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Back To Basics | 1990 Harley Davidson Softail Custom - Hot Bike Magazine
Rocky says the seat pan might look uncomfortable, but after logging many out-of-state trips, it's actually a good fit.
Rocky made a custom bracket and had brass sportbike pegs cut down so he could have some mid pegs for long rides.
Grab a little too low on the jockey shifter and it's slice 'n' dice time.
You know how as people get older they say, "Things get better with age."? Well it holds true for custom motorcycles as well. Rocky Santos purchased this '90 Softail slightly used back in 1991 after he got out of the Marine Corps. After 20 years of riding, wrenching, and modifying, the old Softail is still running strong and looking good.
While he never intended this to be a trailer queen show bike, he did want it to stand out and get noticed. The problem was, like most of us, he planned on doing it without spending a ton of cash. "Everything done to the bike has been managed on a shoestring budget over the past 18 or 19 years, Rocky tells us. Mods were done in the garage using Harbor Freight tools including a low-budget paint gun."
While some parts and modifications have come and gone over the years, one of the earliest customizations Rocky made to the bike that still exists today is the raked-out neck. About 15 years ago, Rocky hauled the bike down to San Diego where Psycho Cycles kicked the neck out to about 44 degrees. The bike acquired a whole new look and attitude with the addition of a set of 2-inch-over-stock Forking By Frank tubes. Out back the bike was lowered with a Ride One lowering kit, giving it an even look front to back.
In keeping with the tight budget, many of the parts for Rocky's bike were scored either on eBay or at the Long Beach Swap Meet, then modified or reworked to fit. For example, the rear wheel is a front wheel off an '08 Fat Boy. To get the wheel to fit right, Rocky had his buddy, Gary Peacemaker owner of High Desert Performance, machine the hub to accept a new pulley. The pulley was narrowed as well and a new lip was added to help keep the belt from a Buell Firebolt in place. Actually Gary had his hands on more than the rear wheel on this bike, having rebuilt the 80ci Evo twice, one almost 17 years ago, and once again just last year.
Looking over Rocky's bike, it's the minor details that really stand out like the custom mid pegs that he fabbed up from a set of sportbike pegs. The right side is mounted off the front of the trans and the left is bolted to the inspection cover on the primary. He also gutted a pair of BMX pedals and incorporated them into his forward controls. Another unique detail is the raw metal seat pan, which started out as a Le Pera seat that Rocky stripped and reshaped to fit. After riding his neighbor's bike that had a jockey shift, Rocky decided to adapt a hand shifter onto his bike and cut down the blade of a Trench Knife his son gave him for Christmas and mounted it up to the bike along with his custom-fabbed foot clutch. Keeping the sheetmetal simple, Rocky ditched the front fender, mounted a Sporty tank on the backbone, cut the rear fender horns down to nubs, and mounted a heavily chopped fender. And rather than going with a solid basecoat, Rocky hit the sheetmetal with a grinder so that the swirls would show up through the Kandy Tangerine.
Laying color to the raw sheetmetal entailed Rocky setting up a makeshift spray area in his front yard and going to town. I learned how to paint after purchasing some DVDs on paint and graphics, Rocky says. The paint was done in the front driveway and has some insects in the clear after landing in it when it was still wet. For the graphics, I used some gold leaf from a hobby shop and outlined it with a paint marker.
Between good friends and good bargains, I feel I have a low-budget bike that looks good, states Rocky. Special thanks to my neighbor/mechanic Gary Peacemaker of High Desert Performance.
Keeping to his low-buck budget and with two decades worth of modifying, Rocky has created a clean and simple Softail that definitely gets attention. It also proves that you don't have to be some fancy fabricator or rob a bank to create a badass bike. HB
The paint was done in the front driveway and has some insects in the clear after landing in it when it was still wet.
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Bike Owner | Rocky Santos |
Year/Make/Model | '90/Softail/Custom |
Fabrication | Rocky Santos |
Assembly | Rocky Santos |
Build Time | Past 18 Years |
Engine | |
Year/Manufacturer | '90/H-D |
Type/Size | 80ci/Evo |
Builder | Gary Peacemaker-High Desert Performance |
Cases | H-D |
Cylinders | H-D |
Heads | High Desert Performance |
Rocker Boxes | H-D |
Carb | H-D |
Air Cleaner | Force Winder |
Exhaust | Mgs Customs |
Transmission | |
Year/Manufacturer/Type | '90/H-D/Five-Speed |
Case | H-D |
Clutch | H-D |
PriMary Drive | H-D |
Frame | |
Year/Manufacturer | 90/H-D |
Rake | 44 Degrees |
Stretch | Stock |
Suspension | |
Manufacturer Front | Forking By Frank |
Length | 2 Inches Over |
Triple Trees | H-D |
Manufacturer Rear | Ride One |
Swingarm | H-D |
Wheels, Tires, And Brakes | |
Manufacturer Front/Type | Swap Meet/80-Spoke |
Size-Height/Width | 21x2.15 |
Tire/Size | Pirelli/80/90-21 |
Caliper | Nissin |
Rotor | Russell |
Manufacturer Rear/Type | H-D/Fat Boy |
Size-Height/Width | 17x3.5 |
Tire/Size | Avon/160-17 |
Caliper | H-D |
Rotor | Russell |
Finish/Paint | |
Color | Kandy Tangerine |
Painter | Rocky Santos |
Graphics | Rocky Santos |
Accessories | |
Rear Fender | Swap Meet |
Fender Struts | Cut Down |
Gas Tank And Cap | Sportster |
Oil Tank | H-D |
Handlebars | Custom Bend D&D Mufflers |
Hand Controls | H-D/Swap Meet |
Risers | Ebay |
Foot Controls | Owner |
Footpeg | Bmx |
Headlight | H-D |
Taillight | Led |
License Mount | Rocky Santos |
Seat | Rocky Santos |


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Sony Ericsson's J200/J200i model is a great little mobile phone at a good price.
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After a long period of wondering if the dropped drug charges would effect him, Leroy Hill resigned today for a one year contract with the Seattle Seahawks. During the off season his girlfriend and him were arrested in Georgia for possession of marijuana, but later had the charges dropped.
With several linebackers, like Mario Williams, hitting the free agency, most of us assumed that Hill would not be returning this year, due to his past run ins with the law. This would have been his third arrest in the last three years. Jason Jones was called upon to become the new pass rushing weapon for the Hawks' defense, which also pointed to Hills departure.
Now with The Heater, David Hawthorne, going to New Orleans Seattle had some holes to plug.
Bring in Ruud, Lutui, and resign Lewis to help with more gaps. Now Luke Kuechly from Boston college looks like a great draft pick. Lock him in next to Chris Clemons. However, it is more likely Seattle moves down the charts to grab other defensive players (Hightower).
Resign Matt McCoy. The special teams and situational linebacker to add more depth to the team. Now What?
Might as well bring back another veteran linebacker who is one of the remaining members of the Superbowl run in 2005. Hill got his first 16 game start in his career and ended with the highest total tackles in that career. His stats were 89 (68 solo) tackles, 4.0 sacks and one forced fumble. His career stats in 77 starts were 456 tackles (344 solo), 18.5 sacks and 11 passes defensed.
Hill has spent his entire career with the Seahawks after being drafted in the third round in 2005. Now he will get to stay, for at least one more year to prove himself and compete.
All personal mistakes aside, Hill had his best games last year and could only get better. This is a good grab with Hawthorne being removed. He adds experience to a growing defense along with production. If he could keep himself out of trouble off the field, he could definitely cause it on the field for opposing teams.


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The Infidel ski doesn't need to be uber wide to be uber good. On it's first day of testing the Infidel earned the nickname "smile factory". It shares the SweetRise cambering and Titanal deck construction with the Highball and , at 97mm underfoot, it's our free-ride ski for everyday fun. With it's remarkable ability to dominate both the groomers and the big snow days, the Infidel is sure to make you smile.Features:
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#18239 new defect (bug)
wp_ob_end_flush_all() hangs the output buffering, during plugin update/install
Reported by: | mamborambo | Owned by: | |
Milestone: | Awaiting Review | Priority: | normal |
Severity: | minor | Version: | 3.2.1 |
Component: | Upgrade/Install | Keywords: | output hangs |
Focuses: | Cc: |
Symptom: During plugin update process, the screen displays "Downloading {plugin}" then appears to hang.
System: Apache2 on LinuxMint-11
I traced the fault to the following function:
send_message() in /wp-admin/includes/misc.php
this function writes out the message, then tries to flush
the buffers by calling wp_ob_end_flush_all()
the mechanism of the ob_flush is to repeatedly call ob_end_flush until there is no more levels.
