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bought last year, this is the first Spring they will bloom in my yard. already showing buds. what to do next? Fertilize, what kind? Last year I modified soil w/ lots of peat moss, but don't I need to do/put something else every year? you're input will be greatly appreciated. thanks
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texasgarden Dallas, TX(Zone 8a) Feb 13, 2005
I fertilize my azaleas, camellias, gardenias, anything acid loving actually, with the Miracle Grow Muracid. I just follow what it says in the package! Good luck. :)
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I have a Geo. Taber and I also use Miracid.
vossner Richmond, TX(Zone 9a) Feb 27, 2005
thanks. i sprayed middle of last week w/ ironite and will start on miracid next week. Everybody's azaleas in my subdiv. are blooming, except mine. GRRRR
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They went into the SECs for the first time, some of them competing on a podium for the first time, and seized the title from higher-ranked Alababa, so Faehn is expecting more of the same.
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Marsden is hoping that the Utes' injuries, while hard to take, make the team pull together, which seemed to be the case in practices.
"I was really proud of them because (Robarts' accident) happened at the start, it could have been a downer, but they really rallied. Didn't miss a thing (Thursday)," he said. "Neither day did they let that ruin the training.
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Junior Cortni Beers (sore back) would replace her on beam, and freshman Kate Mohr would take over vault and floor.
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Although a very tough task awaits the Marlborough Development football side when they face Nelson Suburbs First XI tomorrow, coach Wolfie Waechter remains confident his side can continue their solid form of late and secure at least a point at A & P Park.
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Two weeks ago they put together perhaps their best performance of the season to overcome Richmond AFC 2-0, before going down 3-0 to an impressive Nelson College First XI on Saturday.
The run doesn't get any easier for Development, with Suburbs sitting at the top of the competition table with eight wins from ten starts. Perhaps it's the reality of playing in Nelson's top division, but it means the young Development side face the top three teams in as many weeks.
Although Suburbs recorded two victories over Development in the teams' previous encounters this year, Waechter believed his side were competitive in both matches and are capable of an upset. He said the key for Development to finding the back of the net is to take their time in attack.
Development's final line-up for tomorrow's match is undecided, as the availability of some players is uncertain following the Marlborough Boys' College First XI match against Waimea College yesterday.
Martin Delgado's return will strengthen the midfield and likely provide Development's impressive finishers, such as Carl Connor-McClean, with attacking opportunities. Meanwhile, at the back, in-form keeper Nick Stanton makes a welcome return.
Tomorrow's match kicks off at A & P Park at 3pm.
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"Third one is a charm"
Best and latest in this series. It focuses mostly on the point of view of "Comet" Parker (Space Navy Pilot/Engineer) as she wrestles with a new posting among many other things. There is a great blending of humor throughout. Overall, a well deserved five stars!
5 stars is i love and i will read agani and again. 1 is i hate and i never want to hear about it ever again. YES = :))) - NO= :'(
I have no idea how did i forget to write a review for this book.
It had a weird and slow start, but the 2nd half of the book was really good, especially the war in the end.
i'm really apset that i have no idea if there is a fourth one or not... John Ringo!!!!! please let us know if there is a fourth one coming!!!!!!!!! there has to be!!!!!
I had a listen to it several times so far... and never i got board from it so far.
"Great series, I hope there is more"
Once we got past the social politics of culture clashes, this was a really great read. This book was not a light hearted as the previous two, but the story line was well developed. Tyler Vernon is now one of my hero's. The book seems to open ended to be an ending, there has to be at least 4 more books yet to come. I will keep re-listening to the series until I have dug out every bit of the book. Good books have to be listened to multiple times. This is a great book and series.
"I love this series!"
More great stuff from a great author. If you like Ringo's other books in this series, you will love this one too.
"Burn in hell Johnny Ringo!"
I was very disappointed in this book. The story was very lazy and takes forever to get going. This was just another payday for Johnny Ringo.
have listened to it repeatedly. it is addictive.
hard to put down even after fifth time
"the first 2 books killed the third."
this was horrible. if i had to listen to anymore droning on about how different cultures have differences I would have thrown myself off a bridge to escape it. the storylines just faded or died out. seemed to be some heavy stereotypes with little actual firsthand knowledge of those cultures. more like someone read another book or drew conclusions from their own extrapolated vague knowledge. i don't see how it took as long as it did to get it on paper. no offense intended. but what the hell man. after the genius of the first 2 installments this seems like an attempt to make a few bucks at his readers expense. very disappointed. I will be more cautious in the future when looking at any new work from Ringo.
"love this series"
I wish John had more time to write more stories in this series I like the characters I like the storyline and I really wish the rain Gore I would get their ass kicked harder than they already have
"Lacking what was fun from the first two books."
I really enjoyed the first two books. Fun tales, silly aliens with goofy names and one man with a crazy plan to deal with things. Highly entertaining.
This book for whatever reason didn't focus on what I thought was good about the first two though they weakly show up at the end. This one seemed like political statement about how South Americans are sloppy workers and how Afghans dislike women.
"Interesting and descriptive"
I really like the Troy Rising series and the hope it offers the world of reaching to the stars. I do really like this third book but there were f-bombs dropped in the book and I think the story can be just as authentic without using bad language.


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OXFORD, Miss. — How did a nail-bitter for the debut as an independent football team go over for BYU's top brass?
BYU President Cecil O. Samuelson will take it. And he liked the drama ESPN received in its debut as a partner with the Cougars in the 14-13 comeback victory Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
"We're excited, we thought it would be a good thing, this was a great game today," said Samuelson.
"While we were lucky, we also deserved to win the game today. These people at the University of Mississippi were gracious and we hope we can play them again, perhaps even bring them to Provo."
