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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Suddenly, No. 17 Michigan State finds itself in a heap of trouble.The Spartans blew a 14-point lead in the final 16 minutes Saturday night, losing the Old Brass Spittoon to Indiana for the first time in a decade. Theyve lost back-to-back games for the first time since November 2012, and now the defending Big Ten champs must find a way to dig themselves out of this midseason mess.Players are competitors, you hope theyre competitors and if not then we recruited the wrong guys, coach Mark Dantonio said after Saturdays 24-21 overtime loss at Indiana. Theres a lot of football teams that dont go to the playoffs or win a Big Ten championship, you keep playing and you play yourself into situations on where you want to go.Its been a long time since the Spartans (2-2, 0-2 Big Ten) have faced such a predicament.Over the past three-plus seasons, Michigan State is 38-7, and the Spartans have played in three of the first five conference championship games. Getting back will be tough.No. 2 Ohio State (4-0, 1-0) and No. 4 Michigan (5-0, 1-0) already have two fewer losses. Maryland (4-0, 1-0) and Indiana (3-1, 1-0) also are unbeaten in conference play, and, incredibly, the Spartans are tied with Rutgers in the division basement.The standings are only part of the problem.Quarterback Tyler OConnor was a solid 21-of-35 passing for 263 yards and three TDs on Saturday but wound up getting sacked on Michigan States last two plays in overtime. The result: Usually reliable kicker Michael Geiger missed a 49-yard field goal to the left. He also had a makeable field goal blocked in the first quarter.Defensively, injuries have taken a toll. Michigan State started Saturdays game without starting linebackers Riley Bullough or Jon Reschke, and a parade of defensive players left during the game. While most returned, cornerback Darian Hicks did not after appearing to his hip. Dantonio did not provide a postgame update on the diagnosis.Thats still not all.The officials called 11 penalties against Michigan State, including a targeting call that led to the ejection of nose tackle Malik McDowell on a touchdown pass, and the leaping penalty on cornerback Drake Martinez that gave the Hoosiers a second chance at the winning score.It was frustrating for Dantonio to watch again.Too many mistakes by us, too many penalties, too many plays we didnt make that would have been great plays, some of them, he said.Dantonio told reporters that if there is going to be a turnaround, it will start with what he does.But there was plenty of blame to go around.Receiver Donnie Corley had a defender beaten by two steps for what would have been a 97-yard TD pass early in the third quarter -- if the ball hadnt slipped through his hands.OConnor wasnt exactly thrilled with his performance, either.We took some shots and some were good throws, some werent as on the money as wed like them to be, OConnor said. But there were definitely plays to be made down there and we have to make them.Especially now, with no more margin for error.This ones going to sting until we watch it tomorrow, OConnor said. Thats our job as leaders, to get everyone kind of back and remind everybody what this program is and not to get used to this and this isnt what were about. Everything that happened, was on us.---Online:AP college football coverage at www.collegefootball.ap.org Rudy Gobert Jersey . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. Karl Malone Jazz Jersey . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. http://www.jazzauthentic.com/kids-donovan-mitchell-jazz-jersey/ . 1, meaning problems for the doping controls at both major international sports events next year. 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Subban of the Montreal Canadiens, and included the trade of a No. 1 overall draft pick in Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils that was followed by the news that Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos re-signed with the team for the next eight years.Lets just say the collective hockey heart rate is still beating in the red line, even as we begin to consider all that transpired in that magical 30 minutes.Lets dive in with a swap of Norris Trophy-worthy defenders and marquee players in Weber and Subban, whose names were not once connected in the ever-swirling trade rumor mill leading up to Wednesdays blockbuster but whose swapping of teams will have repercussions in both cities for years to come.Subban is 27 and under contract through 2021-22 with a $9 million cap hit. So much for Nashville being a small-market team.Weber is about to turn 31 and is under contract through 2025-26 with an annual cap hit of $7.86 million, although his 14-year deal was heavily front-loaded and finishes with a real dollar payout of just $5 million over the last four years of the deal.The two defensemen, teammates on Canadas gold medal-winning team in Sochi at the 2014 Olympics, are as similar in stature and profile as they are dissimilar in style and personality.Over the past three seasons, Weber has 58 goals and 152 points and led to the Predators to Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs, their deepest playoff run ever.Meanwhile Subban, coming