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Happy Labor Day to everybody! A lot happened on this first weekend of college football. So what did we learn?
1. Georgia must get better play at quarterback. It would be foolish to lay Georgia's 24-10 loss at Oklahoma State at the feet of senior quarterback Joe Cox. It was a team loss if there ever was one. The kid was sick and deserves the benefit of the doubt. But here is the reality of playing in the SEC. The defensive coordinators around the league are going to look at that video tape. They will see Georgia's first possession and how the Bulldogs just blew Oklahoma State off the ball. Then they will see the adjustments Oklahoma State made to put the pressure on the quarterback. At most SEC schools, if the defensive coordinator does not want you to run the ball, it is going to be difficult to run the ball. Ellis Johnson of South Carolina is one of the best defensive coordinators in college football. And trust me when I tell you that South Carolina's defense is better than Oklahoma State's. Somebody—Joe Cox, Logan Gray, somebody-is going to have to throw the ball down the field with consistency and find No. 8 (A.J. Green). Green is the best football player on the field. He has to get more touches.
2. The Sam Bradford injury changes a lot. Bradford suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder during Saturday night's 14-13 loss to BYU. He was scheduled to have an MRI on Sunday to determine the real extent of the damage. He might get back for the Texas game on Oct. 17. Suddenly the national championship race, the Heisman Trophy race, and the Texas-OU game look completely different now. Now BYU (1-0) has to be in the national championship mix. The Cougars have Florida State, TCU, Air Force, and Utah at home. If BYU goes 12-0 against that schedule, they are going to be in the mix for the BCS national championship. And after such a ruckus was raised because undefeated Utah didn't get a chance to play for the title last season, it might be hard for the voters to keep the Cougars out. Just keep it in mind.
3. We'll find out about Tennessee this week. If I'm a Tennessee fan, I'm encouraged by the 63-7 win over Western Kentucky. It's not just the final score that was impressive. It was the array of weapons that Tennessee showed on both offense and defense. We understand that Western Kentucky is not very good, but when Jonathan Crompton completes 21 of 28 for five touchdowns-after throwing only four TD passes all of last season-you have to be encouraged. With two running backs over 100 yards and 380 total yards of rushing, there is reason to be optimistic. We'll learn a lot more about the Volunteers on Saturday when UCLA comes to town. The Bruins, who opened with a 33-14 win over San Diego State, are better than a year ago. But I will say this: The Tennessee-Florida game on Sept. 19 looks a little different right now.
4. It was not a good weekend for the ACC. Virginia Tech is really good. But the loss to Alabama was a bitter one for the ACC. For three quarters Virginia Tech played toe-to-toe with Alabama. The Hokies were just as fast and hit just as hard. And quarterback Tyrod Taylor was playing pretty well. But Alabama just wore Virginia Tech down and dominated the fourth quarter to win 34-24. The ACC really, really, wanted this with win. The league certainly has balance because it sent 10 teams to bowls last season. But Virginia Tech, which was ranked No. 7, was probably the ACC's best shot at a BCS championship contender. A lot can happen. Maybe Georgia Tech or Florida State plays their way into the discussion. But I think the ACC's national championship hopes probably ended Saturday night at the Georgia Dome. FYI: Don't be surprised if Virginia Tech wins the rest of its games if it can find a way to win at Georgia Tech on Oct. 17. With losses to Richmond (by Duke), William & Mary (by Virgnia), Baylor (by Wake Forest), California (by Maryland), South Carolina (by N.C. State), and to Alabama (by Virginia Tech) it was not a good weekend for the ACC.
5. Georgia Tech has a lot of weapons. They really do. Everybody knows about Jonathan Dwyer. Everybody knows about Josh Nesbitt and WR Bay-Bay Thomas. But you throw in Anthony Allen (26 yard TD catch), Jerrard Talent (68-yard punt return), Morgan Burnette (11th career interception) and you've still just scratched the surface on the guys who can make a difference. It's going to be interesting to see how Clemson's defense, with new coordinator Kevin Steele, tries to account for all of these weapons.
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September 7th, 2009
9:32 am
At least, when the SEC schedules patsies its lets play the patsy. The ACC lost to two 1AA and Baylor. The biggest win for the ACC was over MTSU. Since when is 498 to 155 in total offense playing toe to toe. VT was lucky to be in the game in the half. I thought at least you GT guys were good with numbers.
September 7th, 2009
9:32 am
While Joe Cox didn't play very well, the primary blame for the loss to Okie State falls at the feet of Mike Bobo. He scripted an opening drive that utilized our power running game which resulted in an easy touchdown. After that we looked like we were trying to run some form of run and shoot with Cox dinking and dunking the ball on 1st and 2nd down. Pitiful job by the offensive coordinator.
September 7th, 2009
9:34 am
tony uses coach speak phrases that have little bearing on any game results.
georgia offense was slowed down because the georgia offensive line did not dominate the line of scrimmage and the receivers did not run good routes except for green.
tony, stop listening to color commenators who do not have a glue ,if they did the y would be on the field coaching.
the problem is not joe cox is you stated mr. college football,but the above!
please tony give us a break!
September 7th, 2009
9:35 am
The big 10 looked pretty weak as usual.
September 7th, 2009
9:38 am
WKU has over 50 freshmen and redshirt freshmen on the roster.;The score was 0-0 after the first quarter.
Most significantly Kiffin played his starters into the 4th quarter.
September 7th, 2009
9:39 am
Charlotte Gator…Florida's defense played to not let Charlston score a TD. The never blitzed them. They never change up defenses. They played straight up. You did not see the defensive packages that Troy will see on Saturday. Even Troy will not see everything that Tennessee will see. Plus, Janoris Jenkins at CB and Dustin Doe at LB were suspended. They will be back next week. Cunningham at DE and Hicks at LB were hurt or not game ready and did not play. They will next week. The first team played one quarter. And the 3rd team played like the first team, and the 2nd and 3rd units played most of the game. The score of the Charleston game could have been 150-0 if the Gators had wanted to play full steam with the first unit for most of the game. Charleston was nothing more than a glorified high school year playing the best team in the nation. I would not worry to much about that game, my friend. I would worry about Deonte Thompson and Brandon James dropping almost every pass thrown to them. The Gators have an issue at the WR postion other than Riley Cooper and Aaron Hernandez. It could be come a big issue as the year goes on unless someone steps up in the coming weeks.
September 7th, 2009
9:40 am
The rally'n cry for the anti-Kiffin crowd now is wait till the big boys come a-knocking. I'd say the odds are in your favor, but not with UCLA. CLK's background at USC will not allow it…
Red Elephants : Good show against VT. Game reminded me of a Frazier-Ali fight for 3 quarters.
Bullydawgs : Can sympathize with your frustration on a few calls in a real head-banger ballgame. Happens to us all. Take away the bad calls and there were only 99 other plays that could have altered the outcome…3 turnovers didn't help either.
Re GT : Wait till the big boys come a-knocking. Oh, sorry. That's an anti-Kiffin line.
September 7th, 2009
9:46 am
Comments in response to Tony —-
(1) No kidding: Mark Richt must get better quarterback play if he wants UGA to finish better than 7-5. Question is, does Richt get it from a healthy Joe Cox or a young and relatively inexperienced Logan Gray? Time to shake it off and get ready for the Evil Genius' South Carolina, which has its own set of offensive challenges.
