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Brutal stretch run for Pac-12 on the horizon

By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press Now comes the hard part for the Pac-12. The Pac-12 has been tons of fun and high quality in what will be its last season in its current form. Next year, 10 Pac-12 schools scatter to three other Power Five conferences. Before they go, the conference is trying to break a six-year College Football Playoff drought. To do so, it will have to overcome itself. Because of some excellent out-of-conference results, the Pac-12 has four teams with zero or one loss. Only the Southeastern Conference has that many. The difference: In the Pac-12, most ...

Campbell hopes injury talk is in the past

UNIVERSITY PARK — Alli Campbell had a lot of dreams about how her first two years at Penn State would go that included the joy of playing for the team she grew up rooting for, restoring the legacy those squads built and making it to the NCAA Tournament. She never thought she would spend her ...

Franklin accepting of criticism, tries to refocus

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Tuesday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Indiana (noon, CBS) Records: Penn State is 6-1 following last week’s 20-12 loss at Ohio State. Indiana fell to 2-5 with a 31-14 home loss to Rutgers. Odds: Penn State is a 31.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 10 by the Associated Press. Rehashing the loss Some coaches absorb a brutal loss in an anticipated matchup and don’t want to revisit many of the details. Aware of the disappointment among the Nittany Nation, Franklin did not deflect a single question, ...

New faces for PSU on display this season

UNIVERSITY PARK — The 2023 Penn State men’s basketball team has an entirely different look from the 2022 team that advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament last spring. This year’s team consists of many changes, including a new coaching staff and nine transfers, but the goal to make it back to the tournament remains the same. New head coach Mike Rhoades is entering his 20th season as a Division I head coach after a six-year tenure at VCU, where Rhoades made three NCAA Tournament appearances and became the university’s fourth-winningest coach with a record of ...

No. 2 Michigan suspends staffer

The Associated Press No. 2 Michigan announced Friday it has suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing it is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals used by Wolverines opponents. Athletic director Warde Manuel issued a one-sentence statement saying that analytics assistant Connor Stalions had been suspended with pay pending the conclusion of the investigation. Stalions had not been previously identified by the school, but was named in an ESPN report alleging he is a key figure in the probe. A person who has been briefed ...

Allar approaching return on even keel

One of the subplots to Saturday’s game-of-the-season is Penn State’s first-year starting quarterback, Drew Allar, who happens to be an Ohio native making his debut in the Horseshoe. That doesn’t mean the 6-foot-5, 240-pound sophomore has spent his time sorting through ticket requests. “I don’t know how many,” Allar told reporters this week. “I’ve leaving that to my parents. I’ve got to be focused on the game.” A Medina, Ohio native who committed to Penn State before Ohio State put a late recruiting rush on, Allar grew up going to games at Ohio Stadium (about two ...