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FONTANA, Calif. — Scott Dixon became the latest driver to deny Roger Penske an IndyCar championship, wrapping up his third title Saturday night in a race of attrition at Auto Club Speedway.
Will Power won the season finale — a year after he crashed in this race to blow his own title chances — to salvage the night for Penske Racing.
But it was Dixon and Chip Ganassi celebrating on the big stage as the New Zealander won his third series title, and Target Chip Ganassi claimed its 10th championship since 1990. Dixon wrapped it up with a fifth-place finish. He was the final car on the lead lap, and beat Helio Castroneves by 27 points for the title.
"When you've won a couple, they are all very different," Dixon said about his three titles. "This year has been far different in that midyear we didn't think we had a shot at the championship."
It wasn't incident-free. Dixon, also the series champion in 2003 and 2008, nearly overheated late in the race.
"We were freaking out," admitted team manager Mike Hull.
Penske has now been denied in the season finale six times since Sam Hornish won the organization its last IndyCar championship in 2006. Ganassi has won five championships in that span.
"I feel for Helio," Dixon said. "He ran a strong year. He's a hell of a competitor."
This one slipped away in spectacular fashion as Castroneves led the points after 14 races this season and took a 49-point lead over Dixon into the Houston doubleheader two weeks ago. But a gearbox issue in the first race, which Dixon won, saw his lead sliced to just eight points.
Then in the second race, Castroneves drove over a bump in the track to cause a catastrophic failure to his gearbox. Dixon finished second and left Houston with a 25-point lead.
"One weekend for us, unfortunately for us cost us a lot of points," Castroneves said. "We did everything we could to avoid any kind of mechanical failure and the only time all season we had any kind of mechanical failure, that's what cost us the season. This is the tough part of racing."
It backed Castroneves into a position of almost certainly needing to win Saturday night's finale to salvage the title. But with the big boss on his pit stand calling the race — Penske told The Associated Press before Houston he'd call the final three races of the season and "if there's any mistakes, any issues, you can blame it on me" — Penske made a mistake.
He called Castroneves to pit lane before the pits were open during a late caution, and Castroneves was penalized by IndyCar. He went from fourth to eighth after the drive-thru penalty.
"I'm so sorry," Penske radioed.
Castroneves downplayed the mistake.
"That was just a blip on the radar," he said.
Instead, contact later with Dixon teammate Charlie Kimball broke Castroneves' front wing. The stop to replace it dropped him a lap down, and Castroneves was the first car a lap down with his sixth-place finish.
"I feel for Helio," said Dixon. "He ran a strong year. He's a hell of a competitor."
For Power, who was racing as much to help Castroneves win the title as he was for himself, ended the night with what he called "the most satisfying win of my life." Power had gone into the finale three years in a row with the championship on the line, but hit a seam in the speedway last year and crashed.
He's struggled most of this year and didn't pick up his first win of the year until Sonoma in August. He then added another victory two weeks ago at Houston, and Saturday night's win was his second career victory on an oval.
"I wanted to do it so badly all year," Power said. "I knew in the early ovals, I just was kind of conservative because I just wanted to finish every lap. And this time I'm going for it."
Only nine cars were running at the end, and a six-car accident just past the halfway mark sent Justin Wilson to a local hospital for evaluation. IndyCar medical director Dr. Michael Olinger said Wilson suffered non-operable fractures to his pelvis and a small pulmonary contusion.
The accident began when Wilson's car wiggled as his rear tire was caught in a seam on the track. The Brit tried to save it as his car began to spin toward the wall, but as he lost control, Tristan Vautier drove directly into the side of Wilson's car.
"I didn't see him before I hit him. There was a big cloud of smoke. Didn't see what was happening," Vautier said.
It took the safety team several minutes to get Wilson out of his car. He was placed on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
The accident also collected Josef Newgarden, who in trying to avoid Wilson drove into Oriol Servia. James Jakes was also knocked out of the race, and in-car cameras showed a huge piece of debris sailing over his head.
"We were on the outside and in the smoke you lose perception of everything," Jakes said. "We lost our vision and then I got hit with the debris. Tough after starting fifth."
Simona de Silvestro's car suffered damage, but she was able to continue.
Before that, Carlos Munoz was impressive driving as the emergency replacement for E.J. Viso, who didn't make the trip to Fontana. Andretti Autosport said Viso was ill, although reports out of Venezuela indicated Viso could be affected by an investigation into the funding of motorsports drivers in that country.
So Munoz was given Viso's car to drive Saturday night, hours after winning the Indy Lights race for the second consecutive year. Munoz, who finished second in the Indianapolis 500 earlier this year, drove as high as second and was mixing it up with the leaders. But he was aggressive — too aggressive for Castroneves' team owner's liking — and Penske urged Castroneves to get away from Munoz.
It proved to be the correct advice when Munoz spun on Lap 101, ending his night.
"You were smart there. He was in totally over his head," Penske radioed Castroneves.


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The coalition government's e-petitions website is having a bit of a fail again today.
Presumably everyone is trying to sign up to the petition calling for all convicted rioters to "loose all benefits", including use of spell-check we assume.
We did manage to sneak in earlier and the vote stood at just short of 95,000. Should another 5,000 people manage to get onto the site and vote then the issue will be looked at by a Parliamentary committee which might decide on a full debate.
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THE sharemarket finished modestly higher, well off the day's peak, after weaker than expected Chinese trade figures raised fresh concerns over the slowing of the world's second-largest economy.
THE sharemarket finished modestly higher, well off the day's peak, after weaker than expected Chinese trade figures raised fresh concerns over the slowing of the world's second-largest economy.The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 6.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4557.9, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 6.5 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4562.4.Among the sectors, materials did most of the heavy lifting, up 0.9 per cent. Goldminers added 0.6 per cent and financials inched up 0.2 per cent.Health stocks struggled, dropping 1.5 per cent, energy slipped 0.3 per cent and consumer staples lost 0.4 per cent.Patersons Securities strategist Tony Farnham said good performances from base materials in the United States and Britain, as well as China's factory output rising to an eight-month high, helped lift mining heavyweights BHP and Rio Tinto.Rio Tinto added 1.9 per cent to $61.30, while BHP edged up 0.6 per cent to $34.95."Any of these partial indicators that indicate the Chinese economy has found a floor in terms of the growth slowdown we've seen of late is well received by the market," Mr Farnham said.But a later release of data from China showed that exports rose in November at a much weaker rate and imports were flat compared with the previous year. Chinese exports rose just 2.9 per cent from a year earlier, well below expectations of 9 per cent.As a result, the local market shed much of its gains after the announcement.Ten Network shares were the biggest loser for the day, down 9.1 per cent to 24.5?, after the broadcaster resumed trading following its deeply discounted $230 million capital raising. The drop was expected after it sold shares to institutions at 20? each.Southern Cross Austereo also struggled, falling 5.9 per cent to $1.04, after it pulled all advertising from its 2Day FM unit due to the growing controversy surrounding two of its hosts and their prank call to a London hospital.Elsewhere in the media, Fairfax Media dropped 1.1 per cent to 45.5?, Seven West Media lost 0.3 per cent to $1.58, while News Corp bucked the trend, adding 0.7 per cent to $24.42.Fortescue Metals jumped 6.9 per cent to $4.05 as the miner continued its efforts to reduce debt by preparing to sell down its stake in a joint venture with BC Iron.The Pilbara junior will pay Fortescue $190 million for an extra 25 per cent of the project.Among the banks, Westpac rose 0.6 per cent to $25.90 and NAB added 0.3 per cent to $24.58. CBA was relatively flat at $60.90 and ANZ slipped 0.2 per cent to $24.84.
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Vilsack in Iowa to announce new product grants
August 22nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is returning to Iowa to announce federal grants designed to encourage development of new value-added farm products and to discuss other rural development funding programs. Vilsack, accompanied by U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, will travel to a dairy operation in Ely in eastern Iowa and a food cooperative in Marshalltown.
