News & Neuigkeiten » are taking some major steps. A

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If there is panic and unrest in the Ohio State camp after Saturdays upset loss to Penn State, nobody was displaying it Monday.Coach Urban Meyer said he doesnt foresee any major personnel changes or adjustments in play calling. Quarterback J.T. Barrett said hes not particularly worried about the passing game, which struggled in the 24-21 loss at Happy Valley. The message: Whatever problems there were can be fixed, and all of Ohio States goals are still attainable.The sun came up, guard Billy Price said. Weve been here before. (Losing) isnt an occurrence that happens often, but we grow from this, we get tighter together and we focus in on us, and we dont worry about anything else. Because everybody is a couch coach. Everybody thinks they have the whistle, but we need to focus in on who we are.Maybe theres no panic, but there is plenty to be concerned about after Ohio State (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) dropped from No. 2 to No. 6 in the AP Top 25 poll as the result of the loss, which was only the fifth of the Urban Meyer era.Receivers struggled to separate from defenders, and Barrett ran for his life much of the time from pass rushers his offensive line struggled to block. Barrett was sacked six times, including twice on the final drive to end the game. The run game bogged down, averaging fewer than 5 yards per carry. A blocked Ohio State field goal attempt led to a Penn State touchdown. Ohio State had a punt blocked, too.The statistics dont look bad -- 413 yards of total offense -- but the vertical passing game was kept mostly in check by unranked Penn State. Barretts longest completion was 34 yards, underscoring that the Buckeyes continue to struggle hitting the deep passes. The 168 yards rushing included a single 74-yard touchdown run by Curtis Samuel in the third quarter.Its hard to put it on one thing, Meyer said. Its a multitude of things. It has regressed a little bit. Certainly where there were plays to be made. We hook up on a couple of those plays, we win the game and were fine.Barrett acknowledged that the passing game needs to be better, but said, Im at a good place. Communication and timing could be better, he said, but he saw nothing on video Sunday that really alarmed him. He said the myriad offensive mistakes were out of character.It was a lot of little things that in games like that become big things when exploited, he said. Thats what we saw on film, things that can be corrected, and it wasnt anything game plan-wise that we werent ready for. We just didnt execute, and it showed.Ohio State returns home Saturday to play Northwestern (4-3, 3-1), which has won four out of five after playing poorly early in the season.The following week, the Buckeyes will play No. 7 Nebraska, which will be coming in either undefeated or fresh off a loss to Wisconsin. If the Buckeyes can win out, beat a likely undefeated Michigan on Nov. 26 and win the Big Ten Championship, last Saturdays stumble will be a distant memory.Were going to find out what were made of, Barrett said.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacyFor some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacyCheap Soccer Jerseys China . Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon. Fake Soccer Jerseys For Sale . John Lucas, signed as a mentor for rookie Trey Burke, showed he can score if required, scoring 12 points of his 16 points in the second quarter as Utah built an 18-point lead. https://www.fakesoccerjerseys.com/ .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Stitched Soccer Jerseys . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Authentic Soccer Jerseys . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left.ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks are struggling to figure out what happened to the team that won 60 games just two seasons ago.A ballyhooed makeover has quickly bogged down. The offense looks stagnant and confused. The defense is struggling to stop anyone.The Hawks have faded back into NBA purgatory.Since a 9-2 start raised hopes of another strong run in the Eastern Conference, Atlanta has lost seven straight games -- its longest skid since February 2014 -- and 10 of the last 11. More troubling, the Hawks havent been competitive in many of those games.The plummet includes six double-digit defeats, including a 36-point rout at home by Detroit and a 44-point embarrassment at Toronto in back-to-back games.No wonder the Hawks took a bit of hope from their latest setback, a more respectable 102-99 loss to Oklahoma City.A step in the right direction, coach Mike Budenholzer said Tuesday, even while acknowledging this is a little bit of uncharted waters.Budenholzer has already juggled the lineup, making Thabo Sefolosha a starter and benching Kyle Korver. But there are plenty of troubling issues beyond an aging 3-point specialist -- from new center Dwight Howard acclimating to an offense built on motion and making the extra pass, to Kent Bazemore struggling to live up to the huge contract he received this past summer, to Dennis Schroders up-and-down play in his first season as the starting point guard.We started out the season with the right attitude, the right mindset, said Paul Millsap, who is battling a sore hip. Somewhere down the line, we lost track of who we are.Budenholzer was the toast of the league in 2014-15, molding the Hawks into a cohesive unit that was greater than its individual parts. Atlanta ripped off a 19-game winning streak and all five starters shared player of the month, an unprecedented honor.The Hawks claimed the top seed in the East and got past the second round of the playoffs for the first time since moving from St. Louis in 1968. Even though they were swept by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the conference finals, this looked like a franchise on the rise.Not anymore.The Hawks had 12 fewer wins last season than they did the year before, and went out meekly in the second round with another sweep by the Cavaliers. That prompted BBudenholzer, who inherited total control over personnel matters after the ouster of general manager Danny Ferry for racially charged comments, to decide on a major shake-up.ddddddddddddAtlanta doled out $70.5 million to Howard, even though his star had faded in recent seasons, allowing longtime Hawks center Al Horford to bolt for Boston. Budenholzer also traded point guard Jeff Teague to Indiana, handing Schroder the keys to the offense.Those moves raised plenty of eyebrows, as did the $70 million contract for former D-Leaguer Bazemore, but the strong start -- which included an impressive road win at Cleveland -- seemed to justify Budenholzers direction.Then, suddenly, the Hawks fell apart.The schedule surely had something to do with it. Atlantas slide began when the team headed out on the road for seven of eight games, including a West Coast swing. With all that traveling, there was little time to practice between games, which affected the development of the offense more than anything. It didnt help that Millsap missed three games.The Hawks have reached 100 points only two times during their slump.We have to move the ball better a lot better than we have, Howard said.Atlantas next chance to end the streak will be against Miami on Wednesday.Away from the court, the Hawks are taking some major steps. A state-of-the-art practice facility is under construction. Philips Arena will get a nearly $200 renovation. A D-League farm club is planned for a new arena near Atlantas airport.The ownership group expects to see the same sort of progress on the court.Budenholzer grudgingly acknowledges that his offseason moves brought more scrutiny to the teams recent woes, and perhaps made it more difficult to turn things around.Theres a little bit of uniqueness of adding Dennis as the starter, Dwight as a new player, and we havent been together, Budenholzer said. I hope theres enough guys who have been here, been through it, that we can kind of self-correct. But is it maybe a little bit tougher? Could be.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '