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Thank you very much for completing my photo request for Ruth Anna Hill Harper memorial #39970498. The original photo was obscured by grass as far as the death date and you have supplied an easily readable headstone image.
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I was in Belleville Cemetery yesterday and checked in the area of Louisa's stone; there is nothing for any other Hasketts. Sorry.
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I didn't see Eli -- but it was HOT this morning, so I didn't last long out in the cemetery! (I was actually pleased with myself that I was able to fulfill two photo requests -- but I was looking for several others.)
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. Tim Gustafson has learned patience. He's had to the last few years.The former Parkview and Georgia Tech pitcher has had to bide his time far more than he'd hoped since being drafted by Atlanta in 2006 and passing up his senior season with the Yellow Jackets. Gustafson missed almost all of the 2008 season after reconstructive elbow surgery and got a late start a year ago after a painful bout with shingles. The right-hander hoped to make up for that missed time by pitching in the Mexican Pacific League this winter. But instead of speeding up his timetable to make it back home to Gwinnett County, it may have actually delayed it. Because of the extra work, Atlanta had Gustafson return late to spring training and he will start the season back in Class AA with Mississippi. "I just have to make the best of it," he said. "That's all you can do." "With his injury history and all the innings he pitched in Mexico, we wanted him to take it slow this spring," Braves director of player development Kurt Kemp said. "He's a little behind right now, but he'll catch up." Gustafson, 25, pitched well as a starter late last season with Mississippi and again for Navojoa in Mexico. But he'll likely work out of the bullpen at first in the Southern League as he builds up innings. "We still look at him as a potential starter," Kemp said. "He just won't be ready to go deep into the game at first." Patience, patience. Gustafson has had to call on it a lot, especially during his rehab from elbow surgery. "That was long and frustrating at times," said Gustafson, who was hurt in late July during his first season at Class A Rome. Gustafson made seven starts last season for Mississippi, where he was 2-3 with a 3.79 ERA overall in 20 games. But his most impressive work was in Mexico. The ace of the Novojoa staff, Gustafson was 5-1 with a 2.93 ERA before returning home in early December. "I enjoyed starting late last season and in Mexico," Gustafson said. "I really don't care that much whether I start or relieve. Both have their perks. Right now, I think it is undecided what I'll do." Making it to Gwinnett at some point this season would likely reunite Gustafson with former Parkview teammate and college rival Clint Sammons, who caught at Georgia before being drafted by the Braves. They won state championships in both football and baseball in high school, with Gustafson catching Sammons' passes on the gridiron. "It would be great to play at Gwinnett," Gustafson said. "It's AAA and close to home. But my real goal is to get to Atlanta. That's what everyone wants."
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SOURCE: "Thomas McGuane Speaks," in Buzzworm, Vol. V, No. 1, January-February, 1993, pp. 32, 34-35.
In the following interview, McGuane discusses his ideas about and activism in environmentalist issues as well as the "green" movement, which he claims is "the first sort of quasi-religious movement which cuts across class and economic lines."
Thomas McGuane—great American novelist, rancher and fly-fisherman—was in Denver recently on a promotional tour for his new novel, Nothing But Blue Skies. McGuane is the author of eight novels, including The Sporting Club, Ninety-Two in the Shade and Keep the Change, as well as several screenplays (The Missouri Breaks, Tom Horn, Rancho Deluxe). Nothing But Blue Skies is set in near-millennial Montana, where members of the "granola underworld" and Wise Use fanatics are beginning to outnumber the cowboys and Indians. McGuane, who is on the board of the nonprofit conservation group American Rivers, spoke with Buzzworm Assistant Editor Deborah Houy.
[Buzzworm:] Your new book is wonderful. It has a lot of environmental …
[McGuane:] Alertness to it, maybe? Good. Like a lot of other people in this country who have experienced the collapse of traditional religion, as well as other kinds of traditional values, my interest in conservation—as I like to call it, to keep from producing more volatility in Montana—my interest in conservation, I guess, has really replaced any other kind of religious presence in my life. I think I've been like that all my life, but I've started to codify that a little bit. I always make that the sort of over-arching spiritual presence of anything that I'm writing.
The kind of personal desperation of Blue Skies' principal character [a Montana businessman/rancher] and other characters in the book—well, it seems to me their escape from that emotional dead end is always seen in the natural world. I think that's been true of my writing since my first book, which came out in the 1960s.
Don't you think religion started as a reaction to the natural world?
I think it derives from observing the natural world. But I think that when you reach another plateau of spiritual bankruptcy—which we have in this country, discovering that entrepreneurial capitalism is not the way to personal happiness—we have to turn to something else. And I think, for a lot of people, it's not going to be traditional religion. And I am one of those people.
Do you think people are going to turn to something else? There's that great scene in Blue Skies where Lance [a Wise Use fanatic] says, "How can we turn to something in Montana that hasn't worked in Russia?"
