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This is maaaaybe premature there, ESPN. Maryland #1 FWIW.
chase winovich
Monday Presser 9-14-15: Jim Harbaugh
News bullets and other items:
There's no timetable for Jourdan Lewis's return (though he was listed as a starter on the depth chart provided to the media today)
Chase Winovich, Ty Wheatley Jr., Mike McCray, and Wyatt Shallman are all injured, though three of those four could return to practice today.
Joe Kerridge was injured Saturday. Harbaugh said they'll get more information on the injury today.
Redshirting Shane Morris is "a consideration."
Tom Strobel switched to TE in the spring, then back to defense, then back to offense about a week ago. Harbaugh thinks he'll stay on offense, but considers him a two-way player.
Jourdan [Lewis] exited the game with what was diagnosed as a concussion. Do you have an update on him, and how long do you think he'll be out?
"I don't know. Uh…never really gotten into the business of predicting, especially when it comes to concussions. He'll be evaluated by the doctors."
There's been a lot of talk about progression from game one to game two. After you watched the film, what jumped out the most to you as far as steps taken between those two games?
"It was a positive step in a lot of areas. Biggest one was got the satisfaction of a win. Lot of hard work put in, and that will continue this week."
Do you expect to have Jourdan on Saturday?
"Again, I'm just not in the…uh…predicting of that. Not my area."
You mentioned Chris Wormley on Saturday as a guy you wanted to single out. He's had kind of a breakout first couple games of the year. What's been the big difference for him flipping the switch or whatever to get him where he is now?
"I think he's a very talented player that's, you know, improving and getting better every day. Very graphic on Saturday. Thought he played a tremendous game. Probably our best defensive performance was Chris Wormley."
[After THE JUMP: The nervous system wages war on the body]
Preview 2015: Tight End And Friends
Previously: Podcast 7.0. The Story. Quarterback. Running Back. Wide Receiver.
[Eric Upchurch]
Depth Chart
|Tight End
|Joe Kerridge
|Khalid Hill
|AJ Williams
|Jake Butt
|Sione Houma
|Chase Winovich
|Henry Poggi
|Ian Bunting
|Nick Volk
|Ty Isaac
|TJ Wheatley
|Jabrill Peppers
"Tight End and Friends" debuted as a separate post in the preview a couple years ago when Al Borges started packing his roster with tons of slightly different blocky/catchy types; last year I went with it despite the OC changeover because there were a lot of dudes here anyway, and hooooo boy did that bet pay off when Harbaugh came into town.
Here is your now-annual reminder of what I mean by these various positions. (I've replaced the Borges-specific "U-back" terminology with the standard "H-back," FWIW.)
- FULLBACK: a man with a steel plated head who runs into linebackers, gets two carries in his career, and has six catches. See: Kevin Dudley.
- H-BACK: A "move" tight end who motions all about, rarely lines up on the actual line of scrimmage, often goes from fullback to a flared spot or vice versa, and operates as more of a receiver than the fullback. Must be a credible threat to LBs; ends career with 40 catches. See: Aaron Shea.
- TIGHT END: Larger than the H-back, the tight end is a tight end who is actually tight to the end of the line. He comes out, lines up next to a tackle, helps him win blocks, and clobberates linebackers at the second level. He goes out into patterns as well, and may end his career with 40 catches himself. See: Tyler Ecker, Kevin Koger.
- FLEX: Big enough to play on the end of the line credibly. Agile enough to play H-back credibly. Not great at either. Capable of splitting out wide and threatening the secondary. Sacrifices some blocking for explosiveness. Can be a prime receiving threat. See: Tyler Eifert, Devin Funchess if he could block.
And of course many of these people bleed into other categories. Think of these position designations as Gaussian distributions in close proximity to each other.
[Bryan Fuller]
"Jake is as good a prospect as we've coached at the college level," Harbaugh said. "We've produced a lot of great players in college at the spot and it's vital to our success."
Not only did Jim Harbaugh bring out a Ross-Perot-sized chart that said "BUTT == ERTZ == FLEENER," he talked the like the gotdanged queen of England while doing so. And then emphasized that if you, kid, if you are not Ertz/Fleener Voltron that the whole gotdanged enterprise is liable to collapse 'pon itself.
JAKE BUTT is like… okay.
Butt recovered from an ACL tear suffered in 2014 spring practice to play in ten games and make 21 catches as a true sophomore. Now fully healthy in an offense without Devin Funchess and with Jim Harbaugh, every Michigan fan expects him to blow up.
This preview concurs. Butt is the kind of player Harbaugh has used to befuddle opposing defenses for years: the flex tight end. Michigan hasn't really had one since I've been paying attention. They tried to make Funchess one but gave up and made him a receiver. Michigan fans will be most familiar with the endless parade of Notre Dame flex TEs who were equally comfortable lining up in-line, outside, or in the slot. They were all named "Tyler" or "Chad" or "Austin" or something and they posed tough questions for cornerbacks they dwarfed and safeties and linebackers they could outrun.
That's Butt. He is a huge-radius target with a number of one-handed stabs to his credit already and the athleticism to blaze for 70 yards on a screen against Ohio State as a freshman. After his freshman year, Mike Spath got this quote from an anonymous opponent:
"We played them late in the year, and [Butt] was someone that was really tough to defend. He's incredibly athletic. He made a catch against us that not that many receivers even make, so he has great hands. There weren't a lot of great tight ends in our league last year, so he could be the best this season."
Sometimes he just hangs out on the ground catching footballs one handed and oh hey there ma'am I did not see you why yes I have been working out how nice of you to notice
A little work from today.. pic.twitter.com/jOmzgujgmg
— jake butt (@JBooty_88) July 9, 2015
Perhaps we could get some gelato.
[After THE JUMP: High expectations, lower expectations, and an endless parade of blocky/catchy.]
Open-ish Practice Recap
when in doubt, picture of Peppers [Upchurch]
Maybe 500 students gathered for an open-ish practice on Saturday. Approximately all of them were dragooned by local media. We got an inside report from MGoUser Crisler Spidey; the thread on the board has maybe a dozen different takes as well. Blockquotes without links in the rest of this post are snippets from Spidey*. He would like you to follow him on twitter.
If Jim Harbaugh's goal is to spawn the next generation of Michigan sports journalists, he's off to a good start.
*[Sometimes the combination of the internet, paranoid coaches, and football is just terrific.]
Ding dings and boo boos
Amara Darboh had his left pinky in a splint. Freddy Canteen had his right arm in a sling. Patrick Kugler was on crutches.
— Jake Lourim (@jakelourim) August 23, 2015
In order of concern: minor, middling, a bit worried. A finger issue should clear up by the Utah game and wouldn't prevent Darboh from playing in any case; a shoulder/arm thing could be something that heals quickly or not; crutches are generally not good.
In addition:
- Jourdan Lewis was dressed but did not participate. With various dudes in injury-indicating red shirts I would assume that means Lewis is obviously a starter they'd rather try to find their second corner with live-fire reps.
- Tyrone Wheatley Jr was on crutches, but we knew that he had hurt himself already.
- Spidey* caught this subtle thing: "Brian Cole, Karan Higdon, and DaMario Jones were all in uniform, but wearing running shoes instead of cleats. They participated in some drills, but not the scrimmage."
- He also said Jarrod Wilson and Mike McCray were both in red no-contact jerseys but dressed.
- Drake Johnson didn't play.
I wouldn't freak about the rather long list of names here; this is the point in camp where they've just come off weeks of punishing two-a-days and are trying to get everyone in reasonable shape before Utah.
Literally every report I have seen coming out of the scrimmage says it's Rudock, and it's not close. Here's Spidey's version:
Rudock looked far and away the better player, hitting his receivers with consistency and even getting a good scramble from time to time. Morris looked like Morris, consistently bombing it over his receivers' heads.
Let me reiterate how much better Rudock was than Morris. This does not appear to be a very close race at all. Rudock was connecting with all of his receivers, especially Harris and Butt.
Rudock got the great majority of the snaps with the first unit. Described as more athletic than what might have been thought coming in.. "A guy who may not win the game but certainly won't lose it." Performed much better than Morris, especially when evaluated with regard to poise, delivery of ball to the right spots and working through progressions.
The difference must have leapt off the field to those in attendance, because many of these takes are emphatic. Most of the passing was quick rhythm WCO stuff, which plays into Rudock's strengths—he's very accurate.
