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Posted on: January 13, 2012 12:13 pm
Tyler Wilson returning to Arkansas
Posted by Tom Fornelli
The SEC West is going to be rather tough again in 2012. Arkansas, which found out earlier this week that running back Knile Davis would be returning from a knee injury next year, got some more good news on Friday. Quarterback Tyler Wilson will be returning to Arkansas for his senior season.
"I have decided to stay at Arkansas for the 2012 season because I am extremely excited for what this team has the opportunity to accomplish and to finish earning my degree," said Wilson in a release. "After the feedback I received, the decision was difficult to make. Ultimately, the chance to complete my academics and play one more season as a Razorback were compelling reasons for me to remain in Fayetteville. This past year was great for us with 11 wins and a top-five finish and we want to build on that. The group of players we have returning has high expectations and wants to work hard to compete for championships. Although my goal is to play in the NFL, I believe I can benefit greatly from another year of working with Coach (Bobby) Petrino and Coach Paul Petrino. I am excited to be able to spend one more season at a university where the leadership shows a tremendous amount of support and the passion of the fans is the best in the country."
Wilson took over as Arkansas' starting quarterback in 2011 after Ryan Mallett left for the NFL, and had great season for the Razorbacks. He finished the year throwing for 3,638 yards and 24 touchdowns for an offense that averaged 36.8 points per game.
Considering that Wilson will have a full year of experience under his belt heading into 2012 and the return of Knile Davis, an Arkansas team that finished the season 11-2 -- with those losses coming to Alabama and LSU -- and ranked fifth in the country will be a darkhorse candidate to be the SEC's newest national champion.
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Category: NCAAF
Posted on: December 9, 2011 7:07 pm
Edited on: December 9, 2011 7:08 pm
Arizona down to one QB after pair of transfers
Posted by Jerry Hinnen
When Rich Rodriguez took over at Michigan, the transfer of Ryan Mallett left the Wolverines in a quarterback crisis that played a major role in dragging Rodriguez's first team into a 3-9 hole. Things should be different in Rodriguez's new job at Arizona, but all the same, Rodriguez can't like the historical echoes of this week's quarterbacking news in Tucson.
A pair of transfers have left Rodriguez's Wildcats with just one quarterback available for spring drills--senior Matt Scott, who spent a redshirt season in 2011 season behind star signal-caller Nick Foles. True freshman Daxx Garman asked out of the program the final week of November, while Rutgers transfer Tom Savage told Rodriguez this past week he would also be leaving the Wildcats in order to be closer to his family in Pennsylvania. A tweet indicated a family member coudl be ill.
"Tom has indicated to us that he wants to transfer closer to home for family reasons," Rodriguez said "He said it has nothing to do with football, schemes, or the University of Arizona. We certainly wish him and his family the best in the future."
That Savage's decision is unrelated to Rodriguez's spread schemes is one difference from Mallett's to leave Michigan, but there's still a much larger difference than that: Savage and Garman aren't leaving the cupboard bare. Scott is a highly experienced veteran with five career starts to his name and a few dandy performances; in a two-week stint filling in for Foles in 2010, Scott hit a combined 42-of-58 passes for 552 yards and 3 touchdowns in a pair of wins over UCLA and Washington. He should also prove to be an excellent fit athletically for Rodriguez's spread option attack, having collected 532 career yards on the ground.
"Everybody's been coming up to me this week, saying, 'Man, you're going to tear it up next year,' " Scott said recently. "I'm just trying to stay level-headed and stay calm. He has great credentials from where he's been (with) quarterbacks. That says it all. I'm happy for him to be here and ready to get to work."
So as long as Scott stays healthy, Rodriguez shouldn't be condemned to repeat his Michigan history. But if he goes down with an injury? It could be 2008 all over again.
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: October 4, 2011 1:14 pm
Edited on: October 4, 2011 2:10 pm
Week 6 Picks: Who do you like?
Posted by Jerry Hinnen
Each week, the CBSSports.com college football staff offer their choice for the week's Expert Picks. But before we make our selections for Week 6, we spin the wheel o' games to select a handful of contests we want your take on.
Check the poll below to pick an outcome for the 10 games our wheel landed on, including Florida at LSU on CBS, Oklahoma vs. Texas in the Red River Rivalry, and Auburn traveling to Arkansas in a matchup of ranked teams. Also on tap: Southern Miss taking on Navy at 3:30 ET on the CBS Sports Network. To see the results of the poll, tune in to Inside College Football, 8 p.m. ET on CBSSN.
As a sneak peek of this week's Expert Picks, here's this blogger's early impressions of the week's slate:
Southern Miss at Navy: The Golden Eagles have recovered nicely from an early-season loss to Marshall, but still have to prove their defense is at all capable of stopping the Midshipmen triple-option. At home in Annapolis, Navy should have the edge.
Army at Miami (Ohio): It's been an up-and-down season for the Knights, who upset Northwestern but have been clubbed by a total of 50 points in two previous trips to MAC teams Ball State and Northern Illinois. With the Redhawks winless and going nowhere on offense, though, Army should be OK this time.
Missouri at Kansas State: The Wildcats are flying high after upsetting Baylor, but the Tigers promise to be much stingier on defense than the Bears and are coming off a bye. We like the Tigers to bring KSU back to earth a bit.
Iowa at Penn State: Kirk Ferentz has owned Joe Paterno's squad in recent years, and with the Nittany Lions seemingly going backwards on offense as James Vandenberg has woken up the Hawkeye attack, that may not change this season.
Georgia at Tennessee: All bets are off if Tyler Bray catches fire. But Mark Richt has always been an outstanding coach on the road, and until the Vols show some ability to get some push for the running game, we'll take the team with Isaiah Crowell.
Arizona State at Utah: The Utes got a rude welcome to the Pac-12 in their conference home opener against Washington last week, and the Sun Devils are a more complete team than the Huskies. An injury to Jordan Wynn won't help matters, either.
Texas A&M at Texas Tech: There's no more myserious undefeated team in the FBS than the Red Raiders, whose 4-0 record has been complied against an FCS tomato can, hopeless New Mexico, Nevada (in a nail-biter) and Kansas. We're not sure they've been impressive enough to take them over what should be an angry Aggies squad.
Florida at LSU: There's not a college football fan alive who wouldn't tell you the same thing, but it's true: the matchup of true freshman Gator quarterback Jeff Driskel against LSU's defense in Baton Rouge should not be pretty.
Auburn at Arkansas: Last year, Tyler Wilson ripped the Auburn defense for 330-plus yards and four touchdowns in relief of Ryan Mallett, and that was on the road at the defending national champions. At home vs. an even more wobbly Tiger defense, Wilson may make it 1,000 yards in two weeks.
Oklahoma vs. Texas: Ever since Garrett Gilbert went to the sidelines, the Longhorns have been scorching hot, roaring back against BYU and thumping UCLA and Iowa State on the road. The Sooners are still a bridge too far for a team this young, but the Red River Rivalry should me much closer than many expect.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Ball State, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, BYU, Conference USA, Florida, Garrett Gilbert, Georgia, ICF picks, Iowa, Iowa State, Isaiah Crowell, James Vandenberg, Jeff Driskel, Jerry Hinnen, Joe Paterno, Jordan Wynn, Kansas, Kansas State, Kirk Ferentz, LSU, MAC, Mark Richt, Marshall, Miamo (Ohio), Missouri, Navy, Nevada, New Mexico, non-BCS, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Pac-12, Penn State, Ryan Mallett, SEC, Southern Miss, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tyler Bray, Tyler Wilson, UCLA, Utah, Washington
Posted on: September 23, 2011 2:46 pm
Edited on: September 23, 2011 2:54 pm
SEC Shakedown: Alabama vs. Arkansas
Posted by Jerry Hinnen
In which we break down the SEC's biggest games. This week: Tide and Razorbacks.
