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We will win this game simply because our team is better. They have a freshman QB and lost a bunch of athletes from sanctions.
Preview: Penn State 2013
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|Michigan vs
Penn State
|Beaver Stadium
State College, PA
|5 PM Eastern
October 12th, 2013
|partly cloudy, mid 60s dropping to 50s, 10% chance of rain
Penn State enters their game against Michigan reeling after their first-ever loss to Indiana, that by a whopping 20 points. While Penn State's attempts to get back into the game created a bit of a point avalanche for the Hoosiers, Indiana racked up almost 500 yards in a decidedly non-fluky victory.
With a 37-34 loss to UCF that wasn't really that close also in the rear view mirror, Penn State is teetering on the brink of a sanctions-imposed abyss. A win against Michigan forestalls that for a while yet. A home loss to go 3-3 with two gimmies and spirits will deflate.
Run Offense vs Penn State
Glenn Carson tackles will hit double digits
Penn State's rushing defense has been schizophrenic. They've obliterated Eastern Michigan and Kent State. Those teams are really terrible at offense, sure. Syracuse is actually decent-ish and Penn State held them under a hundred yards; their main backs combined to acquire 3.5 yards an attempt on 28 carries.
In their other two games they've been shredded.
- UCF got two runs of 40+ yards and averaged 6.7 yards an attempt, quarterbacks excluded.
- Indiana was a bit less prolific but also ripped off a 40-yarder and averaged 5.2 a pop, team and QB rushes excluded.
Ace hopped on Google Talk to describe with wonder IU's backbreaking 75-yard touchdown drive to go up 28-17, because it was all rushes and screens. Vintage Penn State defense this isn't.
Sanctions have started to bite heavily, especially in the linebacker corps, where Nyeem Wartman and Ben Kline have been knocked out of the lineup and Mike Hull has been playing hurt, visibly. He missed EMU and Kent State and has limped through the last couple games. That leaves senior returning starter Glenn Carson, a fringe NFL prospect, as the only fully healthy starter. Hull's making do at one spot and 5'10" converted safety Stephen Obeng-Agyapong is operating as a permanent nickelback at the other. Against Indiana, PSU used Carson and Hull as the ILBs; against Michigan they'll have to hope all three guys can read and react in the box, because if you think Michigan sees 5'10" linebacker and 250 pound SDE and isn't going to manball faces you've got another thing coming.
Given Michigan's success at reducing turnovers with a grinding style, expect them to continue that until Penn State proves they can stop it—and I mean stop it, not just reduce it to 3 or 4 yards. This is actually a situation in which you may be able to "wear down the opponent," because the opponent is operating with 61 scholarship players. Penn State has a tough task against tackle over: shift under and Lewan's blowing your DE off the ball. Shift over and you're asking a lot of Obeng-Agyapong.
The cat-and-mouse game will play a large role in success here, as Michigan's overload is susceptible to a similar overload from Penn State and counters were limited and not particularly effective against Minnesota. They had a couple of weakside isos and one honest-to-God counter; only one of those plays was particularly successful.
With Fitzgerald Toussaint obviously instructed to get upfield fast and hard on threat of pudding bath, Michigan will grind out another low-TFL, low-YPA, lots of third-and-short running performance, leaving big plays to relatively infrequent passes.
Key Matchup: Kerridge, Butt, and Kalis/Bryant against Penn State linebackers. Yeah, I'm taking it for granted that the Red Sea will part on these power plays, whether it's by playing straight up for Lewan adjusting to slant games PSU comes up with. That'll leave the lead block convoy against PSU's hallowed but flagging LB corps.
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Pass Offense vs Penn State
Like the rush defense, PSU throttled Syracuse, EMU, and Kent State and was crushed themselves against UCF and Indiana. Passing lines in those two games:
- Blake Bortles, UCF: 20/27, 288 yards, 10.7 YPA, 3 TD, 1 INT
- Nate Sudfeld, Indiana: 23/38, 321 yards, 8.4 YPA, 2 TD, 1 INT
If you're thinking that defending probably didn't go too well in those games if Penn State couldn't defend either the run or the pass in them, well, yeah. Here is the Bortlesing:
Hitches hitches hitches, and then getting beat over the top. Penn State's in damage control mode at corner.
Short on players, Penn State moved corner Adrian Amos to safety before the season and generally makes due with Obeng-Agyapong as their nickel in passing sets. The corners are both sophomores who committed in the immediate aftermath of Penn State's sanctions and had one other BCS offer each, and that's only if you count Temple. Lucas was thought to be a safety by the sites, Williams a wideout. Williams is a position switch starter that signals desperation, as he was still a wideout until PSU's spring practice.
They've got size, but if they're not playing off Jeremy Gallon he will eat them alive, and this seems like a defensive backfield that is going to have trouble sticking with Funchess just like Minnesota did.
Penn State's pass rush has collected 11 sacks on the year, with no more than two from any one person. Ace said they didn't blitz much against Indiana but they've got to be bringing guys at least sometimes since DBs and LBs have 4 of their sacks.
The question for Michigan is: are they the kind of offense that disassembles these guys or vice-versa? If you're going by career Gardner YPA, the answer is hell yes. If you're going by your eyes, the answer is closing your eyes and praying. Against Minnesota, Michigan mitigated the eyes thing by working Gardner into the game slowly and putting him in a lot of situations where they were able to get him time and his receivers space because Minnesota was overplaying the run.
