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David Beaty to Kansas: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
Kansas has reportedly chosen Texas A&M wide receivers coach David Beaty to fill the program's vacant head coaching position. He previously had brief stints with the Jayhawks as co-offensive coordinator in 2011 and receivers coach in 2008-09.
Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports reports Beaty was informed he's the choice:
Feldman also notes the growing success of Kevin Sumlin assistants:
This will mark his first head coaching gig at the collegiate level. He takes over for Clint Bowen, who filled in on an interim basis for the final eight games after the dismissal of Charlie Weis.
While it may take some time for Beaty to establish his coaching identity, the one area where he's made an impact is on the recruiting trail. He spent the past two seasons as the coordinator of that effort for the Aggies.
Being able to attract top-end talent has been an issue for the Jayhawks in recent years. That helps explain why they haven't had a winning season since 2008. It's an area where the program should see rapid improvement under Beaty.
His main focus at the outset will probably be on offense. As his bio on Texas A&M's official athletic site notes, he had success helping develop players on that side of the ball while at Kansas in the past:
While at KU, he helped receivers Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe develop into NFL caliber players. Meier received All-Big 12 accolades in 2008 and 2009, while Briscoe was an All-American and first-team All-Big 12 pick in 2009. In 2008 five different KU players produced a total of 15 100-yard receiving games. Among the school records set by KU wide receivers in 2008 were season receptions, game receptions, season yards, game yards, and season touchdowns.
Kansas needed a new direction after the failed stays of Turner Gill and Weis. Beaty should be able to create a new identity for Jayhawks football by excelling in the recruiting battles they have otherwise lost recently.
Risk comes with his lack of head-coaching experience at this level. But the program is in a position where it can afford to swing for the fences—a major boost is needed after an extended stretch of lackluster performances.
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What Jim McElwain Must Pitch to Florida's Top Target, 5-Star OT Martez Ivey
Now that Jim McElwain has been pegged as Florida's new head coach, his most important task is to hit the recruiting trail in hopes of improving a Gators class that currently ranks No. 62 nationally.
Among the first calls McElwain is bound to make is to the nation's top overall prospect in the 2015 cycle—5-star offensive lineman and Sunshine State native Martez Ivey.
While McElwain's tenure as the head coach at Colorado State—where he went 22-16 over the past three seasons—is what allowed him to flash onto Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley's radar, it's his tenure as Nick Saban's offensive coordinator at Alabama from 2008 to 2011 that will be his biggest selling point for luring top talent to Gainesville.
During his time in Tuscaloosa, McElwain helped guide the Tide to a pair of national titles in 2009 and 2011.
In that span, he helped recruit and coach an offensive line unit that is considered to be one of the best groups ever assembled, as noted by Don Kausler Jr. of AL.com.
McElwain's experience helping mold eventual first-round draft choices such as James Carpenter, D.J. Fluker and Chance Warmack is likely to get Ivey's attention.
Another one of the stars of those units in Tuscaloosa—former three-time All-American and current St. Louis Rams lineman Barrett Jones—lauded McElwain for his ability as a teacher of the game.
"He has a special ability to put things in terms that guys can understand," Jones told ESPN.com's Chris Low. "He's also great at getting guys to buy into the system and understands how to put guys in positions where they will be successful. He's an awesome coach and an even better guy."
Testimonials such as the nuggets from Jones are sure to help McElwain convince Ivey that he is the coach who can help him reach his immense potential at the college level.
Ivey admits that his knowledge of McElwain's history is limited, as he explained to GatorBait's Dan Meyer (subscription required):
I don't really know much about him. I know he was at Colorado State and I know he averaged 470 yards per game and I think 21st or 23rd in the nation on defense or something like that. The 470 yards, averaging that per game at Florida, that would be a big plus for him offensive wise. You want to be in an offense where you're going to have success with the ball, gaining yards and scoring touchdowns.
It's no secret the Gators offense was mediocre under Will Muschamp. McElwain's biggest task will be to reshape that side of the ball and get the Gators back to employing an explosive and balanced attack.
Using his previous experience in the SEC, McElwain knows that task begins with building a formidable offensive line unit.
Landing Ivey—who also told Meyer he will make a visit to Gainesville to meet the new staff before he decides—is a critical piece to jump-starting his efforts to get the offense in gear.
Sanjay Kirpalani is a National Recruiting Analyst for Bleacher Report. Unless otherwise noted, all recruiting information courtesy of 247Sports.
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Auburn Football: Ranking 10 Best Tigers from 2014 Regular Season
AUBURN, Ala. — While Auburn players, coaches and fans will look back on 2014 as a disappointing season of "what-ifs," it was not a complete disaster for the defending SEC championship squad.
Missed offensive opportunities and sloppy defensive play might have been the downfall to Auburn's once-promising season, but the Tigers were still loaded with championship-caliber talent at several positions.
Several of those players lived up to those high reputations in 2014, and a few lesser-known Tigers joined in to put up impressive numbers in unexpected ways.
Despite an 8-4 record, head coach Gus Malzahn and his staff—which will go through a major change this offseason with the hiring of a new defensive coordinator—have several things to build off of as Auburn looks to get back to Atlanta next season.
With Auburn waiting to hear its postseason fate this weekend, let's take a look back at the top Tigers from the 2014 regular season.
Bowl Predictions 2014: TV Schedule, Live Stream Info and Projections
In a mere days, the inaugural College Football Playoff will be set.
So far it appears the committee has entertainment value in mind rather than actual adherence to ranking criteria, but who can complain about a showdown featuring Jameis Winston and the Florida State Seminoles against Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide.
All right then. Believe it or not, the stage for a wealth of other bowl games will be set, too. Dak Prescott and the Mississippi State Bulldogs and others are out of the running but still have one last contest on the year.
What the committee is hoping will morph into the best stretch of sports this year is set to begin.
2014-15 Bowl Game Schedule
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Bowl schedule information courtesy of ESPN.com.
CFP Projections
Sugar Bowl: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Florida State
Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 3 TCU
Championship Bowl (in Arlington, Texas): No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Oregon
Geography seems to reign supreme when it comes to the CFP.
Florida State and Alabama in New Orleans? That sounds oddly familiar to the title game most wanted to see last season.
Yet here things stand. The Seminoles just dropped in the latest batch of CFP standings because, well, they won their 28th consecutive game:
Sounds strange, right?
Truth be told, the eyeball test is a serious portion of the equation whether the committee wants to admit it or not. The Seminoles now have close encounters with a number of teams this year and have won each of their last three contests by no more than five points—all against unranked teams.
Winston has not exactly helped things either, as ESPN Stats & Info points out:
Remember, though, this potential showdown between the first and fourth seeds hinges on Alabama's ability to overcome Missouri and Florida State to fend off Georgia Tech in their respective conference championship games.
Provided that happens, this is one heck of a matchup. Winston and his team's late-game heroics against the nation's No. 5 defense that allows just 16.9 points per game begs for attention.
