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AD wants fight investigated

The Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller has requested that the Big Ten review what happened in the postgame altercation on the field at the end of Saturday’s loss at Michigan. “I was out on the field immediately,” Haller said Monday. “I didn’t see any of the things that I’ve since seen on videotape. I did call the commissioner (Tony Petitti) immediately after the game. I thought the sportsmanship policy should be applied. I requested that the Big Ten look at this. “I do believe we had a staffer and a player in the ...

Badgers are now hurdle for Penn St.

MADISON, Wis. — No. 3 Penn State has one more hurdle to clear before it can take an undefeated record into next weekend’s showdown with No. 4 Ohio State. It’s an obstacle that looks much tougher now than it did a few weeks ago. Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) lost back-to-back games to No. 15 Alabama and Southern California last month but has since trounced Purdue, Rutgers and Northwestern by a combined margin of 117-16. Wisconsin has a chance to beat a Top 25 team for the first time in coach Luke Fickell’s two-year tenure when Penn State visits Camp Randall Stadium on ...

Badgers go back to the basics

Big Ten football Who Penn State at Wisconsin When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. TV: NBC The line: PSU by 6.5-points The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin finally is starting to play like Wisconsin again. After going 9-8 in their first 17 games under second-year coach Luke ...

What team do you want Penn State to meet in the playoffs?

Let’s see how Penn State stacks up against Georgia By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best, and I want to see Penn State play the best. So, bring on Georgia! I’d like to know, finally and for the first time in many years, how the Lions stack up against a truly elite, national championship caliber program. Other than, you know, Ohio State and Michigan. To me, college football can be pretty boring. Or at least, when you cover a typical Penn State team it can be boring. Nine wins a year are pretty much guaranteed, maybe even ...

Vandy, Navy get their chances against heavyweights

By Eric Olson The Associated Press Opportunity comes knocking Saturday for two of the surprise teams in college football. No. 25 Vanderbilt, in an Associated Press regular-season poll for the first time since 2008 and coming off 10 consecutive losing seasons, hosts No. 5 Texas three weeks after it shocked the nation with its upset of then-No. 1 Alabama. No. 24 Navy, unbeaten halfway through its season following four straight losing campaigns, has been ranked for two weeks and plays its annual game against No. 12 Notre Dame, this year at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New ...

Ex-players charged in rape case

From Mirror reports Two former Penn State football players are being charged with rape and other sex crimes, according to a report in the Centre Daily Times. Jameial J. Lyons Jr., 19, of Philadelphia, and Kaveion A. Keys, 19, of Virginia were charged on Tuesday with felony counts of rape and aggravated indecent assault for an assault that took place in an on-campus residence hall on July 7. Lyons, a defensive end, and Keys, a linebacker, were placed on interim suspension from the football program in July and then dismissed from the team and the university in August. In a ...