They're not going to be able to get away with quite as much crunch in this one—Michgian's going to have to throw more than 17 times. That'll up the pressure on Gardner and AJ Williams and expose Michigan to more danger. The potential rewards from Michigan's newly sexy WR corps demand exploration of the possibilities, though.
Key matchup: Gardner versus himself, still.
BONUS key matchup: AJ Williams versus PSU DEs in pass protection. Feels like Michigan's going to have some opportunities to hit big plays over the top as long as they can keep Gardner clean on tackle over play action.
Run Defense vs Penn State
Hyyyyarrr! Prepare for the GINGERBEARDENING
Starting tailback Zach Zwinak is a Weisman-like moose good at pounding his way forward and not much of a breakaway threat. He was highly effective against UCF but only moderately so against the rest of the schedule. Like Michigan's ground game against Minnesota, he's likely to get you a small number of yards play in, play out.
Backup Bill Belton is a smaller, quicker guy with a better YPC and more sparing usage. He'll probably see around ten carries; sophomore Akeel Lynch got plenty of effective run late in the Kent State and EMU blowouts but has seen little time in competitive games.
This is a Notre Dame-like offense that spreads the field and hands off too infrequently for fans' taste, which could pose Michigan some problems. They've responded to passing spreads with a lot of nickel packages that lift their nose tackle in favor of another pass-rush threat. It says here that practice should stop immediately since the extra pass-rush threat has not actually threatened any pass rush and it's time for senior Quinton Washington to get the playing time he deserves. He was Michigan's best lineman against Minnesota, easily, and if his presence can cut down on third and shorts he should be in there.
Even if he is, the rest of Michigan's line is young or undersized or liable to miss assignments and Zwinak should have a relatively productive day as Michigan's excellent inside linebackers have to work through too much trash to keep him to two yards very often.
Key Matchup: Quinton Washington and Three Tech Du Jour against double teams. Michigan is going to flee the box and
Pass Defense vs Penn State
He's good.
This will be a stern test for Michigan's passing defense. Despite having a true freshman slinging the ball around, Penn State has shown no compunction against having Christian Hackenberg fling it plenty. He's had one game under 30 attempts, that 28 against UCF, and is coming off an arm-wearying 55 against the Hoosiers.
After a torrid start with 70% completions over his first three games, he's come back to earth with a 13 of 35 performance against Kent State(!) and a mediocre 6.2 YPA in that pass-happy Indiana game. He's been interception prone, as you might expect: four on the year and it probably should be more after he was fortunate to get away with some throws against the Hoosiers. Ace:
…when the game was close, he was very erratic, alternating gorgeous darts to the opposite hash with late throws to the perimeter that should've been intercepted (I have four of those in my notes) and several passes either behind or over his receivers. …this is a talented true freshman who plays like a talented true freshman. Some of his passes actually elicited a "wow" from me while watching; others produced a "whoa"—as in "whoa, how did that not get picked off?"
Par for the course there, and Hackenberg hasn't faced a defense that would strike anyone as even average unless you want to count UCF. Do you want to do that? I'm guessing probably not.
Hackenberg's primary target is of course Allen Robinson, who's probably the best receiver in the Big Ten and one of the best in the country. With Penn State basing out of three-wide formations with a standup tight end, Michigan's desire to stick Blake Countess in the slot and ride or die with Taylor and Avery on the outside in the nickel package will be put to the test. I expect they'll stick with it. Also something they'll stick with: all two deep safeties playing conservative, all (most) of the time.
Penn State's prolific tight end corps has also been damaged by injury. Matt Lehman went out for the year in the Syracuse game and Kyle Carter "nearly broke an arm" in the same game; he's been limited. Spectacularly-named Jesse James has found more playing time, but he's in the Funchess mold: all catch, no block.
Michigan has played mostly soft zone coverages this year, giving teams seven-yard hitches and bleeding yardage as they prevent big plays. This would be a great strategy if they could just get to the quarterback by themselves. They can't. Hackenberg is a statute, so their tendency to vacate rush lanes may be a little less painful than it was against Minnesota… or more so if a guy breaks open deep.
Jake Ryan may return in this one; if he does the assumption here is that he becomes a nickel DE opposite Brennen Beyer, and is about as good as Frank Clark is because even bionic men take some time to get back into the swing of things.
Key Matchup: Robinson versus Avery/Taylor. Michigan's D is predicated on not giving up big plays. Robinson is going to get his, but as long as they're 15 yard chunks and not 60 yarders Michigan will have time to get Hackenberg in mistake mode.
Special Teams
After a confidence-shattering start to his career, PSU kicker Sam Ficken has recovered to become a reliable option. He's 8/10 on the year with both misses outside of 40 and he's hit 3/5 from that distance, including a 54-yarder against Kent State. This has unfortunately not caused Bill O'Brien to revert to a more old-timey fourth down approach.
Punter Allen Butterworth is not so fortunate. After averaging 37 yards a pop last year he's nosed that up to 40 this year. This is still short enough that only a third of his attempts are getting returned, those for an average of six yards each.
Penn State got big punt returns in their first two games from Jesse Della Valle, and you know the thing about Michigan's punt coverage. That's going to be a nervous few moments; call the punting even.
Key Matchup: YOU DO NOT LET THE BALL TOUCH YOU UNLESS YOU ARE THE DESIGNATED PUNT RETURNER AND THEN YOU CATCH THE BALL, NOT DROPPING IT, AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
Cheap Thrills
Worry if...