(2) Sam Bradford's shoulder sprain has two immediate impacts: First, Bradford is most likely out of the Heisman race. Second, Oklahoma is probably out of the hunt for another BCS title bid. Tough break for a good kid.
(3) Tennessee's win over Western Kentucky is somewhat more meaningful than Florida's win over Charleston Southern. The Volunteers are in their first season under a new coach, and have experienced problems generating a consistent offense for at least the two previous seasons. There remain big questions about Crompton as quarterback, but a win is always better than a loss, and a big win, even if it comes against a weak opponent is a confidence booster. The Vols now get two real challenges: the UCLA Bruins in Knoxville and the Gators in Gainesville. No time to crow about beating the Hilltoppers.
(4) Sorry, but I'm not sure how good Virginia Tech really is. I watched the game while I was working on the computer, with the ESPN gamecast on the internet and the TV on in the other room. Frankly, the Hokies looked a lot better on TV than they did statistically. Watching the game unfold play by play on the ESPN gamecast emphasized just how badly the Hokies matched up against Alabama; the Tide outgained the Hokies by 498 to 155 yards. If not for a 98-yard return for a touchdown by the Hokies combined with an uncharacteristic fumble and interception by the Tide, the result very easily could have been a 24-point margin rather than a 10-point margin.
(5) Sorry, but I did not watch any of the Georgia Tech-Jacksonville State game. Like the Florida-Charleston Southern game, it was not worthy of three and a half hours of my life. I'll tune in Thursday when the Yellow Jackets play Clemson in a game that may determine the season for both.
September 7th, 2009
9:46 am
The GT fans on here are HIGHlarious…remind me again of who GT played?
That said, Tony's headline is big DUH to me…we looked bad at QB, reminded me a lot of the JoeT3 days.
September 7th, 2009
9:47 am
Not much good to comment on. The Dogs just seem to lack the killer instinct. That is, when they get up on a team like OSU, they rarely seem to crank it up to put the game away and take all hope away from the other team. We had very poor special teams play, dropped passes, missed pic opportunties, we left the run game to early and on and on. We need to get pissed off and go for the jugular.
September 7th, 2009
9:52 am
Everyone is looking AT THE FIRST GAME against a top 10 team on the road and thinking that everything is going to happen the same way in every game!
Good grief! Does anybody realize that football is about making changes, adjustments, AND PROGRESSING!
The DAWGS WILL BE BETTER IN THE LONG RUN FOR PLAYING THAT GAME!
They will progress and still go 10-2/9-3
September 7th, 2009
9:57 am
Perhaps the coaches should have adapted their offensive scheme to their choice of QB…I don't think Cox can make the reads quickly enough to go w/ a Pro Style set…CMR/Bobo had a whole year to put in a spread/opition type to meet Cox's abilities…this round peg, square hole mind set is asking above and beyond what Cox can deliver…if they want to stay w/ Cox, then put him at least 5 yds back and give him more time to read the "D"…no turning your back to the line of scrimmage, everything is in front of you, and you take what they give you…surely, there are enough plays run out of the "shotgun" in that enormous playbook to give Cox a chance to succeed, and then maybe you can keep the "D" off balance by running plays out of the pro-style setup every now and then…guess we'll see how good the coaching staff really are if they deceide to stick w/ Cox…hey, look what they're doing for Tebow at Fl w/ Meyer inserting some pro-style plays to showcase any of Tebow's ability to take snaps under center…it's called coaching, not inserting the round peg into the square hole…BTW; take a look who is one of the projected pro-style QB's coming out of H.S….I'll give you a hint; he came back from a broken leg and gutted it out to lead his team to a State Championship…here's the link..
September 7th, 2009
9:57 am
This season is in the tank. UGA will possibly win 5 to 6 games. They are rudderless with Joe Cox, they have a mediocre running game and the O line is down on thmesleves because their crippled leader TS is gone. Life is that way, Dawgs. Suck it up !!
We have no safeties and D Jones continues to be COMPLETELY out of the action unless he cheap shots a player in the most in opportune time. # 9 for UGA needs to sit down.
I say go with youth and play Logan Gray and Aaron Murray NOW,as they SUPPOSEDLY ARE the future. Our recruiting apparently, isn't nning out either. Every year we are told that "we need one more year to mature" like they all were saying on Bull Dog Brunch of WSB radio Sunday afternoon. YOu could hear the resigantion in the voices of Kevin Butler and Jeff Dantzler. Foks, a loss to SC on Saturday night and the money alums will be howling.
It is gonna get ugly like it did in 77-79, when Dooley heard these same LOUD BOOS. That is how 1980-82 developed ………………..PRESSURE TO WIN was brought to bare.
This is a bad, bad, bad year and I have pulled for UGA since 1959.
CLass of 73
September 7th, 2009
9:59 am
Amazing how the ACC can not have a good weekend based on the performances of its cellar teams (Duke, uva, wake (who should have a down year with all its defensive losses from last year), nc state, and maryland).
That's like basing a week of sec play on how vandy, msu, kentucky, south carolina, and auburn/arkansas do.
The strength of the conference largely remains to be seen. VT held their own with alabama for the most part, even after losing their best offensive player for the season (and those of you who say the stats indicate it was more of a blowout than the scoreboard, that's moronic. Beamer ball relies on special teams play. They practice special teams to the point where they can do things like take returns to the house consistently. Just because vt gets a lot of their yards there as opposed to rushing or passing doesn't make them not count). Bama a large portion of its yards in the 4th when is systematically wore vt down. Definitely the better team, but beating a team by 10 based on 4th quarter play does not make a blowout.
Realistically, the comparative strengths of ACC v. SEC will remain the same this year. SEC will have more top 10 teams and teams that are capable of winning a national championship. ACC will have more competitive teams that are good but not great. See the SEC's 1-6 records against ACC opponents when not counting Florida or Alabama. Fact is, the SEC is a 2-4 team conference every year, its just that those teams are usually really good. Playing msu and kentucky this year won't be much different than playing duke and virginia and I'd much rather square up against auburn or arkansas than miami or fsu.
Anyways, ACC will shake out with both Techs, UNC, FSU, Miami, and Clemson as the better teams. BC is a wildcard but I don't think they will crack the top 6. Wake seems to miss its nfl bound players and its offensive line looks like it has a few holes. NC State won't be better than the 8th or 9th best team in the league with that offense. Duke could surprise this year and beat the teams while playing others close. I bet they win 3 conference games this year under Cutcliffe. Maryland seems to lack any intensity at all and its finally al groh's time to be fired after a long season in virginia.
With losses to Richmond (by Duke), William & Mary (by Virgnia), Baylor (by Wake Forest), California (by Maryland), South Carolina (by N.C. State), and to Alabama (by Virginia Tech) it was not a good weekend for the ACC.
September 7th, 2009
10:00 am
so which is best? Playing a patsy and making evaluations on many players. Or playing a ranked team and come home scratching your head? You guys bragged about your "tuff" schedule; now live with it!
uGa, second best team in the State of Georgia!
