The first weekend of the college football season is (mostly) in the books, and on a day that featured many contests featuring contenders against overmatched teams, there were still plenty of storylines and narratives abound.

In Columbus, the defending national champions defeated Texas for the second time in three games in a defensive slug fest that was equal parts impressive and enlightening. Does this game say more about Ohio State and their title defense, or Texas?

On Thursday night, Nebraska excised their one score demons by hanging on against Cincinnati; was this performance encouraging or concerning for the Huskers?

Elsewhere in the conference, Preston Stone does not appear to be the immediate answer at QB for Northwestern, with a 4 int game against Tulane. Other projected Big Ten doormats Maryland and Purdue had impressive ...