College Football Week 2 Winners: Holy Cross' Hail Mary Fuels Four FCS Shock Wins

Holy Cross won the college football game against North Carolina. The NFL returned for its opening weekend.

Holy Cross' Hail Mary Fuels Four FCS Shock Wins in College Football Week 2. Eastern Kentucky and Bowling Green's 59-57 slugfest was the most exciting game of the week.

Holy Cross beat Buffalo 37-31 on a Hail Mary pass in the final minute. Eastern Kentucky beat Bowling Green in a game that lasted seven overtime periods. The Incarnate Word and Nevada were beaten by FCS teams. There were four FBS-over-FCS wins on Saturday. There are six FSC-FBS wins in college football season 2022. It's a long way to match the 16 wins during the 2013 season. MWC champion Utah State lost to Weber State. They were 0-2 against the Mountain West. Lindsey Scott Jr. was the star player for Incarnates Word.

Deuce Vaughn was named PFN’s Offensive Player of the Week after tallying 145 yards and two touchdowns in a dominant win over Missouri. Khalan Laborn, Evan Hull, Raheim Sanders, Keaton Mitchell, DeWayne McBride, Sean Tucker, and Texas State running back Calvin Hill also had impressive performances. Omarion Hampton has proven his worth week in, week out, earning PFn Freshman of The Week honors in Week 0 and coming close with 110 yards in the week 2.

Michael Marchese scored the first touchdown of his career for Illinois against Virginia. He was a walk-on defensive back before he switched to tight end. He made his first interception in 2018 and another in 2019. His name is connected to football in several states. It is also connected with Illinois and the Illinois football team. The family also has ties to Iowa, Maryland and Army.

Georgia Southern Eagles beat Nebraska 45-42 in the second week of college football. The team had two different head coaches last season. Kyle Vantrease, who played for Buffalo last year, was the star player for the Eagles. Nebraska lost over $1 million in participation money and coach Scott Frost was fired. Holy Cross won the game. It was their first win over a Power Five opponent in 13 attempts.

College football is a beautiful game. This weekend four teams were losers.

Cade McNamara lost the Michigan quarterback battle to J.J. McCarthy. The new Michigan QB1 compiled three touchdowns and 229 yards while going 11 of 12. He also threw the only Michigan interception.

Pittsburgh's offensive line was ineffective in the 34-27 win over Tennessee. The line gave the quarterback an easy path to the line of scrimmage. Nick Patti was sacked by Byron Young. Tennessee had nine tackles for loss, four sacks and two forced fumbles.

Missouri Tigers lost 40-12 to Kansas State in the second week of college football. Missouri is currently 1-1 and will struggle to finish above .500 with an SEC schedule that contains five teams currently ranked in top 25. The defense is 102nd in scoring defense, but the team struggles to stop teams from scoring on them.

Iowa's offense is struggling. Spencer Petras played poorly in the 10-7 defeat at Iowa State. Kirk Ferentz will have to make a change at the quarterback position. The Hawkeyes are 127th in rushing offense and 127st in passing offense. They are one of seven teams not to score a touchdown through the air this season.