AT STAKE: Oh, not much, just a continued place in the national championship discussion and a seat alongside LSU as one of the conference's two true favorites. And maybe even more for Arkansas, who despite their Sugar Bowl appearance from a year ago still aren't popularly recognized as a true heavy-hitter on the national stage. Beat Alabama at Alabama, and no one will deny Bobby Petrino's team their place at the "potential crystal-ball hoisters" table any longer.
WHEN ARKANSAS HAS THE BALL, THEY MUST: protect Tyler Wilson. Alabama's secondary is one of the most feared in the nation -- and rightly so -- but they have a dirty little secret: they can be beaten deep. Downfield threats like South Carolina's Alshon Jeffery, the Razorbacks' Jarius Wright, and Auburn's array of pump-and-go targets all found plenty of success against the Tide defensive backs last season, due somewhat in part to the inexperience in the unit but also to a pass rush that got to Stephen Garcia just one and Ryan Mallett twice.
All the Tide defensive backs from a year ago return, but then again, so do all the Hog wideouts (Wright included). If Wilson is given the same amount of time Mallett (at least in the first half) and Garcia were in 2010, he and Petrino will find the space to hit a handful of potentially game-deciding big plays down the field.
The key for the Tide will be making sure Wilson doesn't have the time in the pocket necessary to make those kinds of long-developing throws. And Nick Saban has to love their matchup at weakside tackle*, where true freshman Mitch Smothers will be making his first SEC start opposite none other than Courtney Upshaw, the Tide's most explosive pass rusher. If Smothers can hold his ground against Upshaw and the rest of the Hog line can pick up Saban's tricky, terrifying blitz packages, Wilson and the receivers should be able to do their bombing-run thing.
If not? If there are no big plays in the passing game? And the Hogs are required to instead methodically drive down the field, without Knile Davis, via precise execution and careful mistake-free football, against that Tide defense? Forget it.
WHEN ALABAMA HAS THE BALL, THEY MUST: Not. Turn. The. Ball. Over.
Not much has gone wrong for the Tide so far this season. The offensive line has had some hiccups, but nothing that can't be fixed; Trent Richardson's slow start isn't an issue with Eddie Lacy running rampant, and may be behind him after the North Texas bludgeoning anyway; aside from one early drive against Penn State, the defense has been as flawless as expected; and maybe most importantly, AJ McCarron-to-Marquis Maze has given the passing game something to hang its hat on. But there is one fly in the ointment, and that's the Tide's seven giveaways, a number that puts them among the nation's bottom 20 teams in that department.
Maybe even more worrying than the number itself is that it hasn't been one issue. McCarron and backup Phillip Sims have thrown two interceptions apiece. McCarron has also lost a fumble. Receiver DeAndrew White put the ball on the ground twice against Kent State. And though he hasn't lost a fumble yet this season, Lacy's ball security has reportedly been an issue limiting his playing time in the past. Solving the problem may not be as easy as just telling McCarron to not throw picks.
Still, the Tide's offensive job is simple: hang onto the ball, and eventually Richardson, Lacy and the line should eventually be able to bulldoze their way past the Jake Bequette-less Hog front seven. Turn it over -- especially in the Tide's own half, negating the Tide's ability to force the visitors into attempting home-run balls, as above -- and the Tide could find themselves in the kind of hole McCarron and the non-Maze receivers aren't yet ready to pass them out of.
WHAT ALABAMA CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR: Punt returner Joe Adams. Adams already has two highlight-reel punt returns for touchdown this season and the Tide have had some minor struggles in coverage, only allowing three returns but allowing those three to average nearly 10 yards. (Kick returns could be interesting, too; they've been a sore spot in the past for 'Bama, and Hog freshman Marquel Wade already has a touchdown this season, too.)
WHAT ARKANSAS CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR: The brilliance of Richardson (left) and Lacy. The last time Arkansas came to Tuscaloosa, the Hogs had gotten off to a steady start until Richardson turned what should have been a three-yard loss into a twisting, shifting, tackle-breaking 52-yard touchdown run. Final result: 35-7, Tide. If Richardson and his (equally?) capable backup can provide similar fireworks in this meeting -- and they looked primed to do just that against UNT -- there won't be anything Arkansas can do.
AND IN THE END: Arkansas gets two first-half touchdowns and carries a slim lead into the fourth quarter, but a slim lead against the Tide ground game isn't lead enough. Alabama 23, Arkansas 20.
*Arkansas is one of the few teams that doesn't have "left" and "right" tackles, preferring instead to employ weakside and strongside tackles that flip back-and-forth depending on the play and formation.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: AJ McCarron, Alabama, Alshon Jeffery, Arkansas, Auburn, Bobby Petrino, Courtney Upshaw, DeAndrew White, Eddie Lacy, Jake Bequette, Jarius Wright, Jerry Hinnen, Joe Adams, Knile Davis, Marquis Maze, Mitch Smothers, Nick Saban, Phillip Sims, Ryan Mallett, SEC, South Carolina, Sugar Bowl, Trent Richardson, Tyler wilson
Posted on: July 20, 2011 3:28 pm
Bobby Petrino at SEC Media Days
Posted by Tom Fornelli
Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino was the first SEC coach to be subjected to the throngs of reporters at the SEC Media Days on Wednesday in Birmingham, and here are a couple highlights of his session.
On why he's had so much success with quarterbacks wherever he's been - "I think when you look at our success in coaching quarterbacks, one thing I really believe in is it's our job to find out what they do well and then ask them to do that.
It's our coaches' job, my job, to find out what our quarterback does best. Let's take this nice, fancy playbook we have, set it to the side, and develop the offense around the quarterback and give him a chance to be successful. I think the other thing that helps a lot is when you get the other ten guys to play real well around him."
On Tyler Wilson's performance in spring practice this year - "Tyler and Brandon [Mitchell] were the two guys taking reps with the ones. I really believe that those reps, they really tried to take advantage of them. I think Tyler also really understood that 'I just need to settle down, relax, and play the game the way I know how to play the game.' Not try to be Ryan Mallett. In [spring 2010 when Mallett was injured] at times he tried to do things that were out of his element and I thought this spring that was something he really understood 'Hey this is what I do well, this is what I have to work on, and I'm going to continue to do what I know how to do to move the ball.'"
On how Arkansas having so much depth at RB and WR helps the quarterback - "I think it'll really help our new QB, Tyler or Brandon, whoever it is. The fact that I have to distribute the ball according to what the defense is doing. There's been years when you're on offense and you know who your number one receiver is, your number two receiver is and sometimes, particularly when you're inexperienced, you try to force the ball into that guy. Our quarterbacks understand that we're very talented. I have to read the defense, understand what's going on and distribute the ball. Get it to my players and let them make plays for me. I think that's something we will rely on, and it'll really help us if you can turn around and hand it to Knile [Davis] 20 to 25 times a game and get to the proper third downs. That's what really helps there."
On Knile Davis and what he means to the team - "I think the first thing you look at when you look at Knile Davis is you look at his work ethic. Here's a young man that, in the weight room, has continued to get stronger and faster. In fact, he just did a great job in the weight room this past week.
"He's a young man that, in the winter, when we had our testing days, he went in there with every group. He didn't have to, but he was in there cheering them on, spotting guys. The offensive line came in after the running backs, he stayed and spent time with the offensive lineman. So it's become extremely important for him to show how much he cares, and how much he encourages his teammates.
"As far as his ability to run the football, you can see he can run with power, speed and has very, very good vision. I'm excited to see him take a step forward and make improvements in what he did from a year ago. He understands what he needs to do to do that."
On Arkansas' defensive line and how important defensive line play is in the SEC - "I'm excited for our defense this year because I really feel like it's the first time where we're physically where we need to be on the defensive front. Our guys will be big and physical and athletic. We've got speed on the edges which matches what we see every week in the conference.
"I've always believed since I was in the conference as an assistant and then coached in another conference as a head coach that the thing that separated the SEC from everybody else in America was the defensive front. The speed and athleticism on the edges and the athleticism and size on the inside. I found out when I came back into the league as a head coach that that was true."
