King-Manningham matchup one to watch when Penn State visits Ann Arbor

Joe Paterno gets testy whenever Penn State's eight consecutive losses to Michigan come up, so he can't feel good about having a fumbling concern with tailback Austin Scott entering the Big Ten opener Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. (ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET). Scott fumbled twice on his first three carries in a 45-24 win over Buffalo, leaving the door open for fellow fifth-year senior Rodney Kinlaw. Kinlaw gained a career-high 129 yards on 23 carries.

So who starts at Michigan?

"I don't think anybody is the No. 1 tailback when you have two kids that are as equal as they are," Paterno said. Scott's leash has to be getting shorter, since he's now fumbled four times this season.

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