On the default configuration of LinuxMint / Debian, zlib.output_compression is ON, and this interferes with ob_end_flush
Based on notes from php.net, ob flushing is not necessary.
1) Either change php.ini to set zlib.output_compression to OFF, or
2) shortcircuit the wp_ob_end_flush_all() by adding an immediate return to the first line.
In future versions of Wordpress, the interaction between ob and zlib should be studied carefully to derive the most universal solution.
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comment:1 SergeyBiryukov — 3 years ago
Related: #11588
comment:2 Tom Braider — 2 years ago
no solution this time?
this works for me on plugin update page.
changed misc.php from
function show_message($message) { ... echo "
$message
\n"; wp_ob_end_flush_all(); flush(); }
function show_message($message) { ... ob_start(); echo "
$message
\n"; wp_ob_end_flush_all(); ob_start(); }
changes functions.php from
function wp_ob_end_flush_all() { $levels = ob_get_level(); for ($i=0; $i<=$levels; $i++) ob_end_flush(); }
function wp_ob_end_flush_all() { $levels = ob_get_level(); for ($i=0; $i<=$levels; $i++) if (ob_get_length()) { @ob_end_flush(); @ob_flush(); @flush(); } }
comment:3 kurtpayne — 2 years ago
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@Tom Braider, can you try the patch on #18525 and let me know if that works for you?
comment:4 Tom Braider — 2 years ago
Sorry for very late answer.
This patch works for me partially.
While update 2 plugins they will updated successfully but there are no messages after the first plugin. The second plugin was updated and activated too.
Just tested the core update but i hangs after download. No unzip or installation.
comment:5 Tom Braider — 20 months ago
Maybe some new informations.
Flush zlib compressed buffer stops site creation at this point. So i don't flush it an the update site will show normal.
Also chr(0) instead of [SPACE] don't work for me to fill the buffer.
function wp_ob_end_flush_all() { echo "\n\n"; $levels = ob_get_level(); for ( $i = 0; $i < $levels; $i++ ) { $b = ob_get_status(); if ( strpos($b['name'], 'zlib') === false ) { @ob_end_flush(); @ob_flush(); @flush(); } } @ob_start(); }
comment:6 pbaylies — 17 months ago
- Cc pbaylies added
See also another solution to this (not mine); I was seeing occasional error log entries (possibly wp-cron?) for this issue on a site that uses the WP HTTP Compression plugin, so again, looks like an issue that pops up sometimes when ob_gzhandler is used for output buffering.


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Menchov Can Vanquish Tour Nightmare at Olympics - Coach
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Russian rider Denis Menchov can still fight for a medal in the Olympic road race despite his poor showing in the Tour de France, Russia's head coach told R-Sport on Sunday.
Menchov finished second on the Tour in 2010 and third in 2008 but lost a huge amount of time on one of the Alpine stages this year and is now more than 27 minutes adrift of leader Bradley Wiggins ahead of Sunday's finale.
"This Tour de France result has no connection to the Olympics. It's just a crisis, a deep crisis that hit him on one of the hardest stages of the tour," Dmitry Konyshev said.
"After the Tour de France, he has six days and I think he'll recover. Apart from that he has the incentive to prove he's capable of fighting for the very top positions."
Despite Konyshev's faith in the ability of Menchov to recover his form, the coach conceded that the 34-year-old Russian time trial champion could struggle in London.
"I think it'll be hard for Denis, even if he's in the very best condition," Konyshev said of the Olympic race.
Despite the anticipation of a strong showing for the Russian-based Katusha team, Menchov's Tour hopes died on stage 11, when he lost 14 minutes to the leaders and conceded defeat.
"A very, very, very unpleasant surprise," Konyshev said of Menchov's performance.
"If you'd told me that Denis Menchov would be outside the top ten in the Tour de France, I'd have laughed in your face. I could have bet my house on it."
With Menchov's chances dented, Russia's hopes of an Olympic medal may now rest on his teammates, Alexander Kolobnev and Vladimir Isaichev, neither of whom entered the Tour, Konyshev said.
The Olympic road race takes place Saturday.
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| Spanned disks & new mobo install Ok, it's been 2 years now and I finally bit the upgrade bullet. I will be installing a new mobo, cpu, ram, and of course my current version of win 7 x64. My only question is, will my spanned volumes survive and be recognized by the new system? I have 4, 2TB drives. 2 are in the pc, spanned (by Windows 7 device manager) to 4TB drive. The other 4TB span is in a eSATA raidbox. I have reinstalled windows before and the span was recognized, all data intact. But now I am wondering since I am upgrading to a new mobo, should I be worried? Thanks guys. |
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| In principle it should work - as radio Yerevan would say Questions for Radio Yerevan | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion |
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| anyone have any experience with this? |
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| I want to say it will be no problem, but I'd do a System Backup just in case. It sounds like you have plenty of storage for it. |
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...says Denzel Valentine of Big Ten Tourney favorite MSU, which is 5-7 in its last 12 games. Cumong, man.
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Last Year's Nightmares, Briefly
2/21/2014 – Michigan 4, Penn State 5 (OT)
2/22/2014 – Michigan 5, Penn State 2 – 15-10-3, 7-6-1 Big Ten
They did call this. [Bill Rapai]
I just don't know, man. Michigan came out on Saturday and did what they should do to a team with six wins on the season—blow 'em out of the water. On Friday they blew a 3-0 lead, re-took the lead with 2 minutes left, and then proceeded to lose in overtime. That was no fluke. Penn State—the team with zero seniors—put up 40 shots on goal.
Michigan announced that wasn't going to happen again by holding PSU to five shots in the first and then put on the gas in the second. That they did this almost entirely without the services of Mac Bennett, who left the game early in the first period with some sort of arm injury, only reinforces the fact that Friday's effort can only be described with terms ranging from "pathetic" to "sad."
Since last year happened, Friday wasn't the ugliest thing I've seen transpire in Yost. Not by a longshot. It was still a disturbing callback to that grim Tuesday against Bowling Green. There are reasons the team isn't competitive with the Minnesotas of the world, but they don't include whatever Alex Guptill was doing on his shorthanded backcheck Friday. He's the last guy back and barely moves his feet; goal; healthy scratch the next night despite potting a goal that coulda/woulda won the game.
Rumors flew about bad apples last year bringing other folks down, and it seems like not all of them were shed in the offseason. It is a frustrating counterpoint to the basketball team when you see zero development from the vast majority of the upperclassmen.
Who's better this year? Hyman. Bennett. And I guess Sinelli, though it's tough to tell since he wasn't playing D before this year. The drafted forwards are all stuck in neutral, occasionally doing something that flashes their talent but failing to pick up on the reasons Compher and Copp are outdistancing them in points. If not bailed out by the goaltending this year, Michigan would be well adrift of even the tenuous tourney spot they claim now.
Before the season I asserted it would be tough for the guys who don't like to skate to maintain that level of laissez faire because Copp and Compher would force them to act right. That has not been accurate. The guys without buckets of talent play hard; the ones with soft hands float around the perimeter of the ice, and always shoot on two-on-ones.
If the team's going to play like they did Friday with Guptill and like they did Saturday without, it might be time to move on. Unfortunately, Michigan cannot scratch everyone except Compher, Motte, Copp, and Hyman—I have worked this out on paper and there are not enough people—so they'll have to skate some frustrating guys. Nailing the king of coasting to the bench at least sends a message about, you know, trying when the puck's not on your stick.
Pairwise update, AKA RPI update. Michigan's RPI survived the series at Minnesota because Minnesota's real good at the RPI now downplays road games you lose. It did not do so well after the Penn State split. Michigan is 14th, which is right on the cutline. At the end of the year whoever's in that spot is watching the conference tournament results in a panic.
I know I said they were in good shape, but they blew a rather comfortable margin over their current spot with two losses to a team with four other wins on the year. Given the difficulty of the schedule they're facing, they are probably okay if they go 4-2 down the stretch, but that requires either sweeping the next two weekends (home and homes against Ohio State and Michigan State) or taking something off Minnesota.
Given how they're playing, I bet Michigan goes into that Minnesota series really needing a split. Old Yost would know something like this and be a-rage. New Yost will probably not.
Hyman's point totals are beginning to match his play. [Bill Rapai]
It's happening. Zach Hyman was out there being impossible to take the puck off of on the boards and generating chances off the cycle for the whole season; he was still stuck on like three points. That has changed as Michigan pairs him with guys like Motte and occasionally Compher. He is on a five game point streak and has a 2-4-6 line over the past three weekends; he's now up to 14 points, nipping on the heels of the guys in the second group of scorers behind Compher and Copp.
The Kile check. It looked bad live but on the GIF you can tell that the contact is not severe and happens at the dot. A two minute penalty to be sure, but didn't rise to the level of (another) five and a game.