Morris still has a rocket for an arm, and he overthrew senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson past the end zone and into the crowd.
"Same old stuff" was another take. Reports from camp have been more positive than those originating from Saturday's scrimmage, so it's possible the students just caught him on an off day.
Wilton Speight got time with the third team late.
Also, Zach Gentry is enormous. That is all.
Running back
[Patrick Barron]
De'Veon Smith was your tentative #1 with Ty Isaac rotating in behind him and Derrick Green getting time with the second unit. Ross Taylor-Douglas made a few appearances with the second team as well, so 1) that's what position he's playing today and 2) Drake Johnson does not seem full go yet.
Kerridge was the fullback; Chase Winovich was the second option there. Winovich lined up as an H-back in the spring game and would likely reprise that role; he's not going to be as effective as Kerridge is as a linebacker deterrent.
Wide receiver & tight end
With Darboh out Jehu Chesson and Drake Harris were the first team guys, which is an indicator that Harris is for real unless his hamstring betrays him again. It does not give us much insight into exactly how much hype we should buy into—if Darboh was playing and Harris was out there in front of Chesson that would be time to (gingerly, oh so gingerly) ring the cathedral bells.
The scrimmage also gave further confirmation that Grant Perry is the starting slot receiver and that Jake Butt is going to be relied upon heavily in the passing game. Moe Ways seems like the #4 guy at the moment.
Tight ends:
Jake Butt and Ian Bunting were first team tight ends, and Khalid Hill and Henry Poggi were actually the second team tight ends.
No AJ Williams is notable since there weren't any reports he was injured. Also notable is that Bunting got a number of snaps in 2TE sets with the starters. If his ability as a receiver is enough to offset what I imagine is still some pretty iffy blocking at 245-ish, that is encouraging.
Offensive line
Asking anyone to interpret OL performance without the benefit of replay from field level is folly. Nobody tried. The one note of interest is that the OL was as expected (Cole-Braden-Glasgow-Kalis-Magnuson) the whole time until late, when Dawson replaced Braden for a bit. With Kugler out Dawson is likely your sixth OL no matter what… and Braden's the guy most under threat.
Spidey caught the second team OL, one with some switches from earlier:
2nd team O-Line was LTT-Dawson-Bars-Pliska-JBB.
Kugler was out, remember. Previously Bars had been repping at RT and Bushell-Beatty at RG.
Defensive Line
1st team tackles were Ryan Glasgow and Matt Godin, with Mo Hurst coming in as well. Hurst played second team with Tom Strobel it appeared.
Interesting thing: seems to be that Willie Henry has moved to defensive end. He was playing opposite Mario Ojemudia. Chris Wormley also took snaps with the first team defensive ends. Second team was RJS and Taco Charlton.
That would be bonkers if that's long term. Godin received a reasonable amount of time and did pretty well with it in spots (he was disruptive against Northwestern), but moving guys away from defensive tackle after the Mone injury would be odd. Especially since that would boot Wormley to the second team. As experiments go this one doesn't seem likely to skip.
FWIW, it doesn't seem like the Henry move is indicative of an actual 3-4:
All even fronts on defense
— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) August 23, 2015
We'll see how it shakes out. I do think Godin is a legit player. Strobel's presence on the two deep as a DT is a bit alarming since he's listed at 6'6", 270 and was recently bounced to tight end, which didn't take. For whatever reason he's played mostly DT at Michigan despite a build that strongly suggests SDE in an under, which is a spot at which Michigan could use some depth. Instead he's playing inside and they're goofing with Henry outside. I dunno man.
As expected: Ross, Morgan, Bolden. There were occasional dime packages on which Morgan was the only LB. Gedeon rotated in with the first team frequently.
With Lewis held out the starting corners were Channing Stribling and Jeremy Clark—possibly a reason that the passing game was much more effective than the run game. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. Max Bultman paid attention to Clark and thought he was all right:
Clark covered Chesson most of the night and looked solid. He was never beat deep, but with Darboh out, he wasn't covering a true No. 1 outside.
Disposition of Peppers was the same as it was in spring:
Jarrod Wilson and Jabrill Peppers were the safeties, and on nickel packages, they pushed Peppers to nickelback, with Delano Hill coming in as another safety.
Second team:
Second team secondary saw Keith Washington and Brandon Watson at corner, Wayne Lyons playing safety with Dymonte Thomas, and Terry Richardson at nickel.
Losing Blake Countess is going to rankle if Lyons isn't even playing cornerback. No idea what that says about anything. If things aren't going well they do have the option of moving Peppers to boundary and using Hill as a full-time starter. They clearly do not want to do that.
Special Teams
Reports on the kicking game varied. (As per the spring game, there were no punts.) Freshman scholarship kicker Andrew David did not make an appearance; walk-ons Kyle Seychel and Kenny Allen were either wobbly or fine. Bultman:
Senior Kenny Allen and sophomore Kyle Seychel both took field goals, but neither was very consistent. Seychel appeared to have the bigger leg, but his misses were also by a wider distance than Allen's.
That last sentence is a miserable way to measure kicker competency, but reports on the board were relatively sanguine about field goals, with one guy saying 6/8 were made.
Sounds like the Harbaughffense:
Formations were mostly under center with singleback or I-form, shifting the fullbacks and tight ends all over the place. Slot receivers were usually just tight ends who motioned out the slot.
That might be a reason Bunting got significant time. He is a threat split out.
Media Day Interviews: Chase Winovich
Previously: Jim Harbaugh, Kyle Kalis, Brian Cole
[Eric Upchurch/MGoBlog]
While I was looking for someone to talk to one-on-one yesterday, our photographer Eric Upchurch said redshirt freshman tight end Chase Winovich, who moved from outside linebacker this spring, seemed like a great interview. He was not wrong.
How is the transition from defense to offense going for you?
At first I wasn't sure how to think about it, and just a little hesitant. I feel like, as most people are, going to a position that you've never played before and weren't recruited as going through the recruiting process—it goes through your mind, here's what you're going to be, and then to go through a season playing [linebacker], you're just having a blast with it, going up and hitting people and just playing physical and the chase. I always joked, I said, "they named me Chase, they didn't name me Block or something else."
But as the time went on I grew to really start liking it. The practices were more fun, [I was] more engaged, more versatile, you could take mental reps a lot, it was easier to see how people break, especially Jake Butt, and just go about their business, and I started to love it. So going into camp, I've never been this excited to go into a camp in my entire life.
With Coach Harbaugh and his styles of camps and his history with Stanford and San Diego and San Francisco, it's going to be a battle, man. I want to be in the trenches or in the Apache helicopter this camp, you know, shooting the machine guns. That's how I view it. Every day is going to be a grind and if I can maximize the transition from summer to camp and linebacker to tight end and have those coincide, I think the days are going to go by great.
[Hit THE JUMP for the rest of the interview.]
Spring Stuff, 2015: Offense
Podcast? Yes. We couldn't record it yesterday because of Easter obligations. We will tape it this evening. It should go up tomorrow.
Missed it? It's on the tubes.
Ours got more attention than normal because it was so early.
The Michigan offense in one picture [Patrick Barron]
Rome was not rebuilt from atomized dust in a day. It was not good, obviously. People will tell you that the defense is supposed to be in front of the offense at this juncture… but not that far in front. When they say that they mean something like "it was a little ugly and they only ran for like three yards a carry." They mean that the final score was 17-10 or thereabouts.
They do not mean that the only offense of the day will be Amara Darboh catching fades against Poor Damn Dennis Norfleet, a 5'7" guy who hadn't played defense in college until being tested there this spring. The overall feel was reminiscent of the legendarily terrible 2008 spring game, which I didn't even go to because it was held at a high school to facilitate Michigan Stadium's renovations and still remember as the first "oh shiiiii" moment in the Rodriguez era.
To some extent this was all expected. Michigan fans have been debating between a true freshman, a guy who had 3.2 YPA last year, and a redshirt freshman who did not play. They were going up against a defense that has been pretty good the last couple years (until collapsing in exhaustion at the end of games). It was never going to be pretty.
But did it have to be that ugly? Bler!
