Some things to watch in the Big Ten on Saturday:GAME OF THE WEEKNo. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin. The Cornhuskers have won 10 of their last 11 and are 7-0 for the first time since 2001. With a win, theyll remain in control of the Big Ten West and change the opinion of those whove been unimpressed with their body of work against a light schedule. Nebraska has lost four of the last five meetings with the Badgers, and Camp Randall Stadium has been the Huskers house of horrors. Theyve been outscored 107-41 in their last two visits. Mike Riley lost 35-0 in Madison in his last trip there, with Oregon State in 2011, and now he returns for the biggest game since he took over the Huskers last year. With two Big Ten losses, the Badgers are in desperation mode. Even though their defense has been hampered by injuries , coordinator Justin Wilcoxs unit is one of the best in the country.BEST MATCHUPNo. 2 Michigan at Michigan State. Never mind that Michigan State has lost five straight for the first time since 1991. Mark Dantonio cant stand living in the Wolverines shadow, so even though the Spartans arent playing for much this season and are 23 +-point underdogs, dont be surprised if they push Michigan. No doubt, Jim Harbaugh and his Wolverines have payback on their minds. Theyve dropped three straight to the Spartans and last year they lost 27-23 at the Big House on the last play when Jalen Watts-Jackson ran back Michigans botched punt attempt for a touchdown.INSIDE THE NUMBERSWisconsins Corey Clement, with 164 yards against Ohio State and 134 against Iowa last week, is coming off his first back-to-back 100-yard games since 2013. ... Minnesota has allowed only one touchdown (to Rutgers) in the first half of its four conference games. ... Illinois Hardy Nickerson leads the Big Ten with 10.3 tackles a game. ... Michigan has lost four straight in the series with Michigan State on only four occasions since the teams began playing in 1898. ... Penn State heads to Purdue on a seven-game losing skid in true road games. ... Indiana is averaging 290 yards passing to rank second in the Big Ten. Its opponent, Maryland, has allowed just one team to pass for more than 200.LONG SHOTNorthwestern is a 26 +-point underdog at No. 6 Ohio State. During the Wildcats three-game win streak, Clayton Thorson has thrown for nine touchdowns against one interception and Austin Carr has been the Big Tens hottest receiver. But theyve lost 29 of their last 30 against Ohio State, and the Buckeyes are in a foul mood after losing at Penn State. Urban Meyer has lost back-to-back games only four times in his 15 seasons as a head coach. Each of his three national championship teams (2006, 2008 Florida and 2014 Ohio State) has overcome a regular-season loss to win out.PLAYERS TO WATCHWisconsin QBs Alex Hornibrook and Bart Houston both are in coach Paul Chrysts plans against Nebraska. Hornibrook is the better passer, particularly on deep balls, and will remain the starter. Houston was the starter in the three nonconference games but didnt play in the Badgers first four conference games. He got in for two series last week against Iowa, went 4 for 6 for 59 yards and a touchdown, and gave the Badgers a running threat.---Online:AP college football website: http://collegefootball.ap.org Swell Bottle Cheap . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. Swell Traveler Sale . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. http://www.swellbottlesale.com/ .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. The designation was released Monday after the deadline passed for NFL teams to use franchise or transition tags on players becoming free agents. Marble Water Bottle Cheap . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. Swell Bottle Wood . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Danny Duffy couldnt get the no-hitter, but he still came away with a team record.The left-hander pitched eight innings of one-hit ball and had a franchise-record 16 strikeouts to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.Duffy (7-1) flirted with the Royals first no-hitter in nearly 25 years before giving up a line-drive double to Desmond Jennings leading off the Tampa Bay eighth.Theres been a number of occasions when Dannys stepped on the mound and I said this might be the night, Royals manager Ned Yost said. But when he got through the seventh I thought this MAY be the night.Bret Saberhagen pitched the Royals last no-hitter on Aug. 26, 1991, and Zack Greinke owned Kansas Citys strikeout record of 15 until Monday night.Its an honor to have a game like those guys had, Duffy said, but I understand they had a lot more of those than I did. So Im really still trying to do as good as I did tonight down the road.Jennings came off the disabled list Monday after missing all of July with a strained hamstring.It was hittable, a good pitch to hit, Jennings said of the fastball he hit into the left-field corner. It wasnt looking too good for a little while.Kendrys Morales 18th home run, a towering shot over the center field wall off Rays starter Chris Archer (5-15), got the Royals on the scoreboard in the seventh. They added two more runs on three hits in the eighth.Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his second save.Duffy, a 27-year-old left-hander who spent the first six weeks of the season in the bullpen, walked one. He struck out seven in his first trip through the Rays lineup, and did not allow a baserunner until walking Logan Forsythe to lead off the fourth.My fastball was jumping out of my hand, my changeup felt really good and my changeup was there, he said.ddddddddddddIt was one of the few-and-far-between times that somebody has all of their pitches working the way they want.Archer gave up three runs on six hits in 7 1/3 innings, striking out six to raise his AL-leading total to 161. Tampa Bay snapped a four-game win streak.RAYS AT THE TRADE DEADLINEThe last-place Rays traded LHP Matt Moore, OF Brandon Guyer and INF/OF Steve Pearce -- all to teams that were in first place -- on Monday. We wish we were in that position, manager Kevin Cash said. Wish we didnt have to do that but weve got to do whats right for the organization today and moving forward.ROYALS AT THE TRADE DEADLINEThe World Series champions, coming off their worst month (7-19) in four years, did nothing at the deadline. Its good that we kept the group together. Everybodys happy about that, Yost said. (General manager) Dayton (Moore) looked at some things, but at the end of the day there wasnt anything thats going to make us better. He wanted to stick with this group. He believes in this group.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: RHP Wade Davis rejoined the team to rehab his flexor strain. Davis and the Royals are hopeful he will be able to come off the disabled list when he becomes eligible Aug. 12.Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) threw another bullpen session and will get another rehab start Thursday.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Yordano Ventura will follow his first career complete game, a 3-2 loss at Texas on Thursday, in his 21st start of the season Tuesday night. He has lost five straight decisions.Rays: RHP Matt Andriese, back in the rotation with the trade of Matt Moore, will make his first start since June 10. ' ' '