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Barkley, Penn State leave Michigan in the dust to start race toward Playoff

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Saquon Barkley has some very talented friends.

Barkley used a whitewashed stage of 110,823 -- the most folks to ever cram themselves inside Beaver Stadium -- and a national, prime-time audience to quickly remind us why he’s a Heisman Trophy front-runner. Then he beckoned his buddies in blue to join him in reminding us that Penn State has the firepower and balance to take a run at a couple other trophies this winter.

Trace McSorley ran for three touchdowns and the second-ranked Nittany Lions (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) ran away from No. 19 Michigan (5-2, 2-2) in a 42-13 display of offensive heft.