The check on Bennett. A hard check directly to Bennett's chest where the opponent stopped striding well before the hit; clean. No idea why Bennett was not aware of the guy coming in; someone's got to yell at him about it.
Bennett is out this weekend, making it hard for Michigan against a decent OSU team with a somewhat fearsome back line. He may be back the week after.
Catching Up With Hockey
An annual tradition: the post where I spit out a bunch of hockey thoughts right after football season ends.
Andrew Copp emoji state.
AT RIGHT: Friday night immediately after OT goal
They are going to the tournament. Michigan's fantabulous 10-2-1 record has come against a tough slate of opponents; unadjusted win percentage has M's opponent's third; the more sophisticated KRACH system has them 12th. As a result they are second in both RPI and KRACH, behind only Minnesota. They're also tied for second in the revamped Pairwise*. Unless they implode, Michigan is on pace for a bid. Hell, they're on pace for a one seed.
They are living on the edge. Michigan isn't as good as their record. Don't take it from me, take it from Red, who said something along those lines a few weeks ago. They have played only three games not decided by one goal: 3-1 over BC, 6-0 over Niagara, and 7-4 over RIT. Hooray winning one goal games and all, but:
- Michigan is 3-0-1 in five minute OT sessions.
- Their goalies have a collective .937, and that's not because every shot is from the blue line.
- Shots for and against are dead even at 428.
- Pythagorean expectation (upshot: goal differential is a better predictive metric than record) works just as well in the NHL as it does MLB, and Michigan is 7th in scoring margin, way behind the Gophers.
Who's happy with #7 in goal differential? Everybody. But they're not playing like the elite team their record and the rankings suggest. There's no denying they've had a hefty helping of fortune so far and replaying this season results in a record this good maybe 5% of the time.
The blue line is a large problem. Bennett's great; everyone else is worrisome at best. The OSU comeback Monday was a collection of gross errors from the defense corps, from Chiasson wandering out to a player behind the net without putting his stick down, thus allowing a centering pass right through him, to Downing sliding his way behind the net on a 4 on 3. On Friday, Clare threw a blind backhand pass behind his own net with three minutes left in a one goal game instead of chipping the puck out of the zone; five seconds later it was no longer a one-goal game.
With Serville hurt, Michigan turned to junior forward Andrew Sinelli as the #6 D, and my buddy and I went from panicking about this to wondering if Michigan would sit Clare in favor of him when Serville was back. Since he hardly saw a shift late Monday you'd think the answer to that is undoubtedly "no," but Spath says he's threatening Serville:
"I like his quickness," Berenson said. "He's a good skater. He goes back to get the puck and he'll win that race. He'll take a hit to make a play. And he's a defensive forward so he has good defensive instincts in our zone."
Szuma missed some time with a concussion but after a long and thorough rest, he's back at practice. It appears, though, that for now, Sinelli has won the job and he will be given every chance to compete with Serville to be the Maize and Blue's sixth defenseman.
Chiasson has apparently slid past Serville to solidify his job, which makes sense to me. Clare holding his spot without threat… not so much.
Sinelli is much defter with the puck than most of Michigan's available defensemen and surprisingly physical for a small guy. He effectively pinned a bunch of guys to the boards and didn't make any glaring errors. He could help. This is both an endorsement of Sinelli and a cocked eyebrow at the rest of the crew.
But hey Bennett. Getting any scoring from the D has been the main issue with Michigan's offense so far. They're 16th in scoring with virtually no contribution from the D. Bennett pulled both of those OSU games out of the fire, first with the great stretch pass embedded above, then with a plunge into the goal mouth to take a cross-ice pass from Chiasson(!) to complete the World's Most Dangerous Goal.
If that had rebounded such that OSU got a quick breakout that was a 3-on-1 developing with Di Giuseppe back. Yikes. But it went in, so hooray.
Guptill's penalty shot against BU is one of five goals on the year for him [Bill Rapai]
The forwards are deep with little top end. I love me some Copp and Compher, who just scored two of the dirtiest crease goals Michigan's put in since… well, it's been a while since Michigan's had a true goalmouth fiend. Those guys bring value beyond their scoring lines and both are at a PPG.
But while it seems like Di Giuseppe, Nieves, Moffatt, and Guptill is a hell of a supporting cast, not a lot is happening 5 on 5 here. Those scoring line veterans have six goals 5v5 in 13 games. That's a little disappointing. The power play, clicking at 25%, is keeping everybody afloat right now; they're going to have to get some more even strength production if they're going to keep winning games if and when the save percentage and PP come back to earth.
Speaking of clicking. The turnaround in the power play is kind of incredible. Last year their single idea was get the puck to Trouba, and this was an okay enough idea to get Michigan to 19%. The year before they were completely miserable at 15%; they were at 17% the year before. All of these numbers seemed deserved.
This year's number also seems deserved. Michigan gets much better puck movement and regularly finds guys for cross-ice bombs that have been the most effective way to put the puck in the net since NHL 94. I don't get why it's happening this year instead of previous years, but I'll take it.
Inexplicable player enthusiasm of the year. Always one guy on the team who does nothing statistically but I find a way to advocate anyway, and this year it's Zach Hyman. Hyman's 1-2-3 line is obviously bleah. I still manage to think that he's much better at coming out of the corners with a purpose than anyone else on the team and should be flanked by two skilled players to take advantage of his ability to create offense off the cycle.
He seems like a different player, even if the stats aren't showing it. Remember this if he blows up in the next 20 games. Forget it if he doesn't.
No Racine is no problem. [Bill Rapai]
Goaltending is weird. Steve Racine started Monday's game out with some shaky rebound control before righting the ship and turning in one of the best four goals allowed performances you'll see; he has a .925 this year, building on the .920 he put up in the final ten games of his freshman season. And this is nothing compared to Nagelvoort, who's putting up Hunwick numbers: .945, 1.65 GAA.
Quite a difference there… and sad to say probably not a sustainable one. Teams that manage to have those kinds of save percentages over the course of the year are generally Cornell or Ron Mason-era MSU teams that place a heavy emphasis on defense and conservatism; Michigan just scored on a cross-ice goalmouth pass from D to D. Meanwhile, the shaky defense corps is giving up a ton of Grade A opportunities, and eventually those are going to start going in unless Michigan gets it together.
Even if it's not sustainable, that's 23 consecutive games of goaltending ranging from high quality to outstanding. At some point the sample size is about as good as its going to get, and we can put the terrible memories of last year behind. That point is coming up very soon.
Is Josh Blackburn still working with Michigan's goalies as a volunteer? Can someone buy him a smoothie or something?
The rest of the league is Minnesota and poop. I fielded a couple of questions about why I was high on Minnesota instead of Wisconsin and didn't really have an answer other than "Wisconsin always does this," and Wisconsin is doing it again: they're 4-5-1 on the year and just got swept by the Gophers in their first Big Ten series; they got blown out by both Boston schools. And they're probably the third best team in the league. The rest:
- OSU is 8-6 with seven of their wins against Robert Morris, Niagara, Canisius, and BGSU (a split with UMD is the final win). They played well against Michigan but still got swept; they were swept by Miami in their first series of the year, and Miami's not that good right now.
- MSU is 5-7 with 4 wins over American International (3-8) and Princeton (3-10); they were recently swept by Michigan Tech.
- Penn State is 3-7-1 with wins over Army, Robert Morris, and Sacred Heart; they were swept by Air Force and Union.
- Minnesota leads the nation in goal differential and is rather good at hockey. They've beaten UNH and taken a three point weekend from BC, plus split against ND.
Minnesota's the heavy favorite to win the league, and Michigan should finish second. No one else is likely to make the tournament.
*[I don't have a handle on what the changes did yet. In previous years I've downplayed the Pairwise until late in the season due to its volatility, preferring RPI as a better projection of where you would finish in the PWR at the end of the year than the actual PWR. If that seems like a dumb ranking system to you, well, at least they overhauled it?]