What swings things in Alabama's favor, though, is the fact that the team has the weapons to exploit a shaky Seminoles defense. Blake Sims has 2,988 yards and 24 touchdowns through the air and leans on Heisman Trophy contender Amari Cooper, who has 103 catches for 1,573 yards and 14 scores.
That same disparity exists in the projected Rose Bowl between the Oregon Ducks and TCU Horned Frogs.
TCU gets in so long as it overcomes two-win Iowa State. The committee has already made it quite clear that a Baylor or Ohio State cannot jump the Horned Frogs despite what would be stronger season-ending wins.
This, of course, sets up must-see offensive fireworks:
Trevone Boykin leads the Horned Frogs with 3,254 passing yards and 26 scores through the air. He is one of the nation's best dual-threat quarterbacks, too, with 598 yards and eight scores on the ground.
That sets up a showdown with Marcus Mariota, who seems to be the Heisman favorite with his 3,470 yards and 36 touchdowns by air and 636 yards and 11 scores rushing.
For Mariota, the next week and change is a way to put to bed any lingering doubts about his tenure with Oregon, which has so often ended in an upset around this time of year. The Ducks are on a tear, though, with only Arizona left to upend before this potential matchup. A new sense of leadership from Mariota has certainly helped things.
"That's something that we've kind of talked about for a few years now in regard to my leadership and how I can use my voice as an influential tool," Mariota said, per ESPN.com's Chantel Jennings. "For the most part it was me being more assertive. … I really feel that I've come a long way in that sense."
That will prove to be a deciding factor against the Horned Frogs, right along with a defense that has been better as of late, holding four of its last six opponents to 20 points or less.
This in turn sets up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 scenario, not that anyone would complain about an Alabama-Oregon showdown.
The Alabama defense certainly has the wherewithal to slow Mariota and the Ducks, although it is a notion the CFP surely wants to see put to the test.
Perhaps more important is the discussion as to which offense can stay hot on a neutral site. Odds are that goes to the Ducks.
Mariota and Co. have one loss on the season, which wound up coming at the hands of an eventual 10-2 squad the Ducks will encounter again in the Pac-12 title game.
Meanwhile, Alabama has struggled with mobile quarterbacks who enjoy rolling out of the pocket to extend plays. Auburn's Nick Marshall is a good example of this thanks to his 456 passing yards and three scores in the Iron Bowl.
The point is, it is tough to imagine even the Crimson Tide slowing Mariota this season. If the playoff was tomorrow, Oregon takes the whole thing.
Prediction: Oregon 28, Alabama 24
Statistics and info courtesy of ESPN.com unless otherwise specified.
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FSU vs. Georgia Tech: TV, Live Stream Info and Preview for ACC Championship 2014
Florida State continues to flirt with missing the College Football Playoff as it heads into the ACC title game against Georgia Tech on Saturday night.
Jameis Winston and the Seminoles have won 28 games in a row, but the last three have been decided by no more than five points apiece, all against unranked opposition the team was projected to blow away with ease.
Meanwhile, a gaudy Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets rushing attack has birthed five consecutive wins, the last two coming against ranked opposition the team was not necessarily supposed to overcome.
The writing is on the wall. Should Florida State lose Saturday, everything goes up in flames. Should it not win in convincing fashion, it might produce the same result.
Everything rides on Saturday's outcome.
When: Saturday, December 6, 8 p.m. ET
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Television: ABC
Live Stream: WatchESPN
It did not have to come to this for the Seminoles.
Jimbo Fisher's team built this house of expectations on its own, though. Last season en route to the title, the team never trailed in the second half of a game before the ACC title game and won just one game by fewer than 27 points.
The Seminoles have won six games by single digits this year.
Much of the blame falls on the shoulders of Winston. He has 3,250 yards and 21 scores through the air, but 17 interceptions. Four of those came last week against the Florida Gators, an encounter the Seminoles almost lost, 24-19.
As ESPN Stats & Info points out, Winston's turnover numbers cast a serious cloud over just how far the Seminoles can go:
But that is getting ahead of things. These Yellow Jackets are not something to overlook.
In fact, Paul Johnson's rushing attack figures to feast on a Seminoles defense that cannot help but stay on the field and allow lengthy chain-moving drives.
Just a peek at Florida State's defensive numbers versus the nation's fourth-ranked rushing attack tells the whole story:
Georgia Tech's talented stable of runners is no fluke, no product of a weak schedule. Just last week, the Yellow Jackets rushed for 399 yards and three scores against then-No. 9 Georgia, a team that still ranks 19th in the nation with an average of just 333.3 total yards allowed per game.
Keep in mind that the team's leading rusher happens to be sophomore quarterback Justin Thomas, who is also a threat as a passer. His 1,460 yards and 16 scores can attest to that, as can his trio of games this season with three or more scores through the air.
For Fisher, this is perhaps the toughest adjustment his team will make all season.
"It's a whole different perspective of how you have to defend their offensive attack," Fisher said, per the Associated Press, via ESPN.com. "It's going to have to be a complete game-plan overhaul as far as different things you do. Everybody had a certain way they play that."
To say Winston and Co. need to make the most of every drive is a dramatic understatement.
Georgia Tech's best defense is its offense, which keeps opposing offenses off the field. Believe it or not, this is a major advantage for the Yellow Jackets on Saturday, as the team leads the ACC with a plus-11 turnover margin. The defense has forced a whopping 17 takeaways over the course of its past five outings.
In other words, Winston's propensity for sloppy turnovers this season is a bad sign against a defense that forces plenty and commits few while in control of the tempo and clock.
To make matters even worse, lead back Karlos Williams, who has 609 yards and 10 scores on the ground this season, will miss the contest.
The saving grace for Florida State is twofold. For one, Fisher's team is downright more talented top to bottom. That is not a slight toward Georgia Tech in any way, rather just the lay of the land.
Two, Winston and the Seminoles have a propensity for late-game efficiency that nets wins. A game such as this will never get out of hand for one side or the other thanks to Georgia Tech's clock-chewing attack, which means Winston will always be within reach of an epic comeback or extending the lead late.
In the biggest challenge of Florida State's season to date, expect the Seminoles to come up big late.
Prediction: Seminoles 20, Yellow Jackets 17
Statistics and info courtesy of ESPN.com unless otherwise specified.
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Nebraska DE Takes Selfie with Raccoon, Kills Animal After Being Bitten
"It was a raccoon selfie gone completely wrong."
Let these words from Jack Gangwish set the table for one of the weirder stories you'll hear today.
Gangwish, a defensive end at Nebraska, says he ended up killing a raccoon after being bitten by the animal while trying to take a selfie.
The 21-year-old junior told his story to the Lincoln Journal Star's Jonathan Edwards (h/t Dr. Saturday's Nick Bromberg).
