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GREENVILLE — There is no need to hyperbolize what happened Friday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The truth is outlandish enough.
As wild as Conference USA has been over the years, it's never been wilder.
Shane Carden passed for 414 yards and accounted for six touchdowns, including a plunge across the goal line for the game-winner, in East Carolina's 65-59 double-overtime win over Marshall in the highest-scoring game in league history.
The victory keeps ECU (8-4, 7-1 C-USA) in the race in the league's East Division. Central Florida can win a berth in the C-USA championship game by beating Alabama-Birmingham today, the final day of the regular season.
On Friday, the Pirates needed all they had to stay alive — multiple times. A harrowing finish to regulation was followed by a critical defensive play in the second overtime.
"Great win," third-year ECU coach Ruffin McNeill said. "They never ask how. They only ask how many."
But the how was both thrilling and historic. After both teams scored touchdowns on their first possession of overtime, ECU's Crishon Rose stripped the ball from Thundering Herd running back Essray Taliaferro. The Pirates' Derrell Johnson fell on it to set up the winning drive.
On a second-and-goal play at the 1, Carden sneaked across the line, setting off an emotional on-field celebration.
Carden had already orchestrated a dizzying 11-play, 76-yard drive — during which ECU converted a fourth-and-10 play — hitting a leaping Danny Webster with a 6-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 52-52 with 4 seconds left in regulation.
"One of the craziest games I've ever been a part of," Carden said. "I'm really glad we got that win tonight."
The statistics the two no-huddle, fast-paced offenses produced were downright cartoonish: 124 points, 1,118 combined total yards, 186 plays, 67 first downs.
There were more than twice as many touchdowns (17) as there were punts (seven). Ten players had at least 40 receiving yards.
Justin Hardy caught an ECU school-record 16 passes for 171 yards, both career highs, but didn't score. Carden, conversely, carried 11 times for 14 yards — and three touchdowns.
Vintavious Cooper carried 14 times for 52 yards, enough to make the junior ECU's first 1,000-yard rusher since Dominique Lindsay in 2009.
"It means a lot," Cooper said of the milestone. "Everybody's worked hard. I'm excited for myself, but I'm extremely excited for the whole offense because I know it's a big accomplishment."
Starting quarterback Rakeem Cato passed for 318 yards and five touchdowns and appeared to have the Herd poised to take control until he left in the third quarter with a left knee injury.
Cato tried to play with a brace but hobbled, forcing freshman backup Blake Frohnapfel into action.
Frohnapfel, who had played in all 11 games but thrown just eight passes, completed 12 of 15 for 101 yards and a touchdown, but the offense had clearly lost the rhythm it had going under Cato, the league's top passer.
Marshall (5-7, 4-4) finished with 633 yards of total offense but ended its season a win shy of bowl eligibility.
"It's a shame that it had to end this way," Herd coach Doc Holliday said, "but I thought our kids worked hard, and we will eventually get to where we need to be."
C-USA's previous highest-scoring game was TCU's 62-55 win over Houston in 2003.
Hardy, a Vanceboro native, didn't realize he had set a single-game record for receptions. But he did know he had just played in an instant classic.
"This is probably one of the best games I've been a part of in my years being here," the sophomore said. "It's going to be one for the books."
The Herd surged ahead 45-42 on Frohnapfel's 51-yard touchdown run with 11:12 left in regulation. They hadn't led since scoring the game's first points.
ECU tied it at 45-45 on Warren Harvey's 39-yard field goal with 7:16 remaining after a brilliant, leaping interception by Pirates safety Damon Magazu.
The stage was then set for drama on a tough night to play defense.
"The fun part is, eventually, you have to make a stop to win that game," ECU safety Chip Thompson said. "But the frustrating part is you give up 400 yards and a lot of points. That's not good at all."
Now the Pirates turn their attention to UAB and UCF, who meet at noon in Orlando. If UAB wins, ECU captures the division and plays in the championship game at Tulsa on Saturday. If UCF wins, as expected, the Pirates will wait to learn their bowl destination.
Carden will be watching today with his family, rooting hard for UAB. But not everybody on the team could say that.
"I might end up watching the first quarter and playing 'Call of Duty' the rest of the day," Thompson said. "I just hope UAB beats them. I can't watch it. I get too jittery."