Hockey Preview 2013: Forwards
MICHIGAN DROPS THE PUCK on Sunday in an exhibition against Waterloo to kick off their 2013-2014 hockey campaign; things get real serious real fast after that as BC comes in for the season opener proper on Thursday the 10th. While I can't go into as much detail as I do with football, a conveniently-timed bye week provides a window in which to properly preview hockey, something I'm not sure I've ever done.
say hello to your next two-year captain, Andrew Copp
The following is a fanciful line chart that will be wrong from day one in many respects, and even more wrong when Red runs his line through a blender four times. But you've got to try:
Alex Guptill | Jr. | Andrew Copp | So. | Boo Nieves | So. |
Phil Di Giuseppe | Jr. | JT Compher | Fr. | Derek DeBlois | Sr. |
Tyler Motte | Fr. | Travis Lynch | Jr. | Luke Moffatt | Sr. |
Evan Allen | Fr. | Justin Selman | So. | Zach Hyman | Jr. |
ALSO: Andrew Sinelli (Jr), Alex Kile (Fr), Max Shuart (Fr)
I call him mini-Copp
CENTER. The theory here is that a year after Michigan struggled with leadership everywhere they will prioritize guys who give maximum effort on every shift and build the team around a core of hard-ass centers. Andrew Copp is obvious. Copp was handed the reins of the top line halfway through the season and almost singlehandedly turned the attitude of the team around. Copp worked his ass off, inspired Alex Guptill to great heights, and finished the year with something of a scoring flourish. He's still developing after a career as a high school quarterback made hockey a part-time pastime, and his freshman year was good enough to draw the attention of the NHL after being passed over a year ago. If Michigan can make good on the promise of their late season run this year and for the next few, Copp will go down like Ortmeyer or Hagelin.
Meanwhile, every scouting report on incoming freshman JT Compher goes out of its way to praise Compher's compete level and two-way play:
Compher's NTDP coach Don Granato summed it up pretty well in Compher's hometown newspaper: ""Anything intangible, as far as an attribute, that I've mentioned, he's a 10."
The phrase "two-way forward" is often the polite cliche for a player with not a lot of offensive talent, but in Compher's case, it's not used in a derogatory fashion. Compher is one of the rare skilled players that exhibits the same effort and enthusiasm without the puck that he does with the puck. He's a tenacious, sometimes nasty, defender that makes life difficult for opponents. His compete level all over the ice is among the best in the draft.
Despite not having awesome size or speed, Compher led the NTDP in PPG last year. He is ready for a lot of responsibility, probably right now. Billy Powers isn't even being coy about it:
J.T. is a guy who really has a lot of tools. He's being talked about a lot as a defensive, third-line forward type but there's some offensive potential there as well, and we think that will flourish in college. We see him as a power play, penalty kill player right from the start, and he'll manage a line as a center in our top six.
If you thought one Copp was rather nice, two Copps will be like heaven after suffering through last year.
[After THE JUMP: actual rather a lot of depth.]
Unverified Voracity In The Community
Predictorama. Everyone predicts Nebraska-Michigan:
- Athlon: M 31-27: "This matchup is relatively even, but a slight edge goes to Michigan. Taylor Martinez and his receivers will test the Wolverines' secondary, but Nebraska's defense will struggle to stop Denard Robinson. Expect Michigan's defense to make one play late in the game that seals the victory for the Wolverines." [NO PRESSURE GREG]
- BWS: Martinez will complete more deep, downfield throws in this game than Michigan has allowed all season, but none of them go for touchdowns; they're heaves to wide receivers who can out-leap and out-muscle Michigan's corners. However, Michigan holds Nebraska to near 150 yards rushing. It's boom-or-bust for Nebraska's offense. Michigan finally gets a good kick/punt return. Nebraska rallies late but Michigan clutches to the win. Michigan 27 - Nebraska 24
- Maize and Brew: Ultimately I think both offenses find some success running the ball, but there are a lot of stalled drives that go 40-50 yards and end in that awkward no-mans-land between "why are you punting" and "why didn't you punt". How the teams approach these situations and who has the most luck on X-and-short will ultimately decide the game. When it comes to this, I like Michigan's odds. Michigan 30 - Nebraska 27
- Holdin' the Rope features Who Are You And Why Do You Care?: Prediction based on everything but football: Nebraska 21 - Michigan 17.
- M&GB: While Nebraska will score some points, Michigan's offense should be able to move the ball with relative ease. The offensive line will get enough push against an overmatched front seven and pave the way for a big day on the ground. The 'Huskers have done a good job this season of matching up with opposing receivers, so look for another big day from tight end Devin Funchess as well when Denard does need to pass. Michigan 42 – Nebraska 24. [ed: yow]
The MZone also has their Know Your Foe series featuring Nebraska mascots past:
I'm surprised the entire state isn't a raving insomniac mess after that business and Li'l Red.
All of us are Purdue. Don't ask me to explain.
I award Jerry Kill the Award for Most Walrus-Looking.
in the communnnity
hmmm. Post idea.
Ryan profile. Via Mike Rothstein comes an extended look at Ryan the Barbarian. In retrospect, this was obvious:
Jake noticed that several kids had stuffed animals they had won in an arcade game in the lobby. He put his arm up the drop portal -- the one the toys usually popped out of -- in an attempt to circumvent the system and grab a stuffed animal.
"The guy had to use the butter from the popcorn machine, rub all over his hands, way up there, to get it out," Susan said. "He was stuck up there for a while."
And thus began Michigan's unique strategy of scouting claw machines across the Midwest, offering anyone with their arm stuck up one.
Hyman profile. This from the Daily:
On the way back from Boston, with Boston University the clear leader in the clubhouse, the Hymans detoured to Ann Arbor for a stop.
It would be their last.
Zach and Spencer sat across from Red Berenson in the coach's office, while Berenson laid out why they should be Wolverines. It didn't take long.
"Ten minutes into Michigan, we had completely forgotten about every other school," Spencer said. "It was over. Zach and I were sitting in the (Ross Academic Center) and we looked at each other and it was like, 'Yeah, we're going to Michigan.' "
Big test tonight for that surging fourth line.
Check on the blocking. Press conference regurgitating here but let's bring that out from behind a jump to confirm that, yeah, Joe Kerridge is in the process of Wally Pipping one Stephen Hopkins:
"I think Joe's had a pretty daggone good stretch here," coach Brady Hoke said Wednesday. "He's practiced well. You look at the iso's and some of the things that he's doing in practice, and then when he gets out there on the field. That's a big part of it."
Hopkins became the starting fullback midway through last season when then-starter John McColgan suffered an injury. He started every game at fullback until sustaining the hamstring injury before the UMass game in Week 3.
Now, it appears he's out of a job.
Brandon Moore isn't playing much after returning from injury either, but I don't think many people are surprised about that.
See no evil no longer works. The NCAA is set to adopt the long-in-the-making penalty revamp that will finally make head coaches responsible for their assistants breaking NCAA rules:
"It's a tougher penalty structure, there's no doubt about it," Southern California athletic director Pat Haden said in an interview conducted prior to USA TODAYSports' acquisition of the document. "The point is, for head coaches -- and this goes for any sport -- you have this responsibility. You need to be constantly vigilant and you need to be constantly coaching your coaches about how important it is to play by the rules." …
Head coaches can avoid penalties for violations committed by their staff if they can document vigilance about potential red flags. For example, the document states that a head coach should ask about how unofficial visits are paid for and advises head coaches to ask their assistants if they suspect a third party or handler is involved in the recruitment.
The rules are supposed to go into effect Tuesday; hopefully they'll have some impact. Always tough to tell.
Puck drop tonight. The CCHA's parting gift to Michigan starts this weekend as what might be the conference series of the year will see the Saturday game bereft since it's on at the same time Nebraska-Michigan is. The athletic department is selling half-price tickets to both games this weekend, which says something about where Yost attendance is when you can't even sell out a 7:35 Friday game against Miami.
Whether Yost is present or not, they'll drop the puck. MHN on the Redhawks:
Miami is led offensively by a strong group of underclassmen. Five of their top six scorers are a freshman and sophomores. Sophomores Blake Coleman (4-1-5 in 4gp), Austin Czarnik (2-3-5 in 4gp), and freshman Riley Barber (3-2-5 in 4gp) are all tied for the team scoring lead.
Like the Wolverines, the RedHawks welcome a pair of freshmen in the crease who have split playing time. Freshman Jay Williams is 2-0-0 with a 1.94 GAA and .915 save percentage. Fellow classmate Ryan McKay is 1-0-1 with a 0.48 GAA and .984 save percentage.
After two weekends in which the play on the ice was dominating against lower-level competition this is an acid test. Racine will get the start for M.
BONUS: The only word we'd had on Michigan's nonconference scheduling after the move to the Big Ten was something Red tossed off about having little desire to continue "so-called rivalries" against Miami and Notre Dame, which was disappointing. Red seems to have reversed his opinion somewhat, though:
Berenson said on Inside Michigan Hockey this week that Miami is interested in scheduling non-conference games after the CCHA disbands.
I'm guessing scheduling ND is out of the question after they ended the football series in the most dickish way possible.
I'm nervous that Michigan's going to run out 14 games against Bentley next year. Any indication they're not is welcome.
Meanwhile, here's my contractually obligated reminder that the Michigan schools and a guest—probably Bowling Green—should ditch the GLI for a State of Michigan Championship that would be awesome. The trophy could be a mitten the size of a man the winning captain has to put on. Yeah.
