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COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was as if the Rose Bowl never ended for Terrelle Pryor.
The Ohio State star tossed three touchdown passes, Brandon Saine ran for 103 yards and two scores and the second-ranked Buckeyes rolled over error-prone Marshall 45-7 on Thursday night in a tuneup for a big date with Miami.
Pryor completed 17 of 25 passes for 247 yards and TDs covering 6 and 11 yards to DeVier Posey and 65 yards to Dane Sanzenbacher before 105,040 at Ohio Stadium. The last time Ohio State fans saw Pryor playing, he was having the game of his career and leading the Buckeyes to a 26-17 victory over Oregon at Pasadena, Calif., in January.
The Buckeyes, who haven't lost a home opener since 1978, next play on Sept. 11 against No. 13 Miami.
It was a bleak debut for new Thunder Herd coach Doc Holliday, who spent the last two seasons as an assistant at West Virginia. Marshall fumbled the opening kickoff and was down 14-0 before running its first play in Ohio State territory.
In other action
• Miami 45, Florida A&M 0 — Jacory Harris completed 12 of 15 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns before sitting out the second half, and the 13th-ranked Hurricanes got their first shutout since 2006 by beating the overmatched Rattlers at Miami.
Leonard Hankerson caught the first two of Harris' TD passes and finished with 115 receiving yards as the Hurricanes ran out to a 35-0 lead in the first 25 minutes.
• Iowa State 27, Northern Illinois 10 — Alexander Robinson rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns and the Cyclones topped the Huskies at Ames, Iowa.
Austen Arnaud added 265 yards passing and a TD run for Iowa State, which raced to a 17-0 halftime lead.
• South Carolina 41, Southern Mississippi 13 — Quarterback Stephen Garcia and freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore each ran for two touchdowns as the Gamecocks rolled over the Golden Eagles at Columbia, S.C.
Garcia got things started with a 22-yard touchdown run and Lattimore followed with first-half scores of 3 and 7 yards.
• Florida Atlantic 32, Alabama-Birmingham 31 — The Owls blocked a potential 28-yard game-winning field goal on the final play to hold off the Blazers at Birmingham, Ala.
Alfred Morris scored on a 38-yard run with 2:20 remaining for Florida Atlantic, which trailed 28-12 midway through the third quarter.
UAB quarterback David Isabelle, who ran for three touchdowns, threw an interception that was returned 38 yards for a score that pulled the Owls within 28-19.
• Minnesota 24, Middle Tennessee 17 — Duane Bennett rushed for a career-high 187 yards and Jon Hoese scored three touchdowns just days after deciding to make the trip to lead the Golden Gophers past the Blue Raiders at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Hoese's father had a severe stroke last week and the fullback didn't decide to join Minnesota on the trip until early this week. He kept coming up with big plays, including a fumble recovery on the kickoff after his final touchdown that iced the victory.