NOTES: The Pirates received the opening kickoff for the 10th consecutive game, ending Marshall's similar streak at 16. ... Sixteen ECU seniors and their families were honored before the game. ... Former ECU and current Dallas Cowboys receiver Dwayne Harris attended the game to watch his brother Derrick, a Pirates receiver, play. ... The announced attendance was 46,317.
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|Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 8
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As of May 2013, Illinois is one of 13 Democratic state government trifectas.
Current officeholder
The 41st and current governor is Pat Quinn, a Democrat. Quinn, formerly the lieutenant governor, became governor on January 29, 2009 after the Illinois State Senate impeached former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Quinn won election to a full term on November 2, 2010, which he began serving on January 10, 2011. Quinn's current term will expire on January 12, 2015.
Quinn was first elected as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1992 and was re-elected in 1996. Before that, he served as Illinois Treasurer from 1991 through 1995. Prior to taking state office, he served as a commissioner on the Cook County Board of Tax Appeals and as a revenue director for the city of Chicago. Quinn holds a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law.[1]
The state constitution establishes the office of the governor in Article V, the Executive Department.
Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 8
The Governor shall have the supreme executive power, and shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws.
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Per Article V, Section 3 of the Illinois Constitution, a governor is required to be:
- at least twenty-five years old,
- a United States citizen,
- a resident of Illinois for three years prior to election.
Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 3
To be eligible to hold the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller or Treasurer, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 25 years old, and a resident of this State for the three years preceding his election.
- See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state
- See also: Election of governors
Illinois elects governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not Presidential election years. For Illinois, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 are all gubernatorial election years. The gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the second Monday in the January following an election (Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 2. Thus, January 10, 2011 and January 12, 2015 are inaugural days.
Term limits
- See also: States with gubernatorial term limits
Illinois governors do not face any term limits.
Partisan composition
The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of Illinois State Governors from 1992-2013.
- See also: How gubernatorial vacancies are filled
Details of vacancies are addressed under Article V, Section 6.
In the event of a vacancy, the line of succession is as follows: the lieutenant governor, the elected attorney general, and then the elected secretary of state. The wording of the state constitution suggests that an attorney general or secretary of state appointed to fill a vacancy is not eligible to succeed to the office of governor.
The governor may temporarily remove himself from office by stating a serious impediment to discharging his office to the secretary of state and to the officer who would succeed him. The governor may resume his office at will. Removing the governor against his will for reasons for mental or physical health is in the hands of the Illinois Supreme Court.
Charged with upholding and faithfully executing all laws, the governor of Illinois is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. With the Senate's confirmation, the governor appoints all officers not otherwise provided for in law; the governor also makes recess appointments when the Senate is not in session and may remove any gubernatorial appointee for any reason (Illinois Const., Article V, § 9-10).
The governor is required to report to the Illinois Legislature on the "condition of the State" at the beginning of each legislative session. This usually takes the form of a formal "State of the State" address.
Other duties and privileges of the office include:
- Reorganizing state departments and, if needed to so, convening extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly by Executive Order (§ 11).
- Under § 12, the Governor may grant pardons, reprieves, and commutations "for all offenses on such terms as he thinks proper".
- Legislative
- Legal
- Communications
- State Chief Information Officer
- Senior Advisor to the Governor
- Office of Management and Budget[2]
State budget
The budget for the Office of the Governor in Fiscal Year 2012 was $6,485,800[3]
§ 21 mandates that the Governor's salary be set by law, that no sitting Governor may receive any other compensation, and that no pay increase or decrease take effect until the next term.
In 2013, the governor's salary remained at $177,412.[4]
In 2012, the governor was paid an estimated $177,412. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.
In 2010, the governor received a salary of $177,500.
Partisan balance 1992-2013
From 1992-2013, Illinois had Democratic governors in office for the first 11 years while there were Republican governors in office for the last 11 years. During the final 11 years of the study, Illinois was under Democratic trifectas.
Across the country, there were 493 years of Democratic governors (44.82%) and 586 years of Republican governors (53.27%) from 1992-2013.
Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states have divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Illinois, the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
Historical officeholders
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Contact information
Office of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-0244
Office of the Governor
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph, 16-100
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-814-2121
See also
External links
- Illinois Executive Mansion
- Illinois Office of the Governor
- Burial places of Illinois Governors
- Article V (Executive) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970
- ↑ Project VoteSmart, "Bio of Pat Quinn," accessed October 6, 2011.
