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1. Welcome
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5. This month on the forum
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1. Welcome
Much hoo-hah has been made about Linus Torvalds's remarks that the
Linux kernel is getting too bloated (see the 'In the news' section
below). While I hardly want to question the man's technical nous, is
it really that bad? Sure, there are zillions of drivers in there and
features that many of us will never use, but the great strength of
the Linux kernel is its modularity. If there's something you don't
need, don't build it - or build it as a module so it won't be loaded
unless you need it. Even today you can still compile a really tiny,
streamlined kernel for a specific hardware setup.
Anyway, enjoy this month's Newsletter - along with the regular look
at the latest LXF and a roundup of the big news stories and forum
posts, we have a special feature on the classic window managers of
yesteryear (some of which are still worth trying today!).
Mike Saunders
Newsletter Editor
2. LXF 124 on sale
Most Linux distros are well equipped to handle everyday tasks - web
browsing, office work, games etc. But given the vast range of
hardware out there, and the countless scenarios in which Linux has
to work, there's always room for more optimisation and performance
tweaks. In issue 124 our cover feature is crammed with hints, tips
and shortcuts that make your desktop faster, sleeker and smoother
than ever before.
Meanwhile, if you're an Ubuntu user we explain how to install almost
anything via the PPA package system, and if you're planning to set
up a website we show you how to use the powerful and flexible Drupal
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screamingly fast distros, along with FreeBSD 7.2, KDE 4.3, Emacs
23.1 and much more. If you're in the UK you can grab Linux Format
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Here's a taster of LXF 124 from our HotPicks section:
# Celestia 1.6.0 - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
Celestia is a true space simulator, intended to provide accurate
representations of planetary bodies and allow you to explore the
far reaches of space from the comfort of your desk. First and
foremost you'll need to make sure you have zlib installed and at
the ready, along with the latest OpenGL drivers for your graphics
card, as it's fairly heavy on the old graphical front.
Once you're over the initial hurdle of compilation, Celestia stuns
you with its beauty, particularly when you look back at Earth from
afar and pick out details of countries across the globe and the
many satellites orbiting us. It's not long before you start to
move across our solar system, making hops between each planet and
getting a feel for the distances involved.
The developers have insisted on using accurate measures between
stars and planets, giving it an altogether realistic feel as you
soar through the cosmos. With version 1.6.0 they've gone even
further to give your trip through the stars a much more lifelike
look, with planet shine making an appearance. This is when objects
are lit not only by the primary star of the solar system, but also
by the ambient light given off by other planets.
Where Celestia excels is in giving accurate scientific information
about the planets and stars; it's used by scientific and
educational establishments across the world. For sheer realism,
Celestia can't be beaten; if you haven't given it a try before
then you should definitely go exploring, as there are no limits to
where you can go with it.
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4. In the news
The biggest developments from around the net...
# Torvalds says that Linux is getting "bloated"
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linuxco ... lds-quotes
Yes, the Linux kernel creator and benevolent dictator has had a jab
at his own project, claiming that it's getting "bloated and huge".
No longer is Linux the "small hyper efficient kernel" that he
envisioned 15 years ago.
# Haiku Alpha released
http://www.osnews.com/story/22156/In_th ... a_Released
It's been a long time coming, but finally we have the first alpha
release of Haiku, a free software re-implementation of BeOS. For
those who never used it, BeOS was a fast, lightweight desktop OS
geared towards multimedia and gained a small slice of marketshare in
the late '90s. Microsoft's might meant it never had a chance to
really take off though... until now.
# First Linux botnet discovered
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/12 ... h_malware/
Uh oh... a security researcher has found a bunch of Linux machines
on the net that are working in unison to deliver malware. It's a
relatively tiny botnet at the moment, with only 100 nodes, but it's
still a wake-up call to all of us in the Linux community that
nothing is invincible and we should always be patching our systems!
5. This month on the forum
BillFoster raised an interesting point - with web browser updates,
is it better to wait for your distro to release new packages, or
update from inside the browser itself (or using third-party
packages?) He noted that he was running recent versions of SUSE,
Mandriva and Fedora but didn't have the latest versions of Firefox
and SeaMonkey. Nelz noted that with third-party software versions,
you don't get the same update warnings as you get with in-distro
apps. [1]
The Off Topic forum has been particularly busy recently, and one of
the threads was the classic "post your desktop". Heiowge kicked it
off with a stunning artistic backdrop, whereas AndyBaxman had
something a lot more organic (and with a rather large clock too).
Post your desktop and share it with the world! [2]
[1] http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10803
[2] http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10753
6. Special Newsletter feature
Just about every modern Linux distro is supplied with one of the
three big desktop environments: KDE, Gnome or Xfce. A handful of
lightweight distros use standalone window managers such as IceWM.
But if you've been using Linux for a while you'll no doubt have heard
of many other window managers - so here we'll look back at some of
the classic WMs from the '80s and '90s that you can still find in
your package manager today.
Until recently, TWM could have been described as the 'Vi of window
managers' - it's always there. (Today, some distros don't install it
by default.) TWM wasn't the original X Window System window manager,
but it's the oldest one that you can still easily get hold of, and
its age shows. When you start it you get a grand total of nothing on
the screen; right and left-click to bring up menus. In the default
configuration there isn't even a window close button - instead you
have to open the menu, choose Delete, and then click the window.
TWM feels pretty strange at first: when you launch a program, you
draw a box on the screen to indicate the size and position that you
want. Also, by default TWM uses focus-follows-mouse - that is,
whichever window is under the mouse gets the focus. You don't have
to click on the window.
It looks ugly and clunky, but TWM is quite configurable. Hardly
anyone uses it - those who like some of its features run the much
more flexible CTWM and VTWM options, which are worth checking out.
The Motif Window Manager was designed to accompany the Motif widget
set and CDE desktop. Square and chunky, MWM looks awesomely retro
today, and there's even MWM themes for the Xfce and KDE window
managers. To get MWM in Ubuntu, install the 'motif-clients' package.
3) AfterStep
Here's one that's a lot more powerful than the previous duo.
AfterStep apes NeXTSTEP, the workstation OS developed in the late
'80s by a team led by Steve Jobs (after his departure from Apple).
Funnily enough, Apple bought NeXT many years later, and the OS
morphed into Mac OS X.
AfterStep looks refreshingly unusual: on the right is a dock into
which you can drag program icons for quick launch buttons. The title
bars include (by default) only window minimization and close
buttons, and to bring up the program menu you right-click anywhere
on the desktop.
AfterStep is a highly configurable window manager, but for those who
like the NeXT style but want something a bit simpler and easier to
configure via a GUI, Window Maker is the best choice.
And finally we come to the king of classic window managers. Back in
1993, at a time when users were fighting the constraints of TWM and
MWM, FVWM came along with a vast range of configurability. Unix
users at the time loved it, and many can't tear themselves away from
it today. Indeed, FVWM 2 has developed into a very modern, advanced
window manager, capable of appearing and behaving like almost any
other window manager or desktop.
There have been some off-shoots of the FVWM project. One of the best
is FVWM Crystal, which shows just how much eye candy you can integrate
into such an old-school window manager:
7. Coming up next issue
Linux Format 125, on sale Thursday 15 October...
# Hack your own Linux - How to use Arch Linux, Linux From
Scratch, SUSE Studio and more to get Linux as you want!
# Tux on your TV - Is there anything Linux can't do? We
don't think so either: follow our guide to get Linux in
your living room.
# Network security - Is your network secret? Is it safe?
Wireshark can answer those questions and more...
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I was going to watch Summer Wars, but my sister wanted to watch it too. So I'm here.
I never ever got in to Kara no Kyoukai and if anyone mentions that tear jerker of a movie called "5 centimeters per second"...
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FREEPORT (WIFR) -- It's been a year since there's been any official business inside the old city hall building in Freeport and some residents in the Pretzel City say that needs to change.
A Group of neighbors will address Freeport aldermen at Monday's city council meeting. Those neighbors say they want city services to move back into the century old building because that's more cost effective for the city. Right now, Freeport is renting space for around seventy thousand dollars a year. Renovations could cost between 2 and 3 million dollars. Some say that investment would benefit the city in the long run.
"If you start tearing down these historic buildings there's no reason for people to visit," says Andy Dvorak a member of the Citizens for Saving City Hall group. "Tourism is going to be hurt, and foot traffic downtown. So we're afraid if this building goes its going to be a cascading effect and we're going to see downtown decline even further."
Earlier this year a statewide group, Landmark Illinois, named the building one of the ten most endangered historic places in the state. That designation does not prevent the building from being demolished by the city or a private developer.


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You know how they say you are what you eat? At eBay, you are only as good as your feedback says you are.
- Establish contact with the buyer (pronto!) after the auction ends.
- After you've received payment, send out the item quickly.
- Make sure that your item is exactly the way you described it.
- Package the item well and ship it with care.
