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Yeah, I think I'm officially in the camp of those people scratching their heads about our recruiting. Granted, I don't have a whole lot invested in this process until LOIs are signed (and therefore don't know a whole lot about the timing of offers and whatnot), but it wouldn't seem to me that you'd want to offer a whole lot of guys with a marginal shot at being big contributors this early in the process. Are we really going to miss out on Kinard and Dileo and whoever else if we wait until they've hit a bunch of camps this summer or played a handful of games in the fall? And does it matter if we do?
Hello: Drew Dileo
Well… yeah, so this LA WR named Drew Dileo committed to us over… uh… Tulane, Stanford, and Rice. He plays in the slot so it's not like a totally crazy commitment. Informative update coming.
Informative update:
Okay, so Dileo is a 5'9", 170 pound slot receiver from Louisiana. He's white.
Dandy Don, who must be taken seriously at all times about everything, ranks Dileo the states' 42nd best prospect. Tiger Rag is considerably more enthusiastic but wasn't exactly glowing:
19. Drew Dileo (5′9.5, 165, 4.5) Athlete Parkview Baptist HS - Dileo might not have as much bulk as some of the running backs in this class, but without question he has the heart. In 2007 he was selected as the MVP of the Class 3A championship game and in 2008 his role was not much different as he served as a running back, defensive back, and return specialist. Dileo's size may be the only factor that keeps him from playing at the Division-1 level. However, there may be a team out there willing to give him a shot.
Heart: one gritty white guy descriptor ah ah ah.
ESPN's ranking is pretty meh but the writeup has some promise:
He is a good athlete with quickness and agility. … As a punt returner he fields the ball and accelerates while reading blocks on the run. Maintains balance even after being hit. Fights for every inch of return yardage and can make defenders miss in the open field. … Catches the ball easily in traffic and hauls in the pass even knowing he will be hit immediately after the reception. Can turn back across his body to make the difficult catches. As a slot, runs the counter and reverse to perfection. Hits and spins for extra yardage and is tough to bring down.
They end by suggesting he's "solid" and will be "sound" at any position he plays and "can be a very sure and productive player" and wow we're up to five gritty white guy descriptors (ah ah ah), four of which came in one sentence. Touch the Banner—which I have just discovered is run by frequent commenter Magnus—had a scouting report earlier in the year. In sum:
Dileo looks to be a low to mid 3-star player. He's a standout at a small school against weaker competition, but I question his ability to be fast enough or elusive enough to be a major contributor at the next level.
LSU message boards are also doubtful about his ability to play at a high D-I level, but he won the "fans choice" vote so we've got that going for us.
Coach quote:
"Any way we can get him in open space," Guillot said, "we're going to do it. He has great vision and is great at making people miss."
No white guy descriptors from the coach. Score for you, Mr. Guillot.
Well, he picked up an offer from Stanford after Michigan extended theirs. Given the way Harbaugh is recruiting these days that's a respectable letter to have. But… uh. Yeah. The local paper's commit article also claims a couple additional BCS offers:
Dileo chose the Wolverines with scholarship offers from Stanford, Virginia and Northwestern (Illinois) as well.
So not just Tulane and Rice. Not LSU and Miami, either.
Dileo was a jack of all trades for his team, rushing for 760 yards on 102 attempts (7.5 per) and catching 21 passes for 315 yards. Rivals doesn't have full return stats but they do have him averaging 42.2 yards on kick returns(!); he had four touchdowns in the return game..
4.5 is the number, which awesome NFL guys barely run at their combines. So probably not a guy who's other big offer was Stanford. I give it one FAKE out of three.
Highlights of last year's Louisiana 3A state championship game, of which Dileo was the MVP; he's #3:
Mmmm. Fumbles. Also: I think that reverse flea-flicker was in Super Tecmo Bowl.
Um. Well, this is not Kenny Shaw. Not to be a know-it-all but I'm not terribly enthused about Dileo's commitment. He's small, he's not ultra-productive or anything, and the other offers are teams Michigan should be recruiting on another level from with the possible exception of resurgent Stanford. Also, Fred Jackson's last obscure Louisiana wideout find was Laterryal Savoy, who Michigan took over Desean Jackson.
There are a lot of metrics that indicate Dileo isn't going to contribute. It's early in the year yet and maybe he'll have some sort of blowup senior year, but a guy like Dorrell Jalloh is probably Dileo's maximum upside.
They've got to be done at wideout, right? I mean: they've got five in the boat. Even if one—probably Jerald Robinson—is ticketed for the secondary, that's a lot of wide receivers in one class. I think they'd take one more slot if they really liked him, but that's unlikely.
As for the burgeoning class… well. One kid who has no major offers outside of Michigan is one thing. It's okay if the recruiting sites are enthusiastic about him, as they are with Robinson. But now we're up to like four (Kinard, DJ Williamson, Dileo, Tony Drake) players who don't have the offers or the rankings to suggest they're going to be anything more than serviceable if they work out. Trust the coaches and all that, yes, but at some point this goes beyond kids Michigan got on quick because they are awesome and just goes right to kids Michigan thinks they can get commits from after a 3-9 season.
Another player who will never contribute and eats up a scholarship. We don't need another WR either.
I'm not that excited about this commitment, but how can you write him off with such certainty already?
Thanks coach.
4 rec - 92 yards vs MIchigan State
Man, I really wish we didn't
I hope this isn't true,I don't mind Kinard, b/c he plays D one of the few we have so far and the coaches got to scout him while recruiting Bell and Fitz, but I hope this kid de-commits and goes to Tulsa (too soon?).
taking shots at commits. awesome
I'm not excited at all on this commit. Dileo's level of competition is weak, he didn't put up gaudy stats, his offer list is shitty, and the only positive thing people seem to bring up about him is his special teams play. Really? A team that just went 3-9 now has the luxury to bring in players because of their special teams play?
"A team that just went 3-9 now has the luxury to bring in players because of their special teams play?"
I wouldn't really call it a "luxury." I might call it a "necessity" considering all the trouble we had with muffs/fumbles on returns last year. Of course, there's no guarantee that Dileo would adjust well to the cold, but Odoms, Cissoko, Shaw, etc. haven't really shown an ability to be standout return men, either.
special teams is kinda important.
dear god, dude. you know fuck all about him
if i were this kid i'd be wondering if i could commit somewhere were the fans weren't assholes
Good call. Biggest decision of his life... he turns down a full ride to Stanford, commits to M, checks the leading blog for comments... and gets kicked in the groin. Nice job, guys.
BTW we didn't really pass over D-Jax, did we? He was a 5* who picked Cal over SC.
"dear god, dude. you know fuck all about him
if i were this kid i'd be wondering if i could commit somewhere were the fans weren't assholes"
You know fuck all about him? What the hell does that even mean? Is that English?
I know this isn't a dissertation or anything but when you say things like "I'd be wondering if I could commit somewhere WERE (oh you mean WHERE like WHERE we live...) the fans wheren't (haha) assholes"
Seriously dude the red squiggles underneath the post that your typing means that there is an error. If you right click on it it'll tell you what's wrong with it. Isn't technology grand?
Onto the actual topic. If this kid was a linebacker... or a QB... or a kicker... or a towel boy none of us would give a shit. But it's another WR a place that is already stuffed to the gills in this recruiting class with commits. Shouldn't we be saving these spots for kids at other positions? Are we the Lions?
And no offense but I really wouldn't be all too sad if the kid did came on here and saw that we all said "what a scrub" and de-committed. We don't really need any more slots and definitely do not need to REACH for 2* slots (Pat Whites, Steve Slatons not-withstanding)
but thanks for correcting my typos. maybe i'll hire you
1. It's better than your job
2. To be good at my job it is inherent that the person is an asshole. If you're not an asshole you're going to do poorly.
And I will say it again for the record there is a very small chance that this kid does anything for this program. Could he be Mike Hart? SURE! But the odds of that are not very good.
Rankings matter we've proved this on this board before the percentage of 5* that go on to be AA's is a higher percentage than 4* (by a lot) and then the margin is even higher from 4* to 3* and frankly I'd hate to see what it is from 3* to unranked. Here's a hint there's like A MILLION unranked kids they are unranked for a reason and it's because they are not very good (GENERALLY)
The US has become too nice to everybody when I was a kid you got a medal for 1st 2nd or 3rd but nowadays people get medals for just participating. IT'S BS your kid isn't special he's like everyone else.
The first two points are odd coming from someone who once wrote a navel-gazing post about not getting a job offer because other kids were "hogging all the offers". All you're doing is coming off as extremely insecure.
That was when I was in college and is still true because of the role of females in the engineering field...
I'm pretty sure that I'm living the dream right now and that you can suck my left nut.
It is not possible for you to have been a larger asshole in this post, in every single way imaginable:
1. Complaining about grammar/spelling is fine when it obscures the meaning of what the person is saying. You took 3 paragraphs to do it in the rudest way possible? Fuck. Off.
2. No matter your opinion of Dileo (I understand some skepticism about him, myself) calling a 17 year-old kid somewhere a "scrub" passes some line of propriety. So again - Fuck. Off.
Really - go light yourself on fire.
I said: "And no offense but I really wouldn't be all too sad if the kid did came on here and saw that we all said "what a scrub" and de-committed. We don't really need any more slots and definitely do not need to REACH for 2* slots (Pat Whites, Steve Slatons not-withstanding)"
Where did I call this kid a scrub? I said "came on here and saw that we all said 'what a scrub'".
And secondly I was trying to be an asshole. How the fuck do you not know the difference between where and were? Must be a Wal-Mart Wolverine.
you couldn't be more wrong, or more of a tool
this is depressing
You're making it worse. The phrase "walmart wolverine" is used by MSU fans, or Michigan fans so insecure with themselves that they need to look down on fellow fans. Seriously - I'll buy the gasoline if you'd just self-immolate right now.
Is extremely productive and seriously if I was so insecure with myself wouldn't you feel like a fucking douchebag if I really did go home and off myself.
Now if you want to talk about fans that have an insecurity I'm pretty sure that we can look at you who has the name "the real truth". Seriously and what truth is that?
You people who have been following recruiting for a season are ridiculous and frankly don't know what you're talking about.
Also acting like an internet tough guy and telling me that you'll buy the gasoline if I'll light myself on fire is quite... well MSU? Don't they burn things?
I could give a fuck what you or BSB thinks and I'm sure that you couldn't give two shits what I think but ya know what I DO NOT like handing out scholarships to kids that are MOST LIKELY not going to do ANYTHING for the problem AT AN AREA WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH FUCKING COMMITS. If he was a TE sure he could be moved to the line but in that video kid couldn't tackle so I don't see how we need another MFT.
Who has been following recruiting for one season? I've been following it for longer than that.
I'm more opposed to your need to mightily point out someone's typo, then write 3 paragraphs about it, and then turn around and shit on a 17-year old kid. I'm not debating whether Dileo will turn into a productive player, I'm debating about whether you're being a choad for no reason. Answer: Yes.
but the people that believe their opinions hold more water because they think their logic, grammar and spelling are pristine can, uh, shampoo my crotch.
Honestly, I'm generally on board with the grammar nazis, as poor grammar and spelling can make a post incomprehensible. That wasn't the case here, and to spend 3 paragraphs in an out-sized effort of faux-intellectual superiority says infinitely more about the person bitching. Like, it says they're a complete choad.
What's the Dileo?
Did you guys see the punt and kick return teams last season?
It could use all the improvement that's out there, including bringing guys in like this who may only contribute on kick returns. Sounds like he could be the best handler of punts on the roster if he were on the team today. I love his potential there and see a lot of Vinny Sutherland in his game.
See? Its not that hard to be optimistic.
There's been a lot of hand wringing by all of us about our woeful special teams over the years. I dont have any problem recruiting for need in that department.
The reason I'm bummed about this kid is the number of wideouts we already have,though he would be a slot. Any shot he can play corner or defensive tackle?
I know you're joking, but at least one of these WRs might end up on defense.
I also wouldn't be surprised if at least one decommitted.
Dileo plays CB in high school, but I don't think he has much potential at that position.
serious on the corner
The 2nd biggest issue with the return game, after not holding on to the ball was that the returners were getting their bell rung and didn't see the field again for an average of two games after attempting a return... It is hard to develop a dependable return man if he is playing with a Nerf helmet....
Ok, I've participated in and occasionally led the bashing of posters questioning our recruiting regarding size, position, and star level. I still believe that we're on the right track. But, now, like Chris Rock once said about OJ Simpson, "I understand." I just don't get this--another small slot guy, and one who likely will struggle to be a 3 star to boot? Someone rational please help me out, I can't suddenly be sympathizing with McFarlin, this is an emergency...
I think this kid is just what RR needs to help beat Ohio State. He's quick, elusive, and has great hands on punt returns. Not only that, he's a hard worker, he's like a coach on the field, he's gutsy, and he runs precise routes.
you noticed all this, including his on the field coaching, from the clip?
Your Eckstein-dar needs some fine tuning.
MGoBlog is not the only resource for Michigan recruiting. I subscribe to the recruiting services and they have some more information and videos. So, maybe, like me, he has this opinion because he is better informed.
Dileo is small, thin, undersized, and runs like Dan Quisenberry. He is not a major college WR or RB.
I really feel sorry for him, because someone is giving him some incredibly bad advice.
That would be us.
is the Northwestern offer. I know we shouldn't be in recruiting battles with Northwestern, but I think we can all agree that Northwestern is a solid program now compared to what it was and a lot of its offensive prowess in the past decade has been with guys like this in the slot or playing special teams. I think it's analogous to "why couldn't we get a guy like that" syndrome we had for years in basketball with those typical Purdue or Indiana role player recruits. If RichRod and Magee see a way this kid can contribute, even if it is in a special teams role, I say good. Hell, if he turns out to be Vinny Sutherland, I'll be happy b/c Sutherland was a solid contributor on winning Purdue teams.
I think RR is going to revise his recruiting strategy next year...
Um...agree with everything you said, however:
"Rivals doesn't have full return stats but they do have him averaging 42.2 yards on kick returns(!); he had four touchdowns in the return game.."
I'd give him a scholarship if he could field every punt and avg. a 1/3 of that yardage, oh and never fumble.
Your write up is so spot on (perhaps a tad politically uncorrect) but hilarious and true none the less.
Love these write ups.
You beat me to the "What's the Dileo?!" line!
Michigan needs a big recruiting haul this year and there are not enough 4- and 5-stars to go around. RR has no choice but to offer a bunch of 3-star guys just so he can fill out his class. The 3-star guy will typically commit quickly when they get an offer on the level of Michigan.
That's the Dileo.
We fans are used to the old style of recruiting which, at a certain point in time, failed. Many high recruits were duds. We all know what happened in the last seven years. We all need to be sent to re-education camps. Yes, I too have this problem, but I can't do anything about it. I must be re-educated. RichRod needs new and better fans than us.
It's probably because there are a lot of 3-star fans on here. Why isn't Rodriguez recruiting better fans? I guarantee these fans give up after 3 games and transfer.


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I hope someone in charge can fix this for us l33t guys....
"but aggregate consumer data for those with DNT in a non-identifiable way.'"
hmm. Haven't we had many stories about how "non-identifiable" is still identifiable in some cases? It sounds like "Do Not Track" may mean actually "Might track less". As with all voluntary things though, the implementation is completely up to the company implementing it. There's no reason for them to do anything different. I might think it would even allow another layer of tracking since if you have "DNT" on then all that means is yet another flag could be used as a unique identifier, and now they can infer that you're tech savvy and paranoid enough to flip that flag.. What is the point of this again?
Yeah Do Not Track is a great big joke. It's like going through a bad neighborhood at night, loaded with jewellery like a Hollywood diva with a Do Not Rob sign stuck to your back.
Well, how does it work?
You visit site, the server checks your DNT flag before sending a cookie...and then what?
I'm guess the server records GameBoyRMH visited site xyz.com, but no cookie was set. And whenever you visit one of those 800 sites, they know it's you, because they have to check for your DNT flag.
So you've preserved the 100-or-so bytes the cookie would take on your drive, but how is that not tracking?
It seems to me a real DNT track system would be client-side only, and the setting would instruct the browser to accept and instantly (or after the session) delete the cookie, without giving any indication of the activity to the server.
Bingo, you hit the nail on the head.
They would store "someone visited page X at date Y and time Z" and they may also be able to store "and they were referred in from page ABC", but they would have no way of seeing where you went from that page, even if it was to another page on the site, because all that page is going to store is the same non-identifiable information.
A cookie allows them to give you a unique identifier, which works for differentiation down to individual browsers on the same machine, and that allows them to get a good picture
Sorry sir, you may cease guessing now, because it is a total lie and doesn't work.
1. Tools/Options/Advanced/Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked
2. Tools/Clear Recent History/Everything
3. Tools/Options/Privacy/Show Cookies/Remove All Cookies
4. Then go for example to http://marketing.apnewsregistry.com/ [apnewsregistry.com] [apnewsregistry.com]
5. Go look at Tools.Options/Privacy/Show Cookies
__utmb is a session cookie. You do understand what session cookies are and why we need them, right?
In the context of Non-Tracking, the normal logic behind session cookies is not good enough. I'll leave it to my betters to show the proof, but "tracking" is a data-inbound event, so even if that session cookie becomes invalid later, a company sufficiently motivated to make a big show of "Do Not Track" while simultaneously getting trackable inbound info can do it, but it wouldn't all be stored in the cookie, it would be the cookie + other steps.
Basically, it's impossible to prove a company "isn't tracking yo
All those cookies you listed have already expired. Just look at the timestamps, it's right there.
If someone wanted to track you badly enough to do the things you're suggesting, they would simply ignore the DNT flag.
Something I suspect a lot of the folks on
The really funny part is this makes you even more identifiable since so few will opt in. it is like that site that checks how identifiable you are by what your browser sends back (so sorry I can't think of the site, maybe someone has it bookmarked?) and with ABP and NoScript there were less than 8000 with my particular string which is a pretty small niche out of the billions of web users, but with ABP and NoScript turned off I was one of 1,2 million with the same string so it was like trying to find a part
You mean this site? https://panopticlick.eff.org/ [eff.org]
Nice post.
Elsewhere I took a strongly worded stand vs a well meaning AC about session cookies, and "left it to my betters to work out the details". You provided one - the mere (rare) existence of the bit set to on itself.
I know about the Panopticlick method, but that felt "too easy" - so let's work on sneakier tricks. Using the principle of the 20-Questions Narrowing Down theme, can they narrow it down to "you" say within four page clicks? Sure, the homepage might not be enough, but there could be 10 ways o
It seems to me a real DNT track system would be client-side only, and the setting would instruct the browser to accept and instantly (or after the session) delete the cookie, without giving any indication of the activity to the server.
That's basically what Cookiesafe [mozilla.org] and Cookie Monster" [mozilla.org] do. Firefox's default cookie manager does it a bit more clumsily, and is missing the option to allow a site to leave cookies for just the current session, not future sessions. Your only choices are always deny, allow pers
I already have a do-not-track. It's called adblock. It's not perfect and it isn't a certainty that I can't be tracked by advertisers and others (in fact, it's a certainty that I can be, I'm sure). At least I can avoid ads and a significant portion of tracking, though.
Way ahead of you. I use NoScript, Flashblock and Betterprivacy (ads that don't use Flash or JS still work fine, so I support the sites I browse). But unlike us, the Average Joe doesn't know how to defend himself, and it's sort of unreasonable to expect someone to know which scripts should be allowed and which shouldn't.
I also recommend adding Cookie Monster to that list. I don't use Flashblock as NoScript pretty much takes care of it; I do allow scripts from the same domain by default.
I've actually been meaning to try Cookie Monster 1 or CookieSafe.
I already have a do-not-track. It's called adblock. It's not perfect and it isn't a certainty that I can't be tracked by advertisers and others (in fact, it's a certainty that I can be, I'm sure). At least I can avoid ads and a significant portion of tracking, though.
Adblock is a really good partial solution. Not only does it make you more difficult to track (since much of that is done by ad networks) but it also speeds up browsing and removes the more obnoxious ads. What you said makes me think of this line from the summary:
The previous solution was for users to opt-out via a link to a central opt-out page referenced in each participating news site's privacy policy.
That's the previous non-solution. Implicit in this idea is the notion that we're completely at the mer
Am I the only one to suspect that DNT is mainly aimed at the market participant which does the most tracking and which has the highest online ad revenue: Google/DoubleClick?
This isn't a security feature, its a standardized opt-out.
Seems like a good thing. Better security to prevent malicious tracking is still important, but its complimentary to this.
And whether or not it gets wildly honored, if more people set the flag, it certainly sends a message and makes people aware that privacy is important.
Except it doesn't even seem to work for me - see my post above for the apregistry. What good is a method that's so buggy you can't rely on it? What fallacy is that, that they promote a feature yet for ____ % of the population it "just happens" not to work?
I don't get your post. It's not a client thing. The browser simply says to the remote server, "this person does not want to be tracked". It's not buggy or broken. It's up to the remote server to honor it. That's all. Now.. the "idea" may be buggy or broken. Sure. But that's a different thing.
This doesn't claim to delete cookies or anything of the sort.
I'm scratching my head a bit as to why Mozilla went down this road at all.
Well it seems like a bit of a publicity ploy for Mozilla to me, albeit, a good one. Mozilla has had issues with FF in recent versions (I'm looking at you FF3 bloat), but it still remains the poster child browser for a private/independent/free browser. I think the devs at Mozilla know full well that the Do Not Track flag requires the unlikely compliance from other entities. However, by making the feature easy to use and by publicizing it, it has brought the problem of, "Random data mining companies are harvesting everything about you," right into the main view of every user that configures their own Option settings in FF.
Furthermore, if users start checking the option because it sounds like a good idea, but there is still a big fuss about companies tracking users anyway, the users will start to ask what the hell is going on. If Mozilla takes the time to explain that, for true non-tracking web-browsing, those data mining companies have to take it down a notch, it could very well increase public criticism of data mining in general.
So all in all, I think adding the "Do Not Track" option was much more of a political move by Mozilla than an actual technical one. It's nice to see someone with money and clout sticking up for such things for once.
What good is a privacy feature when it rests on the compliance of those who have conflicted interests in the matter?
Why not make it so if you have DNT set and a site ignores it, a big notice pops up saying "This site does not honor your Do Not Track setting. If you proceed, information about your behavior while visiting this site will be tracked and collected, and may be used in a manner you find objectionable. Are you sure you wish to continue?" No, Always Allow, Allow this one time.
Personally, I ju
What good is a privacy feature when it rests on the compliance of those who have conflicted interests in the matter?
I think this may be setting technical foundation for a legal privacy framework with teeth. If there is a de-facto, widely implemented industry standard (even more so if they get it through say W3C) to say "I don't want you to gather my private information", and a company ignores it, can they be held liable? Maybe not today, but a law could be made to that effect tomorrow.
What's worse about this, is that it is implemented by an iframe. The "like" button is actually at facebook. bigfatsluts.com doesn't know anything about your facebook info, but, because you are logged in, and the facebook content knows what page it is being loaded into (the iframe source looks likes this: facebook.com/plugins/like.php?http://bigfatsluts.com/thehairiest.movie), facebook knows that you have visited the page.
The more sites that implement this, the more facebook is able to track your web brows
RefControl [mozilla.org] might help you here. Additionally the HTTPSEverywhere extension; then all the iframes over regular http would get converted to https and hopefully fail.
You almost need to: allow cookies for facebook.com, login to facebook,
Try Cookie Monster [mozilla.org] for help with that.
A pain in the ass, but I wouldn't trust facebook either, even if they did claim to honor DNT.
What's worse about this, is that it is implemented by an iframe.
NoScript can be used to block IFRAMEs.
Log out of facebook. Wouldn't that solve the problem?
Not if you're still accepting cookies from facebook.com / fbcdn.net
This is a nice thing for everyone to be doing, but it's still a trust relationship with no transparency. Bad actors won't respect my wishes. That's the definition of a bad actor.
The solution has to be on client side. Otherwise it's just more trust, which is what we've been using all along. I'd much rather trust the Ghostery extension to just block the tracker scripts to begin with.
I'd much rather trust the Ghostery extension to just block the tracker scripts to begin with.
Ghostery is marketeer self-regulation as well, blocking only scripts from companies who opted in to the program.
Bad actors won't respect my wishes.
Tell me about it. Keanu Reeves keeps appearing in movies, despite my repeated requests. Brah.
To start with, they should rather strip all the unnecessary, incredibly detailed version information [eff.org] off the default user-agent string. Relying on the "goodwill" of ad companies is just absurd.
Oh and, as soon as this Do-Not-Track header becomes a default setting it will be ignored anyway...
Sounds like somebody put the bridge up for sale again. How many owners does the damn thing have by now?
"privacy policy" ha ha ha ha ha ha BWAAAA HAHAHA!!!
ok, that's enough
Those of us who care, already whitelist cookies. Those who don't, are not going to bother setting the DNT flag in the first place.
I can convince my family to enable do not track, no way am I going to try to walk them through cookie white listing.
With Cookie Monster [mozilla.org] it's not too painful. Set it to apply to the entire domain and not deal with subdomains, and have it block by default. Any time they need to login, just click the icon and permanently allow. Any time some crappy website that requires cookies denies them, then temporarily-allow.
I'm not saying most people will do this, but a fair amount can do this if they care. I doubt there is anything we can say to show them they should care, however.
Yeah, that's what I use.
It isn't so much that it is complicated, it is that it is an extra step or two, and they don't care.
It isn't so much that it is complicated, it is that it is an extra step or two, and they don't care.
This sounds like an iron-deficient fist problem.
I'm flying to NYC in the morning and need to pack my "Do Not Mug Me" shirt.
They use the exact same Do Not Track header.
I bet they connect to the same ports too!
If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint?


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makes me wonder how the hell people live in the south. I'll take the damn snow over this sweltering humidity.
We need to spice this thread up....
Anyone see Borgo lately?
oh good, another downpour. haven't had one in a few hours.
This weather must be pmsin' ... My commute is about to suck
Is why I like living next to a giant lake. Sure, it's a snow making bastid in the winter...but it doubles as an A/C during the summer...
I live in Houston/Katy, and it's in the high 90s. NOPE.GIF
110 in the desert is better than 90 on the eastern seaboard with that humidity IMO. It's still hot as balls out here but you don't really sweat because it's so dry. Having worked in NYC and Washington, DC during the summer wearing a suit I can honestly say I prefer it in the southwest. The caveat is we have 110+ for 3 straight months, you guys just seem to get 15-20 days where there's a brutal combo of heat and humidity.
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Am I the only one who thinks the weather is nice.
Not many chicks wear bikinis in the snow. Just saying.......


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SOURCE: The LIVESTRONG Foundation
November 08, 2012 21:08 ET
AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Nov 8, 2012) - Today, the LIVESTRONG Foundation hosted a hard hat tour in East Austin at the home of bone cancer survivor Jose Antonio Ventura, whose home is undergoing a renovation as part of the LIVESTRONG Survivor Support Initiative. The Survivor Support Initiative, an effort designed to help cancer survivors facing exceptional challenges, is made possible because of the generosity of community partners including Balfour Beatty Construction, The Bommarito Group, HomeAway, Move Solutions Ltd., Redmon Construction, Rubbish Works and Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue. The home renovation will include interior and exterior upgrades and is expected to be completed by mid-December in time for the holidays.
"In addition to our steadfast commitment to serving people affected by cancer, the LIVESTRONG Foundation is also committed to bettering our community," said Greg Lee, Chief Financial Officer for the LIVESTRONG Foundation. "It's heartening to have so many community partners join our efforts to give the Ventura family a better quality of life and we are grateful for their generosity."
"The LIVESTRONG Foundation has helped us a lot," said Ventura. "They have given us the confidence that we can go on. And they have helped us with many of the practical challenges we've faced because of cancer. We are excited about the plans to renovate our home and are very thankful for everything the Foundation and their staff are doing to help our family."
The Ventura family represents the growing Hispanic population in the United States. Cancer rates for Hispanics are projected to increase by 142% by 2030, compared to 45% for the overall U.S. cancer incidence. Hispanics, who as a demographic tend to have lower incomes, less education and less insurance, have lower survival rates for most cancers, which may reflect less access to timely, high-quality treatment. The Foundation has recently expanded its outreach to the Hispanic community in an effort to close the gap in the health disparities for Hispanics diagnosed with cancer.
In August 2010, Jose Antonio sought support from the LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation Center for a number of practical and financial obstacles related to his illness. As the Foundation learned more about him and his family, their neighbors in the East Austin community, they realized the Venturas were faced with overwhelming challenges that were being precipitously worsened by Jose Antonio's illness.
For the past 16 years, Jose Antonio has made a living by working manual labor jobs -- sweeping parking garages and streets and working in kitchens. His hands tell the story of his hard life. A year after being diagnosed with bone cancer, Jose Antonio suffered a stroke. He currently receives care at Brackenridge Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is no longer able to work because of his illness and that loss of income makes life even more difficult for this family.
Maria, Jose Antonio's wife, is now the only bread winner in the family. She works in food service making less than $20,000 a year to support a family of five, but wants the best for her children and is determined to give it to them.
Gustavo, the couple's 18-year-old son, is wise beyond his years. In addition to caring for his father, he is also helping to care for his niece, three-year-old Zurayma, and nephew, six-year-old Miguel, both of whom the family recently adopted. Even in the face of adversity, he manages to excel in school. His hope is to graduate from high school and gain a scholarship to attend a special academic program at the University of North Texas in Denton.
As Foundation staff assisted Jose Antonio, they learned that the Ventura family home was in a state of extreme disrepair. Because of mounting medical debt related to Jose Antonio's treatment, the family could not afford badly-needed repairs which include window replacements, plumbing upgrades, basic home security and a kitchen renovation. The Foundation selected the Venturas for special assistance as part of the Survivor Support Initiative.
Though many generous partners have already donated their time and services to this effort, cash donations are needed to get the family essential household items. Anyone interested in donating to the Survivor Support Initiative can do so at LIVESTRONG.org/SurvivorSupportInitiative.
About the LIVESTRONG Foundation
The LIVESTRONG Foundation provides free cancer support services to help people cope with the financial, emotional and practical challenges that accompany the disease. Created in 1997 by cancer survivor and philanthropist Lance Armstrong, the Foundation is known for its powerful brand -- LIVESTRONG -- and for its advocacy on behalf of survivors and their families. With its iconic yellow LIVESTRONG wristband, the Foundation has become a symbol of hope and inspiration around the world. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised nearly $500 million to support cancer survivors and served 2.5 million people affected by the disease. For more information, visit LIVESTRONG.org.
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Dorner in shootout with cops
The LA Times is reporting that the police are telling them that they're locked in a gun battle with Dorner at Big Bear Lake;
The six-day manhunt for accused killer Christopher Dorner took a dramatic turn Tuesday when the suspect got into a shootout with authorities, according to law enforcement sources.
Details were sketchy. But the sources said that Dorner burglarized a home in the Big Bear area, tied up a couple and stole their car.
During the gun battle, two police officers were wounded. Their conditions are unknown. A state fish and game official was shot at, sources said.
It was published a few minutes ago so…
An earlier article at LA Times said he'd burglarized and terrorized residents of Big Bear;
The shooting occurred after Dorner burglarized a home, tied up a couple and stole their car, the source said.
It was not immediately clear whether Dorner was in custody.
A second source said there was an active crime scene but did not have details.
Law enforcement officials were swarming the area.
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At night the moon blooms like the shape
of a mind.
There are fragments of words
beneath tumbled apples
fermenting by the stream's edge.
I count wasps landing on the rotting fruit,
separating the remains into different
stages of decomposition.
And once, in late evening, I watch a coyote
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The coyote has the face of an old man.
Or sometimes it is morning and I write
about the discarded skin of a hognose snake
by the fallen hickory.
Bacteria and fungi are claiming
the dead wood. Witches' butter, split-gilled
mushrooms, tricholomas.
Or I write about my youngest child
and what comes to mind is dandelion, feather, dragonfly.
Or about my wife: leaf wind, stream, alluvial.
Or sometimes it is winter and the ghosts
are riding the snow coming down.
There is something here they forgot,
something that spoke to them once.
The flakes become whatever they long
to become, the ground accepting
whatever it can manage, clinging.
And I listen to the ghosts in the woods
then try to write down what they say.
Snow in winter like a doe's underbelly.
The skittish coyote with its blood mask.
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Sorry I've failed to contribute to the frenzy. I don't like to post to say hey, look at that. I feel like I have to add some value. So I'll just say... what's with the secrecy combined with conspicuousness? The woman's reputation is besmirched by the conspicuous raid, and the governor of our state is collaterally damaged. But she's supposed to keep quiet, why?
"I'm not worried," Archer said. "I don't even have a lawyer. I don't need a lawyer. I did nothing inappropriate."Why not? The FBI search your house for hours and you don't need a lawyer? Just because you think you've done nothing wrong doesn't mean you don't need a lawyer! Assuming Cynthia Archer is not an idiot, on what theory does she not need a lawyer?


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Investigators with the Lee County Sheriff's Office Narcotics/Vice Unit and Field Support Unit conducted a Marijuana Grow House Eradication Operation in Lehigh Acres Friday, resulting in the location of five grown houses and eight arrests, officials said.
Three teams investigated 26 possible grow house addresses which were received through Crime Stopper tips, and other anonymous citizen complaints. Five grow houses were dismantled and eight subjects were arrested for the following:
1. 146 Wanatah Ave. S., Lehigh Acres. 20 Plants seized.
Arrested Abel Montes Chiu, 36
- Isleidy Sotolongo, 30
Both were arrested for Marijuana Cultivation, Trafficking Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Having Minor Present w/ Drugs Being Manufactured.
2. 1100 Gerald Ave. Lehigh Acres. 8 Plants seized.
Arrested Randolph Miller, 44
Cultivation, Possession of Marijuana over 20 grams
3. 2506 61st St. W. Lehigh Acres. 31 Plants seized and approximately 2.5 pounds of marijuana packaged for sale.
Arrested Yeneir Alvarez, 38
- Danian Vazquez, 27
Both were arrested for Marijuana Cultivation, Trafficking Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Having Minor Present w/ Drugs Being Manufactured.
4. 2253 E. 11th St. Lehigh Acres. 17 Plants seized.
Arrested Roberto Hernandez, 28
- Marlies Lopez, 21
- Nora Alonso, 60
All were arrested for Marijuana Cultivation and Possession of Marijuana over 20 grams.
5. 3904 E. 3rd St. Lehigh Acres. 94 Plants seized and approximately 18 pounds of marijuana packaged for sale.
This investigation is still ongoing at this time.
Three children from two of the above addresses were turned over to the Department of Children and Families.
The total number of plants seized was 170 with a street value of $340,000, officials said in a prepared statement released Friday, ading the packaged marijuana had a street value of $60,000.
Source: Lee County Sheriff's Office


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Simpson's overtime upset win at then-19th ranked Wartburg was in your face, well, at least in the mug of Brenton Minish.
Minish blocked an extra point in the extra session to give the Storm a 38-37 win to spoil the Knights homecoming and crippling Wartburg's chances for a playoff berth and a IIAC crown.
"We put Taylor Rogers in to get a middle jump," a jubilant Simpson coach Jim Glogowski said. "With the push, the kick hit Minish in the face with it. It wasn't a very clean block. It was a great push. The ball was a little bit low and hit (Minish) in the face."
