AP TOP 25 TAKEAWAYS: A Committee Quandary and Heisman Slip

The Spartans coaching staff has come under fire as the program has slipped from 12-2 and the College Football Playoff to 3-9 this year.

Penn State’s youth movement is starting to pay dividends.

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The Big Ten and the Pac-12 were the last of the Power 5 conferences to add title games in 2011.

But, again, it may not matter because it seems fairly obvious that the College Football Playoff committee, which determines the Final Four, is in Ohio State’s corner.

The Game: Penn State welcomes Michigan State to Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the two teams’ last regular season game of the season. They earned their way in, even in a 30-27 defeat Saturday.

Line: Penn State enters this game as a 12-point favorite.

Banks drained four of his team’s six first-half 3-pointers which came in handy as Penn State made just 11 of 39 2-pointers and were just 7-for-20 on tip-ins or layups.

“I think they’re very predictable”, Franklin said. “I really don’t”, Dantonio said. After winning two of the last three Big Ten titles, Michigan State’s season will end without a bowl game for the first time since 2006. But things changed after Curtis Cothran and Evan Schwan registered a big sack on third down on the first drive of the second half.

“Yeah, I mean, no doubt about it, ” said Penn State linebacker Jason Cabinda.

Ultimately, it’s a loser’s lament. QB play goes to Ohio State, defense goes to MI. The Buckeyes led for 3:57.

The Lions got a field goal from Tyler Davis and later took a 10-9 lead on a 1-yard leap over the top by Barkley with 2:14 remaining in the first half. The Spartans began the season high in the AP Poll, but have since dropped to 3-8 after many fourth-quarter disappointments. On the same drive, Michigan State lost junior quarterback Damion Terry for the game when he took a hit to the head. “We wanted to be the best we can be”. Harbaugh declined to lobby for his team afterward, but a couple of his players registered their opinions.

“That was not a first down”, said Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh.

“I definitely believe that”, said quarterback Wilton Speight.

Penn State will take on Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game on December 3 at 7:00 p.m. EST. In the fall of 2016, the question has become just how far these Nittany Lions can climb. The over/under total for the contest is listed at 54.5 points. And some longstanding positions altered.

It’s enough to give Ohio State coach Urban Meyer a headache.

Penn State also has gotten production from sophomore Mark Allen and true freshman Miles Sanders at times this season.

Jim should switch allegiances to the Best Four Teams Club. Now the Buckeyes fans are hoping that their team can spoil Michigan’s Big Ten Championship hopes. The Nittany Lions have won games in the event the last two years. MI and Ohio State have been two of the best teams in the country all year which has only made this game all that much better.

Did they pick the Buckeyes or Wolverines?