Gangwish told Edwards he was driving around the outskirts of Lincoln, Nebraska, when he saw a "cute" raccoon on the side of the road. He then did what anyone else would do, stopping his pickup truck and wrangling the animal into an Instagram-optimized position.
Gangwish has since deleted all tweets regarding the raccoon incident. We have preserved some of them via screen shot. First off we have his tweet of the selfie.
Unfortunately, wild animals have little appreciation for the finer subtleties of self-captured glamor shots, and the raccoon responded by biting Gangwish on the calf.
Knowing he would need to have the raccoon tested for rabies, Gangwish grabbed a crescent wrench from his truck and attempted to "subdue" the animal. Unfortunately, wrenches are not butterfly nets, and Gangwish ended up bludgeoning the animal to death.
"It was death by crescent wrench," Gangwish told Edwards.
It should be noted that rabies tests involve euthanizing an animal and removing its head for neurological testing. So capturing the raccoon, in this case, would've only delayed its inevitable demise.
Gangwish later tweeted out several now-deleted messages regarding the incident. He wrote that football might already cause the symptoms of rabies and dubbed himself "THE COON WHISPERER."
Get ready to coach the "Coon Whisperer," Mike Riley. And don't tell him you used to work with beavers.
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Rich Rodriguez Gets the Last Laugh over Michigan
The irony was almost too much to handle. On Tuesday, Michigan officially announced what had been expected for some time: the firing of head coach Brady Hoke.
Earlier in the day, the coach whom Hoke replaced four seasons ago, Rich Rodriguez, won the Pac-12 Coach of the Year award after leading Arizona to a 10-2 record.
On Friday night, the No. 7 Wildcats will get a chance to beat Oregon for the second time this season in the Pac-12 Championship Game. A win over the Ducks could very well launch Rodriguez's team into the first College Football Playoff.
Rodriguez, of course, was fired as Michigan's coach in January 2011 after three seasons and a 15-22 record. He wasn't a great fit in Ann Arbor and it's impossible to know if he would still be the coach of the Wolverines today.
However, the benefit of hindsight suggests that he was fired too soon.
That's not to say the problems weren't numerous. The lack of a quality defense/defensive coordinator led to Michigan being ranked 107th in points allowed per game in 2010.
Rodriguez never beat Ohio State, losing all three games against the Buckeyes by an average of 25 points. He only made the postseason once with the Wolverines: a 52-14 loss to Mississippi State, which was the worst bowl loss in program history.
There were also the NCAA sanctions over practice time for which the school received three years probation. Rodriguez was additionally hit with a "failure to monitor" charge.
Still, Rodriguez believes to this day that the program was close to turning a corner.
"People say, 'Why didn't it work?' Maybe it was going to. Maybe we didn't just get a chance to see it through," Rodriguez told Ted Miller of ESPN.com in October.
He may be on to something. Hoke went 11-2 and beat Ohio State in 2011, his first season at Michigan, with Rodriguez's players. Since then, Michigan's win total has declined each year, ending in a 5-7 effort this season. The Wolverines still fall short on a regular basis against Ohio State and Michigan State.
Maybe Rodriguez was never going to get Michigan back to the glory days. It's possible to be a great coach and not have the right situation or support to get things done.
Here's what is known, though: It sure wasn't going to be Hoke.
The fit between Rodriguez and Arizona is far better. Arizona isn't Michigan on the traditional scale of great college football jobs, but at the same time, the landscape of the sport is undeniably different.
Michigan, Florida and Nebraska have fired coaches in the same year that teams like Arizona and Baylor have experienced remarkable success.
There's also a lot to be said for the current situation in Tucson. Rodriguez enjoys a great relationship with his boss, athletic director Greg Byrne. The school has made a commitment to football and upgraded facilities. The expectations, while high, aren't unreasonably so.
With only 20 seniors, Rodriguez has a fairly young team. Arizona's best football should be ahead of it. There's also great chemistry with the Wildcats' coaching staff. Many of Rodriguez's assistants were with him when he was the head coach at West Virginia.
"As much as the award says Coach of the Year, it's really a staff of the year and players of the year," Rodriguez told Pac-12 Networks, "I think I have the best staff in the country both on and off the field."
Michigan, meanwhile, is in search of a new coach and athletic director after the disaster that was the Dave Brandon era. According to Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated, it could be a while before a new coach is named:
Michigan is still a premier job. Rodriguez is still a great coach. Just because it didn't work out between the two, even though it could have, doesn't make those statements any less true.
But for Rodriguez to be named Pac-12 Coach of the Year on the same day that Michigan basically admitted its mistake in hiring Hoke is a form of vindication all the same.
Ben Kercheval is a lead writer for college football. All rankings reflect the College Football Playoff standings. All stats courtesy of cfbstats.com.
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Pac-12 Championship 2014: Arizona vs. Oregon TV, Live Stream Info, Prediction
Marcus Mariota can only hope that the third time is the charm Friday in the Pac-12 Championship.
Mariota's Oregon Ducks are losers of two straight against the Arizona Wildcats, a team perhaps closer than most realize to a College Football Playoff berth of its own if the team can make it 3-0 and take Oregon out of the running at the same time.
Oregon has the look of a powerhouse as of late by leaping hurdles that have tripped the team up in the past. All that remains is the most nagging hurdle of all, one that poetically presents itself with the conference title and a CFP berth on the line.
Friday's marquee event is not one to miss.
When: Friday, December 5, 9 p.m. ET
Where: Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Television: Fox
Live Stream: Fox Sports Go
Breakdown and Prediction
Rich Rodriguez's Wildcats averaged almost 37 points per game over the course of the last two wins over the Ducks.
On the flip side, the Wildcats have held Mariota and the Ducks to two of their three lowest point totals in the past two seasons. As Rodriguez is quick to point out, though, some of these jarring numbers boil down to simple luck, as captured by ESPN.com:
If you look back at his stats, he got a lot of yards and big plays, but we got a couple turnovers. Some of it was great individual effort and some of it was a little bit of luck. If you go back to this game or even the game last season, he still got his yards, and he is still going to get his yards and make his plays.
Luck or not, the Wildcats are one of the most dangerous teams in the nation.
Statistically speaking, Arizona is not all that different from Oregon:
Freshman Anu Solomon has been quite the surprise under center for the Wildcats. He has completed less than 60 percent of his passes this season but has 3,424 yards and 27 touchdowns to just seven interceptions.
As the aforementioned ESPN.com writeup notes, Solomon is at his greatest when on the move. He has 76 completions when his feet are not planted, with 1,016 yards, 10 touchdowns and 14 20-yard completions.
Fellow freshman Nick Wilson is an equal in the surprise department. His 1,263 yards and 15 touchdowns on a 6.2 per-carry average are a major reason the Wildcats have rattled off four consecutive wins, two of which came over tough ranked opponents (Utah, Arizona State).
As Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated points out, the young team has quite a lot in the balance Friday:
All that digested, the loss to Arizona back at the beginning of October lit a fire under Oregon.
The Ducks have not lost since. Mariota is in Heisman form with 3,470 yards and 36 touchdowns to two interceptions on a 68.6 completion percentage. Freshman back Royce Freeman does not get enough credit for his 1,185 yards and 16 scores on a hefty 5.7 per-carry average.
The defense has played its part, too, holding four of the seven opponents along the winning streak to 20 points or less.
Of note is the fact the Ducks have yet to blink. The past couple of seasons have seen Mariota and Co. falter around this time of year, whether it is against Stanford or some other crafty opponent.
Instead, Stanford was handed a 45-16 loss. A ranked Utah team was on the wrong end of a 51-27 outcome at home. The Civil War saw the Ducks drop nukes in a 47-19 result.
All that remains is a date with the Wildcats.
Mariota has had his fair share of struggles against Arizona. He has three multi-turnover games against the Wildcats, with just three against all other conference opponents combined. But this recent run of form by the Ducks has instilled a sense of confidence that must be contagious in the locker room.
"We're just going to play our game. Arizona did a great job setting and dictating tempo in the last meeting," Mariota said, per ESPN.com. "If we go out and execute to the best of our abilities and execute the game plans that are put in front of us, we should hopefully be successful."
How the Ducks have truly learned from the last encounter will dictate the outcome of Friday's showdown. Arizona limited the Ducks to just over 26 minutes of possession in their first encounter this season by way of 55 rushes for 208 yards and a trio of scores.
This time around, look for the Ducks to get Mariota involved on plenty of rollouts to keep the clock and first-down markers moving. The defense has stiffened as of late and figures to come out in better form than last time around, too.
Arizona has had a jaw-dropping season given the circumstances, and the future as a contender at the top of the conference is secure. But it is one thing to knock off the Ducks with zero expectations and nothing to lose.
Now a young Wildcats team has everything to lose and is outclassed in the experience and talent department against the best player in the nation. In the end, Oregon will pull it out in a shootout.
Prediction: Ducks 42, Wildcats 38
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SEC Championship 2014: Full Preview and Prediction for Alabama vs. Missouri
Alabama has convinced the College Football Playoff committee that it is the best team in the land, but the Crimson Tide will still have to prove it on the field.
While most fans are looking toward the national semifinals already, the squad still has to come through in the SEC Championship Game against Missouri, a red-hot opponent coming in with a six-game winning streak.
The Tigers handled the SEC East this season and will take another shot at the conference title after falling short in a 59-42 showdown against Auburn a year ago.
This matchup seems one-sided on paper and in the minds of oddsmakers, but anything can happen in college football. Here is a look at everything you need to know about the upcoming battle for the most prestigious conference title in the country.
When: Saturday, December 6 at 4 p.m. ET
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Watch: CBS
Betting Info: (via Odds Shark)
- Over/Under: 49
- Spread: Alabama (-14.5)
Competition Upgrade
The reason the playoff committee is so high on Alabama is its strength of schedule after competing in the loaded SEC West. On the other hand, Missouri hasn't faced anywhere near the level of competition this season in the league's other division.
After a bad week for the conference, Bryan Fischer of NFL.com had to clarify the difference between the East and West divisions:
In addition to the fact that Mizzou was in the weaker of the divisions, its two games against the West were against Texas A&M and Arkansas, the two worst teams in the opposite division. Both wins came by seven points.
The only team the Tigers have played in the current Top 25 is Georgia, and that game resulted in a 34-0 loss.
Missouri came together for an excellent season and the roster is clearly full of talented players. Even Alabama coach Nick Saban admitted to the skill level on the defensive line, via Alex Scarborough of ESPN.com:
These guys are obviously very quick guys that are instinctive, that beat people with their quickness. They're very productive in their system and scheme. They do a good job of executing.
Not many guys have made that kind of an impact with their defense anywhere in the country, in terms of giving the offense negative plays.
This could create a challenge for the Tide's offense at points throughout the game. However, the Tigers simply aren't prepared for a juggernaut like Alabama after facing weaker competition throughout the year.
Can Alabama Still Afford a Loss?
While winning an SEC championship is usually the goal for all teams in the conference, Alabama always has a higher purpose of winning a national title every year. If this comes without winning a conference title, so be it.
The question is whether the Tide can lose this game and still earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
ESPN's Paul Finebaum notes this case is certainly possible according to speculation from Sports Illustrated's Pete Thamel:
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight also argues that while a win is almost assured against Missouri (82 percent likely), Alabama still has a 68 percent chance of remaining in the playoffs with a loss. The need to get an SEC team in the semifinals would likely be a drawing point:
The dangerous case for Alabama is if it loses while the rest of the top five — Oregon, TCU, Florida State and Ohio State — win. That scenario would be a nightmare for the committee; it would either have to deny the SEC a slot in the playoff (Missouri and Mississippi State have almost no chance) or bypass a one-loss conference champion such as Ohio State for two-loss Alabama.
Missouri has two losses on the year that includes a blowout against Georgia and a home defeat to 4-8 Indiana. Even a Tigers win shouldn't get them into the playoff.
Call it SEC bias, blame the media or whomever you want, but Alabama still could be alive even with a loss.
Missouri has a talented set of running backs in Russell Hansbrough and Marcus Murphy, but quarterback Maty Mauk often struggles with his accuracy and it leads to turnovers and stalled drives. This makes it no surprise the offense averages just 28.6 points per game to rank 70th in the country.
Against the No. 6 defense in college football (even after allowing 44 points to Auburn in the Iron Bowl), the Tigers are going to struggle to move the ball consistently.
The underdog will have more success on defense thanks to a great pass rush, but the defense will have no answer for Amari Cooper on screen passes or down the field.
Blake Sims makes mistakes, but he has improved throughout the year and can be trusted in big moments. This game will be nothing but big moments, and he will come through with his best showing of the season.
Alabama will showcase its ability with plenty of explosive plays in the passing game as well as on the ground with T.J. Yeldon and Derrick Henry. By the time the fourth quarter rolls around, this one won't even be close.
Prediction: Alabama 31, Missouri 13
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USC Recruiting 2014-15: Latest News, Rumors and Commit Updates
USC head coach Steve Sarkisian enjoyed one of the most successful signing days in college football last February despite spending limited time recruiting for the Trojans. There's plenty of potential for a repeat performance as he prepares to deliver an encore.
Southern California is an annual hotbed for top prospects, and USC is primed to pick up several key pledges from nearby and beyond state borders. The team currently holds 16 commitments in its 2015 class, according to 247Sports.
Let's take a look at the latest news, top targets and commits for the Trojans.
Latest News
Friday, Dec. 5
If recent developments serve as evidence, Porter Gustin could soon become the newest member of USC's class. The 6'5", 240-pound linebacker will return to USC this weekend, per Barton Simmons of 247Sports.