On playing in a division as tough as the SEC West - "It's tough, you're going against guys that are very, very good players. Tremendous coaching staffs. That's what makes it hard is everybody is going to be well-prepared, understands how you play the game and has the talent to win the game. I think it's real important for us that we're disciplined, we understand how to play on the road and how to find a way to win in the fourth quarter."
On the high expectations at Arkansas - "I'm not afraid of high expectations. I'm excited with the fact that two years in a row now we have very high expectations....It's fun to approach the year that way."
On Ryan Mallett sharing Arkansas' hand signals with Jon Gruden in an ESPN special - "Yeah, they're changed. We already changed them. I wasn't real happy with him, by the way, when I was informed that he did that. He called me up and apologized, but he gave us a few ideas for some new hand signals, so that always helps."
On whether he considers 2010 to be an 11-win season rather than a 10-win season after Ohio State had to vacate the Sugar Bowl - "It's a ten-win season, we were 10-3. We had every chance in the world to win that game but were beat on the field."
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: May 27, 2011 1:03 pm
Edited on: June 13, 2011 9:56 am
CBSSports.com College Football 100: 80-71
By the Eye on College Football bloggers
To celebrate the 100 99 98 days remaining until the first Saturday of the new college football season, this is the CBSSports.com College Football 100: our countdown of the 2011 season's 100 most influential players, coaches, administrators, venues, or any other related things in college football. It's like that other "most influential" list, but, you know, more important. Also: it's supposed to be fun. Enjoy.
80. KIRK COUSINS, quarterback, Michigan State. Saying a team has "a lot to prove" after an 11-win season usually bodes poorly for how the season ended, and for Michigan State, that's no exception; the Spartans went 11-2, but those two losses were a 37-6 shellacking by Iowa and a 49-7 massacre in the Capital One Bowl against Alabama that didn't even seem that close. It was bad. Fortunately, MSU has the personnel to put together another strong showing in 2011.
The backfield hydra of Le'Veon Bell, Edwin Baker and Larry Caper will be the main focus of MSU's offense, but just like with Wisconsin's massive rushing attack last year, it's the senior quarterback at the helm that'll really keep defensive coordinators up at night. Not only that, but Cousins' arm is better than Scott Tolzien's. Significantly better. This'll be Cousins' third season starting, too, and though Mark Dantonio may not need his senior QB to average over 200 passing yards per game again, it'll be hard to keep Cousins' production down--especially when he's facing eight men in the box half the time. It's not a stretch to think Cousins could lead the Big Ten in passing efficiency in 2011--and even less of a stretch to think he could lead his men to double-digit wins once again. -- AJ
79. JOE PATERNO, head coach, Penn State. JoePa gets his own special Memorial Day weekend breakout entry; read it here.
78. BRANDON LINDSEY, defensive end, Pitt. The Pittsburgh defensive end had a stellar junior season in 2010, leading the Big East in tackles for loss (18.0) and finishing second in sacks (10.0). The Panthers have all new leadership up top, with Todd Graham in as head coach and Keith Patterson coming with him from Tulsa as defensive coordinator. Patterson is moving Pitt to a 3-4 defense that utilizes a hybrid "Panther linebacker," one often standing at the line of scrimmage.
The plan, according to Patterson and Graham, is to put Lindsey's explosiveness to use at that new "Panther" position. Graham compared Lindsey's role in 2011 to that of James Harrison--the ultimate playmaking linebacker in the city. Unfortunately, Lindsey missed spring practice with a shoulder injury. But the coaching staff is still counting on his frightening burst and ability to swarm to the ball in the backfield once fall camp opens. If Lindsey racked up 18 tackles for loss coming off the line, it would not be surprising to see the senior among the nation's leaders in his new role. -- CP
77. TRAVIS LEWIS, linebacker, Oklahoma. Travis Lewis's importance to the Oklahoma defense was already enough to warrant his inclusion on this list before the tragic recent death of fellow linebacker Austin Box. Now, not only will Lewis be looked to to lead the defense, but also help his teammates get over the loss of a teammate. He's the senior member of the Oklahoma linebacking corps, racking up an impressive 360 tackles (47.5 for loss), 6 sacks and 8 interceptions in his first three seasons.
As impressive as Lewis has been, though, he'll have to help improve one key part of Oklahoma's defense in 2011: stopping the run. The Sooners gave up 151.8 yards per-game on the ground last season, and while that number isn't terrible, it's not good for Oklahoma on the whole. Why? Because when teams are running on Oklahoma they're killing the clock, and every second that ticks away is a second that the Sooners' high-powered offense isn't on the field. As the leader of the linebacking corps, it will be up to Lewis to help stuff the run and get the Sooner offense back on the field. Whether he's able to do this or not could be the deciding factor between a Big 12 championship and a national championship in Norman. -- TF
76. "THE FLORIDA WAY," team code of conduct, Florida. So how, exactly, did one of the nation's most talented teams suffer five regular season losses in 2010, one shy of their total for the previous four years combined? As per usual with questions like these, it wasn't one factor but a perfect [deleted]storm for the Gators: poor coaching from the coaches, poor execution from the players, poor treatment from the football gods. (How many times out of 100 does LSU's accidental bounce-pass to their kicker on their game-deciding fake field goal actually wind up in the hands of the kicker?) But in retrospect, it appeared to be poor focus that cost the Gators more than anything. With Urban Meyer at the end of his coaching rope, Florida frayed in all kinds of directions: transfer rumors, sloppy fundamentals, petty arrests, Twitter embarrassments. The effort on gameday was there; the discipline needed for it to produce Meyer's usual results was not.
Enter Will Muschamp and the "Florida Way," his name for the team's new all-encompassing code of conduct. With most coaches and most teams, we'd call this sort of thing a P.R. sop for the coaching honeymoon, and move on to on-field matters. But when it comes to the Gators, 2010 proved this is an on-field matter. Before Charlie Weis's schemes can take root, before Muschamp can create his usual teeth-rattling D, the Gators have to rebuild the foundation of focus and discipline forged in the Tim Tebow days. If they do, though -- if the still supremely-talented Gators can follow through on the "Florida Way" -- expect them to follow it right back up the SEC East standings. -- JH
75. PRESEASON TOP 25'S, polls, mid-August. To some extent, the polls will always be the most influential component of all college football--they're what ultimately awards that national championship everybody's after, after all. (Or do through the BCS middleman, anyway.) But it's also true that the polls, for the most part, respond to the events on the field rather than vice versa.
But there's one set of ballots that not only wind up shaping the narrative of the entire season, but can and do influence results between the lines. Those are the preseason top 25's, easily the most influential polls of the season. Not do only do they establish a blueprint that forms the basis for every ballot that comes afterwards, but seemingly every year they build a wave of hype and expectation that drowns some team's championship season before it even begins. Ask Ole Miss in 2009 (the most recent, striking example) about the latter phenomenon. Ask Auburn in 2004 -- and their inability to overturn the two teams entrenched at the the top of the polls since preseason -- about the former. In college football, polls matter; the preseason variety matter even more than most. -- JH
74. JEFF GODFREY, quarterback, UCF. How do these stats sound for a starting freshman quarterback? 168-294, 2,071 passing yards, 12 TDs, 122.9 passing efficiency, 17 rushing yards, and 5 rushing TDs. Pretty solid production overall for a freshman, no? Probably one of the best freshman seasons in UCF history, right? Yes, it was one of the best: that was Daunte Culpepper's freshman year at UCF. Godfrey's, meanwhile, was better across the board.
Here's what Godfrey put up: 159-238, 2,159 passing yards, 15 TDs, 154.3 passing efficiency, 566 rushing yards, and 10 rushing TDs. Godfrey's throwing motion needs work, but the arm strength is there; he's surprisingly adept at the deep ball. Then there's the rushing. Godfrey doesn't have Denard Robinson's level of speed, but he's still darn fast--fast enough to be a nightmare for opposing secondaries when he's scrambling. Put it all together, and Godfrey -- as a true freshman -- was a more efficient passer than super-sophs Matt Barkley, Landry Jones, Robinson, Darron Thomas and even Godfrey's closest prototype: Robert Griffin III. Godfrey is already one of the brightest stars in Conference USA, and we have a feeling he's nowhere near done collecting accolades. -- AJ
73. KYLE WHITTINGHAM, head coach, Utah. One of two coaches to join the Pac-12 this year, Whittingham has been around the block before. He's got a BCS bowl win and undefeated season on his resume already, making him one of the most accomplished coaches in his new league from the get-go. His first task is trying to avoid the terrible stretch run the Utes had last season (losing three of their last five) and get them back to where they were earlier in the season.
