One of the most dynamic offensive players in college football has zero touchdowns, zero catches, zero rushes and zero yards.

He's a walk-on who says he got scholarship offers from "Louisiana College and Arkansas … I can't remember the name of it."

He's the heartbeat of one of the most explosive teams in the country. And he spent his Thursday at a job fair hoping to make connections in the construction industry.

It's easy to laugh at the idea of Stephen Warner, offensive lineman, being a college football superstar, but his Louisiana Tech offense is the only one in the nation to score 50 or more points in each of its first three games. It's 17-for-17 in red zone scoring (with 16 touchdowns) and it has scored eight touchdowns in less than a minute.

And its MVP, Warner, is a center. But not just any center.

Warner calls the plays.





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You read that right. Warner, a senior, doesn't just snap the ball and block. He gets the plays from the sideline, reads the defense, calls the blocking assignments and then barks the snap count. He might have the most unique job in college football.

"I'm not aware of any other offenses that are doing it right now," says Tech offensive coordinator Tony Franklin. And that seems clear from defenses' inability to react to it. Last week against Illinois, Tech scored 52 points and gained 403 yards, a season low for the 3-0 team. (And Tech hasn't played any FCS schools, either.)

Tech even has a play designed for when (not if) defenses get confused. Warner draws a pass rusher offside with a moderated cadence, and then when somebody jumps, he switches to a "Freeze" play where all the Tech receivers take off for the end zone. Free play, and sometimes free points. It worked like a charm against Illinois, though the play was called back because of a penalty. No matter; if you jump offside against Warner and Tech, be prepared to run down the field while the culprit of this sleight-of-voice trick watches in pride.







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Baylor vs. West Virginia





It's certainly not a geographical rivalry coming up Saturday when the No. 25 Baylor Bears (3-0) travel to Morgantown, W.Va., to take on the No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers (3-0). As a matter of fact, it's not a rivalry at all. Baylor and West Virginia have never met.

Nevertheless, this is an important early season game in the Big 12, which this season features newcomers West Virginia and TCU. (Texas A&M and Missouri each bolted the Big 12 for the SEC this year.)

The meeting with Baylor will be West Virginia's first foray into Big 12 play. It comes a year after first-year head coach Dana Holgorsen led the Mountaineers to the Big East title and an appearance in the Orange Bowl.

Baylor won't be the only first-time opponent for West Virginia in its new home; the Mountaineers have never played conference foe Iowa State, either. West Virginia doesn't have much history with anyone in the Big 12. It's only meeting with Kansas was in 1941. The Mountaineers have played Kansas State twice (1930 and 1931). They played Oklahoma in 1958, 1978 and 1982 as well as in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. They've met Oklahoma State three times: 1928, 1929 and the 1987 Sun Bowl. Their only meeting with TCU was in the 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl. They've played Texas once, in 1956, and their only meeting with Texas Tech came in the 1938 Sun Bowl.

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