COLUMBUS, Ohio — The federal trial on college basketball corruption has shifted towards college football. Marty Blazer — a Pittsburgh-area financial advisor — testified Tuesday that between 2000 and 2013, he paid college football players in hopes that they would work with him once they made it to the NFL. Blazer stated that he paid players from Alabama, Michigan, North Carolina, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Penn State. According Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel, Blazer stated told the court that a Penn State assistant coach encouraged him to pay former Penn State defensive end Aaron Maybin $10,000. The money was later repaid when Maybin was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 2009. Blazer did not directly name Ohio State associate head coach Larry Johnson — who was a defensive line coach for the Nittany Lions during that time — but that he is the only person who was on the staff…
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