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From now until the season starts I will be previewing the prospects from Big-12, ACC and Big East teams for the upcoming season. My colleague at NFL Draft Monsters Justin Higdon (follow him on Twitter @afc2nfc) will be covering the SEC, Pac-12 and Big-10 and you will be able to read those posts on NFL Draft Monsters. Check them all out to get ready for the 2013 NFL Draft by identifying the prospects you need to learn about!
Today I am previewing the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers have had a fantastic run since Bret Bielema took over, particularly in the last two years, going to consecutive Rose Bowls. That's relatively unheard of, and even though they lost both in close games it still means the Badgers are a program on the rise and that they aren't just a big, slow team that can't hang with East or West Coast speed. I do want to mention that while Bielema has done a good job leading the Badgers into a new era after legendary Head Coach Barry Alvarez became the athletic director, I am not quite convinced he's the best in-game coach. Specifically, I'm talking about timeout usage. I could go on a huge rant about this, specifically relating to Bielema, but the man simply doesn't use his timeouts effectively. Take Wisconsin's last second loss on a hail-mary to Michigan State last season. The Spartans were content to play for OT and were going to run the clock out but Bielema got cocky and called a timeout. That led the Spartans to get aggressive and roll the dice, and we all know what happened when they did. I was so shocked by the result that I actually wrote this after the game. Fast forward to the Rose Bowl against Oregon, when a wasted timeout early in the 2nd half (this is a vast oversimplification, I just don't want to write 4,000 words about this) left Russell Wilson without a way to stop the clock other than spiking it with under 10 seconds to go, meaning he and the Badgers didn't have a chance for one last play to score a touchdown and win the game. I'm sure some don't think Bielema is a bad clock manager, but those two examples are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Bielema and his timeouts. I've actually never seen or heard of a head coach who uses them more poorly and sees his team suffer more for it as a result.
Anyways, Bielema sure has done a good job as a recruiter and that was evidenced by convincing Russell Wilson to transfer to the land of the cheese and he did it again with Danny O'Brien. I'm sure I'll say this 1,000 times by the end of next season, but Badger fans please listen to me: Danny O'Brien is NOT Russell Wilson. I still believe he is a good quarterback, but like I said before last season Russell Wilson was special, and the Badgers won't have another quarterback that good for a long time (if ever). O'Brien is officially the starter and has the unenviable job of replacing Wilson, who became a Wisconsin legend about as soon as he stepped on campus. O'Brien has the talent to keep defenses from keeping 8 defenders in the box because he will be able to make them pay thanks to Jared Abbrederis and Jacob Pedersen catching balls from him. The offensive line at Wisconsin is always impressive, and despite losing three starters they will be good again this season.
My concern, much like it was last year, is with the defense. The Badgers' defense last year was very average, if not poor, and was really held together by Chris Borland, Mike Taylor, Antonio Fenelus and to some degree Aaron Henry. This year it looks like the Badgers will have some more talent in the front 7, particularly along the defensive line, which would be a HUGE relief for any Badger fan. If the defensive line, particularly the defensive tackles, can occupy blockers better and contribute a bit to the pass rush then Wisconsin's stellar linebacker tandem will be able to make a lot of plays at or behind the line of scrimmage. But beyond that, if the pass rush improves considerably it will make life a lot easier on Wisconsin's weakest link- The defensive secondary. They are returning only ONE player with an interception from last season, and only two players who are projected to start have an interception in their entire careers. They have some starting experience returning, but it is mostly starting experience spent making mental mistakes, not playing the ball correctly, and generally allowing big plays from opposing offenses. If the secondary can step up, this defense could actually be decent or maybe even pretty good. But if they continue to play like they did last year (or worse, thanks to Fenelus and Henry heading to the NFL) then the Badgers will be in a world of hurt without Russell Wilson and a quick-strike offense to compensate. Thanks to Ohio State and Penn State being ineligible for the conference championship game you'd have to be brain dead not to think Wisconsin is the favorite, but Michigan State is reloading better than I thought they would, and Michigan figures to be jockeying with Nebraska for the top spot in the Legends division (seriously, Leaders and Legends is still the stupidest thing ever) and all three teams will be able to give Wisconsin a run for their money as the Badgers try to get to an unheard of third straight Rose Bowl. And with that, here are the prospects to keep an eye on for the 2012 season:
Danny O'Brien, QB*- I watched O'Brien a fair amount as a freshman and got a chance to see two games of him as a sophomore and I didn't see the same quarterback. I don't think it was simply a fluke season as a freshman or a sophomore slump the next year, I think that he is a pro-style quarterback who was miscast in a spread offense as a sophomore. His freshman year he looked more decisive, comfortable and accurate. You could tell he was confident and believed that he was "the guy" when he was playing, and as a result he made plays and won games. Then they fired his HC, brought in a spread offense offensive coordinator, and tried to force a square peg into a round hole. O'Brien never looked comfortable running that offense, particularly the zone read aspect. I never saw him keep it on the zone read once, and that's because he's a pass first QB, not a scrambler. Defenses figured that out, and even on plays where the read would dictate pulling it and running with it O'Brien would hand it off for a limited gain. He just wasn't a good fit for that offense, particularly from that aspect. But luckily for O'Brien, he graduated in just three years and was eligible to transfer out without having to sit for a season before playing again. That led to him being pursued by Wisconsin and Penn State very seriously, and many actually speculated that he would be going to Penn State when he took another late visit to them and was seen wearing Penn State apparel on campus. He chose the Badgers in the end, and it's hard to say that he made the wrong decision considering all the damage that has been done to Penn State's program. I think it's safe to say he is happy that he decided to go to Wisconsin, and now he has a chance to start for two more seasons before heading into the NFL Draft. O'Brien isn't a giant by any means, being listed at 6'3", 215, but he sure makes Russell Wilson look short. O'Brien is likely only 6'2", but that still makes him a legitimate three inches taller than the superstar signal caller that led Wisconsin back to a second consecutive Rose Bowl despite arriving just weeks before the start of the season. O'Brien is a good quarterback, but he is not the next Russell Wilson. Make no mistake about it, O'Brien is still developing as a quarterback. Wilson transferred to Wisconsin as a polished passer who probably could have left for the NFL Draft if he wanted to, and he showed what he could do when supported by a quality offensive line and running game. O'Brien was efficient at Maryland as a freshman, but the new offense and lack of quality weapons (including the loss of his go-to receiver Torrey Smith) outside of Davin Meggett certainly played a role in his down season last year. That and the fact that Maryland flip flopped between O'Brien and CJ Brown, a scrambler/option quarterback, for most of the season.