That will be a challenge as an independent. The BYU-Mississippi game here was brokered by ESPN after Boise State dropped Ole Miss for a chance to play Georgia. BYU has to have more home games against teams from the SEC, Big 12, ACC and other BCS conferences if independence works for fans in Provo.
Samuelson said ESPN ought to feel good about BYU's game and how many people tuned in. "It was good for all of us."
Indeed, BYU scored 14 unanswered points to defeat the Rebels and players say the drama of the victory welded a bond between the offense and defense in a way neither a loss nor comfortable victory could have.
"It was amazing," said sophomore tight end Austin Holt of the celebration behind closed doors. "In our locker room, coach Mendenhall shed a few tears, he was very proud of us.
"We are a good team, we care about each other on offense and defense," said Holt, who had 2 catches for 26 yards.
"We all have a lot more fight in us than people think, and it's on both sides of the ball, on offense and defense. We were down at halftime, down in the third quarter and we fought back to win. It showed we have some grit and some toughness and we don't quit and have a great desire to win.
"Last year we didn't have that, we kind of flip-flopped, but this team has some tenacity, we have something going for us."
Holt said BYU's only offensive drive in the second half showed the timing and confidence the Cougars need. "If we keep focusing and executing at a high level, we'll be OK, that's the way this whole season can work out."
Linebackers coach Paul Tidwell said Kyle Van Noy's heroic forced fumble for a touchdown came at the right time.
"We had to have it, it came at the right time. Kyle has proven to be a playmaker. It takes all 11 but Kyle has done a great job over the last two years. Our defense had to make some stops in this game and they did it."
Both Tidwell and offensive line coach Mark Weber said BYU's front on offense and defense held their own against the SEC foe.
"We had the upper hand most all the time," said Weber.
"To keep them from having an offensive touchdown the whole game, twice when they had pretty good drives twice and ended up with just field goals, is huge," said Tidwell.
"To make stops? Well, that wins games. Our offense moved the ball up and down the field all game long but first games are not easy for the offense and it showed at times when we didn't score. They'll be better and will improve. What this game proved is the character of this team."
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#2 Mar 18, 2012
Ive heard rumors from both sides but not really sure what happened. Anyone know---always liked TOMMY'S
#5 Mar 19, 2012
They are both complete trash and not worth my breathe .
#6 Mar 19, 2012
That is most of lenoir! Many years ago it was a nice town, now a redneck haven!!!!
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#7 Mar 19, 2012
Why does it matter why he doesn't play there anymore, its between Mitch and Tommy's Bar...he's a great singer and Tommy's is a great bar with great food.quit trying to stir sh*t up... mind your own business.
#8 Mar 19, 2012
You said it correctly, and people wonder why the city and county are in the shape it is in. They rather trash talk places than support them, yet complain as places close and new places avoid the area. If they would get off their entitlement seeking asses and everyone try working together it is possible new businesses may open or failing places may survive, but they had rather trash talk perfectly fine places hoping they will sink just because misery loves company.
#10 Mar 20, 2012
If Mitchell Clark is such a has been..the why do all the bar owners want him..because he's good thats why..sounds like a lot of this crap has been posted by jealous musicians..that can't get the jobs he gets because ya'll suck..& I don't think he has ever been thrown out of the Alibi..& if he has the bar owner must be over it because he plays there every other week..& as for Tommy's..it's not the only bar around & ya'll keep mentioning drama..really..that all you people on here are good for is drama..either ya'll don't have a life or yours really suck to get on here & bash other people, that has always been most of this counties problem is that nobody seems to be able to mind their own business..
#11 Mar 20, 2012
Hello Mitchell Clark , its nice that you came on here and actually tried to defend yourself . even Charles Manson is right about everything in his own mind , so i figured you had your own angle on your own stupidity and a story to back it up .
Honestly , i didn't think you had it in ya , Knowing how to operate a computer and answer the general public's opinion of you on a public forum as such .
Good Job Mitchell .
Now you can go get drunk and tell all the other drunkards down at the saloon how big of a boy you are on the topix forums lmao .
#13 Mar 20, 2012
Oh Satan, you give us the power to trample the remnants of Christianity that is left in this world
Fill us with your essence
Let it run through our veins, our souls, our minds our entire being
We trample on the cross... we spit upon the book of lies... we desecrate the virgin whore
Forever standing proud against the Abrahamic god
We blaspheme his holy spirit and laugh at his suffering
Inspiring those in shackles to break free from his tyrant ways
Entice them to take that precious bite, where they will be delivered forevermore
You are the mighty one, Lord Satan
And have bestowed upon us the knowledge that has made us what we are today
We hail your name and stand strong with you for all eternity
Inspire us even further to do the work you have for us
To be warriors for you in this world and beyond
Standing up to our enemies and yours alike
We honour you through our words, our actions, our thoughts
Each day that we live upon this earth, may we grow stronger in wisdom and in our love for you
You are our Father, our Teacher, our Muse, our Everything
We have taken your mark in dedication
And the universe will know that we are yours
Place your mighty hand upon us and lead us further down your infernal path
Hail Satan!
#14 Mar 22, 2012
Guess again Tommys Rocks & Kickme, it's not Mitchell...& as for a never were..you sweetheart are a never will be..no matter how hard you try..Mitchell is perfectly happy being a never were around here..how bout you? Doubt you'll ever see the outside of the surrounding counties either..& as for spending money on alchol..don't have to..everybody else buys him drinks..& come to think of it I don't think I've ever seen a band that most of the members weren't drinking...Can you Tommys Rocks & Kickme say ya'll don't drink..bet not..I can though..now is that a hint..& as far as working a computer..I'm very well capable of working a computer..Oh yeah & no place in Hky want him..so I guess since you play in Hky at such upstanding places that make you a "STAR"...LMFAO...Whe n ya'll get back on here why don't ya'll post your real names..cause I ain't scared to tell you who I am.
