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Day 3
Saturday 27 April - The next day we took our leave of civilisation as we knew it and headed for the Petroport on the N1 on the road to Polokwane and ultimately, Botswana. At the Petroport, we met up with Alex and two of our party, John and Lina.
After we had all put the necessary stickers on our cars and all been given short-wave radios so Alex could keep in touch with us, we set off for the Botswana border, collecting the other couple, Mark and Penni along the way.
After surviving our first border crossing which felt more like negotiating through Checkpoint Charlie at the Berlin Wall and managing to fend off many unscrupulous money-changers, we finally made it to our first overnight camp stop at Kwa Nokeng Lodge. This is a lovely facility situated at the Martin's Drift Border Post – there is a variety of different accommodation from cottages, chalets to tents and of course, camping facilities.
Once Alex had picked his spot and negotiated his trailer into the right position, we all shyly began setting up our tents, making sure we didn't look as if we didn't know what we were doing. Fortunately John had had a bit of practice during his solo sorties into the bush and we soon had our tent in the upright position and the beds in place. Mark and Penni were still reading the instructions and John and Lina were hiding behind a bush on the far side of the camp site as Lina seemed to have no intention of assisting with anything!
During the course of the first evening around the camp fire we established that each couple comprised one person who was on their dream holiday and the other who was not! This was going to be interesting. After a tasty chicken casserole supper we retired to our tents, forgetting to put anything away so the next day everything was covered in a layer of dew – our first lesson in what not to do!
Sunday 28 April – After a light breakfast, we set about packing everything away – isn't it funny that nothing ever fits in the bag it originally came in!!! As soon as we were on the road Alex came on to our short-wave radios with the coordinates for our destination that night, something he would do every day so that we could feed them into our Garmins and get a good idea how the trip was doing. This really saved our bacon when we got lost in the city of Dar es Salaam but that is another story.
An hour after we left the campsite we pulled over for our first "peep" stop. As we were all in our twilight years, this was an ongoing necessity on a regular basis. The "drill" was that the drivers would go to the other side of the road with their backs to us while we open both nearside doors and crouched in between. The men would have to stay where they were until we had all finished and then Alex's lady assistant would sound the "all clear". A most civilised arrangement!
After a Wimpy lunch in Francistown we arrived at a very nice camp site called Elephant Sands which boasted a natural waterhole where elephant came down to drink every night – right next to the main buildings. The 16 000 ha conservancy is unfenced so we had to keep an eye open for any stray elephants or any other wildlife who might have wanted to take a short cut through our camp site.
A yummy supper of ribs was followed by a very cold night in the tent and I was happy that I had insisted on bringing my very warm duvet instead of the sleeping bag John had suggested. In fact, I actually slept in my clothes that night which is a practice I would repeat many times during our travels.
Monday 29 April – Feeling very confident about our tent de-erection, we were quite disappointed to learn that, in fact, we were doing it all the wrong way and had to be given a private lesson from Alex on how to fold a tent down. I must say, once we had learnt how to do it properly, it was a doddle!
Having heard that there was no hot water, we decided to skirt round having a shower and set off for our next port of call, still in Botswana – Kasane at the Thebe River Safaris. The gods must have been smiling on me as it was decided that we would spend the night in the lodge instead of camping – I became a human being again. Lovely hot shower, a bed with legs on it, I even had an opportunity to do some washing and hang it up in the shower – yippee.
It was here that we took the Chobe River Sunset Cruise which is definitely a must when you are in Kasane.
The experience was amazing – so many animals – elephant, hippo, buffalo, crocs, kudu, impala, baboons, and to top it all, the most stunning sunset as we returned. Alex even decided to spoil us and organised a lovely meal in the lodge restaurant so I was really starting to feel that this was not so bad after all!!
Next up – Zambia, Vic Falls, Road Side Stalls and….. a SPA?
Please do let me know how you are enjoying this series. I have had a number of emails from various readers saying that doing a trip like this is also on their "Bucket List" so they are loving all the information – my mind is even slowly starting to think that maybe…just maybe, I could be convinced….
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Must have been just a wonderful experience.
Just the pics tell of a great trip, never mind Marion's writing skills!!!
I look forward to the rest of the trip.
