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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Having played against Trace McSorley in high school, Derek Dowrey remembers one thing about the shifty quarterback with the deceptively strong arm he now blocks for every Saturday.I just know that he torched us, basically, Dowrey said.Bolstered by smart decision making, timely deep balls, quick feet and awareness to use them, the dual-threat quarterback has helped No. 8 Penn State do the same to the rest of the Big Ten all season. As a result, Penn State (9-2, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 7 CFP) is set for its biggest game in nearly a decade and will face Michigan State (3-8, 1-7) in the regular season finale Saturday with a Big Ten championship, and possibly more, on the line.Penn State would win the Big Ten East with a victory and a Michigan loss to Ohio State.The fact that McSorley is just 256 yards from breaking his programs single-season yardage record (3,215) with the stakes this high is no coincidence. Hes accounted for an average of 283 total yards per game during Penn States seven-game winning streak and 17 total touchdowns. Hes tossed just two interceptions in that span. His quiet, calm demeanor has been celebrated again and again by his teammates and coaches.Hes pretty much been who we thought he was going to be, Penn State coach James Franklin said. But I will tell you thats typically not the case, I mean, for all of us. In any industry, any relationship, you go in thinking you know somebody pretty well. Very rarely do they play out to be the person that you thought they were.The Spartans, meanwhile, are a team in transition. After winning two of the last three Big Ten titles, Michigan States season will end without a bowl game for the first time since 2006.Our goals are to finish much like weve always tried to do, complete a circle, finish with a `W, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. I think that makes a big difference in every football season. How you end that season really sets you up or plateaus you, or whatever the case.RUN-STUFFERS: Michigan States running game has thrived by changing angles and deceiving linebackers and the Spartans enter the regular season finale led by powerful back LJ Scott, averaging 219 rushing yards in their last five games.Penn State should be able to deal with this type of offense with linebackers Brandon Bell and Jason Cabinda available. In games theyve played together this season, Penn State has allowed just 91 rushing yards per game compared to 221 per game when either star linebacker is out.BARKLEY A GO: Penn State running back Saquon Barkley, who was knocked from the Rutgers game after a helmet-to-helmet hit, spoke at length with reporters on Tuesday and will play after testing negative for a concussion.DUELING TES: Penn States Mike Gesicki and his Michigan State counterpart Josiah Price have been big factors for their teams. Gesicki set Penn States single-season receptions record for a tight end with his 42nd last week and enters the game with 14 catches for 200 yards over the last three. He hasnt scored a touchdown since Oct. 8, however. Price needs two catches to become just the third tight end in Michigan State history with 100 in a career.CHANGING LINEUPS: Both teams have been hit hard by injuries. While Penn State endured the loss of seven linebackers in September and now is without its top three offensive tackles, the Spartans have fielded different starting lineups in every single game with 25 players earning their first start or extended playing time this season.SENIOR DAY: Penn State will honor 17 seniors before the game. Seven were true freshmen in 2012, the year the program was sanctioned by the NCAA following the universitys role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Four more recruits remained committed to the team despite a four-year bowl ban and scholarship reductions and a transfer waiver that offered them the chance to go to another team without losing a year of eligibility.Michigan States 28 seniors, who were celebrated in a private ceremony in East Lansing last week, will play their final collegiate game at Beaver Stadium. Gus Johnson Jersey .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. Wholesale Suns Jerseys . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. He will look to end Vettels run of six straight race wins on Sunday. Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. https://www.cheapsunsonline.com/259z-charlie-scott-jersey-suns.html . 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Playing for your hometown team and basically going out there and doing what youve worked your whole life for is pretty special.Swanson, the Braves top prospect and the No. 1 overall draft pick of 2015, had his contract selected from Double-A Mississippi and went 2 for 4 batting eighth in his debut.It came in another lackluster effort by the Braves -- a 10-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins in a matchup of the two worst teams in the majors.But the sparse crowd at Turner Field, not unusual this season for a team that dropped to 18-41 at home, gave Swanson loud cheers before and during the game. He walked up to his first at-bat with Ludacris Georgia playing over the speakers and received a standing ovation before lining out in the second inning.The 22-year-old Swanson met with family and friends before the game and loved hearing a group of them cheer from their seats about 30 rows up from home plate.Theyre nuts, I know, Swanson said. It was great to hear that. It means a lot to me. I love every single one of them and Im just glad they were able to be a part of it.Next year figures to be just as special. Swansons family home will be even closer as the Braves move into a new ballpark in Marietta, just a few miles from his former high school.The Braves made it 2-2 in the third on Freddie Freemans 24th homer. Other than that two-run shot, the focus was on Swanson, who singled in the fourth, struck out in the seventh and singled in the ninth.Swanson was running on adrenaline and excitement before the game.After a six-hour drive from Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday night, he arrived at his parents home in Marietta at 2 a.m. He got about four hours of sleep, took a surreal drive to Turner Field and was the first player to arrive in the clubhouse around 11 a.m., spending 30 minutes talking with Brian Snitker in the interim managers office.Hes a very well-grounded kid, very intelligent, Snitker ssaid before the game.dddddddddddd He gets it. The intangibles are just dripping off this young man, not to mention his athletic abilities as a baseball player.Atlanta created a spot on the 25-man roster for Swanson after trading shortstop Erick Aybar to Detroit on Tuesday night and designating Mike Aviles, the utility man acquired in the deal, for assignment.Swanson was eager to get on the field and prove that he belongs in the big leagues. He was the first No. 1 overall pick to debut in the season following his draft year since Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg in 2009.Expectations have been predictably high since last December, when the Braves traded pitcher Shelby Miller and minor leaguer Gabe Speier to Arizona for Swanson, center fielder Ender Inciarte and pitcher Aaron Blair.Swanson was projected to fill a big spot at his position after Atlanta traded away Gold Glove shortstop Andrelton Simmons the month before.Pressure is kind of something that comes about when I guess you dont believe in yourself as much, that you dont believe in something you can do or accomplish, Swanson said. I just worry about what I can control and theres no pressure on myself when I do that.Swanson spent just 127 games in the minors. The former Vanderbilt standout had a combined .275 average and nine homers and 55 RBI in 105 games between Mississippi and Class A Carolina.This is a very smart kid and a good player, President of Baseball Operations John Hart said. However he performs up here, I think its going to be beneficial for him and for us as we go to make a decision to what were going to do with the shortstop position next year.Swanson said he was too young to remember his first game at Turner Field, but by the time he was old enough to pay attention, Braves star third baseman Chipper Jones made a lasting impression.Every time I came to a game, Chipper always hit a home run, like five different times, Swanson said. It was pretty spectacular. ' ' '