I think capitalism is our system, and it's as viable a system as exists. I'm not opposed to that. But we have to understand the limitedness of our global environment, and start trying to do what we do in the context of understanding that. I think what we come up against as environmentalists is that kind of societal denial. These things are such banalities now, but an example is the Bush administration denying that there's a hole in the ozone layer … denying that global warming is a perceivable reality. All these things we've been through.
How can we save the environment if we have to keep expanding to keep the economy going? Do you buy Al Gore's argument that we can expand our economy by promoting solar power, for example?
Oh, I buy some of it. My problem is I don't buy any of the existing systems entirely, including Al Gore's. I think we have to learn to do with less. I think excessive materialism derives from spiritual desperation.
Filling the emptiness?
Yes. The other part of the situation—if I could, for example, just raise river consciousness, I think I would be adding my small part to allaying spiritual desperation, and combating materialism. I mean, it's famous that religiously fulfilled people are remarkable in their lack of materialism. And this has always been true.
How do you explain the kind of religion they had at the Republican National Convention?
I can't explain that. I guess—if I took a shot at it—I explain that as a form of addiction. We've been on one drug or another for a long time, and there's always a crash at the end and this period of spiritual desolation. We've just come out of the junk bond era and this wild enthusiastic materialism. We've never really put our shoulders to the wheel of materialism quite like we did in the 1980s. We just said: This is what everybody should be doing. Greed is great. We've never before just sort of stepped up to the plate and said: Let's all do it as hard as we can. And we hit a wall.
A wall, or an abyss? In your essay in Heaven Is Under Our Feet [a collection of essays benefitting the Walden Woods Project], you say: "Abyss-front property is always popular." When you stare into the abyss, what do you see?
Well, that's obviously an extremely ironic comment, and it can't be answered as a straight question.
Speaking of irony, when I read your novels, I never know whether to laugh or cry. Which are you doing while you're writing them?
Both. My earliest heroes were the Russian comic writers, particularly Gogol. And when you're reading Gogol, that's how you're supposed to be responding.
And how do you respond to life?
That way. It's hilarious, and I love the comic part of life, but there's always this kind of gravitas of mortality and delusion.
I always think your novels are a lot like Walker Percy's. Percy said that the question he tries to answer is: Why does man feel so sad in the 20th century? Is that the question you're trying to answer?
Well, I'm very flattered to be even momentarily compared to Walker Percy. Because I'm always being compared—without much point, I think—to Hemingway. I don't get that one at all.
You're much better than Hemingway.
Oh, good. Why is man so sad? Did you see in Forbes, of all things, a special issue called "Why do we feel so bad?" Alfred Kazin had a wonderful piece in there, and Saul Bellow had a very interesting piece. Why are we so sad? Well, I think that we're sad because we've dedicated ourselves to things that do not have a lot of long-term meaning. I just would like to think that my countrymen are smart enough to get onto that. Now there's a whole school of thought that they're too stupid to ever figure that out.
In Nothing But Blue Skies, Frank is at a McDonald's restaurant, and he says: "We're down among them now." I assume that's an ironic comment. And there's another line where Frank says he hates the tone of his voice when he's "talking to the salt of the earth."
Yeah. I'd have to see the context. I mean, I would never think that, and you would never think that. And I would never say it, and you would never say it, as a straight remark. Comic conventions have to be understood. To look at it humorlessly would be, really, to reverse its meaning and then make me responsible for it.
Okay. To get back to your point, people aren't following the road to happiness, not because they're too stupid, but because …?
I'm feeling—in this sense—optimistic, that increasingly people will see that what we've been doing for a long time is not going to work anymore. Now there's the doomsday timetable, which says: Yes, but they won't find it out in time. There's also the New Inquisition that says: Yes, but left to their own devices they won't find it out in time, so us cognoscenti are going to tell them what to do. That's the sort of new hipness I find extremely alarming. I am sort of a populist, and I wish that it would go faster, I wish people would understand some of the more permanent values that are available to us, in our backyards. But they weren't put on the planet to satisfy my sense of how rapidly things should occur.
I think there's a growing green movement in this country. And it won't surprise me a bit, if I live to a ripe old age, to find that being the dominant party. I actually believe that. It's the first sort of quasi-religious movement which cuts across class and economic lines. Not perfectly, but it does it better than the Episcopal church, for example. And it's a religious movement. It's a religious and a political movement, and it's very powerful. And it's a good movement, which is important.
Do you think the West is not so much a place as a destination—that what is important is getting there?
There's a great battle, you know, between the New Westerners, the Patty Limerick school—which is very interesting—who say that the West is not a process, it's a place. We know this argument very well. I think it's kind of both.
In Blue Skies, Frank is a Montana rancher who talks about smelling the water in the sagebrush, and he says: "I love it here. At least it's a place to start." I agree, it's a place to start. And then where do you go from there?
Well, I was thinking—vis-à-vis the previous question—about a wonderful thing that John Cheever said. He said that man is a better traveler than a farmer. I don't know if you've read Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, but the sort of subtext of that book is that the wanderers are the happy people. You know, the wandering herdsmen of Africa. The Homeric Greek characters that were constantly on the move. The cruelties of the world are really generated by the farmers. Now we're in a time where we absolutely idealize the place on Earth kind of thing, where people don't move.
