Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where Conference USA already has had one team opt out (ODU), two postpone their openers (Louisiana Tech and Rice), one coach forced out (Southern Miss) and one gruesome shutout loss (Middle Tennessee):
FOURTH QUARTER: YEAR 2 BREAKTHROUGHS?
Half a dozen coaches start their second year in a job this weekend, most of them with high expectations. The Dash looks at their chances to improve upon what they started last season:
Mack Brown (31), North Carolina. Credentials: He’s won only a national championship and played for a second one during his tenure at Texas.