#16 Mar 22, 2012
Nope sweetpea it ain't Mitchell..& anyone that actually knows me knows I can't spell..& it's not from alcohol consumption or drugs..can you say that??? Doubt it & maybe you need to go back and read your own post.."has has"..whats eat you pea brain up?? Do you even have a clue what waddles..you maybe??? Probably if you Rolled on the Floor laughing you F@#king A$$ off you wouldn't be able to get back up..either from being drunk or stoned on something..
#18 Mar 22, 2012
Mitch is a good man and I really don't think anyone on here has any room to talk about the other. If Mitch wants to drink, so be it. Can most of you say, you have never had a drink??? Well, I can't and I am not a drunk. I have watched bands since PB Scotts was around and I have never saw a band member that was not drinking. Mitch is a great singer and musician. And someone is a little confessed, he does play across the bridge.
He is a great father and loves him family. All the jealously is so stupid and if all you can do is talk ugly about someone, you should keep your mouth shut. Now as far as his wife, Misty, I have known her for over 14 yrs and she is a good person and would help anyone in need. She cuts my grandsons hair and if she wasn't a good one, she sure would not be cutting his hair!!!
Now, get off their butt and get a life cause you must not have one!!!1
And no this is not Mitchell or Misty, or am I related to them by any way!!!!
#19 Mar 22, 2012
I've figured out your a f@#king idiot..if you haven't figured out that this ain't Mitchell..close though..& as for who "I'M PLUGGIN"..even if I was it wouldn't be any of your f@#kin business..your just jealous aren't you?? Your life must be really sad that you have to get on here & f@#k with other people's lives.
#20 Mar 22, 2012
Wow now I def rem why I got outta Caldwell county as soon as I got my license! Yall r immature & an embarrassment! Trash talking ppl make u feel better bout urself?? Grow up & get a life! Must be too chicken to say anything to Mitch's face so u have to post it on a computer site! How proud do u feel of urself?! Guess Mitch sucks so bad & everyone just loves to be how bad it is bc he always has a full house bahaha! Wow u aren't jealous much r ya?! Get a life & get a real job!
#21 Mar 22, 2012
if mitchell is such a loser why in the hell is the bars packed to the rafters every time he plays....and i have been at tommys when mitch wasnt playing and the place was DEAD!!!! and you the hell cares you "they" are pluggin...or how much they drink...its none of anyone elses business but theirs...when you start paying their bills then you can run their lives....good ole caldwell county assholes...just jealous because you know you made a bad business deal...i will go watch mitchell play anywhere he is...and his wife is a great person...the only drama is the dumbass that started this forum...you need to grow up and quit acting like a teenager...
#24 Mar 22, 2012
to you are kind of strange....you sure did pick the right name....they dug you out of the trash dumpster behind tommys....you are just a dealer wishing you were a somebody...you are the caldwell county scum...always have been and always will be...
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#27 Mar 22, 2012
This is Hilarious...& to you, you are kinda strange, now that you mention it I think I did see your momma in the dumpster behind Tommy's...& as far as taxes..got records from way back...
#28 Mar 22, 2012
LMFAO!!! I love it Ol VET.
#29 Mar 22, 2012
Mitch ain't got the balls to do anything worth while if it doesn't involve killing a Fifth of booze .
The man is a moron and anyone who has ever known him and his wife personally knows this .
Its no secret , hes a drunk .
And old , wore out , mouthy , "never" has been .
#32 Mar 22, 2012
Cooder why do you keep changing your name when you post??? Yeah he's a real moron...He has a job that all he has to do is sit on a stool & pick a guitar & sing the song's people request...yeah that's takes a real moron..what kinda job you got??? Or do you even have a job??
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They were the major prizes Francis Douglas Memorial College walked away with, as well as the Max Carroll-John George trophy, after their 20-17 win over New Plymouth Boys' High School at Yarrow Stadium on Saturday.
In the end, there was nothing between the sides, just a penalty in fact.
They both gave it everything they had, which was evidenced at the end as the Boys' High players lay prone on the ground.
Boys' High had every reason to feel shattered. They had looked like the winners for large parts of the game but in the end they could not stop a brilliant solo try to replacement wing Enele Fidow, who carted players on his back over the line.
Francis Douglas also had the benefit of Eli Kneepkens' accurate boot as the first five-eighth landed five penalties.
While Boys' High were shattered, Francis Douglas coach Tim Stuck would have been livid had his side lost after a crucial call went against them when referee Cam Stone called them back for a scrum on halfway when a Kneepkens drop-kick went dead.
They had all the momentum but seemed to lose it at that point.
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He was more pleased his side have now beaten De La Salle, Palmerston North Boys' High School and Boys' High in succession.
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He also paid tribute to the composure Kneepkens showed because he was getting plenty of advice from the crowd. "He did really, really well," Stuck said.
Boys' High coach Daryl Lilley had no complaints.
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Attrition incoming. Harbaugh minced no words in the press conference after the Citrus Bowl:
Harbaugh said 10-11 guys won't be back but "for the rest of the guys, like De'Veon and me, onward"
— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) January 1, 2016
Michigan no doubt has a very good idea of who those guys are already and is recruiting to match. Rivals has a rundown of the general situation that lists a number of names, most of them obvious.
Potential fifth years who have not seen the field much are not likely to return. That's a group that includes Terry Richardson, Blake Bars, Tom Strobel and maybe Allen Gant. Drake Johnson was a maybe due to playing time, something I'd also heard, but now looks set to come back. Matt Godin is mentioned as a possibility, but that seems far-fetched since he saw a ton of snaps this year. He's not a great fit as a DT, but move him to a plugger DE spot and he can be useful taking on tight ends on the like.
Rivals also suggests that a current offensive line starter might move on, which sounds absolutely ridiculous. Even if a guy might get beat out that guy would almost certainly be your #6, and asking that guy to transfer is not something any program is likely to do. File that under "motivational ploy" or "drunken telephone".