Now O'Brien has been established as the starting quarterback and he will have plenty of pieces around him to succeed. He has returning Heisman finalist Montee Ball, the speedster James White, future stud RB Melvin Gordon at running back, plus Jared Abbrederis, and Jacob Pedersen for him to throw to. When I watched O'Brien as a freshman I saw an accurate quarterback with pocket poise, the ability to throw accurately on the move (particularly to his right, as he is right-handed) and enough velocity to be a NFL starter. He doesn't have a cannon, and his deep balls tend to have plenty of air under them, but I've watched him make an all-arm throw from the middle of the field to the left sideline with plenty of velocity, and that was during his sophomore season. He doesn't have Russell Wilson's arm, but I think it's good enough to get a shot in the NFL. The most interesting aspect of this transfer, at least in my opinion, will be seeing how much more comfortable O'Brien will be in a pro-style offense than he was in the spread offense he was running last year. The Badgers offense has a lot of similarities schematically to the pro-style offense he was running at Maryland as a freshman, just different terminology I'm sure (as well as a bit more of an emphasis on feeding the quality ball-carriers the Badgers have in their backfield). That should help ease the transition for him, plus they have a cupcake schedule before opening Big-10 conference play with Nebraska in week 5. The first four weeks they will play Northern Iowa, at Oregon State, Utah State and UTEP. Not exactly a rough schedule, so the Badgers should be 4-0 heading to Nebraska for a big away game. He will be under a lot of pressure to be the next Russell Wilson, but O'Brien will realize that a lot of the pressure that he felt at Maryland will melt away thanks to the amazing running game the Badgers will have again this season. That offensive line doesn't rebuild, it only reloads, so despite losing three starters (including two 1st round caliber interior linemen, Kevin Zeitler and Peter Konz) they will continue to pound the rock at an impressive clip, especially since they have a quarterback who can make defenses pay when they load up the box against their stable of running backs. I'm very intrigued by O'Brien, and I am eager to see him return to his freshman form with his second chance at Wisconsin.
Montee Ball, RB- What is there to say about Montee Ball that hasn't been said. He is one of the most NFL ready backs in college football, and really the only question marks people have about him are whether or not he plays behind "too good" of an offensive line so that he doesn't really have vision or the more legitimate concern about his substantial workload at Wisconsin. Ball is listed at 5'11", 212 and likely has 4.5 speed, but since he slimmed down before his junior season he has had substantially more burst. I thought he might have been carrying too much weight, and he always ran at one speed as a sophomore. But he was a different back, and a better one, as a junior, and it showed as he was a Heisman finalist and rushed for 1,923 yards and 33 touchdowns while catching 24 passes for 306 yards and 6 more touchdowns (he also threw 2 passes for 57 yards and a touchdown, giving him 40 total touchdowns on the season). He has the size, the athleticism, the burst, enough speed to gain chunks of yardage, the vision, the hands out of the backfield and the ability in pass protection to be a starting NFL running back right now. That's why I thought he should declare after his Heisman caliber season last year and start getting paid for carrying the ball 300 times a year. Instead, he chose to come back, and he will certainly raise question marks about all the tread on his tires thanks to the way Wisconsin likes to run the ball. That's really the only question mark about him in my opinion though, and there's no reason he shouldn't have 7-8 years of productive NFL running once he leaves Wisconsin after this season. He's got everything you could want in a running back outside of 4.35 straight line speed.
James White, RB*- James White is a peculiar player. He looked absolutely unreal as a freshman playing behind Montee Ball once John Clay went down with an injury, rushing for 1,052 yards on 156 carries (6.74 ypc) and 14 touchdowns while adding 11 receptions for 88 more yards. I thought the Badgers were going to have the best running back tandem in the country last year, but White encountered a bit of a sophomore slump and rushed for only 713 yards on 141 carries, good for a 5.06 ypc average, and 6 touchdowns while adding 10 receptions and 150 yards out of the backfield. Those are still solid numbers, particularly since he was backing up a Heisman contender, but he didn't look like the same back at all to me. He didn't seem as decisive, as explosive and as dynamic as he did as a freshman. I have questions about his vision and while he has plenty of speed, burst and explosiveness, I am waiting to see the freshman version of James White. He and Danny O'Brien are in similar boats, trying to recapture their freshman glory heading into their junior seasons. I don't know if White will ever recapture that dynamic freshman year version of himself, but I really hope he does. I would draft that kid, but I'm not so sure I would draft the back I saw as a sophomore.
