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Sebastian Janikowski kicked five field goals during No. 1 Florida State’s 42-11 victory over North Carolina State. Janikowski, whose 27 field goals last year were two short of an NCAA record, has nine field goals in the first three games for Florida State.

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Ohio State hasn’t lost to an in-state college since falling to Oberlin, 7-6, in 1921. The Buckeyes have never lost to another Ohio college in the 78 years of games at Ohio Stadium.

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The 23-14 loss to Michigan State dropped Notre Dame to 0-3 vs. the Big Ten this season after the school spurned the conference’s offer to join in February. Irish Coach Bob Davie is 2-7 against the conference in his three seasons.

IN QUOTES

“Hopefully we can do the same thing we did to Hawaii [a 62-7 victory]. Hopefully we can score a lot of points too, maybe even more. If we wanted to, we probably could have scored 100 points [against Hawaii]. We want to put that fear in other teams and show we’re capable of scoring a lot of points.”

CHAD MORTON

USC tailback, on Thursday before USC’s narrow win over San Diego State

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“We don’t play for two weeks, and a lot of things can happen in two weeks. We’re either going to get better or fade off into the sunset.”

BOB DAVIE

Note Dame coach, after his team dropped to 1-3 with 23-13 loss to Michigan State

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“Lots of people will ask, ‘What’s wrong with Nebraska?’ Well, give us credit. We have a good team.”

JEFF BOWER

Southern Mississippi coach, after his team almost upset No. 4 Nebraska

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“It’s games like these that are the reason I stay in the game.”

JOE PATERNO

Penn State coach, after 79-yard touchdown pass play gave his team a 27-23 victory over Miami