Aside from the fifth year guys, space will come from a couple places. One are Michigan's specialists. We currently count them against the cap but their situation is probably more fluid than that since I assume a couple of them are on "you get the first available slot in fall" kind of deals. Those slots are near-certain to open up by fall; I don't know if Michigan has to account for them on Signing Day.
Then there are plain old transfers. Derrick Green disappeared in the second half of the season and didn't make the bowl trip; I have heard that he is very likely to transfer. You have to figure that players passed by freshmen are going to be inclined to look around. There are few WR/DB types that applies to, and then at least one quarterback is going to look at the guys around him and say NOOOPE. It sounds like Harbaugh is already aware of who those guys are.
Ty Isaac doesn't seem like one of them. With virtually zero playing time after a couple of mid-year fumbles Isaac would be a guy to keep an eye on even though he's already lost a year of eligibility by departing USC. But Isaac says he's going to stay and scrap:
"I didn't play as well as I needed to, and I obviously had some things come up," Isaac said last week in Orlando. "But I still feel the same way. Anything the coaches want me to do I'll do, and I want to do.
"It didn't go my way, but the team overall's had a successful year and I'm happy to be a part of that."
I'd heard that he was very prominent in practices late, but that clearly did not translate into enough trust to put him on the field. He'll work on rebuilding that this offseason.
Early entries. It's departure season, as the deadline to declare for the NFL draft is the 15th. Michigan seems to be getting everyone other than maybe Willie Henry back; others have not been so fortunate:
- Penn State: QB Christian Hackenberg and DT Austin Johnson have declared. Neither is much of a surprise.
- Indiana: RB Jordan Howard declared, and Michigan fans quietly high-fived. So did DT Darius Latham, who was their most talented defender.
- Nebraska: DT Maliek Collins declared. Michigan doesn't play Nebraska next year.
- Maryland: DE Yannick Ngakoue declared.
- Rutgers: LB Steve Longa is gone, but Seth will still draft him anyway next year.
- Ohio State: DE Joey Bosa, RB Ezekiel Elliott, S Tyvis Powell, QB Cardale Jones, WR Michael Thomas, CB Eli Apple and LB Darron Lee have all declared. S Vonn Bell is widely expected to go as well.
Iowa is getting CB Desmond King back, so that's good for them. Everyone else of note is out.
Ratings! I don't care about ratings. A lot of people seem very mad that the playoff semifinals dropped a third of their viewership after moving to New Year's Eve. I don't care that much about other people setting money on fire, but yeah it was bad:
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Last year's Rose and Sugar semis got 15.5 and 15.3 (about 28 million viewers apiece, per The Washington Post).
That's more than a third fewer viewers for the sport's biggest games of the year.
Two games that didn't exactly come down to the wire—MSU-Alabama was particularly uncompetitive—didn't help. The idea that college football would change the country's New Year's Eve paradigm was massive hubris, but this is an organization that kept Bill Hancock as their main mouthpiece even after they'd decided everything that came out of his mouth for a decade was complete bollocks. Hubris should be expected.
Let's see what Bill Hancock has to say now, I bet it's reasonable and logic—
"That decline, frankly, is not much of a surprise and it's modest."
Hancock's business card reads "will lie but seem respectable for money."
Wisconsin down one Dave Aranda. LSU hires him away for a reported 1.3 million a year. That is bad for Wisconsin, which seems to be clearly handicapped by their administration at this point. Gary Andersen fled to one of the worst jobs in the Pac-12 rather than stick around; Bo Ryan retired midseason to spite people who would not give the job to his primary assistant; they lose their DC and Barry Alvarez cries poverty afterward.
I'm sure they'll maintain competitiveness but it feels like their golden age is coming to an end here.
Mone ready to go. Bryan Mone tells Scout he's completely recovered from his injury and raring to go:
"I used (the injury) as motivation to be honest with you," Mone said. "Just motivation. Watching the guys practice and play got me excited to work out and not only that but in the classroom, too... I feel pretty good body-wise. I was at 330 when I got hurt, I'm at 309 now. My expectations are just to get better with my technique football-wise."
He also says "everybody is coming back," which predated reports about Willie Henry exploring his options but is still an enouraging sign for how he thinks that decision will go.
Partridge on departing. DJ Durkin made a run at Chris Partridge after he was hired at Maryland, but Partridge decided to stay. It sounds like that's not a short-term decision:
"My future is whatever Jim Harbaugh thinks my future is," said Partridge, with his mother, Bonnie, and father, Rick, nearby. "My number will be called and I know that, and for now I'm trying to be the best in the country in whatever role my team needs me, whatever I'm asked to do. My loyalty is with Jim Harbaugh — who I consider the best coach in the country — and my heart is with the University of Michigan. I'm just part of a team trying to do my part to help us win Big Ten and national championships."
Partridge coached linebackers in the bowl game and is probably in line for a full assistant spot in the relatively near future, possibly when Mattison retires.
Etc.: Get The Picture on the epidemic of QB transfers. Harbaugh gonna Harbaugh. Citrus Bowl widely watched despite blowout. Holdin' The Rope on said blowout. Things that predict future shooting performance. Jake Rudock on his final year. The evolution of Michigan football.
Fitz Toussaint will start for the Steelers in the playoffs. /throws dart at Fred Jackson picture
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Support this cause. A bunch of alumni are getting together to help raise money:
On December 26, 2014 Evelyn Grace Spytek - daughter of former Wolverine John Spytek - passed away due to complications following a CMV (Cytomegalovirus) related surgery. In her memory and in support of the National CMV Foundation, a team of eleven former Michigan Football student athletes - John Spytek, Dave Pearson, John Navarre, Grant Bowman, Andy Mignery, Tony Pape, Phil Brackins, Brent Cummings, Jeff Rich, Steve Baker and Eric Rosel - will be running the Columbus, Ohio Capital City Half Marathon on May 2, 2015 to raise money for the cause.
