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Draftageddon 2014: It Continues
LAST TIME ON DRAFTAGEDDON: I saw a pale horse ridden by a guy who thinks Shilique Calhoun is a first round NFL draft pick.
ROUND 3 - PICK 1: Stefon Diggs, WR, Maryland
O: QB Braxton Miller (OSU), WR Stefon Diggs (MD)
D: DT Carl Davis(IA)
BRIAN: Stefon Diggs is recovering from a broken leg that snuffed out his year 7 games in, but we've already got plenty of evidence that Diggs is the most explosive WR in the Big Ten. A five-star recruit with offers from everyone, Diggs put up 848 yards as a freshman and was on pace for 1090 before the injury last year. He made the All-ACC team as a freshman and is being projected as a first rounder a few places despite the leg and the uncertainty about whether he'll come out.
I'm not particularly worried about that injury. Diggs returned to drills and 7-on-7 in early April, and broken bones are not the kind of thing you might worry about long term. He says he's faster than he was before despite being only 90%, and even if that's not true... I'll live with it.
The main issue with Diggs is that his production is dependent on his quarterback and his quarterback plays at Maryland and therefore will die six ways and be replaced by a linebacker midseason. Probable starter Caleb Rowe had 131 attempts last year and completed fewer than half of them. But in terms of my team, he's a perfect fit. Miller's good over the top and commands so much attention that WR screens feature one on one matchups. He's a guy who would be able to get a ton of free yards paired with Miller. Dana Holgorsen called him a "Tavon Austin clone"... except like four inches taller. As a bonus, he had two KR TDs as a freshman.
ROUND 3 - PICK 2: Devin Funchess, WR, Michigan
[Bryan Fuller]
O: WR Devin Funchess (U-M), LT Brandon Scherff (Iowa)
D: DE Shilique Calhoun (MSU)
ACE: I could drag out all the stats on how Funchess blew up once Michigan realized he's a wide receiver, period. I could tell you how awesome it is to have a 6'5", 230-pound living matchup nightmare on the outside. I could discuss in exacting detail how Funchess, just a true junior, should have by far his best season in 2014. I could mention the (terrifying) possibility that he'll be a first-round NFL Draft pick at this time next year.
But you know all that. So let's just admire the freaky athletic ability for a little bit:
Is this a homer pick? I won't say no, though Funchess is the leading returning receiver in the entire conference.
Do I feel bad about it whatsoever? Noooooope.
BRIAN: That's no homer pick, man. Funchess is also getting first-round hype and with good reason. Not the reasons that the people picking Funchess in the first round have, like "is a tight end," but Funchess was the other guy before a big dip in available talent at WR.
ACE: Yeah, I mostly just wanted to set up that Archer reference. I would've taken Funchess here even if he played for Rutgers. Okay, maybe not Rutgers, but literally anyone else.
BISB: Anyone else? I'm picturing Funchess catching passes from Danny Etling, which would be a "Denard as pocket passer"-level crime against man-panda.
sorry, I heard "crimes BY man-panda" –ed
ACE: I stand by my original statement.
Also, I am now dead.
[AFTER THE JUMP: additional man-panda crimes! Seth Dumars!]
The Basketball Landscape: Wisconsin Is Your Favorite
Since the draft deadline is now past, it's time for a three part early Big Ten basketball preview, starting from the top. After scouring Kenpom and my memory I have grouped the Big Ten teams like so:
OBVIOUS FAVORITE: Wisconsin
CONTENDERS: Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska, Iowa
ONE IN, THREE ON THE BUBBLE: Michigan State, Maryland, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana
NOPE: Penn State, Northwestern, Purdue
WHY: Rutgers
And tackle them in approximate order, except I haven't really ordered the tiers. I am projecting a relative down year for the conference, because they've added one middling ACC program and Rutgers while MSU is poised for a major drop and Indiana/Illinois are still muddling along.
THE FAVORITE: Wisconsin
Generally excellent outside of a shocking run of five losses in six games—including two at the normally impregnable Trohl Center—Wisconsin was, like Michigan, downed by an improbable Kentucky three-pointer. In their case they'd already taken down Arizona to reach the Final Four.
WHO'S GONE: SG Ben Brust (all positions approximate)
WHO'S BACK: C Frank Kaminsky, PF Nigel Hayes, SF Sam Dekker, SG Josh Gasser, PG Traevon Jackson, PG Bronson Koening, PF Duje Dukan
WHO'S NEW (or close enough): sophomore C Vitto Brown
From that team Wisconsin loses only Ben Brust, who was mostly a three-point gunner (39% on 244 attempts). With Josh Gasser back and Kaminsky capable from the perimeter, Wisconsin won't be shooting deficient. Gasser was a deference machine last year, taking only 11% of Wisconsin's shots while he was on the floor despite hitting 44% from three over the past two years. If he leaps up to Brust's level the Badgers only have to replace about 100 efficient threes—very manageable.
- Experience. Wisconsin will start three seniors, a junior, and probably sophomore-to-be Nigel Hayes.
- Kaminsky. Developed an intimidating back to the basket game to go with his shooting en route to a 124 ORTG while taking 27% of Wisconsin's shots. Shockingly few TOs for a big man. Idea that senior bigs are surprisingly good downright frightening when applied to Kaminsky.
- Point guard. Traevon Jackson's actions in the late stages of the Arizona and Kentucky games were appalling, repeatedly going into isolation despite being a terrible isolation player when Kaminsky was on the block against guys much smaller than him. With a TO rate of nearly 20 and a 2PT% of 42%, Jackson is the primary weak point in the Wisconsin offense. Worse, he does not seem to know this.
THE QUESTION: Can Hayes and Dekker play at the same time? Nigel Hayes looked like a star to be at certain times this year and does bring a lot more banging and rebounding than the slight Dekker. But Hayes's face-up game does not extend to the three-point line and Wisconsin cannot have more than one non-shooter in the game at a time. Dekker's a mediocre shooter right now… he needs to have a leap there if Wisconsin can play what seems like their best lineup.