There's a scene in Nothing But Blue Skies making fun of some academics who still believe that farmers are closer to Mother Earth. Don't you think they are?
Some of them are, but some of them aren't. I have a grain farm up there in Montana—it really belongs to my children. A friend of mine sharecrops this thing—it just fascinates me how much of a businessman he has to be. He spends more time on paperwork than I do?
But don't you think farmers are still closer to the Earth than someone who lives in Manhattan?
Sure. But I think probably what I was doing was undercutting, sort of satirically, the self-righteousness, the hubristicness that fills the agricultural newspapers.
The Wise Use movement?
Well, not only that, but just the general chauvinism of farmers and ranchers—it's almost unbearable sometimes. And the fact that they look out from their piece of ground, and they see somebody with an out-of-state license plate and just assume a moral superiority, I have to fight that back a little bit.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead said that problems in modern society stem from the fact that for 99 percent of human history, we've lived in tribes of 30 people or less. And now we don't. Would you agree with that?
Just on my little book tour, I'm beginning to feel that independent bookstores are sort of tribal centers of some kind. I realize this doesn't stand up to real scrutiny, except that individual books collect societies around them. And particular kinds of bookstores come to be little societies, especially in urban areas.
But that's a self-selected tribe. That's the amazing thing about tribes—you have to learn to get along with everyone.
Whether you want to be in that tribe or not. I don't think we have tribes anymore. I think we have a lot of nostalgia for tribes. I remember vividly in the 1960s how everyone was searching for this tribalism, which was a little farfetched.
Who are your favorite writers?
Gogol, Chekhov, Turgenev, Saul Bellow.
Kurt Vonnegut says that most people can't use information for anything except entertainment. Do you agree?
No. Charles Olson says that sometimes people want tablets brought down from the mountain, and sometimes they want to go to the beach.
What are you going to do next? Another novel?
No. I plan to go get Mama, and the horse trailers, and be gone for about ten years.
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DmC: Devil May Cry
The DMC's fanbase seems even worse than Sonic's...
Lord_Mizer posted...
FNP88 posted...They already did, but i guarantee when bayonetta 2 comes out and looks amazing they will all be doing the same thing again. How they are praising platinum games now will probably end when they don't have a wiiU and can't play bayonetta. They are just like little kids who can't get what they want. They don't get something, they cry.
*Has 360 and PS3 and waiting for Wii U for X-mas*
I've given up on handhelds, barely any 360 games though since i tend to prefer PS3...
Awaiting:MGR, DmC, AR, DS3, GOWA
Playing: DMC4, IF2, AC3, RE6, ME3, H4
BlackSheepWalls posted...
At least the Sonic fanbase has reasons to be really angry, they experienced how bad their games got. Sonic06 was a reason to be pissed, but you cannot tell me that for you DmC seems just as bad?
DmC is Bayonetta with less boobs....i'll pass
Who the hell is donte?
The name for the current iteration of Dante in this game.
Most people don't like him.
LUCK: I don't know what just happened, but I'll go with it.
KA_ME_HA_ME_HA posted...
Any time a series is replaced by a down grade, the fans will get disgruntled.
DuuuDe14 posted...
When are people going to realize its not the "DMC" fanbase. If thiis situation were placed on ANY major franchise or gaming icon the reaction would have been exactly the same or worse.
This. I don't know why people insist on trying to say anyone pissed off about "DmC" are the unreasonable ones. Like wanting to resist stupid, for-the-worse change is somehow a negative quality.
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I believe in the Straight Edge Savior and the Mizziah I love DLC :)
Not changing this until DmCrap flops.
I dislike 90% of the FF fanbase.
--Characters once likeable and fun are now unlikeable and bland
--Gameplay takes several steps backward
--Horrible voice acting
--Unnecessary control scheme changes
--No lock on system anymore
Explain to me why DMC fans shouldn't be upset?
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but you cannot tell me that for you DmC seems just as bad?
You know, I really find it hard to believe that Kratos is more likeable than New Dante... I just can't see that at all. New Dante has NO charm or redeeming qualities? That's pushing it.
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-Characters once likeable and fun are now unlikeable and bland
I'm unsure of this... we barely know the characters in the new game, so it just seems like you're just trying to hate on them the second you see something you don't like.... whereas you have characters developed over the course of 4 games.
--Gameplay takes several steps backward
Your opinion. Though the style system is kinda broken, so I agree there.
--Horrible voice acting
I really can't see that... did we forget THIS scene?
As of yet, I can't find a scene like that in DmC.
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January 6, 2014
We saw quite a few different takes on the smartwatch in 2013, and we're sure to see quite a few more in 2014. But easily one of the highest-profile players so far has been Pebble. The popular startup just did as many companies at CES do, and announced a brand new version of its popular product. Meet Pebble Steel.
Pebble Steel isn't quite a second-generation model; it's more like a premium version of the Pebble we already know. Pebble Steel has the same black & white e-paper screen, the same 5 atm water resistance, and the same handy shake wrist, turn on backlight feature as the original.