Just love it, i feel as if i am right there with them, because knowing them personally i can just imagine the comments being made by John and Marion's replies…. x
Thanks Cynthia and Marion just awesome reading cannot wait for the next episode.
Some stunning game sightings. If it wasn't for the migration I would have said stay in Botswana
Tony's dream holiday …… I know I will have to bite the bullet at some stage


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February 06, 2014 11:01 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
Is Kate Gosselin fit to take care of her eight children? According to former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Jon Gosselin, the answer is a definite no. Jon thinks that Kate is in urgent need of psychiatric evaluation — and that his kids are in urgent need of a better caretaker!
The public doesn't always agree with Kate Gosselin's parenting decisions, but few would go so far as to say that she's in need of immediate psychiatric help. Jon Gosselin, on the other hand, feels that professional attention would be in the best interest of both Kate and her children. Until then, he's working hard to remove his kids from an environment he views as inherently unhealthy.
In a recent interview with E! News, Jon explained, "I want temporary primary custody until Kate goes on a psychiatric evaluation." He also referred to his ex as controlling and intimidating, an accusation with which few former Jon & Kate Plus 8 viewers would take issue.
At this point, Jon feels fortunate to get any time at all with the kids. Unfortunately, on the few occasions when he does get to see them, the experience is always fraught with difficulty. He told E! News, "I can't go to the front door when I pick up my kids. I have to go to the gate, and whoever comes out, I take."
Kate has yet to respond to these accusations. Instead, she's been enjoying extra time with the kids as a result of repeated snow days. She recently tweeted, "I really like all these extra lazy days [with my kids.]"
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March 20th, 2014 at 5:03 am
Psychiatric help could be helpful–for Jon! Yes Kate is intimidating and controlling and I don't always like or agree with her, but somebody had to be a parent in that family. Bottom line, Jon wandered off in his own little world, seeking his own happiness and left his kids.


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Former US Vice-President Al Gore warned an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that "democracy is under attack." Gore, who was also in Edinburgh partly to promote his film and book about climate change, both titled "An Inconvenient Truth," continued: "There's a feeling in the US on the part of many that the way democracy operates today is very different from the system we learned about in school." AFP reports.
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How can I tell if my baby is dehydrated?If your baby is dehydrated, it means she's losing too much fluid or not taking in enough. It's quite common for babies to get dehydrated. They are sensitive to fluid loss because they're small (NHS 2011a). Dehydration can become a serious problem if it's not sorted out quickly.
Any of these signs may mean your baby is dehydrated:
- dry skin or lips
- a sunken fontanelle (the soft spot on the top of your baby's head)
- fewer wet nappies than usual
- sunken eyes
- tearless crying
- dark yellow urine
- lethargy and drowsiness
- rapid breathing
- cold and blotchy-looking hands and feet (NHS 2011a)
If you think your baby is dehydrated, take her to the doctor the same day.
What could make my baby dehydrated?There are several reasons why your baby may be dehydrated:
- Fever. Fever is one of the most common causes of dehydration. When your baby has a fever, she sweats and water evaporates from her skin as her body tries to cool down (NHS 2011a, Tidy 2010). She may also be breathing faster than normal and losing more fluid by exhaling.
- Overheating. Your baby can easily sweat and lose fluids from being in the sun or being active on a hot day (NHS 2011b). She can also overheat and sweat from sitting in a stuffy, sweltering room or because she's wearing too many layers.
- Diarrhoea and vomiting. If your baby has a stomach virus, such as gastroenteritis, she can lose fluids from diarrhoea and vomiting (NICE 2009: 1, NHS 2011a, Tidy 2010). Your baby can't absorb fluids from her bowels if she has diarrhoea, or keep liquids down if she's being sick, which means she can quickly dehydrate.
- Refusing to drink or breastfeed. Your baby may be refusing to drink because she has hand, foot, and mouth disease, thrush, a sore throat, or because she's teething. These can all make her mouth and throat sore. Sometimes having a stuffy nose or cold can also make it uncomfortable for your baby to drink.
