The season’s first chapter is complete. Here’s the book report. Team of the week: Syracuse. Bet you didn’t think you’d see those words together after Week 1. But the Orange were the only Big East team to beat an FBS opponent in the first week, handily dispatching Akron 29-3 . Yes, the Zips are bad. But the game was on the road, and Syracuse won its opener for the first time since 2003. Best game: It was sloppy on both sides, with botched coverages and too many yellow flags. But Utah’s 27-24 overtime win over Pitt was never short on drama, especially at the end when the Panthers mounted a comeback to tie the game. Biggest play: Tino Sunseri ’s interception on the first play of that overtime game for Pitt. Mike Shanahan was open, but Sunseri waited a beat too long to deliver the ball and then put it in the wrong place. That sealed the Panthers’ fate, and started the downward Week 1 spiral for the Big East. Best call: Rich Rodriguez’s decision to go with Denard Robinson as his starting quarterback. Rodriguez had declined to officially name a starter before Saturday. Then he unleashed Robinson, who brought back Pat White nightmares for Connecticut’s torched defense. Big Man on Campus (Offense): Bilal Powell , RB, Louisville. I don’t like to give this award to players whose teams lost. I really don’t like giving it to players whose teams played FCS opponents. So, um, yeah

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