THE OTHER QUESTION: Is Wisconsin tolerable now? Yes, yes I think so. I am deeply alarmed by this development but with the FF run and the changes to defensive rules Wisconsin is way less annoying than they used to be. No longer does their good league record make the Big Ten look silly when they exit the tournament quickly.
PRE-SCHEDULE WAG: With Payne gone and Amir Williams probably not having an epiphany as we speak it's hard to see who in the league is going to match up with Kaminsky. (Hammons you say? 16 and 22 last year against Hammons.) Meanwhile Wisconsin's outside shooting should only dip slightly. Defense should improve if The Question above is answered in the affirmative. Wisconsin wins the league at 14-4 and gets a one seed.
Iowa fell off a cliff late last year after finding themselves in the top ten for a brief period, but it was still a little tiny bit of a breakthrough season for the Hawkeyes. While Iowa fans may feel that a First Four exit is hardly a tourney appearance at all, their game against the Volunteers felt more like a Sweet 16 battle than Dayton fluff and the Kenpom rankings of the participants suggested as much.
WHO'S GONE: SG Roy Devyn Marble, PF Melsahn Basabe, PF Zach McCabe.
WHO'S BACK: PF Aaron White, C Adam Woodbury, C Gabriel Olaseni, SF Jarrod Uthoff, PG Mike Gesell, SG Josh Oglesby, PG Anthony Clemmons
WHO'S NEW (or close enough): SG Peter Jok, JUCO PG Trey Dickerson
With 6'9" guys falling all over themselves for playing time the departures of Basabe and McCabe should be manageable, possibly even beneficial. Iowa had a whopping 11 guys average at least seven minutes and was in the unusual position of having two guys designated "starters" by Kenpom who were off the floor more often than not. This is a team that could stand to tighten its rotation.
- Hugeosity. Despite losing a 6'6" guy and two 6'7" guys, Iowa projects to play six guys 6'5" or above, with only the PG spot below. This served Iowa well on the boards last year as they were 19th on offense and a respectable 68th on D; they finished in the top 40 at blocking shots as well.
- Depth. Iowa will still have the option to go ten deep and can sustain foul trouble to its front line better than anyone in the league.
- Shooting. Iowa typically plays a two-big formation with White at PF, and he is not a threat from deep. No one on the team was particularly accurate except Oglesby, who was buried down the depth chart… and he was coming of a THJ-like sophomore year during which he hit 27%. With Marble gone, Iowa has to have a prominent and functional Oglesby.
- Defense. More on this later, but Iowa fell apart on D late in the season, tried to dig themselves out with a zone that hurt more often than it helped, and project to have some of the same issues this year.
THE QUESTION: Who picks up Marble's playmaking and "oh crap do something" shots?
After initial flashes of promise, Anthony Clemmons became very turnover prone and has now settled into a limited, defensive role. Meanwhile Jok and Oglesby, the most likely replacements, are shooters, not creators. That puts an awful lot of weight on Mike Gesell to create shots in the half-court, which was already a struggle a year ago.
Iowa's best hope here may be an explosive debut from JUCO PG Trey Dickerson, who's averaging 20 points a game in North Dakota and is on JUCO AA lists after one season.
THE OTHER QUESTION: Can the Hawkeyes match up on D?
The big lineup caused defensive issues, as anyone who watched White try to stay in front of Nik Stauskas remembers.
Late in the year, Iowa tried a zone defense. It got shredded.
MSU shooting at 70.4% effective rate. This is no longer a coincidence. The zone is a miserable failure.
— Patrick Vint (@HS_BHGP) March 7, 2014
Now down their best perimeter defender, Iowa has to figure out whether they're going to double down on the zone or hope Olaseni and Woodbury can erase enough perimeter mistakes to keep their head above water.
PRE-SCHEDULE WAG: Iowa leaned heavily on Marble to fill in the holes in their offense and he has no obvious replacement. That'll drag down both Iowa's transition and half-court offense. But big guys develop slowly and one of Woodbury or Olaseni seems likely to bust out, providing back-to-the-basket shot generation that will help paper over those issues.
Assuming that Iowa either figures out the zone or figures out they should abandon it and gets their defense in order, they should poke their head above .500, especially in a weakened league. 12-6, 4 seed.
[Bryan Fuller]
Another year, another beating taken from the NBA draft. The falloff last year was microscopic, if it even existed, thanks to massive sophomore leaps from Nik Stauskas and Caris LeVert. Can Beilein do it again?
WHO'S GONE: C Jordan Morgan, C Jon Horford, C Mitch McGary, PF Glenn Robinson III, SG Nik Stauskas
WHO'S BACK: PG Derrick Walton, SG Zak Irvin, SF Caris LeVert, PG Spike Albrecht
WHO'S NEW (or close enough): C Mark Donnal, C Ricky Doyle, PF DJ Wilson, PF Kam Chatman
That is an awful lot to lose from the one true post spot in the Michigan offense and not very many guys in the "who's back" spot, but those first three are doozys. LeVert had a massive leap, essentially replacing NBA ROY candidate Tim Hardaway Jr's production, except with more efficiency. Irvin and Walton are the first top-50 guard recruits John Beilein has ever had and look to make the patented Leap after promising freshman years. And Spike's not bad either.
- Shooting. The four guys returning shot 41%, 41%, 43%, and 39% from three on piles of attempts. To that Michigan adds a starting center with true three-point range and a couple of Beilein-standard stretch fours.
- More shooting. That previous bullet probably deserves to be mentioned twice.