How can I treat dehydration?See your doctor as soon as possible if your baby is dehydrated. Your doctor may suggest these treatments:
- Offer your baby plenty of liquids such as breastmilk or formula. It may help to give her smaller amounts of milk more often. If your baby is formula-fed, don't dilute her formula (Huang 2012). Formula-fed babies and babies on solids can have extra water, too (NHS 2011b). Don't give your baby fruit juices or carbonated drinks, particularly if your baby's dehydrated because of diarrhoea and vomiting (NICE 2009: 78).
- Offer your baby sips of oral rehydration solution (ORS) a few times an hour alongside her usual breastmilk, or full-strength formula and water (Huang 2012, NHS 2011a, NICE 2009: 78, Tidy 2010). An ORS will help to replace the fluids, salts and sugars your baby has lost.
- If your baby isn't drinking because she's having trouble swallowing, give her infant paracetamol or infant ibuprofen to help ease her discomfort. Your baby can have infant paracetamol from two months if she was born after 37 weeks and weighs more than 4kg (9lb) (MHRA 2011). She can have ibuprofen if she is three months or older and weighs at least 5kg (11lb). Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice if you're unsure how much to give your baby.
- During hot weather, keep your baby in a cool place, out of the sun. Offer her plenty of drinks. If your baby is only breastfed, she won't need extra water on a hot day. But if she is formula-fed or on solids, offer her water, too (NHS 2011b).
If your baby is very dehydrated, she may need to go to hospital for treatment. A doctor will give her fluids through a drip in her arm, or through tubes inserted via her nose (NHS 2011a). Severe dehydration is often a side-effect of other illnesses, such as gastroenteritis or respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia or bronchiolitis.
However, rest assured that most cases of dehydration are not serious. Dehydration is common in babies, and can usually be treated at home on the advice of your doctor.
Last reviewed: May 2013
ReferencesHuang LH. 2012. Dehydration. eMedicine. emedicine.medscape.com [Accessed March 2013]
MHRA. 2011. Paracetamol: updated dosing for children to be introduced. Drug safety update. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regularity Agency. www.mhra.gov.uk [accessed September 2014]
NHS 2011a. Dehydration. NHS Choices, Health A-Z. www.nhs.uk [Accessed March 2013]
NHS. 2011b. How can I keep my baby safe during hot weather? NHS Choices, Medical Advice. www.nhs.uk [Accessed March 2013]
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Tidy. 2010. Assessing dehydration in children. Patient UK. www.patient.co.uk [Accessed March 2013]
Tidy. 2009. Managing dehydration in children – paediatric fluid regimes. Patient UK. www.patient.co.uk [Accessed March 2013]


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Each of the last few years I've increased how often I ride in the winter months (Ontario, Canada). Last year I picked up a Norco cross bike with Tiagra, and BB7 disks. I put some Conti non-stud winter tires on it and use Clement MSO the rest of the year on it (gravel). I would like the option to ride more frequently in the winter though. The conti tires are good on roads with patches of snow, or that are cold/wet as they don't slip much. But it's not good if more snow, ice, etc. Lastly, this is the bike that I "trash"...I usually keep my bikes clean but this one gets it's fair dose of salt, muck and I don't clean it often.
Wondering if studs would get me out more. Or perhaps a fat bike for trails, but I'm not sure the trails in my area will be fat bike ready (lots of money to find this out).
Thoughts from those on one bike with studs, etc, for more frequent riding, versus two different bikes that can handle the winter months.


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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
|Release Date: March 01, 1970
|Running Time: 121 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
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Stella Stevens
David Warner
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Summary:Cable Hogue is left to die in the dessert. After days of wandering the dunes he collapses from dehydration and heat-exhastion. He notices some mud on his boot however and manages to uncover a mudhole turn it into a life-saving puddle. Eventually he sets up rest stop here and sells water and provisions to travellers and prospers. He takes in a young woman into his dessert home named Hildy who was expelled from Gila for lowering the morals of the town.


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The people in the Lone Star State mean it when they say, "Don't mess with Texas." So do the politicians.
That's why Gov. Rick Perry (R) has just announced that he is adding an "anti-groping" bill, meant to stop offensive airport security searches, to the agenda of the special session of the State Legislature, which he has just called. The bill would make it illegal for agents of the Transportation Security Administration to engage in "intrusive touching" at airport security checkpoints without probable cause, as the website Chron.com reports.
