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Your community. Your media company Pr of of es siona plays. The Steelers plan on letting Luck get too comfortable in the pocket. Having a little familiarity with what the Colts are trying to do helps. Indianapolis offensive coordinator Bruce Arians spent five seasons in the same position with Pittsburgh before being let go in the offseason.

The exit exactly graceful. The team announced Arians though the sabbatical whether self-imposed or not lasted less than two weeks before the Colts tapped him to mold Luck into Peyton successor. Arians insists not looking for payback against his former employer, just for his rookie to take another step forward. Arians developed a close relationship with Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during his tenure with the Steelers, to the point Roethlisberger did little to hide his frustration at the decision to sever ties with his mentor. a little too early to tell if Luck and Arians will develop a similar chemistry, though Arians has already been won over by no-nonsense approach.

Ask what he likes about his new project and Arians lack for answers. poise, his excitement for the Arians said. surprises me about him anymore. I kind of expect it Yet Arians also expects a stiff test from the Steelers, who looked a little ragged against the Eagles on both sides of the ball. Roethlisberger is still trying to get the hang of new coordinator Todd diverse attack and will likely play several series to get his feet set.

The Steelers remain without wide receiver Mike Wallace who is holding out for a long-term contract and the backfield is patchwork at best. Though running back Rashard Mendenhall was activated off the physically unable to perform list Friday, his surgically repaired right knee is still a long way from being good enough to play. Backup Isaac Redman tweaked his groin during the week and is out while Jonathan Dwyer is nursing a bum shoulder. Dwyer was healthy enough to practice Thursday and Friday, though rookie Chris Rainey and second-year back Baron Batch are expected to get the bulk of the work against the Colts. has done some things that get you Haley said.

an offensive staff, all kind of encouraged to see a young guy not be afraid to step up and make plays. a testament to him and the way that he prepares. obviously studying hard because asked him to do a lot of different Something Luck can identify with. Improving on his electric debut will be difficult. First-year coach Chuck Pagano need Luck to light up the Steel- ers to know his rookie is heading in the right direction.

looking for) steady progress, handling the offense, his command of the huddle, continuing to make great decisions, not forcing Pagano said. trying to get better every day out here. his own worst critic. not hard on himself but he understands got a long way to go was beaten 41-7 by Penn State when it moved up in class. Ball State was 6-6, but lost 62-6 to Oklahoma, 42-0 to Temple and 37-7 to South Florida.

Navy went 5-7 in a somewhat down year and lost 56-14 to Notre Dame when it stepped up. Massachusetts was 5-6, losing 45-17 when it moved up a division. Indiana State and Massachusetts should be sacrificial lambs to any Big Ten squad. Ball State and Navy should be much tougher, but still the type of programs that good Big Ten teams should beat 19 out of 20 times. I know Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson need any additional pressure, but the deal.

His administration has gifted-wrapped four victories for him. Three upsets in the Big Ten and the Hoosiers are bowl bound. And even with just one or two wins in the Big Ten, it still would appear that the program was making a positive step toward recovery. So while I am more accepting these days of a weak non-conference schedule, I have little patience for teams that take advantage of it. The biggest problem is that fans really getting the entertainment value of seeing a Boston College, or Mississippi or Arizona come to town.

While those marquee names, they represent a substantial risk on the non- conference schedule. If I am a season ticket holder, I know I am going to get great value all through the conference schedule. But that mean that I want to see more entertaining opponents for my money. That being said, if I am a true fan, I am willing to have patience if I believe the administration has a strategy that will move the squad in a positive direction. So therefore, the bottom line for Indiana is this.

Take care of business. Jay Heater is the Republic sports editor. He can be reached at or 379-5632. Junior Erin Mack added seven kills against Bloomington North while Robertson had six kills. Myers put together a 32-assist effort.

Credit had to go all around, though, as East consistently did a better job of setting up its front line players and that started with some impressive digs. In contrast, Bloomington North always seemed to be scrambling on its third hit. wanted to keep our Wilder-Newland said. biggest goal was to play our game and not waste contact. I was very pleased with our intensity.

think we hit well and played smart and consistent. Faith did a good job setting. She really spreads it Colts Continued from Page B1 and going to take a lot of positives and some things we need to After the Cougars scored a touchdown a little more than a minute into the game, East scored the final 24 points of the first half. Cowan hit Kimmet and Jacob Hampton for long touchdown passes and ran 22 yards for another. Paul 24-yard field goal with 34 seconds left in the half made it 24-7.

The second half was another story. A fumbled snap set up Bloomington North at the East 10 and led to a touchdown. The Cougars added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take the lead. made a couple mistakes there, and I was just wanting to get the ball back and go down and try to said Cowan, who was making his second start at quarterback. thought it was a tale of two Gaddis said.

made some plays the first half, and we really did a good job up front. The second half, they came out and they did a good job up Jones finished with 124 yards rushing on 25 carries. Cowan went 7-of-15 for 134 yards, but was victimized by a couple of drops. made some Gaddis said. talked to Alex before the game that he just had to manage the game.

He has to do the things that he can do and play within himself, and keep getting better as the year goes on. I think our guys have a lot of confidence in him, so that helps. lot of times, we stopped he said. field snaps cleanly sometimes or get snaps and maybe missed some blocks here and there. We dropped a couple of balls that were touchdowns.