The seventh-year head coach has plenty of weapons at his proposal and has brought in one of the school's most well known alums, Norm Chow, as offense coordinator to give the Utes a boost. Whittingham should be able to lean on Chow, who comes over from UCLA has has years of experience in the Utes' new conference. Whittingham is known more for his defensive instincts and he'll have to get the pass defense up to speed before jumping into league play and facing the Pac-12's the plethora of good quarterbacks. The schedule is manageable but most of the tough games are on the road. Welcome to the league, Kyle. -- BF
Obviously, if Texas is going to rebound in 2011 and get back to playing for a Big 12 title, then Gilbert is going to have to perform a lot better. Odds are he will. He has a year of experience under his belt now, and has a new offensive coordinator in Bryan Harsin, a coordinator that had quite a bit of success with quarterbacks at Boise State. If Gilbert can improve his grasp of the offense, be more efficient with his throws, and -- most importantly -- turn the ball over less, life should be a lot happier in Austin this fall. If not? Well, then heads are going to roll. -- TF
71. JAKE BEQUETTE, defensive end, Arkansas. Is it possible the fate of the SEC West -- a division featuring two consensus top-five teams -- could rest in the hands of a second-team all-conference end few fans outside the SEC (and even a good number in it) have ever heard of? It might not be likely; Alabama and LSU have the hype they have for a reason. But it's certainly possible, ironically enough because of the Razorbacks' offense.
Trust us: Ryan Mallett or no Ryan Mallett, no attack with arguably the nation's best receiving corps receiving, Knile Davis running, a veteran line blocking and (most of all) Bobby Petrino coaching will be less than outstanding. All the Hogs need to make a serious run at Atlanta is the top-drawer SEC defense they've lacked the last couple of seasons ... and Bequette, their most explosive pass rusher, is the key. The Hogs have loads of experience in the secondary and two rock-solid linebackers in Jerico Nelson and Jerry Franklin. If Bequette can more consistently generate the devastating bull rush he showed in flashes in 2010, the Hogs will have a defense that can look their SEC West rivals in the eye--and, when paired with that offense, take them right back into the BCS bowl hunt. -- JH
The 100 will return here to Eye on CFB Tuesday after the holiday. Until then, check out Nos. 100-91 and 90-81, and follow us on Twitter.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Alabama, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Austin Box, Big East, Big Ten, Bobby Petrino, Boise State, Brandon Lindsey, Bryan Harsin, Capital One Bowl, CBSSports.com College Football 100, Charlie Weis, Conference USA, Darron Thomas, Daunte Culpepper, Denard Robinson, Denard Robinson, Edwin Baker, Florida, Garrett Gilbert, Iowa, Jake Bequette, James Harrison, Jerico Nelson, Jerry Franklin, Joe Paterno, Keith Patterson, Kirk Cousins, Knile Davis, Kyle Whittingham, Landry Jones, Larry Caper, Le'Veon Bell, LSU, LSU, Mark Dantonio, Matt Barkley, Michigan State, non-BCS, Norm Chow, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Pac-12, Penn State, Pitt, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Mallett, ScottTolzien, SEC, Texas, the Florida Way, Tim Tebow, Travis Lewis, Tulsa, Urban Meyer, Will Muschamp, Wisconsin
Posted on: May 6, 2011 1:16 pm
Lloyd Carr told Ryan Mallett to leave Michigan
Posted by Tom Fornelli
Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett is now with the New England Patriots where he'll serve as an understudy to Tom Brady. When you think about it, Ryan Mallett has a lot in common with Tom Brady. Both were drafted later than either felt they should be, and both are former Michigan quarterbacks. Of course, Mallett left Michigan to go to Arkansas, not the NFL, and according to Mallett's father, nobody really wanted Ryan to stay in Ann Arbor.
Mallett was recruited to Michigan by Lloyd Carr, but after Carr was fired and replaced by Rich Rodriguez, Mallett faced the question The Clash asked many years ago:should he stay or should he go? According to Jim Mallett, when he asked Lloyd Carr what Ryan should do, Carr made it pretty clear he should go.
"At the Capital One Bowl, we were trying to smooth things out, and we talked to Coach Carr," Jim Mallett told the Boston Herald. "I asked him, 'Coach, next to my dad, you're the classiest person I've ever been around. What would you do if Ryan was your son? He said, 'If I was in that situation, with a different offense, he needs to leave.'"
That's not to say that Lloyd Carr had the final say in the decison, though. As Ryan's father went on to say, Rich Rodriguez didn't exactly fight to keep Mallett in maize and blue.
"Ryan's the one who called (Rodriguez)," Jim Mallett continued. "He said, "Can I talk about the offense?' And then he told me, 'Daddy, (Rodriguez) never looked me in the eye.' He never visited with the family, he didn't talk to us. I never met the man. But hey, it wasn't a fit. Let's move on."
And everyone lived happily ever after. Ryan got to go to Arkansas and work with Bobby Petrino in an offense suited to his skills and Rich Rodriguez got fired after three sub-par seasons. Okay, so maybe things didn't go so happily ever after for Rodriguez.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Arkansas, Big Ten, Bobby Petrino, Jim Mallett, Lloyd Carr, Michigan, Rich Rodriguez, Ryan Mallett, SEC, Tom Brady
Posted on: May 3, 2011 12:31 pm
Eye on CFB Roundtable: Draft reaches and steals
By Eye on College Football Bloggers
Each week, the Eye on CFB team convenes Voltron- style to answer a pressing question regarding the wild, wide world of college football. This week's topic:
We're not NFL scouts. But we have watched most of the players taken in last weekend's draft for the past three or four years (or, in one particular high-profile case, one year). Based on what we saw during their college careers, which players do we believe were "steals" for the team that selected them? Which were "reaches" which went earlier than they should have?Tom Fornelli: I'll start with the reach because this is an easy answer to me: the very first player taken, Cam Newton.
This is not a dig on Newton personally, or the player he was at Auburn last season. The fact of the matter is that there wasn't a single quarterback in this draft class that I felt was worth a first-round pick. Yes, there were a lot of quarterbacks in this class who were good college quarterbacks, but as we have seen through many examples before, being a good college quarterback doesn't make you an good NFL quarterback. And for me, with the first overall pick -- when I have the opportunity to pick anybody I want, and have that person help my team immediately -- Newton is not the player I'd pick. I'm not saying that I don't believe it's possible that Cam can develop into a good NFL quarterback one day, but I do feel the odds of Newton becoming a Hall of Fame NFL quarterback are pretty slim. And if I'm going to take a quarterback with the first pick of the draft, he needs to give me the impression that he has that kind of potential.
As for the steal, there were a few players who I thought were really good picks for teams in later rounds. There was Green Bay getting Randall Cobb with the final pick of the second round, Da'Quan Bowers slipping to Tampa Bay in the second, and Ahmad Black going to Tampa as well in the fifth round. The biggest steal to me of all, though, was Baltimore picking up Indiana wide receiver Tandon Doss late in the fourth round. In my opinion, Doss may turn out to be one of the most dependable receivers in what was a very deep class this season. He does not have the size and wow factor that guys like A.J. Green and Julio Jones have, nor is he a burner, but he's got great hands and he's a very polished route runner. He's the type of receiver who isn't going to end up in the Hall of Fame, but should pick up a lot of big first downs, make some plays and be dependable for a lot of years. I watch Doss, and I see a player that can be what Hines Ward has been to Pittsburgh for so many years. To get that kind of player in the fourth round is the definition of a steal.