They'll announce recipients of Value-Added Producer Grants for Iowa businesses. Money for the grants was increased in the 2014 Farm Bill. They also will discuss the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program which provides zero-interest loans and grants to utilities that lend funds to local businesses for projects to create and retain employment in rural areas.


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It's an autumn tradition for the Chicago Bulls to go on an extended series of road games so that one of three ongoing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tours can roll into the Chicago area for back-to-back engagements, first at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont (Nov. 1-11) and then at the United Center in Chicago (Nov. 20 through Dec. 1).
But local b-ball fans won't entirely miss out on the game since the unicycling basketball-playing King Charles Troupe is once again touring with the circus.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: "Built to Amaze!"Tickets: $15-$25; $40 VIP tickets; $50-$60 front-row
Location: Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont, (800) 745-3000 or ticketmaster.com or ringling.com
Showtimes: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 and 8; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 and 9; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 and 10; 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6; 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11
Location: United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago, (800) 745-3000 or ticketmaster.com or ringling.com
Showtimes: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20; 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21; 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22 and 23; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 and 30; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, and Dec. 1; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26; 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27; 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29
"It's actually a choreographed game of comedy basketball on unicycles," said Kip Jones, a multiyear veteran and now the current leader of the King Charles Troupe. "So we're passing, we're dribbling, we're shooting hoops and even jumping off and doing these amazing dunks -- the kind that you regularly see in the NBA."
The King Charles Troupe was the first all-African-American act employed by Feld Entertainment, the parent company that operates Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The troupe originally toured with the circus for 20 seasons starting in 1969, with a second generation returning in 1996 and now a third generation that rejoined in 2012.
The King Charles Troupe was incorporated into the "Red" circus tour "Built to Amaze!" The visual and storytelling concept is to give audiences a sense of how a circus is constructed from the blueprint stage to a fully realized flashy theatrical spectacle involving more than 110 performers from 17 different countries along with 95 exotic and domestic animals.
New for this 143rd circus edition is the Russian married couple Alex and Irina Emelin, who are responsible for a comical magical act involving exotic animals and 16 black-and-white poodles. Also new are the Tower Tumblers, competitive Ukrainian aerial athletes who can launch themselves from trampolines to scale, repel and pass through a three-story-high translucent tower.
But longtime circus fans will be pleased to see the return of The King Charles Troupe, which traces its origins back to 1918. That's when a young Jerry King sneaked into a circus performance in Tampa, Fla., and became fascinated with the unicyclist on a high wire.
The memory stuck with King so, when he started a family in the South Bronx in New York, he trained his son, Charles, and many of his friends to ride unicycles in the halls of their apartment buildings and the city parks.
"(Jerry King) was concerned about a lot of social evils that were surrounding the kids in the neighborhood, so he utilized the unicycle as a tool to help teach discipline and build character," Jones said.
One afternoon the troupe was practicing and a basketball rolled over from a nearby basketball court. One of the guys picked it up, shot it and made the hoop. Jones said that's how basketball became incorporated into the act.
The King Charles Troupe got its first break with Feld Entertainment in 1968, when it was hired to be a preshow entertainment for the circus outside of Madison Square Garden in New York. The audience response was so ecstatic that producer Irvin Feld hired the troupe to be a part of the show inside.
Though the King Charles Troupe, now based out of Las Vegas, has had its ups and downs through the years, the performers involved in the current incarnation are grateful to be back with Feld Entertainment, which itself is also seeing a third generation of producing leadership by Irvin Feld's granddaughters, Nicole and Alana.
"We've been received by the audience as well as the staff at Feld Entertainment with open arms," Jones said. "They have expressed their gratitude that we rejoined the circus, and we feel humbled to carry on the legacy of the King Charles Troupe."


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When Jayvon Felton's mom took him to the hospital in April, she thought he had a stomach virus. Instead, the 9-year-old was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and kept in intensive care for more than a month as his mother slept in a chair by his side, night after night.
While his recovery isn't over, the spirited fourth grader showed his courage and caring on Friday. He got a chance to try out his dream job: not a movie star, not a professional athlete, but Detroit police chief.
"When he was little, he always talked about the police, how they make things safe," Jayvon's mom, Amanda Clinkscales, told The Huffington Post. "He told me, 'Mom, when I get older I want to fight crime and help people.'" When he found out about Friday's adventure, "his bottom lip just dropped" in excitement, Clinkscales said.


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As wins go, this one was surprisingly equivocal.
After building its case against the Assistant Treasurer, Arthur Sinodinos, the opposition got its man just minutes before question time on Wednesday with the NSW Senator announcing he would be stepping aside from his ministerial duties, pending an investigation being undertaken by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Stepping aside? In reality, he has stepped down - or out, which is no small thing. His return to the executive is a possibility, but it is no certainty despite Tony Abbott's enthusiastic character references, which on Thursday extended to declaring ''he is a good man, he is a brave man, he is a friend and a colleague of which I'm proud''.
Experienced practitioner that he is, Abbott sold his first ministerial loss as the long-overdue return to Westminster standards of ministerial responsibility. This, even though he had simply backed Sinodinos to stay, refusing to act himself as prime ministers past have done. Neither will he say what he knew and when regarding his minister's pre-parliamentary dealings.
If a return to the highest standards of ministerial accountability was a stretch, Sinodinos' future restoration to a ministry responsible for, among other things, ensuring and protecting standards of corporate governance, may be an even greater one.
Ultimately, that will turn on what ICAC finds.
According to his own colleagues, anything short of a glowing vindication of his behaviour between 2008 and 2011 when he operated as a politically hyper-connected businessman will leave question marks over his diligence in observing directors' duties, at the very least.
Ministerial resignations are less common these days - after a literal application of the code of conduct saw John Howard terminate the commissions of half a dozen ministers in his first months. Some of these, it has been noted ruefully around Canberra this week, were for perceived conflicts of interest of significantly less potential moment than those now hanging over Sinodinos.
Yet there's a palpable sense that Labor MPs across the board have had trouble fully warming to this win.
This is odd because Capital Hill is normally a place where the indignation meter remains more or less stuck at somewhere near 11 out of 10. It was noticeable for instance that even at its most fulminating, Labor's case against him had this slightly dualistic character. On the face of it, imputations of conflict of interest, suspicious links with the notorious Eddie Obeid and family, and inferences of $20 million pay days, seemed compelling. Yet on closer inspection, they were incomplete, kept deliberately vague.
Labor's elder statesman, John Faulkner, gave precise voice to the problem, declaring, as the argument reached fever pitch in the Senate, that unlike some others, he ''did not and would not'' suggest Sinodinos had acted corruptly.
Even before that, the opposition had stopped short of calling explicitly for the head of the assistant treasurer.
First, it knew that Sinodinos had not been accused of any specific crime by counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson, SC. Rather he had been left in a kind of legal and political limbo, criticised rhetorically, and then put on notice of some difficult questions when he makes his own appearance before the inquiry in a fortnight.
Second, Labor MPs knew that the ICAC inquiry related to a period of time before Sinodinos had entered the Senate in late 2011.
Here, too, there was a dualistic character as Labor bristled at Abbott's gall in citing this pre-parliamentary defence, but stopped short of proving the prime ministerial double standard because to do so risked mentioning and being seen to be defending Craig Thomson.
Difficulties in classifying the so-called Sinodinos affair apply on the government side as well.
As one observer noted in a hallway conversation, the facts of this case would be slam-dunk against many people in politics. Yet in ''Arthur's'' case, it just seems unbelievable. The former Howard chief of staff is one of those rare types - think Kim Beazley, Brendan Nelson, Tim Fischer - a political player who is respected as a straight shooter across the aisle.
''If you drew up a list of people who might be susceptible to corruption, or might play fast and loose with the rules, then Arthur would probably be my number 150,'' quipped an MP who knows the Liberal servant well.
It is a common view. Indeed, it is Sinodinos' reputation for integrity and thoroughness that saw him installed in the Senate in the first place and then elevated to the Abbott ministry within his first term - albeit not to the cabinet as had been tipped.