Gustin, a 4-star Utah product, also visited campus last week. He ranks among the Trojans' top uncommitted defensive targets and would complement USC commit Cameron Smith well in the linebacker corps.
The Salem Hills High School standout was named a finalist for U.S. Army All-American Player of the Year earlier this week. He is the state leader with 152 tackles, adding 10.5 sacks and two interceptions, per MaxPreps.
Gustin also stars at quarterback, where he's compiled nearly 4,000 total yards and 32 touchdowns this season.
Top Targets and Commitments
Friday, Dec. 5
USC is one of just five teams still under consideration for coveted tight end Chris Clark. The Connecticut playmaker confirmed his finalists on Twitter earlier this week:
The Trojans are competing with UCLA, Texas, UNC and Michigan for the U.S. Army All-American selection. Clark decommitted from the Wolverines when Brady Hoke was fired but has left the door open for reconciliation.
Clark rates second nationally among tight ends in 247Sports' composite rankings. The 6'6", 247-pound prospect displays extremely reliable hands and is already developed as a college-ready blocker.
Prior to his Michigan pledge, Clark was briefly committed to North Carolina.
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Bowl Games Schedule 2014-15: TV Info, Predictions, and More
The first year of the College Football Playoff affects much more than the four teams that make it and the few that miss out, as the championship format influences the rest of the bowl schedule.
There still remains the chance for two teams from the Big 12—Baylor and TCU—to crack the Top Four, which would bump everyone else in the conference up a few spots. Other squads sitting around the Top 10 could sneak into one of the New Year's Six bowls with at-large bids, which would open things up for their bowl-eligible conference counterparts to make a more preferable bowl than expected.
With that said, most of the championship-caliber teams playing throughout Week 15 should take care of business despite eye-opening tests down the stretch. So where will that leave everyone else?
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College Football Playoff Outlook
Diehards of every bowl-eligible fanbase in college football are on pins and needles entering Week 15 as they await news of where—or if—they'll be going bowling. But most of the teams playing on championship weekend have their sights set on a much larger prize.
That's because the first year of the CFP is finally here, and for the first time ever four teams will emerge from the ashes with their championship hopes intact.
But even with days to go until Selection Sunday, there's no telling just how things will shake out.
One thing is clear, however: The committee isn't impressed with Florida State's undefeated record, per ESPN's Joe Schad:
Anyone who has watched the Seminoles this year knows why, as they have looked lifeless in most of their games before doing just enough to win. In fact, seven of their 12 victories have come by six or fewer points.
Their most recent performance was a close win over in-state rivals Florida, which bumped the 'Noles down to fourth behind TCU, who slid up to No. 3. But it's awfully easy to craft a scenario that would see Florida State move back into the third spot.
With an ACC Championship Game showdown against No. 11 Georgia Tech, a win for Florida State would almost certainly bump them above TCU, which plays Iowa State, as Sports on Earth's Matt Brown noted:
But where does that leave the Baylor Bears, who beat TCU head-to-head earlier this season but have failed to move ahead of them into the Top Four?
Well, it would leave Art Briles' crew out of the CFP entirely. The Bears may have knocked off TCU when the two played but have since been topped by West Virginia and haven't posted the all-season resume that TCU boasts, as ESPN's Danny Kanell said (via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jimmy Burch):
Potentially falling back to No. 4, TCU would likely face top-ranked Alabama—which should dispose of 10-2 Missouri in the SEC title game. Blake Sims and Amari Cooper will simply be too much for the Tigers defense, despite first-round NFL draft picks Shane Ray and Markus Golden coming off the edge.
Ohio State, however, will be left on the outside looking in. Even if the Buckeyes take care of Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten Championship Game, it's easy to see them missing out with J.T. Barrett's absence still looming large, per Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde:
There may not be a CFP hopeful with a tougher play-in contest than the Oregon Ducks, who face No. 7 Arizona—the only team that beat them in the regular season—in Santa Clara, California, for the Pac-12 title. But while offensive line struggles doomed Oregon in that first matchup, the Ducks offense is at another level now and will take care of business.
After the Ducks stomp on the Wildcats' remote CFP chances, they will advance to face Florida State—a team that would likely rather remain at No. 4 to play in the more geographically friendly Sugar Bowl. But with a spot in the Top Four, the 'Noles won't have much to complain about.
However, with so many games that could go either way among the top teams, the only certainty coming down the stretch is that there will inevitably be disagreement as to how it all unfolds.
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College Football Playoff 2014: Full Bowl Predictions for Biggest Matchups
In the matter of a few days, history will be made as the first ever College Football Playoff field of four will be set.
That doesn't mean that things are any closer to being figured out as Week 15 approaches, however. Just about every team in the running for a playoff spot will have to take care of business over the weekend, with many of them going up against top competition in conference championship games.
More chaos could be in store, which would certainly make for a fitting ending to a chaos-rich season. Either way, the disagreements and objections to whatever the CFP committee decides upon are inevitable.
With only one weekend separating us from those decisions, let's go ahead and make some predictions as to how everything will unfold.
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College Football Playoff Predictions
Sugar Bowl: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 TCU
Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 3 Florida State
National Championship: TBD (semifinal winners)
While no team enters Week 15 with its CFP spot wrapped up, the big focus over the final weekend remains centered around how the final few spots will shake out.
And there's no better debate than that surrounding the Florida State Seminoles, who have fallen all the way to No. 4 despite failing to lose a game. The culprit has been their ugly wins, with seven of their victories coming by six or fewer points.
But with everything on the line in the ACC Championship Game against No. 11 Georgia Tech, Jimbo Fisher's squad will do just as it always does—pull out the victory and remain (barely) alive for a quest to repeat as champions.
A win over the Yellow Jackets will catapult the Seminoles back up to No. 3 over TCU, as the Horned Frogs face a lowly Iowa State team.
Looking for as many style points as they can muster, the Horned Frogs won't have any problem stating their case as well.
As Fox Sports Southwest's David Ubben noted, even an ugly win shouldn't be enough to knock TCU out of the picture:
TCU's playoff spot will come at the expense of Big 12 rivals Baylor, who topped the Horned Frogs head-to-head but have failed to post as impressive of a season overall. Without TCU blowing a 21-point fourth-quarter lead in Waco, Texas, this wouldn't even be a conversation.
The overall result might not be a favorable one for Florida State, which will have to travel to face Oregon in the Rose Bowl instead of a much friendlier geographic matchup against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. But the 'Noles won't have much to complain about by getting into the Top Four after such a questionable season.
As for the other two spots, they will go to the undoubted best two teams in the nation—Alabama and Oregon.
The entire SEC enters the weekend nervous, as an Alabama loss to Missouri would almost certainly end the conference's national title hopes. But that won't be in the cards, as the Tide offense will take it to a Missouri team that has beat just one team over .500 in SEC play over its last two division-winning seasons.