Adam Jacobi: I think to a large degree, Tom's right. I wouldn't go so far as to say there were no first-round QBs in this class, because guys like Blaine Gabbert, Jake Locker, and even Newton have all shown a great deal of potential. But let's be honest: this wasn't really a great draft class to begin with. I thought there were only 15-20 first round-caliber guys on the board. But the first round is still 32 picks, no matter what, and I don't think there were 32 better draft picks to make before you got to Newton (or any other quarterback).
That said, yes, Cam Newton was a reach. Right now, Carolina is not a team that has the tools to let a quarterback succeed. They have needs all over the place, and if all they do is give up on Jimmy Clausen after one year so they can plug in Cam Newton instead ... well, they're still a team that doesn't have the tools to let the quarterback succeed. (It's like the Detroit Lions drafting Chuck Long and Andre Ware as first-rounders 20-25 years ago. You really think their failures had nothing to do with the crappy players surrounding them?) I'm of the philosophy that the No. 1 overall pick should be spent on a player with the best odds of making a high-level contribution immediately and repeatedly. That means wide receivers and all but the most experienced, productive quarterbacks are out, as are safeties, guards and centers. That's why I would have preferred to see a guy like Texas A&M's Von Miller go first.
As for steals, I'm going to say Nick Fairley dropping all the way to Detroit, where he can be paired with Ndamukong Suh on the interior defensive line. There isn't an NFC North team left that isn't going to have to dramatically retool its blocking strategy now because of that setup, and even that might not be enough to avoid a franchise quarterback getting broken in half this season. How in the world does Fairley fall to No. 13, past Christian Ponder, the real reach of the first round? Fairley didn't dominate the NFL combine, but you know what? Freakish combine measurements don't really matter for defensive tackles. It's whether they can shed blocks reliably and repeatedly at the next level, and based on the way Fairley performed not only during the season but especially in Auburn's biggest games, he's got the ability to do that. If there's a character concern, you know what? Let the rest of the locker room take care of that. That's where the veteran teammates are supposed to step in, not the scouts.
Outside of the first round, I really like the Sam Acho pick in the fourth round by the Cardinals. At 6'2" and 260, Acho's sort of an OLB/DE tweener as size goes, and he's going to be playing OLB in the Cards' 3-4 system after lining up at end at Texas. But he's fast and disruptive, and was plenty productive with the Longhorns, so he could definitely end up being a James Harrison- type terror for the Cardinals in a year or two.
TF: Not to get too far off the subject, but Adam brought up something that drives me crazy when it comes to the NFL and the way teams draft. All too often it seems like NFL teams become enamored with how a player performs in the combine while wearing shorts and a t-shirt. That's the reason Ponder got taken so early; without linemen closing in on him, he's really good at throwing a football. But it seems like they forget about what these players did while they were actually on a football field.
For instance, look at Acho. NFL teams see his size and they're not entirely sure what to do with him. They don't seem to pay as much attention to the fact that Acho was a kid that did his job on the field at Texas and did it well. He made plays. It's why I think Tampa got a steal in Florida's Black. For the last few years, Black was one of my favorite players to watch because he just had that knack for making things happen. However, all NFL scouts seemed to see was that he didn't have top-notch speed. Nevermind the fact that he played in the SEC -- which I believe is the home of that ESS EEE SEEE SPEEEED -- and played well.
Jerry Hinnen: I agree that the draft over-rewards potential and underrates production, which is why I never thought I'd see the day when an NFL team reached for the occasionally erratic run-first quarterback out of the gimmicky option offense, and stole the rifle-armed pocket statue with a former NFL play-caller for a coach. But as the draft day fates of Colin Kaepernick and Ryan Mallett illustrate, there's a first time for everything.
Let me first say this about Kaepernick: as a college quarterback, he was under appreciated, having accumulated an incredible 10,000 yards passing and 4,000 yards rushing over his four years at Nevada, the only quarterback in FBS history to do so. In 2011, he joined Tim Tebow and Newton as the only players in FBS history to run and pass for 20 touchdowns in a season. Kaepernick was, simply, one of the most exciting, most fun, best college football players of his era.
But having watched him ever since he exploded onto the scene against Boise State in 2007's overtime classic, I can't say I ever saw him as a blue-chip NFL prospect. Kaepernick was always a substantially greater threat on the hoof than in the pocket, where his awkward throwing motion and come-and-go accuracy led to outings like his 12-for-23, 149-yard, two-interception clunker to open the 2009 season at Notre Dame, or the 14-for-26, 159-yard, four-turnover debacle at Hawaii that led to the Wolf Pack's only loss of 2011. The greatest strengths of Kaepernick's unique skill set -- his ball-fake jujitsu within the pistol, his surprising speed and agility as a ball-carrier, his ability to throw outside the pocket -- won't do much to make an already difficult transition from the pistol to an NFL offense any easier. Jim Harbaugh's right pinky knows more about quarterbacking in the NFL than I ever will, obviously, but I remain stunned Kaepernick went as a high second-rounder rather than a late-round flyer. (Which brings me to an aside in response to Tom: we can debate Newton all day, but if Kaepernick is the 36th overall pick, Newton -- in a different class athletically, more polished as a passer, proven in SEC competition -- is something akin to the negative-17th pick.)
But where Kaepernick never struck me as meant for NFL stardom (or even starterdom), Mallett is the sort of prospect whose very double-helixes probably unwind to spell out "PROFESSIONAL QUARTERBACK" under the microscope. 6'7", possessor of likely the strongest arm in college football, with his two years under former NFL head coach Bobby Petrino yielding better than 7,400 passing yards, better than 9 yards an attempt, and a 62-to-19 touchdown-to-interception ratio, Mallett couldn't have looked the part of a future NFL signal-caller any better either on the field or on paper. But of course he looked like something else in the headlines and gossip factories, thanks to those pesky drug admissions and work ethic rumors. But the facts are that Mallett was arrested just once at Arkansas (for public intoxication), was never suspended, and by all accounts enjoyed the respect of his teammates. Yes, he's a character risk, but so were plenty of players who went in the first and second rounds.
Were I in a quarterback-needy NFL team's shoes, I'd worry more about his penchant for forcing the spectacular throw when the easy one would do--but that's not the kind of worry that would have caused me to pass him up twice.
AJ: I can't say New England taking Mallett is a steal. He's on a spectrum where the high end is Drew Bledsoe and the low is Ryan Leaf, and nowhere in-between is a Super Bowl ring.
Chip Patterson: I'm not sure if it was one of the biggest "steals" of the draft, but seeing how highly rated Robert Quinn was on many boards, the Rams had to have been happy to grab him at No. 14. Quinn just got things going at North Carolina before he was suspended for his junior season during the NCAA investigation of the football program; he'd finished second in the ACC Defensive Player of the Year voting as a sophomore in 2009, just two years after battling back from brain surgery to remove a tumor. Quinn continued to impress throughout different stages of the process, but according to reports he was not cleared by several team doctors. Many teams were likely on the edge about Quinn because of the off-field activity at North Carolina, and may have just needed one more reason to bypass the budding defensive end. Battling back from brain surgery to all-conference honors seems more like a positive intangible than a negative one to me, but I'm not the one making the million dollar moves. (Yet.)
My colleagues have covered a fair share of the quarterbacks, so I'll point out the very next pick in the draft: Mike Pouncey. The Dolphins didn't want this pick, and in fact they tried desperately to trade down. Pouncey addresses a need and will likely be an immediate starter, but there's little about Pouncey's performance at Florida that makes him seem like a No. 15 pick. He was the highest drafted center since 1993, the kind of accolade that's usually placed on a uniquely talented individual. Pouncey will help the Dolphins' running game, especially with his experience as a pulling guard, but he does not stand out to me as a "unique talent." The Dolphins didn't make a huge mistake by drafting him, but it just doesn't seem like the best talent for the pick.