- React quickly and appropriately to problems -- for example, the item's lost or damaged in the mail or the buyer is slow in paying.
If you're buying, try these good-rep tips:
- Send your payment fast.
- Keep in touch via e-mail with the seller.
- Work with the seller to resolve any problems in a courteous manner.
If you're selling, here's what to do to tarnish your name big time:
- Tell a major fib in the item description.
- Take the money but "forget" to ship the item.
- Package the item poorly so that it ends up smashed, squashed, or vaporized during shipping.
If you're buying, here's how to make your status a serious mess:
- Bid on an item, win the auction, and never respond to the seller.
- Send a personal check that bounces and never make good on the payment.
- Ask the seller for a refund because you just don't like the item.


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LOS ANGELES -- An airport employee has been arrested in connection with dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport.
Twenty-eight-year-old DiCarlo Bennett, a Servisair employee, was arrested late Tuesday and booked for investigation of a destructive device near an aircraft. He is being held on $1 million bail.
A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation who wasn't authorized to speak publicly says Bennett allegedly took the dry ice from a plane and placed it in two locations Sunday night.
Police had previously said they didn't believe the explosions were an act of terror but could be the work of a disgruntled employee.
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Attitude is the only real difference between two talented props taking very different paths.
There are obvious similarities between Ofa Tu'ungafasi and Ben Tameifuna - but only up to a point.
They both come from unfashionable rugby schools, are both outlandishly sized and both played for New Zealand under-20s and won Super Rugby contracts in the same year.
It's there, though, that their paths may well diverge. Tameifuna became one of the more heart-warming stories of the year when he was forced into action for the Chiefs early in the campaign after Ben Afeaki broke his arm. There were fears he wasn't ready but by June, he was in the All Blacks squad.
Technically, Tameifuna was neat and advanced; he was immensely strong but also chronically under-conditioned. Somehow he was getting by despite carrying 10kg he didn't need - his frame lavished with bad calories - and post-Super Rugby, Tameifuna was packed off to Hawke's Bay to play a bit and train a lot.
The challenge for Tameifuna was to transform himself from a 140kg slab into a leaner, more muscular 130kg athlete.
It hasn't happened. He was dropped for the last few games of the ITM Cup and last week was in court for driving offences. He clearly hasn't done the hard work and until he does, until he finds the self-discipline to manage his weight, diet and training, his All Black aspirations will be on hold.
Tu'ungafasi, equipped with the same mobility and natural raw strength as Tameifuna, is a different mental and emotional beast. The new Blues recruit's self-reliance and discipline can be sighted in his physique: he's 1.94m and 130kg - but it's in all the right places. His aerobic capacity is also considerable for a man of his size and something he owes to his time at Mangere College, where he had to operate across the pack, serving as a utility forward.
"It was hard being noticed at a school like Mangere College," says Tu'ungafasi. "I think, though, that there was a selector who lived not too far away and he must have heard something and he kept an eye on us."
However it happened, Tu'ungafasi was noticed and played two years for New Zealand Secondary Schools and then graduated to the under-20s this year while a member of the Blues academy.
Originally, new Blues coach John Kirwan wanted to introduce Tu'ungafasi into Super Rugby in 2014, believing the youngster would benefit from another 12 months in the academy, playing club rugby and ITM Cup. But the danger of that scenario was that another franchise would pounce, offer Tu'ungafasi a full contract for 2013 and questions would be asked as to how the Blues managed to lose yet another emerging talent.
So the plan was brought forward, Tu'ungafasi was brought into the protected 28 players for next year and Pauliasi Manu de-listed. The Rebels snapped up Manu - not something Kirwan wanted to happen - and the upshot is that Tu'ungafasi, much like Tameifuna this year, might find himself on the field next year way more than he ever imagined.
Charlie Faumuina will carry the bulk of the burden at tighthead but he can't do it all; Tu'ungafasi will be asked to fast-track his learning.
It is a major task for a 20-year-old tighthead to handle the physical and technical demands of Super Rugby but Owen Franks managed it, as did Tameifuna.
No one can be certain whether Tu'ungafasi will, too, but he made a seamless transition into the ITM Cup this year and what is encouraging is his dedication in the gym, to the hard yards and details that make all the difference.
"I just want to work hard over the summer and get myself really fit," he says. "ITM Cup was a step up on every level, particularly on the physical side and I would imagine Super Rugby will be another jump again. But I'm hoping that if the opportunity comes my way, I can take it; show that I'm ready to play at that level."
Where Tameifuna struggled, Tu'ungafasi is fancied to excel. Big men are everywhere in Auckland but not all of them are big and fit; even fewer are big, fit, focused and capable of sustaining it.
Tameifuna faces a summer of pain to get himself in the appropriate shape and he'll need help to get there. Tu'ungafasi may not make the emphatic statement next year that Tameifuna did this, but as they stand now, the Blues man is the better long-term bet.


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Advocating for Cures, Not Cuts On September 18, the National Brain Tumor Society joined over 150 other cancer organizations on Capitol Hill for the Rally for Medical Research advocacy day. Led by the American Association for Cancer Research, the mass mobilization of these patient and research-based organizations was quite timely given the current budgetary climate and discussions between the House and Senate who are working on both a temporary appropriations bill, called a continuing resolution, as well as a full year spending bill for fiscal year 2014. Although the House and Senate leadership continue to debate major differences, investment in medical research, including funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest funder of brain tumor research, seems to have garnered bipartisan support. Let's keep up the pressure to protect and invest in NIH to strengthen brain tumor research. Please take action today!
Improving the Lives of Pediatric Patients National Brain Tumor Society continues to invest heavily in research for both adult and pediatric brain tumors, which are aimed at finding new treatments, as well as the discovery of a cure. As you know, our current pediatric research programs are focused on analyzing the development of a child's brain to then identify which therapies could be effective, as well as minimize long-term and adverse side effects. Through our participation in the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, we also recently signed on to support the following new legislation:
California Closer to Becoming 27th State to Enact Oral Chemotherapy Parity Earlier this month, the California Senate and Assembly both passed oral chemotherapy parity legislation, sponsored by Assembly Member Henry Perea (D-Fresno), which would require health insurance providers to make oral chemotherapy more affordable. Liz Salmi, National Brain Tumor Society's State Lead Advocate for California, played a key role in this development by working with a coalition of local groups and testifying on behalf of the legislation. Next, the bill would need to be signed by Governor Jerry Brown prior to October 13 to become law. While this legislation is not perfect, it will ensure that brain tumor patients who currently pay higher co-pays or co-insurance for temozolomide (brand name: Temodar) will only pay a maximum of $200 per month beginning in 2015. TAKE ACTION NOW: If you are a California resident, ask Governor Brown to sign this important piece of legislation.
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Years of rising water, a record number of fishing lakes and aggressive fish management in North Dakota have helped produce record fishing license sales.
State Game and Fish Department fisheries chief Greg Power said in 2012-13 virtually every license category established a record high, or at the least had a substantial increase. "Even more impressive is this was spread throughout the state, and not just in the rapidly growing counties of western North Dakota," Power said.
Statistics compiled by the Game and Fish Department revealed more than 218,000 fishing licenses were sold last year, 20 percent higher than the previous record set in 1982. A total of 159,500 resident fishing licenses were sold last year, also breaking the record set 30 years ago. In addition, nearly 59,000 nonresident fishing licenses were purchased last year, easily surpassing the previous high set two years ago.
"North Dakota remains near the top in the country in terms of per capita residents who fish," Power said.
In terms of actual individuals participating in fishing, the past year was again record-setting with more than 200,000 active anglers and about 2 million days of fishing. Both open water and ice fishing activity experienced substantial increases. Lake Sakakawea, Devils Lake and Lake Oahe/Missouri River remained the top three fisheries in the state


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Playing on the big stage at the Iowa Lakes Community College gym in Estherville, Spirit Lake and North Union played the nightcap game after the Lakers hosted Kirkwood.
The Indians flourished and jumped out to a 22-3 first-quarter lead and cruised to a 64-24 victory over the Warriors last Saturday.
Billy Brown had the hot hand for Spirit Lake early as he scored eight of his game-high 18 points in the opening frame helping the Indians score the first 19 points. Senior Jacob Braddock ended the Warriors drought with a 3-pointer from the corner.
Brown scored the rest of his points in the second quarter as Spirit Lake built a 35-3 advantage before Nathan Eaton hit a 3-pointer.
Spirit Lake led 41-9 at halftime and 57-15 after three quarters.
For the Indians, Trevor Smith chipped in 16 points while Alec Henrickson had 15. Tyler Alger scored five points with Sam Harms and Logan Backhaus each with three and Caleb Jennings and Alex Prignitz with two apiece.
For North Union, Trent Pedersen and Eaton each had six points, Braddock had five, Aric Runge had three and Dyson Umscheid and Eythan Blair each had two.
Warriors come up short
EMMETSBURG - North Union gave Emmetsburg a good battle, but came up short in a 74-63 loss on Tuesday.