- Devin Gardner's first pass, which comes in the third quarter, bores through the chest of Hull and pops out into the waiting arms of another Penn State defender, whereupon he returns the ball 30 yards until Gardner ninja-kicks him, reclaims the ball, runs 90 yards the other way balancing the ball on his head like it's Calcutta laundry, and runs all the way out of the endzone for a Penn State touchback.
- Michigan again has trouble defending runs out of spread nickel stuff.
- The manball isn't working.
Cackle with knowing glee if...
- Hackenberg is the magic turnover guy in this game.
- Redzone items become decisive what with Michigan's ability to manball up and Penn State's general lack of blocking guys.
- Devin Funchess is going King Kong on PSU's secondary.
Fear/Paranoia Level: 5 (Baseline 5; +1 for Road Spells Trouble, +1 for Vegas Line Is Unaccountably Tight For A Team That Just Got Blitzed By Indiana, –1 for They Did Just Get Blitzed By Indiana, –1 for Funchess Versus Converted WR, –1 for Manball Seems Like A Good Idea, +1 for BOB Is Just As Good At Decisions As Hoke)
Desperate need to win level: 7 (Baseline 5; +1 for WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS HORRIBLE CONFERENCE, –1 for We're Probably Not Going To Do That, +1 for BUT WE MIGHT, +1 for Must Add To Spectacular Blues Brothers PSU Excuse Shirt, –1 for Coinflip Game On The Road Against An Okay Team, +1 for Winning Is Fun)
Loss will cause me to... mutter something about how this was probably going to happen after the whatnots against Akron and UConn, maybe punt a cow or something.
Win will cause me to... Akron and UConn were flukes! And none of those players are even on the team anymore! Why don't you bring up Michigan's loss to Iowa Pre-flight, you nattering nabob! S-E-C! We're #1!
The strictures and conventions of sportswriting compel me to predict:
While there's zero similarity between Michigan's offense and the drag-race approach Indiana takes, a lot of the weaknesses exposed against the Hoosiers are the same ones exposed against a more conventional UCF team: Penn State doesn't get a ton of pass rush and lacks anything approximating a star. This makes them like Michigan's defense, except lighter (the SDE is 250, a LB is 200) and more injured. Michigan should be able to manball them, or at least force them into similar overplays against manballing that leave secondary members on islands with Gallon and Funchess. Michigan will move the ball and score.
On the other side of the ball, it's another passing spread. Expect an outing similar to the one Michigan had against Notre Dame where Michigan has its issues stopping the opponent until it reaches the redzone, whereupon the constricted field and general inability of the opponent to grind it out causes them to be less efficient than M. One factor in Penn State's favor if this scenario comes to fruition: O'Brien is a full-on Romer convert who will go for anything plausible. Michigan's going to have to make some fourth down stops to win.
While I think Michigan will win, there's a huge swing in the QB turnover category that means I won't be surprised if Michigan loses or runs rampant.
Finally, three opportunities for me to look stupid Sunday:
- Gardner turns it over six times. Spencer Brinton replaces him in the second half.
- Tackle over is still quite frequent; Michigan passes more from it, using a back to help AJ Williams and going max protect deep several times. Gardner's YPA is over 10.
- Two PSU drives in the redzone come up empty as BOB goes for it and Mattison dials up a stuff.
- Michigan, 32-24.
I hope so. It would be very depressing to see a true freshman QB shred the secondary.
"Hackenberg is a statute"
And a freshman at that, so he's a statute of limitations (har har).
If the secondary gets shredded, it'll be their WR that does the damage.
It's amazing to me Mgoblog survived this long without your insights. This will be Hoke's best road victory hands down. Beaver Stadium will be rockin'
and the former was a home game, while the latter was a neutral site game.
I have stuck my head out of the bunker, but will not fully come out until we exit Happy Valley happily with a solid win.
I think we're better...but HAVE YOU SEEN US PLAY WELL ON THE ROAD? In that type of atmosphere? Not really. Gardener better do something besides panic and turn the ball over. Oline better show up. With improvement. Same eith dline. Hate to be a Debbie downer but c'mon guys. Win a big game in the road.
Nearly 51 trips around the sun have taught me that it is impossible to predict what will happen.
At Penn State is willing to admit Joe Paterno harbored a pedophile
He had a similar incident to the one that involved explosives and a railroad tie. Only it occurred on stage of filming a porn scene, and it wasn't a railroad tie.
Thanks for the correction. It's been a while since I've researched porn-based work injuries.
I'm reminded often of the possible dis concordance of head trauma/surgery with functionality. PG, as you know, was an interesting case. I think of him often, especially in regards to frontal lobe injuries.
broad, general thought brought about by my reading of this review and subsequent shrug. I am as big a Michigan fan as ever. I lived and died with the basketball team every step of the way, there is no general decline of my Michigan love and addiction. That being said, I am finding myself strangely and uncomfortably complacent in my fandom. I want to get excited for this game, I want really do, just like I wanted to watch last week with real investment and excitement. I am just finding myself, eh, like not really caring as much as I want to and as much as I always have. I feel like a metaphor for our student section. I don't like this feeling. Does anybody else share this feeling? Why is it here? Is it going to go away?
I think the close games against Akron and Uconn put a celing on this team for some people. Many think that even though we're 5-0, going for 6-0, we still have no legit shot to get to the Rose Bowl or the National Championship like a lot of people thought before the season.
Not saying I think like that, actually I think this team is much better than people give it credit for, but that might explain some of your apathy.
I really hope that nobody thought we had a legitimate shot at going to the National Championship. That wasn't ever going to happen.