JH: See, I tend to think the point of a mid-first-round pick is to simply not make that "huge mistake," so I thought drafting a solid future pro (if not a future Pro Bowler) like Pouncey was a smart move. But looking back over this discussion, we're clearly all haters of one stripe or another.
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Mayor Philip Craighead said in a statement Thursday he vetoed an ordinance passed by the Lebanon City Council on Tuesday that gives raises to some employees.
"The problem with this amended [ordinance] is that it stops short of reaching the finish line for all our employees," Craighead said in a statement. "On this, I feel it is totally wrong to omit 20-plus employees from an across-the-board raise. The positions, which have been excluded, are those jobs which have been reorganized for cost savings; individuals who have applied and received new jobs within the city to fill vacancies, and have received certificates within their descriptions so they become more professional at what they do.
"To leave these 20 employees behind to me is much like army service mentality of never leaving a fellow soldier behind on the battlefield. This is also totally wrong in that it goes against our own personnel handbook."
Craighead cited a section on general pay increases that said raises "shall be applied equally to all grades of the pay plan in order to maintain the same degree of spread between grades and steps within grades."
Craighead said he vetoed the ordinance and would submit a new ordinance at the council's regular meeting Tuesday that calls for an across-the-board step raise for city employees.
"With passage of this ordinance, the timeframe for implementation of this step raise will be the same as the one I have vetoed," he said.
In his statement, Craighead gave justification for the raises.
"Over the past five years, raises have been few and far apart," he said. "In reality, the employees of Lebanon have carried much of the load for our community. They have gone without pay increases, contributed to their health insurance cost, lost longevity pay and cost-of-living increases, all the while picking up the slack of job duties while our workforce for the city of Lebanon was reduced.
"Over the last five years, this administration has offered many reorganization plans, which have eliminated the need for expanding our workforce, all the while resulting in major savings for all of the city's funds.
"During this year's budget process sessions, it was agreed there would be no step pay increase due to the need to balance a $2.5 million shortfall. This was achieved by a property tax increase of 26 cents to balance our budget. This was the first property tax increase for Lebanon in more than 20 years, and we still have one of the lowest property tax rates in the mid-state area.
"During the last four months, an unexpected increase in revenues, along with the continued control on expenses, have gotten us to this point of even being able to consider an across-the-board pay raise."
The Lebanon City Council met Tuesday where it approved an ordinance, with amendments, to give one-step raises to full-time city employees.
However, not all employees were included in the raises.
Councilor Kathy Warmath said she thought the ordinance was intended to give a raise to those who didn't receive a pay increase or promotion included in the 2013-14 fiscal year budget, and that those who did receive a raise should be excluded in this one-step increase.
Craighead said he didn't believe excluding anyone from a pay increase was the right thing to do.
"We had some restructuring, and we asked people to step up and take on more responsibilities and these people stepped up for the city," Craighead said. "It's not fair. I feel like we need to take care of our employees. Excluding a certain amount of people is not in my thinking."
Councilor Tick Bryan said he thought if the council was going to give raises then it had to give them to everyone.
"Everyone up here wants employee raises, but I don't want to leave anyone out of the raises. We need to make this fair for everyone and not just exclude 18 people," Bryan said. "If we do it that way then we're opening a can of worms, and if I was one of those people excluded I'd be one with a can opener."
City attorney Andy Wright said the city's personnel rules and regulations, which were passed by ordinance, state they are supposed to give everyone a raise when doing a general pay increase, and excluding people could possibly raise a red flag or make the city liable for omitting people.
Warmath said she just wanted to give those people who were not considered for a raise in the budget process an opportunity for a pay increase.
Craighead said the council was "splitting hairs," and cutting certain people out of the raises that stepped up and deserve it was wrong.
"If we do this I feel like we're leading down the wrong path and direction for this city," Craighead said.
Other changes to the ordinance include making the effective pay scale date Dec. 28 and stating employees had to be hired prior to Jan. 1 to receive the raise. Warmath said the $300 bonuses were a "moot point" and weren't addressed in the amended ordinance, and everyone would receive them as usual.
Craighead also made it clear that the money for the raises were available due to the city's recent increased sales tax revenue, and no money would have to be taken from a reserve fund or property tax.
The council voted 4-1, with Bryan the lone dissenter, to approve the amendments to the ordinance.
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The lion dance, also called the 'lion lantern', is a form of traditional dance performed on joyous festivals and big occasions, such as the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). It is a dance which imitates a lion's various movements and actions, performed in a lion costume, accompanied by the music of beating drums and gong instruments.
It is believed that the lion is an auspicious animal that brings good luck. Therefore, a lion dance is performed to pray for good luck during the Spring Festival or during other celebrations.
The lion dance is an excellent Chinese folk art that has spread across the world, courtesy of local Chinese communities and immigrant groups who have settled in different countries, particularly in Malaysia and Singapore. Also, the overseas Chinese people in European countries and America have established many lion dance clubs, performing on Chinese festivals or on big occasions.
Opinions about the origin of the lion dance are widely divided. The most reliable one is this:
In traditional Chinese culture, the lion, like the dragon and the Chinese unicorn (麒麟), was only an animal which existed in myth, and there were no actual lions in China. Before the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), only a few lions had reached the Central Plains from the western area of ancient China (now Xinjiang).
At that time, people mimicked the appearance and actions of the newly arrived lions in a performance, which developed into the lion dance in the Three Kingdoms Period (220–280) and then became popular with the rise of Buddhism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420–589). In the Tang Dynasty (618–907), the lion dance was one of the court dances.
During its thousand-year development, the lion dance was divided into two styles: the southern lion dance and the northern lion dance.
The northern lion dance has close relations to wushu (martial arts). Usually, a young lion is performed by a single person and an adult lion is performed by a duo.
Both performers are in lifelike lion dance costumes, so that the performers become an integral part of the lion: their lower limbs are in trousers which are the same color as the lion's body, and their yellow-colored shoes are in the shape of the lion's claws.
In the adult lion dance, one performer stands in front to hold the lion's head, and the other bends his waist to make the lion's body move. The lion, under its instructions, gives performances such as rolling, wrestling, leaping, jumping, climbing, or worshiping.
The southern lion dance originated from Guangdong, and it is famous in Hong Kong, Macau, and the hometowns of overseas Chinese people.
The southern lion dance is also performed in pairs, and the performers wear a lion costume.
The southern lion dance is a performance based on the study of a lion's behavior. The southern lion dance puts an emphasis on actions like scratching, shaking himself, and licking his fur, which makes a performance vivid and entertaining. Moreover, there are some skillful performances, such as playing with a ball, which includes swallowing it.


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about Todd FlowerdayA Roman Catholic lay person, married (since 1996), with one adopted child (since 2001). I serve a parish in music ministry.
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A Nebula For Halloween
Here's an astro-image for the holiday: the Witch Head Nebula lit up by blue supergiant Rigel. The Star Shadows Remote Observatory has a really nifty version on the Astronomy Picture of the Day site. Just to give some perspective, this … Continue reading
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PCS 66-70: Ritual for the Visit to a Sick Child
I won't relay the entire wording of these sections, but just cover a few highlights. The pattern is the same as it was for a non-sacramental visit: reading, response, Lord's Prayer, concluding prayer, blessing. How to adapt for kids? Shorter … Continue reading
PCS 62-65: Visits To A Sick Child
One of the Vatican II reforms was to address sacramental rituals to children. Prior to the council, adult rites were not only the norm, but the only pattern available for the ministers of the Church. The rites for Pastoral Care … Continue reading
Snacking on the Word: Psalm 43:3-4
Today's Word snack leaps ahead one counted psalm from yesterday. Some might say it concludes the experience of longing for God: finding the light and following it with faith. Let's read: Send your light and fidelity, that they may be … Continue reading
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How Many Committees?
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PCS 57-61: Visiting the Sick
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Snacking on the Word: Psalm 42:6 (or :12 or 43:5)
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The Amazing Brain Train
Verdict: cute
In a Nutshell: The Amazing Brain Train is a collection of logic and memory mini-games.
" All aboard! Power up your intellect and embark on an epic quest aboard The Amazing Brain Train!