Quarterbacks: come on down Joliet Jake. Morris was anointed the #1 QB coming out of spring by none other than Harbaugh himself, and that seemed about right after the spring game. That it did so after Morris went 11 of 24 for 5.6 YPA would have me purchasing bags of dehydrated food, water purifiers, and shotguns if not for the 99% official transfer of Iowa starter Jake Rudock to Michigan. Rudock may not be a conquering hero… but he will probably feel like one.
Malzone, the great (if vague) hope going into spring, did not look ready to challenge for the throne. I'm not on board with the arm strength complaints just yet, as those seemed to be generated by a wide receiver screen Lewis tried to jump but did not, giving up a first down on 2nd and 19 (in this game the equivalent of 2nd and Canada).
I may come around in the near future. The constant short stuff was disappointing: even his attempt at a game-saving two minute drill featured five yard hitch after five yard hitch. He did have one nice dart downfield that Chase Winovich dropped…
a linebacker linebacks even when he tight ends [Bryan Fuller]
…but that stands out as just about the only attempt Malzone made to get the ball down the field. There were a lot of doomed WR screens in there. And that two minute drill… oy. They got about 20 yards before time ran out. This is a tradition I would like to leave in the past.
One thing I'll say in Morris's favor. He's got that fade down pat. One got intercepted because Darboh didn't wall off and extend away from a defensive back and a couple more got dropped; the rest save one were completions, and I think Morris ended up leaving that one short because he got hit. The rest were on the money, in that space outside the numbers and inside the sideline where the receiver has space to play with and can detach from the DB.
That's a good location to have down, by the way. It's tough to throw and thus tough to get to for a lot of defenses. Deep outs, smash routes, corners, and those fades all end up in that general area. It's the location on the field that is the reason NFL teams go cuckoo for cocoa puffs when they find a Mallett type. Morris can buy himself a lot of leeway if that throw is as consistently accurate as it felt like on Saturday.
a lot of this [Eric Upchurch]
Run game: I don't know. Ty Isaac was all but out (he's credited for one carry I don't remember), so the Malzone team's tailback was Wyatt Shallman (12 carries, 22 yards) with spot duty from Ross Taylor-Douglas*. Shallman is more of an H-back in college and it showed.
Meanwhile, both Ace and I assumed that Derrick Green had been mostly held out with an injury of his own only to find out that he and De'Veon Smith apparently split carries down the middle. It's just that Green's 7 went for 8 yards and Smith's 7 went for 50.
Smith had a sequence early in the second half where he ran tough and his offense started getting some actual time on the field. That ended with a fumbled exchange, because of course it did. Smith never fumbled in high school and hasn't done so in college yet so that issue is probably a freshman-QB thing more than anything Smith did wrong.
If Michigan knew Isaac was going to be limited they should have swapped Green over to the Blue team to get a better feel for the competition between those guys. Either way it was a good day for Drake Johnson.
*[who has now completed his tour of all the positions you can play on a football field and can turn in his punch card for a free bag of Combos.]
The one good run. Cole gets a good push on Henry, Kugler seals away, RJS and AJ Williams battle to a stalemate, Cole gets to the second level, and Smith makes a nice out-in cut to put the other linebacker on the wrong side of the hole:
gif via Ace
If Michigan develops holes on the regular I think Smith has an advantage because his ability to grind out another two or three yards will be valuable in the Harbaughffense.
L to R: back, under threat, trying out [Bryan Fuller]
OL depth chart hints. Glasgow was back and playing center as if he had not violated his probation; the program said he'd gotten through whatever punishment the program had deployed for him. If he keeps his nose clean that should clear him to resume playing center this fall.
Meanwhile Michigan tried out Logan Tuley-Tillman as the left tackle on the blue team, bumping Ben Braden inside to guard. LTT picked up three legit holding calls; even so that implies that he's getting a serious look and Braden may move or lose his job. Erik Magnuson playing right tackle for the Maize team is another indication that the tackle jobs are not secure.
A scholarship guy who might be looking at some writing on the wall is Dan Samuelson, who was healthy enough to make the roster but IIRC did not play much, if at all. With a couple walk-ons seemingly ahead of them they might be down for the count. Bars (who I omitted from the rosters post by accident did play, at guard:
He is 62 next to Kugler [Fuller]
If you made me guess right now I'd say that Erik Magnuson is Michigan's starting right tackle this fall and that guard slot opened up by the various line shifts is the most heated competition out there. But that's firmly in wild guess territory.
Wide receivers: do we have a problem? There were a number of ugly drops, none more so than Jaron Dukes batting a ball in his facemask directly skyward for an interception. Morris zinged it with unnecessary force, yes. That's still a worst case scenario for a receiver. Dukes had another sorta drop later and doesn't seem like he'll be pushing past the established guys this year.
Elsewhere: Darboh had a drop and a fade wrested away from him but recovered late to be the Blue team offense. Going up against Dennis Norfleet significantly compromises that accomplishment, especially since most of the plays were "throw it over that guy's head," but Darboh did display strong hands and an ability to track the ball in flight in a difficult situation. Some people can do that (Junior Hemingway), and some cannot (Darryl Stonum). Darboh is in the former category. Can he get separation from the likes of Jourdan Lewis? I don't know—one downside of this format.
Receivers other than Dukes and Darboh were playing with Malzone and barely got targeted on anything notable. This year's spring hype machine, Brian Cole, was not a factor until deep into the second half; Freddy Canteen made a couple of nice catches on balls outside the frame of his body. There was not a whole lot else to talk about.
There was a notable lack of separation for receivers going up against actual defensive backs. That could be bad; it could be an indicator that the secondary is going to be as lights out as we all hope. As per usual, we'll find out abruptly in fall.
Poor Damn Norfleet. In the aftermath Harbaugh talked Norfleet up as a guy who could contribute in all three phases. Nope. The act of moving a guy his size to cornerback is waving a white flag on his career.
I mean… maybe not. Harbaugh is weird and one of the specific ways in which he is weird is his predilection for flipping guys from one side of the ball to the other. This could be a Harbaugh whim that doesn't mean much about playing time down the line. But it probably means that Norfleet is kaput. We'll always have that
punt return touchdown to seal the Maryland game inane irrelevant block in the back by someone far away from you.
BEARD. This is not Elliott, right? This is some other spectacular beard just hanging out on the sideline?
This is one Brady Hoke tradition I'm glad we're keeping.
Practice Bits: Offense
Tips? Hesitant about getting bombed on the message board? Email me.
[Eric Upchurch]
The Harbaugh era seems considerably less paranoid than the previous regime. Practice reports are coming in from a lot more sources than they used to; no doubt this is partially because excitement sees a lot more people on the sideline. I do hear that they're less concerned about "X looks good, tempo is fast" reports getting out.
Tempo is fast, by the way. Harbaugh has brought a high-rep style to practices in an effort to get everything he can out of every countable hour. It is not exactly Oregon hyper-speed where all coaching is done after, in film. It's a lot closer to that than the Hoke-era practices were. A recruit's parent took in a practice and posted about it to a Facebook group, and his impressions match some others I've been sent:
1. Tempo of practice and the philosophy. Very different from last year. 2 sets of scrimmages per field. A play is being ran an avg of 25 to 35 secs. If they went two groups, they would alternate but each group ran a play every 25secs. So ... Coaches saw 2 plays every 30 secs. Ton of reps. Very different from last year. Coaches are coaching very quick between plays. Emphasis on getting the reps in during practice and correcting mistakes in film. Practice was very similar to how Saban runs his practices.
2. There really is competition at EVERYTHING. I saw several of these "competitions." A couple examples ... QBs did a "fastest release/ball speed" comp. On command, they had to throw a bullet pass 20yds. Malzone looked good. Several races took place today as well but most know about those.
Those were vintage 1990s; these are a lot closer to modern speeds. Michigan is running multiple reps at a time on opposite ends of the field with first and second teams.
(Aside: I can't help but draw a line between Hoke's deliberate practice pace and his program's inability to operate at any other speed.)
Practices have also been extremely long. How one practice can be longer than another when NCAA maximums are mandated for everyone is unclear; possible that Hoke was spending some of his countable hours in other ways? That seems highly improbable, but so do Michigan's results the past couple years.
Harbaugh bein' Harbaugh
When practice was over Harbaugh brought the team around him and awarded the day to the defense. As a reward he told them they had to run while the offense watched because "here, the winners are the ones that earn the opportunity to get better."