But on the outside, everything's different. That screen is now protected by a strong layer of Corning Gorilla Glass. The watch's housing is now made of stainless steel, and sold in two different versions (Brushed Stainless and Black Matte). There's even an RGB LED in the watch's lower left corner that lets you know when it's charging.
Pebble Steel's band didn't just receive an upgrade from the rubbery one attached to the O.G. Pebble. Pebble Steel actually includes two bands. Yep, each of the new models ships with both a metallic band (matching the finish of the housing you choose) and a black leather strap. Many of the early smartwatches let you swap bands, but this is the first time we've seen one that includes more than one option right in the box.
As you might expect, Pebble Steel is a bit pricier than the original. Fortunately, though, the company managed to only tag on an extra US$100, with Steel ringing up for $250. Considering that the Galaxy Gear and Martian retail for $300 and the Qualcomm Toq for $350, that's not too shabby. And when you consider that Pebble has an open-source SDK and the best software support of any smartwatch (all of which is still compatible with the new Steel), it's looking like a promising start for 2014 wearables.
Pebble's app store, which will be integrated into the official companion app for iOS and Android, will also be launching by the end of the month. We'll be sitting down with the folks from Pebble later this week, so keep an eye out for some hands-ons. In the meantime, you can check out Pebble's launch video below.
Darnit, I wanted a round one.Prospector
It's not a huge update but definitely an improvement in the durability and appearance of the watch.Jessica Johnson
Although thickness and battery life will remain a problem for some time anyway, I can't see these really getting universal acceptance until they lose the need for 'tethering' or having to keep a smartphone on your person as well. Stand-alone watches - if they ever leave the 'Dick Tracy' persona - are the way to go. Perhaps a BT earpiece accesssory may be the way to go?The Skud
Man, I'm sold, I have to upgrade. I got $25 off on a black Friday deal on a pebble and have used it since I got it two days later and love the thing. I no longer miss calls, texts, emails, or SMS and I have the vibrate and ringer off on my phone so I'm totally Ninja now. The only thing I dislike about it is I do construction work so I have the Zagg Shield on it peels off pretty bad. These versions look like the Shield will stay on better since the face is just rectangle with a little bit of a bezel.
A lot of people say they don't like smart watches because you have to have a phone to tether them to but you know what? I like the five inch screen on my smart phone, I can't browse the web on a smart watch so what would be the point of one that replaces a phone? I really think the only thing to replace smart phones is something like google glass or that contact lens that does adds augmented reality.exodous
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Some 29 Golden Triangle residents are sleeping more at ease in their renovated homes thanks to a youth group volunteer initiative called the World Changers.
During the week of June 27, more than 300 student volunteers from Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi descended on the Golden Triangle to lend assistance to low-income homeowners with pressing renovation needs as part of the World Changers annual project event. It was the first time the group had come to the area, though local fundraising chairman and leadership team member for the effort Bill East said he hoped it wouldn't be the last.
"We initiated it this year in hopes that we could execute it successfully, which we did, and it might become an annual affair," East said. " … I feel strongly that we'll have another in 2015."
The group, founded in 1990 in Tennessee as a youth-involved initiative of the Southern Baptist Association (SBA), seeks to bring college age students together to coordinate needed home projects such as repainting, roofing or constructing wheelchair ramps for those in need, according to Micah Birdsong, missions and communications specialist for the World Changers' South team. That group has grown to encompass projects in most U.S. states, including Alaska, as well as efforts in Puerto Rico, Birdsong said. This year, she said about 12,000 youth volunteers from a variety of Christian denominations had volunteered among 85 major projects.
"We work year-round setting up and organizing projects," Birdsong said. "Then teams of college students go out during the summer and lead volunteers to do the work."
Birdsong said those college students will coordinate with professional construction crew chiefs to oversee work and younger volunteers — mostly in grades 11-12, though the program is open for students sixth grade and older — in a week-long block, completing projects before moving on to another location. Cities or local SBA chapters submit an application for consideration, and if chosen, she said local homeowners must go through a similar process to obtain assistance.
"Since this was the first time (in the Golden Triangle) we weren't entirely certain how to select the homeowners," East said. "So we put an appeal out to churches that if they knew of a family in need to get them to apply. Then, the overall construction coordinator would visit each recommended site and make a decision based on need."
East said two primary factors were taken into account when determining homes: Financial need and critical structure need.
Additionally, Birdsong said work was determined based on what volunteer crews could feasibly complete within the week. Overall, she said seven homes in Clay County were identified and chosen for assistance at no cost to the homeowners.
Identification was only part of the process, however. The local leadership team began soliciting donations from local businesses and church organizations, in addition to applying for grants, East said. In all, he said the group hoped to obtain $1,000 per home project. Members successfully brought in about $28,000, he said, just shy of the $29,000 total goal.