Squash. It was known at the time that Rick Pitino was theees close to becoming Michigan's basketball coach a while back when the Amaker hire was made, and good Lord what—
"The day that I committed to Louisville, I signed an agreement to be the next head coach of Michigan and I was fired up to be the coach at Michigan," Pitino said. "The athletic director at the time, who's no longer there (Bill Martin), was playing squash and my wife came up, she just didn't want me to go to the west coast, UNLV, and be away from the children. She agreed, okay let's go to Michigan."
She eventually convinced him to change his mind, and due to one of Martin's squash matches, Pitino informed Michigan of his decision via voicemail.
"I tried to call the A.D. at Michigan between 12 and 1," he recalled. "I had a false name. I would give him a fake name and he would call me back. I couldn't get a hold of him because he was playing squash. The secretary said he demands that he doesn't get interrupted unless it's an emergency and if you want you can leave a voicemail.
"I left a voicemail and went to Louisville and I'm really happy I did."
What qualifies as an emergency to Athletic Director Bill Martin?
- 50% off sale at Squash Unlimited
- Opportunity to hire nice man who wears turtlenecks but has no coaching acumen
- Molasses explosion
- 30% off sale at Squash Unlimited
- Member of immediate family diagnosed with rickets or beri-beri, ONLY rickets or beri-beri don't come to me with any of this scurvy business eat an orange for crissakes
- 1975 America's Cup highlights VHS arrives via Pony Express
- Champagne reaches 56.7 degrees
- Anything at all not related to the most important part of his job
People in charge of things are just in charge of them. There is not necessarily a reason.
Lewan draft stock. Doing okay you guys:
Michigan's Taylor Lewan matched the physical challenge presented by hated in-state rival Michigan State and their 6-6, 278 pound defensive end William Gholston. … Just as Lewan did in 2011, the Michigan left tackle controlled Gholston, demonstrating enough lateral agility and balance in his kick-slide to maintain the edge and the great length and strength to lock up his opponent. Gholston lacks the explosive burst to give Lewan a stiff challenge in pass protection but the Spartans also sent smaller, quicker pass rushers against Lewan, including linebackers on the blitz. Having only played on the offensive line since his senior season of high school, Lewan demonstrated the improvement in pass protection scouts are hoping to see from him to warrant the frequent comparisons he's gained to former Wolverine star Jake Long.
Lewan has specifically improved in his patience as a pass blocker, recognizing spin movies and sliding laterally rather than lunging. As he has throughout much of his career, Lewan was also consistently able to knock defenders off the ball in the running game. Despite his height, the 6-7, 310 pound Lewan played with good pad level, winning the battle of leverage against Gholston and other MSU defenders.
Let's hope he stays anyway.
Etc.: Quinton Washington picture pages WSG Campbell, Roh, and Floyd. John Beilein will live forever. John Beilein says things to media members. Downing, Motte, and Compher feature in USHL prospects article. How do improve NCAA rule enforcement: outsource it. How Northwestern busted the 80 yard Venric Mark TD. Denard Robinson's mechanics. Injuries hit Horford (apparently minor) and McGary (minor, still recovering).
Unverified Voracity Beats East Plano Tech State
900. The video from the boards:
Can we start calling the team Hokemen, Daily?
Speaking of…
We have fewer lame-o wins than anyone! Except Georgia! Pat Forde scours the ten winningest programs in college football history to find the out how many of those wins have been run up against East York Veterinary School. Michigan's docket:
Michigan (19). Total wins: 900. Junk wins: 57 (at least). Percentage of all-time wins that are junk: 6.3. Persistent pigeon: Case Institute of Technology (Ohio), 26-0-1 record. Scheduled junk win that turned into a bad loss: Cleveland AA 8, Michigan 4. What, you were expecting Appalachian State? (Since the game was played in 1891, the AA is not believed to be Alcoholics Anonymous.)
That's actually fewer than anyone in the top ten save Georgia, though Georgia did lose to an empty patch of grass in 1943. The worst offender is USC, with 102 Doris Beautician School beatdowns.
Meanwhile… 8-4, huh? Sounds preview-licious. If only I had known about this Cleveland AA game before Michigan played State.
Is that an axe between your legs or are you just happy to see me? Oh, it's actually an axe.
Via Heiko and his insatiable appetite for panoramic photos. Larger version.
Get there. All weeks are championship weeks:
"Probably just as much as you guys are thinking in your heads," Mealer said. "As much as you guys have been hearing it, we hear it even more. And for you guys, it's probably overbearing and redundant and things like that -- I'm sure, because I can see all the smiles when I brought it up -- but for us, that's why you come to Michigan.
"For us players, it's not redundant, it's not, 'OK we get it.' It's, 'Remember last year? We lost a game here, we lost a game there, and we kept ourselves out of that game.' So we accept the constant reminder of it."
Mealer said there's a picture of the Big Ten championship trophy in the team's Schembechler Hall meeting room. There are roses painted on the walls, a not-so-subtle reminder of the bowl that awaits the league's champion.
This one maybe a little more than most.
I'm not sure I can do this any longer, @umichcompliance. I started following Michigan's compliance feed for some reason. Maybe I needed more dry statements of things I can't do and have never even thought of doing in my life.
It's been a passionate affair so far, but I'm not sure if I can deal with the mindboggle on the regular. To wit:
Michigan Compliance
@umichcomplianceThe NCAA prohibits the sale of any item with the name, picture or autograph of a currently enrolled student-athlete.
That seems like a pretty reasonable restrict—
Let's not forget, Dude—that keeping pictures… uh… items with the name, picture, or autograph of a currently enrolled student-athlete… on, uh, your official, you know, website… that ain't legal.
Burkhead may not play. Sounds like Nebraska tailback Rex Burkhead may sit out Saturday after tweaking an ACL sprain last weekend:
Huskers coach Bo Pelini said this aggravation isn't as bad as the one in the Ohio State game, but the repeated issues have him inclined to rest Burkhead for a week. Pelini said Burkhead is day to day and has improved since Saturday.
"He felt really good going into the [Northwestern] game, didn't have any issues in practice," Pelini said. "He's frustrated and obviously disappointed he's had to deal with it. It's been too bad."
Backup/co-starter Ameer Abdullah hasn't ben much of a drop-off: he's averaging almost 6 yards a carry on 86 attempts, with impressive output in the three Big Ten games he's played in—5.5 YPC. He's faster than Burkhead, albeit slighter. Former top 100 recruit Braylon Heard should also get some carries.
Also in Nebraska, reviews of their latest game.
Pitch perfect. The MZone is actually written by Stephen Colbert.
"Nation, I've always been a big fan of Michigan State football coach and scowling man most likely to tell kids to get the hell off his lawn, Mark Dantonio. His enduring sportsmanship, like getting into public feuds with 21 year old college kids by mocking their height, along with always looking out for the health and best interests of his players, evidenced by holding them out at least two plays when they get an on-field concussion, have made him a role model Spartan fans can be proud of before, during and after the burning of their couches."
Fourth line FTW. The top takeaway from Friday's one-off hockey game against Bentley was the fantastic play of what was nominally the fourth line of Andrew Copp, Zach Hyman, and Justin Selman. They scored twice, dominated play when on the ice, and must have locked themselves into additional playing time as Michigan kicks off their final CCHA campaign against Miami:
The line of Hyman, Copp and Selman has "really given our team a life," according to Michigan coach Red Berenson.
"He told us what we needed to do to have a good week in practice," Selman said. "He was making sure every day we were going as hard as we could. We kind of worked off what he was doing and followed in his footsteps.
Copp came from the same lineage as Danny Fardig—the guy on the USA NTDP roster who bounces from the U17s to U18s to fill in on the fourth line and never score—but has shown some soft hands early. Hyman played with a high energy level, as well. I haven't seen Selman enough to really get a read on him yet, but the line's performance speaks for itself.
Clare will return to the lineup against Miami, BTW. Mike Szuma was okay as a sixth defenseman on Friday. Michigan Hockey Net has a Bentley recap.
Siberia also FTW. Preds winger Sergei Kostitsyn is spending the lockout playing in Siberia. This is what Siberia looks like. In May.
Kostitsyn, 25, who joined the Predators from the Montreal Canadiens in June 2010, also said he hated life in North America and labelled Columbus "the gloomiest" city in the States.
Unfortunately, he could not continue ripping on Columbus because Omsk was invaded by thousands of red plastic figures at that very moment.