The Storm scored first in the overtime as Taylor Nelson hooked up with Rogers for the second straight 10-yard touchdown pass to give Simpson a 38-31 lead. Nelson completed 38 of 59 passes for 358 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions.
Wartburg came right back to score with a 4-yard touchdown by Reese Thompson, but what hampered them all day was the lack to make extra points. Wartburg was 2-of-5 on extra points and couldn't convert the final one.
The Storm came back from a 31-14 deficit to start the fourth quarter and sent the game in overtime with Nelson hooking up with Rogers from 10 yards out with 11 seconds remaining in regulation.
"I can't say enough how proud I am of my kids for not quitting," Glogowski said. "This game gives you a lot of confidence that you can come out of a lot of bad situations if you just keep sticking with it."
The win erased many years of frustration for the Storm as the win over the Knights was the first since 1997. The win put the Storm at 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the conference -- a game back of tri-leaders Dubuque, Central and Coe. Wartburg is now 3-2 in the league.
"That was exciting," Glogowski said about the drought against the Knights. "It's been awhile since we've been able to do that. We're building the program in a positive direction."
Big conference matchups ahead
A big showdown for the MIAC awaits as third-ranked St. Thomas travels to Bethel to play the tenth-ranked Royals. Last season, the Tommies topped the Royals 10-6 in the regular season on the way to winning the conference title. Bethel got its revenge in the playoffs by winning 12-7 in the quarterfinals.
"This is two teams that I don't think are particulary fond of one other," Bethel coach Steve Johnson said. "The last two games were incredibly physical. The Tommies have earned where where they at. We're going to prepare that we're going to do every week. Not everybody gets to play in a championship game and we get to."
St. Thomas coach Glenn Caruso knows the ramifications of this game as well.
"We're extremely excited for this game," he said. "We circle it on our calendars. This is by far one of our favorite games to play."
This matchup consists of balance from St. Thomas as opposed to grind-it-out football by Bethel. The Royals have rushed for 1,720 rushing yards as opposed to 812 yards through the air. Running back Brandon Marquardt has rushed for 597 yards, quarterback Josh Aakre adds 530 yards and Jesse Phenow contributes 483 yards.
"They run the ball, make no bones about it," Caruso said. "They don't try to hide it, they're going to put their nose down and run the football. Everybody knows what they're going to do. They've got a three-headed monster, you've got your hands full."
The Tommies on the other hand, are just about even when it comes to running or throwing the football. St. Thomas has 1,658 passing yards and 1,443 rushing yards. Tommies quarterback Dakota Tracy has thrown for 1,373 yards and 13 touchdowns with Fritz Waldvogel catching 37 passes for 651 yards and nine touchdowns. Colin Tobin is the leading rusher with 655 yards and 11 touchdowns.
"They've got a great balance," Johnson said. "They kind of always have pressure on you. They really run the ball well and have a good passing game. They're probably a little more balanced, kind of prone to have a big play. If we can play our tempo, we're in great shape. If we give up big plays, we're not going to be as good."
With an earlier season loss to St. Olaf, the Royals have to view this game as a must-win. Not only for a chance to win the MIAC, but for their playoff hopes as well.
"We try not to be full of bull, every single game is a big deal," Johnson said. "(This one) is really big because we lost earlier."
And big for the Tommies of course as well. St. Thomas puts its 16-game MIAC regular season streak on the line.
"If you want to go where you want to go, to play some of those games on home turf come playoff time, this another reason this is a bigger game than normal," Caruso said.
Titans host top-ranked Whitewater
The WIAC conference race could very well come down to Saturday's matchup between two-time defending national champion UW-Whitewater and host UW-Oshkosh, currently ranked 20th.
Both teams are currently 3-0 in the WIAC, but recent history heavily favors the Warhawks. Whitewater has won 20 straight WIAC games and 36 overall. Oshkosh is looking for its first winning season since 2007. Over the last five years, the Warhawks have outscored the Titans 175-48. The Titans last beat the Warhawks in 2002.
"It's a big challenge, they have a lot of talent," UW-Oshkosh coach Pat Cerroni said.
That being said, Cerroni is focusing on his team -- not the Warhawks.
"We're just trying to win a game, not only this week, but every week," Cerroni said. "We worry about us that's it. We don't care about anyone else."
The Titans have won four straight since falling to second-ranked and perennial power Mt. Union 41-17. Among the Titans wins, was one over Central, a storied Division III power, 31-28.
"We were hoping to go 1-1 against those two and we did," Cerroni said.
The two top offenses in the WIAC will go to battle. Whitewater's Levell Coppage leads the conference with 725 yards and 12 touchdowns. He needs 185 yards to become the WIAC's all-time leading rusher. The Warhawks are balanced as Whitewater quarterback Matt Blanchard has thrown for 1,400 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and only two interceptions. Defensively, the Warhawks allow 11 points per game and 67 yards on the ground.
"I attribute it to our assistant coaches and our senior leadership," Warhawks coach Lance Leipold said. "The seniors understood for us to maintain what we're doing they have to have the same intensity and same preparation."
Leipold isn't shocked by the rise of the Titans this season.
"Pat has been waiting for this for awhile," Leipold said. "I don't think it's overly surprising and I think it's going to be a big challenge."
For the Titans, junior quarterback Nate Wara has been a key cog as he has 954 passing yards and 457 rushing yards. Wara has nine touchdowns through the air and three on the ground, though he left the game early against Platteville on Saturday with an injury and his status for Saturday is uncertain. Justin Budiac has also been a force on the ground as he has rushed for seven touchdowns during the Titans four-game win streak.
And now, the Titans will see if they can shock the Division III landscape and be in the drivers seat for a playoff run and WIAC title.
"We've been excited since Sunday to try to put a game plan together and have the best success against them," Cerroni said.
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Submission + - Red Hat urges USPTO to deny most software patents (networkworld.com)
Julie188 writes: The United States Patent and Trademark Office asked for public input on how it should use the Supreme Court's Bilski decision to guide it when granting new patents. Not surprisingly, Red Hat took them up on it. The USPTO should use Bilski and the fact that the machine transformation test is "important" to Just Say No to most software patents, it advised. Rob Tiller, Red Hat's Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, IP, is hopeful that the patent office will listen and put an end to the crazy software patent situation that has turned patents into weapons that hinder innovation. I guess he didn't see this story last week Patent Office Ramps Up Patent Approvals.


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By Tiernan Ray
Pacific Crest's Chad Bartley this morning reiterates a Sector Perform rating on shares of Amazon.com (AMZN), after his supply chain "checks" suggested to him that the company's "Kindle Fire" tablet computer, based on Google's (GOOG) Android operating system, is not selling as well as he'd previously thought.
Bartley now models Amazon selling just 6 million units this quarter of the Fire, down from 8 million previously, and 10.5 million for all of 2013, down from 12.5 million previously. While his investigation of the supply chain last month suggest component orders had risen for both October and November by double digits, he now thinks total Q4 component orders fell by more than 20%.
Also, Bartley sees a shift in buying patterns in the data, with consumers perhaps choosing the 7-inch Kindle Fire "HD," which costs $199, while eschewing both the cheaper $159 standard-definition model, and also the more expensive 9-inch Fire.
Writes Bartley, "Although weak Kindle Fire de- mand is potentially positive for profitability, it does imply that Amazon is still struggling to compete against Apple (AAPL), and may even be seeing competition from Google.
"This could make it more difficult for Amazon to drive incremental purchases of digital media and physical products over the longer term."
Bartley's estimate for this fiscal year goes to $62.11 billion in revenue from a prior $62.57 billion, while his EPS estimate stays at $2.37. His 2013 estimates go to $78.23 billion and $2.70 per share from a prior $78.94 billion and $2.60 per share.
Amazon shares today are up $6.92, or 2.7%, at $260.78.
Update: If Bartley's view on the Kindle Fire seems harsh, it is. When I inquired as to why the units projected for next year seem to be so low compared to what is projected this quarter, Bartley replied in an email that there are three reasons for his view. The first is that "demand seems weak," the second is that "the Fire seems to be a highly seasonal item," implying there might be little sales outside of a holiday quarter of any year, and thirdly, that he expects the standard-def model of the Fire to go away next year, as well as, perhaps, the 9-inch models "due to poor demand."
Bartley tells me that total Kindle Fire sales of 10.5 million next year would be a decline from what he's projected for this year of 11.8 million total sales.
Of course, Amazon has never disclosed unit sales for any Kindle device, so Bartley and others can only speculate about unit numbers.


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Westminster Police Station
The Westimister Police Station is a police station in Liberty City in the Grand Theft Auto IV Era. It is one of the 16 police stations altogether in Liberty City, including the ones in Alderney. The Westminster Police Station is also one of the seven police stations located in Algonquin, the other ones are located in Lower Easton, The Triangle, Star Junction, Suffolk, Middle Park East, Varsity Heights and East Holland.
Located in Westminster, Algonquin, the police station serves as the respawn point for players that get arrested in or near Westminster. The Suffolk Police Station appears in-game as a small, brown, four story building. The police station is inaccessable to the player. It normally has a group of 2-3 Police Officers standing outside, making stealing cars without a Wanted Level difficult. The alley west of the station leads to an unguarded Police Cruiser.


