Penn State’s predicament and Michigan’s mess

 

James Franklin and Penn State are still chasing elite. But what is the value of mere excellence, a status plenty of Penn State’s peer program have flailed around trying to get to over the last decade or so? Andy Staples from On3 joins AP’s Ralph Russo for a long discussion about Penn State’s place in the world, why it might change as college football changers and why maybe we shouldn’t be so dismissive of the ability to “win the games you’re supposed to win.”

Plus, Michigan, sign-stealing and the possible fallout for the Wolverines and Jim Harbaugh in their latest brush with rule-breaking.

 

Ralph’s column on the AP Top 25: https://apnews.com/article/ap-poll-georgia-michigan-no-1-c1f417c536f3feeb0b71d04d556d5fd9