Thinking alike. BWS picture-paged the zero-yard Denard run that featured as an exemplar of Michigan State going ape on run plays in the just-posted edition on this site. Yeesh:
I think the only deep ball in this game was out of an I-Form to a double-covered Jeremy Jackson. Gotta loosen those guys up—yeah, you might turn the ball over if you bomb it deep but if you're just punting in three plays anyway…
How Purdoed it. Doesn't work as well as "Purdon't," I guess, and is equally dumb. Anyway, Ross Fulton's latest breakdown of the Ohio State offense is even more interesting than normal since it deals with topics often found here in the aftermath of OSU's extensive struggles against the Purdue defense. Purdue loaded up to stop Miller, won a lot of battles on the line of scrimmage, and OSU could not punish Purdue cheating off the slot receivers. This sounds awfully familiar:
The Buckeye passing game was perhaps most successful when OSU could get their hurry-up offense going and catch Purdue in uncertainty. This led to the second Buckeye touchdown. But all too often Ohio State missed available opportunities. For instance, Devin Smith several times had man coverage beat. If Braxton simply leads him to the corner and lets him run under it, it was a potential touchdown.
More acutely, Ohio State was not able to punish Purdue for cheating off their slot receivers. It was not simply for a lack of trying. Miller sailed one bubble screen over Corey Brown's head. On the clip above, he held the ball a second too long, allowing the Purdue corner to make a nice play. But other times it appeared clear opportunities were available that OSU did not take advantage of. Traditionally, this has been an automatic check with Meyer and Herman. The offense will continue running the pre-called play but the QB will simply pull and throw the football. Perhaps Meyer & Co have not yet given Miller the ability to do so. But by allowing alley players to cheat into the box, a spread offense quickly loses the numbers advantage it gains from the QB run threat.
That's how you end up with 100 yards at halftime against Purdue. OSU started bashing straight ahead A-gap power from the pistol and running their veer a gap inside the crashing LBs, but Miller's exit cut their response short.
Hey hey!
OSU must find more consistent ways to punish a defense that cheats alley defenders. Whether it is with wide receiver screens or bootlegs, OSU cannot allow a defense that much free rein. OSU must not also let opposing defenses dissuade them from sticking to what they do well. Though this is somewhat counter to the previous point, I believe they work together. The Buckeyes must continue to work to establish their base run game and then use play-action to exploit an opposing defense.
This mindmeld thing is creeping me out.
Etc.: Hero police robot back on duty after 'unstable man' blasts it with shotgun. You will be surprised to know this happened in Nebraska, not Detroit, home of police robots. [HT: Corn Nation.] RAWK HELICOPTER FLYOVER. Mmmmm… Dwayne Bacon. Hundred Level video released. O'Bannon lawsuit update. [HT: Get the Picture.] Getting our mean on at MNB. Nebraska equals points. OSU adds an Oregon home and home to their far future.
Oddly Timed Hockey Update
DiGuiseppe, Sparks, Hunwick laying down the thunder. Via Daily, Daily, Mining Journal
Sometimes you start typing up a UV bit and then you hit 600 words and break it out into a post you had not intended to write.
So: hockey. It's been playing. They spent the first couple weeks wandering about looking pretty bad, then annihilated St. Lawrence to be an incredibly underserving #1. One Hunwick game misconduct later they came back from Northern with just two points in their CCHA opener and that ranking was gone.
Ferris rolled into town last night with a 6-0 record and sweep of Miami to their credit; Michigan came away with a validating 5-2 win. I have a habit of watching Ferris early in the year, thinking they're really good, and then watching them go .500, but I mean it this time: I think this is a really good Ferris team. This time I'm on steadier ground what with their record.
I'm still getting a handle on the team since it is hugely different than last year's outfit, but I think it's going to be more fun to watch than last year's edition. That's not to say it will be better—they won the league and got to overtime in the national title game—but they've already scored more pretty goals than they did all of last year.
That's thanks in part to Lindsay Sparks going from oft-scratched to the team's leading scorer. I won't question Red Berenson in case he decides to look at me with disappointment, thereby turning me into dust, but… I don't get it, man. The last couple years it seemed clear he was more of a threat than several second-liners, let alone the Rohrkempers of the world. This year he's looking like an all-conference player. He's already got 11 points, many of them featuring top-level skill.
Freshman takes in order of eeee:
- Phil DiGuiseppe. As I tweeted yesterday, guy can play. Slick passer, good jump, good size, good hands. Sometimes you pull these guys out of Junior A (not B, as I erroneously tweeted) and it turns out they can't make the transition. No such problems for DiGuiseppe, and he just turned 18. Star potential.
- Zach Hyman. Hyman hasn't leapt off the page as much as DiGuiseppe but he'll get there. He's good good balance and hands and he's been an effective part of the Sparks line.
- Mike Chiasson. Steady, conservative defensive defenseman. Will be a four year player; should quietly hold down a second pairing for most of his career.
- Brennan Serville. Has not been as noticeable but seems to have a regular spot. Don't know much about his game yet.
- Travis Lynch. Slotted into a spot with Wohlberg and Glendening and has 3-3-6 already. Had a sweet deflection last night on a Bennett point shot. Not sure if he can keep this up but he's been on a tear since about two seconds after he committed.
- Alex Guptill. Getting a generic-big-guy vibe from him. He'll slouch around the third line most of his career before suddenly getting really good as a senior, like Rohlfs or Lebler.
Szuma and Sinelli got in one game; they get incompletes. They are the new generation of healthy scratches.
Random other items:
- Greg Pateryn is a long-limbed rock. Tough to get enough space to get a good chance when he's on the ice. He will screw up too often to be truly great but if they come through this period without Merrill okay it will be because he held down the fort against top lines.
- Kevin Clare is unbelievably slow. I think he's the guy who sees his playing time decline when Merrill gets back.
- Derek Deblois looks like he's taken a step forward this year. Ditto Brown.
- I guess I can't complain when David Wohlberg is above a PPG but I don't like having him on the same line as Lynch (freshman edition) and Glendening. I'd like to see what a Sparks-DiGuiseppe-Wohlberg line could accomplish, and let the Lynches and Glendening anchor a checking line.
- The official scorer at Yost is padding opponent shot totals like a mother. Anything that gently rolls to a stop two feet in front of the goal is counted. I'm of a mind to look at Hunwick's home/away splits last year to see if there's a big difference in save percentage.
Michigan's streak of picking up an NTDP goalie has hit a third straight year with the commitment of 2012 G Jared Rutledge. Hurray. You're worried.
You're right to be, but Michigan's streak of having that goalie blanch at the prospect of competing with Shawn Hunwick and bolt to the OHL should end at two since Hunwick will be gone after this year. Rutledge, like Trouba, waited a long time to figure out what he was going to do so he wouldn't end up breaking his word:
"I told Red I didn't want to be their hat trick," Rutledge said with a smile. "I told them all along that when I made my decision, I was going to be 100% sure I was coming there. I couldn't be happier and I'm really excited."
Tell us what we've won, me.
Rutledge is a smallish goalie reputed to have excellent anticipation, rebound control, and positioning:
Rutledge is technically and positionally very sound, is excellent at controlling rebounds, handles the puck well, competes hard, has a good glove, doesn't get phased on the rare occasion he does let in a bad goal, and is extremely good at anticipating the play. Though he isn't overly big, he challenges exceptionally well, and makes life miserable for shooters. If you don't beat him on the first shot, chances are you won't get another opportunity.
Sounds like a less-tiny Hunwick who isn't constantly kicking pucks out into the slot. (No offense intended to Tiny Jesus.) He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 OHL draft by Saginaw and is kicking around draft lists as a "B"—mid-round—prospect. His stats are pretty solid—he's averaged between .910 and .920 save percentage splitting time between the U17 and U18 teams, generally outperforming his competition in the same situation.
Hockey recruiting class: complete? Michigan might add a walk-on piece here and there, but this looks like it's about it for next year (question marks denote kids Heisenberg has listed as 2012 or 2013:
- Forwards: Boo Nieves, Daniel Milne, Justin Selman, Max Shuart(?)
- Defensemen: Jacob Trouba, Connor Carrick, Spencer Hyman(?)
- Goalie: Rutledge
If Merrill makes it through his current suspension I'm guessing he will be around next year as well. It seems like someone who was going to leave after this year anyway would book it given the severity of the punishment. If so they may or may not add Hyman. Right now they're scheduled to bring back everyone save Pateryn and I'm not seeing a ton of departure threats. Maybe Bennett. Hyman would be the seventh defenseman at best in that situation because Michigan would be insanely loaded on D: Merrill, Bennett, Trouba, Moffie, Carrick, Chiasson, Serville, and Clare plus Szuma and possibly Hyman. If Merrill and Bennett both take off then there'd obviously be room.
