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The college try: Breaking down Week 1 of the football season

One weekend of college football is (mostly) in the books, with Toledo, Bowling Green, Ohio State, and Michigan all opening the season Saturday. OSU and Toledo had little trouble earning wins against overmatched foes, while BG and UM fell to highly-touted opponents.

What can we take from the openers? Blade college football reporters Kyle Rowland, Nicholas Piotrowicz, and Brian Buckey along with sports columnist David Briggs put what happened into context.

David Briggs: The national view

Most weeks in this space, I’ll break down my vote in the AP Top 25 poll. But with ballots not scheduled to be turned in until Tuesday because of the holiday, we’ll make due.