September 7th, 2009
10:02 am
Before the Alabama/Virginia Tech game I almost predicted the game. I predicted Bama 31 Virginia Tech 17.The final score was Bama 34 Virginia Tech 24. I said Virginia Tech would probably score one offensive touchdown,one special teams touchdown and a field goal I also added they might score another field goal too, well it was a touchdown instead of a field goal making it 24.I guess I was a field goal(Bama) and a touchdown(Virginia Tech) away from predicting the score.Yeah I know close does'nt count.
September 7th, 2009
10:03 am
I think that Richts time at UGA is running out. His talent and wins are decreasing.
I am not impressed with the assistant coaches either. Joe Cox is a good kid but not a SEC QB. Can't someone on the staff figure that out?
I saw the spring game an Logan Gray was impressive.Play him. The is a 7-5 6-6 team which after an almost a 10 year coaching stint doesn't say much for Mark Richt.
Time for a change all the way up to the athletic Director.
September 7th, 2009
10:08 am
You're right, RomeDawg. Instead of stacking the out of conference schedule with SEC teams (Tech plays three this year), they should find teams from a good conference, like the Big 12. Oh, right, they play Kansas next year. Also in the years ahead are Alabama, Auburn, and South Carolina. Ole Miss would be on the schedule next year if they hadn't bought out the contract.
At least Georgia isn't playing teams like Louisiana-Lafayette, Colorado, Louisville, Coastal Carolina, and New Mexico State the next two years. Oh, wait. yes they are.
September 7th, 2009
10:08 am
'm' & 'god and greyhound' are one and the same. What is sad is that he takes the time to post under 2 different pseudonyms so that he can project that there are legions of GT faithful who care about CFB and are passionate about their crappy program and half empty facility.
'Vincecomeback' = is a poser GT troll and anyone who seriously believes that this is a GA fan lobbying for the firing of CMR and the hiring of CPJ has the emotional and intellectual capacity of a lobotomized 6 year old. Nice try big guy, you have us all fooled. You are so crafty and original with your trickery.
September 7th, 2009
10:08 am
How in the He!! can any realistic UGA fan say that "UGA will be fine"? The lack of preparation and discipline is the sign of another poorly coached team that will be LUCKY to win 7 games this year. We were supposed to be strong on the o-line and we score 10 points against the 93rd ranked defense last year. I can't believe that OSU's defense got SO much better in one offseason. The UGA staff had 7 + months to prepare for OSU (with plent of tape on this team and same players) and this was the best they could do??? I am saying it now because there has been plenty of evidence to support my theory, this coaching staff as currently constituted is NOT GOOD ENOUGH to make a difference and or run at a NC. If they were, they MUST/would excell when they do not have SUPERSTARS on the sideline and coach this team up…when has that ever occurred?
September 7th, 2009
10:10 am
Two questions, Tony:
1) The Dawgs threw everything at OSU but the kitchen sink on their first drive of the game and then went back to the same old sprint draw/wide receiver screen/dump off over the middle predictable mess as last year. What was that all about? Obviously, the first drive, although scripted, was extremely effective. What happened?
2) I am a fan of Joe Cox, but was he feeling the effects of illness or is he just not as qualified as were all hoping, praying and wishing for?
September 7th, 2009
10:18 am
As I stated last spring and over the summer:
SEC WEST – will be done between LSU and Bama. Bama was prepared for the season – LSU is talented – but still out of sync a bit defensively. Season way too young to be bold – but BAMA is on track.
FUNNY how it took BAMA only two seasons under Nick Saban to pass UGA as a program – Richt peaked in 2005 – teams since then very inconsistent.
2. UGA – I was scolded by WTF?? and others when mentioned that I thought that 2009 UGA could be 6-6 to potentially win 9 games. 6-6 may be an overstatement.
Same old UGA:
– Stupid penalties and critical moments (punt returns – not the clean hit by #9 Jones – UGA got hosed on that call).
– Special Teams – specifically kick-offs burned UGA yet again.
– Mediocre coaching. Offense was not prepared – horrible job by Bobo and staff. This was OSU folks!!!! UGA on a medicore year should beat OSU's best.
UGA revised prdictions:
SC – UGA wins
ARK – Hogs win
AZ STATE – UGA wins
LSU – LSU wins
TN – TN wins
Vandy – UGA wins
Florida – UF wins in a serious – serious thumping
TN Tech – UGA wins
Auburn – 50/50
KY – UGA wins
GT – GT wins big
This team is moving backwards – and is a mid pack SEC team. Your own worst enemy is yourself and your coaching. Not impressive at all and UGA deserves ZERO repsect. In college football – as BAMA knows this extremely well with our recent history – it is what have you done for me lately – and if you are not hot – you are forgotton. UGA is forgotton – and I say 6 -6.
September 7th, 2009
10:18 am
[...] Tony Barnhart of the AJC writes that Georgia must get better play at quarterback. [...]
September 7th, 2009
10:19 am
I am like most other dog fans, i live and die with every play. Too bad The players and coaches arent that enthused…i watched the rerun yesterday and Samuel had some good runs but too inconsistent…I swear i can motivate a team better than we have ever with CMR..WTF is wrong with screaming at refs when they Blow calls….CMR probably tells them he will say a prayer for them…i was impressed with some ferocious hits from our defense…if CMR doesn't challenge the forward spotting of the ball then his red flag will never be dirty…by the way all you negative tech fans will get yours..you always do, even the last so called title you had was not recognized by the entire football world so i say 1990 Nat'l Champs were the Colorado Buffaloes….sting on that lil bees…
September 7th, 2009
10:20 am
Any argument of ACC supremacy over the SEC looks particularly foolish this week. Just for your own credibility, you should save it for a more opportune time.
September 7th, 2009
10:20 am
Tony-coupe of questions that might sound dumb but maybe you will answer:
1. Why doesn't Richt go back to calling offense? Gives Bobo more time to adjust his style and implement it in certain games or at certain times.
2. Was that first series just for show?????? Scripted????? or what….because we didn't see any of it the rest of the game.
3. Sorry Tony 3 questions hahahaha-If UGA goes 2-2 in their next 4 games putting them at 2-3 on the season……Why take your lumps with a Senior QB? Do you switch and take your lumps with Murray?????? I think so.
Let's get the SEC schedule going with a W
September 7th, 2009
10:22 am
I could understand some of the Freaking out IF Georgia had lost to an unranked mid-level team at home BUT…….They lost a tough game on the road to a team that will be #6 this week!
did any of you see Georgia's defense shut down one the top offenses in the country?
How in the world is SC and some of the others going to score on UGA?
DAWGS improve each week and still go 10-2/9-3
September 7th, 2009
10:30 am
As far as UGA this season? Let me preface this by saying I was rooting for a SEC win in this game.
BUT….Based solely on what I saw this weekend, UGA has only ONE SURE WIN left on it's schedule. Dogs O was pathetic against a Big 12 D. That's not to say that Okie State may not be a LOT better than we now think, or that UGA's O cannot improve. If QB play does NOT improve, it will be a VERY long season for the puppies.
September 7th, 2009
10:31 am
[...] be back next year."3. Tony Barnhart of The AJC starts with the obvious this morning… Georgia needs much better play from quarterback Joe Cox.4. Well, this doesn't sound good… Cox didn't sound too pleased that receivers [...]