The Rose Bowl is a possibility, but has always been an outside shot. And Oregon would *kill* us.
Not that I disagree with what you are saying, but I doubt many people believed Notre Dame had a legitimate shot at going to the NCG last year. Anything can happen.
and believing that it will happen are two way different things.
You are suffering from post-UCONN/Akron malaise. Jimmy Carter described the same thing in 1979 about the 70's. It's like: We now know we aren't as good as I thought we were, so, I'm not going to emotionally invest in this thing.
Basically, you're protecting yourself, aren't you. You don't want to get too excited about a team that suggests it's going to crash hard at some point, and when it's really painful -- e.g. against Sparty (who'll only complete 2 forward passes that day).
What will change that? The team getting f'ing good. If we crush PSU by 24, then start smashing our November opponents similarly towards the Deathmarch with The Evil Empire, your interest is going to go up, up, up.
worries me. While I want to believe it is just a product of the moment, and the less than inspiring efforts against Akron and UConn, I feel like it is kind of transcending that. I mean, when can we be good? At what point this year can Michigan be recognized as being good? With the Big Ten reputation being what it is nationally, does anybody care? Will anybody care? Is it possible for Michigan to be good right now? Is it possible for any Big Ten team to actually be good again unless and until a Big Ten team gets to the national championship and beats Alabama or LSU? I just feel like with the increased national focus of college football and the overall national perspective about the Big Ten, this is all starting to just feel like kind of a futile exercise at this point. I am not saying I care what "they" think, I am just not quite sure what I want as a fan, ya know? I just can't get a pulse on what wins mean anymore in this conference and at this time. I know this is all a little existential for a Penn State game preview, but the basketball team going to the Final Four reminded me what my fandom used to feel like for football, and I am having a realization that it has in fact changed.
Who cares what anybody else thinks about the B1G or how UM stacks up against team X? We are not the ones playing and while there is a certain vicarious thrill we as fans may get when our team wins, that comes with the tradeoff that we have no control over the outcome. It may be a defense mechanism if you find yourself less excited or confident about this game.
Before the season and early into it, there were a lot of posts on here with high expectations and then everybody collectively checked themselves when there were a couple close wins against inferior opponents. Fortunately, this doesn't mean the season is doomed, even if expectations may be tempered.
Here are some examples of other teams that had early struggles but had good seasons:
This is a normal reaction to realizing that all of life is suffused with old age, sickness and death. The truth behind all truths is that life involves suffering. A second truth is that the basis of this suffering is wanting to win and not wanting to lose. The third important truth is that there's a way out of this suffering, which leads us to a fourth truth. The answer to suffering is Teamocil. Or Welbutrin. But I prefer Teamocil for the side-effects.
Thus spake Siddhartha.
Same guy . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
or Zarathustra. Or something...
... not a one season flash in the pan. It may seem like Hoke is just reiterating 'coach-speak' when he says his goals for the football team are winning B1G championships and competing in the Rose Bowl, but he's on to something. Until we are winning 3-4 B1G championships per decade and competing against the best the PAC 12 has to offer (who most consider the 2nd best conference and beginning to challenge the F'ing SEC), we shouldn't expect to be in the conversation for the National Championship, or the upcoming 4-team playoffs. The Wolverines have their destiny in their own hands, and it's as simple as keep winning on the football field, start racking up Bowl wins, and keep making progress on the recruiting trail. The rest will take care of itself, and as a Michigan fan, our own sense of well-being will be best served with a heaping side of patience... we're moving in the right direction. A convincing victory in Happy Valley, with little or no turnovers, should convince all observers (without an agenda) that UM is making progress; unfortunately, most of the national media writers who vote in the AP have just such an agenda... but I really do believe a ranking in the top 20 is all Michigan currently deserves... and if we lose to Penn State, not even that.
There are a number of reasons why many of us feel this way.
We are in our seventh consecutive year of our team being unpredictable and inconsistent.
This feels a bit like a throw-away year because those of us who follow the team closely have been talking about 2014 and 2015 being the breakout years.
Plus a lot if us thought this team, while not being elite, would look stronger than it has thus far.
It's frustration, malaise, and impatience melded together.
I will also admit to harboring bitterness in regards to the lack of upperclass talent on this team...as a result of the efforts of the previous coaching staff.
setting coaching staff aside -- it feels like 2009 or 2010 and we are collectively holding our breaths and hoping the wheels don't fall off. Penn State was right in the midst of the wheels falling off in those years.
I understand. I hate to bring this up, but after the way Michigan started strong in some of the RR years and then limped to the finish is probably still lingering for some people. I think some fans are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I don't know if "complacent" propoerly describes my mental status right now, but your overall disposition is eerily similar to mine. I definitely wasn't jacked up before the Gopher game, and usually the first B1G game of the year gets my blood flowing back to pre-season levels. I think Akron and UConn deflated me more than I originally thought. The only cure for this borderline malaise is a good ol' curb-stomping of future foes. So I guess I answered my own question...replace "complacent" with "malaise" and we're on the same page.
what I do HATE feeling is so damned uncomfortable that my skin is almost crawling a day in advance of the damned game because I am so unsure which DG shows up and so anxious for these guys to dispell the ghosts of Akron and CT Present (with a tip of the ol' sombrero to Charles Chickens).