Fueled by your mental energy, Professor Fizzwizzle's Brain Train will take you on a brain-boosting adventure! Put your mighty mind to the test and see how far you can go!"
- Fun Rating: Fun
- ESRB: n/a
- Players/Mode: Single-player
- Game Duration: as much or as little time as you want to spend on it (Quest mode took @12 hours)
- System: PC
- Developer: Grubby Games
- Website: http://grubbygames.com/tabt/
- Cost: $19.95 at the Grubby Games site (with 60 day money back gaurantee!)
- Demo: http://grubbygames.com/download.php?game=tabt
|Would I play this again?
|Would I recommend this game?
|Was the story good?
|Was the music good?
|not bad
|Were the graphics good?
|Was this game difficult?
|Was this game frustrating?
|Was this game offensive?
|Was this game worth your time/money?
Playing the game
Most of the mini-games in The Amazing Brain Train use the mouse to drag, select, or place items. Some games use the arrow keys for moving a character around. Apparently you can modify the control scheme so that there's less clicking involved (I say "apparently" because I totally missed it when I was playing).
What the game gets right
The Amazing Brain Train is incredibly easy to "pick up and play". Each mini-game starts with a tutorial screen so you're never left to try to remember how to play a particular puzzle when the timer starts. Also, the gameplay is very simple for each mini-game.
The art and sounds are, for lack of a better word, "cuddly".
For the competitive out there, a local high score leader-board will show you how much more awesome you are against family or friends that have played on the same computer. If your friends and family aren't much of a challenge, submit your scores and see how you compare to the high scores on the web (or just download the latest leader-boards . . . and wonder how on EARTH people are getting scores that HIGH?!).
Numerous and varied achievement trophies are a nice reward for hours and hours spent honing your puzzle prowess.
What the game gets wrong
The lack of some sort of difficulty level setting would, and I have to guess here, keep a younger audience from getting high scores (even though the games can be played without a time limit in the Practice mode).
There's no "grand tabulation" screen of how many times you've played a particular game or how many of those you got right or wrong. Something to show that kind of data would be helpful when going after some of the achievements.
Sum it up
There's really not much that The Amazing Brain Train gets wrong, per sei. The two items I've listed were probably considered but dismissed for very good reasons (for example, they're not necessarliy that great of ideas).
It's hard to tell what age the game is geared towards as the animals and script in the Quest mode seem to be for a younger audience than the difficulty level of the mini-games.
However, The Amazing Brain Train makes me want to try the other Grubby Games and see what adventures or messes Professor Fizzwizzle gets into.


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Biomat-IN gathers 5 European clusters willing to pool their resources in order to foster innovation in the field of biomaterials through transnational cooperation: Eurasanté and Atlanpole Biotherapies in France, Bioregio Stern in Germany, MedilinkEM in the UK and LIOF in the Netherlands.
Objectives :
- Provide SMEs from the partners regions with key information on European market. The project will provide a transnational Biomaterial Industry mapping as well as different on-line toolkits to facilitate access to market, regulatory and financial information.
- Stimulate and facilitate transnational collaborations between all Biomaterial industry players. The project will aim at broadening the competence networks of biomaterials SMEs linking them with technologies, facilities and know-how providers from NWE through the establishment of a Technology Marketplace, the organisation of several B-to-B events and focus groups…
- Establish a long-lasting support framework in order to assist SMEs in the implementation of their transnational R&D project ideas. "Call for vouchers" will be organized providing project managers with the assistance they need to assess the feasibility of their transnational R&D project idea at an early stage.
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Hello friends,
I am new to JSF world, please any one suggest me some good jsf books, links..
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I have read a few of the books. IMHO the best one on the market at the moment is 'JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference' (Complete Reference Series) by Chris Schalk, Ed Burns, and James Holmes.
This book clearly explains all the concepts and covers things like AJAX and the MyFaces implementation. You'll need a good few days (weeks?) to plough through it though.
In terms of sites - start with www.jsftutorials.net


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Bristlecone Pine Scenic Area
Established in 1964 by the USDA Forest Service, the Bristlecone Pine Scenic Area protects an unusual stand of wind-sculpted bristlecone pine trees. Growing at 11,700 feet, some trees are over a thousand years old. Strong winter winds have caused many trees here to take on a tilted appearance. Please contact the US Forest Service office (719-836-2031) for more information.
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A couple of days ago, undefeated Russia eliminated Canada (with Mason Raymond) in the World Championshops in Cologne, Germany. On Saturday, Russia beat Germany 2-1 and gained Sunday's gold-medal game against the Czech Republic. Here's a recap from Thursday's game courtesy of the International Ice Hockey Federation website:
COLOGNE, Germany -– Russia continued its march to a third straight gold medal with a 5-2 triumph quarterfinal victory over Canada on Thursday for its seventh straight win at the 2010 IIHF World Championship and its 26th consecutive victory. Canada left the tournament with three straight losses, and four defeats in the final five games.
In Saturday's semifinals, Russia defeated Germany 2-1, while the the Czech Republic edged Sweden 3-2 in a shootout earlier in the day. In Sunday's final games, Russia faces the Czech Republic for the gold medal, and Sweden and Germany meet for the bronze medal.
The 26-game run at the world tournament began with the bronze medal game in 2007 and now the Russians are two games away from keeping a promise they made when Canada humiliated them in the quarterfinal at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
"I feel good, this was a huge win,' added Russia's Denis Grebeshkov. "I'm happy that we're now through to semifinal but I'm also happy for the way we played a defensively sound game.
After losing in the Winter Games to Canada, the Russian Olympians vowed then to show the world they had more to their mettle than what they showed in Vancouver and with 14 Olympians at the worlds here in Germany, they've answered those critics.
Russia has skill and speed and the players are listening to the coaching staff, which hasn't always been the norm in international events.
Canada, with one player in the line-up who mined Olympic gold in Vancouver, finished seventh for its second worst showing since 1992 when they were eighth. The 2010 tournament marks the first semifinal that Canada has not qualified for since 2002.
"Looking back on it, one of the things I would have … spent more time on was educating our players about the world championship," said Canada's executive director Mark Messier. "Especially the young players because of our lack of experience (about) just how tough this tournament is to win."


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A Chilean Teen Tweets About Earthquakes Better Than His Whole Government
If I were caught in an earthquake, I'd be pretty shell-shocked. But Sebastian Alegria, a 14-year-old Chilean high school student, decided to hack together a twitter alert system that's already a year ahead of the Chilean government's own planned project. »


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There are two new forum goodies for you to enjoy. The first is the long-awaited "Org Profile" link button. The button will appear at the bottom of each post.
The second item is a "donation status" indication next to each member's avatar. The possible indications are "Donated", "Pending", "Defaulted", or blank. Members who donate can control the display of this message in thier Org profile. Members who default on thier pledge will have the indication displayed and cannot control the display of the message (until the come through on their pledge, of course).
As of now, members who pledge a distributed donation, donate some, and then default on further donations will have the indication of "Donated", but this may change in the future. If you are one of the few who have partially completed your pledge, now is the time to come clean.
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By ALYSSA HARVEY firstname.lastname@example.com. The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center is set to unveil its new holiday event, Gingerbread Home for the ARTS. Spice Up the Night, which will feature three chefs including Jason Lindsey of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Culinary Program.
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Research for this project, which examines the Green Bay Packers changing front office structure and the teams relationship with the community, began in November. More than three dozen sources were interviewed by Green Bay Press-Gazette reporters Pete Dougherty and Rob Demovsky, who have a combined 34 years of experience covering the Packers. The sources include current and former Packers employees, high-ranking current and former NFL executives and prominent members of the community. Many of the sources would only speak on the condition of anonymity.
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The Green Bay Packers hired their first 10 presidents on their own.
But when it came time to find No. 11 in late 2007, the teams executive committee broke precedent and in a nod to more modern business practices hired a corporate search firm.
If the move reflected the business backgrounds of several members of the Packers committee, it also revealed the committees struggles to cope with an increasingly complex and revenue-obsessed NFL.