But wait! Isn't it pretty clear that airport security is a federal matter, and hasn't the Justice Department already warned that Texas could turn into a "no-fly zone" if the state lawmakers pass the legislation? Just a few weeks ago, it appeared that the legislators, a solid majority of whom are Republicans, had backed away from tilting at the federal windmill, as Main Justice reported.
No problem. If the defenders of the Alamo had said to one another, "Guys, we don't have enough ammunition for a turkey shoot, and there's just enough food for one home-cooked meal, so let's give up," Texas never would have become Texas.
So airport security is scheduled, at least for now, to be considered in the special session, along with school funding, hurricane insurance and other items that would seem to fit more easily into a state-government agenda.
Oh, there are rumors that Perry may be considering a run for the White House.


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Garages don't count as the pit lane so cameras can still whirr there.
As the crew and cameramen (on the pit wall) now all have to have helmets on, what about making the rest of the pit wall personnel wear them.
We could then be saved the unnecessary and often badly timed shots of team principals smirking and scowling. It's a matter of safety you see.


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margin than expectation. Guidance looks softer than what consensus might be expecting," according to a Prabhudas Lilladher report.
Revenues of the Bangalore-based firm rose 10 per cent to Rs 11,025 crore for the third quarter of 2012-13 fiscal, from Rs 9,965.1 crore in the same period of last fiscal.
The IT services revenue, which accounted for 78 per cent of total revenues, stood at USD 1.577 billion (Rs 8,602 crore in rupee terms) in the quarter, up 4.8 per cent year-on-year and 2.4 per cent compared to July-September 2012 quarter.
Wipro expects revenues from IT services business to be in the range of USD 1.585 billion to USD 1.625 billion for the quarter ending March 31.
In constant currency, the IT services revenue for the October-December quarter, at USD 1.571 billion, "was within our guidance range of USD 1.560 billion to USD 1.590 billion", Wipro said.
"While the overall mood on economic growth continues to be muted, global corporations continue to leverage technology to drive revenues and productivity... Overall, economic factors are stabilising globally," Chairman Azim Premji told reporters here.
He added that the US economy is showing some improvement with increase in retail and consumer demand and stability in unemployment rate, while Europe is steady and global leaders he spoke to are now more confident on the business environment than they were two-three months ago.
The US and Europe account for more than 75 per cent of India's IT outsourcing revenue.
Though the company remains positive on demand environment in the quarters ahead, it expressed uncertainty on execution and ramp-ups of new projects.
"It has become a little more positive. That's the good news," Wipro Executive Director and CEO (IT Business) T K Kurien said.
"The bad news is that from our perspective we see two challenges. One, we see the fiscal cliff talks still continuing and we don't know when finally the budgets would come in. And, what it would mean in terms of buying in this quarter," he added.
Kurien further said: "From our own perspective, we have picked in a little bit on caution in our guidance so that we don't kind of fall short in case the environment turns negative."
The New York Stock Exchange-listed company's results are in line with its larger peers - TCS and Infosys - which saw revenues rising 21.7 per cent and 12.1 per cent for the October-December quarter, respectively.
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A European collaborative study of treatment outcomes in 346 patients with cardiac stage III AL amyloidosis
- Ashutosh D. Wechalekar1,*,
- Stefan O. Schonland2,
- Efstathios Kastritis3,
- Julian D. Gillmore1,
- Meletios A. Dimopoulos3,
- Thirusha Lane1,
- Andrea Foli4,
- Darren Foard1,
- Paolo Milani4,
- Lisa Rannigan1,
- Ute Hegenbart2,
- Philip N. Hawkins1,
- Giampaolo Merlini4, and
- Giovanni Palladini4
- 1 National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom;
- 2 Amyloidosis Centre, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany;
- 3 Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece;
- 4 Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- ↵* Corresponding author; email: a.wechalekar{at}ucl.ac.uk
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Deep clonal responses improve outcomes and can change the natural history of advanced (cardiac stage III) AL amyloidosis.
NT-proBNP >8500 ng/L and systolic blood pressure <100 mm of Hg identify a very poor risk subgroup of stage III AL amyloidosis.