- ↑ Office of the Governor of Illinois, "About Our Office," accessed October 6, 2011.
- ↑ '''Operating Budget Book'''"Illinois State Budget Fiscal Year 2013," 5.27, accessed June 20, 2013.
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries," June 25, 2013
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That small group of individuals is calling for a modern day twist on direct action to ask the main UK political parties to commit to 42% carbon cuts.
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There was never a dearth of data about agency human capital actions. Agencies had access to time-to-hire data, employee retention information, data on the number of workers eligible to retire in any given year and much, much more.
But departments didn't always have the ability to use that information to make better decisions to ensure they are meeting the demands of their workforce.
The Office of Personnel Management said the HRStat process might just be that missing link that pulls all the data together.
OPM is doubling the number of agencies participating in HRStat sessions to 16 in 2013 with the goal of giving them the tools to analyze human capital data to meet future workforce needs.
"We are using [HRStat] to discuss much of our human capital management data, the trends for analyzing information, the identification of actions that could actually be used to improve performance and, of course, reduce cost, and most importantly for agencies to accomplish their mission," said Angela Bailey, OPM's associate director of employee services and chief human capital officer, in an interview with Federal News Radio. "It's absolutely a forward look, not a backward look. The ultimate goal with HRStat is that when the HR community or the CHCO, in particular, is able to come together with the Performance Improvement Officer, you're able to position the agencies to take on really not just current needs, but to foresee where is that they are headed and how they can avoid or position themselves to be able to tackle any new challenges coming down the pike."
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OPM first launched the HRStat process in fiscal 2012 as part of the Obama administration's push to use data to make better decisions. HRStat is similar to TechStat or PortfolioStat or the several other "stat" sessions sprinkled throughout government.
Angela Bailey, associate director of employee services and chief human capital officer, OPM
Phase two of the HRStat pilot builds on the progress made by the first eight agencies, Bailey said.
"They have the free will to concentrate on the areas that's most important to them," she said. "Some of them decided to take a look at their mission critical occupations and circle themselves around that. While other agencies chose to take a more holistic view and decided on the specific areas they have pain points that they need to concentrate on."
Bailey said this time around HRStat will incorporate the lessons learned and any refinements after the first set of reviews.
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- Develop a alternative evaluation mechanism to replace annual human capital management reports. "Let's have these more like conversations and involve the PIOs along with CHCOs and have a good, in-depth conversation of where human capital meets up with mission."
- Develop recommendations for both CHCO and PIO councils to implement HRStat governmentwide.
"We have a wealth of information and data at our fingertips, so the point is to look at this from a real holistic point of view," Bailey said. "If all you look at is just one element of the Employee View Point Survey or you just look at attrition data or you just look at your time to hire or demographics, you miss where you could pull the thread and see all the interconnections. The whole point of HRStat is to take all of the data that we have available to us and really see what the whole picture tells you versus just one pinpoint of information."
The results of a HRStat session will help agencies understand what their workforce weaknesses are and what some possible steps are to fix them.
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Along with bringing the data threads together, HRStat uses performance improvement experts to work with the agencies through peer mentoring relationships.
"It puts the agencies at ease because they get their questions answered more quickly instead of having to wait for another meeting," Bailey said. "When we do our HRStat, we bring in not only our PIO, but depending on the part of the organization we are examining, we go in-depth into their data and show them everything they really wanted to know about their operations from an HR standpoint."
She said the HRStat sessions, which usually are held monthly, attempt to give the organization insights into certain skill sets needed in the organization, such as changing competencies or which universities and colleges are offering the curriculum to produce workers with those skills.
"You often hear, 'HR needs to have a seat at the table,' well, OK, you do, but you have to come to the table with something," Bailey said. "This is really an awesome opportunity for us to come to the table with not just data that anyone could run in a report, but instead helping them see the interconnections and helping them see really into the future where they need to go. Not just a backward look, but a more future look so they can help prepare themselves and plan for where they need to go."
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Dana Outlaw, a candidate for New Bern mayor in the November runoff, turned in his amended campaign finance reports Thursday to the Craven County Board of Elections and questioned his opponent's the following day.
