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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan has gotten good at focusing on each opponent, avoiding the tendency some teams have of overlooking inferior opponents.Illinois provides another opportunity, especially with the Wolverines game next week against rival Michigan State on the road and next months showdown at No. 2 Ohio State.The third-ranked Wolverines (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) are favored to rout the Fighting Illini (2-4, 1-2) by more than five touchdowns. When theyve been favorites by a lot of points this season, theyve usually delivered. The latest example came in Michigans last game when it was expected to win at Rutgers by nearly four touchdowns and ended up winning 78-0.Jim Harbaugh, though, looks and sounds the same every week. Whether his team is preparing to play the Scarlet Knights, or a ranked team such as Wisconsin, he beats the same drum publicly and privately.Even though Illinois appears to pose no threat to spoiling the Wolverines potentially special season, you wouldnt know it by listening to Harbaugh.Itll be a challenge, he said. A championship-type football game for our team.Here are some things to watch when Michigan hosts Illinois on Saturday:THE COMEBACK: Michigan linebacker Mike McCray has been one of the top players on a highly touted defense, making 32 tackles, including five for losses, intercepting a pass and forcing a fumble. McCray, a senior, hadnt started a game until this years opener against Hawaii. He missed all of last season with a shoulder injury.Its a lot different now, McCray said. I feel a lot better. Im not down or anything on myself.BACKFIELD BY COMMITTEE: Illinois best bet to move the ball has been its running game. The Illini are averaging 189.8 yards rushing, primarily due to the work of tailbacks Reggie Corbin, Kendrick Foster and KeShawn Vaughn. Vaughn went into the season as the starter, a job that the freshman Corbin has taken over. All three share time in the backfield. The top producer so far has been Foster, who has run for 384 yards -- 6.2 per carry -- with five rushing touchdowns and two more receiving.We have like a three-headed monster in the backfield, Foster said. We all bring something from speed to wiggle to explosiveness.NO OFFENSE: History will be made at the Big House when Harbaugh and first-year coach Lovie Smith become the first college coaches to face each other after leading teams to the Super Bowl. In their only previous NFL matchup, Harbaugh helped San Francisco beat the Smith-led Chicago Bears 32-7 in 2012. When asked about matching up with Smith again, Harbaugh couldnt recall the game in which Colin Kaepernick made his first start for the 49ers.I dont remember any meetings we had in NFL, Harbaugh said.TAKEAWAYS: Smith came to Illinois preaching the takeaway philosophy his Bears teams relied on and the Illini are tied for fourth in the country in turnover margin at plus-eight. The five turnovers Illinois forced in last Saturdays win over Rutgers were a big difference in the game.Weve got to keep building on that, Smith said. Thats a part of our DNA.THREE AND OUT: Michigans Jabrill Peppers-led defense leads the nation in six categories, including how it fares on third downs. Teams are converting just 12.2 percent of third downs against the Wolverines this season.It takes all 11 playing well together, Harbaugh said. Stopping the run on third and short yardage situation, pass-rush, tackling, not allowing yards after contract, not allowing yards after shorter passes, defending deeper balls.---Online:AP college football website: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Associated Press writer David Mercer contributed to this report from Champaign, Illinois.Marcos Alonso Chelsea Jersey . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. Willian Jersey . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. http://www.chelseasoccerjerseysonline.com/womens-davide-zappacosta-chelsea-jersey/ . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. 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Australias Olympic Committee, hours later, shot back in Hortons defense, saying he was speaking his mind in support of clean athletes, and wished him luck.Horton, 20, made a dig at Sun while the two attended a press conference Saturday after Horton unseated the Chinese defending champion in the 400-meter freestyle. It was the second time in days that Horton had publicly referred to Suns drug suspension as part of what the Australian team acknowledged is a campaign to unsettle the Chinese star.Sun had earlier been accused of splashing water at Horton in an apparent attempt to get his attention and Horton made his initial drug cheat reference when asked why he had ignored Sun.Sun, 24, who won two golds at the 2012 London Games, has a long history of bad behavior and tangling with others. He has been accused of disruptive pool behavior by swimmers -- both men and women -- from several countries. The Chinese team briefly banned him from competing following a raft of disciplinary issues, including crashing a friends Porsche SUV into a bus in 2013 while driving without a license, landing him in jail.Sun has previously said he did not know the medication trimetazidine, which he took for chronic heart palpitations, had been placed on the banned list when he tested positive.The 2-meter (6-foot-6-inch) Chinese star burst into tears Sunday after losing to Horton, garnering an outpouriing of support from Chinese social media users who pilloried Horton on his Facebook page.dddddddddddd. The Australian was accused of snubbing Suns attempt to congratulate him on his win immediately after the race, although the two did briefly shake hands later at the podium.Chinese swim team manager Xu Qi also laid into Horton, saying the Australian had hurt the feelings between Chinese and Australian swimmers and showed a lack of good manners and upbringing, according to the official Xinhua news agency.Sun, who has largely refrained from firing back at his rival and has called for respect for all athletes, appeared to get his swagger back Monday as he told reporters at an Olympic village bus stop that he is the king in the 1,500-meter freestyle event scheduled for Sunday, when he will again compete against Horton. When prodded, he added that he was no friend of Hortons.The spiraling row has generated a shrill response from Chinese media during what has already been a period of elevated tensions after Australia voiced opposition in recent weeks to Chinese claims of maritime territory.On Monday, Xinhua released a slew of gently critical articles on topics ranging from Australian trade policy to Melbournes quality of life while the Global Times tabloid opted for a more blunt approach, referring to Australia in a commentary as a former British offshore prison that is on the fringes of civilization.We dont know if it is Horton who is silly or its the Australian media that is evil, or perhaps Australia just has a different moral standard, the newspaper said.No one should be surprised at uncivilized acts emanating from the country. ' ' '