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FOOTBALL

Lewis staying focused following costly error

In the case of junior safety Isaiah Lewis, it’s easy to wonder, “What if?” What if the referee in the inaugural Big Ten championship game last year didn’t flag him for running into the punter? What if he wasn’t instructed to go for the block? What if he had gotten a clean block and the Spartans had scooped up an easy touchdown to take the lead late in the game?

FOOTBALL

Column: Penn State ruling tough, but necessary

A little after 9 a.m. Monday, the entire landscape of college football was hit with a seismic shift so powerful it can’t be quantified — yet — when the NCAA announced its penalties to the Penn State football program resulting from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

FOOTBALL

Media poll names U-M preseason Big Ten favorite

A pool of 24 media members that cover the conference — including the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode and the Detroit News’ Matt Charboneau, among others — were polled and have chosen Michigan as the favorite to capture the Big Ten crown this fall.