September 7th, 2009
10:35 am
To all forlorn UGA fans:
Willie and Bobo aren't up to it. Everybody knows that. To continue harping on that would be like flogging a dead horse—a complete waste of time. As I said before the OkieState game, the only one to blame is Richt. Everybody knows that too. So, unless Coach "Overpaid" suffers an "epiphany on the way to Damascus" OR unless Adams decides its about time to put the heat on, ain't knothing going to change.
The only thing that will sppeed up events will be if UGA loses about 5 or 6 games with one or two Florida or Alabama type loses like last year, then things might start to get interesting.
September 7th, 2009
10:36 am
I hear the rumblings from Dawg fans about starting Joe Cox but he was the backup QB behind Stafford. Why start Logan Grey? It is easy to second guess the coaches decision but it makes sense why they started Joe Cox.The problem I seen with the Dawgs is they just don't seem to have a killer type instinct, they are talented and play sound football but without killer instinct.When you lineup to play Alabama you might win but you are going to have to fight and earn it,Bama will not go down without a fight.Even in the Utah game Bama was gaining on them late in the game without an O-line.
September 7th, 2009
10:48 am
I do believe Paul Johnson is sending his team a message. I belive the Jackets will be prepared for the Clemson! It should be a better game.
Ramblin Wreck!
September 7th, 2009
10:50 am
I know that Joe Cox was sick, but he's not the guy. The sooner Mark Richt puts a clipboard back in his hands the better. The coaches lost this game.
September 7th, 2009
11:00 am
OKST is a top 10 team and they will be there at the end of the season. UGA is not a top 10. How come Chavis at LSU is the worlds greatest defensive coach and he gives up 23 to a team that has lost their last 15 games and Young at OKST is chopped liver because because he played against a "weak arm" qb? UGA probably will not see a better defense until they play fl.
How many bonehead plays will Rashad Jones make before WM pulls him off the field? He has terrible hands, and has NEVER wrapped up on a tackle. He cost us 2 tds against GT last year with his "bump" style, and yes the official was correct in makeing the call. I wonder if Jones had wrapped up the receiver, if the official would have thrown the flag?
This is going to be a disgusting week listening/reading about how great Mr. Mediocrity is at USC. That's right Tony! he is a mediocre coach with a mediocre team. A one eyed grandma in a wheel chair could coach fl with the talent he had.(Well, maybe Ray Goof couldn't).
Bama looked like the Bama of old. Wearing down the opposition and pounding them in the 4th qtr. Does Vegas have a line on a game after three qtrs?
September 7th, 2009
11:01 am
I agree Mambo, Cox was not the guy, at least on Saturday. I know he was sick, can't fault him for that. But Richt should have went to Logan Gray or Aaron Murray. Cox was lucky he didn't have 5 interceptions. His passes were consistently off, his timing was not good and he made bad decisions like running out of bounds and taking a loss when he could have thrown the ball away.
I put this one more on Richt than I do Cox. We will know more about Cox after this week but I'm worried Cox may not be the guy we want.
September 7th, 2009
11:01 am
'Bama about as solid as i figured they'd be – Ro McClain should have his a z z benched for a few games for pushing a ref – but the dawgs have plenty of reasons to worry.
(1) O line wasn't nearly as good as predicted. With the loss of a great LT, this could be a real problem.
(2) Running game wasn't anything special. And this against a Big 12 defense designed specifically to stop spread passing offenses. Woe unto UGA when they line up against a power SEC defense.
(3) Receivers weren't good. AJ was okay, but no #2 or tight ends mean big trouble when teams start bracketing / AJ on every down.
(4) Quarterback issues. Look, i understand that everyone gets a mulligan once in a while. UGA doesn't have time to wait for Joe to settle down and display some leadership. Replace him already and get on with finding someone who can rally the troops.
UGA has athletes and a good enough coaching staff to get past this weak effort they put up in Stillwater. Man up and get the season back on track!
Alabama looks pretty darned good – it's great to be a 'Bama fan! RTR!!!!!
September 7th, 2009
11:03 am
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September 7th, 2009
11:09 am
Speaking of bonehead plays, how many did Branden Smith have? I wanted to kick him through the TV. Jumping on his own guy when they could have downed the ball and at the 2 yard line, and ended up knocking the ball in the end zone. Then running the kickoff 7-8 yards deep out of the end azone and not even making it back to the 20. He did that more than once. They need to coach this kid up.
September 7th, 2009
11:11 am
The Dog's need to protect the quarterback better. The O-line cannot allow Cox to get hit and be under constant pressure. The Cox fumble was the key turnover last Saturday, the dogs had managed to overcome the other mistakes and turnovers.
September 7th, 2009
11:31 am
Ok, fair weather DAWG fans before you commit sepaku let's put things in perspective. Is Oklahoma State good or mediocre? They are a senior laden team with three of the best skill players on offense in the nation. This was the biggest game in the history of their program. Their defense is better than last year. I say they are pretty darn good and when we look back on this it won't look as bad. Folks who say they are average didn't play them they played 1AA schools.
Now how about us? Lots of young players, Braden Smith for one, playing for the first time ever and making some mistakes. Dropped passes, fumbles, mistakes that come from inexperience; Didn't look like a vetern team because it isn't.Cox can and will play better. The defense played good. There was no pressure on the QB because we were only rushing three folks in passing situations. They stacked the line to stop the run and we did not adjust effectively. South Carolina will do the same thing so Bobo has to do a better job.
Weather you like it or not this is a young inexperienced team in many key positions. But we will get better. We will beat South Carolina. That's all we need to focus on right now.
September 7th, 2009
11:36 am
If I'm Green, I transfer immediately. Richt seems intent on subjecting us to another Joe T disaster. He has been watching Cox for 5 years and he must've known what we all know now and that is that Cox is a marginal talent at best.
If Cox was sick on Sat and played the whole game, it means we have no other viable option at QB. This is not Joe Cox fault. It is Richt's fault for putting the program in this awful position again.
Rather than holding us all hostage for a Joe Cox farewell tour (and the 5 or 6 losses that will come with it), start Murray-he is the future. Only then it be worthwile to sit through the weekly beatings that are sure to come.
Richt has become Bobby Cox and/or Phil Fulmer. His staff is substandard and he doesn't have near the same mindset that the guys hoisting the crystal footballs have.
We were a disappointent with Stafford and Moreno and an utter diaster without them. This is a program going backwards in a hurry. We are back to the Goff/Donnan standard-great recruiting classes-lose every big game we play. Talent can't compensate for lackluster coaching.