As causes go this is one of the best. Hit it up here to help out.
Har-bonus. Additional items that didn't make the cut for the Real Sports thing:
And khakis:
As for the piece itself, I thought it was fine. Alex Boone's statements were self-contradictory, which made me feel like maybe the full conversation would help reconcile that into something where context makes the first bits less harsh.
Harbaugh himself came off as a guy who is aware that his personality is to the best of his ability but had no plans on changing it; the moment where Visser asks him about the "wear out his welcome" thing and he just says "that must be true" given the evidence was charmingly without artifice or defensiveness. There was some regret in there, but nothing to the point where Harbaugh would consider changing. Even if it meant he spent his childhood playing baseball with himself in the strip mall nearest to my home.
(Does he still do this? Can I buy tickets if that is the case?)
Gumbel's bit at the end was predictably smug, but whatever.
Hilarious aside. Remember when NFL reporters were swearing up and down that Harbaugh would never leave the NFL because he hates recruiting? Nobody asked his wife.
THE LAST BASTION OF zzzz. Don't care, is football coach, must have mandatory football coach opinions unless he's Lloyd Carr. The position is self-selecting gentlemen who value toughness above just about everything else and can't find that value elsewhere.
no I don't want to talk about it
the problem with politics from the perspective of a sports fan is that there is no difference between the two activities
The Houston Nutt of satellite camps. Michigan's camp schedule in June, via Sam Webb:
June 4th - Midwest stop
June 5th - Prattville, Alabama
June 6th - Tampa, Fla.
June 7th - Pennsylvania
June 8th - Houston, Tex
June 9th - Dallas, Tex
June 10th - California
June 11th -12th - Sound Mind / Sound Body (Michigan)
This is the satellite camp equivalent of Houston Nutt signing 37 guys one year at Arkansas: the thing that gets people up in arms enough to bring down the NCAA hammer. SEC coaches are complaining, the commissioner is bringing it up to the rules committee, even Urban Meyer's against it, another avenue in the arms race threatens to open up, and soon there will be a bylaw saying NOPE. Because when it comes down to it, NCAA laws are for the coaches, not the players.
False alarm? ESPN's Paul Biancardi momentarily had hearts a-flutter yesterday when he asserted, citing sources "close to his family," that national #1 player Jaylen Brown had a top two of Cal and Michigan. That's Cal the school, not Cal the coach who thinks shot clock violations are the way to go in the late stages of a Final Four game.
No offense to Cal the school, but competing against them versus the blue-bloods of college basketball seems like a highly tractable position—no doubt Cal was thinking the same thing.
Alas, Brown shot that down:
Jaylen Brown has not cut his list, he told SNY.tv by text on Wednesday.
"No," he said when asked if he was down to Cal and Michigan.
Now, that is not quite a response to what Biancardi said. He made no assertion that Brown had dropped anyone—they in fact also mention Kansas and Kentucky in the segment—just that those two schools were the names they were hearing. Biancardi can be correct and Brown can answer that question like he did. And that would be very nice.
Cal, now the home of bizarrely-deposed former Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin, does have a commit from top-ten Ivan Rabb. Despite going 7-9 in the Pac-12 last year they will have some surrounding pieces to entice with.
Brown's recruitment is currently very mysterious, but as we were talking about this on the WTKA roundtable today Sam re-iterated that he was confident that Michigan was in Brown's top two and that the other school seems to keep changing—always a good sign for the constant. I'm still in believe-it-when-I-see-it mode when Michigan goes head to head for the big dogs, but they did get Mitch.
In other big boy news. 2016 SF Tyus Battle is coming off a visit to Louisville that his father rather gushed over($) to Louisville's Scout site…
The elder Battle said all of the pre-visit information with the day and a half spent with the staff on the official visit made for an "awesome" time in Louisville.
"We got a lot out of it," he said. "A whole lot."
The father said the campus tour and atmosphere around the program led him to believe he would be turning his son over to "someone who really cared about him," if Tyus Battle were to pick Louisville down the road.
…and is winding down his recruitment. A lot of people are talking about Duke, which is natural. Though he and Derryck Thornton are not a package since Thornton reclassified to 2015, they are friends. Unless Thornton's going to become the equivalent of a none-and-done, that could be a factor.
But Michigan does have another shot:
"He's probably just going to go through the process and just pick a school," the father said. "It's not that we don't like the recruiting process, but there are some other things that he needs to get along with.
"He will visit Michigan on May 8 and after that we will see."
Michigan will have openings after the departures of LeVert and DEFINITELY JAYLEN BROWN*.
*[Unless Brown sticks to his statements he might stay two years.]
This is not your job. FSU's trustees are complaining that Florida State, which was bombed by Oregon in the CoFoPoff, was disrespected so thoroughly as to be placed third in the final rankings:
"I think the perceived bias of the ACC in general, [with] Florida State falling to No. 4 in the rankings and still being undefeated and being [No.] 3 at the end of the season … a one-loss ACC team or two-loss ACC team is going to have a hard time breaking that top four," Gruters said. "I think the top ACC team over the next four or five years, we're going to be in that [No.] 5 to 8 category. And we're going to be on the outside looking in."
You are. And it will be justified. Florida State's season was a series of high-wire escapes indicating that it was nowhere near the team that steamrolled to a national title the previous year. Voters and the committee reacted appropriately. In a sport like college football there is not enough data to just exclaim "just win baby"; FSU drop was not about bias but performance.
I did not know that #talkinboutthenoles extended to the trustee level. In retrospect I'm not surprised, though.
All right. Michigan gets a home game with Xavier in the new Gavitt Tipoff, which is basically a Big East/Big Ten challenge with less overall oomph since the Big East is short on teams. Unfortunately, the Stain Train is out of eligibility. Michigan does get to match up against Trevon Bluiett, who was quite good as a freshman.