Richard Bengel, son and treasurer for Sabrina Bengel who is being challenged by Outlaw in the runoff, filed a complaint with the Board of Elections on Tuesday citing omissions in Outlaw's campaign finance reports.
Outlaw turned the tables Friday by presenting the Board of Elections with a letter and documents pertaining to "errors and omissions" by Bengel.
The letter to the director of the Board of Elections points out omissions in Bengel's campaign financial reports for improper procedures in filing disbursements, undetailed credit card transactions in two filing periods, and the number of fundraisers reported in the disclosure report cover are not matched with related fundraising expenses and contributions, "indicating delays or possible omission(s) of critical receipts and disbursements."
Outlaw also questions Bengel's fundraiser expenditures and a disbursement of $150 for catering expenses for Baker's Kitchen for an event at New Bern Golf and Country Club. Bengel has an interest in Baker's Kitchen. There is also an expense of $240 for sponsorship of an event with the Craven NAACP Branch 5423, coded on the form as "holding public office expenses." The expenses are allowed if the candidate is holding office. But Outlaw said it was unclear if the expense was classified under her current role as alderman, where it should have been expensed to a committee; or if it was for the office of mayor, which would be an error in the code on the form.
Outlaw also said there were 106 omissions of telephone information for all individual contributions exceeding $50. Another omission was service fees for credit card transactions, Outlaw said.
"While I am certain these were honest errors and omissions, as was the case with my own campaign reporting," Outlaw wrote in his complaint, "I have become more keenly aware of the reporting requirements and would be remiss by not passing along this information. I am certain every candidate intends to do the right thing with their campaign reporting, which is why I am submitting this for reference only and not as a malicious attack or formal complaint against Mrs. Bengel."
Richard Bengel sent a complaint to the Craven County Board of Elections dated Sept. 12, saying Outlaw had omissions in his reports of disbursements and contributions.
Meloni Wray, director of the Craven County Board of Elections, said Friday that was not unusual in an election.
Wray said the pre-election reports were due Sept. 30, the pre-runoff report is due Oct. 28 and the year-end semi-annual report is due Jan. 31. But all of the candidates are given time to amend their financial reports, she said.
Sheryll Harris, compliance specialist with the State Board of Elections, also said, on Wednesday, it was not unusual to see omissions in campaign reports during an election. Harris said Bengel's complaint was under review.
Outlaw's amended campaign finance reports turned in Thursday showed a change in operating expense from $3,920.29 just after the Oct. 8 election to $9,687, with $8,644.29 in contributions.
Bengel spent $36,948.79 from contributions of $37,650, according to Board of Election records.
Bengel's treasurer alleged 18 omissions in Outlaw's disclosure of campaign finance reports, disbursements, and contributions, some of which included not stamping the date to statements that were submitted, no identification number on the disclosure page, no detailed summary, credit card statements submitted with campaign finance reports that "contained personal, business, and campaign expenses," the name of the candidate and not the committee listed under the Committee Information sections, purchase amounts greater than the amount of money in the account.
Outlaw's amended finance reports correct the omissions.
Bengel said she now wanted to focus on the race.
"I'm happy he got his report squared away and turned in," she said. "I'm happy and ready to move forward to the debates."
While the mayor's race heats up with allegations, and pending debates, only 304 people cast early voting ballots from Thursday until 1 p.m. Friday. Although it seems like a small number of voters, Pete Azzole, with the Craven County Board of Elections, said it was "in tempo" with the last election.
Since the runoff is part of the countywide election Nov. 5, those 231 voters may not have been going just to the mayoral and New Bern aldermen runoff.
Ashley Smith, a candidate who received the most votes for the Board of Alderman seat in Ward 6 election Oct. 8 and is facing a runoff in that race by Jeffery Odham, was standing outside the Board of Elections Friday morning along with representatives for Odham and Bengel.
Smith said he thought voters already know who they are going to vote for and are probably waiting to go to the polls on Election Day.
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Derrell Scott scored on the second play of the game for the Havelock Rams, but it was a play on which he didn't score that had the attention of his coaches and fans.
Scott got hit making a catch late in the second quarter and injured his back, and the super senior did not return to the game. Still, Havelock used a strong defensive effort and four touchdown passes from quarterback Travis Sabdo to beat Northside 40-15 Friday at Havelock High.
"He's fine," Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said of Scott, who is being recruited by just about every major college football program in the country. "He's just got a bruised back."