Treatment outcomes of patients with stage cardiac III AL amyloidosis remain poorly studied. Such cases have been excluded from most clinical studies due to perceived dismal prognosis. We report treatment outcomes of 346 patients with cardiac stage III AL amyloidosis from in UK, Italy, Germany and Greece. Median overall survival (OS) was 7 months with OS at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months of 73%, 55%, 46% and 29%, respectively. 42% died before first response evaluation. On intention to treat (ITT) basis, the overall haematological response rate was 33%, including a complete response rate (CR) of 12%. OS rates at 12 and 24 months, respectively, for 201 response evaluable patients were: for complete responders - 88% and 85%; partial responders - 74% and 53%; and non-responders - 39% and 22%. 45% of responders achieved an organ response. NT-proBNP >8500 ng/L and systolic blood pressure (SBP) <100 mm of Hg were the only factors that independently impacted OS and identified an especially poor prognosis subgroup of patients with median OS of only 3 months. Outcome and organ function of stage III AL amyloidosis without very elevated NT-proBNP and low SBP is improved by a very good haematological response to chemotherapy.
- Submitted December 18, 2012.
- Accepted February 26, 2013.
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Rudolf Agricola (* 29 November 1900 in shop castle; " 14 January 1985 in grab forest) was a German economist, journalist and a politician.
The son of a cigar manufacturer studies economic science at the Universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg, attaining and at the commercial teacher school in Mannheim. It attains a doctorate 1924 over the topic the relations from bank centers to branches and DEPOSIT cashes, puts 1926 down the exam as a diploma commercial teacher and informs thereafter in Zeitz.
Since 1924 Agricola is member of the SPD and becomes a city delegate von Zeitz. Because the SPD tolerates the austerity policy with emergency decrees of the government in Reichstag, it attaches the left opposition in the SPD and is from 1931 to 1933 member SAP, afterwards it crosses political resistance resistance in the unlawfulness to the KPD, offers during the National Socialist dictatorship in the area Merseburg/resounds, is several times arrested and 1935 to eight years penintentiary because of "preparation to the high treason" condemned. After the release from custody 1943 he works as an accountant in Villingen.
After release by the allied ones 1945 Agricola engages itself in the local government policy in Heidelberg and works as a journalist. It becomes member of the board of the press agency for the American zone (DENA), is a chairman of the local's group of the KPD in Heidelberg and member of the KPD regional-level party council bathing. Together with Hermann Knorr (SPD) and Theodor Heuss (DVP/FDP) Agricola receives on 5 September 1945 the license for the publication of a daily paper, in Heidelberg the Rhine Neckar newspaper (RNZ) is together based. Criticism at restoration and west integration in the three of the Western powers occupied zones and openly expressed doubts about the load-carrying capacity of the democratic development (see quotation) to lead two years later to the fact that the military government of the US-American zone of occupation extracts this license from it on 31 August 1948 again and Agricola changes into the Soviet zone of occupation and a Dozentur at the university resounds assumes.
In becomes Agricola resounds 1948 director of the newspaper-scientific institute, professor for and member of the SED. 1951 it becomes as a successor of the Austrian historian Eduard winters for two years rector of the university. From 1954 to 1956 he works on Institut for economic science of the German Academy of Sciences to Berlin as a specialist for the economic development in the FRG, afterwards as Consul General and an envoy in Helsinki. From 1963 to the retirement 1965 is Agricola professor for and international relations with the nordischen countries and director of the Nordi institute at the University of grab forest.
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If you're looking for entrepreneurial success, look outside your social circle for business partners. A new Harvard University working paper reveals that venture capitalists who teamed up with another investor based on shared personal characteristics, such as an alma mater, fraternity or ethnicity, were less successful than duos who joined forces solely based on their talents. Why is this so?
The researchers didn't find substantial clues that point to poor company choices, which suggests that the like-minded investor teams were worse at advising their selected startups than other venture capitalists. "Groupthink," or the tendency for similar individuals to think alike, may hamper investors' ability to isolate poor decisions or consider novel ideas from others.
When picking a business partner, the Harvard researchers recommend choosing someone who shares your talent rather than personal characteristics. Teams of the same ethnic minority, for example, were 25 percent less likely to be successful venture capitalists. And teams who shared an alma mater saw a drop of 22 percent in their likelihood of success.