At week's end, Tony Abbott's government has lost some shine. A cloud of impropriety now hangs over two of his junior ministers, Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash being the other.
Gone also is the clarity with which Abbott can hammer a favourite theme of exposing Labor's links to corrupt union officials and crooked ex-MPs.
And then there is what we have learnt from Abbott's management of this affair. When push came to shove, Abbott himself hesitated, leaving the tough decision on whether to stay or not to Sinodinos.
No doubt Abbott knew his colleague would do the right thing.
But what if he hadn't? One can only conclude that, like Nash, he would still be a minister and would still enjoy the Prime Minister's full confidence.
Mark Kenny is chief political correspondent of The Age.
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Three suspects charged with the kidnapping and assault of a 17-year-old made their preliminary appearances in Eau Claire County Court Tuesday.
Police say they held the teen over a $150 drug debt.
The victim testified in court Tuesday that he received threats to his life and was beaten with a baseball bat, a pool cue, and fists by the suspects during a period of more than five hours.
Along with testimony from the victim's mother and an Eau Claire Police Officer, Judge Eric Wahl determined there was probably cause a crime had been committed by Lashamy Rayborn, Demond Johnson, and Frederick Johnson.
Although Frederick Johnson is out on a $1000 cash bond, the assistant district attorney wants to keep the other suspects in custody.
"I would oppose reduction of bail because of the seriousness of the offense and the history of at least two of them," says Gary Schuster.
The fourth suspect, Catherine Clingensmith, waived her right to a preliminary hearing earlier Tuesday morning.


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Secures First Road Sweep of Cornell and Columbia since 1997-98
NEW YORK — The Yale University women's basketball team used a dominant first half Saturday night to accomplish a feat that has not been done by a Bulldogs squad in 15 years.
Four players scored in double figures, leading Yale's balanced scoring attack to a 62-43 win over Columbia inside Levien Gymnasium on the Columbia University campus.
The win gives Yale its first weekend road sweep of Cornell and Columbia since the 1997-98 season when it defeated Cornell, 61-56 in overtime, on Feb. 20, 1998, and Columbia, 72-56, on Feb. 21, 1998.
It is also Yale's first win at Columbia since a 66-59 win on Feb. 1, 2008.
"It was a big win for us. They have had our number, there's no question," said Chris Gobrecht, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954, Head Coach of Women's Basketball. "It was a very, very good team effort."
With the win, Yale improves to 9-13 overall, 4-4 in Ivy League play, while Columbia falls to 3-18 overall, 1-6 in Ivy League play.
Six players scored all of Yale's points. Senior guard Megan Vasquez and sophomore guard Sarah Halejian both had 12 points, while junior center Zenab Keita and junior guard Janna Graf both added 11 points. Junior forward Alexandra Osborn-Jones and senior captain Allie Messimer both scored eight points. Halejian added seven rebounds and five assists. Keita had nine rebounds, falling one shy of a double-double, while Vasquez dished out six assists.
Miwa Tachibana scored 10 of her 15 points in the first half to lead Columbia. Tyler Simpson scored all 10 of her points in the second half.
Yale scored the game's first eight points and opened with a 14-4 run, but Columbia responded with a short 7-2 run to pull within five points, 16-11, with 13:38 left in the half, but that was as close as the game would get.
Over the next 9:50, Yale used a 20-0 run to blow the game wide open and take a 36-11 lead with 3:48 left in the half. Osborn-Jones scored all eight of her points in the run.
The Lions closed the half with a 6-2 run to trim Yale's lead to 38-17 heading into the halftime break.
Yale shot 16-for-30 (53.3 percent) in the first half, while Columbia was just 7-for-27 (25.9 percent) from the floor. The Bulldogs held a 21-15 rebounding edge in the half and a 22-11 scoring advantage in the paint.
The Bulldogs utilized a balanced scoring attack in the half, with Keita, Osborn-Jones, and Halejian all scoring eight first-half points and Vasquez adding seven more to account for 31 of Yale's 38 points in the half.
"That is about as good of a first half as we have played all year," Gobrecht said. "Everybody was clicking on all cylinders. I told them at the half that one of the hardest things to do is to stay aggressive and yet play a little conservative, and sure enough, we struggled a little bit in the second half."
Columbia scored the first six points of the second half to push its run to 14-2 spanning the halftime break to cut Yale's lead to 38-25. The Lions cut Yale's lead to 40-35 before Vasquez drained a 3-pointer at 10:39 to stop the Lions' run.
"At halftime, we did not think we had it. They never stopped playing hard, no matter what. I give them a lot of credit. They came out in the second half and took it to us and we couldn't hit a shot, but we have seen Columbia do that to other teams this year."
Leading 43-38 with 10:17 left, Yale used a 17-1 run over the next 6:12 capped by back-to-back jumpers by Haleijan to pull ahead 60-39 with 4:05 left, effectively putting the game out of reach for Columbia. Graf and Messimer both had five points in the run.
With her 12 points, Vasquez now has 1,325 career points, which is 11 points behind Katy Grubbs '99 (1,336) for seventh place on Yale's all-time scoring list and 46 points behind Seattle Storm co-owner Lisa Brummel '81 (1,371) for sixth place.
Yale will remain on the road for one more weekend before returning home. The Bulldogs will visit Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday in hopes of extending road winning streaks against both teams. Yale has not lost at Dartmouth since March 6, 2009, while it has defeated Harvard in the last two games played in Cambridge, Mass.
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ANAHEIM, CA (January 6, 2014) - Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing's James Stewart was truly in rare form at Saturday evening's season-opening round of AMA/FIM Supercross at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. Although Stewart suffered a get-off and was unable to finish the race, the unfortunate incident occurred after he'd turned in 16 flawless laps and was preparing to take the lead on his Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450.
"This weekend was just the first round," said Stewart. "Definitely, I didn't want to go out like that, but at the same time, I felt like this was the best I've been riding in years and this was the best I've felt on a motorcycle in years. So I'm confident and healthy, and I feel good on the Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450."
The much-anticipated Anaheim event started out on a positive note, with Stewart posting the fastest lap times in the first 450 class practice session. In his heat race, he got the holeshot and led the first few laps before finishing second. In the 20-lap main event, Stewart overcame a poor start and worked his way through the field and into the top five. He captured the Progressive Pass of the Race when overtaking third position and then shortly thereafter moved into the runner-up spot. Unfortunately, he went down in one of two gnarly whoop sections as he was about to make a bid for the lead with just four laps remaining.
"All day went pretty good and I was able to get second in my heat race," said Stewart. "In the main event, I was late off the gate and I was pretty far back. But I made my way up on the Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450 and it got better and better as the race went on. I felt stronger and stronger and my lap times started going down. I could see that I was starting to pick it up and make time on the guys up front. I went to make a pass in the whoops – they'd been taking people out all night – and I kind of got caught out. But I'm happy, the Yoshimura Suzuki team stepped it up again and I'm really proud of my guys and where we are. And now we're just going to continue to get better as we head to Phoenix."
Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing's next event is the second round of the 2014 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship on Saturday, January 11th, at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ.
2013 450 Supercross Standings:
1. Ken Roczen
2. Ryan Dungey
3. Chad Reed
4. Ryan Villopoto
5. Justin Barcia
6. Justin Brayton
7. Josh Grant
8. Broc Tickle
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I think a lot of the reason that these mobile quarterbacks do not get injured as much is because they are generally so illusive and hard to get a good angle on. The other thing is speed, Denards speed allows him to often initiate the first contact instead of the first contact finding him. The fact that Denard will continue to put on muscle throughout his career bodes well for very few if at all any games missed during the next 2 years. Thanks for the blog.