Scott made a leaping 6-yard catch, but as he was in the air, got hit from behind. He stayed on the field several minutes as trainers checked on him and then slowly walked off the field and headed into the locker room before halftime.
In the second half, he stood on the sidelines, without his helmet and shoulder pads, watching the action. Part of that involved an injury to backup running back Taylor Woods, who injured his hip and did not return. He totaled 95 yards rushing on 10 carries until he was injured.
"We tell our kids all the time that they're one injury away from being on the field," Bryant said. "We've got two young tailbacks (Taron Wallace, Donta Stackhouse) we put out there, and they got some varsity experience when the game was tight."
Scott raced 63 yards on the second play of the game, lifting Havelock to an early 7-0 lead. He finished the contest with 131 yards rushing on just 14 carries.
Sabdo threw 9 yards to Matthew Boykin for a score, and added a 34-yarder to Boykin as the top-ranked Rams (5-0) took a 21-0 lead after the first quarter.
Northside's Juwaun Eddy returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown to narrow the gap to 21-7 early in the second quarter. The Monarchs (2-3) came up with four turnovers for the contest, including interceptions by Josh Cabrera and Isaiah Wells.
"Our defense is athletic and will get after it," Northside coach Bob Eason said. "We just need to be a little more fundamental."
Sabdo came back later as Michael Bowman took a screen pass 34 yards for a touchdown with 4:25 left in the second quarter, as the Rams led 28-7 at halftime.
Sabdo finished 13 of 23 for 175 yards but had little success getting the ball down the field. He also threw his first two interceptions of the season, two of Havelock's four turnovers on the night.
"Offensively, we had our spots, but we didn't play the kind of football I expected us to play," Bryant said. "I expected us to get through the game with no turnovers and blocking our rules, and we didn't do a great job of that.
"But, the good thing about football is we've got another week coming up, so we'll get better next week."
In the second half, Sabdo threw a 23-yard wide receiver screen touchdown to Kyran Bowman for a 34-7 lead.
Northside got quarterback Jake Erickson's 24-yard touchdown pass to Josh Cabrera and a two-point pass from Erickson to Matt Pinto, narrowing the margin to 34-15 with 11 minutes left in the game.
Still, Northside struggled offensively on the night. Erickson was just 2 of 7 for 31 yards, and the Monarchs managed just 60 yards rushing on 40 carries. Kris Curry led Northside on the ground with 59 yards.
"I thought we battled. We competed," Eason said. "We played hard. I thought we played good in spurts. Offensively, we didn't help ourselves any. Our defense was on the field all night, but that's a credit to Havelock's defense."
Havelock's Akenno Godette returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown for the final margin. Godette had a sack in the contest, and Keion Joyner had two sacks and forced a fumble that Andrew Ramirez recovered for a Havelock team that has allowed just three offensive touchdowns through five games.
"I thought we played good," Joyner said. "We had some minor mishaps on some plays, but other than that, I thought we did a good job."
Havelock totaled 15 penalties for 180 yards, including 10 in the first half for 115 yards.
"It seemed like every time we got a positive play, there was a penalty," Bryant said.
"I'm happy with the win, but we've got a lot of things we need to work on as a team. We scored 40 points, and we did not play our best game. I guess if we score 40 points and did not play our best game, we're doing alright."
Havelock is next scheduled to play Richlands in its Coastal 3A Conference opener for homecoming next week at Havelock High.
Northside 0 7 0 8 -15
Havelock 21 7 6 6 -40
First Quarter
H – Derrell Scott, 63-yard run, Noah Kemble kick, 11:24
H – Matthew Boykin, 9-yard pass from Travis Sabo, Kemble kick, 6:09
H – Boykin, 34-yard pass from Sabdo, Kemble kick, :15
Second quarter
N – Juwuan Eddy, 33-yard fumble return, Gage Eason kick, 8:59
H – Michael Bowman, 34-yard pass from Sabdo, Kemble kick, 4:25
Third quarter
H – Kyran Bowman, 23-yard pass from Sabdo, conversion failed, 5:30
Fourth quarter
N – Josh Cabrera, 24-yard pass from Jake Erickson, 2-point pass Pinto from Erickson, 11:00
H – Akenno Godette, 15-yard fumble return, conversion failed, 8:02