I think that Borges continues to play the game pretty close to the chest, that this is no Devin Gardner coming out party, and that therefore we win but win small. And I think that slowly bringing Devin back to full speed is a good plan, given his psyche. But every game this year except ND has been a kind of exercise in caution, with required baby aspirin at each step. At least in November, win or lose, we/they will be forced to pull out the stops.
if you need help getting fired up try:
1) drinking whiskey - before long youll get upset with a play that ONLY goes for 6 yards
2) listen to the MSU pregrame show - always pisses me off
3) yell at the tv - if you pretend they can hear you but are just ignoring you it works even better
4) drop copious amounts of pcp - you will be riled up for sure...for most likely 2-3 days
and most importantly,
5) its UM football - we only get 12-14 games a year so enjoy them to their fullest. GET F'ING PUMPED!
p.s. i read your post to myself in an eeyore voice. it was entertaining...and sad. dont be sad
We all loved Michigan football. Innocently. Then came the night games, the hype, College Gameday, flyovers, helmet stickers, Legens Patches, Seven Nation Army, the "Michigan fergodsakes" mystique, and even a Final Four.
Now remove it all. No special UTL, no special jerseys. A good-not-great start to the season. Just a regular game with the absence of marketing. And you have a bland taste in your mouth, where that would have once been tasty.
It isn't marketing. Jeebus. We don't need special jerseys to get excited. What everyone else describes above is pretty on point, but one thing this isn't is a lack of "marketing".
P.S.- Please don't reply, if you say that word three times DB might hear you.
You mean Betelgeuse?
michigan is going to flee the box and...?
Pass defend? At least, I assumed he was being all clever by making "Pass Defense vs. Penn State" the very next thing written.
blake countess will take a pick 6 to the house
Seriously. Possibly two. Don't rule it out.
What a pick 6 is? Taking it to the house is redundant
that "redundant" actually means "unnecessary or superfluous" and not "repetitive" as many people think? (not saying that you didn't know, just getting my nerd on)
Be unnecessary or superfluous?
Not that all things repetitive are unnecessary.
I've got a pretty good feeling Countess will take a pick six to the house for a TD and give our team six points tonight.
Oooo, I'm sorry. We were looking for "Borges sucks" or "Fire Rich Rod." So that'll cost you all your remaining MGoPoints.
Mr. Lingering Ressentiment
Don't see the winner in the 30's here, nor the loser in the 20's. Think this is more like 20-16 kind of game -- but turnovers will dictate who gets the 20 and who gets the 16.
If Indiana put up 44, I think we are at least capable of matching that.
Not how it works lol. Al Borges and Brady are not going to say "lets put up at least 45"
All that matters is the winning margin


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Hi Guys,
I´m up to rebuild my brand new ERBE and make it ready for 6S without a headache. If this ever is possible
The Parts I take out of the new one are donated to my veteran-erbe
So here are the conversions and upgrades I want to do
1. LOSI LST2 Diff´s front and rear
2. MIP Driveshafts and Spline CVD Center (MIP #08138, #11101)
I guess I´ll use the Stock output shafts at first (like Mitch316 did on his rebuild)
3. Traxxas sway bars front and rear
4. HPP Germany Motor Brace
5. HPP Germany Rear Axle Pushrod Brace
6. HPP Germany 17mm wheel hub
7. Single Servo with Hitec HS-7955TG
8. ST Racing Concepts CNC Machined Aluminum Single Steering Servo Saver Arm
9. Castle Creation Motor CC Blower Fan Shroud
10. ST Racing Concepts Heavy Duty Aluminum Steering Knuckles w/Larger Bearings
11. GH Racing Aluminum Pivot Ball Cap
12. Traxxas Aluminium Push Rods and Toe Links
So now the big Question: Is there anything missing
I did think about upgrading the Diffs with Losi Front/Rear Differential Ring & Pinion, Ti Nitride [LOSB3535] but I´m not quite sure if this is necessary
As I dont know the Gearing I will use, I did not think about an upgrade for the Spur and pinion, although this might be a useful upgrade ??? - Which Brand to go for ?
Are there other upgrades recommended within the Gearbox ?
Is there a Servo horn in stock style made from Aluminium ?
Which one is the best one to use and what Servo Link ?
Please let me know what you think!
Helpful comments and experiences are welcome
Thanks Florian
Looks like a good list of upgrades - infact I have done just about all of them!!
In my opinion, the HPP stuff from Germany is great!! But you don't need to buy the rear chassis brace - it is just a push rod and you are taking the stock push rods off anyway so make one out of one of those!! $$ saved!
Gearbox is fine, no need to upgrade there. Losi diffs are tough, no need upgrade those.
You definitely need to change your gearing if you are still running the stock 18/65. I'd look at using a 54t spur and somewhere from 18 - 21T pinion.
As for is there anything missing - Ummm YES!! TIRES!! If you plan on running this thing on 6S with the stock tires you have pictured, you will be picking up pieces of shredded rubber about 5 minutes into your first run. Consider purchasing some Pro Line badlands and desperado wheels (separately not mounted) and tape the tires before mourning them yourself and then balance them. On 6S you need good stable taped tires!!
Have fun man - plenty of work and fun times ahead!
I would take out the MIP shafts, not that great a shaft really. If you are going to the effort of running LST diffs you might as well run LST shafts as well. You wont need the HPP wheel hubs than either as you can use any conventional 17mm hex.
Thats good to hear, so my upgrades make sense ...
I allready bought the HPP stuff ... looks awsome and the rear chassis brace does look sooo much better than a simple push rod :-) ... looks all massive and beefy
It´s cheaper for me as it is for you guys ... Austria is next to Germany ....
I thought that there is something to do with the Spur and Pinion ... I guess I´ll try your suggestion.