Melvin Gordon, RB**- Gordon is only a redshirt freshman this year, but I think he is going to be the next great Wisconsin running back. He only got 20 carries and rushed for 98 yards and 1 touchdown last season, but was given a redshirt after playing in only three games. Due to injuries more than anything else, he was given a chance to be the feature back in Wisconsin's spring game and he carried the ball 30 times for 159 yards and a touchdown, surpassing the statistics he amassed in three games last year. Gordon is buried on the depth chart behind Ball, who will get the lions' share of the carries, and White, who provides some speed that Ball and Gordon can't quite provide, but Gordon has feature back written all over him at 6'1, 200 pounds. I can't wait to see more of him this year, because the little that I have been able to see of him has been awfully impressive. He likely won't get more than 100 carries this year (even that would be considerable, but it would be nice to see him get touches to help keep Montee fresh) but when he does get touches I expect him to impress.
Jared Abbrederis, WR*- Abbrederis is a kid you just can't help but root for. He emerged originally as a walk-on freshman, catching 20 passes for 289 yards and 3 touchdowns while also contributing a bit as a kick returner and punt returner. Then his role expanded even more as a sophomore with the arrival of Russell Wilson, and the 6'2", 180 pound receiver hauled in 55 receptions for 933 yards and 8 touchdowns. He expanded his role as a return man, showcasing his shiftiness and ability to make defenders miss on the way to accumulating 315 yards and a touchdown on only 20 punt returns (15.75 average per return) as well as accounting for 689 kick return yards on 28 kick returns (24.61 average). That led to him signing his scholarship offer last January, which I was very happy to see. You love to see hard-working kids rewarded for their efforts, and not many have worked harder than Abbrederis. He may not be the biggest or the fastest, but he is a quality football player who has been a reliable target for the Badgers. He had a very unfortunate fumble in the Rose Bowl loss to Oregon late in the game, and his mistimed jump on the Michigan State hail mary helped contribute to Wisconsin's first loss of the season. Despite those two mistakes that were magnified because of the stages on which they occurred, I am a big fan of Abbrederis. He runs solid routes, catches the ball well with his hands and uses his long arms effectively, and makes plenty of defenders miss once he has the ball in his hands. Not only that, but even as a freshman he was subbed into the game instead of Nick Toon, who was a junior at the time, when they needed a receiver to block effectively. That says a lot about his effort level and his commitment to fundamentals, and even though he isn't a huge receiver he takes his blocking seriously. He's a pretty complete receiver who should continue to win talent evaluators over for the next two years as a Badger.
Jacob Pedersen, TE/H-Back*- Before Pedersen even became the starter I proclaimed that he would be the "next Lance Kendricks" meaning he would be a good blocker from the H-Back spot and also the primary receiving tight end. Despite only having 8 receptions as a freshman, I saw enough to project him as a quality passing option. He proved me right by catching 30 passes for 356 yards and 8 touchdowns despite only being a sophomore. At 6'4", 240 pounds he is not big enough to play inline every down in the NFL, or even in the Big-10 really. He's a good blocker for his size, much like Kendricks was, but he's more of an H-Back/receiving tight end than an extension of the offensive line like the great blocking tight ends are. I have a feeling Danny O'Brien will be very happy to have Pedersen as a security blanket, I know Russell Wilson was.
Ricky Wagner, OT- Wagner is an offensive tackle I've been talking up since Gabe Carimi was still playing on the Badgers a couple years ago. I don't think he's going to be a left tackle in the NFL, but I was impressed with him when I watched him a couple years ago and I liked some of what I saw of him on the left side as well. He's not a great pass blocker, but he's reliable and good enough to play on the right side at the next level in my opinion. The problem I have with Wagner is that even though he is listed at 6'6", 322 pounds and he plays offensive tackle for Wisconsin, he's not a typical road grader that you would like at right tackle. His run blocking is fine for a left tackle, but he's not a good enough pass blocker to stick on the left side at the next level. He's kind of a man without a home, not being a good enough pass blocker to stick on the left and not a good enough run blocker to be a great fit on the right. I am interested to see how he looks this year, as I'm hoping he will have improved in one aspect or the other (or if we're lucky, both!) to provide some clarity about which position he projects best to in the NFL. Otherwise he might be a bit of a swing tackle that is never much more than a solid/reliable starter at either spot. I like him, but he's not a 1st round pick at this point in my opinion.
Travis Frederick, C/OG*- Frederick is a mauler in the trenches and will be moving inside to Center full time this season despite having only four career starts at the position in his first two years with the Badgers. At 6'4", 328 pounds he is an absolute behemoth for a center, and will give the Badgers a huge advantage in the run game despite losing a great center in Peter Konz who I had graded as a first rounder. Frederick has received a lot of praise from coaches and media alike for his football IQ, and that is critical for any offensive lineman moving inside to center. The fact that he happens to have great size for an offensive guard, and the fact that he was a very good left guard last season, only means that by moving inside to center he gives the Badgers another year (or maybe two if they are lucky) of having what I call "three guards" inside. By that I mean, often times centers are very smart players with sound technique, but they are often in the 6'2"-6'3", 300 pound mold and not particularly physically imposing. But when you have a 6'3"+ center who weighs 310+ and most importantly PLAYS as big as he is you have an advantage. Instead of having two guards and a center who can't drive block one on one or block a defensive tackle one on one in pass protection, you theoretically have three guards who can drive a man off the ball when matched up in man blocking schemes and that really helps you generate push in the run game and dominate opponents with power man blocking. Frederick gives the Badgers a chance to do this again, and I for one can't wait to see how he does. Centers with his skill set often go in the first round because it is so rare to find a center who can snap well, make line calls and also be big, strong and physical enough to generate push in the run game 1 on 1. That's why centers like Nick Mangold, Maurkice Pouncey and Mike Pouncey went in the 1st round and why Peter Konz would have had he not had injury questions surrounding him. Centers that big and talented are rare and are extremely valuable commodities. The fact that Frederick combines his size, strength and technique with a high football IQ means he has the chance to be the next first round center either this year or next.
