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STARS-Nick Chubb, Georgia, ran for 222 yards in his return from a gruesome knee injury and scored on a 55-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to clinch the No. 18 Bulldogs 33-24 victory over No. 22 North Carolina.-J.T. Barrett, Ohio State, accounted for a school-record seven TDs -- six passing -- and 379 yards in the sixth-ranked Buckeyes 77-10 win over Bowling Green.-Trevor Knight, Texas A&M, threw for 239 yards and accounted for three TDs, including a 1-yard run in overtime to lead the Aggies to a 31-24 victory over No. 16 UCLA in his debut.-Tim Barnes, Georgetown, threw four TD passes to help the Hoyas handle Davidson 38-14.-Brad Kaaya, Miami, threw for four TDs on his 21st birthday, the Hurricanes scored a school-record 42 points in the third quarter and the Mark Richt era began with an easy 70-3 win over Florida A&M.-Brett Rypien, Boise State, threw for 347 yards and two TDs to help the Broncos cruise to a 45-10 season opening win over Louisiana Lafayette.-Tyler Jones, Texas State, threw for 418 yards and four TDs in a 56-54 triple-overtime victory over Ohio.---EARLY UPSETSThe first weekend of college football featured some nice upsets.No. 15 Houston looked every bit ready to compete in the Big 12 -- or any other conference for that matter -- in a 33-22 victory against No. 3 Oklahoma.Wisconsin followed with an upset of its own, staving off No. 5 LSUs desperate last-ditch drive for a 16-14 win in a game that dealt an early blow to the fifth-ranked Tigers national title hopes.South Alabama had the biggest upset of the day, holding off Mississippi State 21-20 when Westin Graves 28-yard field goal try smacked off the upright in the final seconds.A four-touchdown underdog, the Jaguars took down an SEC team for the first time in school history.---CONNERS RETURNJames Conner had an emotional return to the field, scoring a pair of touchdowns in his first game since battling cancer to lead Pittsburgh to a 28-7 win over Villanova.The 2014 ACC Player of the Year sprinted onto the Heinz Field turf in front of a crowd that included his family, the doctors that treated him during his seven-month tussle with Hodgkins lymphoma and more than 300 friends and family from his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania.Conners first official carry in 364 days went for minus-1 yard but was met by a standing ovation.---NUMBERS41-Years since Michigan had beaten a team worse than its 63-3 victory over Hawaii.72-Years since Richmond had beaten Virginia before a 37-20 victory over the Cavaliers.776-Total yards by No. 6 Ohio State in its 77-10 win over Bowling Green, breaking the school record of 718 set against Mount Union in 1930.---REPLACEMENT FROM THE STANDSMalcolm Perry marched into the stadium wearing his Navy dress whites. Plucked from the stands at halftime, he wound up in a much different uniform.Navy found an unlikely replacement after starter Tago Smith was injured, with Perry leading the Midshipmen to a 52-16 win over Fordham.Listed down on the depth chart, Perry had been sick most of the week. The freshman was OK to play in the junior varsity game Friday.Perry was sitting with his classmates when Smith went down with a knee injury in the second quarter.Perry made his debut with 38 seconds left in the third quarter. He later put together a 90-yard drive in the fourth quarter that led to a field goal. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. China Jerseys . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. BOSTON -- The Mariners traded him. The Twins released him. And even the Boston fans gave up on David Ortiz a couple of times after he struggled to start the spring or limped away before the year was over.But when this Red Sox season is done and Ortizs career ends along with it, it will be by his choice. The 10-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion -- with a chance for a fourth, if all goes well -- is having one of his best seasons and one of the best finales in baseball history.So the question becomes: Is it Ortiz, this time, who is giving up on himself too early?They wanted him to retire seven years ago. And now that he wants to retire, nobody wants him to retire, former Twins teammate Torii Hunter said when Ortiz passed through Minnesota this summer for the last time. I definitely think to go out on top, thats the way to go.Ortiz insists this is really it, saying his feet hurt too much and it is too difficult already at 40 years old to consider grinding through another season.A look at some of the times people gave up on Bostons big slugger or otherwise doubted him:THE TRADESeattle signed Ortiz, who was then known as David Arias, as a 16-year-old in the Dominican Republic in 1992. He was batting .322 with 18 homers and 93 RBI in his first year of full-season