What Brand do you prefere for 6S ???
Stock tires look good and that's it ...
As I mentioned, the erbe is brand new, out of the box onto the table :-)
So the wheels you see on the pic are the original wheels.
I switched to Pro Line after 2 Weeks driving my first erbe in July this year.
Badlands on Desperado
Slingshots on Desperado for Snowbashing (only rear)
Trenchers on Desperados (look massive)
Road Rage on F11
I´m taping them all, on the Badlands I tried the front pair with two layers of Gorilla tape and one at the rear because the front wheels are "in air" so much ... we´ll see if it helps anything ...
Thanks for your reply!
The shaft mod is easy but there is some work involved. You may need to mod the axle carriers to take a 15x21 and 8x16 bearing. You will also need to trim and redrill the stub axles as they will be a touch too long. There are a few good threads on the forum that go throgh the mod process step by step. It is quite easy
Where do you get thoose LOSI LST2 diffs?
I had to order my lst diffs part by part, so diff, case, pinion bearings and pinion. You used to be able to get the complete diff from eBay but I couldn't fine any.
@ UberBricky42:
found this guy:
@ Clinical :
The old guy with his favorite shoes ...
... I like the look of the HPP Stuff and the detail these parts are manufactured ...
Last edited by roschko; 12-28-2013 at 04:12 PM.
Yes but you still need to buy the pinion, bearings and case, that's what I am saying
Right my fault.
I go for the one at amainhobbies.com ...
I think they have fully assambled diffs.
Nope, they don't sell them complete either. I spent a fair amount of time looking for complete ones before buying the parts and building them.
Yeah they are difficult to find nowadays that's why I told the other guy to buy the ones off his mate on the other thread! You just can't find complete LST diffs anymore. Whine I bought my ones there were a few on eBay but not anymore.
don't get that ...
there are only two things you need right
the Diff and the housing
that should be LOSB3529 and LOSB3533 ....
or did I get there anything wrong ???
Here's what I think you need:
B3534 -ring and pinion
B3531- Housing
B3528 - Diff gear case
B3538 - spider gears
The only thing I have not figured out is the carrier and pinion bearings and also the out drives to connect the drive cups to. Also these parts would need to be ordered x2 so you can build a pair (front and rear).
Edit: looks like these rc monster out drives are designed to work with the Traxxas vehicles and lst2 diffs
And these will allow the stock revo center drive shaft to mate to the lst2 diff pinion shaft:
Now just need to figure out the bearings (pinion and carrier).
Exploded parts view, go to post 6
Last edited by rock-rod; 12-29-2013 at 10:21 AM.
I have an RC problem...
for my understanding we need:
this Diff is already assembled:
Losi Front/Rear Differential, Assembled (LST,AFT) [LOSB3529]
than we need the housing:
Losi Aluminum Differential Case, Polished (LST) [LOSB3531]
and a pinion like the one in this set:
Losi F/R Diff Ring & Pinion: LST [LOSB3534]
output shafts:
Traxxas Revo Stub axle (steel) (2) [TRA5454]
what do we need at the Center CVD Side ?
am I right ???
Today I disassembled the whole ERBE for my (diff-) upgrades and for dyeing .
As I opened the bulkhead, to my surprise, the stock diff was leaking already
The Revo came straight out of the box onto my operating table never ever turned a wheel
Is this the normal case ???
I suggest you watch it. -ksb51rl
Last edited by ksb51rl; 01-05-2014 at 12:15 AM.
LOSB3541 is the output for traxxas center cvd's, not sure what will work with MIP's though. And you are right about the parts list, the spider gears are included in the diff.
Edit-those are stub axles for the end of the driveshaft, don't think they will work in the diff. If you can find a dogbone type driveshaft, then use he supplied cups. I'm going with the lst driveshafts
Last edited by UberBricky42; 12-29-2013 at 03:46 PM.
Here's what i ordered (every thing is 2X to build front and rear assemblies)
Losi Parts:
LOSB3534 -ring and pinion
LOSB3531- Housing
LOSB3528 - Diff gear case
LOSB3538 - spider gears
LOSB3541 - drive yoke (adapt traxxas center CVDs over to losi diff)
LOSB3505 - losi CVD rebuild kit
LOSA6942 - carrier/pinion bearings (8x16x5mm)
Traxxas parts:
TRA5330 -front revo bulkhead
TRA5329 - rear revo bulkhead
TRA5454 - Stub Axle (threaded ends removed to fit into losi diff carriers)
TRA5650R - eRevo CVD Kit (will be modded to accept the losi drive yokes)
Any shims I need will come from the LHS.
I have about $190 in the whole deal. You could order the assembled diffs but you will still need to order the ring/pinion kit just to get a pinion gear and it doubles the cost. you can save a little by not ordering bulkheads but i figure they are cheap in case i mess up doing the fitting of the diffs.
Last edited by rock-rod; 12-29-2013 at 04:01 PM.
I have an RC problem...
That's the MIP part that I have to connect to the output shaft ...
sorry, don't know what the name is ...
the assembled diff does not include the pinion gear. It's just the housing with the internal bevel gears, ring gear, axle drives and side bearings. you will need to order an extra ring and pinion gear set just to get a pinion that will mesh with the ring gear on the assembled diff. you will end up with an extra ring gear and will still have to disassemble the diff to add the oil.
I have an RC problem...
I know, its included in this price (88,20).
but I didn't think this through, of cours it makes no sense to order an assembled diff because I have to change the output shafts anyway ...
