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Rutgers first-year coach Chris Ash doesn't care that No. 9 Penn State has a chance to win the Big Ten Conference title, and he has even less interest in seeing his Scarlet Knights play the role of spoiler on Saturday night. All Ash cares about is that this is Rutgers' final home game and he wants his seniors to go out with a win. It's been a tough first season with the former Ohio State co-defensive coordinator as their coach. Continue to Article

November 18, 2016 11:48:am EST

A former Penn State football assistant coach who just won a multimillion-dollar verdict over his treatment after fellow assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested in a child molestation case has pleaded guilty to a hunting violation. Online court records show Mike McQueary pleaded guilty Wednesday to using bait and paid $200 in fines and fees. WJAC-TV says the Game Commission cited McQueary for using corn to attract deer to a tree stand while archery hunting in Centre County. Continue to Article

November 16, 2016 5:56:pm EST

The door to a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game is wide open for Penn State and what was unthinkable just weeks ago -- a shot at the four-team College Football Playoff -- is within reach. The question now is: Can the injury-riddle Nittany Lions (8-2, 6-1 Big Ten) limp through it? No. 9 Penn State, ranked eighth in this week's College Football Playoff poll, is expected to play without its top three offensive tackles when it travels to Piscataway, N.J., to play Rutgers (2-8, 0-7) on Saturday. Continue to Article

November 16, 2016 1:36:am EST

Ohio State moved into second in the College Football Playoff rankings behind Alabama, with Michigan and Clemson still in the top four after losing for the first time this season. Louisville was fifth and Washington dropped from fourth to sixth after its first loss. ''The margin of separation between teams two and six was very small,'' selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt, who is also the athletic director at Texas Tech, said. Continue to Article

November 15, 2016 10:12:pm EST

Earlier this season Penn State endured a rash of injuries to his its linebacker corps. Now, coach James Franklin hopes it can do the same down a handful of offensive linemen. The No. 9 Nittany Lions (8-2, 6-1 Big Ten) will have to continue their chase for the Big Ten East title without their top three tackles as Franklin announced Tuesday Paris Palmer will miss the remainder of the season with an unspecified injury. Continue to Article

November 15, 2016 5:54:pm EST

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