Quarterback Battle Royale
Whether it's the WWE kind or the Quentin-Tarantino-porn that is way better than the Hunger Games, what Michigan has on its hands qualifies as such. Jedd Fisch was carefully neutral during his press conference yesterday, as coaches are. He asserted that everyone was even and getting even reps, as coaches do.
But allow your author to read into things some. Fisch on Malzone:
"He's got a lot going on. But he's handled it unbelievably well. He's unbelievable in terms of his ability to not let things bother him. To be consistent and play the game. If a play doesn't go right, he's right back in there for the next one. A short-term memory is phenomenal for a quarterback."
On Speight:
Wilton is a very large man, he's a big guy (at 6-foot-6). He can see everything. He's a pretty good athlete and he throws the ball well. He doesn't seem to have had a ton of experience.
On Morris:
"Shane has a very strong arm, as everybody knows, he spins it well and he just has to understand that, really, that's not the most important thing. If you have a really strong arm, then you have a really strong arm. That's what you have. Now, it's a matter of 'what can you do with it?' How do you utilize it? His skill set and his arm strength are tremendous and he's very comfortable. It's fun to watch him in the huddle, he has a really good command of what we're asking him to do."
The tweets that captured small sections of the fuller quotes came off more negative towards Morris, highlighting "unbelievable" for Malzone and "throw it at the person" for Morris. It was more neutral than that. Via Maize and Blue News:
Even so, the overall vibe from that presser seemed to confirm reports floating around at Scout, Rivals, and in my inbox: there's considerable debate about who looks better between Malzone and Speight… and there ends the debate. Scout's observers tend to like Malzone. Rivals's like Speight. Malzone is reportedly adjusting to the size of the players in front of him; Speight doesn't have that issue and is a year ahead of Malzone in terms of college prep.
Early days obviously, but it feels like the QB race is two horses with Morris lagging behind. Gentry and maybe Rudock are yet to enter.
Tailback Battle Royale
See above in re: term. Tyrone Wheatley has a lot of options here and is doing a lot of correcting in drills. Will be interesting to see if there's a performance differential there. The latest practice video from the department features Wheatley heavily if you'd like to hear him talk some.
Most of these guys look like they've looked. Johnson's out; Smith may be a hair faster; it's tough to tell if Green's vision problems are any better in this context. (Most people observing practice do so from the sideline, where holes are not always visible.)
There is the new guy, of course. Ty Isaac is "huge" and "could be a linebacker." He injured a finger somewhat badly in one practice but shrugged it off to continue with drills. This undoubtedly earned him some Harbaugh toughness brownie points. (He did sit out some on subsequent days.)
H-back/TE wazoos
Chase Winovich is at least practicing there…
Rt when you see it pic.twitter.com/1FfBEqacoI
— Chase Winovich (@CCWino58) March 11, 2015
…and while Harbaugh seemed pretty dismissive about supposed position moves earlier this spring, they are looking at him there. When I fretted that this didn't make a lot of sense given the seeming surplus at H-back, Ace reminded me that Harbaugh switched guys around like mad at Stanford. Doug Baldwin played both ways; Owen Marecic played both ways. Harbaugh loves to experiment, and when he finds a Football Player that guy tends to Play A Lot Of Football. Possibly the same dynamic here.
Because man does Michigan need something above and beyond Butt/Bunting/Hill/Shallman/Houma? And Pallante? And apparently Henry Poggi?
Is it possible Winovich is getting a legit look at tailback? I doubt it but it's not like Michigan's not looking for options there.
It seems clear that Michigan has a relatively set front seven with a lot of depth at three-tech and some at linebacker. So they're taking the opportunity to test out anyone who may be an effective manballer.
FWIW, Ian Bunting looks promising but could still use some more weight on his frame if he's going to be a true dual-threat at the TE spot. When asked to catch the ball he looks "terrific," with the kind of wingspan that will remind you of Funchess "plus a couple inches." Hands are reputed to be excellent. Sam cited him as a potential breakout player.
Sione Houma has been held out with an injury, FWIW.
Receiver Battle… somewhat Royale
Drake Harris exists! He is full go in practice after like two straight years of hamstring doom. Reports alternate between impressive play and extreme skinniness. I believe both; this year will likely be a learning/glaring at hamstring owlishly/getting bigger campaign for him. 247:
There's no doubt about one thing: Harris is going to have to gain some weight in the next six months if he wants to see the field this season. However, the early impressions of him are twofold. One, he's finally 100% healthy and is a full-go at wide receiver. Two, he's been very impressive off the edge and has been a favorite target for a couple of the quarterbacks in early drills.
Harris was kind of a big deal before his leg acted up on him, remember. He was a top-50 prospect who Michigan had to fend off Alabama for after a 2,000 yard junior season.
Other reports are so scattered it's tough to draw conclusions from them. There are a lot of receivers, there are a lot of reps, an observer can easily sink into confirmation bias. At various time's I've heard good things about Ways, Chesson, Norfleet, and Bunting. Darboh's been absent so far and Canteen may still be too small to get off jams; I wouldn't read a whole lot into the former since Darboh is a known quantity.
OL Somewhat Settled(?) Royale
There's significant rotation along the offensive line, as you might expect. Other than the returning starters the biggest threats for playing time are Patrick Kugler, David Dawson, and Logan Tuley-Tillman. Miller and Braden are the returning starters under the most threat.
It is impossible to tell anything about these guys yet, as this is the point in the year when they're at the greatest disadvantage. Having eight real options is excellent, at least.
Chris Fox is still injured. You may remember that he came in after suffering a severe knee injury in his senior year of high school, ballooned up into the 350 range, and hasn't been talked about much subsequently. At least early this spring he was still on crutches. We are rapidly approaching the point where a medical scholarship is the most likely outcome.


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Sweep Ya Off Yer Ed by Naked-SasquatchWatch
©2013-2016 Naked-Sasquatch
Just these two being cute little gay boyfriends again. And Eddy being a cute little fatty <3
sooooooo cute. i still owe you and mad a drawing any thing you'd like? my hard drive crashed so i lost all of art and pictures and stuff so it may have to be traditional.. but i think that'd make up for the wait sending you something original instead
OH JAY! HEY GURL HAY! It's been a while <3
Ohmigosh ummm...okay, I'm really into the EENE fandom right now (you should see my tumblr jesus christ I've gone off the deep end) so I'd love some of our favorite gaybies! But it'd also be super awesome to see you draw my characters from my comic - Tambourine and Sasquatch.
Whatever you wanna do! URGH I love you and your art <3
Awwwwwwwwww, lookit him tryna run with them little-ass legs! And people wonder how we can find them so adorable...
I love your art of these two - well I love your art in general! :>
Hahaha I know! Eddy's tryin' to be a studly-man but is too much of a porker to carry his 90-pound boyfriend without breaking a sweat XD
Awwww thank you!!!!! <3
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Super Bowl 50: Celebrity sightings and sounds of Super Bowl week
Super Bowl 50: When celebrities overrun the Bay Area for a week.
Thanks to Super Bowl, Jay Z, Beyonce and more pack Warriors crowd
The night before Super Bowl 50, a star-studded crowd cheers on the Warriors as they faced a formidable Oklahoma Thunder in Oakland.
Super Bowl 50: Live inside glamorous Big Game Big Give
See photos and video from inside Jillian Manus' Atherton estate, where 49er legend Joe Montana and Giants great Matt Williams are hosting the major annual Big Game Big Give fundraiser party.
Super Bowl 50: 50 Cent, Mark Cuban, J.B. Smoove among celebrities at Playboy party
Super Bowl 50: Big names show up for Playboy party on Friday night.
Dan Hicks, Bay Area music icon, dies at age 74
Dan Hicks, who helped pour the foundation for the Bay Area's psychedelic sound in the 1960s, and endured as one of music's most eclectic personalities, dies after a long battle with cancer.
Super Bowl 50: Alyssa Milano, Conan O'Brien top the list at Bleacher Report party
Actress Alyssa Milano and late-night host Conan O'Brien were among the eclectic list of athletes and media sensations at the Bleacher Ball in San Francisco on Friday night.
Super Bowl 50: Inside the Bleacher Ball red carpet
Celebrity sightings include Alyssa Milano, Miss America Kira Kazantsev and Vine sensation Hayes Grier.
Super Bowl 50: John Madden feted at star-studded bash
Super Bowl 50: Fred Biletnikoff, Ted Hendricks, Chris Berman, Brent Jones, and others celebrate the career of the former Oakland Raiders coach, while he continues recovery from heart surgery.