off a disappointing season in Montreal that saw the Habs miss the playoffs, has 31 goals and 164 points over that same three-year period.If youre Predators GM David Poile, you dont trade your captain and the face of the franchise if you dont think Subban doesnt just fill the void but brings something else to the table, something that carries the team even further than their second-round excursion this spring -- and not just for next year but for years to come.If the NHL is about speed everywhere on the lineup, including the back end, then Subban will be a nice fit for coach Peter Laviolettes lineup, which continues to boast one of the nicest collection of blue-liners in the league, even with last seasons trade of Seth Jones to the Columbus Blue Jackets and this deal.Are the Predators better poised for the future than they were earlier in the day? Yes.If youre Montreal GM Marc Bergevin and you decided for whatever reason you needed to make a decision on Subban before his no-trade clause kicked in July 1, you needed to not just get fair value in return but get something different too, something that helps redefine the Canadiens identity.Weber brings a granite-hard edge to his game and a booming shot that will help a Montreal team that finished 16th in goals per game and a miserable 25th on the power play.If Subban was loquacious and effervescent and definitely unafraid of being his own man, a distinct personality, Weber is quite the opposite. If Subban is new school, Weber is definitely old school and its clear Bergevin felt Subban wasnt going to be a fit long-term in the locker room and made the move to replace him when he still had the chance.Given the personality of the Predators and the city, its hard not imagining Subban being an instant fit in the Music City and that the love affair will be a strong two-way street.If there is concern frrom the Montreal side, its in whether Weber will hit a wall in terms of his productivity, based on the ruggedness of his game.dddddddddddd Short term, assuming goalie Carey Price returns to health next season, Weber gives the Habs a presence on the blue line they havent had. How long that presence becomes a factor in the teams success, well, thats an entirely different proposition.As for the deal that saw Hall moved to New Jersey for defenseman Adam Larsson, kudos to Devils GM Ray Shero for leveraging last seasons turnaround in Larssons game into a game-breaking player, no small feat considering that the Devils continue to be a team in need of offense and a place that isnt exactly high on the list for dynamic offensive free agents.The Devils will need to find a way to plug the hole left by Larssons departure but no doubt the more impactful hockey player at least in the short term is coming east in this deal.Everyone knew that Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli needed to get better, a lot better, on the blue line and that he had oodles of offensive assets to put into play to get that done. Chiarelli gambled that Larsson, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2011 draft, will be a part of that process.At 6-foot-3 and just 23, this is the kind of deal that might well be heralded as a stepping stone to greatness in Edmonton in years to come. But in many ways Larsson is still an unknown, like so many of the top-rated young defensemen already part of the Edmonton equation. Maybe Larsson and Darnell Nurse and Oscar Klefbom will all grow up together to represent something magical and lasting in a town starved for anything magical when it comes to its hockey team.Maybe. But Edmonton fans have had a long fill of maybes over the past decade and were hoping for more certainty when it came to sending out a talent like Hall.Now, if Chiarelli can land a free-agent defender such as Jason Demers and maybe another veteran piece on the blue line, then maybe this deal feels a little differently in Edmonton.Certainly the expectation is that by shedding Halls salary (he signed a $42 million, seven-year deal back in the summer of 2012), the Oilers will sign free agent Milan Lucic to provide more veteran leadership up front and the entire Oiler picture starts to come into focus.And finally it seems a bit anticlimactic that we save the most-talked about player over the past month or so for last. But maybe thats OK for Stamkos and the Lightning, who late Wednesday ended months of speculation by agreeing to an eight-year deal that will pay Stamkos an average of $8.5 million annually to remain a Lightning. His new deal has a full no-movement clause.Did he leave money on the table by not becoming an unrestricted free agent on July 1? Sure. Millions, possibly. Is Tampa the best place for Stamkos to win a Stanley Cup, to ensure his legacy as one of the games greats and a critical figure in the Lightnings history? No question. None.There are still challenges ahead for GM Steve Yzerman in keeping this talented nucleus together, but its hard not to consider the Lightning the early odds-on favorites to lead the Eastern Conference next season, and the return of the captain is no small factor in that belief.The question is now whether this signing puts in motion a series of dominoes that seem destined to fall fast and furious the moment the free agent market opens at noon ET on Friday. ' ' '