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of them out. It’s by chance a lot of times, but the more (fumbles you force), the more opportunities you’re going to have (to recover it).”

The Bengals’ three fumble recoveries in 2016 were the fewest in franchise history. The previous low was six, and that came in the 1982 strike season when the team played nine games.

The franchise record for fewest fumble recoveries in a 14-game season is nine, set in 1972.

The Bengals forced 12 fum- bles in 2016, which one shy of the franchise record set in 2015.

”I don’t think you can nents with locker rooms lack- ing air conditioning or, in the case of late-season-games, proper heating.

“We had to open the doors to get ventilation going in a small area and people are walking by (outside) watching you dress,” Harbaugh said. “The number of urinals or bathrooms for the players and staff, I think there was two. Not even a private door around it.”

Purdue took issue with Harbaugh’s criticism.

In a statement posted to Twitter, the school said it would “fully support a conversation regarding a confer- ence-wide set of guidelines for visiting football team over-coach interceptions or fumbles,” defensive coordinator Paul Guenther said. “You work on them in practice and usually when one comes, they come in bunches.”

That’s what happened in 2015 when Lewis addressed the team’s lack of interceptions at the bye.

“Marvin came into my office and said we don’t have a lot of interceptions, and all of a sudden at the end of the year we’re (third) in the league in interceptions,” Guenther said. “It’s some- thing you continue to harp on in practice and hopefully they come.”

After their 21 interceptions were good for third in the league in 2015, the Bengals picked off 17 last year, one accommodations because we have experienced lessthan-ideal conditions on the road. There is no place for gamesmanship when it comes to player care and safety. The after-the-fact con- cerns expressed by Michi- gan are somewhat surpris- ing because a member of its football staff conducted a walk-thru of our facilities with our athletics depart- ment staff at Ross-Ade Stadium on July 18.

“Furthermore, to help teams prepare in advance, our visiting team manual highlights in bold type, ‘There is no air condition- ing in the (visiting) locker room,’ with accompanying Purdue athletics staff contact information about how to request preferred tempo- rary accommodations. We shy of league leaders Baltimore, Kansas City and San Diego. And the team’s plus-3 turnover ratio was good for 12th in the league.

While the lack of fum- ble recoveries hasn’t been crippling, it has been head scratching.

The 14-game streak is twice as long as any other stretch in the Lewis era. The 2015 team went seven games with- out one, and another seven-game drought spanned the final six games of 2009 and the season opener in 2010.

In addition to the fumble overturned by replay Sunday, the Bengals thought they had another one in the third quarter when cor- nerback Darqueze Dennard appeared to strip Green Bay did not receive any such request.”

Not long after Harbaugh’s comments, Ohio State Buck- eyes coach Urban Meyer was asked about his opin- ion. It seems Harbaugh is not alone in thinking the Big Ten can do better.

“I’ve shared it with our athletic director, and the commissioner should handle that,” Meyer said. “All due respect, this is the Big Ten Conference.”

Michig a n State co a ch Mark Dantonio faced the same question about visit- ing locker rooms. He didn’t want to discuss his thoughts in detail but said, “I can tell you that our locker room in the past was not very good. We put stalls up. But our locker room right now is a $29 million locker room. I running back Ty Montgomery at the Cincinnati 2-yard line, with linebacker Kevin Minter recovering.

But the officials ruled Montgomery down, and four plays later the Packers cut the Cincinnati lead to 21-14.

Dennard also stripped Montgomery on the first play after the two-minute warning during Green Bay’s tying drive, but again the officials ruled Montgomery was down before the ball came out.

“Maybe I should answer your question differently — maybe we’ve gotten more out than you know,” Lewis said with a laugh. think it will fit the bill.”

Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano didn’t want to tell his stories about bad locker room experiences. He said he doesn’t need anything more out of a locker room than an area to get dressed.

“This is my belief,” Schi- ano said. “Whatever’s dealt to you, you find a way to either ignore it or make it an advantage, so if you can’t make it an advantage it’s not going to be a disadvantage. You don’t talk about it. You don’t acknowledge it. It’s not just with the players. You don’t do it with anybody. You just go about your business.”

The Brewers MILWAUKEE — closed within two games of Colorado for the National League’s second wild card with three games left, rallying to beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Thursday as Brett Phillips hit a go-ahead double in the sixth inning.

Milwaukee (84-75) closes the regular season at St. Louis, and the Rockies host the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Brew- ers are assured of their best record since finishing 96-66 in 2011, when they lost to the Cardinals in the NL Champi- onship Series, Milwaukee’s last playoff appearance.

After Cincinnati tied the score in the sixth on RBI singles by Scooter Gennett against Brent Suter and Jesse Winkler off Oliver Drake, Jared Hughes (5-3) entered with two on and the Reds loaded the bases when the reliever bobbled Jose Peraza’s bunt for an error.

Hughes struck out Adam Duvall and got Stuart Turner to ground into a double play.

Anthony Swarzak worked around three walks in two hitless innings, and Corey Knebel struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 39th save in 45 chances.

Patrick Kivlehan’s fourth-in- ning homer off Brent Suter put Cincinnati ahead, but Orlando Arcia’s sacrifice fly against Sal Romano (5-8) tied the score in the bottom half. After putting the Brewers ahead, Walker scored on Ryan Braun’s single.

Neil Walker hit an RBI double in the fifth and scored on Ryan Braun’s single for a 3-1 lead.

Milwaukee starter Brent Suter gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings. Romano allowed four runs — three earned — and seven hits in 5⅔ innings.

Reds: RHP Robert Stephenson (5-6) starts today at the Chicago Cubs. Among four rookies in the rotation, he is 5-2 with a 2.87 ERA over his past seven starts.

Joey Votto hit his team-high 36th home run, and Homer Bailey (6-9) pitched seven strong innings for the Reds.

The Brewers were held to four hits. Bailey settled down after a choppy first to make his longest start since Aug. 7, 2014. He allowed four hits, walked three and struck out four.

“I had a little trouble there early and just tried to keep in mind sometimes you’re one pitch away from something really good happening,” Bailey said. “From there, I was fortunate enough to have a little reset there in the second.”