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Denver Nuggets -2½FREE SERVICE PLAYS VISIT THESPREAD.COM
The Dallas Mavericks are being overvalued due to the return of Dirk Nowitzki. It's going to take some time for Nowitzki to get back into the swing of things. He likely won't play big minutes until later in the season and his return likely won't have an effect on the Mavericks ability to win games for at least another week. I understand Dallas just went on the road and took the reigning Western Conference Champions to overtime last night, but I believe that was more of the Thunder suffering a hangover from that lost to the Heat on Christmas Day than the Mavericks all the sudden being a contender again.
Denver is one of the more underrated teams in the NBA, basically because they have not been able to win on the road at the same rate that they do at home. However, they have played a very brutal schedule early in the season with 20 of their first 30 games being played away from home. This is one spot where the Nuggets are a strong play.
Prior to last night, Dallas had lost three straight games by double-digits. They are 1-7 in their last 8 games and I have a hard time believing they will have the energy on a back-to-back set to keep up with Denver.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Jeff Alexander
Look for Mizzou to struggle in its first true road game of the season versus a UCLA team that is starting to find its groove. The Bruins are on a 19-8 ATS run in games following 2 consecutive home wins of 10 points or more.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Scott Delaney
Let's take a look at the free play for tonight, as I carry over the momentum from last night's winner on Western Illinois over Oakland, and keep it going with Utah Valley over Austin Peay in the Dr Pepper Classic at Chattanooga.
The Wolverines come into this event after splitting a pair of games last week, defeating Troy, 67-64, in overtime before falling short in a late comeback against North Carolina Central, 73-67. Today they might be in the right spot to pick up some momentum, as Austin Peay has lost four straight. The Governors are a young team trying to blend multiple newcomers, and have quite yet found an identity, or even a team leader to turn to.
Austin Peay was beat down last Saturday, 83-57 at Illinois State. And while the Governors will be playing their second of five straight games away from Dave Aaron Arena, Utah Valley has played nine of its 14 away from Orem, Utah.
The travel should not affect the Wolverines one bit, and they'll exploit the Governors with a balanced attack. Four Wolverines average double figures.
Lay the low chalk in this game.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Chuck O'Brien
High Point (pk) at TN CHATTANOOGA
My free pick run is at 148-123-3, and tonight I have two college basketball freebies for you, including this one on the High Point Panthers at Tennessee-Chattanooga, the host of the 23rd annual Dr. Pepper Classic. I know it's never a good idea to go against the host team in a holiday tournament involving mid-majors, but in this pick'em, just having to select the winner is an easy choice with High Point.
I think the Panthers will be out to do some damage here, as they come in after an excruciating close loss to Eastern Kentucky, 73-70, on Dec. 21. In a back and forth affair that saw the lead change hands four times and the game tied eight times in the second half alone, it was another close loss for High Point. Its four most recent losses have come by an average of 4.75 points, while the Panthers have been within five points in the last six minutes of each game.
Tonight against Chattanooga, something tells me there will be no close calls, and there will be no letting off the gas pedal. Chattanooga is just 3-8 overall, and it is coming in after a 108-78 win over NAIA-member Reinhardt last Friday. This is a step up in class, and the Moccasins don't necessarily have a lot to offer against the well-balanced Panthers.
High Point is led by redshirt frosh John Brown, who is averaging 22.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals while shooting 48.2 percent from the floor and 76.5 percent from the line in the last three games. This kid is explosive and can take over a game at any moment. He's already been featured on ESPN SportsCenter's top 10 plays three times in his first 10 collegiate games. Random intangible? Yes. But it's noteworthy when you're talking about a mid-major that doesn't get much recognition until March.
Brown, who is averaging 18.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 2.1 blocks on the season, has been named the Big South Freshman of the Week three times this season.
High Point comes in on a 5-1 ATS run against non-conference foes, while the Mocs are mired in ATS slides of 1-4 against non-league competition, 0-5 at home and 1-5 overall.
Southern Mississippi (-2) at MOREHEAD STATE
My second free winner for Friday night is going to be on Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles laying cheap chalk to Morehead State. This really is a mismatch, and I don't know what the oddsmakers are thinking with the line this low.
The Golden Eagles (8-4) arrive for this one after a disappointing loss to the Wichita State Shockers, 59-51, after squandering an 11 point halftime-lead. Southern Miss' second half collapse coincided with Wichita State's strong finish, as the Shockers scored the final 10 points of the game.
It was an off day for the Golden Eagles, who are averaging 65 points per game and shooting 45 percent from the field as a team. I have to believe we're going to see more of this team than the one we saw against Wichita.
Morehead State is in after back to back losses, including its last time out, a 20-point shellacking at the hands of North Dakota, 69-49. UND outshot Morehead 56 percent to 35 percent from the field.
This is a no-brainer for me, as Southern Miss has already recorded some notable victories this season, including wins over Western Kentucky, Georgia and UC Irvine. I sincerely don't believe they should have a problem beating Morehead State on the road. Lay the cheap road chalk.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Jeff Benton
Freebie for Friday is the Houston Rockets as the underdog at San Antonio.
The Spurs have already won and covered the first pair of meetings this season against the Rockets, and are on an overall 7-3 straight up roll the last ten times the teams have played, but tonight it is all about the sizzling Rockets.