Ryan Groy, OG*- Groy is the 6'5", 322 pounder replacing Frederick at left guard and while he only has 6 career starts (including two at FULLBACK) he played in all 14 games last year and if you know anything about the Wisconsin football program you know they churn out road grading offensive lineman like a Hershey's factory churns out chocolate. I haven't scouted Groy specifically, but think about the left side of Wisconsin's offensive line: LT- Wagner, 6'6", 322 pounds LG- Groy, 6'5", 322 pounds C- Frederick, 6'4", 328 pounds. You think Wisconsin is planning on running to the left at all this year?
Brendan Kelly, DE- Kelly is a player that before last year I never thought I might include his name in one of these prospect previews. He is a 6'6", 250 pound defensive end who played high school football in Eden Prairie (which is about 10 minutes away from where I am currently writing this, and also was a rival team of Edina high school where I happened to go) before choosing to go to Wisconsin to play college football. He has been through a myriad of injuries and has rarely been on the field unfortunately. He sustained a serious groin injury as a freshman but attempted to play through it before realizing that he had torn four muscles off of his pelvis, and missed the final conference game the Badgers played that season. When he attempted to come back during fall camp the next year he aggravated the injury, leading to additional surgery and time on the sidelines. He had three total surgeries on his groin, he has missed time with a hand injury, and missed some time in the spring with a hamstring tweak. None of it fazed him though, as he continued to support his teammates, lift what he could lift, watch film, and continue to demonstrate an intense passion for the game of football. He has fought through a lot of adversity to remain on this team, much less play, and I find myself rooting for him to stay healthy this year and show what he can do. He played in all 14 games last season as a junior, and totaled 35 tackles, 2 TFL, 3 sacks, 1 pass break-up and 2 forced fumbles. It wasn't as if he got those sacks against bottom feeders either. His three sacks were in three different games, coming against Nebraska, Michigan State and Ohio State. He started the final 8 games, his first coming against the Cornhuskers. The Badgers will use a rotation along the defensive line, but Kelly is expected to get a lot of snaps. He also has the potential to petition for a 6th year of eligibility thanks to losing almost three full years of his career due to hand and groin injuries. We'll see if he gets that, but I am looking forward to seeing if he can help Gilbert boost the Badgers' pass rush this season. They could really use it.
David Gilbert, DE*- Gilbert flashed some potential to me as a sophomore because the 6'4", 250 pound defensive end showed an impressive get-off as well as burst and speed to get the edge. He's an impressive looking athlete, and he had 3 sacks in Wisconsin's first four games last year (though they played UNLV, Oregon State, Northern Illinois and South Dakota in the first four weeks, with Gilbert getting a sack in each game except for the NIU game). However, he sustained a serious foot injury and was granted a medical redshirt to preserve his junior year of eligibility. He's very strong, and he has all the physical tools you could want to be an effective defensive end. I want to see him play smarter, improve his technique and prove that he's more than just an edge rusher with a bit of a bull rush. If he improves his technique and continues to improve his craft as a defensive end he could get 8-10 sacks this year or the next and boy do the Badgers need a pass rusher. They have really missed the pressure J.J. Watt put on passers.
Beau Allen, DT*- I haven't scouted Allen specifically, but the 6'3", 323 pound defensive tackle gives the Badgers some much needed size in the middle of the defense. As a sophomore he had 22 tackles, 4 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss despite not starting a single game because he was playing behind Patrick Butrym. I was never a Butrym fan, so I am interested to see if Allen can be a superior talent. Wisconsin fields three undersized tackling machines at linebacker, so they need their defensive tackles to occupy blockers and allow them to fly around and make plays without being reached by offensive linemen. If Allen can keep his linebackers clean and also apply pressure on the passer like he did in a rotational role last year he is going to get a lot of attention from scouts. I can't remember the last time the Badgers had a quality pass rusher at defensive tackle, but I think Allen has a chance to change that. He has already shown signs of being an impact player, such as totaling 3 tackles for loss and a sack in Wisconsin's 2012 Spring Game.
Ethan Hemer, DT*- Hemer is another big, strong defensive tackle who will be starting at nose tackle I believe. He is listed at 6'6", 305 pounds and by playing next to Allen I believe he gives the Badgers the biggest defensive tackle starting tandem that they have had in some time. Like I just mentioned, they need big defensive tackles to keep their linebackers clean and I am eager to see if Hemer is up to that challenge. He comes into the season with 20 career starts, including all 14 games last season, and he managed 34 tackles and 1 sack in those 14 starts. I don't need him to make 100 tackles, 15 sacks and force 5 fumbles (though that would be terrific) but he needs to show that he can hold up against double teams and help clog up running lanes in the middle of the defense. Nose Tackles that can do that are very valuable in the Big-10, and just as valuable in the NFL.
Chris Borland, MLB*- Borland is just a beast, I know that word is overused but it's true. I remember when I was watching him as a freshman (god that feels like a long time ago) and even though he is probably only 5'10", 250 pounds (yes, he's listed at 250 pounds, though he's also listed at 5'11") he plays very instinctually, flies to the ball and is a tackling machine. He was second on the team in tackles with 143 tackles, led the team by a wide margin with 16.5 TFL, had 2.5 sacks, 5 pass break-ups, 2 interceptions and FIVE forced fumbles. Make no mistake about it, Borland is a man who can stuff a stat sheet and he really has a knack for forcing fumbles. His freshman year in 2009 he only had 54 tackles (36 solo), but he had 10.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, 1 pass deflection, 1 interception, a blocked kick and five more forced fumbles! He got a medical redshirt in 2010 and came back at full force as a redshirt sophomore as you all know. He enters his junior year with 28 career tackles for loss, 7.5 career sacks, 3 interceptions and a staggering 10 forced fumbles. He's undersized and he won't be able to play middle linebacker in the NFL, but I think he will get a shot to play outside linebacker in the NFL. Maybe it will have to be in a Tampa-2, but he is too instinctual and too good a tackler to not get a NFL shot.
