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Buckeyes understand importance of game

By Eric Olson The Associated Press Much has been made about the stakes for unbeaten Indiana in Saturday’s top-five showdown with Ohio State. Don’t forget what this game means for the Buckeyes. Ohio State hasn’t won a Big Ten championship, let alone play in the title game, since 2020. Ohio State has had its last three seasons ruined by Michigan in the final regular-season game. Imagine the noise in Columbus if Indiana is the spoiler this year. With a one-point loss at Oregon on this season’s ledger, the Buckeyes had no margin for error in the games that followed against ...

New CFP rankings move Boise State

Boise State received the fourth and final bye in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings, leaving BYU out of that mix and placing the Big 12 alongside the SEC on the list of power conferences with a gripe. Undefeated Oregon received top billing once again, delivered by the committee a few hours after Big Ten number crunchers ran through tiebreaker scenarios and realized the Ducks had clinched a spot in the conference title game no matter what happens between now and December. Ohio State stayed at No. 2, one spot ahead of Southeastern Conference co-leader Texas. Miami of the ...

Nittany Lions wary of Gophers’ defense

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: at Minnesota (3:30 p.m., CBS) Records: Penn State (9-1 overall, 6-1 in the Big Ten), Minnesota (6-4 overall, 4-3 in the Big Ten). Odds: Penn State is a 12.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 4 by the Associated Press. Minnesota is unranked. Series: Penn State leads, 10-6, and won the last meeting, 45-17, in 2022 at Beaver Stadium. Scouting Minnesota The Gophers lead the Big Ten with 16 interceptions on defense and are one of the nation’s best at securing turnovers ...

Lions get high grade with latest class

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades has inked the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history, and the 19th-ranked class in the country, as three highly-touted prospects signed to join the Nittany Lions during the November early signing period. Penn State’s three-member class ranks 19th in the nation per 247 Sports. The three-member class is comprised of Mason Blackwood (Rochester, N.Y.), Justin Houser (Camp Hill) and Kayden Mingo (Farmingdale, N.Y.). The three new Nittany Lions join the program as the Class of 2029 and ...

Drexel at Penn State capsule

Start: 1 p.m. Sunday, Rec Hall, University Park Records: Drexel (0-3, 0-1 EIWA); Penn State (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) TV: Big Ten Plus Radio: gopsusports.com Notable: Even though this is the Lions’ first dual meet, it will already be Drexel’s fourth of the season. The Dragons fell to Northern Colorado, 29-16, on Friday night. … Before the season opener on Sunday, five Nittany Lions will wrestle in the NWCA All-Star Classic at Rec Hall on Saturday evening. Beau Bartlett (141), Shayne Van Ness (149), Tyler Kasak (157), Levi Haines (174), and Carter Starocci (184) will all compete in ...

Purdue hoping to pull off big surprise versus Lions

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s been a rough season for coach Ryan Walters and the Purdue Boilermakers. They endured the most lopsided loss in school history, 66-7, haven’t won a game since August and still don’t have a victory over an FBS team. Half of their eight losses have come by 35 or more points and it’s not getting any easier in West Lafayette, Indiana. They’ve already faced No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Ohio State and now Purdue will close out its home schedule Saturday against No. 4 Penn State before finishing the regular season at No. 5 Indiana in two weeks. “That’s what you ...