Houston comes to the Alamo City having won and covered five in a row, and they are an overall 7-1 straight up their last eight times on the hardwood.
As for San Antonio, the Spurs may have won their last three games, but their spread mark is just 3-5 their last eight games contested.
Tonight is the night the surging Rockets get on board in the season series against the Spurs, and if they don't win this game outright, they at the very least will cover.
Take the points.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Chris Jordan
Tonight, my free pick is on the Falcons' men's basketball team laying a trey at North Dakota.
Bowling Green arrives in Grand Forks to play its second of four consecutive road games and is in the midst of five games being played over five different states (Florida, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio). And though some might think the Falcons are weary, I think they'll be coming in fired up after scoring near-upsets against back-to-back power foes - South Florida (87-84 in triple overtime) and Michigan State (64-53).
Aside from stars Jordon Crawford, Richaun Holmes and Anthony Henderson, this is a team that has depth, and that coach Louis Orr can count on when it comes to his reserves. Bowling Green's bench has outscored the opponent's bench in eight straight games.
The Falcons check into this one on ATS win streaks of 15-3 after a straight-up setback, 4-1 after an ATS cover and 4-0 in non-conference play. Meanwhile, the nickname-less team from North Dakota has dropped four straight to the books.
Lay the road chalk.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Matt Rivers
My comp selection tonight is on the Under in the Meinke Car Care Bowl between Minnesota and Texas Tech.
Sure, the Red Raiders have put some points on the scoreboard this season, as Texas Tech comes into this bowl game having played Overs in three straight and five of their last six games, but even if they get their points, I am not so sure you can count on the points coming from Minnesota.
The Golden Gophers scored just 17 points or less in seven of their last eight games coming into tonight's contest, and the Under went 6-4-1 in Minny's lined games this season.
Just don't think we will be seeing too many points on the Reliant Stadium scoreboard this Friday night.
Play the Under in Minnesota-Texas Tech
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Jeff Scott Sports
Indiana/ Jacksonville Under 153: The Hoosiers can score a ton of points and could probably name their score here, but they are a HUGE favorite in this game and with the Big 10 season on deck, but how much will they keep their starters in here? I don't expect many of them to be playing too much in the second half, which should help keep the late scoring down. On defense Indiana should have no problems slowing down a Jacksonville offense that averages just 64.2 ppg on 40.6 % shooting on the road this year. Indiana allows just 55.3 ppg on 34% shooting at home this year, showing just how tough their defense is. Indiana will build a big first half lead and then pull starters early in the second half and just cruise the rest of the way as they look to the Big 10 opener. Indiana should be good for 85-90 points at most, while Jacksonville will be good for the low 50's at best. This one should be played in the low 140's.
Brown/ Providence Under 130: The Way i see this one is that Brown will have to score around 60 for this one to go over the total I just don't expect that at all. Brown comes in really struggling on offense as they have scored just 58 ppg on 36.7% shooting, while in their last 3 games those numbers dip to 49.7 ppg on 33.3% shooting. Improving to much on those numbers will be tough vs a Providence squad that has allowed just 57.8 ppg on 37.3% shooting overall and 55.6 ppg on 36.2% shooting in this last 5 games. Offensively the Friars come in averaging 69.4 ppg overall and in their lone road game they put up just 68 points on 36.5% shooting. 68 is key her as Brown has allowed more than 68 points (Regulation) in just 1 of their last 7 games, so expecting at most 68 or 69 points from Providence is reasonable. Neither team is really an uptempo team, both teams shoot poorly and are bad from long range, plus neither is great from the FT line. All that should add up to a final that look like this... 68-54.
Missouri/ UCLA Under 150: Both teams do play an uptempo pace, but both teams have also played solid defense on the year. Missouri's pressing defense comes in allowing just 61.7 ppg on 35.6% shooting. That pressing style of defense is tough for teams to prepare for and should lead to some scoring problems for UCLA's prize freshmen. They haven't seen pressure defense like this one. Missouri does score 78 ppg, but are just an average shooting team (44.9%) and will be facing a UCLA defense that has allowed teams to it just 39.8% of their shots at home, while allowing 66.9 ppg. This should also be a close game which could lead to both teams slowing the pace down the stretch of the game as they will be looking for the quality shot. I just don't see much more than the low 140's in this one.