- Diversity of weapons. Few teams in the conference will have as many places to go for shots as Michigan. LeVert is obvious; Walton is likely to come into his own in year two; Irvin just launches when given a sliver of space. Five-star-ish recruit Chatman is regarded as a point forward who can get his and set up his teammates. And Donnal adds a pick and pop element Beilein has lacked since the days of Pittsnogle expired. While the departure of Stauskas is a blow, he only took 23% of Michigan's shots. That's extremely low for a go-to lottery pick and is a testament to the pieces surrounding him.
- Rough 'n' tough stuff. Michigan seemed a little flimsy inside last year, and now they've lost their entire center corps and starting PF. They'll be taller, with two 6'8" PFs and Cs an inch or two taller than Morgan, but unless Max Bielfeldt presses his way into the lineup the vast majority of Michigan's minutes in the frontcourt will go to freshmen—three of them true freshmen. Rebounding and meanness have never been Beilein strengths; this year will really push the limits of what you can do with a fleet of B-52s.
- THE QUESTION: Is this an infallible assembly line? Based only on the returning gentlemen, Michigan is probably not a contender. But that's what everyone thought last year when Michigan sat at 6-4 and McGary went out for the year. Then Stauskas, LeVert, and Morgan blew up and when the dust cleared Michigan had won the conference by three games. It is irrational to expect that sort of improvement on an annual basis, touted recruit or no. Or is it?
- THE OTHER QUESTION: Is the defense really going to be worse? Michigan's D took a huge step back last year, from 48th to 109th. They were 10th in the conference, down from 6th, and the absolute worst at preventing two-pointers. They had the second-worst defense in the league over the course of the entire season, ahead of only Iowa. It might not get better but since it was already scraping the bottom of what a non-Rutgers Big Ten D might do, there might not be much of a drop.
- PRE-SCHEDULE WAG: The offense is a given what with Beilein and at least three plus guys on the back end. The defense… well, it's not going to be great. It may not be as bad as you would think, at least relative to last year. 12-6 after a rough nonconference schedule sees Michigan enter the tourney a 5 seed.
Unverified Voracity Must Not Have Excused You While You Touched The Sky
WELL FINE THEN. Apparently Michigan earned the animosity of Jimi Hendrix.
This was the Rose Bowl immediately following the legendary '69 OSU game that put Bo on the map, FWIW. Hendrix seems uncertain of the team that beat Michigan, he just wants Michigan to lose. Join the club. The very happy club.
I admit it. I find Wisconsin basketball tolerable these days. I still kinda hate Bo Ryan for being an alien from another planet sent here to prep us for invasion, but once they reached the Final Four I wanted Wisconsin to win the national title last year. And now Frank Kaminsky explains why he passed on the NBA draft:
"I am at the pinnacle of my basketball playing career, at least in my eyes. I know the NBA has their crazy fans and all, but if you look at all of their games, there are games when teams like the Bobcats get hardly any fans, and it looks flat out boring," he wrote.
"At the Kohl Center, we play in front of nearly 17,000 fans every single time we step onto the court. When we travel, we play in front of sell out crowds who absolutely hate us. Not because of who is on the team, but because of where we go to school. Who could leave that?"
Frank Kaminsky Gets It™. Frank Kaminsky for athletic director. Where? Anywhere. Texas. Definitely Texas.
Oh, Texas twit, we are going to have an unrequited hate. Via Get The Picture, Texas Guy Just In Charge Of Things For No Reason on the A&M series:
UT AD Steve Patterson told us ``unless there is a compelling reason,'' the football series between Texas and Texas A&M is dead.
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) April 25, 2014
I wonder what would qualify as a compelling reason other than 111(!) games dating back to 1902.
But go ahead and play a game in Shanghai. That'll get your brand synergized.
Dude you're never going to get a girl like that. Move on to the next one. This is stalker behavior:
After extending the Season Ticket Holder renewal deadline, and a total of (15) emails delivered starting on March 14 as well as a voicemail left by Jim Brandstatter, the Michigan Athletic Department wanted to provide you one final opportunity to renew your 2014 Michigan Football season tickets to ensure you are once again a part of one of the most exclusive groups in all of sports.
One of the most exclusive groups in all of sports that begs you 15 times plus leaves a voicemail by Jim Brandstatter in the desperate hope you will renew your tickets. Oh and lets you have ONE LAST CHANCE to renew. All right. One more chance.
Seriously, this is your last chance.
Despite it being 2016, it's not too late to renew your 2014 season tickets!
At least I'm not alone? When Phil Di Guiseppe and Alex Guptill signed NHL contracts, I wrote rather bitter posts about their exits that garnered a number of sarcastic "tell us how you really feel" responses. Tell us how you really feel, Red Berenson:
"We were going good in the first half and then some issues started cropping up and we thought we had dealt with them, but there was an underlying current of animosity, and a division between certain factions. You'd like to think the leadership is strong enough - and we had good captains - that you can just bring guys together, but you have to have total buy-in and no matter how much guys like Mac Bennett, Derek DeBlois and Andrew Copp tried, they just couldn't get that."
I'm expecting hockey to have a refreshing season next year.
Hello, defenseman of the future. Hockey adds a commitment from Joe Cecconi, a kid currently in the USHL after a mid-season callup last year from a U16 junior outfit. Cecconi had nearly a PPG with his junior team before moving to the big (USA junior) leagues. Already 6'2" and nearly 200 pounds, the OHL fired an eighth-round pick at him despite considerable uncertainty about whether he would report. He doesn't appear to be on NHL draft radar.
As a mid-year '97, Cecconi is likely to come in next year unless Michigan has one of those "if X happens, this year, if Y happens, next year" deals. This is about all I could Google up on him.
Hockey rule changes. It sounds like college hockey is serious about going to three-quarter shields next year, which has been framed as a safety issue in the past and now apparently has USHL data to back it up. I continue to think it's at least partially driven by a desire to look more like the NHL and therefore help the never-ending blood war with the CHL, but if they've got data they've got data.