Oregon will have to go through No. 7 Arizona—the only team it has lost to this season. Unlike earlier in the season, however, the Ducks offense has no real weaknesses and should put up the points necessary.
Should both Alabama and Oregon then take care of business in the CFP semifinals, quite the championship game would be set, as NBC Sports' Josh Elliott noted:
No matter how things shake out, it's almost guaranteed that there will be those out there who disagree. The formula simply can't be perfect—not until a larger playoff system is implemented.
It will never be a unanimous decision, but it will be hard to say that the CFP committee didn't get it right if Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and TCU are left standing after Week 15.
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College Football Recruiting: 10 Bold Predictions as Season Winds Down
The close of every recruiting cycle usually brings with it a tendency for the unthinkable to occur.
Decommitments, flips, hat tricks and the use of live animals are just a few of the things we've seen recruits do in recent years.
The coaching carousel is also in full swing, with the new coaching staffs at Florida and Nebraska sure to pound the recruiting trail in hopes of infusing their programs with new energy.
The 2015 cycle has already produced its share of newsworthy moments, but there's still plenty of room for more madness to occur in the weeks leading up to national signing day.
Which teams and recruits could produce some hysteria as the season winds down?
Bold Predictions for Conference Championship Weekend
Conference championship weekend is finally here. For an entire season, we've watched, waited, debated and talked about the happenings of the 2014 college football season, and now that we're coming to its denouement, it is as intriguing as ever.
With the College Football Playoff selection committee watching, who'll step forward in the chase for the final four spots? Will it be a "favorites" kind of weekend, or will it get wild like the 2007 season, one of the craziest in modern history? Who will emerge in the four-team bracket when the inaugural College Football Playoff is revealed Sunday afternoon?
You have questions. We might have answers, and we definitely have predictions. Take a look at our bold predictions for conference championship weekend.


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Eucharis Scent?
Recently found a plant marked simply "Eucharis" in bloom at a garden center. Looks just like pictures of grandiflora and is exactly 2Â tall. What is this supposed to smell like?
Mine has a very odd smell that I had hoped would perk up after bringing it home. Smells for all the world like vinyl to me. Specifically, it reminds me of the smell that used to waft out of the box when my daughter opened a new Barbie doll. ??!! Everyone I've quizzed agrees it's an odd scent.
Is it possible I got a weird variety? Or does it "throw" its sent? There's a nice smell in the room, but it could be something else. Or is it just my nose?? (Honestly, the more I find myself...ahem...stumbling down the other side of that hill, the less my body parts seem to want to cooperate. Is my nose going, too?) TIA!!!
I can only find the grandiflora there unless of course it's one of the others here:
Man, I've never grown eucharis. But I've smelt it in a greenhouse at Kew Gardens in London and to my mind it has the softest, most gently sweet exhalation of any tropical flower. I certainly did not detect any vinyl! But the nose is a most inexact organ (at least in humans). There's no right and wrong to individual interpretations.
Does your plant look like a large peace lily with white blooms resembling narcissus? That's what the plant I smelt at Kew looked like.
Hi Mare:
I grow this plant and would liken the fragrance to a soft, gentle, wafting version of Ivory dish soap (the regular scent, not the horrible new one that comes in a pale green bottle). Definitely no vinyl, LOL.
That said, I do know of several Eucharis species that are rumored to have "sour" scents. I think this includes Eucharis formosa, but I don't know if this plant is similar enough to E. amazonica or E. x grandiflora to be confused with them.
I think if other people also find the fragrance unpleasant, then you just have a bad clone. Usually people swoon when they smell mine.
Thanks R.P., and I liked your description, battlepanda; that is what it looks like. That's part of what's so startling. That weird smell definitely doesn't go with such a graceful, elegant beauty that somehow manages to look demure and imposing at the same time! Looks like it should smell exactly as you all described.
Hi Ispahan--That's what I was afraid of. I know you were the one who originally got me wanting this one, and you haven't misled me yet. Sigh...guess I'll keep looking. Had really hoped I'd lucked out finding a nicely established one. <: you mentioned amazonica grandiflora--aren they synonyms if not which do recommend>
Hi Mare:
To be honest, I am not sure if they are synonyms or not. I have seem them being used interchangeably and then I have also read that E. x grandiflora is a hybrid of E. amazonica.
I just looked up Eucharis in John E. Bryan's reference book called "Bulbs" and he talks of several known clones of E. x grandiflora that are available (where I do not know), each with slightly different qualities and one that even has a stronger fragrance than normal. Therefore, I think it is possible that you just got a bad clone with a stinky vinyl scent. So unfortunate, because this really is a great, easy plant.
Boo Hoo....I was with Mare when we found that eucharis and we bought a big one and split it..so now both of us have a plant that doesn't have that beautiful fragrance we keep hearing about! Maybe someday.....
Here is a link that might be useful: The Best of Home Gardening
Well, this forum seems extinct, but I just have a brand new bloom on my Eucharis amazonica. I have to stick my nose right into it, to be able to tell it has a very faint, but pleasant smell. I would say, maybe like a soap perfume.
I was told many years ago about this very fragrant bloom.
May be a different hybrid or may be at a different time of day.
I love the bloom, but am a little disjointed about the slight fragrance.
Extinct! Check out the 'Blooming in' threads we do every month on this forum! :)
Glad to hear yours is blooming.
I've only smelled eucharis at a local greenhouse.
Not sure what species/cultivar it is though but it wasn't a strong scent like a sambac jasmine bloom.


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7. Pass the diced beef and kidney through the seasoned flour, shaking off any excess flour, and carefully place into a heavy-based frying pan over a medium heat with hot oil to seal the meat, turning to color evenly.