Baylor +9.5 over GONZAGA: Baylor has 3 losses but by a total of just 10 points. They have a road win vs Kentucky on the resume, plus a 15 point home win vs BYU and a 19 point neutral site win vs St Johns. This team does get up for the bigger games and this one is clearly a big game. The Zags do have a neutral win over Kansas State, but also have a home loss to a very good Illinois squad. The Bears have played solid defense this year as they have allowed just 65.2 ppg on 41.9% shooting, plus the biggest edge that Gonzaga has on opponents is their rebounding, but that is negated by the fact that Baylor is a very good rebounding team, thanks to their size. Make no mistake that the Bulldogs are the better team, but they won't win this game by DD.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday December, 28
Jeff Scott Sports
Texas Tech/ Minnesota Under 55: (Added) Minnesota has not played allot of high scoring games, thanks mainly to an inept offense. Gopher games this year have averaged just 45.2 ppg, with just 2 of their games putting up more than 55 points and if you remember, one of those games (vs UNLV) was just 13-13 heading to OT. Minnesota comes in averaging just 17.7 ppg (regulation) vs FBS opponents this year and have scored more than 17 points in just 1 of their last 9 games, plus we note that they have scored just 18 ppg vs bowl teams on the year. The Red Raiders defense has been a problem for them this year, but just in the Big 12 as they have allowed just 10 ppg to non-conference opponents. True that was vs Texas State, New Mexico State and NW State, but this gophers offense isn't much better than those teams. Texas Tech's offense has been solid this year, but inconsistent as they have scored 24 or less in 3 of their last 5 games and will be taking on a decent Minnesota offense that has allowed just 352.8 ppg and 23.9 ppg on the year. Minnesota can not match this team point for point so I really look for them to use their running game which will shorten the game and give them a better shot at winning and Texas tech can be run on, allowing 171.4 ypg on the ground this year. These teams play different styles of football, but in the end I feel the score board will resemble more of a Big 10 score than a Big 12 score.
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08.09.06 - By Michael Klimes: After Roberto Durans No Mas fiasco, he became a subject of heated debate in his native Panama. The still great legend was seen as a loser and a quitter. Many who had previously championed him and basked in his glory did not want any part of him. For a long time, the scar of No Mas did not heal and Duran found himself in a position you not would think a fighter of his calibre would be in again. He was a boxer with something to prove.
The Comebacks
Duran refused to believe it was over and started his campaign in the junior middleweight division. Nine months after he lost to Leonard, he fought a tough cookie by the name of Nino Gonzalez. He won a ten round decision and only came on later in the bout as he showed some ring rust and in periods appeared gun shy. This was unsurprising as Duran was navigating through uncharted waters at his new weight and he needed to find his anchor like he had done in the welterweight division. He fought top contenders like Monroe Brooks and Carlos Palamino, before he went after the big fish..
In his following tune up, Duran took on a very game Italian, Luigi Minchillo, the European Champion at that point in time. Minchillo was a predictable brawler and tried to outwork Duran but came unstuck in the latter stages as Durans superior experience shown through.
Bothersome Benitez and Kirkland Laing:
Wilfred Benitez, defence extraordinaire and from the same country as Durans former rival, Esteban DeJesus had Duran in his scopes for their 1981 match up. Their entrances belied the actual nature and outcome of the fight.
Duran looked composed and calm, Benitez tense and stiff. For fifteen rounds, Benitez out jabbed, out landed and out slicked Duran in an exceptionally one sided bout. Duran was very sluggish and did none of his irritating head feinting, searching jab or crisp combinations. Sugar Ray Leonard commented at ringside and observed, Duran does not have it. Ray made that that comment in between Rounds three and four. Another commentator concluded, there is a look of resignation in Durans eyes. That was after Round ten drifted into Benitezs lap. The Puerto Rican won a lopsided but bizarrely close unanimous decision.
In one of the supreme ironies of Benitezs career, the usually lazy counter puncher trained for what was meant to be the hardest fight in his life but it turned out to be one of the easiest.
Perhaps Durans most humiliating plummet as a professional was against the very fast fisted Kirkland Laing. Laing, with Herol Graham, was one of the most talented British fighters of the decade with very quick hands, reflexes and feet. Both of them were very elusive in the ring but the richest prizes eluded both of them. Laing gave a text book performance on how to negate an offensive fighter of Durans versatility and dynamism. He doubled and tripled the jab, keeping his foe off balance and out of rhythm, brought in the straight right and gave the Panamanian plenty of angles. Duran looked like a former demon who had his sadism exorcised and needed to find a new line of work.
The Moore Moment
It took a whole year before Duran would find any of his old form again. He rediscovered it when he fought Pipino Cuevas in Los Angeles and destroyed him in four rounds. Duran came in, wearing a glittering white robe, which made an allusion to Hollywood and fantasy that evening. Duran looked fit, fought beautifully one the inside and landed his trademark hooks to the body. Cuevas was ragged and undisciplined, throwing his punches off balance and with little thought. Duran was relaxed and picked his spots.
In 1983 Duran squared up against the very talented but rookie like Davey Moore, the W.B.A Junior Middleweight Champion at Madison Square Garden. Moore made the critical mistake of going toe to toe with the old veteran when he should have used his decent jab and footwork to outmanoeuvre and outscore Duran. Moore had no shortage of courage but Duran gave him a vintage mix of the cocktail, which saw wonderful head feinting, body punching and that cracking straight right. It was one of Durans best ever performances but it was tarnished by disgraceful refereeing and corner management.
Moores corner made two unforgivable decisions; they never told Moore to box instead of brawl and did not pull him out of the fight after the seventh when it was clear beyond clarity that Moore was the broken goods. Similarly, the referee let Moore be hammered by a merciless Duran for far too long in the eighth. However, the event took place at Madison Square Garden and it was a fitting place to have such a historical happening as Duran had prior history there, winning his first world title in 1972 and suffering his first defeat in 1974.