Other potential changes:
- Death to ties. The NCAA wants to explore way to get more W/L decisions, seemingly without resorting to shootouts. There's no solid proposition on the table; 4-on-4 and longer OTs are possibilities, as are—ugh—shootouts.
- More reviews. There's a proposal to expand the ways reviews can be used to check if goals are legit and if penalties warrant five-and-a-game. Hockey reviews are generally less odious than basketball ones since they're infrequent and about things that have a huge impact on the game, but it seems like they've got all the critical stuff right now and expanding it is reaching the point of diminishing returns.
- All neutral zone faceoffs at center ice. Faceoffs at the offside dots are kind of stupid for the attacking team if they win them. This is more a product of the fact that hockey offsides is clumsily implemented.
- Penalties for delay when you can't change. In favor.
- Fewer hand-pass whistles. Apparently there were too many inadvertent deflections called hand-passes last year.
- No leaving your feet to block a shot. Linked article says that's unlikely to pass, FWIW, but that's an effort to create more offense "in a time where goals are already at a premium." I'm pro-offense but that seems like it takes a hustle play out of the game for debatable returns.
There are a couple other extremely minor proposals.
As always when hockey rule changes come up, I rant against how restrictive offsides is and proclaim it's time to admit goalies have won and expand the nets. There are a hundred ways to make offsides better; my current proposal is to triple the width of the line (the line is both part of the neutral zone and the offensive zone) and create a passive offsides rule like there is in soccer. A guy can be offsides without a whistle as long as 1) he is not impacting the play and 2) he immediately moves to exit and re-enter the zone.
As far as goal size goes, with modern butterfly goalies the only way to change the paradigm is to make sitting back and waiting for a shot to come in a worse play than it is right now. Teams like MSU play a six-goalie style in the defensive zone these days, because it makes sense. Dropping save percentages three or four points would swing things back towards aggression. Expand the nets by the width of the goalposts to get 2-3 more goals per game. It sounds dramatic, but really it's the least dramatic option to get scoring up. Everything else proposed is either a weak measure that won't do anything or a radical overhaul. Expanding the nets is just hockey with slightly different equations.
Etc.: Talking with DJ Wilson. Women's tennis has lost in the BTT final for the fifth straight year. Ouch. Instead of tweeting out your outrage about people saying "furst amundmunt," just tweet this XKCD. Jordan Morgan's suddenly the belle of the ball.
Wisconsin's Gary Andersen: 'Cleveland Browns contacted me'
"They had no idea about what."
This Week's Obsession: All Things Go
[Dustin Johnston|UMHoops]
My fellow Americans, the state of the union is lol. Abroad we have seen the greatest extension of three-point hegemony in our history. We have looked unto the face of Bo Ryan and lol'ed. Our troops deployed to the darkest reaches of Breslin, where the favored Izzo complained about every which thing, and we lol'ed. At home we have faced adversity and Hawkeyes, and won a great battle, and afterwards we lol'ed.
So I ask you, fellow Americans: how do we ensure the security of these lol's that we cherish?
- How long will Michigan remain atop the Big Ten standings?
- How long will the Big Ten remain the nation's best basketball conference?
- How long will the basketball team remain superior to the football and hockey teams?
Mathlete: With Michigan State's win at Iowa, this year has all the makings of a two horse race with Michigan State. In Big Ten play, anything is possible, but at least a share of the title is highly likely at this point. With McGary, Robinson and maybe Stauskas leaving early, next year could be a tough hill to climb, but Beilein has done more with less. Even though Michigan has been recruiting at a higher level, they've missed on several of their top targets and that will likely keep them from being a perennial elite, first tier team. But based on the track record of Beilein, this team isn't going to be far from the top of the conference any time soon.
|What's wrong, kitty cat? [Fuller]
Last year's conference lineup was incredible, this year's may still be the best, but the teams do seem to be down a bit from last year. Last season the Big Ten had 7 of the KenPom top 26 and 8 of the top 40. This year the eighth best team is Nebraska at #74. Indiana is in the process of rebuilding, Illinois is wandering in the desert, Purdue has turned into a football sch-can't even finish typing that joke. The top of the Big Ten is outstanding but there is a little more breathing room in the mid and lower tiers than last season.
The ACC has 5 of KenPom's top 22 right now and next year they swap out Louisville for Maryland. Once North Carolina finds their way again, they might be good enough to keep Dicky V at home and out of Michigan. Even if the Atlantic Coast steps up their game, no sport is more dependent on coaching and the B1G's best aren't going anywhere. Izzo, Matta, Beilein, Ryan and Crean are all firmly established winners with no indication of jumping ship. Over the next five years, I would be shocked if any other conferences were close to as good as the Big Ten and ACC.
Now this is the tricky question. Football has the capacity to narrow the gap, possibly as soon as this year. The roster is finally in place, all signs point to a good defense getting better in 2014 and the offense has been written about enough at this point. I'm not going to go picking a Rose Bowl or anything, but this season is the first that's 100% on Hoke. The pieces will be there and the excuses will be gone. If the football team can't get to 9 wins this season, that's probably another 3-5 years of basketball superiority as Michigan would be facing another football coaching spiral. I'm not even qualified to write about random number generating playoff hockey, but my guess is that its going to be easier for Michigan to sustain the basketball success under Beilein than re-establish the elite level at hockey. So I guess the 2014 football season will write the story on whether or not we've become a #basketballschool.
[Jump: more answers, and then Ace and I argue for like 6,000 words]
Unverified Voracity Rides The Dolphin
Pretty much. Midnight Maize returns with MS Paint sidearm:
I do not know why Petway is riding a dolphin.
Brackets. Surveying the panoply of brackets at the Bracket Matrix gives the impression that to most Michigan is currently a three seed. Michigan's currently the last one overall, but the Matrix generally lags as brackets are up to a week old. They're on the cusp of a 2, especially with Oklahoma State losing last night.