Mobile QB Injury Study
All the talk about Denard Robinson getting injured in the near future got me wondering how other mobile QB's have been handled, and how frequent injuries occur. These are my findings:
Michael Vick - Virginia Tech(1999,2000)
Carries: 262 Yards: 1,318 TD: 18
Michael Vick averaged about 12 carries per game and missed 2 games out of 22 possible career games due to injury. He carried the ball over 20 times on 1 occasion(23)
Vince Young - Texas(2004,2005)
Carries: 322 Yards: 2,129 TD: 26
Vince Young Averaged 13 Carries per game and did not miss any games due to injury. He also carried the ball over 20 times on 4 occasions (20,21,21,25)
Troy Smith - Ohio State(2003,2004,2005,2006)
Carries: 293 Yards: 1,168 TD: 14
Troy Smith averaged about 8 carries per game and did not miss any games due to injury. He never carried the ball over 20 times.
Josh Nesbitt - Georgia Tech(2007,2008,2009)
Carries: 504 Yards: 2,069 TD: 25
Josh Nesbitt averaged about 14 carries per game and missed 3 games out of a possible 38 due to injury. He carried the ball over 20 times on 10 occasions (32,28,27,26,23,23,22,21,21,20). He played all 14 games of the 2009 season despite carrying the ball an average of 20 times per game.
Tim Tebow - Florida(2006,2007,2008,2009)
Carries: 692 Yards: 2,947 TD: 57
Tim Tebow Averaged about 12 carries per game and never missed a game due to injury. He carried the ball over 20 times on 7 different occasions (27,27,26,24,22,22,20)
The most significant QB's to this study are QB's that played under Rich Rodriguez in his spread option system:
Rasheed Marshall - West Virginia(2001,2002,2003,2004)
Carries: 491 Yards: 2,040 TD: 24
Rasheed Marshall averaged about 11 carries per game and missed 1 game due to injury. He carried the ball over 20 times on 2 occasions (21,20).
Pat White - West Virginia(2005,2006,2007,2008)
Carries: 684 Yards: 4,480 TD: 47
Pat White averaged about 14 carries per game and missed 2 games as a 4 year starter. He also carried the ball over 20 times on 13 different occasions (27,24,24,23,23,22,22,22,21,21,21,20). I think it is also of note that Pat White is around the same height and weight as Denard Robinson.
You can be a mobile Quarterback and get a lot of carries without being sidelined with injuries. It does not matter what conference you play in. Mobile QB's will get dinged up in a similar fashion to running backs but there is no reason to believe because a mobile QB carries the ball a lot he will fall victim to massive injuries and die.
It is also of note that a QB who is mobile is less likely to be injured as seriously as a pocket passer. Pocket passers are prone to injuries, especially on blitzes where they do not see the hit coming, get taken out at the legs, or are not mobile enough to elude a blitz. Mobile QB's get out in space, and are able to elude blitzes, they take more head on hits, but are less prone to devastating blind side hits that plauge pocket passers.
How this applies to Denard Robinson:
Obviously Denard should not carry the ball 29 times a game. Rich Rodriguez has already stated that this will usually be lower. However, having a couple games where he carries the ball a lot does not guarentee doom. If anything a game like this early in the season will be good for the entire offense. Teams will prepare for Denard with his feet, and play action should open up, as well as running lanes for the running backs. The beauty of the spread offense is, one day your QB can carry the ball 29 times for 200 yards, and the next week, burn you in the air with play action and read option hand-offs.
there was also a diary that statistically proved the same thing.
This Denard will get injured theory by opposing fans is not based in fact.
Which diary was that and who wrote it? I must of missed it and would like to see it.
what's cool is he compares mobile QB's to non-mobile QB's to find that all QB's statistically get injured about the same amount.
The human mind is great at justifying a specific event with some reason for why it happened, even if that reason has no foundation at all.
Mobile QB gets's injured? easy it's because he's mobile.
Pocket Passer QB get's injured? easy he was blind sided, the OL didn't protect him.
either way, you've lost your QB, and the team is in trouble.
So while I don't find the continuing debate interesting any longer, I do find it interesting that Coach Rodriguez has stated several times through the off season that he would like to have two people ready to play at the top of their game at every position.
Old School thinking is that you have a Junior/Senior starting and a Redshirt Soph/Freshman backing him up. I think Coach Rodriguez wants 2 Junior/Seniors/sophomores ready to go, competing against each other and getting equal reps in practice. That way when inevitably the injury happens (like to Molk, who I'm more frightened of losing than Denard, because I can't name the backup center) there's a nearly equal replacement, instead of a green practice with the second string replacement.
That's why Devin will not redshirt. That's why Will Campbell, despite his pad level, will not redshirt. And anyone else who puts in the effort to prepare their body and mind to play, will be playing.
Because there is no experience like game experience, and odds are people will be injured in this game we call football.
Next time do a search on your topic. After-all, you might have some valuable insight to add to the great work that's already been done and posted.
Go Blue!
Nice analysis IMO. I think Denard and other "mobile" quarterbacks are less likely to get injured because when they get hit, they are more able to anticipate the hit because they are on the move more than pocket passing quarterbacks. But I also agree that Denard can not and will not average that many carries as this season and his career progresses.
Thanks for the great post. I am always surprised by the quality of diary posts here - this is almost like a multi-centre prospective study (which well, this season, Denard is the subject). Incredible evidence and then conclusion. Doesn't get any better than this. Pure scientific method.
Great job and agreed with conclusion.
...is really just thinly-disguised wishful thinking. They are scared shitless of Denard, and rightfully so. Since RR was hired, I have said that the Big Ten's worst nightmare is RR having Michigan-caliber talent to run his offense. The less-sportsmanlike fans of other teams want to see Denard injured and want to see RR fired, because they don't want to sustain yearly beatings at the hands of Michigan.
As for Denard, mobile QB's, etc, it is harder to get a direct hit on a hyper-mobile QB than a pocket passer. Also, though Denard isn't quite Pat White in this department yet, a mobile QB can often be the hitter instead of the hittee.
Denard will be just fine. If he needs to take a few plays off, there are a couple of other QB's on the team who, while no Denard, are definitely competent and have their own strong points.
Guys like SI's Mandel have printed lots of letters from opposing fans. It's always someone like "Kyle from Iowa" wondering whether "Michigan will continue to put up with RichRod's losing." There have also been quite a few from "lifelong fans" from states other than Michigan.
MCalibur wrote a few diaries on it:
"Busting The Myth of Option QB Fragility"
Tebow having more issues with concussions his senior year. I can't remember how many games he missed because of that, but he was at least severely limited in his availability wasn't he? I might be wrong.
I thought he missed at least one game from his concussion too, but ESPN shows that he played every game. I know his playtime was at least a gametime decision. However, he sustained that injury on a passing play and that is more likely to happen to a guy who sits in the pocket every down than a guy running and rolling out on most plays.
he sat out the rest of the game he received the concussion in (I'm pretty sure it happened in the 4th Qtr) and Florida had a BYE the next week. He played in their next game.
Also, Tebow was a power runner and would hit other people as hard as they hit him. Denard's game is much more like Pat White's eluding tackles and getting brought down from behind.
I just don't know if he can sustain 25-30 carries and 30-40 passes per game though. That seems like uncharted territory to me with the closest analog being Antwaan Randle El.
I wonder if there's a correlation between a quarterback's size and the amount of injury time they're forced to take. Guys like Vince Young and Tebow are much bigger than Denard.
but I don't think that size (alone) necessarily equals frailty. A longer body might just as readily be MORE susceptible injury than a compact one.
I think we're treading dangerously already in terms of small sample sizes; if running spread-quarterback size matters, we'll never really know.
That would be interesting to look into, I will try to look up some stats on this.
I think this was posted elsewhere, but beyond just the excellent blocking by the O-line, RR and crew have obviously spent a lot of time with all the skill position guys to make some key down field blocks. Making and holding blocks will also reduce the number of hits he will take (maybe one guy takes him down instead of two). I loved to see everyone get into the blocking (especially the boys from Pahokee, who block way above their size, must be something in the water).
Woodrow Dantzler was RR's second great QB at the Division I level.
Dantzler did suffer an ankle inury in 2000 season, but still played in about 9 games of 2000 season and racked up ridiculous numbers.