Mike Taylor, OLB- Taylor is taller than Borland at 6'3" but despite being listed four inches taller he weighs 28 pounds less, listed at only 222 pounds. That's pretty light even for a weak side linebacker, but he produced anyways as he led the team in tackles (which is no easy task playing next to Borland) with 150 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 3 pass break-ups and 2 interceptions. He's a senior this season and figures to help Wisconsin have one of the best, if not the best, linebacker tandems in the entire Big-10 conference. If the defensive line can keep him and Borland clean they are going to wreak a lot of havoc on opposing offenses, you can count on it.
Shelton Johnson, SS- There is actually a fair amount of potential in the Badgers' front 7, more than I expected and more than they have had since they had J.J. Watt leading the charge to the Rose Bowl against the TCU Horned Frogs. The Badgers had a lot of trouble on the back-end last year though, even in spite of having two well established senior starters in Antonio Fenelus and Aaron Henry. Now they have both moved on to the NFL, and Shelton Johnson is the only, yes ONLY, returning defensive back that had an interception last season. He had four of them along with 54 tackles, 6 tackles for loss and four pass break-ups, so I think he has a chance to be a reliable safety in his second season as a starter, but the lack of talent around him is extremely concerning. The only returning defensive back besides Johnson with an interception in his entire career is Devin Smith, who has three, and he sustained a season-ending injury last season that earned him a medical redshirt. Johnson is going to be the best player in this secondary, and if a Smith and Marcus Cromartie don't step up at corner this pass defense is going to struggle mightily, particularly with big plays. That is, unless the pass rush improves considerably. The defensive secondary will be the kryptonite of this Badger squad, but Johnson has a chance to help stop some of the bleeding.


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KANSAS CITY -- When Alex Avila lined a double into the gap in left-center field to lead off the second inning on Saturday, he not only had the Tigers' first extra-base hit of the night. He had the first extra-base hit of the series, for either side.
Indeed, Friday night's 1-0 loss to the Royals featured all singles and walks. It was the ninth game without an extra-base hit for either side in the Majors this year, and just the second involving two American League teams, according to Bill Chuck.
It was the 10th time since 2000 that the Tigers neither tallied nor allowed an extra-base hit in a game. They had two such games last season, and three during their 119-loss season of 2003. The latter included an 18-single barrage between the Tigers and Orioles on May 1, 2003.


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Above: Sunny Garcia (yellow) and finalists of the HIC PRO. Photo: Bernie Baker
Garcia Wins HIC Pro Again After 20 Years. Next Goal: 7th Vans Triple Crown Title
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HONOLULU (Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012) -- North Shore surfing legend Sunny Garcia has won the HIC Pro at Sunset Beach, replicating a win he enjoyed here 20 years ago in the early stages of his storied career. Today he accepted the victory while holding his baby grandson, who shares his name. Garcia says his win today is the perfect primer to launch his bid for a 7th series title at the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, which starts on Monday.
Garcia is the reigning ISA World Masters champion; the record-setting 6X Vans Triple Crown of Surfing (VTCS) champion; and a former ASP World Champion with 22 major titles to his name. Today's victory earned him $15,000; the 2012 ASP Hawaii Regional Champion's title; and a coveted Round of 64 wildcard into the first two events of the VTCS.
Moments after stepping foot on the sand he thanked his fans for supporting him all these years and helping him to live the dream.
"I want to thank all of you out there who have supported me and continue to support surfing," said Garcia. "It's because of you that I've been able to live the dream for so long.
"For an aging athlete that's so used to being at the top and winning, it really is hard when you get old and you see all these young guys doing good and kicking your butt... I'm just glad I still get to compete against these young guys and beat them every now and then."
Garcia and runner-up Granger Larsen (Maui) surfed through five intense rounds of competition today in overhead waves. Running out of steam, Garcia knew he'd have to strike early in the final and his plan unfolded perfectly. He caught the first wave of the heat and racked up two huge hacking turns for an 8.5. A second score of 6.33 at the 8-minute mark sealed the deal and he never looked back.
"In the quarters I was dying ... I wanted to quit and (caddy Billy Kemper) was just screaming 'c'mon paddle!' And I'm like, 'I have no more gas!' In the semis he was in the channel yelling 'c'mon you got this!', and I'm like 'what are you screaming about?! I'm doing everything you're telling me!' (laughs).
"This is the one time of year I feel like I can come home and win the Triple Crown. The day I don't feel I can win the Triple Crown, is the day I'm going to stop. For now I feel like the waves are big and I feel like there are very few people that can compete with me if I get good waves. I feel good. I feel really, really good right now."
Larsen, 22, was locked in a battle for second with Honolulu civil engineer and occasional competitor Gregg Nakamura and eventually got it in the closing minutes of the heat.
Nakamura's result was nothing short of inspirational. A relative "nobody" on the pro surfing scene, he surfed through nine rounds this week and went from an obscurity to a local hero.
"To be in the final with Sunny and Fred was amazing," said Gregg. "Who would have imagined?"
Fourth-placed Fred Patacchia had a wave-starved experience in the final and could offer little more than a head shake and a laugh as he returned to the beach.
The attention of the surfing world now turns to the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing hydrated by vitaminwater. Monday, November 12, is the first official day of the series that will run all the way through December 20.