Xavier was a six-seed this year, reaching the Sweet 16 before losing to Arizona in a tight game. They lose two starters but return a large group of experienced players; they appear to have an excellent replacement for Stainbrook in junior-to-be Jalen Reynolds, who had a virtually identical shooting percentage (62%) on a similar number of shots.
Hope you like night games. Minnesota joins Maryland and Utah as night games on the road—though Utah was always going to be at night since it is on Thursday. Add in rumors that PSU could be at night and Michigan searching for one at home and noon kicks are dead, man.
As per usual. Michigan is again murdering the field in the EDSBS charity challenge. You can go here to increase the damage.
Etc.: Don't get your hopes up that Bielfeldt might stick around. The Daily profiles LaVall Jordan. Cassius Winston has a top five with M and MSU in it.
Finally, Four: Ohio State's B1G Bliss, Baylor and TCU's Gripe
"The annual imbroglios that defined the BCS era were always frustrating; now, they seem like barely comprehensible artifacts from a simpler, stupider time."
Unverified Voracity Tears Down Camp
HEY. If you didn't already, read Seth's thing.
Bryan Fuller
Just a shooter. Ex-just a shooter? Zak Irvin's trying to shake the reputation that he has a campsite outside the three point line he only leaves when he needs water:
Zak Irvin smirked at the old saying. He heard it before. So did Nik Stauskas, his predecessor on the wing in Michigan's offense.
Just a shooter.
The title was stamped on Stauskas at this time last year. As a freshman in 2012-13, the 6-foot-6 guard attempted 58.3 percent of his field-goals from 3-point distance.
Now here's Irvin. If Stauskas was just a shooter as a freshman, what does that make him? Also a 6-foot-6 guard, Irvin launched a freewheeling 74.5 percent of his shots from behind the arc as a freshman.
The thing is: Stauskas was way less of a shooter than Irvin was, to the point where UMHoops was pointing out that he was even more efficient than Trey Burke in pick and roll situations. Whenever anyone asked me who would step up as the alpha in Burke's absence I immediately said "Stauskas" in a tone of voice that was probably insulting to the person asking the question.
Just-a-shooter-related stats indicate that Irvin is starting well back from Stauskas was when it comes to initiating offense.
|Assist Rate
|TO Rate
Also… I mean…
Irvin made a total of 11 2-point field goals in 18 Big Ten games as a freshman. His 21 free-throw attempts were three less than Mitch McGary, who played in only eight games. His 13 assists were only one more than McGary produced.
I am now sad about Mitch again, but that's pretty stark.
Michigan doesn't need Irvin to be Stauskas, what with Walton and LeVert still around. They would like him to be a third creator—hell, if Irvin gets to Stauskas's freshman shot generation numbers that would be terrific.
One thing we do know: even if Irvin does become Not Just A Shooter (drink), we will not hear that he is Not Just A Shooter (drink), because he's not a pale guy from Canada.
FINALLY. It is policy around here to ignore preseason watch lists for major awards because the last time I looked at one I was on there. But we will make a solitary exception for the one organization that seems to have watched Devin Funchess play last year:
On Tuesday, Funchess landed on the 2014 Biletnikoff Award watch list, which goes annually to the most outstanding receiver in college football.
Praise Biletnikoff.
Yes, I know this is just because watch lists place anything vaguely hominid on their lists. I'm still taking it and running.
So there's this. They changed the trophy, likely because of intellectual property issues or something like that. Now it looks like this:
The one piece of the BCS worth keeping (the crystal football) is replaced by a wagon-wheel coffee table
…leg? I think he left out "leg." But yeah.
A major blow to SMU. Megarecruit Emmanuel Mudiay was set to make a visit to Crisler for his one and only year of college basketball; instead he's taking whatever money he can get this year:
"I was excited about going to SMU and playing college basketball for coach Brown and his staff and preparing for the NBA," Mudiay said in a statement relayed by his brother, Stephane, to SI. "But I was tired of seeing my mom struggle. And after sitting down with coach [Larry] Brown and my family, we decided that the best way for me to provide for my mom was to forgo college and pursue professional basketball opportunities."
That's likely bunk, since Mudiay can just get cash on the side and the school he graduated from was co-founded by Deion Sanders and has had a number of graduate-types get shot down by the NCAA. Either way, that SMU game looks significantly less intimidating.
SMU's still going to be a challenge. They went 27-10 last year and lost to Minnesota in the NIT final; they lost only an inefficient third wheel and a low-usage OREB guy from last year's team.
That would be bizarre, but fun? Chatter about NCAA hockey expansion pops up only every once in a while these days, and when it does it's usually followed by an athletic director making grumbly noises about the general impossibility of such. So go ahead and guess which AD actually wants to make it happen. No, no, no, and no. Arizona State!
Count Arizona State Vice President of Athletics Ray Anderson among the growing number of people who like to see the Sun Devil hockey team compete at the highest level.
"I personally would love to see hockey as a varsity sport at Arizona State," he said. "We have to make a commitment to figure that out."
Penn State's departure from the club hockey ranks apparently made ASU the big dog on the block, whereupon they turned in a 38-2 season, and ASU has a relatively small department for a school of its size and revenue level.
The obvious problem: there ain't nobody to play. The nearest NCAA hockey schools are in Colorado. I guess you could slide them into the NCHC. It would still be an expensive proposition. Unlikely unless ASU gets the kind of donation PSU got.
That'll fix it. Michigan proposes fireworks after the Penn State and… uh… Miami (Not That Miami) games. I don't care, really, but it's notable that a bunch of Penn State and Ohio State people on twitter are now seemingly offended on our behalf.
Michigan football is just Dime a Dog night away from being a minor league baseball team.