Had corrective surgery in Jan 2001 and then proceeded to break virtually all of Clemson's total offense and quarterback records (Steve Fuller, Homer Jordan, etc.).
every time the guy runs his odds of getting hurt are greater; let's not tempt the Angry Michigan-Hating Gods too much.
on any play to any player. There are FACTS disputing that the odds are greater if he runs more. He stands nearly the same probability of getting hurt if he runs or doesn't. Football is a rough sport and you risk getting injured by simply taking the field.
yours and the reply to me above are really ill-considered responses. OF COURSE the odds increase with more runs. Statistical probability of ANY event increases the more you do it, for Christ's sakes!
And examine the stats on offer--not ONE of the QBs EVER ran as many times as Denard ran on Saturday. I'm not doubting his sturdiness (see my posts elsewhere); I'm saying that 29 times a week raises the odds he DOES get hurt. I'll bet that if you think about this for more than another nanosecond you'll get it.
It's called the gambler's fallacy. The odds of getting injured on a given play stay constant, regardless of the number of carries (or touches) a guy has. Denard is as likely to get injured on his 1st carry as he is on his 11th or 30th. It's like flipping a coin, the odds of getting 5 heads is a row is 1 in 32 but the odds of getting heads on the next flip is always 1 in 2 regardless of how many heads have come before. In order for the preceding to be not true we'd have to establish that carries are not independent trials…good luck doing that.
Preemptively, the Justin Fargas fiasco it a very, very rare situation. So are Navy and GT style running games where the D is keying on the QB and he's getting straight up HAMMERED on play after play by lineman and linebackers. In these cases the R/P ratio is way over 1, usually above 2. Denard would not last in a situation like that.
Thankfully this is not a situation like that. Saturday's game was a rare occurrence, he shouldn't be running the ball that many times, unless it makes sense to do so. It made sense on Saturday. Ifthe O-line is doing its job and Denard is making the right decision , he should only be getting hit by defensive backs or take glancing blows from linebackers.
any given play, but an ADDITIONAL play, in which case--you introduce the POTENTIAL for a hit. This is NOT a case of the gambler's fallacy, sorry. What's more, the HERD mentality is strong here tonight, on several threads. If we all wanted to march in lockstep, we wouldn't have come to Michigan.
And each additional coin flip is not any given coin flip, but an additional coin flip...it doesn't matter, the odds don't change. You can deny that this is a case of the gambler's fallacy as much as you want, but until you can demonstrate that carries are not independent trials, you're spitting into a hurricane of data.
You could spin your exact same reasoning into an argument that you should limit how many snaps your QB takes (regardless of system). Each additional play introduces the potential to get hit. By this logic a pocket QB is even more frail than an option QB because their "injuries per hit" rate is much higher.
Pointing to objective fact is not a herd mentality, man. It took a long time for people to believe that the Earth wasn't flat and that mice weren't spawned from hay. Believe what you want to; it's your rorschach.
I don't need to understand the gambler's fallacy to know that the chances that a player who runs 5 times gets hurt are less than the chances that a player who runs 500 times gets hurt. We can argue about the numbers, but at the end of the day, more plays means more chances to get hurt. Looking at one run and saying the odds a player gets hurt on that run are the same as the odds he gets hurt on the next run doesn't really address the issue - namely, that the odds he gets hurt during two runs is greater than the odds he gets hurt during just one run.
I think that's the point he's trying to make.
a set of odds or a deck of cards. He's a human animal, and subject to stress.
I also know that it's false. The chance of a QB, any QB, getting hurt are exactly the same on each and every snap. Remember how many runs Colt McCoy took before getting injured in the BCS Championship Game (hint: the answer is 0)? How about Sam Bradford? How many runs did he make? Ricky Stanzi? Matt Barkley? Tony Pike? Kirk Cousins? Taylor Potts? Zach Frazer? Andrew Luck?
What's the explanation for those guys getting hurt?
There's no meaningful difference in injury rates regardless of style of play, guys. It's football, players get hurt.
the error in your thinking. If Denard STOPS playing tomorrow, his odds of getting hurt DECLINE, right? Couple that with the fact that you are MORE TIRED at some point (note that none of the players above ever went above 27 plays, and that was Tebow.) Like I said, he's not a deck of cards. I'll give up after this, but I am familiar with the gambler's fallacy; I still think you are working odds rather than logic and human beings here.
Denard won't get hurt if he doesn't play. When he does play, his chances of getting injured are the same as any other QB no matter what plays are called.
Aren't pocket passers human animals, subject to stress, too? That's my point. All QBs are subject to injury at the same rate. For whatever reason, you wont acknowledge. Like I said, that's your business. Fret if you must.
Until next time.
you're assuming that Denard is a cold integer operating in some statistical realm that exists only on paper. (This is more a matter of logic than probability.) As for the herd, I was not referring to your thoughtful post, with which I just disagreed. It's when people read and then neg out of emotion or prejudice rather than respecting people's attempts to reason--right or wrong--that I start longing for the old days around here. Sorry I was not more explicit about that.
Somebody missed the point of the original post.
I was really hoping that I would get to be the guy to point out the gambler's fallacy, but it looks like five people beat me to it. Rats.
...head for the sidelines or slide after a short gain to avoid injury. DRob was fighting for every yard (maybe to his potential detriment).
Memo to DRob: After picking up a nice gain, there's nothing wrong with sidelines and slides.
I was considering Denard getting injured while reading this. I was in the camp that wanted him to be the starter first of all. However, am I one of few who would not be overly concerned if went down with a minor injury or just a 1 game injury? I do think he works the best in RR's system right now, however I think it is great having a 12 game starter behind him who looked really good as a freshman with more mobility then many qb's out there. If the need were there for Tate to play a game I would not lose hope and would still have as much faith in almost every game on the schedule than if Robinson were playing.
I find it suprising that qb is the one position I am not overly concerned with an injury at (granting that it is minor, and the rest of the game or something). In that first game I was far more concerned about the other players going down, Johnson and Molk.
I was considering Denard getting injured while reading this. I was in the camp that wanted him to be the starter first of all. However, am I one of few who would not be overly concerned if went down with a minor injury or just a 1 game injury? I do think he works the best in RR's system right now, however I think it is great having a 12 game starter behind him who looked really good as a freshman with more mobility then many qb's out there. If the need were there for Tate to play a game I would not lose hope and would still have as much faith in almost every game on the schedule than if Robinson were playing.
I find it suprising that qb is the one position I am not overly concerned with an injury at (granting that it is minor, and the rest of the game or something). In that first game I was far more concerned about the other players going down, Johnson and Molk.
Someone with less explosiveness wouldn't have gained 197 yds through the seams that DRob got to/through. If an injured DRob is that someone, then we lose a lot of the 197 yds, plus the defense can focus more on defending the pass.
I doubt *any* of the teams cited above were as soley dependent on the QB as we were on our one-man show last Saturday.
Great study and research, the one point that is important to this is how many of these qb's have a similar build to Robinson's. This could play a major role in how frequently he could get injured. Bigger size could help in decreasing the possibility I'm guessing. I hope nothing happens to our guy..
I think the opposite may be true. His smaller stature and more compact running style may make him less likely to get hurt. He also runs in more "space" than the typical running back so fewer defenders get shots at him.
I'm really bad at all things statistics, but doesn't selecting example QBS that were all extremely successful kind of taint your information.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it may be possible that for every one of the guys you listed above, there is a QB that got injured so often from running the ball that he hardly played and therefore never accumulated many carries and we have never heard of him.
I'm not saying this is the case. But it could be.
All of the guys you listed were great because they never got injured. If Troy Smith had gone down with an ACL injury (man that would have helped us out) (not that I wish injury on anyone) his freshman or sophomore year, and rarely played after, I doubt he would have made this list. But in reality he went on to become a great 4 year QB for the nuts.
Does what I'm saying make any sense? If not, I apologize. Only slept 4 hours last night.