Yesterday I dyed some parts of my ERBE, a golf ball, a cell phone case and a shirt ...
I also tried some rubber parts from the revo ...
wanted everything in black and it worked out great ... besides the rubber parts, the golf ball and my cell phone case ...
Was quite a challenge to find a pot in this size ...
much better...
Would you go flip my truck back over??
Yep ...
I guess I'll give the rubber parts another try ...
Let them soak a couple days ... :-)
I also did all my rubbers, looks great!
Looking good mate .
Rock n Rolla !
OK, so as the most important mod for 6S has been done: the dying !
I ask myself the question about gearing - no anser was coming so far ...
I was googling all over the web and of course also here in this forum ... but man ... I bet rocket science is easier ...
So now the big question to the forum : WHAT F... GEARING IS RIGHT ????
And what Brand ????
found that Robinson Racing Gen3 Slipper Kit Steel Spur/Backplate (60T) on amainhobbies.com.
Is that the stuff I want ???
Actually I like to bash around and do not care a lot about top speed, or lets say its not my number one goal ...
So I was thinking I´ll probably go for a 19/54 or so ... thats what I read a lot ... but I do not really understand how different Spur/pineons affect Speed/acceleration ...
thanks for your Help
I would go 18/54, that's plenty fast for normal bashing. Generally speaking, higher pinion tooth count is higher top speed, higher spur tooth count is lower top speed/more torque.
18/54 is a nice balance of top speed and torque. This will also keep your temps nicely withing their limits.
So this would be the optional gearing that's included in the Box.
TRX is suggesting this gearing for 4S ?
are you sure that this is working for 6S ???
I also have seen somewhere here in this forum that you loos two teeth because of the LOSI, is that true ?
So if I want to go with a 19 pinion I would have to take a 17 because of the LOSI ?
don't know where you picked up the two teeth, but here is the diff ratios.
Differential Ratio: 2.8461538461538463
Differential Ratio: 3.3076923076923075
So if I want to go with a 19 pinion I would have to take a 17 because of the LOSI ?
that would be a no, you are thinking of it backwards. Losi has a lower diff ratio.
With that being said, on 6s and Losi diff I would gear 20/54 to 21/54..
change diff ratio for Traxxas diff's if needed....
A temp gun is kind of a must have.....
Hot motor + cool esc = under geared.
Cool motor + hot esc = over geared
Everything warm just right..
Motor ~ 180/190*F (82/88*C) maximum, ideally 140/160*F (60/71*C), temps can be 10*F higher inside the motor
ESC ~ pretty much same temps / Fan comes on @ 150*F (65*C)
Lipo's ~ 140*F (60*C) max, ideally 100/120*F (38/49*C).........
Diff ratio LST2
4s = 40 mph
5s = 50 mph
6s = 60 mph
change the motor Kv, cell count, spur & pinion count, & tire size.
BrianG speed chart:
Copy Paste ~ Import this:
Differential Ratio: 3.3076923076923075
Transmission Ratio: 1.8333333333333333
Other Ratio: 1
Spur Tooth Count: 68
Pinion Tooth Count: 24
Total Voltage: 22.2
Motor KV: 1800
Tire Diameter (inches): 5.9
Tire Ballooning (inches): 0
Motor Current Draw: 0
Motor Coil Resistance: 0.006
Spur/Pinion Ratio: 2.83 : 1
Total Ratio: 17.18162 : 1
Tire Circumference (inches): 18.54 inches (470.8 mm)
Rollout: 1.08:1
Total Motor Speed: 39960 RPM
Vehicle Speed: 40.82 mph (65.57 km/h)
Effective KV Value: 1800
KT constant: 0.75 oz-in/A
Would you go flip my truck back over??
OK ... the non headache thing is not working !!!
just spent another 600+ USD on Parts and upgrades ... headache is already here ...
It's irresponsible of you guys to show newbies like me these nice trucks and shiny parts of yours without warning how addicted one can get ! there should be a warning sign on revo's like on cigarette packs ...
Now there is no way back ... 6S is already here and a man has to do what a man has to do ...
so I will be offline for a couple days, sold my kidney to a dubious internet organ dealer to finish the build ...
Just keep your country taxes informed about that 600$ spend vs your salary!
Then maybe you will be offline playing the e-revo.
Otherwise, you got 2 kidney's that could save the bill! :P
Ah, and never talk to your wife about that $ bling's, if you want to keep married!
Show the pic's man... we on foruns are addicted to photos!! And keep the thread alive!
Hi Guys,
I thought I don't have any pressure to finish my new ERBE ... fault
I tried bashing in the woods on Saturday with the old guy and it all ended in a fiasco ...
broken front bulkhead
broken rear bulkhead
broken suspension steel pin
broken Wing
and while inspecting the truck I found some other issues like leaking diff and so on ...
sounds like some work ...
Man, don't have the time for two builds ...
Are those Losi diffs a lot better than the stocks ones and do they just fit?
Where did you order those?
E-Revo Brushless Edition
Much beter, and nope, no direct fit at all. Needs dremeling the bulkheads and the losi diff cases. Also the stock driveshafts won't fit. But it's doable, just search on google or this forum, loads of info on this subject. Also, read mitch316 his thread, that one also has much info about upgrading/modding your E-Revo.
I'm working on my own hybrid bulks, but havent had time lately, might finish them in a few months.


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The nonprofit and Super PAC founded by Skirt! publisher Nikki Hardin and Ginny Deerin, president of Learn to Win, set an ambitious goal to increase the number of qualified women on state boards and commissions.