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Forum Post: There are liars, damned liars and statisticians!
Posted 4 years ago on Aug. 18, 2013, 3:29 p.m. EST by equibble
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This content is user submitted and not an official statement
"There are liars, damned liars and statisticians!" So said Mark Twain. What he didn't say is that statistics lie. They don't unless falsified by those who use them to bend the will of the people to their own ends.
Statistically speaking, how does the probability of success vary with the concentration of wealth? Before that question is answered we must decide what wealth is. Since I'm writing we'll use my definition. Wealth is land, resources, productive facilities and the energy to produce it from the first three. Included in energy to produce wealth is labor. I won't include it, because in a rational world peoples who work will consume as much wealth as they produce. People who work are the real producers of wealth. Also, I won't include money. Money isn't wealth. Money represents wealth in trade. As to the original question: how does the probability of success vary with the concentrate of wealth? I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Chris Hedges has noted the probable outcome when workers are short changed in the marketplace.
Murdering the Wretched of the Earth
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Fernando Torres says he is happy at Chelsea now that his former manager at Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, has taken over at Stamford Bridge and changed the west London club's style to suit his needs.
Torres has consistently struggled to find his best form since moving to Chelsea in 2011 for £50 million, and appeared on the verge of leaving in the days leading up to manager Roberto di Matteo's sacking last month.
While Torres showed no immediate signs of improvement following Benitez being announced as the new Blues boss, four goals in his last two games hint at something of a resurgence under the man who helped him carve out a fearsome reputation at Anfield.
The striker's double against Nordsjaelland in the Champions League proved to be in vain as Chelsea crashed out at the group stages, however two goals against Sunderland helped the west London club to only their second league win since October 20.
"We are playing a bit differently," the 28-year-old said of Chelsea's recent upturn in fortunes. "We don't pass the ball as much as we did before in the final third of the pitch and we try to play more direct and explode the players forward with Victor Moses or me or Eden Hazard on the left.
"We are using the quality of Oscar or Mata in the middle and we are attacking more and making more chances.
"We are working as a team, as we did in the beginning of the season with Robbie [Di Matteo], but normally it takes some time when a new manager arrives and changes things like this, but the results last Wednesday and on Saturday are going to give us more confidence, the only thing we need now," he added.
Chelsea now travel to Japan for the Club World Cup where they face Mexican club side Monterry ahead of a potential final showdown against Brazilian's Corinthians or African champions Al-Ahly.
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...in shock that Michigan (Burke in the 2nd half) stepped up and beat Kansas...then blasting Florida was icing on the cake!!!...Lets keep the good shooting going and make a title run!!!!
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3/31/2013 – Michigan 79, Florida 59 – 30-7, Final Four
There was a point—probably the 360 GRIII dunk against Minnesota that capped a fist-pumping, game-sealing run on the home floor of what then seemed like a top-ten opponent—when this Michigan team's ceiling seemed limitless. If Michigan needed points, Trey Burke snapped his fingers and it was so. Nik Stauskas was flirting with all-time three-point shooting records; Tim Hardaway Jr seemed to have played himself into the first round, no questions. Defense was a minor issue, surely.
I spent chunks of words around this point talking about how everyone should grab this team and hold on tight, because joys like this don't come around very often. I think I wrote like three columns exhorting anyone who happened across this here blog to set aside cynicism or reserve and prise open their chest, the better to let your heart pound loose and free in the exhilaration of the moment.
Coming down from that was terribly sad. The shellshock of the first OSU game was okay, because they were young and still fought back like champions. That happened before the GR360 anyway. Losing at Indiana was expected, and relatively competitive and the Kohl Center debacle was a fluke. It was really the next two events that punched me right in the heart. When Michigan flat-out did not show up at Michigan State, I watched the second half on mute with a glass of whiskey in my hand. I don't even know what I did during the Penn State game, but I knew how it felt. It felt like Michigan basketball. Shit.
I was in orbit, man, and had not considered the possibility of forced reentry or what I'd turned the ol' heart into: a blast shield.
There are few things better in basketball than a three point shooter going nuts. For all the things Kevin Durant his done, he may be best loved for blowing up Rucker Park with four consecutive threes. I mean:
Dr. J got his nickname on that court, and he can't make Google autosuggest. Localized abatements in the law of probability have pull. Stauskas's early-season emergence was Rucker Park every night.
The fade was inevitable, but every time an announcer mentions Nik Stauskas's still-blazing three-point shooting people who have been watching Michigan play basketball all year only hear that shooting percentage is a couple points lower than it was a couple games ago. Part of the magic that made Michigan seem like an unstoppable train was Stauskas's three point shooting lines. Here are twelve consecutive games: 3/4, 3/4, 1/4, 2/3, 4/7, 4/5, 3/4, 2/5, 4/8, 2/7, 5/8, 5/8.
If he let it go, you expected it to go down. Not in the sense that you were momentarily allowing hope to overwhelm your reason. In the sense that the ball in the air was literally better than 50/50 to go in the hoop despite being launched from a great distance. Stauskas's shooting was a microcosm of the team; it was impossible to do anything other than stare at it, slack-jawed. Stupid grins optional, but recommended.
The wake-up call came at Ohio State. Stauskas didn't score in 23 minutes; he only got off three terrible looks from three. Guy probably hadn't gone a game without scoring since he was six. Towards the end his brain foundered. As the Big Ten season progressed, his fate followed the team's: 1/5 from three in the Indiana loss as Jordan Hull showed him what efficiency was; the same line at the Trohl center; 5 turnovers in the Penn State debacle; 1/8 from the field in the second Wisconsin loss. His decline was a microcosm of the team's.
The slump reached epic proportions in the most important games of the season. Entering the Florida game he was 2/16 from deep in his last four games. Michigan papered over that with liberal helpings of Trey Burke and Mitch McGary, but against Kansas they'd escaped, more plucky underdog surviving one more day than team gunning for a title. I'd burst from my seat to shout something about sending it in when Stauskas rose up in overtime against Kansas, and then sheepishly sat down when it clanged off the rim.
Sunday, Florida left him. I don't know if this was a decision to pick the 2/16 poison instead of Burke and McGary or simply a screwup. Whatever the reason, they left him. Stauskas knocked it down. High fives all around. Stauskas knocked another one down. Eyebrows cocked. What if…
The NBA Jam "on fire" three was next, and then another, and suddenly Stauskas was delivering on everything he'd promised in videos of his dad feeding him over and over again in his backyard, those stories about him breaking Beilein three-point drill records, that highlight package of Stauskas torching Baylor as a high school senior, every splashed three pointer against Eastern and Central. They poured it in from all over, but mostly from Stauskas, who we'd all literally seen dream about this in his backyard. A basketball metronome. Automatic. Open corner three, forget about it.
That was one thing. That was all Michigan needed to separate itself, to finish the course reversal that started in the second half against South Dakota State. The other thing: the last one, the one pictured above, was not wide open. Stauskas evaded a hard closeout, dribbled a step to his left, and launched from behind the backboard. Didn't matter. Stauskas was no longer bound by gravity.
*["Nik Stauskas's dad" is a candidate for the most boring job of the last 18 years]
Seth Greenberg breaks it down:
And official NCAA highlights:
Official site video includes Bacari cheese speech, locker room stuff:
Return to Ann Arbor:
Bullets ahhhhhh!
It started with
a whisper defense? Um… yeah. Michigan started this game lighting it up from the field, finishing the first half at a scorching 1.3 points per possession. But the difference between this game and, say, VCU, was the opponent's ability to score. VCU got a lot of points out of the gate; Florida got none.
As Doug Gottlieb mentioned at halftime, this was a gameplan thing. Michigan did indeed put GRIII on Erik Murphy. With visions of various Kansas 4s going 11/14 from the floor, Florida set to attacking him on the block. To say this did not work is an understatement on par with "Sunday was fun." Murphy couldn't get deep in the post and ended up throwing up tough shots while taking contact. His line for the game: 0/11, with nine of those inside the line.
By the time he did launch one of the threes he hits at a 46% clip, there were ten minutes left in the second half. He shot on consecutive possessions; the first was heavily contested and off balance. The second wasn't quite as terrible of a look but GRIII did get a hand in his face. Obviously both missed.
For the game, Florida took all of ten(!) threes. That's 18% of their shots from a team that usually puts up 40%. As someone who tracked the scary-low number of three pointers Wisconsin gave up all year let me tell you: that is downright Wisconsonian. As Bo Ryan watched this game through a film of tears, cutting box at the ready, he had a nagging feeling of familiarity as a team that bombs away went 2/10 from three. "That could have been us," he sniffled, forgetting entirely about Ryan Evans trying to shoot a free throw.
Is this post going to descend into Bo Ryan masochism fiction?
Well, is it?
Hmm. It appears the answer is no. Shame.