I understand exactly what you mean. The basic point I am trying to make here, is being a mobile QB and getting a lot of carries does not exactly imply certian death. I then went on to list examples of why that is the case. I have also read other studies that takes almost every QB in college football into account in breaks it down.
anyone done any number crunching on NFL QBs who run? sample size is a lot smaller, but i would be curious to see if the sheer size and speed of NFL defensive players at all positions truly makes the QB as rusher more likely to go down than prototypical pocket passers. theoretically, the idea that mobile QBs take fewer blindside/stationary/direct hits should apply at the next level.
"pro-style" offenses trend towards QBs under center, whereas most of the college QBs mentioned above played in the shotgun. while Rodriguez has pioneered the base shotgun spread as a run-oriented offense, using shotgun in the NFL is typically a passing look. coaches turning to the "wildcat" as a run/pass wrinkle rather than mobile QBs providing a true dual threat.
great college QBs end up switching positions just to get drafted because the NFL has no place for a QB of their type. of the players listed above, only Vick and Young have seen significant time at QB in their pro careers, and neither was ever fully embraced by the NFL. just curious if a higher threat of injury is a justifiable reason to avoid systems more similar to Rodriguez and college QBs who run the ball in general.
Its suprising at how meny of those QB's never missed a game due to injury.
that mobile QB's get hurt more. Denard is ready to run all over ND, and there's nothing they can do about it. Daydream about not having to face him is fine, but reality is that he will make their D look silly on Sat. Go Blue!
Not to nitpick, but, I thought that Tebow got a concussion his final year at Florida. I could be wrong (and probably am) mainly because I couldn't care less about Tim Tebow.
Also, Denard was hurt in his first game. So much so that he had to leave the field.
It would behoove UM coaches to get the RBs more involved. Flare passes, screens, actual hand offs, pitches. This would (obviously) lessen the load on DR and keep him safe(r). These guys can coach, they'll make the adjustments I'm sure.
And that is in the coming years we should have a couple of very capable QB's on the roster incase an injury does happen. Mainly my biggest worry playing this offense is that when injuries do happen to these mobile QB's who dominate the offense in situations like that of Pat White & Dennis Dixon the year Oregon beat us badly -2007- is the circumstances where both programs were very much headed toward National Championship runs and because of injuries both programs suffered badly when a lack of talent in their depth stuck their teams in mud. I think Michigan in 2011 & 12 will be very capable of maintaining their offensive firepower with the depth they have. Especially if Tate does stay.
Thanks for the information man, well done.
Thanks for the research, but... Dennis Dixon? Matt Grothe? ... Antonio Bass? (injured practicing as QB)
There are plenty of guys out there who missed significant time with injuries.
I am aware that running QB's have been sidelined before. The point of my post wasn't to say they wont get injured. The point of my post is to show examples that you can carry the ball a lot as a QB, and not face certian doom. Obviously some mobile QB's have went down to injury. However, so do many pocket passers.


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Monday, November 06, 2006
Weekend Recap
Seems Michigan wasn't the only team looking ahead toward The Game on the 18th. After opening up a 17-0 lead at halftime, Ohio State held on for a 17-10 win against Illinois. In addition, Troy Smith had one of his worst statistical days, going 13-23 for 108 with no TDs and 1 INT while Antonio Pittman had just 58 yards on 32 carries.
After blowing out everybody else by what seemed like some theoretical number, this close call shows the team is human. Going to be very interesting to see how the Wolverines and Buckeyes respond in their final "tune ups" this weekend after both surviving tougher than expected games.
How 'bout that UT-LSU game? Wow. Whether or not you're a Vol or Tiger, LSU's last second 28-24 victory in Knoxville was a game that had all college football fans on the edge of their seat. The game had it all: Vol back-up QB Jonathan Crompton playing out of his mind after starter Erik Ainge went down, a 4th down conversion by the Tigers on their last drive and that last second pass...which didn't even look like it was intended for the receiver who caught it.
We were one of the first to include Washington State in our Top 25 a couple weeks ago, with the national polls following suit last week. And how do the Cougs show their gratitude for the MZone opening America's eyes to their impressive season? By getting bitch slapped at home by Arizona, 27-17.
Needless to say, don't look for WSU in our Top 25 this week.
After Pittsburgh tight end Darrell Strong scored a TD during the Panthers' loss to South Florida, Strong celebrated by making an obscene gesture at the South Florida crowd. He was flagged for a 15 yard penalty but Panther coach Dave Wannstedt didn't think that was enough, suspending Strong indefinitely.
"Our football program and university have very high standards and we will not tolerate the behavior Darrell Strong displayed today," Wannstedt said in a statement. "Darrell told me he regrets his actions but he must also be accountable. As a result, I am suspending him indefinitely. We expect our players to act with class and will accept nothing less."
Props to Wannstedt.
Does Georgia remind any Michigan fans out there of anyone? Like last year's version of the Wolverines?
They're currently 6-4, so they'll be making a bowl, but that's about the only accomplishment they'll be able to put on their resume from 2006. After losing to Kentucky 24-20 Saturday and Vanderbilt earlier, the Bulldogs lost to these two teams in the same season for the first time since Watergate.
Sure, just about every game UGA plays is close - which is good when you consider they lost to Florida by only 7 - but they've also beaten Colorado by only 1, Ole Miss by only 5 and Mississippi State by just 3. And with Auburn and Georgia Tech left on the schedule, this looks to be the worst Bulldog team since the 1996 squad went 5-6.
After taking down Penn State 13-3 (and taking out Joe Paterno), Wisconsin is sitting pretty at 9-1. Must say, this result is making the U-M victory over the Badgers earlier this season look better and better each weekend.
And for those who may have missed it, Wisco coach Brett Bielema exploited the ridiculous Rule 3-2-5-e to his advantage at the end of the first half. The Wizard of Odds has the story, along with a YouTube clip of the whole thing.
After their 26-20 victory over South Carolina, Arkansas remains the only undefeated team in SEC play. Next up: Tennessee.
Have to say, we've been doubters of the Longhorns since they lost to OSU. But the continued steller play of QB Colt McCoy has us coming around. Last week against another OSU (Okie State), McCoy was 23 of 29 for 346 yards and 3 todays. To quote Borat: "Ve'y Niiiice."
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Did others find it odd that LSU -- ranked much lower in the human polls -- was favored on the road against Tennessee? A number of people considered Tennessee to be the best one loss team in the country, yet they were underdogs at home to a team with two losses.
When I first saw the line, I was incredulous. It then occurred to me that Vegas knows (many) things that I do not . . . and of course they called the "upset."
- November 06, 2006 5:19 AM
You guys need to add Matthew Zemeck from collegefootballnews.com to your assclown list along with Drew boy. He has done nothing but rip Michigan all year. I thought it would start to slow down, but he always finds something. Following Michigan's narrow escape past Ball St, he rips them in his weekly affirmation column, but only hypes up OSU after narrowly beating Illinois. I will do the honors, Zemeck is an assclown!
- November 06, 2006 8:09 AM
- TitleIX said...
I think the best part of the Wisco YouTube clip is Danielson's comment about 'firing bullets'
Too many brats for MacGuire????
(sorry-fart jokes are just tooo easy)
- November 06, 2006 8:22 AM
So apparently Boise State will qualify for a BCS berth if it wins out. And you know what? I'm ok with that. First of all, they have beaten some tough teams, and by large margins. Early in the season, they destroyed 6-3 Oregon State. Sure, the Beavers aren't all that tough, but they did beat USC, so that will count in the computers. It could have been the blue turf. Then they beat Hawaii, which is actually a pretty good team. They've played some tougher teams than West Virginia has (other than Louisville), and the BCS bowl games are going to be infested with teams who play virtually no one and have no defense, so we might as well break the system even more.
Anyone else notice that Rutgers beat Zook's Illinois 33-0 early in the season?
- November 06, 2006 8:52 AM
allaha, Vegas and the NFL know that LSU is the most talented team in the country. The only reason this team is out of the BCS running is Les Myles. On draft day in April, let's see how many LSU players get picked.
I haven't bragged much about Colt McCoy this season, but he's really won me over with his performances the last three weeks. Buckeyes, if you played Texas right now, you'd see a MUCH improved quarterback. This kid is going to be something special.