Martin Sheen wants to help O.J. Simpson find the real killers, report says
Martin Sheen is reportedly shopping a true-crime series that would focus on evidence that exonerates O.J. Simpson in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Maurice White, Earth, Wind and Fire founder, dies at 74
Tributes poured in following news Thursday that Maurice White, the leading force of funk group Earth, Wind and Fire, has died at age 74.
Super Bowl 50: Madden Bowl with Ludacris, Drew Brees and a dog name Jiff
Super Bowl 50 celebrity sightings include Ludacris, the Fall Out Boy band, Drew Brees and a dog name Jiff at the hopping Madden Bowl in San Francisco.
Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum are using Super Bowl 50 to pitch their upcoming film, "Independence Day: Resurgence."
Super Bowl 50: Inside Legends of Charity dinner with Raider great Ted Hendricks, 49ers Brent Jones
Celebrity sightings at the Super Bowl Legends of Charity dinner include Raiders great Ted Hendricks, 49ers Brent Jones, Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz and ESPN's Chris Berman.
Super Bowl: Coldplay's Chris Martin rooting for 'Denver Panthers'
Coldplay, which will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, cracks wise but spills few details about what role Beyoncé will play or whether Bruno Mars is part of the lineup.
CBS says no to 30-second ad from famed strip club for Super Bowl because it doesn't meet NFL standards.
From Montana to Beckham, the Super Bowl party guest list to top all others is at VC Jillian Manus' Atherton estate
'This is like no other Super Bowl party, period,' says Jillian Manus who has cleared out all the furniture on the first floor of her 16,000-square foot mansion and is creating the iconic scenes of California in each room, including a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and, wait for it, Seal Rock in Fisherman's Wharf, including three live seals.
Updated Super Bowl celebrities: Jay Z, Beyonce and Taraji P. Henson highlight star-studded week
Jay Z, Beyonce, Jim Harbaugh, Kendrick Lamar, Alicia Keys, Metallica, Taraji P. Henson, January Jones, Amy Adams, Aaron Paul and Rob Lowe highlight the celebrities in the Bay Area Saturday to celebrate Super Bowl 50.
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The solo show 'Satchmo' by Terry Teachout depicts jazz legend Louis Armstrong reflecting on his bittersweet life and music; it plays at American Conservatory Theater through Feb. 7
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Gilbert company launches online stock market for high-end sneakers
Detroit Venture Partners' portfolio company Campless.com morphs into StockX.
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The State Board of Canvassers has approved a petition to recall Gov. Rick Snyder, but denied the majority of proposals related to Flint's lead-tainted water crisis.
Detroit Venture Partners' portfolio company Campless.com morphs into StockX.
Grab your smartphones! Starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, the ride-booking service will take orders for the sweet treats to be delivered to your home or business.
In a sea of ads that fell flat, a handful of vehicle spots shone brightly during Sunday night's big game.
Students in grades 8-10 are attending classes in the Escuela Preparatoria Academia de las Américas in southwest Detroit.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said the state is working with two Flint nonprofits to hire 50 residents who will help test the water in the city that's been plagued with lead contamination.
The Detroit-based online lender spent most of Super Bowl 50 on its Twitter page responding to criticism of its first big game commercial, with people making a connection between the ad and the subprime mortgages that spurred the financial crisis of 2008.
Owner Tom Celani also plans to put a brew pub-style restaurant, gourmet grocer and other attractions on the "destination location" site.
Garco Construction Inc. will build a system to support rapid refueling of KC-135s and other aircraft at the Harrison Township base, it said.
The Denver Broncos' 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers averaged a 46.5 household rating and 69 share in the Detroit market for CBS-owned station WWJ-Channel 62, according to early viewership data released by CBS from New York City-based audience trackers The Nielsen Co.
More than 100 Detroit-based businesses are expected at the D2D "speed dating" style event for suppliers and anchor businesses.
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I shopped around and was a week away from closing at my credit union. Rates were dropping and I was locked in and they would not budge. A friend at work suggested I call Quicken. I had no familiarity with Quicken other than their financial software (which I depend on). I decided to give it […]Read more >>
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Really was a great experience. Not just a great, competitive rate, but I felt like I got the perfect amount of attention without being overbearing. Jeff Van Deusen was great, very responsive and kept me informed along the way. Stephanie Summer kept in touch and also answered any questions and went out of her way […]Read more >>
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Choose Your Faith by Tiny-TykeWatch
©2013-2016 Tiny-Tyke
Вот такая семейная драма.
Such a family drama.
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WHOA DD! Can't believe it really ( ◡‿◡ ♡)
Thanks guys!
Such a family drama.
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WHOA DD! Can't believe it really ( ◡‿◡ ♡)
Thanks guys!
Daily DeviationGiven 2013-08-27
Choose Your Faith by ~Tiny-Tyke ( Suggested by Firey-Flamy and Featured by alexandrasalas )
Blasphemers! The Omniscience is the one true belief!
stole it, ok? facebook.com/miamand
Such a true expression, it is what many 'pagans' fear when comming out of the closet the big drama. It reminds me of my own experience.
And the child is the Lifestealer.
This is amazing.
Chen takes on a Christian theme while Enchantress on a Hindu one, perfect! Very creative!
Chen takes on a Christian theme while Enchantress on a Hindu one, perfect! Very creative!
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH.... strong proof of creativity!!! The art is not made exclusive of techniques, but also creativity ^^
Enchantress = язычество, Chen = христианство?
I love this!
глазы разбегаются
глазы разбегаются
Ой. А я не знаю кто это)
Он регулярно потрошит апдейты доты 2 на предмет скрытых материалов, ну и еще делает всякую всячину в воркшопе
Ha, ha, ha, ha, brilliant. This is why LOVE is so important. We know not the consequences of our actions when some use religion to rule, to divide and to conquer. When at the core, the message of love and forgiveness through sacrifice of ones own comfort in all humility, is the way to unite in harmony rather than separatist ideology. Strange, we are all cut from the same cloth, literally, and yet, we seek, even in our own homes, to have abundant pride over our very own brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers. We are called to Love, not to hate, to forgive, not to try get revenge, and then, we, who think ourselves so advanced, judge other cultures, religions, even our own family members.
How can there ever be peace in the world, when we cannot even create peace in our own homes? So what if he worships the moon, or she worships the stars? So long as peace and love is at the core with a huge dose of unconditional forgiveness, then i say let us just get along.
Yes, I am a Christian, yes, I do believe Christ died for my sins, Yes, I have seen the sick healed, daemons pulled from a mans body, drug addicts and criminals minds healed through the power of prayer. But, no, war and killing, even the speaking of words to hurt one another, this cannot be tolerated under Faith. Will I have a good old debate with a Muslim friend, yes, most assuredly, I will. But I will not kill him for believing something different. This is how we learn and while I can see the humor of your art I also see how brilliant it is, especially in this day and age with all the extremism and death, heck, even atheists will start suicide bombing one of these days.
Thanks for your amazing sketchup, it is a lesson and a a reflection of our society as a whole at the same time time. God Bless.
That reminds me of my family.
This one cracks me up everytime I see it
And my faith goes to Chen, sorry
And my faith goes to Chen, sorry
speaking as one that doesn't play much games or watch any tv, this reminds me of some families, in which each parent follows either a different faith or a different political stance. they spend so much time arguing they technically forget the child is there, leaving the kid to grow up just thinking everything should be argued about.
[peace! well done for catching the DD! well deserved
What do you mean you can't believe you got a DD? This DESERVES a DD.
Also, Chen and Enchantress can go sproink themselves. Weaver is the creator of the DotA 2 Universe, which means he should be the one to get all the glory. O___O
Also, Chen and Enchantress can go sproink themselves. Weaver is the creator of the DotA 2 Universe, which means he should be the one to get all the glory. O___O
well I thought it was too game related and nobody will understand it.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Who would turn their feet like that?
I bet they are both thinking "Why are we living together again?"
This is amazing... Love the detail and the characters. Seems to be the drama of many households.
Congrats on the DD!
Congrats on the DD!
Congrats on the DD, really worth it
OMG so awesome D:
this is really funny lol
Hahaha the old Chen vs Enchantress I love it! Brilliant take on the creep stealing that happens between the two!