That's where Jerry Palm has them, in a rather unpleasant region with potential rematches against Stanford (the 11), Iowa State(the 2) and Arizona(the 1) plus winged-helmet-on-winged-helmet crime in the opener against Delaware. There is exactly no reason to get exercised about team placement in a random January bracket, I know. I just am not feeling positive about that business.
More on Aneurysm Two. Beilein has not and apparently will not disclose what set him off, but when MLive is getting screenshots from youtube of the LeVert layup attempt that was (officially) blocked by Appling, it seems that everyone agrees. Beilein, for his part, on Stauskas getting him away from the spittle exchange:
"Yeah, that was a good assist by him," Beilein said of Stauskas in the postgame press conference. "He was a little rough with me, too. I was in control, though, believe it or not."
I do not entirely believe it, and if it was anyone other than John Beilein I would be snorting in derision. Also:
"(Stauskas) made a great move there because I was an innocent bystander at the time," Beilein said. "At any rate, we got through that. That would have been a shame if I would have gotten a technical at that time."
The implication there is that Beilein started barking at this Wymer guy and it was Wymer who got in his face. Imagine that happening to, say, Tom Izzo. It does not compute. No wonder he blew up.
Coach Mitch. Presented without context.
"I'm Coach Mitch," McGary said to reporters after the game Saturday.
Also, another photo in the Horford/McGary odd couple bin:
Photographers, you have been notified that side by side shots of McGary and Horford are of bottomless joy and utility.
Aw man. I was just getting into the swing of calling the Huskers something like Increasingly Dangerous Nebrasketball™ and they had to go and kick Deverell Biggs off the team.
[checks kenpom]
Nevermind! Biggs was a unique combination of high volume and absolutely miserable efficiency: his usage rate was 35th nationally and his ORTG 92nd. I'm only thinking this is a major loss because Biggs had 14 points against Michigan. Now I am worried abut Michigan's defense. More worried.
Just another Alabama offseason. Alabama fans believe they will take 27 kids in this recruiting class, which means they'll have to eject eight guys from the program. Unless it's actually eleven, ie, the different between Michigan signing the 16 or 17 they expect to this year and a near-NCAA maximum class. At least Bama fans are no longer able to deny what's happening with sleight of hand, and have to admit they don't care:
Don't care.
Scholarship limits are designed to limit student-athlete opportunities in the name of competitive balance. Those who laud scholarship limits while suggesting that oversigning is harmful to student-athletes are hypocrites.
Next question.
I knew I shouldn't have worn my I LAUD SCHOLARSHIP LIMITS t-shirt today. The only thing more endangered by Alabama than backup offensive linemen are strawmen.
Injuries issues for Wisconsin hockey. Badger defenseman Tyler Barnes will be out for this weekend's series at Yost. Nick Kerdiles, a first round pick, is questionable after missing the Michigan series in Madison. Even if they get a weakened version of the Badgers, Michigan is going to have to significantly step up their game to compete with the #5 scoring offense in the country.
Wow, Yost. Remember that? It's January 28th and this is the first game at Yost since December 11th. Scheduling. I am not impressed with it. If they're going to have all these bye weeks because the conference tournament is one weekend instead of three, they should endeavor to fill breaks like last week with nonconference series. I very much want to go to hockey in January, because it's a star attraction. In the heart of football season it's not.
Well now. There's been a kind-of-bonkers rumor floating around the past few years that when Red retires, one of the primary candidates to replace him will be Mike Babcock. Here is the first circumstantial evidence this is not something a twelve year old posted on a message board:
"He always mentions that -- (coaching college hockey) at some point -- when we talk," Berenson said. "When he's done (in the NHL), he could see himself doing that. He's a student of the game and understands academics and sports and life after hockey."
IIRC, Red's tentative plan is to serve out the next two years of his contract and then hang it up. If Babcock wants the job I think we might let him have it.
Etc.: Obituary of the year. Venric Mark will return for Northwestern. Hockey moves up its recruiting calendar by six months so coaches can talk to guys before the CHL drafts. Nebraska's new ice rink will not support D-I hockey. Oh man I forgot to put the fact that MSU was favored by five by Vegas in the 30 for 30 pitch.


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My name is Leslie. I am a 27 year-old female. I have been working from home for the past 3 years in Cow Hollow/Pac Heights. I would love to have a dog of my own, however, I love to travel and I'm not sure now is the right time. When I first moved here, I watched a 9 year-old Australian Shepherd/Border Collie mix (Joey) for a little over a year. Even though Joey was 9, he was very energetic and
very social (more so to people vs. dogs). Every morning I would either walk to his owner's apartment or he would get dropped off. I would then take him to one of the numerous dog parks in the neighborhood for 30-40 minutes. I would then either go back to his owner's apartment or bring him back to my apartment. Joey would hang out under my desk while I worked. I took mini breaks throughout the day for play time. In the afternoons I would take him back out for another walk and drop him off at his owner's apartment. On several occasions, Joey spent the night. Unfortunately, Joey's owner moved to the Mission and I no longer walk him. I miss him so much! I still keep in touch and have sleepovers on occasion when his owner is out of town.
My company is based in New Jersey, therefore, I am always working from home. I love having a reason to step away from my computer during the work week. My dad and sister both have Golden Retrievers and I spend a lot of time with them when I am back home. Because of my flexible schedule, I can give your dog a ton of exercise and go out 4-5 times a day! I prefer to watch only one dog at a time so I can give him/her all of my attention. If I have to pick up or drop off your dog, I prefer that you live 0.5 miles from me. I live a fairly active lifestyle and will take your dog to either Marina Blvd or Alta Plaza for some good exercise. I have a very spacious apartment that he or she can roam around in. I have no problem letting your dog sleep on my bed with me. I will definitely take mini breaks during the work day to play. My roommate works downtown and has no problem with me having a dog in the apartment. He loves dogs too!