I'll say it again: Houston Nutt is the voodoo witch doctor of college football. Arkansas leads the SEC in rushing (obviously, with a stud like Darren McFadden), but is dead last in the conference in time of possession. Huh?
- November 06, 2006 8:52 AM
i have a new respect for wannstedt. and that definetly is a buckstache, hell pittsburgh is near columbus.
- November 06, 2006 10:38 AM
- The King said...
Zemek is awesome. Anonymous is the assclown.
Just because he takes shots at Michigan doesn't automatically make him a target...his shots are usually deserved.
- November 06, 2006 11:07 AM
The NCAA must do something about that stupid rule. What if some game comes down to the last 30 seconds and the kicking team goes offsides (like Wiscy did) by 5-10 yards 4 or 5 times? The game comes to an end without the other team getting the ball except on a return. Stupid rule, the NCAA should make some change right now.
- November 06, 2006 11:25 AM
I hated Bielema because of the way he dealt with his dirty player Kamoku (who twisted Breaston's knee after tackling him), but because of the way he exposed that idiotic rule so wonderfully, I now think he's okay.
- November 06, 2006 12:00 PM
Couldn't the receiving team simply decline the offsides penalty? Of course the kicking team gains the huge advantage of being down the field which makes a long return even more unlikely, but the receiving team will probably just have to eat it, even if it means starting on their own 5 yard line.
The flip side is that if someone tried to do that over and over you could keep trying to get the long return and if you get it just decline the penalty.
- November 06, 2006 12:33 PM
On your comments about Georgia, I was told that 4 out of 5 of the offensive lineman now are walkons the scholarship boys are all hurt. I also think the delay by Mark Richt in making a decision on the QB really hurt them down the stretch.
Also why isn't anybody making a big deal out of Auburn being so high in the BCS when Arkansas who beat them is nowhere near the top and their only loss was to USC. Somebody loves Auburn for whatever reason.
- November 06, 2006 12:50 PM
- IC said...
Good point, Anon. I address that in a post about Arkansas later in the week.
- November 06, 2006 1:11 PM
Did anyone see the buckstache on Speilman during his college days at OSU? They showed a pic of him & he was sporting a buckstache! What a loser!
Also, If Illinois could have completed more passes then that game could have been an upset.
- November 06, 2006 1:51 PM
Anon 10:51, you're a freaking genius. Are they all like this where you're from? If practically any underdog that lost a game completed more passes, there would be a shit load more upsets. Nice of you to point out the obvious, while forgetting that the same is true for Ball State.
- November 06, 2006 4:47 PM
Bielema should be awarded an additional victory this season. Just put it on the books as a victory over tOSU, 35-7. The guy is a freakin' genius.
- November 06, 2006 4:54 PM
- Scott Boswell said...
Can't say that I'm dissapointed with McCoy at all. Especially since everyone thought that the loss of VY was going to spiral this team into a black hole.
Now, we have the inside track to a 1-loss season and a BCS bowl. There's even a chance we will get a rematch with Ohio State for all the marbles. (Albeit a long one)
Mr. McCoy is even 4th place on the major Heisman watches and Aaron Ross is threatening defensive player of the year.
Hook 'em!
- November 06, 2006 5:01 PM
With regards to Arkansas (Hawgs) and their BCS rank compared to Auburn. Sure, Arkansas soundly put the wood to Auburn when they met. I wish like hell Auburn was even awake for that game, but it still counts. So why are the Hawgs ranked lower than Auburn? Well, for one, Auburn has beaten everyone else, including national contention teams LSU and UofF. Arkansas hasn't even played anyone tough yet except Auburn and SoCal (who smoked them), but damn near loss to the Cocks & Bama (who lost to Miss State - I can't laugh at that enough) and haven't played anyone else. Let's see if Arkansas can run their mini-gauntlet unscathed which continues over the next 2 games (LSU and Tenn) and then the SEC championship game if they're still unbeaten in conference before we start saying they deserve to be higher than Auburn.
- November 06, 2006 5:02 PM
Zemek's an assclown not for dissing Michigan, but because he is perhaps the worst writer I've seen who earns money for his writing. His articles read like bad freshmen comp essays; they're full of ridiculous self-importance, references to his authority, and, frankly, bullshit.
- November 06, 2006 7:00 PM
- WillinSacto said...
Ploeg: Especially if team exploits the rule in say, the BCS Title Game, or I-AA National Championship game...where you know its going to happen. If that happens, then the NCAA needs to put an asterisk next to the champ that says: "We f-cked up!"
- November 06, 2006 7:58 PM
I agree anon. Zemeck is not a good writer whatsoever. I didn't like him before last year and this year either. Now, he goes out of his way to take shots at Michigan. There are times they are deserved, but MOST times they are not. Hate to tell you King, but go back and read his articles, he literally goes out of his way to put Michigan down.
- November 07, 2006 7:40 AM


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From the point of view of tourists, it may be helpful to consider the Kanmon area as one complete whole. It is a substantial area in size, with many attractions and opportunities for sightseeing on both sides of the straits.
The Kanmon Straits summer firework display dwarfs all the neighbouring ones with no less than 13,000 fireworks being let off. In 2005 it will be held on Saturday, August 13. Expect large crowds, to a total of one million or more on both sides of the straits for an awesome display.
Board the oddly shaped Voyager at Moji-ko to cruise the busy straits in a boat.
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The father of murder victim Scott Guy is keeping his distance from a private investigation into his son's death.
Bryan Guy told the Herald on Sunday he had not been consulted. Dairy farmer Scott was shot dead in July 2010 in the driveway of his Feilding home. Scott's brother-in-law, Ewen Macdonald, who had helped run the family farm, was found not guilty of the murder earlier this year.
Scott's widow, Kylee, has teamed up with the Sensible Sentencing Trust to enlist the services of private investigators to uncover new evidence.
"It's not that I'm not supportive of it," Bryan Guy said. "They haven't approached me at all. We don't want to get false hopes but, if there is something thing new found, obviously we would want to know about it. I suppose I'm neutral."
Guy said he expected to be interviewed by the private eyes. He and his wife Jo still got along fine with their daughter-in-law Kylee.
"We don't see the children as much as we'd like but that's more down to logistics. It's not the same as it used to be. At times there is, even with our own children, tension at different times. I think that's the case for every family."
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Deputies were able to locate the boy and identify Harvell. The child was taken to Carteret General Hospital for examination. Harvell is said by investigators to have resisted arrest, but was taken into custody at his home Saturday morning.
Harvell is a convicted sex offender who was placed on the NC registry after being released from prison. Harvell was first convicted in 1982 of Indecent Liberties with a Child in Carteret County. In 1992 he was charged with Crimes against Nature and Indecent Liberties with a Child in Craven County. In 2000 he was convicted of Indecent Liberties with a 6-year-old child in Carteret County. In 2007 he was convicted of two counts of Indecent Liberties with a 7-year-old child in connection with a 2004 Pamlico County incident. He was released from prison in September of 2012 and is required to be registered as a lifetime recidivist.
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Words cannot express the gratitude felt for all the love, the sympathy, the food, the visits, the memorial gifts, the beautiful flowers, the hugs, the lovely cards and kind words and stories that were received at the loss of my husband David Fairall. I am truly grateful for such wonderful friends.
I would especially like to thank Tom Dzuryak, John Callahan, everyone who came to the visitation, the Iron Dogs for riding in tribute and to all who organized the memorial afterwards at Brandt's. An overwhelming tribute! David always had a "story." Thank you for sharing yours with me. Through your tears and sorrow you found a piece of my broken heart, picked it up and hugged it back into me. I will forever thank you for that.
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Manchester United travel to Romania for their latest clash in the Champions League, and manager Sir Alex Ferguson might well shuffle the pack following Saturday's 3-2 Premier League defeat to Spurs.
The Red Devils won't be taking their less illustrious competitors lightly however, with last year's embarrassing early exit still fresh in the memory of all involved at the club.