I don't know the game that inspired this, but it is an amazing piece of art! It tells a story in only one "panel". I can easily get an impression of the gods the parents worship and what kind of argument they are having. Poor little bird baby - how will it decide??
Dota 2 reference.
Thank you so much, yes i do love one-panel pictures, they could be damnably expressive.
Thank you so much, yes i do love one-panel pictures, they could be damnably expressive.
I love this. It's beautiful and funny, but it also contains a message about irony.
The parents tell the child to choose a religion, but all they really teach him is to fight and argue, and they don't seem to respect his opinion at all, since they are actually trying to choose for him instead of letting him choose. That's the way parents are in the real world as well, and I believe you've really captured that reality in this cartoon.
You did an amazing job, and you really deserve the DD! o3o
Gosh this is all so true! I've observed such family so many times and there is nothing could be done about, so sad.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
awesome idea
Hah! I know about these types of situations well. You've done a very good job.
Cool paint
Congratulations. You deserve it
Wow! Классная работа! классные рисунки! Подскажи пожалуйста источник с уроками где можно так в илюстраторе научиться..если знаешь конечно. Я рисую только от руки, хотелось бы так как ты! спасибо
Да я не знаю, честное слово. А ты поставь себе лучше Сай. Paint Tool Sai. Очень хорошая и удобная и легкая. И была даже бесплатная а теперь я не уверена.
Да я не знаю, честное слово. А ты поставь себе лучше Сай. Paint Tool Sai. Очень хорошая и удобная и легкая. И была даже бесплатная а теперь я не уверена.
Beautiful work.
Великолепная работа. Очень радует детализация и забавная идея
И поздравляю с DD. Вы заслужили. (:
С дд-шкой!
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Nominate Arizona Creatives for the 2013 Governor's Arts Awards
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Two brothers shot dead in road rage
Posted on Feb 28 2014 | IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 : Two brothers were shot dead Friday by unidentified people following a scuffle over a minor issue of overtaking a vehicle, police said.
The victims were shot dead when the vehicle they were travelling in was reportedly stopped by a man in a Skoda car at around 10.30 a.m. The Skoda driver was furious as one of the victims had not allowed him to overtake.
"It was a case of road rage and we have launched a search to nab the killers," Joint Commissioner of Police R.S. Krishnia told IANS.


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If you're looking for cute and easy wall art to decorate your home, make a shadow box. These Sweet and Sentimental Shadow Box instructions from Tiffany Windsor will guide you through the steps to achieving a dimensional scrapbook effect framed in a box. Pick and choose the items that go into this DIY shadow box. Every time you walk by your homemade shadow box you'll be reminded of sweet memories from days of yore. There's nothing so lovely as a box full of memories.
- Aleene's Tacky Dot Roll
- Wood shadow box
- Velvet leaf
- Ephemera
- Paper flower
- Mini gold frame
- Scrapbook paper
- Feather
- Velvet ribbon
- Scissors
Cut papers to fit and place inside each box.
Layer with ephemera, paper flowers, feathers, etc.
Fill mini frame with leaf, paper and sentiment.
Move pieces around until you have desired layout.
Take a digital photo of shadow box so that you will remember the exact layout.
Remove all pieces from the shadow box.
- Using your photo as guide, use Aleene's Tacky Dots to glue all pieces in place.
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Bread Machine Pumpkin Monkey Bread Recipe
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I love making this pumpkiny monkey bread for a holiday brunch. —Emily Main, Tonopah, Arizona
- 1 cup warm 2% milk (70° to 80°)
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 to 4-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- In bread machine pan, place the first 11 ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select dough setting. Check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1-2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed.
- Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine sauce ingredients; cook and stir until blended. Remove from heat.
- When dough cycle is completed, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 36 portions; shape into balls.
- Arrange half of the balls in a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan; cover with half of the sauce. Repeat, being sure to thoroughly coat the top layer with sauce.
- Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375°. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cover loosely with foil if top browns too quickly.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm. Yield: 18 servings.
Editor's Note: We recommend you do not use a bread machine's time-delay feature for this recipe.
Originally published as Bread Machine Pumpkin Monkey Bread in Country Woman October/November 2013, p36
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Economic Statistics for 2 Nov 15
Gallup's US Consumer Spending Measure reports that, in October, Americans' daily self-reports of spending averaged $92, up $4 from September.
October's PMI Manufacturing Index rose a full point to 54.1. This seems to be counter to the various recent Fed surveys.
The ISM Manufacturing index is barely positive at 50.1 for October, and contradicts this month's PMI.
Construction spending, led by housing, rose o.6% in September, and is up 14.1% from September, 2014.
Another closet totalitarian speaks out
This is one that you have to read to believe. It is one of those irredeemably stupid people and two time losers that helped Obama to two terms. Of course you won't be particularly surprised that she is the director of Women and Gender Studies at The College at Brockport – whatever that is. Apparently she and her family ate off of Obama placemats prior to 2008 and were pretty sure that this was the guy who could change the world, stop the seas from rising and deliver the utopia that includes "free stuff" and world peace. Then reality set in, sort of, and the goodie bag wasn't delivered as promised, the seas ignored him and world peace was even more illusory than before his ascension. But they still BELIEVE!
Today, I write this letter with a bleeding heart. I admire Obama. But he has let me down. I am disappointed because his presidency could have done more for our country, and sadly, the many taken lives who cannot read this essay. I still worry about urgent social tensions facing our nation, and I recognize their ongoing complexities in policy and legislative action. But gun violence can be averted. Can our country ever be free from senseless gun-crime?
Firearm possession should be banned in America; President Obama can orchestrate this directive. His presidency can be remembered as a remarkable turn in United States history where a progressive leader forever changed the landscape under which we live and work. This is his legacy. To establish gun control laws in America that will reduce high levels of male violence and usher in a culture of peace and civility.
Barack Obama is the president of the United States. He can change the country. He can do it today. I believe in him.
Ye gods.
Gun violence can be averted by banning guns? One would assume then that knife violence, sword violence, club violence and fist violence can all be "averted"- if we "ban" all those things. Because we know that as soon as a law is passed, and all those are banned, it will "usher in a culture of peace and civility". Because … every violent male will put those things aside and become a part of … what?
Would anyone actually want to be a part of this woman's world? She's all for taking things away from you. In fact, she lobbies for it. And my guess is she'd be fine if the things were taken away from you violently in the name of her utopia. You know, whatever's necessary. After all, that's what government is for, right?
As with most progressives, she's anti-freedom, a closet totalitarian and has an anti-male bias so strong it colors everything she says or does.
And she votes.
Observations: The QandO Podcast for 30 Oct 15
This week we discuss…well…everything. It really has no structure whatsoever. Just a nightmare. Anyway, it's on the podcast page.
Economic Statistics for 29-30 Oct
Real GDP in the 3rd Quarter of 2015 rose a disappointing 1.5% annualized, while the GDP Price index rose 1.2%.
September's pending home sales index fell -2.3% to a reading of 106.8.
Both personal income and spending rose 0.1% in September, while the PCE Price Index fell -0.1% overall, and rose 0.1% less food and energy.
The employment cost index for the 3rd Quarter of 2015 rose a sizable 0.6%, but the year-on-year rise is unchanged at 2.0%.
The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index fell -2.1 points to 90.0 in October.
The Chicago PMI surged 7.5 points from September and 6.0 points over consensus to 56.2 in October.
Initial weekly jobless claims rose 1,000 to 260,000. The 4-week average fell 4,000 to 259,250. Continuing claims fell 100,000 to 2.144 million.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell -0.7 points to 42.8 in the latest week.
The Fed's balance sheet fell $-12.0 billion last week, with total assets of $4.489 trillion. Reserve bank credit rose $0.9 billion.
The Fed reports that M2 money supply fell by $-7.6 billion in the latest week.
Stray Voltage
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"Hundreds of immigrant families caught illegally crossing the Mexican border told U.S. immigration agents they made the dangerous journey in part because they believed they would be permitted to stay in the United States and collect public benefits, according to internal intelligence files from the Homeland Security Department."
Now where would they ever get such an idea?
Hey, wait, didn't Obama promise "no boots on the ground" in Syria?
The U.S. plans to send a small team of Special Operations forces to Syria as boots-on-the-ground advisers to rebel groups, according to military sources.
