Spartans' Dantonio addresses off-field issues

Adam Rittenberg ESPN Staff Writer Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Follow on Twitter CHICAGO -- Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said the program's recent struggles on and off the field have taken a toll, but he remains encouraged, he said, by players showing greater accountability this summer. In June, three Spartans players -- Josh King, Donnie Corley and Demetric Vance -- were charged with criminal sexual assault stemming from an incident at an off-campus apartment in January. Another player, Auston Robertson, was charged with criminal sexual assault following an April incident. All four players were dismissed from the program.

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Jim Harbaugh had a perfect excuse for not wearing a suit at Big Ten Media Day

When you see Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh in public, it’s almost a guarantee — with rare exceptions — that he’ll be wearing khakis and some kind of athletic top. That was the case on Tuesday during Big Ten Media Day, when he showed up in his standard uniform. That’s only noteworthy when you look at what the other Big Ten coaches wore: So what was Harbaugh’s excuse? Not that he practically always wears the same thing to public appearances, but something else: Right. Here’s footage of Harbaugh showing how loud he wants his quarterback to be: If your first thought was, “The whole thing is so Harbaugh,” that is absolutely correct.

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Why the PSU kick block that won the Big Ten is now illegal

CHICAGO – In March, the NFL banned players from charging forward and leaping to block field goals. Earlier this summer, the NCAA followed suit. The leaping block is dead. The NCAA’s new football rulebook for 2017 strips away two provisions that made the leaping block permissible up until now. It’s long been a foul for a player to charge at the line of scrimmage, leap to block a field goal try, and land on someone. Now, it’s a foul whether the player lands on anyone or not. And just as critically, this line is gone: “It is not a foul if the player leaps from in or behind the neutral zone.” Before, players couldn’t be flagged for leaping if they reached the line of scrimmage before taking flight.