That said, the Scottish boss has opted to rest Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick for the trip, whilst a host of Manchester United youngsters are vying for a place in the starting line-up.
David De Gea is expected to take the goalkeeping position back from Anders Lindegaard after the Danish stopper started against Tottenham, whilst Wayne Rooney could again miss out with Robin Van Persie starting in attack.
Rio Ferdinand is likely to be the experienced head at the heart of defence, whilst Darren Fletcher and Anderson are both in contention to play in central midfield for the Old Trafford outfit.
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|2008-11-21, 15:33
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How in the world did we get to the point of comparing Evangelion and Toradora O_o . Even if it started with Gurren Lagan, its a bizzare comparison to be made between very different shows.
In any case, Toradora is easily my favorite show of this season, though no small part of that will because Toradora will definitley have a happy end (versus, say, Chaos;head. Don't need precognition to know thats gonna end in a trainwreck) ^^
|2008-11-21, 15:40
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All i'm stating is that saying Gurren Lagann is just for teenagers is a load of bull. I respect what you've just said about the show Vexx, though it's hard to say that Darknemo won't even give the show a chance, let alone understand it's importance to the genre. I mean it's basically a show that's paying homage to 30 years of mecha.
Anyway i really didn't want to get this off-topic. I think just like Gurren Lagann, Toradora can be enjoyed by just about anyone.
|2008-11-21, 16:47
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"700 quatloos on the newcomers winning the duel!!" ... extra points for the reference.
Aye, along with Sudohbucks and such... they seem to have used imaginary currency ala matchsticks. Perhaps it converts to candy...
|2008-11-21, 16:59
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Some of the youngins here might get the reference via a Futurama episode, but then again maybe not.
|2008-11-21, 18:33
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i definitely give this episode a 10/10
All the scenes i wanted to see in the novel came out, minori eyes, armored tiger, fast-swimming-tiger, sweet-ryuji's mum, gah....i want to give it an 11!
im very sure this anime series could attract many people to read the novels and the manga. im looking forward to finishing this series!
|2008-11-21, 19:04
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As for 'manly anime', I highly recommend Black Lagoon. So easy to share, and so like the way good action movies used to be with a bit more humor and thoughtfulness than the average shounen show. Or for men with a bit more emotional depth, Honey and Clover.
|2008-11-21, 19:26
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It certainly closed up the "first semester arc" with a sort of bang with a many threads coming together. Next it looks like we'll get Round 2 in a "summer arc".
I've watched the episode several times now and will readily admit that even without having read the novels to this point it is clear this is a "highlights of" condensing of events - but that just makes me more interested in reading the novels I guess (and the manga).
I seriously don't want to know what Taiga meant with that seaweed line in the trailer preview -- but then dialog in those things is usually composed of bizarre non sequitur.
|2008-11-21, 19:30
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|2008-11-21, 19:44
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Something about how this show is developing is rubbing me the wrong way. I have no sympathy at all for Taiga. I think her type is one of the worst out of which to make a lead character. Being an ill-tempered abuser, there's no way to connect with her even when she is vulnerable. I'm also getting sick of Rie Kugimiya playing these kinds of characters that are derivatives of the kind she played in Shana and Zero. Man, how I wish there was a TV series of Hoi Hoi-san instead where she would have been better used.
|2008-11-21, 19:52
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Well, then perhaps you should read the earlier posts on the series to see if that adjusts your interpretation. There's a fair amount of discussion and analysis back there. I'm not going to repeat my posts on the subject other than to say many people dispute the 'derivative' assertion as a superficial analysis. I distinctly disliked both those anime series and the characters and don't see a close connection between them and Taiga outside of the "3 second description".
On a separate note relating to an earlier post I had made, I had assumed this was a seinen novel/manga/anime -- but it seems to have started as a shounen series o.O. The relationships seem quite a bit too complicated for that age demographic -- but I do notice that the manga chapters have moved into a seinen magazine now. Just another example of how those classifications aren't necessarily informative.
|2008-11-21, 20:00
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Every since I've been watching, I started to cook some Dashi dishes. Miso soup is so easy to make and good too
Hey, I just realized something... in this episode, this was the first time Ryuuji lost his temper. He is usually cool under pressure, I guess for all he have done for Taiga, she is not been honest on what she truly feels. It could be avoided if she just be frank with him.
Yet, at the end. She did act like a tiger protecting her injured mate against other. Then again telling everyone else in the Jonny's family restaurant that Ryuuji is "That's because Ryuuji is my dog", trying to hide again her true feelings what she really means. But at this point, Ryuuji knows already. I wonder what schemes Ami is up too already, when she whisper "Too bad I can't spend time with you alone... But, there's always a chance!" God ... its getting better and better.
|2008-11-21, 20:33
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Kannagi anime did what it could do the best - showed good directing skills, good visualizations and voice acting, basically the presentation is very good. The manga story is so-so only and anime follows it, making it's plot not so very impressive.
Toradora's strength is obviously plot as it is based one of the current big light novel titles. Yet the part where the anime directing skills and presentation lies - it is not so impressive either. Sure it is not Zero No Tsukaima, thankfully directing skills go beyond the boob-jokes, but at the same time it still lacks the consistence upon following the changes it creates. The visuals are pretty good, but obviously not so good as Kannagi and while voice acting here is also solid - again Kannagi's is simply better.
Kannagis works on visuals but the presentation is what fully depend on anime, while the plot, though obviously is depending on directing skills, is still influenced mostly by the original source (unless the adaptation decide to change quite a few things).
Kannagi is a short-term popular so to say, simply because story is not it's strong part, and characters, though moe are not that impressive either.
So stormy, what do you call visuals to mask simplistic story - I would rather call doing what it can do best. Simplistic story was already determined by the manga (as long as they choose to follow it) so it did what it could do best upon presentation, and you have to admit it really does a good job.
Sure the latest episodes are not that strong as the first ones, but nevertheless Kannagi is definitely a good anime to follow this season.
Shiroth, I do understand that you are a Gurren fanboy/fangirl but I cannot see Gurren as an revolution in the genre. Or maybe I am getting too old to realize it's innovations (considering that Evangelion is still my favorite anime for more than 10 years it is obvious that I am rather conservative). It could be also that Evangelion fans do not like Gurren all that much too seeing it as nothing impressive (the opinions on evageeks and als seem to be rather similar in this aspect).
For me Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Akagi, Misato are much better/stronger characters than anyone from Gurren. Gurren really failed to impress me on the characters level first thats why for me this anime is not mature, but rather trying to look mature. But again we should not be discussing this in Toradora thread.
|2008-11-21, 21:05
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Did anyone finished the third novel? I'm so mad they left alot in episode 8, but I guess its only natural. It would be more cool if the argument between Taiga and Ryuuji were more added in the this episode. Anyhow, Toradora! rocks. As far as I can see, not only in this forum, many others are non-stop talking about Toradora! I guess this episode really tops the anime show in general.
|2008-11-21, 21:34
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The women's soccer team hit the road for the first competition of the 2010 fall season at TTU. Tech took on the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the first of two exhibition match-ups in the pre-season schedule, falling 3-0.
Returning all-conference forwards Kris Cambron and Jen Hoffman started for the Golden Eagles up front while two new freshmen signees, Becca Toler in goal and Taylor Hicks at midfield saw their first career starts with this contest.
Alabama took control of the game early on when Carly Mygrants' pass found Victoria Frederick on the left side of the box. Frederick took a touch for control before burying a far post shot to give the Crimson Tide a 1-0 lead.
Toler played all 90 minutes in goal for the Golden Eagles, gaining valuable experience in her first collegiate competition. Toler took on Amanda Ortegon one-on-one in the 41st minute of the game, but Ortegon's neat shot from five yards gave 'Bama its second goal of the half. Josie Rix was awarded the assist on the play.
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Five different Golden Eagle players contributed six shots, with one of Kris Cambron's two shots falling on net, and 22 players saw field time for Tech. Kerri Reid, Brooke Mayo, Andrea Meloff and Ashley Smith also each added shots, while Toler finished the game with seven saves.
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