I wish there was a little more depth in the forward corps—I haven't seen any buzz about Milne and Selman being draftable—but a quality goalie plus two first-round types is a big haul to go with what's looking like a promising freshman class.
The scoreboard is hypothetically awesome but they're still trying to figure out how to use it. Goal replays are erratic; highlight packages sometimes don't appear at all in intermissions, and penalties never get replays. If they're willing to put the Wohlberg goal up last night as it was being reviewed I don't think that's a controversy thing. I get that there's only one camera but at least some of the penalties are on the puck.
As for Yost… man, it has been off. I think moving the seniors close to the band was a mistake. When they were in the middle of the ice the chants had a smaller maximum distance; now the two sections furthest away from the band are mostly empty and totally lame. Are ticket prices too high? Michigan ran that Groupon special and packed the empty endzone seats; once that stopped we were again treated to nearly-empty sections in both endzones. I sit amongst the old fuddies now and they're not around either.
Another possibility: odd starting times have thrown people off after decades of Friday, Saturday, 7:30, see you in two weeks.
Whatever the explanation, I'm not feeling the same sort of excitement in the building that there was even a couple years ago. We're seeing the same sort of apathy infect the student section at football games. I think it's time to start taking attendance and offering people nice perks for showing up on time, like better seats next year. The AD's solitary focus on money is making the product worse.


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Ooops. The morning after the day before.
It took a bleary-eyed, just woken up reading of Harbinger Zero's Blogday post for me to realise that we have the same blog-birthday. I need more coffee.
So er — yeah. Hurrah and stuff. Yesterday was insanely busy with RL stuff — some of it good, some of it mortifying (then fixed), all of it involving a lot of running around — and I just didn't think of it. Which is typical because I spent most of last week reminding myself I shouldn't forget my own blog-birthday.
I'm actually much more comfortable wishing other people a happy event-day than blowing a trumpet about my own. I can't be arsed to do a list of my late and great posts — there aren't many (the backward-looking eye is a critical one) but some aren't bad. I've enjoyed posting here for the last couple of years, at least most days, and it's never turned into a job, at least most days.
I'm not out for the reader numbers, though those of you who stop by and read and/or comment are very welcome — and in many cases much smarter and more interesting than me. I'm out to write what I know about the games I play because I'm passionate about games and because frothing — which is what we used to call mostly empty game-related talk back before I even played MMOs — is just so much fun.
Here's to another few years — for your sins.
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Grats Ysh! Like Yeebo, I have a bit of a fuzzy understanding of when my actual blogday is, in part because I did a very soft launch (i.e. opened the blog and started posting the occasional content well before I actually started promoting the thing or updating it on any sort of regular basis). But a blogday/year is a blogday/year in any case.


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The Rise of Kaa! Part Une.
Dark Fantasy,
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Gender: Female Age: Secret Location: N/A
Posted: 2013-01-25
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My name is Sam. I'm your typical everyday adult, just trying to make a place in this world. I live in a flat with my best friend ever, Hannah. Now, Hannah has some exotic tastes. A knack for the obscure, shall we say.
It was a fresh, Spring day. I'd already been up and out early. It was my day off, so I decided to do some food shopping. I returned to the flat to find glass panels scattered everywhere. It genuinely looked like we were having random extra windows thrown in! A little curious, I walk to the spare room of our flat. In there was a large, wooden crate and a very flustered Hannah, trying to read a set of instructions to throw the cage together. I knock on the door and smile awkwardly at her as she knelt on the ground. Her head snapped around to me and she let out a hearty and exhausted sigh, her shoulders giving an emphasis of defeat as they slouch.
''I bought this python, just because I thought it'd be pretty cool, and now I can't put the bloody cage together!'' I lean against the door frame and roll my eyes, crossing my arms, ''I don't suppose you could give me a hand?'' I nod and walk over to her, grabbing a few odd parts. My head turns to glance over at the slight hissing noise I hear in the corner of the room, inside the huge wooden box. The box must fill about a quarter of the room, I'd say about 8 feet in length atleast. The cage was meant to be slightly bigger than the box.
But there was something that was catching my eye a little more than just the size of the box. Through the air holes, I could just spot two large, yellow eyes in the light. My gaze fixated on them, staring longingly at them. Eventually, a hazy noise came from below me.
''... Sam? Sam? Are you alright?'' I look at her blankly, smile weakly and nod.
''Yeah, I'm fine,'' I say with a slight tremble in my voice, ''Come on, let's throw this cage together!''
After much faffing about and and moving everything from one place to another, we got the first half of the cage put together. Then we realize the wooden crate the snake was in was in the way. It needs to be moved. So we got to either end and picked it up, trying not to tip the crate and aggravate the poor lizard on the inside. My head bowed down to check quickly whether or not the crate had tipped, but my eyesight was once again caught by the light of the air holes. My walking slowed to an eventual stop as I, once again, fixated on the two eyes. They shimmer and spiral in multi-colours of blue and yellow. I find myself enthralled by it. I didn't know what it was, but I wanted it. At this period in time, nothing was giving me more pleasure than just being stood and watching the two spirals.
A crash whips me out of it and a throbbing sensation on the tip of my big toe kept me there. I barely acted as though anything had happened. Hannah begins to worry for my health and starts to check I'm alright.
''Ohh bugger! Sam? Are you okay? I knew I was going a bit too fast...'' I wave my hand in the air and told her I was fine. I grab my end of the crate, pick it back up, and place it in the living room. Thank God the lid's on the top of the crate, as opposed to the sides. We walk back into the spare room and continue to work with the cage. All we had to do now is sort out the scenery and detachable roof, and we're sorted!
We fit the last few bits and smile at our accomplishment. We order in a pizza, drank a few Coca-Cola's, then went to bed. It was almost midnight by the time we finished that bloody cage!
There's a knock at the door. The pizza guy's here! I jump out of my seat, money in hand, and walk to the door. As I open it and converse with the gentleman. He's young, shy and fairly cute. I begin to tease him a little and watch him blush. Hannah looks at me quickly from the other side of the door and lips 'You rotter' at me.
I feel a slight headache come on. I frown and look up, almost jumping out of my skin as I look at him again. The same spirals in that snake's eyes swirl around his. I start to freak out a little. The pizza guy asks if I'm alright. His eyes pulse and bump in that same yellow and blue spiral that was coming from the snake earlier. I shake my head rapidly. The headache passes and his eyes are back to normal. I pay him, grab the pizza and very sheepishly retreat back indoors.
What the hell was that? Why're these swirls cropping up everywhere? And why's it a different emotion each time? First, curiosity, the second time, pleasure and the third time, fear. I just sat, had a bite to eat and pretend like nothing happened, although the colour had run from my skin and I looked a little frightened.
After a confusing past few hours, I adjourn to my bedroom. Quickly, I change into my PJ's and curl up in my sheets, smiling as the warmth of the sheets coils around me. It being spring, the occurrence of a sharp blade of wind or a chilly day was still not totally unheard of. I let the sheets heat me up a tad, then hook a leg over the covers as I got a bit toasty. Slowly, my mind fell into a deep sleep.
''Warm are we?''
Where'd that voice come from?
''Don't panic. Jussssst trussssst in me.''
I look around, under the bed and covers, then get up out of bed. The cold hits me and I begin to rub my arms. Deciding that I'm not imagining these voices, I answer.
''W-Who are you?!''
I whisper so as not to wake Hannah.
''Do you like being warm, my peeeeet?''
''Answer me!''
''I can wrap you up and keeeeeep you warm all night loooooong.''
''Where are you?''
''I think we both know the anssssssswer to that quesssssstion, don't we?''
I pause to think. Maybe this voice is connected to those enthralling spirals. When was the first time I saw that...?
''... You're the snake, aren't you?''
''Sssssmart and sssssssmokin' hot. A lethal combination. Well done. I'll leave you to sssssssleep, but make ssssure you visssssit me.''
''No! You can't just leave like that! Come back! Answer my questions!'' There was no answer. Just silence. A little freaked out again, I curl back up in bed. Maybe these are just hallucinations and I need some sleep? I have just done several days on the trot at work, this being my first day off in weeks. Either way, I shut my eyes and went to sleep.
The next day came and I was feeling much better. Maybe it was just exhaustion then. I walk into the kitchen in my PJ's. No Hannah. She must either be in bed or at work. It's about 10am, so I decide to grab a bowl of cereal. As i reach for the Fridge handle, I see a little post-it note on the fridge door.
I put the snake in his new home. Can you feed him a couple of mice please? They're in the room next to his cage. His name is Kaa, by the way.
