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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Its hard not to notice Michigans Jabrill Peppers on film.His athletic ability stands out to Penn State (2-1) players whove watched him all week as they prepare to face Michigans dynamic playmaker and the No. 4 Wolverines (3-0) on Saturday. But theres something else, something unique.Hes all over the place, Penn State wideout DaeSean Hamilton said. We call those type of guys game-wreckers. We need to make sure they dont come in and wreck the game.Thats exactly what Michigans do-it-all utility man did last week when his team fell into a 21-7 first-quarter hole against Colorado.Peppers, whos listed as a linebacker and defensive back, moved around in the Wolverines defensive alignments to spark the Michigan defense with nine tackles, 3 1/2 for losses, and a sack. He added a 54-yard punt return touchdown to seal the game early in the fourth quarter and became the first player in Big Ten history to earn the conferences defensive and special teams player of the week awards dating to 1994.I cant think of another player like Jabrill, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said. I know theres not another player that Ive coached like him. The unique thing is all the positions that he can play.Peppers prowess and high football IQ have made the New Jersey native arguably the nations most versatile player and one any scout team should struggle to accurately replicate in practice. Penn State is expected to use multiple players to try and mimic Peppers impact this week.Any team would have trouble doing so with just one.Hes an athletic freak, Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley said. Hes a great player, you obviously have awareness for where the great players are on the other team are and you want to know where theyre at on every play.At his press conference Monday, Harbaugh rattled off 11 positions on offense, defense and special teams that the 6-foot-1, 205-pound Peppers can or has played in three years in Ann Arbor. This versatility allows defensive coordinator Don Brown to be creative with his calls. He can disguise coverages and blitzes in order to torment opposing offenses.Theres times I should be thinking about what to do on the next series but I like watching our guys play, Harbaugh said. I really watch the way our defense is running to the football, the way theyre flying around, hitting.The speed with which Peppers and Michigan can attack is something thats jumped out to McSorley and Penn State coach James Franklin.Although Penn State didnt allow any sacks to Temple, tackles Andrew Nelson and Brendan Mahon were beaten a few times on the edge. McSorleys ability to climb the pocket to escape the pressure prevented the momentum-changing sacks like the ones Penn State allowed to Pitt and Kent State in the first two weeks.Simply stepping up may not work, however, and Penn States young guards will have to be on notice, too. Peppers lone sack against Colorado came when he slowly crept toward the line and exploded at the snap, unaccounted for up the middle.Theyre just a big, strong, physical, mature team, and then they do have some speed aspects, Franklin said. Jabrill does that for them on defense, special teams and offense.Nicholas Castellanos Jersey . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Jose Iglesias Jersey . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. 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Vettel, who has already clinched his fourth straight F1 title, enters the finale with a chance to equal Michael Schumachers 13 victories in a year and match the record of nine consecutive wins by Alberto Ascari in the 1952 and 1953 seasons.DETROIT -- The Philadelphia Flyers are on an eight-game winning streak going into Sundays game against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.The Flyers are 17-10-3 after beating the Dallas Stars 4-2 at home on Saturday afternoon. The Red Wings are 13-12-3 after a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets Friday night at Joe Louis Arena.Brayden Schenn recorded his second career hat trick -- all on the power play -- for Philadelphia on Saturday.Look whos up top, Schenn said, crediting Jakub Voracek, captain Claude Giroux and defensemen Shayne Gostisbehere and Mark Streit for setting up his goals. Those (guys) make it happen up top and me and (Wayne Simmonds) find the garbage or the rebounds or the tips.Steve Mason made 21 saves for Philadelphia, which has won eight straight for the first time since Jan. 6-19, 2002.Voracek added an empty-net goal. He has four goals and 15 points during the eight-game winning streak.Schenn talked about his performance as it relates to the teams winning streak.Its always nice scoring goals and stuff like that, he said. When it comes in a winning effort, coming from behind again, its nice and helped keep the streak going.Gostisbehere said his right hand was OK after getting hit by defenseman Jordie Benns shot at 7:58 of the second period. He didnt play in the final 4:54 of the third period and said he had X-rays, which were precautionary.Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said his team has too create more traffic around the opponents net.dddddddddddd.We have to be a team that plays up the ice as fast as we can, Blashill told www.mlive.com. Were becoming a better O-zone team, so if we get pucks behind people and play in the other teams end we have a better chance to produce more offense.We have to be more determined to get to the net and put pucks to the net. I still think we pass up shots to try to make plays and we just have to understand that its going to be lots of shots.Gustav Nyquist and Riley Sheahan, in particular, have been struggling around the net. Nyquist has just one goal in the past 22 games and Sheahan hasnt scored a goal this season in 28 contests.The Red Wings and Flyers split a pair of games in Philadelphia six days apart in early November -- the Flyers won 4-3 in overtime on Nov. 2, and the Red Wings won 3-2 in a shootout, snapping a 12-game regular-season losing streak in Philadelphia that dated back to 1997.This will be the second of a season-long five game homestand for Detroit.The Red Wings are 2-7-2 in their past 11 at Joe Louis Arena and 6-7-2 for the season.Weve got to establish a little better home ice here, Thomas Vanek said. Were struggling on home ice. Weve just got to get some momentum early, get the fans behind us and keep that momentum going. ' ' '