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Forde-Yard Dash: The Reverberations of Rutgers's Shocking Opening Win Over Michigan State

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where ESPN's College GameDay really should be in Piscataway instead of State College this week:

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SECOND QUARTER: THE RESULT THAT REVERBERATED FROM THE BANKS OF THE RED CEDAR TO THE BANKS OF THE RARITAN TO THE BANKS OF THE TENNESSEE

When Rutgers (11) did the improbable Saturday, stunning Michigan State in East Lansing, both schools felt the impact of handling (or mishandling) a coaching situation. And, if they were paying any attention amid their ongoing dysfunction, so did Tennessee.