Jacob Braddock and Aric Runge each finished with 15 points to lead the warriors while Alex Krantz finished with 11 and Colin Runksmeier had 10.
Runge also had nine rebounds while Braddock had three assists.
Braden Ortman and Parker Oleson each finished with three points while Trent Pedersen, Corey Vaske and Dyson Umscheid each had two points.
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Indians cruise past North
SIOUX CITY - Spirit Lake had no trouble with Sioux City North on Saturday, winning 70-28 at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City.
The Indians led 24-16 after one quarter and outscored North 26-4 in the second quarter to take a 50-20 lead. The Indians led 64-27 after three quarters.
Bailey Loveall and Emma Dau each scored 15 points to lead the Indians while Joie Veldman chipped in 11. Carly Ites and Bailee Newman each had six points, Mackenzie Thate had five, Jessie Kabele had four, Katy Brevik and Carter Hassel each had three and Kelsey Delperdang had one.
Loveall had seven rebounds while Ites and Dau each had four steals. Abbey Horsman contributed four assists.
SL defeats Generals, 63-50
SPIRIT LAKE - Spirit Lake improved to 8-3 on the season with a 63-50 win over Sibley-Ocheyedan on Monday. The Indians led 15-11 after one quarter, 29-24 at halftime and 48-39 after three quarters.
Bailey Loveall finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Carly Ites chipped in 12 points and had four steals. Emma Dau had 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Joie Veldman contributed seven points, Mackenzie Thate had four and Katy Brevik, Bailee Newman, Abbey Horsman and Carter Hassel each had three points.
E'Hawks hold off Warriors, 46-39
ARMSTRONG - Emmetsburg made its free throws down the stretch to defeat North Union 46-39 in a non-conference victory on Monday.
The E'Hawks built a 8-4 lead in the first quarter with the scoring picking up in the second with the E'Hawks leading 18-16 at the break and stretching hte lead to 34-25 after three quarters.
Sarah Rolling led North Union with 14 points. Dena Looft came of the bench to score nine points while Madison Bollig and Aurora Oliver each had five. Peyton Oleson and Alexis Valvick each had three points.


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2004 Women's Soccer
Franklin 2 Bluffton 0
By Ryan White, Sports Information Intern
October 16, 2004
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's soccer (4-7, 0-5) team dropped a tough one on Parent's Day to the visiting Franklin Grizzlies Saturday afternoon by the score of 2-0.
The Beavers were led by sophomore Brianne Von Lehmden (Ft. Jennings/Ft. Jennings) who posted three shots on net. Senior goalkeeper Rochelle Saccomen (Ashland/Ashland) was solid with nine saves in the match.
"Missing four players hurt us today and we also made too many mistakes," stated Coach Steve Smucker.
The Beavers will be back in action Tuesday Oct. 19 when they host Cincinnati Bible. Start time is scheduled for 4 p.m.


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I still think that's an issue between an employee and the person who hires/pays them. Yes, it's my money that keeps them in business, but I'm not in charge of the agreement they have with the person who hires them as to what they will do all day.My boss pays me according to what he sees fit to pay considering my work. If I'm not worth what he's willing to pay, things change. But that's between me and my boss - not a 3rd person.I used to work in a retail shop (summer in-between college semesters) that had quite a bit of downtime. It was a specialty shop. And when there weren't customers in there, I did all I could do - I made sure the store was clean, I rearranged merchandise to get some of the stuff in the back up front, so it got noticed and possibly bought, I made sure the storeroom was clean. I did everything I could think of to do. But, even with all of that (and even as the only employee in the store), there ended up being a lot of downtime. So I read. I tried to read some of the books we had on the subject relating to the store (so I could be knowledgeable about our product and things like that). But, when all else failed, I read my own books. And put them aside the second a potential customer came in. My boss - the owner of the shop - deemed it worthwhile to have me there despite the fact that there was downtime in which I didn't have anything to do in the shop. It allowed her to leave and do things for herself. In fact, I was given a key to the place, and there were weeks where I wouldn't see her at all; I was, seriously, the only person running the shop. It was no one else's business what she paid me or if I had enough to do; it was solely hers and my business alone. Even if the customers' money was financing my paycheck.
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NEW ORLEANS The Texans used three practices last week and Saturday nights preseason game at the Superdome as a measuring stick to see how they compare to the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.
The Texans better find another stick.
For the second consecutive season, the Saints embarrassed the Texans in their annual preseason series. New Orleans won 38-20 this year after a 38-14 throttling last season, so the Texans improved by six points.
Im disappointed, very disappointed, coach Gary Kubiak said.
The only good thing about Saturdays game is that it wasnt televised nationally like next weeks game against the Dallas Cowboys will be.
We got our butts kicked, middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans said. We thought we were ready to play, but we didnt play like it. The only good thing is that it happened in preseason, and we have time to fix it.
The offense was inept most of the game, rushing for only 48 yards and scoring only one touchdown in the first three quarters, on Arian Fosters 10-yard run. The Texans coverted just one third down.
The defense was so horrendous it made Chase Daniel look like Drew Brees. Actually, the Texans made Daniel look better than Brees, who was 5-of-10 for 36 yards and no touchdown passes.
Daniel finished 15-of-21 for 182 yards and three touchdowns.
We have to man up and see what was done wrong and correct it, strong safety Bernard Pollard said.
Oh, and the Saints also rushed for 198 yards, with five players getting 20 or more.
To be honest, this is the worst Ive felt since Ive been in Houston, outside linebacker Brian Cushing said. Frustration is an understatement. This should be a wake-up call.
Hit the snooze button
If the Texans need a wake-up call for the Cowboys, they must be in suspended hibernation.
The Saints jumped all over the Texans on the first series, using Reggie Bush to shove the ball down their throats between the tackles. He had 42 yards on five carries in the first quarter for an average of 8.4 yards a carry.
Bush must have felt like he was back at USC feasting on Pac-10 weaklings. His 9-yard run gave the Saints a 7-0 lead after their first series.
Rookie Trindon Holliday, a Louisiana native who played at LSU, fumbled a punt at the Texans 15, setting up New Orleans for its second touchdown, a 1-yard run by Brees that made it 14-0.
The Texans made it interesting a couple of times. The first came on the first play of the second quarter when Arian Foster finished a seven-play, 80-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown run up the middle to make it 14-7. It was the first time the red-zone running game had looked good in two preseason games.
On their next series, the Texans had the ball at the 49 and a chance to tie the game, but Foster lost a fumble, and the Saints capitalized. Daniel threw a 31-yard touchdown pass on a screen to running back Pierre Thomas.
The only other thing the Texans did of note in the first half came courtesy of Neil Rackers. He connected on a 52-yard field goal to pull the Texans within 21-10, but the defense couldnt get one more stop before halftime.
This time, Daniel took the Saints 83 yards in 11 plays. His 1-yard touchdown pass to fullback Zak Keasey gave New Orleans a 28-10 halftime lead.
The Saints achieved their 18-point advantage against the Texans starting defense.
The situation didnt improve after halftime when the second teams took over.
Wasted opportunities
The offense wasted a 63-yard kickoff return by Steve Slaton to start the second half. Linebacker Danny Clarks interception at the New Orleans 33 didnt produce a touchdown, just Kris Browns 43-yard field goal that made it 28-13.
The Saints responded with another long drive punctuated by another Daniel touchdown pass an 18-yarder to Adrian Arrington that gave New Orleans a 35-13 lead going into the fourth quarter.
The Texans scored their second and last touchdown when Dan Orlovsky connected with rookie tight end Garrett Graham from 10 yards out to make it 35-20.
The Saints added a field goal to rub in the salt a little deeper, but the Texans probably deserved to feel a lot of pain after this debacle.
Poor Texans ..i'll be rooting for them against Dallas LMAO!!!!
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Weather conditions that at least temporarily calmed allowed firefighters to gain ground early Wednesday on a pair of wildfires that forced thousands of residents to leave their homes.
Evacuation orders were lifted for all of the more than 20,000 residents in and around San Diego on Tuesday night just a few hours after they were called, and all but a handful of those in 1,200 homes and businesses told to evacuate in Santa Barbara County had been allowed to return.
The 1,550-acre San Diego-area blaze was 25 percent contained and it was hoped that number would increase to 50 percent by day's end, said San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesman Lee Swanson.
The Santa Barbara County blaze, 250 miles to the northwest, was 50 percent contained Wednesday morning. Firefighters also adjusted its size downward to 600 acres.
Neither blaze caused any home damage or injuries, but another hot, dry and gusty day was expected as California baked in a spring heat wave as high pressure sat over the West.
"We believe we have a pretty good handle on it," San Diego Fire Chief Javier Mainar said. "We hope to do some more work through the night and into tomorrow, but I think the largest part of the emergency has passed."
The flames erupted in the fire-prone Rancho Bernardo area of the city, driven by hot, dry Santa Ana winds.