*If you have an older dog, please let me know if I should avoid hills. There is an elevator in my building as well.
I usually go to yoga on Union Street (3 blocks away) during the week from 12-1pm. I am typically home at night during the week so your dog won't be alone for long or even at all!
Thank you for your consideration! I look forward to meeting you and your dog!
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Leslie's apt is so spacious and lovely! She clearly has a love of dogs and is very customer service-oriented. Highly recommend!
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Leslie was fantastic with my Japanese Chin! She sent a cute photo plus update during daycare. She was also flexible with drop-off and pick-up times. I'd definitely have her watch him again!
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Jun 2016
Unfortunately it didn't work out for us with Leslie and we had to coordinate finding a different host half-way through our vacation. Despite having
great stays with other hosts Annie didn't seem to get comfortable at Leslie's and when she had an accident in the house we received a phone call from Leslie in tears. Leslie was great about walking Annie but didn't seem fully up for all the responsibility that comes with hosting a dog so we ended up transferring her at Leslie's request. She was helpful in coordinating the transfer and sorry it didn't work out, but it was a stressful working out a solution from across the country. I'm sure a stay with leslie would work out well for some other dogs but just a heads up that it didn't work for us and you may want to take that into consideration when booking your stay.
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Euan M.
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Earlier this year Leslie cared for our pooch's little brother Otis and so when a last minute work trip put us both away for a week, we thought we
would give DogVacay a go. Leslie was excellent with our cavapoo, Bruce. Brucie can be a bit needy and loves nothing more than having a play and cuddling up to a human. Leslie took him on plenty of walks and kept us up to date with pictures and general well being. We would definitely recommend Leslie and will use her again.
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Greg T.
May 2016
Leslie did a great job watching our little guy, Otis. She was quick to respond to our request and was very flexible. We liked how much time and
attention Leslie is able to provide Otis. She also sent us pictures throughout the stay. We would definitely use Leslie again.
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Andrew S.
Apr 2016
Leslie responded very quickly to my reservation request and was very accommodating. I got updates throughout the day and Skye had a great time. He got lots of attention and several walks, thanks Leslie!
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Leslie was amazing with Bella! She was super flexible about pick up/drop off options and times. She also kept me updated and texted me if she had any
questions, which I liked. Love the fact she was home with Bella during the day and actually spent quality time with her. Bella was angry with me when I picked her up. She definitely wanted to stay longer!
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Talitha & Kevin M.
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Great experience with Leslie! She kept us up to date with tons of fun pictures of Zoe, which helped to reassure us that they were having a great time together and that Zoe was definitely in good hands. We highly recommend Leslie!
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I had a last minute request for overnight boarding which Leslie rescued me by being quite helpful, dependable, and flexible. I had found a sitter
earlier but she cancelled the day before and then Leslie saved me by accepting to take my pup on in quite short notice. She showed amazing flexibility and commitment in terms of drop off time, pick up time (7:30am), and also not leaving our dog alone since she has separation anxiety and can't be left alone.
She also kept sending us great photos during the day that we appreciated a lot. She also took her out multiple times for walks and bathroom breaks. :)
All in all, I am quite happy with my experience with Leslie and recommend her to everyone. I would trust my dog with her any day.
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A total of one million mt of large diameter high-pressure-proof steel pipes for the construction of the second pipeline of the Nord Stream Project will be supplied by such pipemakers as German-based Europipe, Russia-based OMK, and Japan-based Sumitomo, the consortium for construction and operation of the planned submarine pipeline Nord Stream AG has announced. The total contract value is approximately €1 billion.
Accordingly, following thorough evaluation of bids from German, Japanese and Russian companies, Europipe was awarded 65 percent of the tender, OMK got 25 percent, and Sumitomo ten percent of the contract. In 2007, Europipe and OMK also won the tender to deliver pipes for the first pipeline of the Nord Stream Project.
"According to the contracts for the second line, which are expected to be signed within the next weeks, Nord Stream secures the pipes at the current price level," reads the company's statement, adding that the delivery of pipes is scheduled to start in May 2010.
"With €1 billion, the total volume of the contracts is below the price level of the first line and reflects the current market development where competition has increased and more capacity is available. Altogether, three times the amount of steel pipes required was quoted," stated Henning Kothe, project director at Nord Stream.
The tender award for the second 1,220-kilometer gas pipeline from Vyborg in Russia to Lubmin in Germany secures timely delivery of the pipes in line with the logistic requirements of the Nord Stream project.
The construction of the first line of the Nord Stream Pipeline is scheduled to commence on April 1, 2010, while the construction of the second line is planned to start in spring 2011. The consortium plans to transport 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year when completed in 2012.
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A woman completely upends her life after her house is broken into; quirky character acting ensues.
A woman completely upends her life after her house is broken into; quirky character acting ensues.
We need more directors willing to take risks with films like Get Out.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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Three of my good female friends, who I could usually find overcoming hangovers at their Saturday morning "Recovery Drunches" at Oxford's Pub, once made pinpricks in their thumbs and performed a ceremony becoming blood sisters. They were the only people I have actually known who could inspire a Judd Apatow buddy movie, and all three could do what not all women do well, and that is perfectly tell a dirty joke.
Maybe I liked "Bridesmaids" in their honor. Paul Feig's new comedy, written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, is about a group of women friends who are as unbehaved as the guys in "The Hangover." Don't tell me "unbehaved" isn't a word. It is now. And Wiig is rather brilliant in her physical comedy as she flies to Vegas as part of her BFF's bachelorette party; if it were not the wedding of her BFF, this trip would get her thrown out of the wedding. Her motto: "What happens in Vegas, starts on the plane."
