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NCAA talks to UM assistants

By Larry Lagge The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — NCAA investigators interviewed members of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff Thursday about a sign-stealing scheme, a person familiar with the governing body’s visit told The Associated Press. The investigation has rocked the undefeated and second-ranked Wolverines on their march toward a potential spot in the College Football Playoff. The interviews were confirmed by the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to speak publicly about the details. The NCAA inquiry was ...

Rudel: The most dissapointing part of last week’s loss was …

In abandoning the run, Lions cut out playmakers. This is a long list, but as is the case with every big-game loss, there are few wrong answers. I cannot fathom how Penn State got away from the run. James Franklin (previously) resisted season-long questions on why the Lions weren’t throwing deep more to open up the run. It’s pretty clear now they weren’t throwing deep for a reason — because they didn’t think Drew Allar was ready to carry the team that way, didn’t think the receivers could get open and had the usual offensive line concerns that have been around for the past ...

Giger: The most dissapointing part of last week’s loss was …

Yurcich, Franklin, receivers need to share the blame. Penn State embarrassed itself offensively in the loss at Ohio State, and to me the primary culprits are Mike Yurcich, the wide receivers and James Franklin. The easy part of this is pointing out that the receivers just aren’t very good. There’s not a legitimate No. 1 Big Ten receiver on the team. KeAndre Lambert-Smith is really a possession guy and No. 2 receiver, and everybody else is really a No. 3 at best. I’ll try not to speak Japanese here, but ... when defenses don’t respect your receivers or believe that they can ...

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, ...