By late afternoon, the flames ripped through canyons to approach expensive homes and new subdivisions on the ridges. It spread to Rancho Santa Fe, one of the nation's wealthiest communities, known for its multimillion-dollar homes, golfing and horseback riding.
Black and gray smoke billowed over northern San Diego, filled with whirling ash and embers that created small spot fires. Flames crept within yards of some homes before firefighters doused them.
On one road, people on bicycles and skateboards stopped to watch as a plane dumped water on flames a half-mile away. At least two high schools and three elementary schools were evacuated.
Cameron Stout, filling his tank at a gas station, got a text from his wife shortly after noon saying that she was packing up and leaving with the family's pictures, laptops and other valuables. Their next-door neighbor's home burned in a fire 15 years ago, he said.
"This area's been through this before," he said. "I thought the recent rains would have prevented this from happening. But after a couple days of 100 degrees, it's reversed all that."
Katy Ghasemi, 14, was held for hours in her high school classroom before the school let the children go home. Students studied, ate lunch, did yoga and looked out the windows at the fire.
"There were a lot of flames. Some were right near the front gate," she said.
The city of San Diego issued between 16,000 and 17,000 evacuation orders, according to San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore. Gore said the Sheriff's Department issued an additional 5,000 evacuation orders outside city limits. All the evacuations were called off by around 9 p.m.
Meanwhile, in the Santa Barbara County community of Lompoc, heavy brush and downed power lines provided special challenges for firefighters, said David Sadecki of the county Fire Department.
Chrissy Cabral, 57, rounded up friends to help her remove 19 head of cattle she keeps at a ranch after the fire shifted directions. She said firefighters warned her: "Get out now."
"It was very high flames, very dark," she said.
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I love this thread! I have a PA mom and am just now learning how to deal with her and I'm 38.I still haven't found the answer to, "Was I bad mother?" (Well yes and no.) I guess I could ask, "When?"
Spookycatlady's wedding story reminded me of my own. My dad threw a fit when my sister got married about walking her down the aisle and even showing up because "he hated that kind of thing" and didn't want to dress up. Sheand my mom literally cried and begged him to until he relented and showed up. When I got married about ten years later, I was expecting the same reaction. I had been down that road with him before about my high school graduation (that's a whole other story) so I was prepared. When he said he didn't think he would be able to come and didn't want to walk me down the aisle, I just smiled and said, "Okay, I have already talked to Friend and he is more than willing to do the job." He started sputteringand acting offended and saying, "You know I'm kidding!" I let him know that his games and manipulations wouldn't work on me anymore. I will say that he never pulled those stunts with me anymore after that because I just called him on it.
Who are all these women asking 'Was I a bad mother?' That would never occur to my mom. She wasn't a bad mother, but I was her first, so somewhat experimental. Now, HER mother - she WAS a bad mother. And in complete denial about it.
Well, we entered the house - and that's when we saw torn wrapping paper and unwrapped gifts everywhere. My husband, who normally wouldn't say boo to a goose, was furious and asked his mother why they hadn't waited for us. She said airily "Oh, the kids got so excited; they couldn't wait."
BabyMama, no wonder you said in the other thread that you didn't want to see your parents fro Christmas.
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I'm working on setting up a FB sister site 'Handwritten Recipes.'
It will feature the recipes I come across when sorting through books. I have posted these on FB in the past, and I thought it would be nice to have them all in one place. I have a few up already:
http://www.handwrittenrecipes.com (BETA)
Always wanted to say that.
I'm also working on a super-secret project.
I'll let you know when it launches, or drops, or whatever happens with websites.
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- G said...
I just found your site via the Blogs of Note gizmo on my iGoogle page. What a treasure! I can't wait to see what fantastic things you have to share with us - especially those handwritten recipe cards!
- August 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM
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- August 19, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- stoplookingatfood said...
interesting! just started reading your posts recently! looking forward to the 'super secret' project....
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- August 19, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- Samantha said...
I love this blog and your recipe blog. It is so interesting what you can find in books,and what it might say about the people who owned the books. You have a very interesting collection and it has inspired me to find something cool and unusual to collect. http://www.moderndiarist.com/
- August 24, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- California Girl said...
great idea. takes publishing your mom's recipes a few steps further. are you going to test any of them or let your readers do it?
- August 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM
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i would love to do a proper recipes blog with big fancy food porn photography and descriptions, but I just don't have the time. If anyone tries one, let me know how it came out.
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Story highlights
- Hollande says France and Germany want to set a code of conduct with United States
- Germany's Angela Merkel says the spying claims have "severely shaken" trust
- Madrid summons U.S. ambassador over spying allegations
- Merkel faces pressure on the matter back home, where her party is in coalition talks
European leaders warned Friday that reports of widespread spying on world leaders by the U.S. National Security Agency have raised "deep concerns" among Europeans and could affect the cooperation needed for effective intelligence gathering.
"A lack of trust could prejudice the necessary cooperation in the field," the leaders said in a joint statement issued at the conclusion of a two-day European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that Madrid has summoned U.S. Ambassador James Costos over the matter. The U.S. Embassy in Madrid declined to comment, saying that Rajoy's statement stands for itself.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the assertions that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on her and other world leaders had "severely shaken" relationships between Europe and the United States, and trust will have to be rebuilt.
"Obviously, words will not be sufficient," Merkel told reporters Thursday in Brussels. "True change is necessary."
Germany and France intend to seek talks with the United States "with the aim of finding before the end of the year an understanding on mutual relations in that field," the EU leaders' statement said. Other nations are welcome to join these talks, it noted.
French President Francois Hollande, speaking in Brussels, said the aim of the talks would be to establish a joint cooperation framework with the United States "so we put an end to these practices and ... these monitoring schemes."
Hollande said there is an "ongoing dialog" with the United States over its past actions, but the priority is establishing a "code of conduct" for the present and future.
This is essential because France and its European allies "cannot accept" the kind of monitoring which has gone on, whose purpose "is not just political -- it is mainly an economic issue," Hollande said.
"It is relevant to the markets, to the prices, to the mergers and acquisitions. This is where the monitoring may have the highest impact -- on jobs in particular," he said.
The main purpose of intelligence efforts is tackling terrorism and ensuring security, he said, but no one should have to fear their personal data being used.
Meanwhile, Merkel is under pressure to take a strong stance back home, where her conservative party is in negotiations with the Social Democratic Party, known as the SPD, to form a grand coalition government.
In remarks quoted Friday by the German newspaper Der Spiegel, SPD chief Sigmar Gabriel criticized the outgoing government's handling of spying allegations made this summer.
"Of course, it is outrageous that an American secret service would tap the chancellor's cell phone," Gabriel said. "I recall quite well, though, that some politicians and, by the way, the media, too, declared the NSA affair as over and done with. We cannot repeat that error."
Gabriel said the SPD would "vehemently push in the coalition talks for the effective protection, not only of the chancellor's privacy, but just as hard for that of 82 million other citizens in Germany.
"It's about more than just a bugging scandal with the chancellor. It's about freedom and civil rights in the digital age."
At the summit, EU leaders discussed data protection and privacy.
'Lack of trust'
Angela Merkel raised the surveillance issue in a phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday after the German government said it had information that the United States might have monitored her cell phone.
On Thursday, White House spokesman Jay Carney repeated what he had said Wednesday -- that Obama assured Merkel that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor her communications. He did not say anything about possible past monitoring.
The German spying allegation came in the same week that the French daily newspaper Le Monde reported claims that the NSA intercepted more than 70 million phone calls in France over a 30-day period.
Der Spiegel reported in June that leaks from government contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden detailed how the agency bugged EU offices in Washington and New York, and conducted an "electronic eavesdropping operation" that tapped into an EU building in Brussels.
Merkel spoke with Obama by phone in July about allegations that the United States was conducting surveillance on its European allies.
The Guardian newspaper -- citing a document obtained from Snowden -- reported Thursday that the NSA monitored phone conversations of 35 world leaders. The confidential memo is from 2006, prior to Obama's election as president. None of the world leaders is identified.
Their phone numbers were among 200 handed over to the NSA by a U.S. official, the memo states. It says that the NSA encouraged "senior officials in its 'customer' departments, such as the White House, State and the Pentagon, to share their 'Rolodexes' so the agency can add the phone numbers of leading foreign politicians to their surveillance systems," even though tracking until then had yielded "little reportable intelligence," the Guardian reported.
'Significant challenges'
In a USA Today op-ed published online Thursday night, Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco conceded that recent "disclosures have created significant challenges in our relationships." To address them, the President has ordered a "review (of) our surveillance capabilities, including with our foreign partners," she wrote.
"We want to ensure we are collecting information because we need it and not because we can," said Monaco.
Michael Desch, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, said this is "an important piece of evidence that our technological capabilities have far outstripped our thinking about how we should use those capabilities to best advance U.S. national security."
While the allegations of U.S. spying on world leaders will soon drop out of the headlines, Desch said, "the larger problem of the disconnect between our capabilities and our thinking about how to use them (will) remain for years to come."