Wiig plays Annie, whose Milwaukee bakery shop has just gone bust, who rooms with a surpassingly peculiar British brother and sister, and whose longtime friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), is getting married. Naturally, she expects to be maid of honor, but begins to fear a rival in Helen (Rose Byrne), the rich and overconfident trophy wife of the groom's boss. You see that can lead to trouble.
Helen is one of those people who at birth was placed in charge of everything for everyone. It's not that she's trying to steal Annie's thunder, it's just that she can't comprehend that she isn't running the wedding. This leads finally to Annie's explosion at a bizarre French-themed bridal shower with an item of pastry that would strike even an editor of the Guinness Book of World Records as, well, excessive.
The movie does a good job of introducing a large cast and in particular keeping all the members of the bridal party in play. They include Rita (Wendi McLendon-Covey), a mother of three adolescent sons ("My house is covered in semen"), and (my favorite) Megan (Melissa McCarthy), who has the sturdiness and the certainty of a fireplug.
Did I mention the movie was produced by Apatow? Love him or not, he's consistently involved with movies that connect with audiences, and "Bridesmaids" seems to be a more or less deliberate attempt to cross the Chick Flick with the Raunch Comedy. It definitively proves that women are the equal of men in vulgarity, sexual frankness, lust, vulnerability, overdrinking and insecurity. And it moves into areas not available to men, for example the scene when they're all trying on dresses at a bridal shop and the lunch they've just shared suddenly reappears, if you get my drift.
Not everybody can do physical comedy. Wiig's behavior on the flight to Vegas would win the respect of Lucille Ball. I don't even want to start describing what happens. In these day when you can get arrested on a plane for taking out your car keys, her behavior is a throwback to the good old days of airborne slapstick.
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I think that the Kurds would be better off making their own nation called Kurdistan, and Turkey should be given a taste of the pressure that Israel recieves to return land to the Kurds.
Hopefully this new parliment works out, the Sunni's seem to be a minority and I am not sure how they will respond to it. Sunni's seem to be the minority, yet they are the majority in Mecca and control the shrine of the Black Rock and the majority of sites considered holy to muslims which is the focus of Ramadan, so I am not sure what would happen if the Sunni's turned around and said that nations where there is terrorism towards Sunni's cannot have visa's to join in with Ramadan, how that might be recieved?


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CAMPAIGN MATTERS; New Slogan Says Dinkins Is Strong (Not Too Strong)
By JOSH BARBANEL
Published: June 8, 1989
Never mind what you've heard about David N. Dinkins, the Manhattan Borough President and a Democratic candidate for mayor.
Henceforth, think of Mr. Dinkins as a leader who is strong, but not too tough, who cares deeply about all New Yorkers, who will change things for the better but never abandon traditional neighborhood values.
In short, as a new Dinkins campaign slogan will put it, think of him as ''strong enough to draw the line, caring enough to find the solution.''
These are the themes being shaped by Mr. Dinkins, his closest advisers and his campaign consultants, Doak, Shrum & Associates, as they put together a strategy to carry the Sept. 12 Democratic primary without a runoff and sweep him into City Hall in November.
The Dinkins strategy so far has been a cautious and conservative one: to solidify his base of support among blacks, union members, white liberals and Hispanic voters who backed Jesse Jackson in the 1988 Democratic primary in New York.
The next step, strategists say, is to identify the themes that will help him pick up enough support among other Democrats, mainly moderate Jewish voters and some white Catholics, to win the 40 percent of the primary vote needed to avoid a runoff.
But here, too, the Dinkins campaign has taken a cautious approach. Rather than working toward a landslide in every neighborhood, it is looking for just the slice of the white vote it needs.
''There are certain mayors and governors who try to get elected by 100 percent of the vote,'' said Bill Johnson, Mr. Dinkins's pollster. ''But you can't please everybody. David has a long history and commitment to many of the forgotten people of society, and there is no way he is going to get 100 percent of the vote.''
Mr. Johnson said Mr. Dinkins would win easily if he received 75 percent of the black vote, 50 percent of the Hispanic vote and 25 percent of the white vote. A recent poll taken for the Queens Democratic County Committee showed him winning support from those percentages citywide.
Mr. Dinkins's strategists say his image as a healer, someone who can bring people together, will help him appeal to white voters if they find him an otherwise credible candidate for mayor.
His support for Israel over the years and his work with Jewish groups may help him with Jewish voters who opposed Mr. Jackson.
''The No. 1 issue after crime and drugs is who can bring people together,'' said Bill Lynch, Mr. Dinkins's campaign manager.
While some advisers wanted Mr. Dinkins, an ex-marine, to appear tougher or even macho, he eschewed tough in favor of strong, ''strong enough to draw the line.'' The campaign decided not to compete with other candidates over who was meaner or tougher. Instead, Mr. Dinkins would be the caring one who remains above the fray when other candidates call each other names.
''When people say, 'But, Dave, you need to be tough to be mayor of the city of New York,' '' Mr. Dinkins said the other night at a campaign forum at Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun in Manhattan, ''I say you don't need to be tough, what you need is strength.''
But in the ''drawing the line'' slogan, what is Mr. Dinkins talking about? About crack and crime? About values? About neighborhoods? About taxes? About municipal unions? Norman Adler, a political consultant, suggested that the new slogan may be a way of getting at the hidden fears of white voters that electing a black mayor will symbolize a decline in the city, a loosening of morals, the opening of City Hall to special-interest groups. The beauty of the slogan is in its ambiguity. But there are a couple of potential problems with Mr. Dinkins's strategy. So far, he has escaped all but the mildest criticism from other candidates, who may fear a backlash from black voters if they rebuke him.
If his strong standing in the polls continues through the summer, one or more candidate is likely to try to find some way to question Mr. Dinkins's experience, competence, character or program. This may or may not involve a subliminally racial message, but it would almost certainly lead to some reassessment by his supporters.
Mr. Dinkins may be underestimating the importance of toughness in a city where fear of crime and the spread of drugs are the top issues for most voters.