President Barack Obama has authorized "fewer than 50" Special Operations forces to deploy to northern Syria, The Associated Press reported.
I'm sure there will be massive anti-war protests this weekend because of this broken promise and escalation in Syria.
Yup, and pigs will fly …
Apparently we don't have time anymore to debate important things like a national budget in the Senate:
Forced by opponents to hold votes after midnight, GOP leaders held the support of just enough Republican and Democrats to give final Congressional approval to a two year bipartisan budget deal, as lawmakers backed away from a possible U.S. government default.
You see, now they have to read it to find out what's in it. How, you ask? How does this happen? Well, here's a clue: 18 Republican Senators voted to shut off debate on the two year budget deal. Among them McCain, McConnell and Graham. And establishment Republicans wonder why no one on the right is particularly interested in any of them becoming President.
Finally, a reminder. Ahmed says:
So, what do you think?
I find this observation by Joel Kotkin to be interesting:
Generational politics pose both risks and rewards for each party. A Trump candidacy may excite older voters and many younger white voters, but the cost among a pro-immigrant, heavily minority millennial voting bloc could prove damaging over the longer run.
Democrats, too, face risks, particularly if they continue on the path of radical wealth redistribution and draconian climate change regulation. Although still strong, support for Obama has been steadily weakening since 2008. Millennials are the only age group to still approve of President Obama's record, but by only 49 percent, not exactly a ringing endorsement.
The future may be determined by the extent that millennials feel that Democratic policies inhibit their ability to move up economically. Younger millennials, having grown up during a weak economy under a progressive president, are notably more conservative than older ones, notes a recent Harvard study.
They increasingly share some attitudes with conservatives, having become notably more deeply distrustful of many of the nation's political institutions. Nearly half describe themselves as independents, far more than any other age group.
To be sure, mllennials will likely stay more liberal than boomers (about as many are conservative as liberal), but they could shift further to the right once they enter their 30s and start earning a living.
Independent is a pretty flexible label and hides a lot of biases that might otherwise put them solidly in one camp or the other. But the realities of life do indeed have a tendency to temper idealism. As you grow older, you realize how little your priorities for what you earn matter to government. You are simply a cash cow to them and they'll use force to make you pay your "fair share" … as defined by them.
When you begin to get into your career and raise a family, and watch as your priorities in life become second to the government's you have a sort of epiphany. Most, at least, begin to pay a little more attention to what is happening via government and begin to drop the youthful silliness that marks their adolescent and college years (colleges are incubators of silly ideas … see past 7 years). You begin to see government for what it really is … a "legalized" and ever expanding protection racket. Something that, if Paulie ran it in the neighborhood, would be illegal because it would be considered extortion. But then, if you disagree with government and refuse to pay the protection money, what happens?
These are the things … just some among many … that begin to dawn on people as they get older. And it usually pushes those with the ability to reason, to the more fiscally conservative, smaller less costly side.
Of course, some never get it, and they're the type that elected this idiot in the White House and will vote for Hillary Clinton (or Bernie Sanders and then Hillary Clinton).
They will never understand that there is nothing free in the world, most of the problems we are "scared" with originate with government (and that government is NOT the answer) and simply have no problem with their freedom being limited if it is limited by the "right people".
However, as you read this blurb, you see something that should clue you into why we're in this shape. And it isn't millennials. It's boomers. They defy the point I'm trying to make ("about as many are conservative as liberal") with about half remaining in fantasy land. Of course, they also lived in the golden age of the US in terms of total wealth.
So I dispute the belief expressed by the author that millennials will "likely stay more liberal than boomers." Perhaps socially, as in social issues. But in pocket book issues, they're hardly found the living easy. And the big government help they were told was so necessary and good isn't at all panning out like promised.
Is there any wonder the Democrats are insistent on importing new voters, legally or not?
But are millennials "game changers" like Kotkin contends?
Frankly I don't really see any generation as "game changers" at the moment. But you may disagree.
Economic Statistics for 28 Oct 15
The MBA reports that mortgage applications fell -3.5% last week, with purchases down -3.0% and refis down -4.0%.
September's deficit in international trade in goods declined to $-58.6 billion from August's $-67.2 billion. Exports rose 3.1% and imports fell -2.5%.
The Federal Open Markets Committee left interest rates unchanged today, with a Fed Funds target rate of 0.0%-0.25%.
Economic Statistics for 27 Oct 15
Durable Goods order fell again in September, down -1.2% overall, with ex-transoportation orders down -0.4% and core capital goods down -0.3%. On a year over year basis:
Durables: -3.0%
Ex-Transportation: -5.1%
Core capital goods: -7.3%
The Case-Shiller home price index rose a slight 0.1% in August, and is up 5.1% on a year-ago basis.
The PMI services flash reading for October fell -1.2 points to 54.4.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell sharply from 103.0 to a worse than expected 97.6 in October.
The Richmond Fed's Manufacturing Index rose from -5 to a still-negative -1 in October. All five regional Fed economic activity reports are negative.
The State Street Investor Confidence Index slipped -1.7 points, but remained healthy at 114.3.
Redbook reports that last week's retail sales rose to 1.5% on a year-ago basis, from the previous week's 1.3%, as slow improvement continues.
Germaine Greer states reality – chaos and vilification ensue
One thing about getting old is you're less tolerant of BS, no matter what the stripe. That's especially true if you're one of the women who helped define modern "feminism".
Germaine Greer, the 76-year-old author of "The Female Eunich," is making waves by lambasting the idea that Caitlyn Jenner may be honored by Glamour Magazine as "Woman of the Year." Jenner isn't a woman, says Greer. He's just attention-starved and seeking to steal the limelight from the women in the Kardashian family.
He hasn't actually had to endure what feminists depict as the true horrors of womanhood, such as being cursed with what Greer delicately characterizes as a "big, hairy, smelly vagina."
When told that such comments are hurtful to the transgender community, Greer doubled down. "Try being an old woman. For goodness sake, people get hurt all the time, I'm not about to walk on eggshells."
Now frankly, I think much of "feminism" is BS. And especially the phase it is now in. Feminism, as I see it, helped start this movement toward the "cult of the victim".
All that being said, it is hilarious to see what is happening with the Jenner thing. I happen to agree with Greer – he's an attention seeking whore living among the ultimate attention seeking whores and he wants more of the attention.
So how does this sort of nonsense (not the repudiation of Greer but the "Jenner thing") gain traction? The usual suspects are involved:
Our insatiable media must find new ground to break in tantalizing the public and normalizing what was once considered aberrant behavior. Cultivating a live-and-let-live attitude isn't enough; alternative lifestyles must be celebrated as not only equal but superior to the boring, oppressive traditions that have dominated until now.
Indeed, it is the so-called "cool kids" who dominate the culture wars because the dominate the media and entertainment industry. Who are the "cool kids"? Well, they're those who don't want to be judged on their aberrant behavior or actions and thus try to normalize them by shouting down and vilifying anyone who stands up for more traditional lifestyles.
To this point, they've been mostly successful in their methods. But there's always a time in any sort of movement such as this that lines begin to be crossed. Lines where it is obvious even to those who support the cause generally where they can see that "the emperor has no clothes". Jenner provides one of those moments and Greer calls the "cool kids" out on it.
Reaction? See above. In a petition begun to keep her from speaking at Cardiff University in the UK, Greer is vilified with feminist code language for "dirty, rotten traitor" to the cause:
"Greer has demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually misgendering trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.
"Trans-exclusionary views should have no place in feminism or society.
"Such attitudes contribute to the high levels of stigma, hatred and violence towards trans people – particularly trans women – both in the UK and across the world."
So there. The fact that Jenner doesn't possess that big, old smelly defining thing, nor has had to live with it disqualifies her as a "woman" in Greer's view. But we're dealing with post-modern feminism now. And that's whatever the radical feminists say it is. Greer is no longer welcome in that club.
And I'm laughing my rear end off.
Economic Statistics for 26 Oct 15
New home sales plunged to a much worse than expected 468,000 annual rate in September, as supply jumped from 4.9 to 5.8 months.
The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey fell deeper into negative territory, falling to -12.7 in October from September's -9.5.