More on defense. Michigan's D held Florida to 0.9 points a possession in the first half… and improved(!) in the second half. All but eliminating threes did not come with an excessive cost on the interior, where Florida shot 46%. A lot of those were Boynton or Rosario runners a lot like the shots VCU was clanging; those are clearly things Michigan has just decided to give up. McGary went from challenging them fruitlessly and opening up opportunities for second chance shots to sticking to his man.
Extra possession watch. Rebounding numbers were essentially identical—both teams had 9 OREBs, Florida had one extra DREB. Michigan won turnovers by 4. So I'm a bit baffled as to where Michigan's seven extra shots came from. Both teams had 46 2PA; Michigan had 9 extra 3PA to Florida's 4 extra FTA. More of Florida's free throws could have come in and-one situations, but that doesn't make up for what looks like a seven-shot difference, does it?
The Burke. Burke's trademark steal came off at the end of the first half, giving Michigan two points that seemed worth a lot more as Florida made their push towards a single-digit deficit. I'm not sure about you, but I almost expected that. Burke has a pirate's instinct for the moment, and with Michigan nowhere near the bonus it was a free shot at two. With Florida holding for the last shot, a missed steal that Florida presses gives Michigan an extra possession.
I don't really get to talk much game theory about basketball, but that's a situation in which Burke's skill combines with his intelligence to make that a majorly +EV move.
Mitch: cooled off, sort of. McGary's been on the kind of streak where you can announce some statline of his to a room and get gales of laughter back. I read a tweet that ended up in my timeline stating that McGary had eight points and six rebounds at the under 12 timeout in the first half, and the room went LOL.
McGary didn't continue that torrid pace and fell short of his third consecutive double-double. Still: 11 points on 9 shot equivalents, 9 rebounds, just one turnover, two blocks, and five(!) steals. I don't think I've ever seen a big who's better at coming from behind a post feed for a steal. He doesn't just knock it away and home, he knocks it away, goes and gets it, and then sometimes chucks an audacious over-the-head outlet pass that demands a Wes Unseld reference.
Everyone's searching for their McGary comparable, so here's mine: Brian Cardinal. Cardinal was a quality three point shooter (god, imagine that skill added to McGary's repertoire), but in terms of being a super-active big who generates possessions and has a floor-burn collection, I like it.
Morgan and Horford. Those guys got 14 minutes as McGary got in a bit of foul trouble, and produced. Horford was 3/3 from the floor; combined they acquired nine rebounds, three on offense, and had a 1:1 A:TO ratio. Once Murphy proved he couldn't exploit Robinson on the interior, Michigan didn't need to go two-post (though they did run it out for a minute or two in the first half); those guys got production in when they were called on.
Good to see Morgan getting enough time to contribute. It would be beyond brutal for him if he'd been limited to the minute he got in the first two games of the tournament.
Spike. Albrecht is on a minutes streak: 15 against VCU, 11 against Kansas, 14 here. This was his best outing, obviously. It struck me as Florida tried to pressure him just how impossible it is to get the ball off of the guy. Even Burke will occasionally get his pocket picked by Craft and the like; Albrecht is so low to the ground and capable of that instant spin, so pressing him is futile. With Florida desperate and pressing Spike came in to take the ball up, easily beat the press, and then handed off to Burke. That conserved Burke's energy for the final stretch.
Three steals, two of which led to layups, and a three he knocked down are bonuses. He's doesn't seem enough of a threat inside the line to hold off Walton next year but who cares about that? Right now he's Michigan's main guy off the bench. He's now 44% from three on the year, BTW (albeit on just 25 attempts).
I still don't get deploying him against Kansas, which wasn't pressing and was destroying Michigan at the four.
Hardaway. An awful shooting night, but the difference between Hardaway this year and last: he put up five assists.
Beilein talent eye x2. So Albrecht, obviously. His other offer, singular, was Appalachian State. Then there's Casey Prather, who is often cited as an exception to the rule that if Beilein tries to get you, you are good at basketball. After seeing him play are you telling me you wouldn't want to have the guy off the bench in the LeVert role? 6'6" sticky defenders aren't too common. He's got great rebounding numbers for a wing. He can't shoot, but there'd be a role for him on a Final Four team.
The number one thing to fix about college refereeing. The Wisconsin Chest is a foul, but is never called. The Chest occurs when a guy goes up for a shot and his defender scoots his chest up into the lower body of the defender. Guy takes a bump, shot difficulty goes up a lot, principle of verticality is violated. Never gets a call. I've noticed that Michigan is getting better at the Chest in the the last couple games, because I'm now thinking "that's a foul ARGH" when Michigan's on defense. Which, yay for right now and all that, but also I feel dirty.
Gottliebtake. I'm of two minds about Gottlieb. He's obviously annoying. Earlier this year I tweeted something to the effect of "that guy should wear a lucha libre mask and call himself Strongtake." He has one strength of opinion: extra.
But this does allow him to say interesting things and ask interesting questions. There should be someone badgering the committee rep about why Oregon was 12 seed and that guy should be rolling his eyes when the committee rep tells him "well, they were really an 11" as if anyone gets incensed about teams that are one line off of expectations. There should be someone doing college basketball games who won't shut up about how terrible the monitor review process is—there should be dozens, actually. There should be someone willing to bomb Billy Donovan's first half gameplan when it results in Florida going 1/5 from three. He seems to have a mild form of Tourette's—the white guy analyst comment. I'm in favor of weird guys, I guess.
[12:39 PM] Ace: http://www.wdfn.com/pages/shep.html?article=11133369
[12:39 PM] Ace: BEILEIN DANCING ALERT
Every net-cutting video you could want. UMHoops recap. Slideshow from Melanie Maxwell. WE HAD SUBS
will it surprise you that Beilein says he's "trying to have more fun"?
UMHoops photos.
OU's Greg Kampe on the Syracuse matchup and some other things. What do Michigan fans think? They are generally in favor! Wojo. Daily's Daniel Wasserman. Everett Cook. Meinke on Stauskas. Beard on Albrecht.
Congratulations! Go back to class. Michigan is a two point favorite. MVictors. They facetimed Novak from courtside after.
To be fair to Dr J, if Google had been around when he was doing his thing, he'd probably be on autosuggest. But I get what you're saying.
seth greenberg video: come for the wisdom, stay for the smooth jazz
man. I don't think Brian Cardinal put up 25 and 14 in his nine year college career let alone as a freshman in the Sweet 16. I think Mitch has a Kevin Love type ceiling and i think comparing him to Cardinal is selling him and his potential short by a great deal.
Cardinal also wasn't a great rebounder. McGary's rebound-per-minute numbers are off the charts.
Is so much higher than cardinal or hannsborough. Fwiw why do his comps have to be the same skin color? Really Mitch was the #1 recruit in the us at one point and I think his movement on pick and rolls and passing really shines. Grantland did a piece on him today. Check it out. Mitch deserves btr comps but admittedly I can't one up with one just now. I just know he's got game and his play has really keyed this tourney run.
Beilein doing the harlem shake is so full of win
The best part of that video isn't so much that Beilein is dancing, but rather that Jordan Morgan is wearing Beilein's tie around his head. I would love to hear a recap of that conversation.
The pilots of the plane reported severe and unexpected turbulence. Said the pilot, "I have no idea what happened. I heard some music and then the whole damn plane stated shaking. It was like a lot of really large guys where jumping around in the plane. It was so crazy that I asked the flight crew for a sub."
The best part about Stauskas's performance is it's the only kind of dominating basketball performance that I can relate to, as well as perhaps thousands of other basketball fans whose own career ended as high school began. I'm short, can't jump, can barely ballhandle (and not at all with my left), can play acceptable defense, and every so often, maybe one in eight pickup games I play, I can't miss from three. I'm a beggarman's version of That White Guy Off The Bench that college teams often have.
True Cool Story Bro: One time a friend and I went to the court to shoot a little, and soon eight dudes, every single one of them bigger and faster than me, came up to the court too. It had the makings of a nice five on five, so my friend and I split up and we played a little full court. It happened to be one of those days where I couldn't miss if I tried. The best compliment I've ever received on a basketball court was during that game when I took a pass and my defender didn't close out for the umpteenth time and I heard this panicked voice from the other side of the court: "Don't let 'im shoot!!" Shot went in and I found out who'd said it by noting which of my opponents was glaring daggers through the guy who was supposed to be guarding me.
Moral: I'll never have any idea what it's like to be Mitch McGary, banging around inside and putting back rebounds, or Trey Burke creating everyone's shot including his own, or Glenn Robinson on what must've been the twentieth alley oop of the season. But a game like Stauskas's game against Florida, I get that. Even if it's a pickup game and not exactly the Elite Eight.
Great players get into it a lot, and the rest of us can hope for it to happen maybe once or twice.
I can remember in my pickup days behind Couzens one time getting into it, and you always here that the hoop looks huge, but it just seemed to me like an out of body experience, where no matter what you throw up or how, the body wills it in. And the other guy really can't do anything about it. It's just amazing to think of guys who can basically "will" themselves into it.