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2010 Regular Season Awards (Defensive Player of the Year)
The NBA has been giving out their end-of-season awards. We're long overdue to give out our version. So this week, we are doing just that.
2010 Coach of the Year
2010 Rookie of the Year
2010 Most Improved Player
Defensive Player of the Year is next on our list. This honor was awarded to Dwight Howard for the second consecutive year. Who did we pick? Uhhhhh...
1. DWIGHT HOWARD (Orlando Magic): D12 continues his dominance on the defensive end of the court for the 2nd year in a row. He continues to lead all players in rebounds(13.2) and blocked shots(2.78). I chose Dwight as the Defensive player of the year before the season began, and he made sure that I became a prophet. - Marc
2. JOSH SMITH (Atlanta Hawks): I don't understand why this guy never made it to an all-defensive team, let alone being considered for Defensive Player of the Year. The combo forward averaged career highs of 1.6 steals and 2.1 blocks per game along with almost 9 boards a game. Who puts up those kinds of numbers anymore? - Holland
3. BRENDAN HAYWOOD (Dallas Mavericks): An underrated defensive player who is now able to help shore up the middle for the Dallas Mavericks. He averaged a very reliable and efficient 2.1 blocks and 2.7 fouls per game and was even named as the 3rd best defender in the NBA according to Dwight Howard. - Peter
4. RON ARTEST (Los Angeles Lakers): Ron has shut down multiple superstars (Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Danny Granger) over the course of the year. When the Lakers were winning consistently, his infectious defense was one of the main reasons why they looked indestructible. He may have lost a step or two but his hands that remind me of E. Honda's Hundred Hand Slap from Street Fighter more than make up for it. - Rey
5. RAJON RONDO (Boston Celtics): RONDO! THE GUARD MUTILATOR!! He's got hustle (2.33 steals a game -- tops in the NBA this season). Which is what defenses crave. They crave hustle. Which is what Rondo has. And that's why defenses crave Rondo. Not water, like from the toilet. - Brandon
Some good players left off this list but, overall, I have little problem with this.
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THE WHOLE STAFF (along with Twitter handles) that VOTED include...
Rey Moralde (@TheNoLookPass): So there's 11 people in this staff. It's like a football team. I can be the quarterback!
Peter Kim (@YungBolo): Wideout.
David Diep (@illastrate): Another wideout.
Jimmy Castro (@WinInTheEnd): Slut receiver.
Nick Perkins: He can be the tight end.
Brandon Tomyoy (@dingyu): Tailback.
Deron Yamada (@XOVR): Center.
Holland Wong (@rawklee): Right guard.
Marc Dizon (@darc_miz): The other guard.
Leo Guiala (@leowins1): He can be a tackle.
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Bob Stoops on the Dan Patrick Show
Dan Patrick had Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops on his show Thursday morning to preview the OU-Notre Dame game and to talk about the hot topics in college football.
Not a lot of new stuff from Stoops, but some good questions from Patrick and some insightful thoughts from Stoops, nonetheless.
Here is video of the interview:
Here is the complete transcript of the segment:
Dan Patrick: Were you a Notre Dame fan growing up?
Bob Stoops: Not really, Dan. In our family, of course I grew up in Youngstown (Ohio) as an Irish Catholic and we followed them to a degree. My father was a coach, but I can't say that we were fans, no.
Patrick: Were you Ohio State fans?
Stoops: To a degree, but you know my father being a coach he got to know a lot of different coaches, so we kind of followed everybody. Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame…but I can't say there was any one particular team.
Patrick: Favorite player growing up was who?
Stoops: Oh gosh, probably Joe Washington, Steve Davis, those guys watching Oklahoma. Really back in Ohio I loved watching Oklahoma.
Patrick: See, I was a Gregg Pruitt fan.
Stoops: Yeah, you gotta throw him in there, too. They were fun to watch, man.
Patrick: I'm concerned about rivalries and where they're going, because you had Oklahoma-Nebraska, obviously Michigan-Ohio State and even in basketball now we're losing some of these rivalries with this conference realignment. Your thoughts on those rivalries and trying to keep them in place.
Stoops: It is unfortunate. Our rivalry with Nebraska when they were in our league was kind of diminished when they were in a different division than we were. They say change is inevitable sometimes. It's unfortunate, but with the way things are going, it's hard to protect them all.