Until Mark Murphy was hired, the executive committee had chosen presidents who were from Green Bay or at least team insiders. But in 07, the committees hiring of a search firm signaled the degree to which NFL ties were competing with parochial concerns for the lone community-owned team in major professional sports.
The search firm, Chicago-based Spencer Stuart, recommended Murphy, who had no history with the Packers but was a former NFL player who worked for the NFL players union and had a personal relationship with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
When Mark came in, one of the expectations people (on the executive committee) had for him was he was going to develop a very strong relationship with the commissioner and NFL office, said one Packers source.
Since Murphys arrival, the Packers have been strongly represented in NFL matters. He was a member of the leagues negotiating team during last offseasons collective bargaining agreement talks, which gave the Packers a voice in crucial labor discussions. And just last week he was named to the competition committee, which is the leagues rules-making group.
But the decision to go through a search firm also carried risk. It in effect put the executive committees most important duty in the hands of outsiders who might not have fully appreciated the unique position they were filling that is, the day-to-day leader of an iconic small-town franchise that has no real owner. The committee didnt have to hire the search firms recommended candidate, but it did.
The committee might have had additional reasons for using the search firm, sources said. Several factions on the teams board of directors were pushing for their favored local candidates two Packers vice presidents at the time, Jason Wied and Andrew Brandt, wanted the job, as did local attorney Tom Olejniczak. A search firm provided the executive committee cover for going outside the organization instead.
Anybody whos running a major corporation the Packers would be considered a major corporation I think it behooves you in todays world to seek out the best talent you possibly can, said Larry Weyers, the executive committees vice president and lead director. Thats usually accomplished most efficiently and effectively by using a national search agent that knows a lot more people than we might.
The Packers first eight presidents, who served from the teams incorporation until 1989, were prominent local businessmen. Even when the committee named Bob Harlan president in 89, which broke the precedent of a Green Bay lifer and executive committee member in that job, it was far from hiring an outsider: Harlan had worked in the organization for 18 years.
Harlans hand-picked successor, former NFL executive John Jones, was more of an outsider but was groomed for the job for eight years, though heart problems forced him to take a leave of absence just days before he was officially to take over the team in May 2007. Jones resigned in July 2007.
• April 2007: Vicki Vanniewuenhoven promoted to newly created vice president of finance.
• May 2007: John Jones, the teams president and chief operating officer, takes a leave of absence because of heart-related health issues just days before hes to succeed Bob Harlan as the Packers CEO.
• July 2007: Jones resigns after never returning from his leave. Bob Harlan, who was to retire as chairman and CEO, named interim chairman.
• December 2007: Executive committee names Mark Murphy as the Packers 13th president and CEO.
• January 2008: Murphy officially takes over as president and CEO.
• February 2008: Russ Ball hired as vice president of football administration/player finance.
• July 2008: Betsy Mitchell promoted to newly created vice president of organization/staff development.
• July 2008: Laura Sankey hired to newly created senior vice president of sales and marketing.
• July 2008: Jason Wied promoted from corporate counsel to vice president of administration/corporate counsel.
• April 2009: Vannieuwenhoven resigns as vice president of finance.
• July 2009: Paul Baniel replaces Vannieuwenhoven as vice president of sales and marketing.
• October 2009: Sankey resigns as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
• May 2010: Tim Connolly replaces Sankey, hired as vice president of sales and marketing.
• November 2011: Jason Wied takes leave of absence to treat addiction to anti-anxiety supplement.
• January 2012: Mitchell resigns as vice president of organizational/staff development.
• January 2012: Wied resigns as vice president of administration/corporate counsel.
A source said the search firm targeted highly respected Tod Leiweke as the top candidate at the time he was the Seattle Seahawks CEO but he pulled out of the running without giving a reason. When the search firm finally narrowed the field, the three finalists were Murphy, athletic director at Northwestern and a former NFL safety; George Pyne, a former NASCAR CEO and high-ranking executive in the sports agency and marketing behemoth IMG; and Jason Wied, then the teams vice president of administration.
Going into the search, the executive committee told the board of directors it would not consider candidates from college athletics, though it ultimately chose one.
Wied was attractive because he was local hed graduated from the former Green Bay Premontre High School, the University of Wisconsin, and Marquette University Law School and well versed in league matters after accompanying Harlan to NFL meetings for several years. But he also was unusually young (35 at the time) for the position. Sources said that even though Wied was a finalist, his candidacy was a nonstarter because several committee members thought him too green for the job.
Pyne, a curious choice as finalist, was doomed because he had no local or NFL ties.
Murphy had no connection to the Packers and never had worked as an executive in the NFL or for a team. But he was a former vice president of the NFL players union and was recommended by Goodell and Tagliabue.
A source said Murphy initially signed a three-year contract with the Packers, which has been extended. In interviews this week, neither Murphy nor Weyers would comment on the length of Murphys latest contract or his salary, though hes believed to make about $1 million a year.
Weyers wouldnt comment on the executive committees succession plan for Murphy or who would take over if Murphy unexpectedly were unable to do the job.
The executive committee understands thats their responsibility along with the entire board of directors to have a succession plan in place, Weyers said.
With Wieds resignation in January, theres no obvious inhouse successor. The most influential vice president, Tim Connolly, is 63, which might make him an unlikely candidate. Russ Ball, the vice president of administration/finance, has been with the Packers for four years and is a possibility, though he also might see his future running the football side of an NFL team.
If it has no obvious successor in place, the executive committee then will have to determine how to find the teams 12th president. Will it again hire a search firm? Will it choose one of its own, or a dark horse from the Packers 44-person board of directors? Or will it conduct a nationwide search without an outside consultant?


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|Guglielmi detachable coils versus matrix coils: a comparison of the immediate posttreatment results of the embolization of 364 cerebral aneurysms in 307 patients: a single-center, single-surgeon experience.
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|PMID: 17032854 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Matrix coils are based on Gugliemi detachable coils (GDC) but are covered with polyglycolic/polylactic acid. We present our experience regarding the immediate posttreatment results of aneurysm embolization using the 2 coil systems. PATIENTS: We embolized 219 aneurysms in 187 patients with the use of GDCs and 145 aneurysms in 120 patients with the use of Matrix coils. Age, sex distribution, unruptured aneurysm cases, and multiple aneurysm cases were similar in the 2 groups. The percentage of patients in severe clinical condition was significantly higher in the Matrix group. The mean aneurysm size was slightly larger in the GDC group but the mean neck size was larger in the Matrix group. RESULTS: Satisfactory occlusion (at least 90%) was achieved in 95.9% of GDC-treated aneurysms and in 98.6% of Matrix-treated aneurysms. Procedure-related complications occurred in 19.6% of GDC procedures and in 15.6% of the Matrix ones resulting in procedure-related mortality and morbidity of 3.7% and 2.7% for the GDC group and 2.5% and 1.7% for the Matrix group. In the GDC group, outcome was good (modified Rankin Scale 0-2) in 92.6% of patients with unruptured aneurysms, in 82.6% of patients with Hunt and Hess grade I-III, and in 20.5% of those with Hunt and Hess grade of IV-V. The respective figures were 95%, 85.7%, and 22.7% in the Matrix group. CONCLUSION: In our series, Matrix coils have yielded slightly better results regarding satisfactory occlusion rate and clinical outcome but these differences are not statistically significant and probably reflect our increased experience in aneurysm embolization during the period we used Matrix coils.
|V Katsaridis; C Papagiannaki; C Violaris
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|Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
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|Title: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology Volume: 27 ISSN: 0195-6108 ISO Abbreviation: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Publication Date: 2006 Oct
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|Created Date: 2006-10-11 Completed Date: 2007-01-12 Revised Date: 2008-02-14
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8003708 Medline TA: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Country: United States
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Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy*
Coated Materials, Biocompatible*
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
Lactic Acid*
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Polyglycolic Acid*
Prostheses and Implants*
Retrospective Studies
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / therapy
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