He added the diplomatic fallout resulting from the controversy "should encourage U.S. leaders to ask, even if we have the technical capability to target these leaders, whether it is in our interest to do so."


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Orange San Diego Intel-based Android phone
First Atom-powered smart talker
Power talk
The San Diego has a built-in 1460mAh battery which proved good for two days of solid use so Intel's claims that its new Atom chips perform better on this front than many ARM-based phones seem justified - it's not like an excessive CPU power-draw is being masked by an over-large battery. As a more empirical test I looped a 720p MP4 video with the screen at 50 per cent brightness and managed 4hrs 40mins from a full charge.
8Mp stills and 1080p video capture sound impressive, but the image quality is lacklustre
If you want to save power by switching your handset off completely the San Diego has you covered – from stone cold dead to fully functional takes a brisk 22 seconds.
Finding Android running on Intel shouldn't come as that big of a surprise. Android, at the end of the day, is Linux by another name and Linux works fine on x86 chips. More to the point, Intel and Google have been huddled in a corner tweaking Android to run on x86 chips since early 2011.
When it comes to apps the 75-80 per cent of those in the Play Store – running on the Dalvik virtual machine and using the Android Framework – work out of the box. This leaves only those Dalvik VM apps that use JNI (Java Native Interface) libraries built for ARM-only or NDK (Native Development Kit) applications needing recompilation. However, Intel says its on-the-fly Binary Translator has most of these covered.
There are however some downsides to buying an Intel x86 phone with an uncommon screen resolution. I quickly stumbled across several popular games including Sprinkle, Cordy, Osmos HD, Shadowgun and Temple Run that wouldn't instal on the San Diego and nor did the official BBC iPlayer app or the new Firefox browser. Hopefully, the developers will get re-coding and plug these gaps. A powerful CPU and high-DPI screen make the San Diego a great gaming machine but only if there is a decent selection of titles available.
Perhaps of less importance to the target audience but a big disappointment for the modding community is that the San Diego's bootloader seems to be locked down tighter than a missile silo at DEFCON 1, so you are cut off from the joys of custom ROMs and rooting.
Handsomely specified and cleverly priced, the Orange San Diego offers a lot of phone for the money. That said, it's a bit short on style, has a so-so camera, doesn't support a lot of popular gaming titles and at launch Ice Cream Sandwich is a promise, rather than a reality. However, the last two points are likely to be remedied in due course. The screen is a gem though, performance strong and battery life good. It also renders web pages with truly dazzling speed and can play 1080p video. With this debut handset, the future with Intel and Android is bright... and Orange. ®
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Legless Swede attempts to row home
From Denmark...
A 78-year-old Swede has earned himself a place in hard-drinking lore by attempting to row home after a robust session in the Danish town of Helsingor - an ill-advised venture since it involved a 5km (3 mile) paddle across the Oresund Strait to Helsingborg.
The unnamed amateur oarsman, having apparently soaked up a skinful, was left without cash for the ferry back to his native land. Accordingly, he stole a dinghy and set off across the busy shipping lane, but dropped off halfway across and drifted oblivious until coastguards discovered him still akip in the vessel.
He was returned to Denmark and put on a ferry as soon as he'd sobered up, Danish news service Ritzau reports. According to Reuters, the dingy's owner will not press charges. ®
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As a craft brewer who fills both glass bottles and aluminum cans with delicious beers, we inevitably receive questions (and have our own) regarding the environmental impact of each container. A comprehensive, unbiased study comparing the total environmental impact of glass bottles to that of aluminum cans does not exist. So we see a lot of guessing going on out there and many of those guesses are being stated as though they were ultimate facts.
Below are some questions we hear often along with answers based on the research we've done. Remember, though, that since a comprehensive study has never been conducted, we don't really know which container is ultimately environmentally superior.
Which container is sustainable?
Neither! Both containers have a net negative impact on the environment.
Okay, well which container comes closest to being sustainable?
With the data we have reviewed, no clear winner.
The beginning of the lifecycle of the aluminum can (mining of bauxite, smelting of aluminum) has a larger impact than glass. But later in their lifecycles, the glass bottle has the larger impact (heavier to transport and more difficult to recycle). At the end of the day it's possible they even out.
The best container is the one that ends up in the recycling bin.
Both aluminum and glass can be recycled an infinite number of times and doing so has many benefits:
- Reducing impact from mining virgin material (The mining of bauxite for aluminum is highly toxic to the land due to the chemicals used in the process. The mining of the materials needed to make glass is also destructive, but less so).
- Reducing energy required to melt virgin material (melting recycled material requires less heat: Recycled aluminum uses 95% less energy and recycled glass uses 30% less energy.)
Improving the U.S. economy
- Americans landfill $2 billion worth of aluminum every year!
- Create more jobs (recycling offers jobs in the U.S. while mining occurs outside the U.S.)
But I thought cans are more sustainable because they are lighter to ship?
It is true that the transportation of cans, since being lighter and stacking better, requires less fuel and is therefore more ecofriendly than the transportation of bottles. However, this is only one little segment of the entire lifecycle of the container and not enough info to make a verdict. It would be like saying, "Well, I got an 'A' in my freshman history class, so that means I graduated college with a 4.0 GPA." We wish! But remember, we also had calculus classes and biochemistry and perhaps the occasional hangover, and so most of us didn't achieve A's throughout the lifecycle of our college career. Just like our GPA depends on several steps throughout our college life, the sustainability of one container or another depends on the many steps throughout its own lifecycle (from mining all the way to disposal).
But I thought glass bottles were more sustainable because the mining of bauxite to make aluminum was so destructive and toxic?
The same notions apply here as to the question above. Yes, mining of bauxite has giant ecological impacts that are arguably greater than those of mining sand for glass. But, again, it's only one segment of the story.
What can beer drinkers do to make a meaningful difference?
- Recycle your cans and bottles.
- If you are at a bar or restaurant that doesn't offer recycling, encourage them to do so. If they don't know where to start, tell them they can find recycling facilities here: http://earth911.com/ or request a meeting with their local waste hauler.
- Little nerd note: Glass is difficult to pull out at a sorting facility, so throwing it in your commingled bin doesn't ensures it will be recycled. Implementing a glass-only recycling bin will give the glass the best chance of being recycled. And, of course, the glass needs to stay glass-only until it reaches the recycler!
How can my love for drinking beer have the absolute lowest impact today?
Drink draft beer out of a reusable cup.
What is New Belgium Brewing doing to make a difference?
- Conducting and commissioning studies that help us to better understand the environmental impact of our beverage containers and our opportunities to improve it.
A greenhouse gas (GHG) study was commissioned in 2011 comparing the GHG emissions of the two containers. ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND that GHG emissions are ONLY ONE part of the story. Not considered in this study are toxicity, water quality and quantity, biodiversity, human health and total ecosystem health. The results of this study, while important to know, are not an absolute verdict on these packages, only a segment of the story. The results of the study showed aluminum cans having fewer GHG emissions than glass bottles. However, the main contributor to this difference was the fact that factories melting glass are getting their power from fossil fuels (high GHG emissions) and factories smelting the aluminum are strategically sourcing their power from hydro (which requires reservoirs & dams, but avoids the GHG emissions from fossil fuels). Of course, hydro power looks great through the lens of GHG emissions. However, generating hydro power requires rivers to be diverted and dammed – a process that has severe ecological effects not accounted for in GHG emissions studies and a process that New Belgium has actively opposed in Colorado and throughout the U.S.
- Decreasing the weight of our bottles, therefore reducing resource consumption and the impact of bottle transportation.
- We are helping to lead an industry-wide effort initiated by Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) to increase recycling of consumer packaging and printed materials 20% by 2015. This is a HUGE step.
- Through our participation in Future500, we are monitoring potential legislation around packaging called Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), a strategy that "uses financial incentives to encourage manufacturers to design environmentally-friendly products by holding producers responsible for the costs of managing their products at end of life."
- Striving for strokes of genius that will land a revolutionary packaging idea into our laps!
Your friends,
-the NBB Team Sustainability
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As we approach the second anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, for many, the recovery journey continues.
A new exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand will give Wellingtonians the opportunity to reflect on the stories of those Cantabrians who lived through the earthquake, and discover the universal lessons learned from the aftermath, which are relevant to all New Zealanders.
The exhibition, by Christchurch-based photographer and writer Guy Frederick, is entitled 'The Space Between Words'. The series of photographs and narratives showcase a range of deeply personal and powerful stories told by 14 survivors of the Christchurch earthquakes.
After the February 2011 earthquake - and with a 2011 NZ Mental Health Media Grant - Guy went out into the community and documented a cross-section of recovery stories.
The finished project shares the personal experiences of these individuals and their varied responses to the earthquakes. It features traditional portraits of each storyteller sitting in the same chair, but the background differs according to his or her story.