Patrick: When you're scheduling how far out do you…and are you involved in the scheduling at Oklahoma of who you play?
Stoops: I'm very much involved. I've been involved from Day 1. The athletic director has never scheduled someone without my approval, not that he has to have it. But we have always agreed on it.
Patrick: Facing I-AA teams…I said that maybe we don't count those toward bowl eligibility. We've seen these blowouts, and look I'm all for North Dakota State or Appalachian State or Georgia Southern when they're good playing, but I think when you get Savannah State and some of those other schools in there, what's the real benefit here?
Stoops: All I can say is we've tried to avoid it at all costs here. But sometimes you can get trapped if somebody drops a game from you two years out and there isn't anyone, you know, there's not a lot of people willing to come here and play us. So the time or two in our 15 years when we've had one sometimes it's been because of that. But to go ahead and intentionally schedule them, we haven't done that.
Patrick: I wonder what it does to these kids who are on the receiving end of this. I know the programs will make money, but it's not your job to ensure their financial or physical safety here when you're playing a team, right?
Stoops: No, that's right, but you know the only advantage…is you get a lot of your (second-string), your backup guys some work in those lopsided wins and you can put them in earlier. Hopefully, the score doesn't get outrageous.
Patrick: Difference between Notre Dame this year and last year on film is what?
Stoops: Not much. They still…structurally plays they want to run offensively are the same, defensively still the same structure. What you don't see are (Everett) Golson and Manti Te'o. Those two guys — one guy on defense isn't there that was a main figure and quarterback is different for their offense but still a physical offensive line, great receivers, their good running backs. Really the only difference with the two quarterbacks is Reese — here's a guy that's been a starter, got all kinds of experience, is mature as a senior and a great thrower. The other guy probably ran a little bit better definitely.
Patrick: When looking at offense now, the current wave — the read option, the pistol — where do you stand with the evolution of offense here, whether it's in high school, college or the pros. Where are we going in your opinion?
Stoops: It's a great opportunity, an option for people is the quaraterback's ability to run. It's a different dimension. Now all the sudden you can block it with everybody in the front and now there's a secondary guy that has to deal with the quarterback coming from depth. So it's a situation that's making it more complicated for defensive coordinators to stop them, especially when that guy is a great thrower to go with an opportunity to run the ball.
Patrick: What did you think of (Johnny) Manziel?
Stoops: I thought he was incredible as everybody has seen over and over. The guy is really special and talented with the way he plays.
Patrick: You're a defensive minded guy. You try to devise something for him, but there is the improvisational skills that he has. How do you devise something?
Stoops: You can't. I think it's been proven over and over as you watch him. Everybody talked about Alabama even for an entire year working on him and they didn't seem to have an answer for it. At the end of the day, his ability to…improvise is unmatched. There is nothing you can do about it.
Patrick: Did you recruit him?
Stoops: No, not really. We knew of him and all, but we were pretty satisfied with the guys we had.
Patrick: It's not a fair question because everybody misses on a lot of players, but sometimes…Texas was going to maybe have him play defensive back, Oregon was interested in him. I was just curious if your thought process of a quarterback has changed with seeing these kids who can do the read option or whatever you're going to call it. Or are you more comfortable with a pocket passer?
Stoops: No, we definitely have always really wanted guys that can run the football, make a play out of nothing. That's always something we've looked for, but we've always looked for great passers first. If they've got legs to with it…better.
Patrick: Paying these kids…we keep hearing this, Bob. I don't know what the solution is with this. Where do you weigh in on this?
Stoops: I've said for a long time that I'm all for a stipend for players. But I think what everybody is missing the boat on is Title IX laws. They're going to have to change the laws of the country before you're going to pay one athlete, but not another. You can talk all you want, it makes for great conversation, and I'm for whatever we can do, but it's going to have to be for all athletes, not one in particular.
Patrick: What about if you gave minimum wage?
Stoops: Again, I think it would be great…anything we can do for all the athletes. For the teams or the schools that are able to do it, it would be a positive.
Patrick: Good to visit with you. Good luck in South Bend. Thanks for joining us.
Stoops: Alright, Dan. Good to be with you.