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Fighting Illini catch coach’s eye

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Illinois (7:30 p.m., NBC) Records: Penn State (3-0), Illinois (4-0) Odds: Penn State is a 17.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 9 by the Associated Press, and Illinois is ranked No. 19. Scouting Illini Illinois has Franklin’s full attention. Though the official White Out game has been designed Nov. 9 vs. Washington, moments after last week’s 56-0 win over Kent State, Franklin started appealing for fans to dress in white to ...

Kent State doesn’t bring enough to the table

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com Penn State’s game with visiting Kent State today (3:30 p.m., BTN), is in line with the growing national trend of non-conference “buy games,” in which the heavyweights shell out more than a $1 million — sometimes up to $1.5 million — to smaller programs willing to accept the guarantee with no return engagement. Some Power-4 teams aren’t looking to risk their potential playoff chances by scheduling a difficult non-conference game while the Mid-American Conference teams can use the money for their overall athletic budgets and are willing ...

Marquee cross-country road trips begin in expanded Big Ten

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Indiana fans converged on the restaurants and hotels of Pasadena’s famed Colorado Boulevard last weekend. On Saturday night, they cheered their Hoosiers to a blowout victory at the Rose Bowl. A big contingent of Southern California fans will invade Ann Arbor, Michigan, this weekend, while a slightly smaller group of Northwestern fans will travel all the way to Seattle. The epic road trips created by the Big Ten’s West Coast expansion are finally here, and they’re creating cool new opportunities for fans all across the continent. The ...

Franklin acknowledges Kent State ‘challenges’

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Kent State (3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) Records: Penn State (2-0), Kent State (0-3) Odds: Penn State is a 48.5-point favorite Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 10 by the Associated Press ‘Credible’ or not? Franklin was asked about the value of playing Kent State, which comes off a 71-0 loss at Tennessee and ranks last among FBS teams in both yards per game on offense (201.3) and defense (569.7). He acknowledged, “Obviously, they’ve had challenges,” but defended ...

Vanover is charged with DUI for marijuana

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State backup defensive end Amin Vanover was charged on Monday with driving under the influence of marijuana. According to reporting by StateCollege.com, Vanover, a fifth-year senior, was pulled over just after midnight on Aug. 8 on Waupelani Drive in State College for an expired registration plate on his 2021 Dodge Charger, according to the affidavit of probable cause filed by borough police. The car and Vanover’s clothing smelled of marijuana, police wrote. Vanover, the sole occupant of the vehicle, told an officer that his friends ...

Big things await Colorado-Nebraska winner

The Associated Press Colorado-Nebraska was once a Big Eight rivalry that evolved into a Big 12 rivalry. The Buffaloes and Cornhuskers took a break when it would have been a Big 12-Big Ten game and then reconnected as a Pac-12-Big Ten matchup. Now, that the Buffs are back in the Big 12, the rivalry has circled back to check that Big 12-Big Ten box. The 2024 season is a lot about settling into the most recent wave of conference realignment. That Stanford-Syracuse Atlantic Coast Conference matchup in a few weeks will be especially jarring. The shuffling even impacts the ...