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Last Update on September 03, 2010 01:30 EDT

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Terrelle Pryor tossed three touchdown passes, Brandon Saine rushed for 103 yards and two scores and No. 2 Ohio State 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 Buckeyes, who haven't lost a home opener since 1978, next play on Sept. 11 against No. 13 Miami, which coasted past Florida A&M 45-0.

It was a bleak debut for new Marshall coach Doc Holliday. The Thundering Herd fumbled the opening kickoff and were down 14-0 before running their first play in Ohio State territory.

INDIANS-MARINERS

SEATTLE (AP) -- Shin-Soo Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.

Choo, traded to the Indians by Seattle in 2006, hit a 3-1 fastball from Doug Fister against the right-center-field wall in the Indians' four-run sixth to score all three runners without a throw.

He added his two-run shot in the ninth to match his season-high for RBIs. Choo had five RBIs against the Chicago White Sox on April 18.

Choo leads Cleveland in home runs and RBI .

Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits for the Indians.

Josh Tomlin allowed seven hits, three runs, struck out five and walked none. Chris Perez worked the ninth to pick up his 17th save.

BEARS-BROWNS

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Montario Hardesty can't seem to outrun his knee problems.

Cleveland's highly touted rookie running back, whose career at Tennessee was slowed by knee injuries, hurt his left one in the second quarter of Thursday night's 13-10 win over the Chicago Bears, a potentially major blow to the Browns' running game.

Fellow rookie Colt McCoy got his first pro start and went a perfect 13 of 13 for 131 yards in two-plus quarters. The former Texas star fumbled his first snap, but finally showed some potential in easily his best performance of an otherwise rough preseason.

Quarterback Todd Collins, recently signed by Chicago to back up Jay Cutler, completed 10 of 15 for 139 yards and a 15-yard TD pass to tight end Greg Olsen for the Bears.

BENGALS-COLTS

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Cedric Peerman had a 93-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Indianapolis Colts 30-28 on Thursday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

Peerman finished with 100 yards rushing, and Jordan Palmer completed 10 of 14 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns for the Bengals . Starting quarterback Carson Palmer played for one possession which netted a field goal.

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning didn't play, and most of Indy's starters took the night off. Curtis Painter got the start and completed nine of 20 passes for 114 yards. Backup Tom Brandstater completed 10 of 18 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns, all to rookie Brandon James.

It's the sixth winless preseason in Colts history.

MURRAY ST-KENT ST

KENT, Ohio (AP) -- Spencer Keith threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns to lead Kent State to a 41-10 season-opening victory over Murray State on Thursday night.

Two of Keith's scoring passes went to Jacquise Terry, including a 49-yarder that gave the Golden Flashes a 24-10 lead 1:13 before halftime. Keith's other scoring pass went to Sam Kirkland, who had nine catches for 126 yards.

The loss spoiled Chris Hatcher's Murray State coaching debut. Hatcher compiled a 94-27 record in previous jobs at Valdosta State and Georgia Southern.

Anthony Bowman's 92-yard kickoff return to start the second half widened Kent State's lead to 31-10 over its Football Championship Series opponent.

Jeff Ehrhardt was 30-for-47 for 258 yards for Murray State, which finished with minus-65 yards rushing as Ehrhardt was sacked five times for 44 yards. The Racers didn't score in the final 39:17.

CINCINNATI'S D

CINCINNATI (AP) -- There won't be any of those senior moments when two-time Big East champion Cincinnati sends it defense out for the first time this weekend.

The Bearcats don't have any senior starters on their defense this season, leaving it their biggest concern heading into the opener on Saturday at Fresno State.

Cincinnati won its second straight Big East title and finished third in the BCS rankings on the strength of its quick-strike offense last season. The defense often got run over. New head coach Butch Jones has switched to a 4-3 defense to try to improve against the run.

It'll be a work in progress all season. Only six defensive players have started a game at some point in their careers.

ARIZONA-TOLEDO

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Arizona opens its season on the road, a place that hasn't been kind to the Wildcats.

They haven't won away from home outside the Pac-10 since 2001.

Arizona will travel to Ohio to take on Toledo on Friday night. The Rockets have been dangerous at home against teams from BCS conferences, knocking off Colorado, Pittsburgh and Kansas in recent years.

The Wildcats have high hopes this season and are aiming for a first-ever Rose Bowl appearance.

They return nine starters on offense, but will be young on defense.

Coach Bob Stoops says he tells his youthful defense that they'll need to grow up in a hurry because no one cares how old they are when the season starts.

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SATURDAY: Partly cloudy, breezy, quite cool.  High 70.


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