— Matt d (@PSUMatt2005) July 14, 2014
On the one hand, yeah. On the other hand, YOU'RE PENN STATE (rawwereraaarr rawwrr). YOU ARE THE CHINTZ MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.
But anyway this is where we are: opposing fan bases are getting irritated because we are not Michigan enough.
Etc.: Mark Donnal profiled. Summer league recap. Kam Chatman scouting. 20 reasons this World Cup was fine. My buddy Jerry on the 2014 World Cup and his USMNT origin story. All whites?
Unverified Voracity Goes Family Circus
Everything in Minecraft. Michigan Stadium in Minecraft.
I like healthy butts and I cannot lie. Jake Butt is jogging again:
"Went for my first little run yesterday and my knee feels great!" Butt tweeted.
The 6-foot-6, 250-pound tight end suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Feb. 13 during conditioning drills before spring practice began. Butt underwent surgery to repair the torn ligament on Feb. 28, exactly three months ago Wednesday.
ACLs are six-month things these days so Butt could be back even earlier than the third or fourth game, as Hoke projected a couple months ago.
Yes, this is a good idea. Auburn's having a big ol' recruiting weekend, so naturally they've painted the path of the Kick Six on their field.
If I find out they've also got a cardboard cutout of Nick Saban in tears, I will commit.
In unrelated news, Bret Bielema took a job at Arkansas. Bielema demonstrates his mastery of making himself look bad with his mouth:
Bret Bielema why he made move from Wisconsin to Arkansas "SEC will get minimum of 2 teams in 4-team playoff"
None of these are ever going to be Arkansas, is the thing. The other thing is that give or take a tough decision, the SEC would have gotten two teams in a four-team field about 25% of the time since the dawn of the BCS era. Three is off the table.
Hooray for three months of this. If there was a single moment when Dave Brandon completed his heel turn with the Michigan fanbase, it was when he picked up the steel chair of Appalachian State and beat us over the head with it by scheduling a rematch. While the blessed event is still three months away, first extensive article on the Horror has been published. I refuse to read the thing, so here's a paragraph at random:
It's no secret around campus that the football success of 2005-07 was a boon for the school's "PR value" and "notoriety," in the words of ASU athletic director Charlie Cobb. It helped bring enrollment increases, academic improvement and more.
I can't wait for replays to be on my television 24/7. Reliving the moment Michigan football went from national power to… this… is not high on my list of desirable activities. Here it comes anyway.
Possibly related. The student section has dropped alarmingly:
"We're projecting that number to be somewhere between 13 or 14,000 for student ticket numbers this year," Michigan associate athletic director of media and public relations Dave Ablauf said. "(That number was at) about 19,000 last year. We don't have a finalized number (yet), that's just an approximation because all the incoming freshmen haven't put in their orders yet."
This is partially because students can just buy tickets next year without long-term punishments and this home schedule is not worth the 300 dollars they're asking for it, let alone the regular price they're charging everyone else. It is also partially because last year was no fun and partially because the students don't like Dave Brandon at all.
The alarming thing is that this is probably going to happen every other year going forward unless Brandon can find a home and home series that actually moves the needle. Arkansas and Virginia Tech do not have anywhere near the appeal that Notre Dame does, and since Michigan got totally boned by having MSU and OSU away in the same year, every other year has no schedule anchor.
Even for you, this is surprising. Zach Travis has a column on the student section drop that you should read. The themes in it are things we hit on frequently here. In the comments, though, TOC contributor MSUDersh relates a story about the things happening to the UM wings of his family that is sadly believable. His dad and uncles are old-timey ticket holders in section one with tickets that go back 50 years:
A few months ago my uncle who splits tickets with my dad & another uncle rec'd an email about their tickets. The university told them that it appreciates their loyalty and also wants to ensure that they continue to have those great seats going forward. And in order to do so, the school recommended that they purchase four more season tickets (plus PSLs) in a completely different area of the stadium. Despite there literally being decades of my family history with the school & athletic department, including an endowment from my great grandparents in the 60's that continues to fund scholarships today, Dave Brandon's team is threatening to pull their choice seats and relocate them if they don't purchase more.
I just had a wow experience. Has anyone else received an email like this? I'd like to confirm that the AD is stooping so low.
I motion to not do this and have ice cream. Latest O'Bannon wrangling:
Lawyers for the NCAA asked the appeals court to vacate U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's order for the trial to start June 9. The NCAA also wants the appeals court to rule that the O'Bannon antitrust trial should not be held before the Sam Keller right of publicity trial involving videogames, a related but now separated case scheduled for trial in March 2015.
The filing late Thursday night marks the fifth attempt by the NCAA in recent weeks to delay and/or redefine the case. A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals previously rejected one of the delay attempts without comment.
Our local law-talkin', football-playin' dog weighs in:
Without boring you with the legal mumbo-jumbo, the NCAA's latest motion is not one filed by a party that thinks it is in good shape.
— Bry Mac (@Bry_Mac) May 30, 2014
The NCAA is also asking the courts not to consolidate the wave of anti-trust lawsuits filed by former players claiming they were cheated out of compensation above and beyond the value of a scholarship, and trying to get anyone other than Claudia Wilken as their judge, because Oakland is "spectacularly inconvenient" for a trial. A flight's a flight, according to the NCAA's own rules for seeding the NCAA hockey tournament.
Incoming. Dylan Larkin NHL draft profile ahoy:
"Larkin has shown he can be an elite-level power forward in addition to showing a high level of offensive ability. His ability to take the puck hard to the net allows for unique scoring chances most players would not be able get because of a lack of size and strength."
Etc.: You definitely shouldn't watch Mitch McGary's draft workout video unless you want to be real sad. Nussmeier's position now sponsored by rich dude. Barking Carnival's boot camp series continues with leverage.