September 7th, 2009
11:38 am
Here's something to think about…say they deceide to stick w/ Cox and somehow he stumbles through the year…guess what, more of the same coming next year…if CMR/Bobo didn't give Cox/Gray any playing time in mop of duties the past few years, or at least giving some meaninful reps under center for experience sake, then you you better get ready with more execuses, because 20010 is already starting to look like 2009 in the making…are CMR/Bobo so poor at evaluating talent that they can't see that Cox wasn't the man, or have they been treating this just as a rebuilding year all along and we'll start to see some new faces after the 3rd game this year…awful early in the year to be throwing in the towel, but if a big change isn't made this week, then there's always 2011…forget about 2010 because you're going to see more of the same next year…turn the car keys over to Gray or Murray, and if one of them aren't the answer well, maybe Met will be "coached up" to being a college level QB by that time…Met just looks lost, but he's no dummy and being in a stable scheme for a year or so should pay off in his favor…BTW, I love when DB's lite up a receiver; I think it should be a part of the game plan to wack someone so hard on a down and out or an across the middle type of play to set the tone and having that player looking over his shoulders, also it cuts a few inches off their arm lengths (aligator arms)…
September 7th, 2009
11:41 am
For all you Dawg fans Barking about how CMR "Stole' the top WR in Tenn… Check the stats… Marlon Brown didnt even see the field while a freshman WR from Paris, TN (who decommitted from UF on signing day and commited to the Vols) named Marsalis Teague lead the Vols in receiving. 6 rec, 86 yards and a TD Ouch… Grandma?? What were you thinking. Oh BTW, Kiffin already has 2 "Marlon Browns" verballed to us for '10 signing day. Trust me dawg fans, CMR's Rule #7 "Ask God for Help", will be rule #1 come Oct 10th in Knoxville. Remember 07 in Knoxville? 28-0 at the Half.
September 7th, 2009
11:42 am
Bama fans: Enough with the lectures. You have a great coaching staff. We do not. A MNC or SECC is not in the future for UGA with the current group of cluless, 2nd rate coaches. Good god, they really thought Joe Cox was an SEC QB-pathetic!
Enjoy another run at the title. We will be sitting back in awe and envy.
September 7th, 2009
11:45 am
What game were you Va Tech/ACC apologist watching Saturday night?
Va Tech did not go toe-to-toe with Bama. Without silly penalties by Bama the game would have been a blowout. And, instead of running out the clock in the 4th quarter, Bama could have scored another touchdown and won by 17.
UGA fans, it's not the end of the world. It was just one (non-conference) game. This week's game is much more important for you guys.
September 7th, 2009
11:46 am
I wonder if Georgia's fans are really the panicky, unappreciative, know-it-all, blowhard jackholes as portrayed on the AJC blogs, or if these posts are really from Tech folks seeking to make their rivals look like mental midgets.
If it's the former, God help UGA, because its fans belong in padded rooms. If it's the latter, well played, and carry on.
September 7th, 2009
11:48 am
There were some passes dropped but Cox was a disappointment. I wasn't impressed with him when I watched the spring game. He's gonna have to turn things around or it could be a long season. We found out last season what happens when you have poor QB play.
I was impressed with Bama and they look like the team to beat in the West.
LSU played lethargically on defense. I'm hoping it was because of the long trip and the time difference. The offense was very conservative and has to play better as well.
UT was impressive and they may be better than predicted. With upcoming games with UCLA and Florida, we will find out soon.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
September 7th, 2009
11:49 am
Let Richt do whatever the hell he wants. Play Cox the whole season and let the Tiatanic sink-it's the only way we are going to get the chhnages in Athens that are so badly needed.
UGA has become a stale program. The coaching is unbeliveably lackluster. These coaches know no matter how badly the perform, they will all get raises and bonuses at years end.
Richt was perfectly happy with what he saw on Sat-his only observation was a Bobby Cox-like "turnovers were the difference".
September 7th, 2009
11:53 am
All is lost. Not only is this season doomed, but UGA will never win a game until Aaron Murray's great, great, great grandson becomes the head coach. Every SEC school but us has won a national championship in the past two seasons. We haven't won a game since Vince Dooley retired. It's all Willie Martinez' fault. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Then, a win over South Carolina.
We're on a roll now! Joe Cox just needed to work the kinks out, he's another D.J. Shockley. Oklahoma State IS a really good team, you know. We probably won't lose again until after Zach Mettenberger's senior season. Martinez, your D played ONE good game, don't be getting too comfortable.
What a pack of idiots.
September 7th, 2009
11:57 am
<—————— Ga Tech fan here!
I was pulling for Va Tech against Bama and the lost. They should've lost. Bama is Back baby! They are the Shiznick!!!! (I can spell it they way Snop Dogg pronouces) They are really back! They were fun to watch! They maybe the only team to handle Florida.
It was a good game.
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It's All an 'Illusion'
"Illusion" is defined as "a false idea or belief" … "a thing
that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses."
In Tony Kushner's twist-and-turn drama, "The Illusion," to be performed Feb. 29 through March 4 at Appalachian State University, that definition takes the spotlight.
Is love an illusion? Is emotion connected to nature or even magic?
They're questions director Derek Gagnier – and Kushner's work – has posed to the cast of student performers.
"The Illusion" is Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's "L'illusion Comique," a magical tale of a man's journey to reconnect with his estranged son – by consulting a magician.
"From there, the play becomes a fantastical journey of romantic, heartfelt passion and the important relationship between parents and children," said Gagnier, associate professor of theater in the ASU Department of Theatre and Dance. "Instead of making it a literal translation, Kushner made it more applicable to our times, dealing not only with the relationships between parents and children, but the relationship between people and love."
The play expounds on this theme, as viewers see love from multiple angles – people newly in love, those who've celebrated it for a long time, and some whose relationship is nearing its end.
"Throughout it all is this tie-in with nature, magic, and it always questions, 'What is love?'" Gagnier said. "Any kind of emotion can be linked to love, so it's really neat, funny and very moving at times."
Although often described as a drama, Gagnier calls it more of a romance with clever comic elements.
The play is set in 1639 France and follows Pridamant of Avagnon (ASU senior Sean Browne), who consults Alcandre the Magician (junior Victor Rivera) to learn about his estranged son. But Alcandre is no ordinary magician, living in a veritable cave of mechanical wonders.
"He's able to conjure illusions with his machinery in the cave … portraying what (Pridamant) thinks is the life of his son, who is leading this Don Juan-like existence, and he's never happy with it," Gagnier said. "He doesn't see his son as much as he'd like to … and he hopes to reconnect with him before he dies."
It's a story Gagnier said will appeal to any parent, any child who's felt oppressed by their parents, and anyone who's ever been in love.
"It's the illusion of love," Gagnier said. "There's a line that says love is like this imaginary sea between two real shores. The shorelines are real, but what's between them is much more interesting. A rock is tangible, but for two people, love is far more significant than a rock or a tree.
"So, the illusion we're talking about is not just the physical magic of recreating the memory of this father's son, but also about what happens when people fall in love, what they believe and how they think they feel."
Gagnier acknowledged the somewhat controversial nature of Kushner, best known for his celebrated "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes." While "The Illusion" is high on romance and intrigue, it's more implied than actually seen.
"I still think it's as steamy as anything Kushner has written," Gagnier said. "You just don't see it. It's all implied, but neat to see."
There's plenty to see – literally – with what Gagnier called a "wicked swordfight," but also an elaborate set designed by Michael Helms. Set in Alcandre's cave, it features an atmospheric backdrop of cave paintings reminiscent of the Chauvet caves of Southern France, a sort of planetarium looming above, affixed with a glowing orb – not to mention a giant turntable on stage, a projection scrim and portals.