One woman sits amongst the rubble that used to be her back garden; another is seated inside her damaged house. The juxtaposition of the traditional poses with the unruly and deeply personal backgrounds lends the exhibition its intensity.
Guy's exhibition is part of the library's Big Data exhibition, a six-month public programme.
"Big Data is all about change," says Guy. "Big Data explores, in part, the way that change is often not evolutionary but punctuated by a cataclysmic event, be it physical, social, technological - and that's exactly the type of change Cantabrians have had to deal with."
"One of the primary goals of my project was to share positive mental health messages. Post-traumatic stress is generally associated with a one off event so, as the aftershocks have continued, so too have the compounding nature of their impact on mental distress."
Guy hopes viewers will come away acknowledging that it is okay to feel overwhelmed sometimes, and when required to allow the time and space to heal without judgement. One of the most important messages is to ask for help when you need it – perhaps one of the hardest things for many New Zealanders to do.
Guy says the Turnbull Room is a great space for his exhibition. "It is a very contemplative space and there is a lot to reflect on in these stories. The stories shared by the individuals are not controversial or sensational. They are about the unspoken stuff - their thoughts and feelings. The room suits the subject material perfectly," he says.
'The Space Between Words' exhibition is located on the ground floor of the Molesworth Street National Library, and is open to the public from 8.30am to 5.00pm, entry is free and the exhibition runs until April 30, 2013.
Guy's project was funded by a 2011 New Zealand Mental Health Media Grant (www.mediagrants.org.nz).


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Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I finished Cuttlefish by Dave Freer not long ago, and was thrilled to discover that there will be another book featuring Clara and Tim. There is no plot synopsis yet. The Steam Mole is high on my wish list anyway. In stores December 2012.
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This is the question I was thinking last night when Willie Randolph chose to keep Guillermo Mota in to hit with the bases loaded and two outs in the 6th. The run expectancy for that situation must be more than a run (1.54 runs for a single, 2-3 runs for an XB hit).
A laptop would have provided a quick sanity check--i.e., is this a wise decision? The data shows that this is not a good move. Essentially Randolph was giving away an offensive run in a relatively late and close situation, hoping to save a run by allowing his preferred bullpen arm to pitch the next inning. (Ironically, Mota fell apart in the next inning.)
Why is it that every other profession in America puts laptops or computers in the hands of managers/decision-makers? Even pro football coordinators have laptops in the booth. I'm trying to avoid the simple, cynical answer (e.g., baseball coaches are backwards, etc.).
Is it a social thing--no coach wants to be the first one to show up with a laptop in the dugout?
Or are laptops actually there, and bench coaches keep them out of sight in the dugout or clubhouse?
Is it that the bench coach and manager have sufficient data in their hands via other means (e.g., computer printouts)?
Is it a cultural thing--baseball managers are expected to make decisions based on gut feelings?


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Three adults died and a fourth person was hospitalized after a carbon monoxide poisoning inside a home in Plaistow, N.H., fire officials said Tuesday.
"The moral of the story is, you need to keep batteries in your carbon monoxide detector," state Fire Marshal J. William Degnan said in a phone interview. ". . . Someone had moved the batteries [from the victims' detector]. That was a deadly decision."
Firefighters and police were called to 5 Center Circle at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after a friend of the victims was unable to contact them, said Degnan and the Plaistow Fire Department.
The deceased victims, a woman and two men, were found "unconscious and unresponsive in the home," the Fire Department said, and the fourth person, a man, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Degnan said the victims ranged in age from their 30s to 40s.
He said the fourth person was in serious condition when he was taken to the hospital. The man's condition could not be determined Tuesday night.
Autopsies on the other victims are planned for Thursday, Degnan said. Officials did not identify the victims.
Degnan said he did not know if they were related. A neighbor told the Associated Press that the four were roommates.
"The source of the carbon monoxide has been determined to be from the home's propane-fired heating system," the Fire Department said.
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Just last week, Degnan had urged New Hampshire residents to take precautions to prevent carbon monoxide and fire-related tragedies.
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The Decimated Defense, Part III: the Resuscitating
Why was I so feared, and you so loved? What was it? I was no less honorable. I wanted to do good. What betrayed me? My mind? My heart? Why do I condemn myself so? I swear, on the lives of my children: Give me a chance to redeem myself, and I will sin, no more.
If you have followed this series, you are now familiar with the message: light but focused recruiting plus really bad attrition equaled a defense with some really great players and some suicidal kittens.
Here's a question: based on recruiting and retention from 2006 to the present, how good will Michigan's defense be this year?
This diary will look at the talent on Michigan's roster in 2010 versus that of 2009, plus that of two rivals in that time, to try to get an idea of what kind of team we will be looking at this coming season.
In the first, we met the family.
In the second, we saw that family destroyed.
Today, I bring you Part III.
You know, the one that's chronologically incompatible with the other two, with the substantially lower production values, that rehashes old characters and plotlines from the previous flicks in order to squeeze more cachet out of the franchise.
In the third (and final?) installment of the Decimated Defense Trilogy, I will look to the future, comparing Michigan's 2010 defensive roster and attrition numbers against those of last year, and also against 2009 and 2010 for two relevant rivals: Ohio State and Michigan State.
Still interested? [ED: YES YOU ARE.]
Justify Your Existence
Here's an adage: "Defense wins championships."
Here's proof of that adage, thanks to MCalibur:
Things go into goodness of defenses. Things like coaching. Like scheme. Like experience. Like training. I cannot qualify these.
It's also about depth, because the weakness of your weakest link matters more than the awesomeness of your best link.
And it's about talent (whether athleticism or intellect). And that is what I shall attempt to quantify and qualify with regard to next season's defense in Ann Arbor.
Again, I used Rivals Ratings as the metric for measuring talent. It's not exact, but a highly ranked recruit is more likely to become a better player and vice versa, and over a large enough sample, e.g. several recruiting classes, we know that recruiting rankings do matter.
Recruiting rankings and hype, of course, go hand-in-hand. This is because recruit rating is a metric of potential, not performance. When a program signs more recruits of higher rating, what the program is getting is a better pool from which it must ultimately draw its level of performance.
Practical application: Michigan State didn't have a better defense than Michigan last year because Greg Jones is better than Brandon Graham, but because their worst player was the best that could be drawn from a large group of 3-stars, while our worst player was the best that could be drawn from L.S.A.
As before, you are welcome to have at my Excel file.
Great News Everybody: We Have … Dudes!
Attrition didn't end entirely. Here's what we lost from the 2006 (5th year seniors this year) through 2010 classes:
|What happened?
|Jason Kates
|Left team
|Cobrani Mixon
|Left team
|Quintin Patilla
|Left team
|Quintin Woods
|Left team
|Brandon Graham
|Steve Brown
|Austin Panter
|Artis Chambers
|Left team
|Marell Evans
|Left team
|Donovan Warren
|Early NFL
|Boubacar Cissoko
|Left team
|Marcus Witherspoon
|Did not qualify
|Taylor Hill
|Left team
|Brandon Smith
|Left team
|Adrian Witty
|Did not qualify (may return)
The bold/italics are the guys lost since last November.
Speaking just for next year, all four were the worst kind of attrition: two thirds of the team's blue chips, and two more high-four stars. Where blame lies for them, well, Graham you can't blame on anyone since he was an important backup for the 2006 team as a freshman and became a mid-1st round NFL draft pick. Steve Brown could have benefited from a redshirt (and also four years of Greg Robinson).
Smith and Warren are on Rich Rod. From Warren's comments, through family, it seems he still kind of felt like he was part of a Michigan that wasn't there anymore, which, for better or worse, is Rich Rodriguez's fault. If ultimately his regime shift creates a leaner, stronger Michigan, it will be worth alienating some of the better legacy players. Smith was a Lloyd recruit who hung on until he didn't know why he was hanging on anymore.
That is the price you pay for the life you choose.
Remember how last year we only had 28 recruited players on the defensive roster? Now we are up to 43.
|Def. Recruits
|On Roster
|On Roster %
|Mich '09
|Mich '10
This is just a handful fewer recruited defensive players on the roster than Ohio State and Michigan State had last season. It's the same amount that Dantonio will take into battle (bad choice of words?) this fall.
The notorious 58.33-percent attrition from last year has evaporated; we are now in about the same range as Ohio State for pure retention, leapfrogging Michigan State in the process.
The biggest difference – and this is also good news – comes from the 5th Year Seniors. The 2005 class left zero (0, zilch, nada, personne) players for the 2009 team. Despite the departures of Brown and Graham, the 2010 Michigan Defense will still have four returning 5th Year men. These are:
|Jonas Mouton
|Adam Patterson
|Greg Banks
|Obi Ezeh
None of them are stars. Banks and Patterson will back up the defensive line, while Obi and Mouton are being pushed by others (one a walk-on) for their starting roles. But they're 5th year seniors, playing under the same defensive coordinator for a second year in a row, both luxuries we did not have last year.