Those things are going to happen. But I was really happy with the way our guys thriller Continued from Page B1 hoosiers Continued from Page B1 east Continued from Page B1 A RV OONTZ For The Republic With just 19 eligible players on the Trinity Lutheran football roster this fall, coach Anthony Levy will be fighting a numbers game every time the Cougars take to the field. The Cougars kicked off their inaugural season on Saturday by playing host to Shortridge, and Levy began losing key players to injuries late in the first quarter, forcing several players to play out of their normal positions. Shortridge took advantage of mistakes and lack of depth, and the Blue Devils won 24-8. Trinity lost two fumbles, had three passes intercepted and was called for seven penalties.

started out doing the things that we knew we did well from our scrimmage. We cleaned up some things that we do well the week Levy said. hung in there and we battled, but we just had injury after injury. not making excuses, but lost four of our five best players in the last five or six days with the game and things. pretty tough with a 19-man roster.

put in some freshmen and moved some kids around into positions they been in, but small-school he added. were down to 13 players, and one was a soccer player we put Undermanned Cougars fall short Olympians 31 Cougars 28 BLOOMINGTON NORTH (0-1) 7 0 7 14 28 COLUMBUS EAST (1-0) 14 10 0 7 31 Ty Smith 2 run (Brock Elmore kick), 10:53 Kimmet 56 pass from Alex Cowan (Paul Baker kick), 9:47 CE Cowan 22 run (Baker kick), 7:12 CE Jacob Hampton 35 pass from Cowan (Baker kick), 7:09 CE Baker 24 FG, :34 BN Lorrell Williams 6 run (Elmore kick), 4:09 BN Smith 3 run (Elmore kick), 9:50 BN Luke Vargas 14 pass from Williams (Elmore kick), 6:05 CE Markell Jones 40 run (Baker kick), 3:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Bloomington North Smith 16-106, Williams 21-82, Griin Green 1-(-5). Columbus East Jones 25-124, Cowan 20-96, Christian Wichman 2-2. PASSING: Bloomington North Williams 8 for 19, 95 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception. Columbus East Cowan 7 for 15, 134, 2, 1.

RECEIVING: Bloomington North Jon Frederick 2-56, Vargas 6-39. Columbus East Kimmet 2-72, Hampton 1-35, JT Voelker 3-23, Jones 1-4. Blue Devils 24 Cougars 8 SHORTRIDGE (1-0) 0 12 6 6 24 TRINITY LUTHERAN (0-1) 0 0 8 0 8 Massey 15 run (run failed), 2:18. Benyatia 45 interception return (run failed), 1:55. Reedy 20 pass from Jacob Stout (Jonathan Rollins pass from Stout), 7:56.

Jones 50 interception return (run failed), 4:54. 25 pass from Benyatia (run failed), 10:55. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Trinity Lutheran Joseph Vincent 7-16, Jacob Stout 6-(-10), Dustin Nichols 1-2, Max Kaser 1-(-7). Shortridge Mike Kingrey 6-38, Benyatia 14-32, Massey 8-29, Rommel Valentine 9-17, Ben Kerlitz 2-(-10), Andre Jones 2-(-1). PASSING: Trinity Lutheran Stout 15 for 31, 138 yards, 1 touchdown, 3 interceptions; Vincent 2 for 7, 14, 0, 1.

Shortridge Benyatia 5 for 8, 74, 1, 0. RECEIVING: Trinity Lutheran Rollins 6-28, Vincent 3-50, Nichols 4-31, Reedy 2-25, Luke Stuckwisch 1-21, Kaser 1-(-3). Shortridge Massey 2-40, Jamison Stewart 1-12, Jacob Franklin 2-22. Saturday numbers ERESA M. ALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Jake struggles in his first preseason start have the Tennessee Titans pushing back their timetable for announcing their starting quarterback for this season. Mike Munchak had pegged the third preseason game for making that decision, but neither veteran Matt Hasselbeck and Locker have been impressive splitting starts through the first two exhibitions. Munchak met with his assistant coaches following a 30-7 win over Tampa on Friday night, so not ready to announce his starter for Thursday night against Arizona yet, either. have two more weeks to see plenty, so I guess when we feel at that point make our announcements when we feel the time is Munchak said Saturday. different from what Munchak said before going to Tampa that he want to pick his starting quarterback the week of the season opener Sept.

9 against New England. Locker was the eighth overall pick in the 2011 draft and was the only quarterback selected in the first round who did not start a game as a rookie. He sure looked good coming off the bench in five games and had a pass picked off until he chose to throw back across the field in the first quarter Friday night when he had plenty of room to run for a first down. His second pass of the game sailed over receiver Kendall Wright and was picked off by Buccaneers safety Ahmad Black. That led to the lone scoring drive.

Early in the second quarter, Locker overthrew 6-foot-5 tight end Jared Cook and luckily had a defender miss a chance to pick off a pass into the end zone a play after the Titans had intercepted a pass. think he thought he could make a play going across the Munchak said of decision leading to the interception. Titans trying to pick QB HE A SSOCIATED RESS Tennessee Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (8) played for two minutes in the second half against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Titans defeated the Buccaneers 30-7 in a preseason game August 17, 2011, in Tampa, Fla. ALPH D.

USSO The Associated Press NEW YORK Southern California is No. 1 in the AP Top 25, tossing off the weight of NCAA sanctions and returning to a familiar place in the rankings with a boost from problems. USC earned the top spot in The Associated preseason college football poll for the seventh time in school history and the first time in five seasons, edging out No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 LSU.

The Trojans, who were banned from postseason play the past two seasons, received 25 of a possible 60 first-place votes from a media panel in a close vote. USC received 1,445 points. Defending national champion Alabama had 17 first-place votes and 1,411 points while LSU, the Crimson SEC rival, got 16 first- place votes and 1,402 points. definitely come here to be Trojans safety T.J. McDonald said Saturday.

ranking mean done anything as a team. But good to see back where supposed to Oklahoma was fourth with a single first-place vote and Oregon was fifth. Michigan, at No. 8, received the only other first-place vote. USC No.

1 in Top 25.