1st - Sunny Garcia (HAW) - $15,000 - 14.83 (8.5, 6.33)
2nd - Granger Larsen (HAW) - $7,500 - 12.5 (7.17, 5.33)
3rd - Gregg Nakamura (HAW) - $5,000 -11.74 (6.57, 5.17)
4th - Fred Patacchia (HAW) - $3,500 - 7.33 (4.0, 3.33)
H1: Gregg Nakamura; Fred Patacchia; Torrey Meister; Lincoln Taylor
H2: Sunny Garcia; Granger Larsen; Kekoa Bacalso; Joshua Moniz
H1: Torrey Meister; Gregg Nakamura; Kiron Jabour; Ian Gentil
H2: Fred Patacchia; Lincoln Taylor; Keanu Asing; Alex Smith
H3: Kekoa Bacalso; Joshua Moniz; Dion Atkinson (Aus); Nathan Carvalho
H4: Granger Larson; Sunny Garcia; Shane Beschen; Thomas Woods
H1: Torrey Meister; Fred Patacchia; Tanner Hendrickson; Eala Stewart
H2: Ian Gentil; Alex Smith; Ezekiel Lau; Jamie O'Brien
H3: Keanu Asing; Gregg Nakamura; Keala Naihe; Kenta Hayashi (Jpn)
H4: Lincoln Taylor (Aus); Kiron Jabour; Dylan Goodale; Jean Da Silva (Brz)
H5: Kekoa Bacalso; Shane Beschen; Davey Cathels (Aus); Kahea Hart
H6: Joshua Moniz; Thomas Woods (Aus); Nathan Hedge (Aus); Roy Powers
H7: Sunny Garcia; Dion Atkinson (Aus); Hank Gaskell; Jake Davis (USA)
H8: Granger Larsen; Nathan Carvalho; Flynn Novak; Hizunome Bettero (BRZ)


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The Financial Times is reporting that Nokia is, unfathomably, working on a large-screened smartphone whose size will rival that of Samsung's Galaxy Note series.
Sources have told the FT that the new large "5- to 6-inch" phone will form part of Nokia's Lumia range. Also to join that range, according to the sources, is a a lighter "more advanced" Lumia, codenamed Catwalk. There are, sadly, not further details to be had. What we can say, though, is that the latter sounds promising; the former sounds like a disappointment waiting to happen.
Pictures of a phone purporting to be the Catwalk have also hit the web overnight. Whether or not the pictured device is genuine is up for grabs, but WPCentral claims that the aluminum-bodied device is 2oz lighter and 2mm thinner than the current Lumia 920. The leaked picture certainly shows off the same shape as the current Lumia range.
Rumors swirled earlier this year suggesting that Nokia is to release a full-on PureView camera in the coming months, and a source speaking the FT reiterated them. If both sets of rumors are to be believed, they suggest that Nokia is pushing hard to radically revamp its smartphone offering—even if that does mean including a phone for people with giant hands. It'll be interesting to see if that turns out to be the case. [Financial Times, WPCentral]


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Curtis Granderson jabs Yankees, excited to join Mets
- Granderson signed a four-year%2C %2460 million contract with the Mets
- He averaged 36 homers in his first three years in New York before injuries in 2013
- The Mets still has a major hole at shortstop to fill
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The New York Mets trumpeted Curtis Granderson's gregariousness and comfort with the news media as some of the qualities that made him so appealing to them.
The player that news reporters wanted to talk about, though, is more reticent and nowhere in sight.
The Mets' signing of Granderson to a four-year, $60 million contract, announced Tuesday at the winter meetings, should help boost an offense that ranked 11th in the National League in runs scored last season with an average of 3.82 a game.
Granderson, who is moving across town after spending the last four seasons with the Yankees, averaged 36 homers in his first three years in New York before injuries limited him to 61 games in 2013.
But the club still has a major hole at shortstop, and free agent Stephen Drew remains eminently available.
After the large investment in Granderson, do the Mets have the financial means to address shortstop with a player like Drew, who made $9.5 million on a one-year deal with the Boston Red Sox last season and is surely looking for a long-term commitment?
"There are several players who would fit a need, and not all of them are in the free agent market, by any means,'' general manager Sandy Alderson said. "The financial consideration is always an important one, I don't care what team you're with, what player it is.''
To land Granderson, who turns 33 in March, the Mets had to stretch their offer to a fourth year. The lefty-swinging outfielder, one of the game's most accommodating players with the media, will likely become a central figure in the team's rebuilding along with franchise third baseman David Wright. In fact, Wright reached out to Granderson to sell him on the Mets.
Granderson said he was thrilled to stay in New York, where he has a youth-oriented foundation named Grand Kids.
He also tried to lure some of his former followers with the Yankees.
"A lot of the people I've met in New York have always said true New Yorkers are Mets fans,'' Granderson said. "So I'm excited to get a chance to see them all out there.''


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In this video, Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe takes to their track to find out how the 350 HP, AWD wagon stacks up. Overall, the V60 performs admirably well, its performance falling between an Audi S4 and the RS4. The car is equipped with Haldex AWD which could theoretically send 100% of the power to the front or back, though Sutcliffe notes the car feels FWD with a bit more traction. There's a bit of understeer, but overall it's a well handling car.
Sutcliffe gives the V60 Polestar the official U.K. auto-journalist badge of honor, calling it a "proper" driver's car. Unfortunately, Volvo is only bringing 120 V60 Polestars to the US, but hopefully this wont be the last we hear of Polestar. I'll have mine in blue, please.


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World News - U.S., EU fail to reach passenger data deal Airlines could be penalized for continuing to share information with U.S.
The United States and the European Union failed to reach a new deal on sharing air passenger data by Saturdays deadline, though officials disagreed about the impact on trans-Atlantic air travel.There is no agreement, European Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd said. There is a legal vacuum as of midnight tonight. We have to discuss on Commission level what to do next. He said the EU executive would debate the issue Thursday.Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the failure to agree would not cause disruption in trans-Atlantic air travel. The talks did not break down, Chertoff said in a telephone interview Saturday. Their delegation had to go home and thats fine.Chertoff said hed been assured that European airlines would continue to transmit passenger data and said he didnt think European governments would penalize them for doing so....