To me the best recent comparable for McGary is Ty Hansbrough. Certainly Ty had a more polished offensive game in his later years but both guys play physical, are limited jumping-wise but just play the game the right way and hustle all of the time. And McGary may have more upside to his game (although he isn't there yet).
McGary's offensive game has improved in leaps and bounds. Just as a finisher around the basket he's light years from where he was in December, when he was missing half his layups. Now he seems to be really developing good footwork and is under control when he pivots and shoots. LaVall Jordan's done some really nice work with him.
I think next year (assuming he does return) he can be a 15 ppg guy.
I believe Jordan coaches the guards. Bacari coaches McGary.
Whoops - you're right.
You beat me to it. I was also going to make the Hansborough connection. Hansborough is not that limited a jumper, actually. He and McGary move very well laterally on defense and have incredibly high motors. Hansborough's FT shooting was much better than Mitch's, which made him all that much more dangerous offensively, because he was a foul magnet.
Fair enough but for a player of the year candidate, it wasn't like Ty H was leaping out of the gym either. Just like McGary who moves well but doesn't leap out of the gym. And Ty H was a bullish-type of scorer in the same way that McGary shows once in a while. I think McGary's FT % is bound to go up next year - he has a nice stroke, he just needs more confidence and repetitions. The one thing I see was that Ty H tried to draw fouls desparately while McGary seems to go out of his way to avoid getting fouled. Probably a good decision given his FT %.
Bill Self doesn't coach Florida.
Burke had a flu during the Kansas game. I believe this explains Albrecht's minutes (re: why is he playing when Kansas isn't pressing well and they're killing us on the boards)
The last line of defense when GRIII is being torched in the post is to have Hardaway defend the opposition 4 man - his technique is better, even though he's a stone lighter. When this happens, either Robinson has to defend a shooting guard (and his technique isn't much better on the perimeter than it is in the post), or he's subbed out for a perimeter defender - LeVert or Albrecht. LeVert's defense is better, but the experience difference between him and Spike really shows up on offense.
Neither does Billy Donovan.
(pic courtesy of Sec44 on GBW)
That Harlem Shake video may be the most underrated clip of this team, EVER. Like it blows McGary's secret Selena Gomez crush video out of the water.
Woah... Where's this McGary secret crush video? I've never seen it.
How about a Greg Kampe one?
I don't doubt that Syracuse is good, and they certainly are nothing close to an automatic win....but I wouldn't worry that Greg Kampe doesn't think we're going to beat them since he thought we'd have a hard time getting by SDS and VCU-
And then thought Kansas would beat us....
picking Michigan to lose, sooner or later he will be right. If we win it all, he will probably say "Yeah, but they won't win it next year."
JB wanted to play at Crisler instead.
Kampe went off about how JB was scared to play them. Brian even bought it for a while.
I found this photoshop on Buzzfeed asking if McGary was a basketball player or wizard. OT but still relevant.
speaking of wizards, I feel like this craptastic photoshop of Burke & Stauskas enchanting the rock I whipped up on Saturday was eerily prescient. CHEAP SELF RE-POST.
Michigan's D held Florida to 0.9 points a possession in the first half… and improved(!) in the second half.
Yet all the pundits think Michigan's game is to out-score you.
In fairness, that's how you win games.
someone get underground printing going on a "let's try to have fun" shirt with the beilein photo, stat.
Marquette was 3-24 from three against Syracuse in the Great 8. Marquette lost because they beat themselves, it wasn't necessarily all because of the zone.
For anyone studying that game, those were 24 open good looks from three point land and they were throwing enough bricks to build a house.
Michigan can spread the court, open up space and make a lot more than 3-24.
Make it happen! Hail!
Excellent point. I've seen MU (NTMU) a few times this year and have concluded that (Cadougan + Blue + Mayo + Lockett) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (Stauskas + THJ + Trey + GRIII).
Marquettes Devonte Gardner is also only 6-8.
McGary, Horford and Morgan are taller and have better length than Gardner, so maybe this will also help with ball movement in and around the Syracuse zone.
Burke's steal at the end of the first half, and at the end of the MSU game is perfect recognition of something that had never occured to me before: the other team is not trying to score. As a result, it's low risk. If you miss the steal, you probably have time to get back into position because the opposing team is just killing the clock anyways so they get the last shot. And if you get the steal, you become my hero. Well, if you're Burke, you already were, but you know what I mean . . .
I absolutely love watching the backcourt violation over and over as well. Not only is Burke the only one of the two aware of the fact ten seconds is approaching, he masks his delaying as two steal attempts so that Johnson isn't tipped off about the clock and doesn't hurry up to get the ball across.
Elijah Johnson is coming after him in that last picture...
At this point, I think most of us can agree that the team has exceeded most all of our expectations. Maybe it was the tough stretch in the B1G conference play, but I doubt most of us really expected a Final Four appearance. That said, I think its going to be so much fun watching them on Saturday (and Monday????). Its all just gravy now, extra toppings on the footlong, so to speak. And that, my friends, is TREMENDOUS!
to neuter the syracuse zone...i'd like to see the wing shooters pulled closer up toward the top of the key some...should shorten the swing passes and give the syracuse D less time to move out toward the shooters...sound idea?!?
Typically the wings settle in the gaps of the 2-3 which creates the most space between them and the two defenders. I think pulling them "up" for shorter passes would be offset by having them closer to a defender.
especially the behind the scenes ones that most of us never get to see. What I would give to be in the locker room after a big win like this one.
The truly subs thing about this team is that, although the tourney matchups would have been different, M is one bullshit half-court three, two bullshit missed front ends of 1 and 1s (and one bullshit tip that didn't fall), and one bullshit last 10 minute collapse away from being 33-4. That puts them in really rarified territory.
Of course, they did lose those three bullshit games, but still...
Also, the one thing I haven't heard talking heads talk about when they wax orgasmic about Syracuse's length (hey-o!!!) is that we haz it too. I mean, between Nik, Timmy, and GRIII, we can shoot over any zone in America. Trey may have some trouble, but that's why he steps back to 37 feet for his shots (don't do this on Saturday, Trey, plzkthx).
in exchange for the one bullshit missed front end of a 1 and 1 in the Kansas game.
In the 5 games before "the epic slump," Stauskas had shot 50% from 3 -- 40% if you don't want to count the MSU game from which he was KO'd. In the 9 games before that he shot 50% from 3 twice, 60% twice, and 40% once. He shot 37% for the conference season. He's still currently on pace for the 5th best 3pt% ever at Michigan.
Agaisnt KU he shot 4/7 total - the best shooting % of any starter besides McGary, had 3 assists to 1 TO, and had 2 rebounds.
This entry makes it sound like Stauskas played well until OSU, then was essentially lousy until yesterday. Not at all the case.
Anyone else notice that in the net-cutting videos "In the Big House" is playing over the PA?
Is there any question Zack ends up coaching this team one day? I'm guessing he's back in Ann Arbor within the next 2 years as some sort of assistant. And it will be glorious.
What did McGary say to Novak?
It could be loosely translated as "ARGGGAHAHAHAH."
"I just screamed," McGary said in English later.
"as if anyone gets incensed about teams that are one line off of expectations"
um...i know a whole bunch of mid-major boards that would and probably do (e.g. for sure we did over Valpo getting a 14 behind crap teams like Montana instead of the 13 they deserved), and at that end of the spectrum, it's totally justified because one line off of expectations is an exponential difference in terms of historical winning percentage:
16: 0%
15: 6.5%
14: 14.1%
13: 21.1%
...so yeah, we do get exercised about that one line, for obvious reasons.


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Nassau police hope a gold necklace found on human skeletal remains discovered in Lattingtown by a woman walking her dog will help identify the person, who they believe is a victim of foul play.
The chain necklace, which also has a gold pig pendant, is the best lead investigators have, said Det. Lt. John Azzata, commanding officer of the homicide squad.
A woman and her dog were walking in the sand at the end of Sheep Lane on Monday afternoon when they came across the remains, police said.
Azzata said the chain is stamped as being 24-karat gold, but after an analysis investigators determined it is actually 22-karat gold. Twenty-four-karat gold is popular in Asian and Indian community jewelry stores, he said.
Azzata said he's taking everything into account when it comes to the necklace, including Chinese astrology. In Chinese culture, the years of the pig include 1995, 1983 and 1971, he said.
At a news conference, Azzata said the remains are believed to belong to someone between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. But how long they were buried in the sand will have to be determined by a Nassau County forensic anthropologist, who is scheduled to examine the bones Thursday, he said.
Azzata stopped short of confirming the remains are of a woman, also pending tests. He did say that women's clothing, a pair of pants and undergarments were found with the remains. And he shot down speculation that this find was connected to the 10 sets of human remains found on Gilgo Beach and along Ocean Parkway, which Suffolk County police continue to investigate.
"When this victim was found, I reached out to them and told them I had a victim near the water," he said. But it doesn't appear they are linked, Azzata said.
Suffolk County police did assist and provided cadaver dogs to search the area, he said.
The remains also show signs of trauma, which is why the homicide squad has taken over the investigation, he said, but he declined to say what those signs were.
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