Warm body count is simply depth. This year, there will be, on average, just under four scholarship players for each defensive position. If three out of every four of them was a 4-star recruit or better (and half of them were upperclassmen), this would be about as good as good as 2009 Ohio State.
So, are they that much better?
|Def. Recruits
|4*+ Recruits
|4-5* %
|4*+ Retained
|4*+ Ret %
|Mich '09
|Mich '10
Kinda. No, not really.
The percentage of 2006-'10 recruits who are highly (4 or 5 stars) rated for Michigan are much better than Michigan State, and a bit under Ohio State. This actually went down from last year, as Rich Rod replaced the outgoing talent with whatever he could get his hands on. Michigan State improved, from about 15 percent to almost 20 percent, but anyone who tells you "Michigan State is just as big as Michigan" are kidding themselves.
Retention rates for the highly talented only went up a bit this year, with the four losses above keeping Michigan from Ohio State's 70- to 80-percent clip.
What this means: we have just two more players rated four stars or above on the roster this year over last. It helps. But we didn't get exponentially more talented. The gains came by filling with young 3-stars.
The recruiting distribution shows a bit of this story:
I figure you can guess which school is which by the colors.
Michigan State hasn't changed all that much in recruiting (their one major difference is Gholston). Ohio State is a bit below last year's high.
Remember last year how Michigan looked like Penn State on this graph? Now they look like Ohio State, i.e. Ohio State Lite (they have a big handful of top recruits that we don't).
Not as nice as Ohio State, because we haven't recruited as many of those really top echelon guys. But not really ugly. Against next year it looks better. And yeah, MSU looks about where it was last year: lots of 3-stars but precious few 4 and 5 stars.
Statement: Michigan has a fairly talented defense in 2010, and not in the "only a few talented guys and that's it" kind of way we were in 2009.
Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind; Michigan State, you are Joey Zasa.
But talent's not the only story.
When I'm Dead, I'm Gonna Be Really Smart
"Maybe you should come with me for a few weeks. See what happens. See how much you learn. Then, we'll talk about your future."
Remember: experience matters (just ask the Mathlete!)
Any prediction for this year's defensive performance is thus predicated on how much time the guys have played. The Mathlete looked only at starts, but the experience metric that coaches talk most often about is "time in the system," not starts.
First, a review of the go-to chart from last year: talent distribution of upperclassmen.
…and the flipside:
Figure 3 is more relevant to next year's performance. As we can see, last year was very thin – one or two guys recruited at each level. All told, 11 recruits, meaning if everybody played up to their hype (which never ever happens), we would have had an upperclassman team with some really good players and some really mediocre players. This year, there's a little more play but it's not all that different. Specifically, the tradeoff in upperclass talent is a likely Brandon Graham (6.1) and Renaldo Sagesse (5.6) for two likely Ryan Van Bergens (5.8) and an Obi Ezeh (5.5).
Straight-up, it's probably not a difference, meaning the performance level that Michigan's defense gets from its upperclassmen in 2010 will probably be about what it got from its upperclassmen in 2009. It is still well below that of Ohio State, and like last year, is drawing from a significantly smaller but significantly more talented pool than Michigan State.
Figure 4 tells the other side: we now have a more-than-respectable pool of low 4- to high 3-star talent of young depth players. The 5.6 to 5.8 pool is where you find guys like Mike Martin, Troy Woolfolk, Michael Williams, Brandon Herron, Cobrani Mixon, et al. What I mean is they're a crapshoot: some might become NFL-potential stars right away (Martin), some might become good players as upperclassmen, a good many become mediocre or depth players, and others end up being unremarkable linebackers at Division II schools. For the future, this is a good sign, although the lack of underclassman blue chips – what happens when you win just 8 games in two years – makes a truly elite defense before 2013 unlikely. For this year, it seems there is a large enough pool of young guys to present, conservatively, one or two more solid-to-very-good starters.
Also: Michigan State's youth = Ohio State Lite.
Then again, that's only if the talent is spread out evenly between the various sub-units: line, linebackers, and backfield.
A tough guy? I don't need tough guys. I need more lawyers.
Sometime before this offseason mercifully ends, an MGoBlogger will write a Diary in which he runs down the expected starters and applies recruiting/spring hype to replacements in order to demonstrate why this team should be "solid." Whether or not the word "stud" is deployed in this hypothetical diary, it will assuredly include something like the following:
"Defensive Line: Brandon Graham's loss will be felt, but Roh, Martin and Van Bergen all return, with [prize horse metaphor] recruit William Campbell, a sophomore, ready to step in."
From there, in order to maintain this "solid" conclusion, I predict the optimism-to-realism of expectations ratio will rise exponentially as the position gets further from the line of scrimmage.
The units, we know, are not even, but they could perhaps be better than they were last year. And because this is MGoBlog, we way we look at this is…
How to read: The warmer the color, the better. For the Talent charts, Red is a 5-star, Orange is a 4-star, etc. For the Class charts, Red is a 5th Year Senior, Orange a Senior or RS Junior, Yellow a Junior or RS Soph, Green a Sophomore or RS Freshman, Blue an Incoming Freshman.
This year:
Last year:
Defensive line loses Graham, yes, but it still looks mighty good, with very good talent, depth and experience. A dropoff from last year could be minimal.
Linebacker, which has one more scholarship player than it did in 2009, is now the least deep position (where it was the most). The talent level is okay-ish, a bit below last year, though bolstered with a few more low 4-stars it didn't have before. The experience level is better at the top, with two 5th year seniors (Obi and Mouton).
Defensive back is radically changed. The talent level is, on average, lower, but out of double the pool. Experience, even with a boatload of true freshmen and a junior starter leaving for the NFL, only went down slightly, though it did this partly by the squad acquiring players from the offensive side (Teric Jones and Cam Gordon). There is a bit more talent here than in the linebacking corps, but it is so darn-tootin' inexperienced, their 2010 season looks likely to elicit a certain, common pre-teen malady from sportswriters on multiple occasions.
Just so you know that all the blue on the right isn't normal, and all the orange on the left is pretty okay but not awesome, here's this year and last year for a couple of land grant state schools that we play every year:
Ohio State 2010:
Ohio State 2009:
Michigan State 2010:
Michigan State 2009:
- See what I mean by young? The 2009 and 2010 classes make up about half of each unit for our rivals; for us it's about 75 percent.
- Again, Michigan State's talent pool is way below that of Michigan and Ohio State.
- Ohio State last year should very well have had an exceptional defense (and did). They had plenty of both talent and experience.
- tOSU should experience a very small dropoff this year, but is still a little more talented than Michgian and much, much more experienced.
- Holy hell does Dantonio love defensive linemen or what?
- MSU needs a big linebacker recruiting haul this year. They are moderately talented, but not very deep.
- Michigan is relatively very young.
- Michigan's 2009 team was an outlier, especially at defensive back.
- Unless a true freshman cornerback is a once-in-a-decade wunderkind, the Warren loss is going to haunt us all year.
Your Life Could be Redeemed, But I Know You Don't Believe That
We haven't learned much you didn't already know. The defense in 2010 is likely to be better, but only a little bit better than its 2009 disaster version. The high attrition that wrecked the last three Carr classes has been better to players recruited under Rich Rodriguez and Greg Robinson. We are not Michigan State; we are a very young, slightly worse Ohio State.
There is potential here. One of the kids could emerge. The defensive line actually looks like a really good defensive line, with the caveat that no unit that loses a Brandon Graham can actually get better.
Best guess, this year's defense is not going to live up to the classic defenses of 2006, 1997-98. If you are waiting for the trilogy to end with the family finally legit, then you underestimate how hard it really is to find legitimacy.
Especially with the young secondary coming in on the heels of a unit that played a walk-on extensively, there is bound to be at least one Sophia Coppola ruining most every scene she appears in.
And that means there will be moments of excruciating pain.
But with this great big pool to choose from all of a sudden, there's got to be at least one player, maybe two or three, who will emerge and really, really entertain us. Many, if not all of our favorite, characters will return so that we can witness their ends. So for those already familiar with the franchise, for those looking for good drama rather than another installment of the greatest story on celluloid, Michigan's 2010 defense will be, dare I say it, watchable.
And that's progress.
great job Mis
Hopefully at least 1 true freshman can emerge as a legitimate starter (like Craig Roh)
Excellent study in comparisons.
Godfather reference helps bring it all together.
credit Misopogal.
I was trying to describe to her how I see the 2010 Michigan defense -- and I said it's a disappointment because we have had some epic defenses in the last 20 years, but that it will at least be "watchable."
And she said "like Godfather III"
And I was like YEAH! and went off to her about Sophia Coppola as an allegory for Obi Ezeh, and she stopped listening entirely, so I figured I'd just pelt all of you guys with my thoughts instead because you listen to me...I mean you really really listen!
(had the charts all made since last week but needed motivation).
That last picture looks like Larry David, which is fitting.
Great job.
