BYU remained unbeaten after defeating Iowa State 41-27. The No. 11-ranked Cougars improved to 8-0 and are still tied atop the Big 12 standings (5-0) with Cincinnati after overcoming a 14-point deficit in the first half.

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On a sideline of a recent Big Ten football game between visiting Indiana and host Oregon, while Indiana led and Oregon travailed through the waning stages, there stood a 53-year-old man whose role in college football has gone from traditional and important to traditional and even more important.