In my personal opinion, the referee and members of his corner should have been penalised as their reckless handling could have potentially killed Moore or at the least permanently damaged him. It is the duty and a very obvious one of the referee and the fighters corner to protect their own boxer, even from themselves if need be but this did not happen.
Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Duran had the guts to move up in weight again and challenge the fearsome middleweight champion in the same year. In a highly tactical but fascinating title fight, Hagler won a closely judged decision against Duran who frustrated him in the first four rounds with some sensational ring savvy, defensive skills and counter-punching. Hagler finally tripled his jab in the later stages and began scoring with his uppercut that he could be so good with. They had some explosive exchanges as well and Hagler adapted brightly to an increasingly clever and wily boxer-puncher.
The Hitmans Hammer
In 1984, Duran moved back down to challenge the freakishly frightening Tommy Hearns. The commentators phrased Duran so neatly as he approached the ring, You dont have to see Duran, you can smell him.
In what proved to be Durans stylistic nightmare, the tall and gangly Detroit puncher knocked out Duran in less then two rounds. Hearns had just reverted his nickname back to The Hitman just before this bout and what apt timing it was. It became very clear from the opening bell that it was more than David vs. Goliath as Hearnss 6ft 1 frame against Durans 5ft 7 eclipsed any hope of Duran winning. Hearnss ramrod jab and steel plated combinations were so emphatic that when Duran was knocked out he slumped forwards, not backwards!
Hearns was very chivalrous and remarked, Duran is still a great fighter but the proud Duran asked, What I have done to deserve this? It seemed it was over.
The Miraculous Ending
In 1989, after five years of being the big beast in the wilderness, Duran had one more glory chapter to be written. He took on the very big and stormy middleweight champion Iran Barkley in Atlantic City. In what I consider to be a classic boxing match and one of the most touching moments in the sports history, Duran took on a man nine years his junior and won his fourth world title. Iran The Blade Barkley was known as a tremendous puncher and indeed he was; he knocked out Durans nemesis, Tommy Hearns not once but twice before this scintillating showdown.
What made the ingredients for this bout so emotional was Barkley had been good friends with Davey Moore who had tragically died in a freak car accident. He made a point that he would beat Duran for his friend. Duran had a lot at stake as well considering he was thirty seven years old, perhaps in his last title fight and was gunning for that accolade of being a man to had won world titles in four different weights.
The Fight
Each gladiator was in a brilliant form. They battled at a very fast place for middleweights. Duran was the slick offensive-counter-puncher, looking to work his way on the inside and hurt Barkley with his straight right. Barkley learned from Davey Moore and boxed beautifully on the outside and did his fair share of work on the inside. Fans were surprised by how intelligently and skilfully Barkley handled Duran. He launched a good jab and moved very well from beginning to end. He also landed excellent uppercuts to Durans head and did a lot of accurate body punching. Duran rolled with Barkleys punches, took Barkleys bombs (amazing considering Barkleys size and punching power) and kept to his game plan. Barkley kept to his strategy and a roaring crowd was treated to a technically excellent contest with a lot of explosive action.
In rounds seven and eight Duran began to fade but came back in the tenth. He floored a gutsy Barkley in the eleventh round with a right, left, right, right combination. Barkley got up and finished strongly in the twelfth.
Duran won a split decision but the result of the fight and his fourth title was irrelevant, what was significant was the sportsmanship shared between Duran and Barkley. Duran was extremely gracious and exclaimed, You made it tough for me! How many times had Duran acknowledged another fighter after the bout? They hugged and congratulated each other several times and it became astonishingly clear Barkley could not have given a better dedication to his deceased friend, Davey Moore, neither could have Duran to boxing, the end of his career or himself.
The announcement of the decision took a long time because Michael Buffer, had trouble with his microphone. It was if God himself did not want there to be a winner because both had been such worthy combatants. The atmosphere in the arena and the good feeling between the two fighters did not diminish. They were questioned after the bout with both arms on each others shoulders and Barkley did not have any resentment at the decision stating, I have to take off my hat to Duran.
The Man
Duran was a great fighter because he was a one off as a man. He would continue fighting but I think his greatest victory was against Barkley. He revealed a side of himself, which had always been there but he had not displayed. In the documentary series Beyond the Glory one can see the emotional and softer to side to Duran. Yes he was the boxer but what about the person after that? He could have quit after nearly everyone turned their back on him but he shredded that maxim by F.Scott Fitzgerald, There are no second acts in American life. Duran had three.
His other miracle, which gives me a lot of affection for him was when he met Esteban DeJesus, dying from AIDS in the early 1980s and embraced him. Duran was an inspiration to millions of people and he should never be forgotten. His career is a metaphor of a human being who fell into the bottom of the pit and clawed his way back up. He was not a perfect person, but he became a better and stronger person in his worst moments and for that reason I will always take pleasure from that cold spine chill every time I say, Manos de Pierda, Roberto Duran!
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