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US pushed MI5 into airport terror swoop. Fight over suspect in Pakistan revealed as Musharraf quashes terror claims
The US warned Britain that it was prepared to seize the key suspect in the UK's biggest ever anti-terrorism operation and fly him to a secret detention centre for interrogation by American agents, even if this meant riding roughshod over its closest ally, The Observer can reveal. American intelligence agents told their British counterparts they were ready to 'render' Rashid Rauf, a British citizen allegedly linked to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and who was under surveillance in Pakistan, unless he was picked up immediately. Rauf is the key suspect in the alleged plot to detonate explosives on up to 10 transatlantic planes that was exposed in August and, according to the police, would have brought 'mass murder on an unimaginable scale'. The Americans' demand for Rauf's quick arrest dismayed the British intelligence services, which were worried that it could prompt terrorist cells in the UK working on separate plots to bring forward their plans or go underground. ...
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White House in crisis over 'Iraq lies' claims
Bush was braced for one of the toughest fights of his political life yesterday as a fierce row broke out over whether he has been misleading the American public over the worsening violence in Iraq. The crisis also rippled across the Atlantic with claims that the administration hid crucial Iraq intelligence from its British allies.Sparking the crisis was a series of leaks from a hard-hitting new book by the political journalist Bob Woodward, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal that engulfed the Nixon administration three decades ago.The author's first television interview on the Iraq book is due to be shown this evening on the CBS show 60 Minutes, and is expected to ignite a huge row over the conduct of the war. The book lifts the lid on an administration in crisis, claiming that Bush and his top officials have deliberately covered up the seriousness of the violence in the war-torn country....
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Officers Fired 110 Rounds at Man Suspected in Deputy's Death in Florida, Autopsy Shows
Officers fired 110 rounds of ammunition at the man suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy, according to an autopsy & records released by the sheriff's office Saturday. Angilo Freeland who was suspected of fatally shooting the deputy after being pulled over for speeding Thursday was hit 68 times by the SWAT team members' shots, the examination showed. He also was suspected of wounding a deputy & killing a police dog. Ten SWAT officers surrounded Freeland on Friday as he hid beneath brush & a fallen tree in a rural area. Authorities say he raised the gun belonging to the deputy he had killed, prompting 9 officers to fire. "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Judd said. "We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back." The SWAT officers who shot Freeland have been placed on paid administrative leave, standard procedure in all police shootings.
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Total curfew declared in Baghdad. Is this another what Bush calls "misimpressions" about Iraq
The Iraqi government has declared an immediate curfew in the capital, Baghdad, to run until Sunday morning. The move affects both vehicles and pedestrians, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister said. A senior Iraqi military spokesman said the curfew had been introduced due to specific intelligence about a series of planned car bomb attacks in Baghdad. Sectarian violence and bombings have been increasing in the city, thought to coincide with the beginning of Ramadan. Late on Thursday the brother-in-law of the new chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial was shot dead. The curfew order was announced on state broadcaster Iraqiya. "The government has decided to enforce a curfew on vehicles and individuals starting from Friday evening until 0600 on Sunday morning (0200 GMT)," the message said. ...
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West 'will fail' without Pakistan
Pakistan's president has warned the West would be "brought to its knees" without his country's co-operation in the so-called war on terror. "If we were not with you, you won't manage anything," said President Pervez Musharraf in a BBC Radio 4 interview. He said the Taleban, not al-Qaeda, was now the focus of the struggle against militancy in the region. "The greatest danger today is if the Taleban movement gets converted into a people's movement," he warned. Earlier this week Tony Blair assured Gen Musharraf a leaked paper condemning Pakistan's intelligence service did not reflect his government's view. In the leaked report, a naval commander at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed Pakistan's intelligence service, ISI, had indirectly helped the Taleban and al-Qaeda. ...
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Many factors contribute to headaches for both men and women, including family history and age. Women, however, often notice a relationship between headaches and hormonal changes.
The hormones estrogen (ES-truh-jen) and progesterone (pro-JES-tuh-rohn) play key roles in regulating the menstrual cycle and pregnancy and may also affect headache-related chemicals in the brain.
Having steady estrogen levels may improve headaches, while experiencing estrogen levels that dip or change can make headaches worse.
Though fluctuating hormone levels can influence headache patterns, you're not completely at the mercy of your hormones. Your doctor can help you treat — or prevent — hormone-related headaches.
The drop in estrogen just before your period may contribute to headaches. Many women with migraines report headaches before or during menstruation.
Your menstrual-related migraines may be treated in several ways. Proven treatments for migraines are often effective for treating menstrual migraines. They include:
If you have several debilitating headaches a month, your doctor may recommend preventive treatment with NSAIDs or triptans.
If your menstrual cycle is regular, it may be most effective to take preventive headache medication starting a few days before your period and continuing through up to two weeks after the start of your period.
If you have migraines throughout your menstrual cycle or you have irregular periods, your doctor may recommend that you take preventive medications every day.
Daily medications may include beta blockers, anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers, antidepressants or magnesium. Your doctor might also consider monthly injections of a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibody to help prevent your headaches, especially if other medications aren't effective. Doctors will likely review any other medical conditions you may have to determine which medications may be most appropriate for you.
Making lifestyle changes, such as reducing stress, not skipping meals and exercising regularly, also may help reduce the frequency, length and severity of migraines.
Hormonal contraception methods, such as birth control pills, patches or vaginal rings, may change existing headache patterns — headaches may improve or worsen, or sometimes stay the same.