''It is a built-in problem for David,'' said Henry Sheinkopf, another consultant. ''He's got to tell some percentage of the black population that he is really not a liberal when it comes to crime, and he has got to tell a certain percentage of the white ethnic population that he really is conservative and shares their values.''


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Impact of body mass index and weight loss on cancer-specific and overall survival in patients with surgically resected renal cell carcinoma
Brookman-May S.,University of Regensburg |
Kendel F.,Charite - Medical University of Berlin |
Hoschke B.,Carl Thiem Hospital Cottbus |
Wieland W.F.,University of Regensburg |
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Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology | Year: 2011
Objective. This study evaluated the impact of body mass index (BMI) and the influence of preoperative weight loss (WL) in each BMI category on survival in patients with surgically treated renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Material and methods. In total, 834 patients undergoing nephrectomy for RCC were retrospectively reviewed. Overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were estimated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Univariate and multivariate analyses were accomplished to assess the influence of preoperatively assessed clinical parameters, including BMI and WL, on survival. The mean postsurgical follow-up was 85 months (median 79 months, range 12-191 months). Results. Of the patients studied, 251 (30%) presented with a BMI < 25 kg/m, while 362 patients (44%) were overweight (BMI ≥ 25 to < 30 kg/m) and 221 patients (26%) were obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m). Fifty-two patients (6.2%) experienced WL. While BMI did not significantly influence OS and CSS, WL had a significant impact on survival in patients with a BMI < 30 kg/m, in contrast to obese patients presenting with a BMI of ≥30 kg/m. Further analysis showed overweight to influence significantly disorders in wound healing, but neither other complications nor postoperative mortality. Conclusions. This is the first study providing information regarding the influence of BMI in relation to WL in patients with surgically treated RCC. While BMI did not significantly influence the survival of patients in the present series, WL had a significant impact on survival of patients presenting with a BMI < 30 kg/m. Hence, preoperative assessment of WL should be considered for the assessment of individual prognosis. © 2011 Informa Healthcare. Source
Maurer J.,University of Regensburg |
Hipp M.,University of Regensburg |
Schafer C.,Hospital St. Elisabeth Straubing |
Kolbl O.,University of Regensburg
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie | Year: 2011
Background: In the past, xerostomia was considered one of the most important determining factors of quality of life (QoL) after radiotherapy (RT) of the head and neck region. In addition, more recent studies have shown that RT-induced dysphagia has an essential influence on the QoL. Patients and Methods: Between September 2005 and August 2007, 35 patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region were included in the prospective study. Patients were treated by IMAT (intensity-modulated arc therapy) or IMRT (intensity-modulated radiotherapy) planned on 3D imaging. A total of 28 patients (80%) received concomitant chemotherapy. The evaluation of QoL (EORTC QLQ - C30, H&N C-35) and toxicities (CTC 2.0) were assessed at the beginning of, during, and after RT as well as up to 12 months after the end of therapy. Results: At the end of therapy, 86% of the patients experienced difficulties in swallowing (62% CTC II-III°). Twelve months after the end of treatment, 15% still suffered from dysphagia CTC II-III°. Concomitant chemotherapy exacerbated the incidence and gravity of dysphagia, resulting in increasing dietary problems. QoL (EORTC) was significantly affected by dysphagia. In particular, the global state of health and QoL were influenced at the end of treatment (p = 0.033) and at a later stage (p = 0.050). Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that more emphasis should be placed on structured clinical diagnostics, therapy, and rehabilitation of deglutition problems. This means in particular to not only spare the parotids while planning the irradiation, but also to take into consideration the important structures for deglutition, like the retropharyngeal muscles. © 2011 Urban & Vogel. Source
Anxiety and depression in cancer patients during the course of radiotherapy treatment [Angst und Depressivität bei Tumorpatienten im Verlauf der radioonkologischen Behandlung]
Maurer J.,University of Regensburg |
Schafer C.,Hospital St. Elisabeth Straubing |
Maurer O.,University of Regensburg |
Kolbl O.,University of Regensburg
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie | Year: 2012
Background. Undergoing radiotherapy is often associated with severe impairment of quality of life in cancer patients. Especially psychosocial aspects like anxiety and depression play a major role. The aim of this study was to closely analyze anxiety and depression during the course of radiotherapy treatment.Methods. A total of 60 patients, who received radiotherapy because of a tumor disease between June 2005 and April 2006, were included in the prospective study; 57 (95%) patients were primarily treated with radiotherapy. In 72% of the cases the intention to treat was curable, in 18% palliative. Anxiety and depression (HADS-D) were assessed at three points in time: before (A) and after (B) radiotherapy treatment (RT), and 6 weeks after finishing RT at the follow-up appointment (C).Results. Before therapy (A), 41% of the treated patients showed positive or marginally positive symptoms of anxiety and 33% symptoms of depression. The symptoms of anxiety significantly decreased during the course of therapy. The proportion of patients with a positive score of anxiety dropped from 16% at the beginning of RT (A) to 9% after the RT (B; p=0.04). In addition, there was an increase in the number of patients who scored negatively with regard to anxiety from 59% (A) to 72% (B; p=0.04). With regard to the median score of anxiety, no statistically significant change (p<0.05) was observed during therapy, while for depression, the number of positively tested patients also decreased significantly during the course of therapy from the beginning of RT (A, 14%) to the first follow-up appointment (C, 9%; p=0.02). Furthermore, the number of negatively tested patients rose by 8% (p=0.02). During the whole course of the study, the median score of depression decreased from 6 (A) to 5 points (C; p=0.01).Conclusion. More than one third of the treated patients suffered from positive or marginally positive symptoms of anxiety and depression. This present study showed a decrease of anxiety and depression symptoms during the course of radiotherapy. © Springer-Verlag 2012. Source


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