You mention the significance of this being the second year under Robinson, but it seems your prediction that the defense will be "slightly better" is based primarily on number of recruits, experience, and star ratings. So my question is, do you think that the year of continuity under Robinson actually gives the defense a good chance to be more than just slightly better? Have you ever analyzed the effects of consecutive years with the same coordinator?
Thanks, and great stuff as always!
I made passing reference to this earlier.
It just wasn't in the scope of this study. All I sought to show was the strength of the talent pool at Michigan, for the defensive unit as a whole, and for each subunit. If our players vastly outperform the expectations of a good d-line, meh linebacking unit and super duper young defensive backfield, then it follows that coaching made at least part of that difference. Probably luck as well.
That is a fantastic idea for future study, though.
to make this D hold water.
It's possible. Campbell pushing Martin to DT would be a start (I like the Thor for BG trade - but no Nordic God can replace that hole alone.) I saw signs of Campbell moving in this spring, but Magnus has moved him back to #2 behind Martin at NT on the unofficial 2 deep.
Injury made the data collection pretty poor as to what the DL plan might be. I'm hoping it will literally hold the line. (Ideally Martin dominates and RVB's experience rules.) If Banks is truly the best option then I would like to see him get it done.
Clearly one CB position is up for grabs. Hopefully we won't wait for a Horror show before starting a Freshman - if that is what the situation calls for. Michigan would have done better with Donovan from day one.
We definitely have the horses - new and old. Ezeh and Patterson (who is physically gifted) could make this D much more potent by stepping up.
Thanks for the analysis! This is good. MCalibur gets kudos for the graphic as well. It is a classic and bulletin board worthy in every locker room. Defense wins championships and will make or break this team.
I heart misopogon! How dreamy siiiiggggh...Thank you
I'm completely changing my predictions for the season outcome now...(him AND the Hulk on the D-line? C'mon!)
And though certainly accurate, I'm very afraid that we're headed for Godfather 3. If I have to put up with Sofia, I'm hoping someone gives me some Andy Garcia too to make up for it.
Which I guess means we're going to have to wait for Godfather 4...unless they reboot the franchise.
I could spend all day +1-ing Thor videos.
Enormous play with the "best link". Seems like something I linked to not that long ago
This is an awesome post. I was hoping for a better conclusion, but I guess I'll settle for "watchable" at this point.
But to get 7-8 wins, we don't need the '06 defense. I think just from looking at the talent we have on the roster (albeit raw as can be) we won't have to worry about a Darius Willis turning the corner on us.
I'd be interested to see how the multiple looks on defense will help us out. For example, moving around Roh and putting Kovacs in good situations will hopefully get the most out of what we have.
Interesting stat I saw the other day. Taking into effect redshirts the scholarship breakdown is as follows:
14 seniors, 14 juniors, 21 sophomores, and 36 freshmen
One of the best put together and well thought out posts I've ever seen here.
I agree, championship caliber teams always have an excellent defense. We are far from that but hopefully we'll see some improvement on defense this season. Enough to get us 7 wins and a bowl bid. If we start winning then the blue chip defensive players will start to choose M. My hope is that the offense will be a bit more mature and may help us to win some of those close b10 games this season. And there is a trend in place with RR. In 2008 only 3 wins, 2009 we had 5 wins...may be 2010 we'll have 7 wins...I hope! A NC will be at least 4 to 5 years down the road, that is assuming we continue to improve and we attract the top talent on defense once again.
I hope to God Brian is paying you for these columns. There's a William Shatner "Star Trek Convention" SNL skit that comes to mind when I read your columns.
Well done, but by God, nothing better to do?
If you spent as much time thinking "will Michigan's defense be any better this year?" as I do, you'd understand...
Yeah, you're putting a lot more thought into a question I think is properly answered by, "I think it probably will, there's a good chance of it, but then again, it might not. Hell, why don't we just wait until September and find out together?"
I'd WAY rather read threads entitled "how many games are we gonna win?" and "anything new on Demar Dorsey qualifying?"
this upcoming season has forced me to start routinely lying to my wife.
"Hey, what are you so serious/upset/concerned/excited about?"
I honestly think she'd rather hear me mention another woman than listen to another synopsis on the state of Michigan football. I know for a fact that it concerns her, in regards to my mental health, the amount of time spent thinking about something I have no control over.
Excellent work, Misopogon.
Mispogon has roughly 2700 fewer mgopoints than you do, with a start date of about a month earlier. You and he may be putting roughly the same amount of energy into posting. His apparently tend to be less frequent and more thoughtful.
Very well organized comparisons to our biggest rivals. And good to know that our defense should finally start seeing some improvement.
Is that right? In 2009, there were Campbell, Emilien, and Hawthorne, all of whom saw some playing time (the latter two mostly on special teams, I believe). That might help a bit from the perspective of coaching continuity -- these three basically came in with Gerg that Spring. That's good.
I think it's enough to hope for one of the 2010 class to be able to start. Maybe two if we count Justin Turner in the 2010 class even though he's a redshirt, since he basically had no chance last year after his NCAA Clearinghouse problems caused him to miss camp.
but we got the best charts!
Thanks for all the hard work!
Good stuff, Miso.
Reading your stuff always makes me feel like I need to step up my game in content and writing.
The GERG photoshop job cracks me up.
Really good stuff. So if our offense gets a B+ this year (just spitballing), and our defense gets a C (versus last year's D-), does that give the team a B- overall? Wouldn't a B- be 8 wins? 8 wins really feels right. Well not RIGHT, but correct.
Another thought for a future study that I've been wanting to tackle but lack the dedication, the true statistical advantages of over-recruiting (i.e. bringing in 28 recruits a year vs. 20ish).
Great idea to tackle this. A good point to build from is Meeechigan Dan's analysis. Putting names to the numbers as he did really brings out the impact.
Thanks for that. Now, you are required to continue this series at least once per week for the next 16 weeks. By mid-summer we will be in desparate need of real content.
Plus, I'm really curious what Godfather XIX would have looked like.
The Great-Grandson of Vincent Corleone vs. Godzilla in 3D
Great job, Misopogon.
I fear, however, that this defense may not be "watchable." Unstable ILB play + baby secondary is not a recipe for success. In the spring game, the 1st defense only forced the 2nd offense off the field on 3rd downs 3 out of 13 times. (Technically it was 6/13, which is still poor, but one was Tate's pooch punt, another was Tay's dropped TD pass, and another was followed by a 4th down conversion.) A major correction for this defense needs to be protecting vertical seams.
This will take some time. The question is, will the right people be patient enough?
that the best CB and quite possibly the best DL didn't see the field. Throw in the fact, that they played vanilla, didn't blitz, and couldn't hit the QB and the "spring scimmage" was set up for the offense.
I think they may surprise this year. D line should be as good and the LB and safety play can't get any worse than last year. They will need a find a way to get pressure on the QB and hopefully Gerg is working on different blitz packages now. Being with the same coordinator for the second year in a row (!!) should allow the D to react first instead of think then react allowing them to play faster.
They did blitz a little in the 3-3 package and used line stunts frequently. And if anyone was vanilla, it was the offense. Even if the defense was vanilla and w/o 2 starters, they should still wipe the floor with the 2nd offense.
A couple of guys go down in the defensive backfield this fall and our defense will drop from 'might be watchable' to 'probably toast'. Misopogan ably demonstrates the depth the 2010 Wolverines have, but unless all those children are above average, we really don't want to see the second team dbs playing substantial minutes in B10 games.
Unless we're up by 3 TDs, of course!
for nestling a Lake Wobegon reference among the Godfather 3 refs elsewhere
The second string offense had a qb who started 12 games last year and a lot of the same lineman as the first team offense.. Tate was scrambling around a lot against the first team D, which allowed them to do ok.
Yeah, but ...
Maybe Cam will turn out to be the second coming of Tripp Welborne. We might be so lucky.
I hope we are so lucky.
Please, please, let us be so lucky ....
Brian should hire you. Just sayin.
For those who find this exercise a naval-gazing waste of time, well then you shouldn't have bothered to read it, since you should already know what great posters like mathlete and misopogon do and don't do for us.
That said, here's an executive summary prediction that is broad and not particularly daring, but I think useful:
Both offense and defense will move up one quintile in FBS statistical rankings* -- the offense from 2nd to 1st and defense from the 3rd to the 2nd.
Five wins in 2009 confirmed the statistical ranking. 7 or 8 wins in 2010 would confirm my prediction.
* i.e., top 30 teams in total yardage and scoring are 1st quintile, found in the ncaa.org stats page (linked above).
I hope you are right, because fielding a top 30 offense and a top 60 defense is likely to be better than 7 or 8 wins. I only found one team that met that description that failed to end up with 9 or more wins (Oklahoma - 8-5).
I think we can all look back and say if we were just average on defense last year, there were three more games out there to win. If we can be average this year (or slightly below average with less turnovers on offense), I think we win enough (8-9 games) to keep RR and then have a good setup for next year.


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