Single-A ball a few years later when the organization looked around, saw that it already had a pretty good designated hitter in Edgar Martinez, a pitching ace in Randy Johnson and a couple of rising stars in Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez.The Mariners lost in the ALCS in 1995 and decided to go for it the following season. Sitting five games out in the division on Aug. 29, they acquired infielder Dave Hollins from Minnesota for a player to be named. Seattle closed to within one game of first place with a week to go but finished third, behind the Yankees and Orioles, and missed the postseason. Hollins batted .351 in 28 games for the Mariners and became a free agent after the season.On Sept. 13, 1996, Ortiz was sent to the Twins to complete the trade.RELEASEDOrtiz climbed through the minors the next season and made his major-league debut as a September call-up. In 2002, he hit .272 with 20 homers and 75 RBI in 125 games.After the season, the Twins had a decision to make.Looking at Ortizs injury history, his defensive shortcomings and the fact that he was expected to get a raise in arbitration to about $2 million for 2003, general manager Terry Ryan released him to free up a roster spot for a recently drafted infielder named Jose Morban. The Red Sox signed Ortiz about a month later for $1.25 million, with a plan to let him compete for at-bats at first base and designated hitter with Jeremy Giambi and Kevin Millar.By June, Ortiz was an everyday player in Boston. He hit eight home runs in July and 11 in August, ending the season with 31 homers in 128 games and placing fifth in the AL MVP voting -- the first of five straight top five finishes.Obviously, it was a mistake on my behalf, Ryan said this year, and Ive owned up to it way too many times.POSTSEASON STRUGGLESEveryone in baseball remmembers Ortizs postseason heroics, but it didnt start out that way.dddddddddddd.He went hitless in his first 16 playoff at-bats for Boston in the 2003 ALDS before a two-run double in the eighth inning of Game 4 helped the Red Sox avoid elimination. They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the ALCS in seven games.It was the following season that Ortiz became the Big Papi who carried the team to its greatest success. He had four hits and three RBI in Game 3 against Anaheim in the ALDS, hitting a two-run, walkoff homer in the 10th inning to eliminate the Angels. Then came the ALCS rematch against the Yankees, who won the first three games of the best-of-seven series to put Boston on the brink of elimination.In Game 4, Ortiz erased a 2-1 deficit in the fifth with a two-run single, then he hit a two-run, game-ending homer in the 12th. Less than 24 hours later, Ortiz had an RBI single, a solo homer and another walkoff hit -- this time a 14th-inning single. The Red Sox won Games 6 and 7 -- Ortiz had a two-run homer in the first inning of the clincher -- to become the first team to rally from a 3-0 deficit in a seven-game series.Ortiz was the ALCS MVP.SLUMPINGOrtiz was batting below .200 in the second week of June in 2009, and well into May the following season.In 2012, he played just one game in the last 10 weeks of the season because of a right Achilles tendon injury; without him, the Red Sox finished last with their worst record in almost half a century. In 2014, the year after he won his third title in Boston and a World Series MVP award, the Red Sox stumbled home in last place and Ortiz missed most of the last week of the season because of a sore wrist.On June 9, 2015, he was batting .219 with six homers and 21 RBI. After finishing with 37 homers with 108 RBI -- both the most for him in almost a decade -- Ortiz reflected on the need to repeatedly prove himself to the fans in a city where he had accomplished so much.They forgot about just about everything I have done here. They just throw that in the garbage. Its not like theyre talking about somebody that just got here, he said before the home finale last year. It seems like they wait for me to struggle so they can start talking trash. Whenever this time of year shows up, I just laugh.A month later, on his 40th birthday, Ortiz announced that the 2016 season would be his last .GOING OUT ON TOPStill, no one could have expected this.Entering the final weekend of this season, Ortiz was leading the league in doubles, slugging percentage and OPS. He has already hit more homers in his final year than any other player in baseball history.And the Red Sox, after two straight last-place finishes, are back in the playoffs.More doubts. This time: Will he really walk away?I dont think `Big Papi is going to retire. I keep telling him that, Angels outfielder Mike Trout said at the All-Star Game. With those numbers, I wouldnt.---Follow Jimmy Golen on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/jgolen ' ' '