A little smiley face illustrated her thanks at the bottom of the note. My facial features dropped. I guess this shows she's at work for the day. Thanks to last night, that snake made me nervous. I best just get it over and done with as soon as possible. But I didn't want my cornflakes to get soggy! I sat and munched at them, moving myself into the living room and plopping infront of the TV. I became distracted. The phone soon rang. It was a cute guy I met at a club the other week. He wanted to meet up for lunch in an hour or so. Typical me, I needed to get ready. It takes me forever. I grabbed a bath, applied my make-up. As I put some blush on, I looked at the window. It was bright and sunny. The trees weren't swaying, so there was little to no wind. I looked for something applicable for warm weather.
I grab a black bra first and throw that on, grabbing a matching blue and black g-string thong. A pair of black, leather hot pants instantly catch my eyes as they shine in the light afterwards. As does a blue tank top. I pull the hot pants up as high as possible to get a good sight of my legs. I tuck the tank top into my hot pants and stretch upwards, making it less constricting, but still smart looking. I pull up a pair of glossy, skin-toned stockings and put on a pair of heel-boot hybrids with a tonne of straps cladding it's brown, leather exterior. Finally, I take a wide, leather-studded belt and wrap it around my waste to hide where my top and hot pants join. Taking an afro comb out, I begin to just add a little volume to my hair. I grab a small spaghetti string purse and go to walk out.
Crap! I forget that bloody snake. I rush quickly into the spare room. It's dark. The curtains are drawn and the light's off. I go to flick the light on, but nothing happens as I hit the switch. I walk hastily over to the curtains, next to the snake's tank, and open them. I dawdle back to the center of the room and look around for a box of mice to feed him. My heels crush the carpet slowly as my footing becomes soft.
There's nothing. Well, in terms of mice. There's actually a few things in here that weren't in here yesterday, like a desk chair that I've never even seen before. There's also a can of deodorant and several potted, exotic looking plants. Finally, I find the mice. They're hidden, in a tiny slot between the wall and the cage. I reach down to grab the box. I take a few mice from it, take the rook of and throw them in. The snake looks at them with disinterest and freezes. He waits until they get close to his mouth before he lefts out a lightning quick strike, crushing them inbetween it's jaws. One by one, he takes them out. Something shines in the corner of my eyes. I turn, disgusted by the sight of the mealing snake, to find a very, very expensive bottle of perfume on the window sill. My back's turned to the cage. I sample the perfume. It was sweet smelling and fairly average. however, something compelled me to put it on. And in copious amounts too. I hear a bump, like plastic hitting glass, and turn. Kaa's head is poking out of the tank.
''Back are we?''
That voice again... It's definitely the snake. I turn my head, stand upright and stare it down, frowning.
''What do you want from me?!''
''Your trusssssst my peeeeeet. Your trussssssst.''
The snake's head sways very gracefully from left to right, then back again. It moves closer and closer. For some odd reason, I do not feel scared. Just cautious. Slowly, I walk to the door. My body's positioned much like a hunter battling an angry tiger. My shoulders were hunched, my back arched, my legs bent and my arms spread wide. I turn to the door and grab the handle, but it won't budge. What the hell was going on? Someone else must be here too. My head slowly rotates to look at the snake with a deep frown.
It approaches closer, it's head now at my feet. It sways itself up. I press my back u against the wall. It's eyes swirled in that obnoxious blue and yellow. He kept saying over and over again 'Trust in me', hissing with his snake-like flare on every 's' and 'e'. Around and around I watch the spiral. I shake my head and call out.
''N-No! I won't... Be broken!''
''Ohh, but you will. You want to.''
''I am my own person! I am... I am Sssssssam.''
I try to look away. I'm literally screaming in my mind to look away, but slowly, I feel my mind melt. My thoughts are bubbling to nothing. The creased features on my face slowly drop, replacing them with a goofy smile. My eyes become warped in the same spirals that warp his.
''And what issssss Sssssssam'sssssss purpossssssse?''
''It... Issssss... To ssssserve...''
''To ssssserve whom?''
''To sssserve... Masssssster Kaa.''
Finally, he breaks me. Although, I wouldn't say 'Brakes' me. He's opened my mind to a world of pleasure. I feel delight pulse through my body as though I'm on drugs or having a constant, weak orgasm, all thanks to my wonderful master. I look at my master turn away, his tail leading to my chin.
''Follow me, sssssslave.''
''Yessssss masssssster...''
I sluggishly drudge a few steps forward before stopping, as master does. My legs feel as though they can barely hold me up. They shake and quiver. I look gormlessly into the distance. I feel him coil around my left thigh twice and roll over my arse, appearing on my right side. The touch of his smooth scales send waves of pleasure through my body, even through my glossy tights. I feel an orgasm roll on.
''Ssssssso sssssssoon? Ssssssssomeone's not quite ussssssed to thisssss!''
His very touch makes hairs stand on end all over my body. I feel him coil around my right hip, going over my lower back, and emerging just under my breasts. He looks up at me.
''Remove your belt and untuck your top, ssssslave.''
''Yessss masssster.''
I reach behind me, unbuckling my belt and letting it drop to the floor. I then tug and pull at my tank top, pulling it from my hot pants. The skin tight top still clings to my frame.
''That'sssssss a good ssssssslut.''
He lowers his head and slips it under the top and under my bra, sliding inbetween my breasts. As his scales touch my bare skin for the first time, I feel my legs buckle and my face crease, fighting back another orgasm. He coils up and behind my neck, emerging from the right. Much of him still laid on the carpet, regardless of how much was ensnaring my body. Me moved his mouth near my ear.
''Let'sssssss have a little fun, Sssssssssam. Do you like to have fun?
''I love to have fun. Esssspecially with my massssssster.''
His tongue tickles and teases my ear as he speaks. All that I can think about was how lucky I was to have such a generous and selfless master. Truly, he makes me feel good and I moan softly as he talk. His tail slides up to my waist. My legs continue to quiver. With his tail, he unbuckles my hot pants, but doesn't take them down. The zip falls undone by itself. He takes the tip of his tail and slowly pushes it down the front. It rolls over my hot, damp pussy, forcing it's way to my behind, where it pops out, glistening with my juices. I fall to my knees, moaning loudly.
''M-Massster, let me play with my breassssstssssss, pleassssse!''
He nods in approval. My hands grip them tight through the top and bra. They begin to massage my otherwise hot body. My living master beings to pleasure me more by rocking his tail back and forth in my trousers. His smooth scales rub up against me clit. With every gyration, I feel the grip on my breasts get tighter. I tip my head back and close my eyes, screaming at the ceiling as orgasms roll over me.
''Are we having fun, my peeeeeet?''
I nod, exhaustedly. I need to show my master a way to let him know I appreciate all he's doing for me. But how does one pleasure a snake? I think back to my animal biology classes in college. Snakes have a barbed penis near the end of their tail!
''M-Massssster, I feel ssssso... Ssssselfisssssh for hogging all the fun. pleasssssse, won't you... Usssssse your.... Barb on me.''
I look master in the eyes. He looks almost surprised that I knew that. I show him a goofy grin, before I resort to more orgasmic screams and moans. He nods slowly.
''Very well. You ssssshall become the firssssst human to bear my penissssss. Get ready...''
I feel his tail twirl underneath me. That alone proves enough to make me climax again, as it's just an unexpected change in pace. I feel a small bump just from him. It's warm to the touch. I feel it tickle my lips, teasing me. I grit my teeth as it just hovers in my trousers. I feel it push against my crotch, but not my cunt. It's moving my thong. Ohh God, this is it!
Finally, I feel it jut in. With a wide gaped smile and a jutted out tongue, I feel myself almost squirming with pleasure. The grip on my breasts get's tights, and I begin to rock them back and forth against my master's smooth body.
I dip my head down, looking at the long, tendril-like body wrap around me and jutt out of my breasts. I begin to instinctively like and suck on it, as though it was a cock just placed infront of me.
I feel Kaa's breathing become faster and faster. His warm breath soothes my ear. Our bodies rock and pulse together in an orgasmic display of taboo. I feel him swell and writhe inside me.
''S-Sssssam, I need to blow my ssssslut. It's going to be inside of you.''
''Yesssss massster, yessss! Blow insssside of me, pleassssse!''
I felt our bodies release a ridiculous amount of sexual tension. We both called out, me with an orgasmic scream through my teeth and him with just a hard hiss. I fall backwards and convulse a few times as snake semen pours into me. My breath is rapid and deep. I must have had atleast four orgasms through the course of that. Suddenly, I hear the door unlock. I dip my head back, smiling once I see who's there.
To be continued.
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anonymous reader
2013-10-05 17:10:13
This is a turn on make more piz
anonymous reader
2013-10-02 14:36:47
I had the best orgasm reading this story Incredible make more <3
anonymous reader
2013-09-30 21:14:27
Awesome story I loved it
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