to over 70 yards rushing. he is the new quarterback lock at the starters at the top of your screen. come out in an empty formation. brown under some heat. and he can run. with deceptive speed.

tiptoe and picked up eight on the play. second down and two. >> bob: that is exactly what brown did last week against east carolina. didn't have many predetermined called quarterback runs. he is a great scrambler off a drop-back pass. >> mark: we see the tempo we'll see for most of the night from both teams immediately at the line of scrimmage to run the next play. noel devine is -- >> bob: pistol formation. look at the size difference between the tailback and quarterback. >> mark: screen, sanders catches it and is collared back at the 40-i can't recall line. impact players. >> bob: noel devine, one of the most explosive players in all of college football. jock sanders, a lot like noel

devine running back and on defense reed williams is key. a very experienced player. he was around in the rich rodriguez era of hurry-up offense. has to get the auburn defense lined up. >> mark: we'll see. he's a little nicked up with a foot injury coming of this. on third and nine. brown caught. at the 1 yard line. bradley starks and brown burns auburn. >> bob: it all starts with the pocket presence of the elusiveness of jarrett brown. bad things happen for the defense and bradley starks who was a quarterback off the scramble by jarrett brown.

>> mark: did he show some arm strength? he launched that, 58 yards on the play. first and goal mountaineers. brown into the end zone. and incomplete. intended for number 89. tyler irvin. >> bob: they will throw the football or call passing plays a lot more than they have in the past. any time he drops back to throw, mark, he has the potential to take off running. >> mark: jarrett brown making his first road start in a hostile environment. hands it tofaeono to define, touchdown, west virginia.

a pretty devastating strike by the mountaineers. >> bob: that auburn fan said, i stuck around for this? you have to credit west virginia in that little visitors locker room, all that time with the delay before the game but the one big play set up by jarrett brown's elusiveness in the pocket. >> mark: bitten court in for the extra point and the mountaineers use all of two minutes and eight seconds to get on the scoreboard. get the feeling it's going to be a special night here in auburn. this is where amazing happens. announcer: "it looks like nothing else on the road right now," proclaims "gq" magazine. did you see that? the interior "positively oozes class,"

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>> mark: a look the noel devine, seven-yard touchdown and 50s a five-play 60-yard drive eclipsing 2 o 08 on the clock. in that limited time that we witnessed that inclement weather, there was almost 2 1/2 inches of rain that came down and, bob, you look at the feel, at least in the early going here, no effects. >> bob: this is a great turf. and, mark, looking ahead for west virginia, one area they struggled in as a football team is right here, kickoff coverage. last year they struggled. also struggled against liberty in the first game of the year.

>> mark: they did a nice job. fannin brought down. chris todd will take the reins of this tiger offense completing 55% of his passes started three games a season ago and then gave way to kodi burns at quarterback. a story line we'll develop during the course of the evening as it was a very divisive issue throughout the course of the season but this year they've decided early that chris todd is going to be the guy. first down and 10 for the tigers. ben tate in at tailback. and it's a reverse. tate hands it off to zachery, terrell zachery getting to the edge and pushed out of bounds at the 36 yard line tackled by ian