Referring to the orb, Gagnier said, "I call it the 17th century television set, but I don't really want to give away too much of what it is. The content, the intrigue that goes on in the son's life could be thrown on reality television, but within the frame of the context, it's the sort of those fairy tale elements you'd see in a Disney film. It's Disney meets Jerry Springer."
Like that unlikely meeting would suggest, it's been fun and somewhat revealing for the performers.
"The (students) have to explore," Gagnier said. "They're using themselves in a very open way, their life experiences to bring these characters to life. It's kind of eye opening, and it's acting at its best. You're right there experiencing with them. It's been a lot of fun to watch their light bulbs go off."
It's also a new experience for Gagnier, who typically works on classical plays, like those from Shakespeare or Shaw. With "The Illusion" being his first production of a Kushner play, he said it's been a "real interesting ride" working on an experimental, relatively new play.
Keith Martin, ASU's John M. Blackburn Distinguished Professor of Theatre, thinks Kushner would approve.
"Having worked personally with Tony Kushner on the infamous Charlotte Rep production of 'Angels in America,' I will say that he would be very pleased with the respect being show his script and the high caliber of design and production that is supporting this brilliant play," Martin said.
And that's no illusion.
Cast, Tickets and More
"The Illusion" stars Sean Browne, Jacob Dailey, Victor Rivera, Will Gwyn, Hannah Fuller, Emma Holland, Luke White and Will Allen. Derek Gagnier directs.
"The Illusion" runs Feb. 29 through March 4 at Valborg Theatre on the Appalachian State campus. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29 through March 3 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 4.
Tickets cost $6 for students and youth ages 6 to 18, $8 for ASU faculty and staff and senior citizens, and $15 for adults. Tickets are available at the Valborg Theatre box office Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 5 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 to 5 p.m., or by phone at (828) 262-3063.
Valborg Theatre is located on the north side of Chapell Wilson Hall on Howad Street, directly behind the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Parking on campus is available after 5 p.m. in faculty lots, the College Street parking deck and the Rivers Street parking deck.

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You just never know what you might find. It's like trying to guess the name of a gnome who weaves straw into gold just for you. Guess from here to kingdom come, you'll never guess 'Rumpelstiltskin.' Only by sneaking up in the dead of night will you know the correct answer is, 'three wool sweaters and a portable pet cage.' Dumpster diving is outrageously unpredictable. You have to do it to believe it.
-John Hoffman, The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving
I started dumpster diving for food in college. And I became addicted. To the rush. To the material benefits. Dumpster diving involves sneaking, climbing, running, and exploring. It can be exhilarating, so different than the docile student's life I led during the day from behind a computer or a desk. The city started to feel like a playground, my life a game in which I could play at being a pirate, on the search for buried treasure. And there was treasure everywhere.
It is what the Situationalists would have called inverting the everyday, and what I call dumpster magic. The act of taking something out of the trash transforms the object's meaning. Every product passes through a cycle of meaning before reaching its end in the trash. Produce starts out as a pile of seeds and passes through various stages (which humans assign various stages of meaning and monetary value)—seedling, plant, crops, and finally, vegetables. Once in the grocery store vegetables become products with ISBNs and a price tag to tell us it's worth. Taken home this object may then become part of a regular lunch, or perhaps even a special birthday feast or gift. Unsold vegetables are thrown away, rendering them trash, rendering them worthless.
Through this whole process, we remain open to the fluidity of meaning and worth (seeds being economically worth less than plants, plants and harvested vegetables being worth less than value added products like jam or wine), but the "trash" stage is the point at which this fluctuation of meaning halts, despite the fact that items in the dumpster may be physically identical to items previously labeled as groceries and assigned a dollar value. Once trash, things pass into the material dead, so to say, and may never return. This is, at least, what we are taught.
When we break this taboo by dumpster diving we call these objects back from the dead, giving them a new life and assigning new meaning and emotional value. Trash becomes food, energy, and life. Baguettes are revived as food, and then, in the perverse excesses we often dumpstered them when I was in college, swords for play fights, food for pets, and fodder for the compost.
Trying to understand how it was that a $25 sweater in a high-end resale shop could be had for twenty-five cents at the Goodwill store across town, how it was that last year's $40 pair of jeans could sell six months later in the thrift store for $1.40, I began to realize something: price tags aside, these sweaters and jeans carried no inherent value. Their value was a shifting process, as much a matter of their context as their content–and even more interesting, the process didn't move in a straight line. The object was originally of great monetary and emotional worth might later be discarded or given away as "worthless," only to reappear in a charity store with a small fraction of its worth restored–and discovered there, might well find all its lost grandeur restored, and more, if now reimagined by someone as a 'collectible' or 'antique.' Sweaters, tea sets, toasters–they seem solid enough, but their meaning remains malleable.
-Jeff Ferrell, Empire of Scrounge
Objects thrown away, rendered useless, dead, might become a valued treasure in the hands of a collector, or a scavenger who has just chanced upon the exact thing that she needs for a project or her basic survival. A trashed sweater may be revived in its original name and purpose or it might be revived as a bed for a dog or cat, re-sewn into a skirt or a curtain or a pillow, unraveled and re-knit or used to tie things together, or wipe up a spill. You wouldn't buy a sweater and use it for anything but a sweater. But, really, why the hell not? Because of the monetary values assigned to various objects by the economy. It's kind of strange and stilted when you get to thinking about it.
The trashing of an object, in this way, seems to free us of its pre-assigned intention because it frees the object from its monetary value and economic meaning. If you buy a desk at the store you are not only buying a construction of wood and screws and drawers, but buying the concept "desk"—an object that you will place in your workspace and write letters on—and buying into its assigned worth. These assigned values create boundaries that limit our imaginations. You would pay 100 dollars for a desk, but would not pay 100 dollars for a desk-sized portion of firewood, so you do not dare to re-imagine the desk as firewood because this does not make sense within the order of the economy. If a door costs 100 dollars and wood for your wall costs 30 dollars, you're going to buy the wood for your wall. But freed of a monetary meaning, found on a pile of trash and taken home, you might use the door as part of a shed wall, a roof, or as firewood.
This concept follows us everywhere—into a whole cultural tendency to label and categorize and refuse to accept alternative definitions for commonly accepted items. A couch is for sitting on. It is not for dirty shoes, or dogs, and it is certainly not for drawing on. Yet the garden of the squatted house where I live is filled with couches that we have pulled out of the trash. Dogs and feet are welcome on them. People draw on them. People break them apart and build them into other things, fasten them onto bikes. The trash, having freed these objects of monetary worth (I worked hard to buy that couch (and that concept of couch) so get your dirty feet on the floor where they belong…) leave us freed of these categorizations, free to re-imagine objects and redefine them, limited only by our own imaginations and ambitions.
In this disposable culture, among these abitrary concepts of value most everything is rendered worthless. Everything is worthless, and we are surrounded by endless piles of worthless objects. The others publish books with advice about de-cluttering our homes and living "simply:" more objects that will ultimately be stripped of all value and meaning. A certain brand name tag on a shirt or a pair of pants might translate to a higher acceptable monetary value, but out of the store, as seasons, in the fashion sense, come and go, it quickly loses this monetary value until it finally is laid to rest among the dead, the trash. Tragically this culturally acceptable monetary value tends to have little to do with the objects real value—what is the value of the tree cut down to make the paper for a book? What is the value of clean air, whose pollution we pay for by paying for things made in smoke spewing factories? What is the value of the hair shorn from the sheep and spun into the wool that made that sweater? An objects monetary value has little to do with these questions. Especially in the case of government-subsidized industries.
