Minnesota Moves Game to a Friday

Minnesota moved its game against Michigan up one day because of scheduling conflicts with the Minnesota Twins over the use of the Metrodome.

The game, scheduled to be played on Saturday, Oct. 11, has been moved a day earlier because of a potential conflict with the American League championship series, the Big Ten announced Wednesday.

The Big Ten Administrators Council also conditionally approved rescheduling the Saturday, Oct. 18 Michigan State game to Friday, Oct. 17. The game will be moved only if the Twins advance to the ALCS.

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Idaho fullback Keith Greer, a former Santa Ana Mater Dei standout who has been hospitalized with a respiratory ailment after leg surgery, has been removed from intensive care.

Greer, a 19-year-old sophomore, broke his leg against Washington State on Aug. 30 and had surgery the following day. After the operation, Greer developed acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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Receiver Chad Owens, Hawaii’s leading receiver, was suspended two games for missing the team’s charter flight back from Las Vegas last week. The suspension capped a bad weekend for Owens, whose stepfather was arrested during the Nevada Las Vegas game because of an alleged altercation with police officers.... Comments by Grambling Coach Doug Williams concerning suspended Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett have prompted an official NCAA inquiry into possible violations of recruiting rules.

Reserve quarterback Brent Rawls has left Oklahoma and transferred to Louisiana Tech. Rawls fell out of the back of a pickup truck last fall and suffered a concussion.... Nebraska (3-0), with the nation’s No. 1 defense, travels to Hattiesburg, Miss., tonight to play offensively challenged Southern Mississippi (2-1). Golden Eagle quarterback Micky D’Angelo is out because of a concussion.