8. Next, add the diced onion, mushrooms to the pan and sauté for a few minutes, remove and add to the meat in the bowl.
9. Return the pan to the hob and when hot, pour in a little of the stock to deglaze the pan.
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Surgical recanalisation of thrombosed M2 trunk C R E A P O S R E T after coil embolisation of a ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm LF Li 李禮峯 KM Leung 梁嘉銘 Thromboembolic events are known complications of endovascular coiling of intracerebral WM Lui 呂偉文 aneurysms. We report a case of a 50-year-old patient whose ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm was treated with endovascular coiling, which was complicated by occlusion of the inferior M2 trunk during the procedure. An emergency craniotomy was performed to enable coil retrieval, evacuation of the thrombus and clipping of the aneurysm. All the middle cerebral artery branches were recanalised and the patient recovered with no neurological deficits. Our experience suggests that an emergency salvage operation for thrombosis after endovascular coiling is a treatment option offering a good clinical outcome. Case report A 50-year-old woman with good past health and an unremarkable family history presented with sudden onset of headache and projectile vomiting. Upon admission, her blood pressure was 184/101 mm Hg. Her Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 15 with no focal neurological deficits. She attended the Accident and Emergency Department on the day that ictus developed and an urgent plain computed tomography (CT) of her brain showed a diffuse subarachnoid haemorrhage. A subsequent CT cerebral angiogram revealed a 4.3- mm inferior pointing aneurysm at the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation (Fig a). The patient was later transferred to the angiographic suite for embolisation using Guglielmi Detachable Coils (GDC; Boston Scientific, Natick [MA], US). The procedure was performed with the patient under general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation. A F7 arterial sheath was placed in the right femoral artery. Diagnostic digital subtraction angiography with 3-dimensional reconstruction confirmed the aneurysmal anatomy as depicted in the CT angiogram (Figs b, c). A Tracker Excel-14 Micro-catheter with Synchro micro-guidewire (Boston Scientific, Natick [MA], US) was navigated and placed inside the aneurysmal sac. Two GDC coils (Matrix-2 360º 3 mm x 8 mm, Matrix-2 helical 2 mm x 6 mm) were deployed uneventfully and formed a stable basket inside the aneurysmal sac. A check angiogram discovered minimal extravasation of contrast after deployment of a third coil (Matrix-2 helical 2 mm x 4 mm) [Fig d]. A fourth coil (Matrix-2 helical 2 mm x 4 mm) was immediately deployed to completely occlude the aneurysm. There was no more contrast filling of the aneurysm afterwards but the inferior M2 trunk flow was compromised (Figs e, f). A bolus of 2000 units of heparin was given intravenously along with 4 mg intra- arterial abciximab to try to recanalise the inferior M2 trunk. There was some return of flow but contrast stasis was evident in the late arterial phase, signifying that flow was not ad- equate for sustaining the distal circulation. Multiple attempts were made to navigate the inferior M2 trunk in hopes of stenting the vessel open but all were unsuccessful. The risk of provoking rebleeding from the aneurysm precluded the use of further intra-arterial abciximab. Key words An emergency left pterional craniectomy was performed. Protamine was given prior Aneurysm, ruptured; Embolization, to the skin incision in order to correct the effects of the heparin, and the patient was therapeutic; Equipment failure analysis; transfused with platelets and fresh frozen plasma to correct any platelet dysfunction and Thrombosis heparin anticoagulation. After creating a left fronto-temporal opening, the left sylvian fissure was split and the MCA bifurcation was exposed. A 4-mm saccular aneurysm was Hong Kong Med J 2009;15:482-5 identified at the M1 bifurcation. Temporary clips were applied to the proximal M1 and distally to both M2 branches. The aneurysm sac was opened and all the GDC coils were Department of Neurosurgery, Queen retrieved. A small piece of soft thrombus was removed from the inferior M2 trunk. The Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong LF Li, MRes(Med), MRCS aneurysm was finally clipped with two titanium aneurysm clips. The temporary trapping KM Leung, FRCS, FHKAM (Surgery) time was 9 minutes. An intra-operative micro-Doppler ultrasound confirmed that flow was WM Lui, FRCS, FHKAM (Surgery) present in both M2 trunks and a prophylactic decompressive craniectomy was performed Correspondence to: Dr LF Li to minimise the risk of a massive MCA infarct. The time from occlusion of the M2 trunk E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com during coiling to recanalisation after coil removal was 4 hours. 482 Hong Kong Med J Vol 15 No 6 # December 2009 # www.hkmj.org # Surgical recanalisation of thrombosed M2 trunk # Postoperatively the patient was sedated and was put on a mechanical respirator. She gradually 彈簧環栓塞術治療中腦動脈瘤破裂後的 regained consciousness and was extubated 2 days M2段閉塞再通 after the operation. Her GCS level improved to E4V4M6. She had mild difficulties with speech 血管內彈簧環治療腦動脈瘤後出現血栓塞是一種已知的併發症。本文 expression and a plain CT of her brain showed a 報告一名50歲有中腦動脈瘤破裂的病人,接受血管內彈簧環栓塞術時 small area of hypodensity in the left temporal lobe. 出現下幹M2段閉塞,隨即為病人進行顱骨切開術以取出彈簧環,清 Reassessment digital subtraction angiography was 除血栓及夾閉動脈瘤。所有中腦動脈分枝閉塞再通,病人完全康復並 performed on postoperative day 15. The inferior M2 沒有出現神經系統異常。本病例顯示為血管內彈簧環治療後出現血栓 trunk was patent and the aneurysm was completely 塞的病人進行緊急挽救手術有良好的臨床結果。 obliterated (Fig g). She was later transferred to a rehabilitation institution and made an uneventful recovery. Her speech returned to normal during the following months. An autologous cranioplasty was performed 7 weeks after the initial haemorrhage (Fig relative and absolute risk of dependency or death by h). 22.6% and 6.3% respectively, compared with clipping. In addition, there was no significant difference in the rebleeding rate between the two modalities. Discussion Various mechanisms have been postulated Thromboembolisms are common complications as the cause of thromboembolism during the of endovascular embolisation of aneurysms with procedure. These include: migration of pre- reported incidences ranging from 2.5 to 11%.1,2 Despite existing thrombus within the aneurysm during the the high incidence of this complication, we based our procedure; thrombosis of intraluminal coil through choice of endovascular embolisation over clipping the aneurysmal neck to the parent vessel; migration on the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm of the coil into the parent trunk; thrombosis over the Trial.3 This is a multicentre, randomised clinical trial surface of the micro catheter and guide wire; slowing that compared the clinical outcomes of ruptured of blood flow due to vasospasm secondary to a pre- aneurysms managed with either neurosurgical existing subarachnoid haemorrhage; presence of the clipping or endovascular embolisation in patients micro-catheter and the mass effect of coils on the considered suitable for both treatments. In this trial, parent trunk. In order to prevent this complication, it is endovascular embolisation offered a reduction of standard practice to give heparin for anticoagulation. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) FIG. (a) Computed tomographic (CT) angiogram showing a 4.3-mm middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm and a neck measuring 2.3 mm with a favourable dome-neck ratio for coil embolisation. (b, c) �re-embolisation subtraction angiography, anteroposterior and lateral views showing an aneurysm (arrow) at the M1 bifurcation. (d) �ubtraction angiogram, lateral view, after deployment of three coils�� the inferior M2 trunk (arrows) was patent. (e, f) �ubtraction angiogram after deployment of the fourth coil�� the inferior M2 trunk (arrow) was not shown in the early arterial period with eassessment delayed filling in the late arterial phase. (g) Reassessment cerebral subtraction angiogram after clipping of the aneurysm�� no residual aneurysm was found and the inferior M2 trunk (arrows) was recanalised. (h) �lain CT of the brain after cranioplasty�� postoperative changes in the left perisylvian area with no major cerebral infarct Hong Kong Med J Vol 15 No 6 # December 2009 # www.hkmj.org 483 # Li et al # The aim is to achieve an activated clotting time (ACT) retrieval device was a possible alternative but this of two to six times the normal value.4,5 One study has may have required negotiating through the clot and suggested that use of intravenous acetylsalicylic acid be associated with complications like perforation.12 along with intra-operative heparin can decrease the Prior extravasation of contrast during coil packing risk of thromboembolism.6 If thromboembolism does precluded any attempt to remove the coil. Time— occur, a number of methods of resolving it have been particularly the duration of ischaemia—is also a suggested, including the use of a bolus of heparin major concern. The intra-arterial thrombolysis study15 to further increase ACT, thrombolysis with tissue indicated that the golden period for successful plasminogen activator or urokinase,7 glycoprotein management of intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute IIb/IIIa inhibitor8 or use of a mechanical retrieval stroke is within 6 hours. If this timeline is to be device to remove thrombogenic GDC.9 The major followed, normal blood flow has to be restored no problem with the use of anticoagulation, antiplatelet later than 6 hours after an abnormal angiogram. In or thrombolytic agents is haemorrhage,7 particularly our patient, the time interval between disturbed in patients who have had a recent subarachnoid blood flow and restoration was 4 hours. General haemorrhage. The use of thrombolytics may trigger anaesthesia may have a cerebral protecting effect rebleeding of the aneurysm, and studies have shown and thus provide extra time. Moreover, the patient they achieve complete recanalisation in around 50% suffered from reduced flow, instead of complete of cases only.8,10 In this report, we describe a patient occlusion, of a M2 trunk that, theoretically, should whose illness was complicated by a thrombosis on a permit a window of longer than 6 hours. The surgical M2 trunk after embolisation of a left MCA bifurcation techniques used to open the aneurysm and retrieve aneurysm. It was possible to recanalise the MCA the coil were no different from standard clipping trunk by performing an immediate craniotomy and procedures. The aneurysm was trapped in the usual retrieval of the coil and then a thrombectomy and manner with control of the vessels proximal and clipping of the aneurysm. The patient recovered with distal to the aneurysm. The aneurysmal sac was no permanent neurological sequelae. opened at the fundus and all the coils were removed Emergency surgical operations for before clipping. The coil was removed gently to avoid complications associated with coil embolisation are stretching of the platinum coil. Retrieval of the newly uncommon. The usual reason for surgery is a need to placed coil harbouring minimal thrombosis was retrieve the coil to relieve the mass effect on parent relatively straightforward compared with procedures vessels several months after embolisation. Shin et al11 performed to remove coils deployed for long periods reported emergency surgical recanalisation of the left which have built up dense adhesions.14 At the same A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery by opening time, it was possible to achieve thrombus removal the aneurysm and removing the coil after occlusion with complete recanalisation under direct vision. by a tangled GDC used to manage a ruptured anterior In summary, we believe open craniotomy was communicating artery aneurysm. Deshmukh et al12 essential to salvage our patient after a complicated reported surgical retrieval of a GDC that had migrated embolisation of her left MCA aneurysm. If endovascular to the M3 segment of the MCA during embolisation of salvage, such as intra-arterial thrombolysis, bolus an ophthalmic artery aneurysm that was complicated heparin, or stenting of the arterial trunk does not by extravasation during the endovascular salvage recanalise the vessel, immediate craniotomy and attempt. Thornton et al13 reported two patients in retrieval of the coils is a viable option. Expertise whom coil retrieval was necessary within 4 days of and resources should always be available during embolisation due to coil migration from aneurysms of coil embolisation as the therapeutic time window the anterior communicating artery and the posterior for open recanalisation is limited. Good outcomes communicating artery. Tirakotai et al14 reported can be achieved with surgical management of the thrombosis of the posterior inferior cerebellar thromboembolic complications of aneurysm coiling. artery (PICA) after an attempt at embolisation of Previous case reports and our experience with this a PICA aneurysm. An emergency opening and patient indicate that, contrary to current thinking, revascularisation was performed and the patient use of an emergency operation for revascularising a recovered well. From the above case reports, it complicated coil embolisation is an effective salvage appears most patients recovered well with few or no manoeuvre. So far, there have been no reported cases neurological deficits. of surgical treatment for thrombotic complications From our previous experience, use of an after embolisation of MCA aneurysms. intravascular stent to keep the coil from protruding into the inferior M2 trunk is effective for recanalising the vessel. In our patient, however, the guide wire Declaration could not navigate the inferior M2 trunk and stenting The authors do not report any conflict of interest was not successful. Further manipulation with the concerning the materials or methods used in this wire may cause more coil protrusion. Use of a coil study or the findings specified in this paper. 484 Hong Kong Med J Vol 15 No 6 # December 2009 # www.hkmj.org # Surgical recanalisation of thrombosed M2 trunk # References 1. Pelz DM, Lownie SP, Fox AJ. Thromboembolic events �ntraprocedural thrombus formation during coil associated with the treatment of cerebral aneurysms with placement in ruptured intracranial aneurysms: Guglielmi detachable coils. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol treatment with systemic application of the glycoprotein 1998;19:1541-7. ��b/���a antagonist tirofiban. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2. Pruvo JP, Leclerc X, Ares GS, Lejeune JP, Leys D. Endovascular 2006;27:1326-31. treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. J Neurol 9. 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I've always had trouble understanding how to abstract interfaces in such a way to include the overall effect of them but still deal with specifics:
interface iAudio
iInput input;
where iInput could be an input from various things(soundcard, file, etc...).
iAudio doesn't care where it's input comes from as long as it can get the data. So iInput abstracts the input. I'm fine up to this point. I can have different things that implement iInput to plug into but it seems difficult to figure out what to do after this point.
I obviously can write code that does stuff like
if (input is InputFile) ... but that seems counter productive. (but this is the way that makes sense to me)
The other way I know how, but seems to be difficult for me, is to try and have iInput have the appropriate methods to get the data, e.g.,
interface iInput
byte[] GetData();
and then have different classes implement this such as InputFile or InputSoundcard. It seems too abstract though and doesn't offer a lot of ability to do anything. (Maybe I can get the data but with InputFile I need to specify the filename while InputSoundcard would be other device specific information. Here then, I would end up still using the first case.
Maybe this is basically the right way to do it? It doesn't feel right. Hopefully my examples are clear enough to demonstrate the problem.


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Also, just going to throw this out there, the entire concept of "carriers" in Star Trek is nonsense. Its just trying to apply earth-bound naval strategy to space, where it is completely pointless. The weapons in Star Trek are far too powerful, and far too fast, for carriers to have a purpose. Why have twenty ships that explode when you so much as shine a light on them try to deliver a payload of twenty photon torpedoes and twenty mid-range phasers, when you can put a few high-power phaser strips and a quantum torpedo launcher in half the space it takes to launch those twenty ships.
Well, for one thing fighters can be good at swarming an enemy - even five fighters working together could bring down a large starship as long as they had good pilots.