I have my own ritual for assigning objects worth and it has nothing to do with where the object came from (though I admit I tend to value items I got out of a good trash picking adventure most of all). The sterility of store bought items bores me, so I take the time to alter most everything that comes through my hands, thus instilling each object with a highly personal value. Besides, seeing a shirt re-imagined as a curtain or a couch re-invented as a bike-seat gives me a thrill, as if I'm looking through a window at the apocalypse.
This is sort of weird and personal, but it gives me a rush to see commercial bric-a-brac in a down and dirty survival context. For example, when I see cardboard shacks in the Mexican colonias, I always feel a little rush when I see the words 'Pringles,' or 'THIS SIDE UP,' or 'IBM.' It's so…post-apocalyptic. So that shelving unit in the chicken coop always gave me a small charge, and I get a rush from burning wood crates with produce trademarks stamped on the ends.
You see, commercial products are constantly hyped, creating little 'recognition centers' in our heads. So, when you walk down a busy street or store aisle familiar products seem to leap at you screaming, 'Buy me!' But seeing the product in a compost-splattered 'no bull' context is like mental anti-toxin. You see the product leap out at you and think, 'Our hogs like that!' You begin to feel layer upon layer of artificiality stripped away as you peer in dumpsters and use what you find.
-John Hoffman, The Art and Science of Dumpster DivingTuesday December 08th 2009, 7:36 am 4 Comments
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Another value to relinquished objects is that assigned to items given to organizations like Goodwill, Salvation Army, Volunteers For America, etc. The donors assign emotional value to the stuff that they donate, whether it be 'hope', as in wishing that whatever they donate will be helping someone who is in desperate need of warm clothes, food, or bedding, or 'credit in heaven', as in thinking that their altruism will reflect favorably on them in a future lifetime/existence..some folks give stuff to charity because they're too lazy to take their discards to the dump. So, all kinds of good and not-so-good valuations adhere to a lot of stuff in thrift-stores. I had to quit a pretty good job driving a truck for a fake-charity organization because they tricked me into taking a *truckload* of donated items to the landfill :(((( They ran out of storage-space for all of their donations, so they had me drive a locked truck to the dump, with me thinking that it was just another load of trash, but when i opened up the truck i found that it was full of perfectly good donations (some of which i had picked up just days before), that they didn't have room to store. So, here was a whole semi full of items imbued with the hope and good wishes of the donors, being thrown into the dumpster of no-return: the county landfill. I called my boss and suggested that we just give the stuff to Salvation Army or Goodwill, and he chewed me out saying that they were "our competitors"…i was so stupid/naive: i thought that i had been working for a real charity. i still feel really bad in having had an unintentional part in the betrayal of the dreams/values that those donated items held for the people that gave themComment by fenu 12.08.09 @ 5:22 pm
I really like your thoughtful writing, Nicolette! I'm an accidental dumpster diver, first time years ago, I noticed piles of discarded stuff in back of funeral home, got beautiful flowers, handmade lace, old freestanding cabinet with bread drawer, melmac, paperwork & cards. Must be too much work re-homing unwanted possessions.Comment by tess 01.08.11 @ 4:30 am
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When it comes to fulfilling fitness resolutions, they schedule time for them, find a buddy to train alongside, celebrate progress with rewards and hop right on the wagon after falling off.
It turns out fitness professionals in Kitsap County — those who train triathletes, runners, yogis, CrossFitters and fitness club members — follow the same advice they dispense to meet their own goals and resolutions.
And though it's in their job description to work out, they admit to coming up against the same obstacles the rest of us do when embarking on a resolution or new routine: staying motivated, pushing past walls and overcoming plateaus.
To help those in the midst of forming New Year's resolutions, the Kitsap Sun turned to six teachers and trainers to find out how they stick to their goals and resolutions.
Those who shared their experiences were Lisa Ballou, co-owner of Expansions Yoga and founder of the Kitsap TriBabes triathlon training group; John Mark Bray, owner and trainer at Silverdale CrossFit; Carla Charters, owner of Viva Flow Yoga in Bremerton; Jim Felty, Klahowya Secondary School track coach, marathon runner and Ironman competitor; Dan Hollingsworth, owner of Kitsap CrossFit in Poulsbo; and Stephanie Smith, manager of Kingston and Silverdale Fitness.
Taking care when making the resolution is key to successfully carrying it out, the trainers say. The more specific the goal or resolution, the better.
"Making a resolution like, 'I resolve to improve my fitness' doesn't mean much because it's not defined and not necessarily measurable,'" Kitsap CrossFit's Hollingsworth said. "A better resolution would be 'I resolve to do high-intensity workouts three times per week.'"
Triathlete Ballou agrees and said that her strategy is to make a resolution based not on the consequence desired, but on the "cause" that will lead to that consequence.
"If I make my resolution something very specific such as, 'I am going to train six days a week,' then my resolution becomes the cause that creates the consequence I desire (weight loss)," she said.
Making a goal that's realistic is important. Charters of Viva Flow Yoga said that a yearlong resolution is too much for her. So, she focuses on making mini resolutions each day: eating her healthy morning smoothie, drinking chai tea instead of coffee, and getting on her yoga mat to practice each morning.
"Ultimately most people don't succeed in what their goal is," she said. "It sets them up for self-loathing, and this cycle."
When it comes to keeping a resolution, the No. 1 strategy mentioned by the trainers is accountability.
Some employ the buddy system, joining a group of people striving for similar goals.
"The CrossFit folks are pretty brutal" when it comes to their expectations, Silverdale CrossFit's Bray said. Those who regularly show up for the gym's daily 5:15 a.m. workout get pretty curious when one of the usuals misses a day, he said, taking away some of the temptation to miss a workout.
Others are able to enlist their everyday support system by being vocal about their resolution, Hollingsworth said. He encourages people who form a resolution to "shout it from the rooftops."
"Put it on Facebook; let the world know and they will keep you accountable," he said.
Other practical tips: don't be discriminatory about where and when a workout must take place. Smith, manager of Kingston and Silverdale Fitness and a mom, said she fits in her workouts wherever she can. For example, she'll take a break from watching her 9-year-old's hour-and-a-half basketball practice to walk or take a jog nearby.
Ballou suggests making an "ideal" fitness plan for each day, but also making a "good enough" plan. Or, for her, "Plan A" and "Plan B."
While Plan A for her may be fitting in a morning and evening workout (a bike ride and a CrossFit workout), Plan B is just to try to fit one of those in.
Journaling and revisiting the reason for a resolution is another tool for keeping it, Charters said. Recording the excitement that you feel when starting the new routine will allow you to remind yourself of it down the line.
"It is an absolute proven fact that after two weeks (of starting something), people lose their motivation," Charters said. "Prepare for that and plan for that."
The wall may be flagging motivation. Or it may be that life seems to constantly interrupt the best-intentioned resolutions.