For some, hormonal contraception may help reduce the frequency and severity of menstrual-related migraines by minimizing the drop in estrogen associated with the menstrual cycle.
Using hormonal contraception to prevent menstrual-related migraines may be appropriate for women who haven't been helped by other methods.
Other women may first experience migraines while using hormonal contraception. If you experience migraines while using hormonal contraception, talk to your doctor.
Tips for using hormonal contraception:
Estrogen levels rise rapidly in early pregnancy and remain high throughout pregnancy. Migraines often improve or even disappear during pregnancy. However, tension headaches usually won't improve, as they aren't affected by hormone changes.
If you experience chronic headaches, ask your doctor about medications and therapies that can help you during pregnancy before you become pregnant. Many headache medications may have harmful or unknown effects on a developing baby. You and your doctor might want to have a thorough discussion about whether you should use medications during pregnancy.
After delivery, an abrupt decrease in estrogen levels — along with stress, irregular eating habits and lack of sleep — may trigger headaches again.
Although you'll need to be cautious about which headache medications you take while you're breast-feeding, you'll likely have more options than you did during pregnancy. Your doctor can tell you which medications you may take while you're breast-feeding.
For many women who have had hormone-related headaches, migraines may become more frequent and severe during perimenopause — the years leading up to menopause — because hormone levels rise and fall unevenly.
For some women, migraines improve once their menstrual periods stop, but tension headaches often get worse. If your headaches persist after menopause, you likely can continue to take your medications and use other therapies.
Hormone replacement therapy, which is sometimes used to treat perimenopause and menopause, may worsen headaches in some women, improve headaches in others or cause no changes. If you're taking hormone replacement therapy, your doctor may recommend an estrogen skin patch. The patch provides a low, steady supply of estrogen, which is least likely to aggravate headaches.
If hormone replacement therapy worsens your headaches, your doctor may lower the estrogen dose, change to a different form of estrogen or stop the hormone replacement therapy.
Some women are more sensitive to the effects of hormones. If headaches are disrupting your daily activities, work or personal life, ask your doctor for help.
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Availability: Macintosh.
This module provides access to Macintosh FSSpec handling, the Alias Manager, finder aliases and the Standard File package.
Whenever a function or method expects a file argument, this
argument can be one of three things: (1) a full or partial Macintosh
pathname, (2) an FSSpec object or (3) a 3-tuple
(wdRefNum, parID, name) as described in
Inside Macintosh: Files. A description of aliases and the
Standard File package can also be found there.
Note: A module, macfsn, is auto-imported to replace StandardFile calls in macfs with NavServices calls.
isfolder, aliased) where fsspec is the resulting
FSSpec object, isfolder is true if fsspec points
to a folder and aliased is true if the file was an alias in the
first place (otherwise the FSSpec object for the file itself
is returned).
Note that starting with system 7.5 the user can change Standard File behaviour with the ``general controls'' control panel, thereby making this call inoperative.
(vrefnum, dirid) tuple.
The constants for where and which can be obtained from the standard module MACFS.


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Relationship with Self
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|What to Eat at Work?
|At work, most of us are sitting for most of the day. If we exercise regularly, our basal metabolic rate increases, and our muscles burn energy while we're resting. However, this doesn't give us a free pass to eat whatever we like, whenever we like.
Following a healthy food plan can be challenging if we work in an office. It's so easy to drink three or four cups of coffee, get our sugar fix from the vending machine, and grab some fast food for lunch. No one has time to waste sitting in a restaurant.
And, usually, hours go by before we remember we need to eat. As a result, our blood sugar levels yo-yo wildly, zooming up after a mid-morning candy bar, and crashing down four hours later, when we finally call a take-out place.
Healthy solutions take some preparation and effort, yet the benefits in terms of avoiding diabetes and obesity are immeasurable. Bring zippered plastic bags containing four reduced-fat cheddar and string cheese sticks, an apple, and a banana. Now you've got two quick meals, both combining protein and carbohydrate. A protein-and-carbohydrate energy bar (there are plenty of good-tasting selections) makes a third small meal, and you've successfully maintained good energy levels throughout the day!
The most important thing to do - every hour or so - is change your posture and get the body parts moving again. Stand up, take a few slow, deep breaths, and walk around for five minutes. Change your perspective. Go to the window, look around, see something other than the Power Point you've been working on for the last hour. Refresh your mind with new images, new scenery.
Now, back at your desk, you're ready to do a series of simple exercises that will get your physical and mental systems back online -
• Gently tilt your head forward and back
• Gently turn your head toward your shoulder, right and left
• Gently tilt your ear toward your shoulder, right and left
• Shoulder shrugs - lift your shoulders toward your ears
• Shoulder rolls - forward and back
• Wrist circles - clockwise and counterclockwise
• Ankle circles - clockwise and counterclockwise
• Arm circles - clockwise and counterclockwise
• Knee bends - halfway down and come up
• Knee raises (lightly touch a wall with one hand for support)
• Spine twists (hands on hips, gently twist right and left)
• Spine side bends ((hands on hips, gently bend right and left)
How many repetitions to do? Just a few for each exercise - you'll know instinctively what feels good, what feels right. And in less than ten minutes, you've stimulated your muscles and joints throughout your body, recharged your nervous system, regained the benefits you achieved earlier in the day at the gym, and are primed to have a great rest of the day!
1Blanchette DM, et al. Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Creativity: Immediate and Residual Effects. Creativity Research Journal, 17(3):257-264, 2005.
2Steinberg H, et al. Exercise enhances creativity independently of mood. Brit J Sports Med 31(3):240-245, 1997.
3Wiley RL, et al. Isometric exercise training lowers resting blood pressure. Med Sci Sports Exerc 24(7):749-54, 1992.


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