Vikings lose at Carolina: Minnesota is 9-32 away from home since October 2000 and 2-23 outdoors since 2001. “The quarterback doesn’t appear to be in good shape“: Will Brad Johnson become the unlikely savior? (He was the Vikes’ starter in ‘98 when he got injured and Randall Cunningham came in to take them to 15-1 and the NFC Champ. game.) Carolina’s Mike Rucker mixes metaphors: “(Vikes QB Daunte Culpepper)’s the head of that dragon and when he’s not there, it takes the air right out of them.” College: FSU beat Maryland 35-27 but “need(ed) two fourth-quarter TDs to avoid upset.” Gophers lose ninth straight home game versus Ohio State, but gained the second-most yardage (578) against defense in OSU history. #20 TCU won at SDSU and can win the Mountain West conference with a win next week - it’d be their first conference win since the SWC title in 1958. Nebraska lost its second straight home game for the first time since 1968.