Penn State defensive end Sean Stanley has been charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession stemming from a police call to his on-campus apartment in September.

Stanley has returned to practice, but his name does not appear in the Nittany Lions' depth chart for their upcoming game at Minnesota.

A preliminary hearing is set for mid-November.

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Despite Washington's thrilling double-overtime victory over Oregon State last weekend, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer addresses the Huskies' need to find consistency in their game.

When asked about finding consistency, head coach Steve Sarkisian replied, "I don't exactly know that. If I did, I'd probably get paid a lot more money to travel around the country and answer that question for a lot of teams that sometimes don't come out with the same energy that they do week to week to week."

He added, "I think sometimes we put a little too much pressure on ourselves, like 'OK, we won, now we can go win two in a row.' Let's just go play and forget what just happened last week and what might occur if we win or we don't win. Let's just go play the game."

The need for consistency was evident in this past game, as the Huskies took an early 21-0 lead, only to hang on at the end to force overtime. A failed Oregon State two-point conversion after a touchdown in the second overtime, sealed the win for Washington.

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According to the USC Rips It Blog, USC head coach Lane Kiffin is holding early morning practices during this week's bye week so that he and his staff can hit the recruiting trail heavily.

A 6 a.m. practice was held today, and scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday as well.