Welcome to USA TODAY Sports' real-time coverage of Week 1 of the college football season, featuring on-the-scene analysis from USA TODAY Sports reporters, the best from Twitter and beyond, photos from the scene and more.
Check back throughout the day to keep up or catch up on the best around college football.
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ON THE SCENE AT PENN STATE: (10:33 a.m. ET): "When it came to the tone on the streets outside Penn State's Beaver Stadium Saturday, you want the fervent excitement, or the seething anger?" (via Mike Lopresti - full story)
MEET THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN: (10:20 a.m. ET): "Got my gear on, ready to roll!" -- Samuel L. Jackson
IMPORTANT QUESTION: (10:08 a.m. ET): "Is Brady Hoke ever not sweaty?" "Doubt it." (via SB Nation's Mark Ennis)
NOTRE DAME VS. NAVY IN A NUTSHELL (10:03 a.m. ET): "It might be another 50 years before Navy beats Notre Dame." (via USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken)
TERRIBLE.(9:52 a.m. ET) "A 20-year-old man who plunged about 35 feet from the Georgia Dome's upper level and struck another fan during the Tennessee-North Carolina State college football game has died." (via AP - full story)
PHOTO: FROM STATE COLLEGE (9:30 a.m. ET): "Here's a first look at the new Penn State helmet. Has a small blue ribbon decal." (via Philadelphia Inquirer's Emily Kaplan) BONUS: Here's a photo of the Penn State uniforms ... with names!
FOOTBALL X FASHION (9:15 a.m. ET): Reminder: Notre Dame is wearing these cleats for its game in Ireland. ... Just wow.
ONE-ON-ONE (9:00 a.m. ET): "A lot about playing quarterback is having everything in one. And that's hard to find. A guy who can throw it, he has a cannon, but he doesn't have this, doesn't have that." — Arkansas' Tyler Wilson on USC's Matt Barkley. (via USA TODAY's Eric Prisbell - full story)
CATCH UP (8:30 a.m. ET): Here's some AM reading to get you caught up this morning:
* WATCH: Cheerleader gets rocked on sidelines
* AM READ: Wolken on BIG win for Derek Dooley
* WOW: Fitz Toussaint, Michigan's top RB, out vs. Alabama
* ON THE SCENE: At Penn State, tomorrow can only be better
* PREVIEW: Alabama vs. Michigan is the game of the day