When the motivation isn't there, more than one trainer said it's important to think about how you'll feel afterward, and to try to let the recollection of that feeling outweigh the dread that's inevitable when you're tired, busy, and ready to slide off the wagon.
"You can't count on that you are going to want to do it," Ballou said. "You can't count on feeling good during it.
"But how you feel beforehand and how you feel during is not correlated with how you feel after," she said. "All that matters is that the instant I am done I am thrilled and I feel fabulous."
Felty encourages those he trains to respect consistency and the gains that are possible when ignoring the temptation to quit.
"If you train and eat right for two weeks and then not train or eat right for two weeks you are setting yourself back," he said. "So my point is, if you have 20 minutes for exercise it is far better than none at all ... so get out the door."
But if you do give into the temptation to skip a workout — or a week of workouts — don't let it derail your effort, Charters said.
"I try to practice grace for myself," she said. "It's OK to be tired, it's OK to sleep ... knowing that tomorrow is a new day."
Felty reminds those setting out on a new routine or resolution to have a positive attitude.
"Enjoy the opportunity to exercise," he said. "Each effort, if done with joy ... it makes everything so much more fun."
Ballou said to remember the power of a reward, but to make others the arbiters.
As she trains for a half Ironman, it's her son Dane, a college freshman away from home, who provides her reward for meeting her training goals: an hourlong Skype session each week.
Bray urges people to seek out inspiration. For him, it's going to the Internet and finding amazing fitness stories: someone who went from being so overweight they required a walker, to being so trim they could do a handstand push-up against the wall.
"I look for those types of articles and they really inspire me," he said. "I don't have it as bad and I don't have as far to go. I have no excuse."
Smith reiterates the importance of fitting in your resolution any way you can.
"So many people say they don't have time, but how many people are sitting on the couch just watching TV commercials?" she asked.
Doing some exercises during those commercials ensures you're always working toward your resolution, she said.
Charters reminds her students to have compassion for themselves.
"I have to be patient with myself," she said. "I do set goals, but I try to do it in a loving way."
And if you are failing on your own, join a class or training group, Hollingsworth said.
"We firmly believe in the power of community at Kitsap CrossFit," he said. "It is the driving factor for keeping our members motivated."
David Nelson contributed to this story.


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Teachers' rights law takes effect
New legal powers for teachers and schools in England to restrain and discipline unruly pupils have come into effect.
The law sets out teachers' right to break up fights and to confiscate items like mobile phones.
The changes are intended to put an end to what teachers' unions call the "You can't tell me what to do" culture.
It is also hoped the legislation will help tackle cyber-bullying via mobiles and the internet.
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Previously, teachers had been allowed to restrain pupils under common law, with the same authority as parents.
But the new law explicitly states that teachers have the right to physically restrain and remove unruly pupils, and impose detention, including sessions outside school hours and on Saturdays.
Teachers will be able to discipline pupils outside school too - if they see children behaving badly on public transport, for instance.
The new powers are enshrined in the 2006 Education and Inspections Act - much of which comes into force on 1 April.
Ministers believe the common law powers are too vague.
The general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Steve Sinnott, welcomed the changes, but said the government should do more to explain them to schools and to parents.
Meanwhile, ministers are also planning an advertising campaign aimed at tackling bullying via the internet and mobile phones.
Research funded by the government estimates that a quarter of young people have experienced this sort of cyber bullying.
Damnit. UK rocks. A lot of teachers here in the States might be going across the pond!
Sounds like a damn good law. May we copy it????"An Unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper
Some people are meant to be the police......Some people are meant to call the police!!!
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It sounds like a good law, but I hope it doesn't lead to teachers having to constantly use this authority to keep order. If a kid doesn't want to learn, don't fool around with "fixing" him. Just kick him to the curb and let the kids that want to learn do so."I'm not a coward,
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As a former teenage boy I don't get how one gets bullied by text. I'm going to need an explanation on that too. I wasn't tough in school, but I only got bullied once. Live, learn, avoid and get on with life.
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The History of Brass
Not long after the Romans had discovered how to produce brass, the alloy started to be used in coinage in areas of modern day Turkey. Brass coins soon spread throughout the Roman Empire and there is evidence that calamine brass production moved into northern Europe under Rome's authority.
Brass Applications
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Copper Production
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Metal Profile: Copper
What is copper? Copper is a ductile and malleable base metal that is valued for its high thermal and electrical conductivity. Easily identifiable because of its iridescent, golden red color, copper and its alloys, such as bronze, have been used by humans for thousands of years. Due to its effectiveness as an electrical conductor, copper is now...
Platinum Production
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Copper History Pt. I
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Metal Profile: Beryllium
What is beryllium? Beryllium is a hard and light metal that has a high melting point and unique nuclear properties, which make it vital to numerous aerospace and military applications.
Beryllium History
Although first isolated in the late 18th century, a pure metal form of beryllium was not produced until 1828. It would be another century before commercial applications for beryllium developed. Siemens and Halske Konzern of Germany were early pioneers, patenting copper beryllium alloys as conductive spring components in telephone switchboard relays.
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Physical Properties of Beryllium Copper
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Lithium History
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Lithium Production
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Beryllium-Copper Alloys
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200 Series Stainless Steel
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Metal Profile: Austenitic Stainless
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Metal Profile: Ferritic Stainless
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Metal Profile: Stainless Steel
Chromium Applications
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Titanium Applications
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Iridium Applications
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Nickel Applications
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Copper Characteristics
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Metal Profile: Zinc
Zinc is a lustrous bluish-grey metal that is primarily used to galvanize iron and steel in order to protect against...
Zinc Applications
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DANVILLE — Leading the charge at the Susquehanna Valley March for Babies this weekend will be two-year old Daniella Andreacci and her parents, Stephanie and Joe.
It's well-earned reward for the Bloomsburg family, who serves as this year's ambassador family for the regional March of Dimes event, especially since her parents were scared Daniella wouldn't even survive.
Stephanie and Joe's first son, Dante, was stillborn, resulting from severe form of a disease known as preeclampsia.
"What happened with our son literally happened overnight," said Stephanie. "Throughout the whole pregnancy with Daniella, we were sort of on pins and needles… It was an emotional roller coaster. You're worried, you're anxious, you have really no control."
There is not a lot of research on preeclampsia said Stephanie, who works at Geisinger Medical Center as a clinical social worker. What is known is that it affects pregnant women severe high blood pressure, which can result in seizures, stroke, kidney failure and liver failure, all of which can affect the baby's health as well. The only response is to monitor symptoms as they come, said Stephanie.
She develop severe preeclampsia at 28 weeks of pregnancy and was put on hospital bed rest 17 days before Daniella was born. Doctors decided to deliver Danillea early because she was not growing due to the preeclampsia.
Daniella was born nine weeks early, weighing only two pounds and 13 ounces. "My husband's wedding band fit on her wrist as a bracelet," said Stephanie. She was quickly admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
While Stephanie and Joe waited for their daughter's health to improve, they found some relief with Geisinger's family support activities program. The programs, offered jointly through Geisinger and the March of Dimes, gave them a chance to meet with other NICU parents and escape from the sometimes tense hospital environment. Participating in events such as onesie decoration, scrap-booking and pizza parties helped restore a sense of normalcy to their lives, said Stephanie.