While you wait for Penn State-West Virginia, here’s what going on around the Big Ten.
Update (2:56 p.m.)—
**Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy and WR Roman Wilson have now connected on three touchdown passes. The defending Big Ten champs are rolling over East Carolina, leading 30-0 early in the fourth quarter. McCarthy’s 26-for-30 with 280 yards and three touchdowns. Wilson has 78 yards and three scores on six catches.
Not once, not twice, but thrice (and counting).
J.J. McCarthy and Roman Wilson connect for their third @UMichFootball TD of the day. 💥
💻: Peacock pic.twitter.com/lDQuvfAdN6
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
Update (1:21 p.m.)—
**We have our first “Hawkeye Wave” of 2023. The “ “Hawkeye Wave” is an Iowa tradition in which 70,000+ fans wave to pediatric patients and their families at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital. This has been a tradition since 2017.
First 👋 of the season for @HawkeyeFootball. 🥲
📺: FS1/@CFBONFOX pic.twitter.com/2MKzQLaWw1
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
Update (1:13 p.m.)—
**Deion Burkes caught his second touchdown pass of the day, putting the Boilers back ahead, 21-14. Still in the first half, Burkes has two catches for 101 yards— both for touchdowns. This one was a 17-yarder from Ole Miss transfer Hudson Card.
This is B1G❗@deionkburks second touchdown for @BoilerFootball.
📺: @BigTenNetwork pic.twitter.com/hrvxJnhRWI
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
Update (1:05 p.m.)—
**No. 2 Michigan shouldn’t have any trouble with East Carolina, and the early results back that up. The Wolverines— playing without coach Jim Harbaugh, whose suspended for three games— are up on ECU, 14-0. Here’s the first score— a 14-yard pass from J.J. McCarthy to Roman Wilson.
No. 2 @UMichFootball has its first TD of the season. @jjmccarthy09 ➡️ @Trilllroman
💻: Peacock pic.twitter.com/d9YEIWCMkZ
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
Update (12:56 p.m.)—
**Purdue’s Deion Burkes went 84 yards to the house, catching a pass from Ole Miss transfer QB Hudson Card. The Boilers are in a dog fight with Fresno State, tied at 14 in West Lafayette.
He is GONE! Touchdown for @BoilerFootball by @deionkburks
📺: @bigtennetwork pic.twitter.com/uYHxRH5VhZ
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
Update (12:48 p.m.)—
**The Cade McNamara era is off to a decent start at Iowa. The Michigan transfer QB has thrown two touchdown passes, a 3-yarder to TE and fellow former Wolverine Erik All and a 36-yarder to Seth Anderson. Iowa leads Utah State 14-0 late in the first quarter.
TOUCHDOWN HAWKEYES. 🙌
Seth Anderson gets @HawkeyeFootball on the board on just the second play of the game.
📺: FS1/@CFBONFOX pic.twitter.com/iz1FNoIPsH
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
McNamara to All for a @HawkeyeFootball touchdown?
We can get used to this. 😏
📺: FS1/@CFBONFOX pic.twitter.com/B62LM1ysKR
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023