Unverified Voracity Considers The Moon
But have you thought about Tokyo? Assertions abound that the Big Ten might fling a conference tournament to DC:
Hearing the Big Ten Tournament will be moved out of Indianapolis and to Washington DC for at least one year. Disappointing. #iubb
— Justin Albers (@Justin_Albers) May 4, 2014
That would be convenient for Maryland fans and the expat lawyers Big Ten schools fling to major metropoli across the country. Not so much anyone else who cares about basketball—the only other schools within one BILLION miles of DC are Penn State and Rutgers. But we must #footprint and #footprint and #footprint until our #footprints are #footprinted across the land.
All right. The Big East and Big Ten have announced one of those challenge-like things, though this one is partial:
The Big Ten and the Big East on Monday will announce a new partnership, the Gavitt Tipoff Games, an annual series of eight games between the two conferences that will run through 2020.
All of these games will come in the first week of the season, a time generally reserved for Michigan versus Five Guys We Found On A Farm, Yes We're Pretty Sure They're People. Every Big Ten team will participate at least four times in the eight-year deal. (That leaves eight free slots over the eight years, FWIW.)
Thanks, I guess. Corn Nation points out a thing:
Q: How will the seeding committee determine which teams play in which semifinal?
A: In theory, priority will be given to placing the No. 1 seed in the bowl geographically closest to its campus. For instance, if Florida State is No. 1, it would play in the semifinal at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, which would send the No. 2 team to the Rose Bowl.
So the CoFoPoff acknowledges that being close to home is a nice thing. Wonderful. Let's envision a scenario where Purdue finishes the year #1 to the committee. They get slotted in…
Atlanta! Congratulations, Purdue.
Corn Nation's not too happy about that:
TRADITION! was the battle cry for Delany, the world "tradition" meaning "bullshit most of you will still buy" as any pretense that college football is about money has been swept away by more, more, more of it. TRADITION! - even though the Big Ten expanded with Nebraska, Rutgers and Maryland throwing out decades of tradition - but Delany knowing that all those alums from Michigan and Ohio State and et al would buy into "tradition" because they've been eating that Rose Bowl bullshit so long that they don't realize what low-grade bullshit it is.
Hey man don't look at me I was advocating home sites just like everyone else from the #footprint that offered an opinion.
Draft projections. With the deadline passed, people get serious about their mock drafts. Results are good for Stauskas:
"Stauskas seems to be garnering more and more buzz of late," Ford wrote. "His abilities as a shooter with deep range and a quick release are unquestioned. It's his ability to also play a little point guard that has moved him into the lottery. This is the highest he has been ranked on our Big Board, and I don't think it's out of the question that he could go even higher when all is said and done. The Sixers, Nuggets, Wolves and Suns are all options in the lottery."
Robinson's hanging on to the end of the first round on Ford's draft but not DX; Chad Ford and DX don't have McGary in the first round. I have to believe that as it gets late in that first round some good team is going to think they could use a pile of rebounding and enthusiasm who's at least going to be a good player.
Good idea. I give it ten seconds to live. Penn State is going to visit Georgia State's camp en masse this summer:
New Penn State James Franklin and his entire staff will work as guest coaches for Trent MilesFootball Camp at Georgia State on June 10.
The radical arrangement appears to be a win-win for both programs: Penn State gets to personally evaluate high school players who would never travel to its camps in Pennsylvania, while Georgia State will get exposure to more high-profile recruits than normal.
This is an end-around of NCAA rules that prohibit folks from having a camp outside their home state unless it's within 50 miles of campus and will probably get nerfed the next time someone comes around with the rule stick. Clever idea for now, though.
BONUS: That article contains a quote that NCAA lawyers trying to flog competitive balance in court are going to hate:
"We're not going to recruit the same person, you know? There's no way. The Sun Belt doesn't recruit against Penn State. Let's face it: I'm not competing for kids against Penn State, or Georgia and Alabama. I'm just not. Nor will we ever. It is what it is."
/NCAA lawyer hits self in face with already-empty bottle of whiskey
Coleman can get buckets
AAU business. The annual Spiece tournament is going on in Indianapolis, featuring a number of Michigan targets. The most prominent is IN SG Jalen Coleman, who is still in no hurry to come to a decision:
When asked for an updated list of schools, Coleman rattled off Indiana, Purdue, NC State, Providence, UCLA, Arizona, Michigan, Michigan State and noted that several other Big Ten schools are also involved.
He didn't name a leader, a top group or even mention that any schools are recruiting him harder than others.
In actual news, IL PG Jalen Brunson has cut his list to eight; Michigan is one. Temple, Villanova, Kansas, UConn, Illinois, Michigan State, and Purdue. If one of those programs doesn't look like it belongs, Brunson's dad played at Temple. "But that doesn't explain Purdue," you exclaim, and I agree.
I don't know but probably not right now. Ross Fulton asks if Doug Nussmeier can fix Michigan's offense, detailing his history. It starts off with an involuntary moan from you:
Nusmmeier's primary plan to solve the situation is to bring a coherent offensive framework to Michigan.
Sounds like a plan, you guys.
We must destroy this buck in order to save it. Via Get The Picture, the NCAA has earmarked some funds for legal stuff this year:
For example, NCAA finances are as difficult to sort through as the numbers are high, and the figures can vary hugely with the bias of those reporting them. Most media outlets glibly equate "unionization" and "compensation" with professional salaries for NCAA athletes, but the association knows Huma isn't pursuing any such thing. The only big number that concerns him is the $600-plus million announced as this year's NCAA war chest for legal and legislative expenditures.
Six hundred million dollars available to defend amateurism. Meanwhile non-profits try to fill in the gaps left when dudes get spine injuries.
Etc.: Recruiting folks did rather well by this year's projected first round. Mmmm anti-SEC conspiracy theories. NCAA unionization gets a congressional hearing. I welcome the departure of teams that should not be in D-I from D-I. Eastern Michigan, looking at you. Michigan spends money on things. Lax got competitive this year.


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