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Reginald D. Hunter's Songs of the South
In a three-part series on BBC2 in the UK over February and March, Reginald D. Hunter travels across the (USA) south and explores the music and culture. There is a bunch of intriguing clips in advance. [more inside]
The Original Tea Partier Was an Atheist
Politico: "Young called his creed 'the religion of nature' and 'the religion of nature's God.' And he made abundantly clear that, in his own mind, this radical philosophical religion was the axis on which the Revolution turned. For him, the project to free the American people from the yoke of King George III was part of a grander project to liberate the world from the ghostly tyranny of supernatural religion." [more inside]
Gettysburg Address: 150 years ago today
In a week which also marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK, the Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln, 16th President, 150 years ago today. Mitch Rapoport narrates an animated version. [more inside]
All Your Bacon Are Belong To Us
Politico: "The U.S. government on Friday approved Shuanghui International Holding's bid to buy iconic U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods in what would be the biggest Chinese takeover of a U.S. company to date." [more inside]
Wet your whistle on these
What ho, dearest cousins in the Western Colonies. You appear to be increasingly using the vernacular of the mother country. Splendid! [more inside]
"To most Americans, there is something inexplicably foreign about cricket"
Wickets and Wonders: Cricket's Rich Literary Vein - a meditation on the literary history of cricket, and a few of the more well-known books surrounding gigaioggie.
The next big cricket tournament in the USA
In another attempt to increase the popularity of cricket in America, a tournament based on T20 (Twenty-twenty), an extremely short form of the game where a match can last as little as three hours, is planned for next year. Though cricket is one of the oldest sports in the country, and the USA is one of the 106 members of the International Cricket Council, speculation still periodically emerges (Slate, BBC) on whether the nation is ready for cricket's big 'breakthrough'. [more inside]
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Have you ever fallen for someone you shouldn't?
I've fallen for someone at work. He's single and so am I but he's a few years younger than me and a totally different religion. I have no idea how he feels about me but we get along so well and he's such a lovely person, really kind and gentle. He's so placid and has such good manners, every time he talks I like him more and more. I've never had a crush like this before, not since I was at school. Has anyone else fallen for someone when they're worlds apart?
Some say opposites attract .....
I'm not sure why different age or religion means you shouldn't fall for someone? I think the only rules for me are around chasing after someone who is already taken and breaking up relationships!
Do you think he feels the same?
If there's chemistry then why not go for it, you can't help who you fall for?
What's wrong with you woman!? Ask him out for a drink after work one day. How many years younger than you is he? The religion difference, is it something that would stand in your way forever? I have a fantastic friend who's muslim and she lost her entire family because she ran off and married in to a different religion but they are so so happy 5 years on, have 2 beautiful kids and another one on the way. She went to hell and back to get where she is but for love she took the chance. It's a sad world where we still can't be together regardless of race or religion, we are all human at the end of the day x
My partner is my ex's sisters ex....talk about complicated! It works for us, we are happy. Sod everyone else....give it a go! I'd say ask him for a drink & see what he says, if he says no or seems unsure just ask others too and he can just be the first person you asked the joy of it being someone at work lol
He doesn't drink! He was brought up here and has a welsh accent but isn't exactly westernised. His family believe in arranged marriages and when I first started working with him he did too! He hasn't mentioned it for a while though and I'd say there's chemistry between us but maybe I'm wrong. I've started to avoid him now because I know I'm falling for him. He's such a nice person, he has a lovely personality. I don't know what would happen with his family if anything happened between us. He's 9 years younger than me, by the way
I understand he's got different views on marriage ect but you don't know unless you ask!
Ask him out on a date, go to the cinema or out for a meal? If he says no, then you know to leave alone and if not... then you're in luck
No point worrying about religion/arranged marriages ect xxx
Five years ago I fell for a guy I met on a dating site. We chatted on the phone until the early hours of the morning and I fell in love with him before our first date. He'd just come out fo a relationship but we went out I was so in love with him. Then I found out he had been married, not divorced and his wife was with his brother as well as the ex-partner he'd just split with. I loved him so continued seeing him but then he just dumped me by text and said he wanted to be just friends so I decided to cut him off. About 6/7 months later I met my now husband and the funny thing was after I got engaged to hubby he texted me after splitting up with the ex-partner again and having a child with her he thought he'd see if I was free, I opted to stay with hubby, who I was happy with.
Though with your situation just chat and see what you both have in common and perhaps do something you both like and see what happens, I agree with all the other posters though I'm too scared to make the first move with a bloke but thats just me. Let us know what happens
I'm way too wimpy to make a first move! I'll wait and see if he asks me. What do you all think of the age gap? I'm 35 and he's 26 but in my defence I'm only 5 ft tall and don't look much older than him!
You are both single. Age and religion are mere semantics and not something you ought to worry about right now. Just enjoy getting to know each other and then...guess you'll have to take the plunge and ask him out
Yep...we're now married
Me and DH were both in (failing) relationships when we met...e held of doing anything until we'd finished with our respective partners...but it was still quite messy as lots of people assumed we were up to no good before that.
Can't help who you fall in love with!
My Cousin is Catholic and whilst studying Theology at uni She met and fell in love with a Man studying Neurosurgery, who happens to be Jewish
They have been married 15 years, neither has changed religion and they have 2 Children
If it is meant to be it will be, the rest is just minor details
My true friends know the truth though...ex still plays the victim about it now though. He believes I cheated. I know I didn't. We split up 5 years ago now.
My sister is very spiritual and believes in God and her husband is a total atheist and poo-poos anything that smacks of religion or afterlife or anything of that nature. They've been deliriously happily married for 32 years.
And sod the age gap!! xxx
I say ask him out, who knows maybe after and evening with his views on marriage may change! Go for it!
I was in a relationship with a guy for about a year, to begin with it was good, we spent time together went on dates etc he was just out the army and living with his mum, I still lived with my parents so about 6/7 month into the relationship he fell out with his mum and she threw him out, my parents offered him to live with us as didn't want to see him go without. He started using me and my house as a dumping ground, went to work mon to Friday and spent the time after work with me,or sleeping or of the laptop then by the time Friday came I wouldn't see him till Monday after work! So I decided I would ask my friends family if they would include me onto their holiday that was 2 months later, I had the money and paid to be added in. We got their and the second night I saw my now husband for the first time and fell in love instantly (love at first sight, how cheesy I know haha) but it was true I was head over heels in love. I was calling home to my the bf and he sounded really off with me, so I called my best friend and she had told me my uncle had caught my bf the night before in a nightclub with a girl sat on his lap kissing her, and went home with her (he knew my uncle went to this club often as heh as shares in it) my uncle hadn't told me as he wanted me to enjoy my holiday! I called my then bf back and told him to get his stuff out my parents house before I was home or it was getting took to charity! My newfound love and I spent rest of my holiday together then it went from their I returned sereval times and we got engaged then married, 5 years on weve been married 3 and have a daughter who is 17 months!
I believe what's for u won't go by u, dnt let this go by u if it's what u want. My husband and daughter are Muslim I was brought up told to make my own decision on what religioni wanted to follow I know have a wide range of knowledge of Christians and Islam (more being on Islam though) xx
Thanks for all your comments. He doesn't go to church (or is it a mosque they go to, I don't know), doesn't pray but I think he does the fasting they have to do at certain times of the year. His sister has had an arranged marriages and his parents marriage was arranged. I'm not sure how he would feel about choosing who he wanted to be with. When I first started working with him he said he was happy to have an arranged marriage and that he wouldn't go out with someone outside his faith because even if she converted to his faith he'd feel it wasn't really what she believed, that she'd just be doing it for him. He also said that he'd expect his wife to do everything at home, like his mum and sisters do. We had that conversation about 7 months ago and barely knew eachother. I wasn't that fussed on him then if I'm honest because I thought he was a bit narrow-minded and sexist. As time has gone on I've gotten to know him well and really like him, he seems to be embracing western life more and I can't imagine him being the sort of husband that makes his wife do everything at home, cook, clean etc because he's such a gentleman at work and very hard-working, he's not lazy at all and will put more work on himself to make sure none of us girls are too stressed!! My feelings towards him have been building up over these months. I had a bit of a hard time at work a couple of months ago where a colleague wasn't being very nice to me and hadn't been nice to me for a long time though I hadn't really noticed it because I always try to see the best in everyone but was hurt to find out she'd been b1tchy about me behind my back. She went on from there to being quite nasty to me, especially after I had a promotion. He intervened and really stuck up for me. She never hassled me again and I definitely looked at him in a new light after that, he was like my hero!!
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