After an intensive publicity and informational campaign to educate both legislators and the rest of the state about the intent of the state law that says the Legislature should "strive to assure" that board membership reflects the state population and demographics, there is progress to report.
Of eight universities and colleges that had open seats, five gained women, two neither gained nor lost, and one, Francis Marion, lost a little ground.
"We're feeling upbeat on a couple of scores," Deerin said. "One, progress was made on a couple of boards, and two, people are paying more attention. My hope is that the next set of elections that come up, legislators will be more thoughtful about their votes."
Deerin couldn't deny that watching the vote in-person was discouraging, as was the fact that neither woman running for the open seats on the MUSC board was elected, though a woman was elected to the 6th Congressional District medical member seat. Charleston's own Susan Pearlstine, a longtime supporter of MUSC, lost to businessman Michael Stavrinakas, brother of Rep. Leon Stavrinakas.
Deerin doesn't think Pearlstine or Marva Smalls regret making a run for the seat. "I think they feel that their running has and will continue to serve as great examples of what should not happen."
Meanwhile, Pansy King-Reid, sister of state Rep. John King of Rock Hill, was elected to a seat on the College of Charleston board, despite questions that surfaced during the screening process.
So in some cases, nepotism can overcome the glass ceiling.
There's no doubt that Project XX succeeded in getting more attention paid to the screening process and election. And if legislators felt subjected to even a tiny bit more scrutiny about the process as a result, so much the better.
And now, having been through the process once, Deerin said they have some definite ideas of how it could be improved.
For one thing, the Legislature should get rid of the ridiculous commitment period, which is at best a cattle call and at worst a feeding frenzy. It's as much of a de-commitment period as anything; Pearlstine and Smalls were being pressured to withdraw their names as late as the morning of the vote, Deerin said. If all candidates stayed in until the vote, that would add another layer of accountability.
Deerin and Hardin were extremely pleased that they have been contacted by many women who are interested in serving in some capacity, and they're hoping to create an infrastructure to match those women to open seats.
"We want to continue to be data driven and outcome-driven organization, rather than just sort of whining about the problem," Deerin said.
They're off to a strong start.
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Link to more Nasa's images. [nasa.gov]
TFA says the elongated shape is likely do to interaction with a neighboring galaxy, which may have also spawned a nearby dwarf galaxy; Both visible primarily thanks to the ultraviolet instrumentation.
The tidal dwarf candidate is brighter in the ultraviolet than other
regions of the galaxy, a sign it bears a rich supply of hot young
stars less than 200 million years old.
Hmm, Sounds about like Hollywood...
Well, I think that girth tends to matter more than length..
Now just don't bother me until they discover an UNKNOWN one.
Yeah, neither the submitter nor the editor can have much interest in astronomy, or they'd known that this galaxy wasn't discovered now.
Just the NGC number being this low should have alerted them.
For what it's worth, it was discovered by John F. W. Herschel in 1835 (Herschel catalog number 3816), and there are dozens of publications about it over the years.
The largest known elliptical galaxy IC 1101 [wikipedia.org] has a diameter of 6 million light years.
To be fair, IC 1101 is disturbed due to all of the collisions by those little galaxies the size of the Milky Way colliding into it.
The giant elliptical galaxies probably form from mergers of spiral galaxies (gravitational interactions smear out all the nice spiral patterns, and you're left with a featureless blob), so it's not surprising that the largest elliptical is larger than the largest spiral.
Before we're overshadowed by this:
http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2212-astronomers-discover-the-largest-structure-in-the-universe [ras.org.uk]
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#1 Guest_FLAT4Engineering_*
Posted 25 March 2003 - 07:09 PM
#2 Guest_Flowmastered87GL_*
Posted 31 March 2003 - 02:05 AM
too bad you arent in portland, id show off my 87
#3 Guest_offroadsubaruguy_*
Posted 02 April 2003 - 11:21 PM
are we talking new soobs? or new and old? cause im in the area and i'd love to go and hang out at least, just wonderin about the car show deal......
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Posted 03 April 2003 - 10:42 AM
Define old. I have a customer that is showing a nice 91 Legact Turbo Sedan with a huge Garret Turbo and a front mount I/C. Even if you do not participate in the show, bring your car by and we will check it out for you and while you enjoy the other cars and food.
Define old. I have a customer that is showing a nice 91 Legact Turbo Sedan with a huge Garret Turbo and a front mount I/C. Even if you do not participate in the show, bring your car by and we will check it out for you and while you enjoy the other cars and food.
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old...... old being an 89 gl 4x4 wgaon with the dual range 4x4 and the 85-86 adjustalble struts, with 27 inch mudders on it, and a functional snorkel.......extremely cut out fenders, to allow for the tires, and just fun all around....except for the lack in power....
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just another thought, what time does it start?
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Post all News, Pictures or Videos of him
he has now a Dildo, and other Fleshjack on the Site from him
Post all News, Pictures or Videos of him
he has now a Dildo, and other Fleshjack on the Site from him
I have no news. But all I will say is that I nominate him for best shooter in the industry.
JT...who the hell taught you how to start a model thread??????
You gotta post pictures to get the ball rolling boy!!!!!
sigh...okay I'll do it...
some Kris with Dolph (such a beautiful couple):
Sorry MisterN, I hope you don't mind but your gif is too good to be itty bitty so I want to link to the full size (hope that's okay!)
Some off the cuff, candid and behind the scenes stuff:
and two more animated gifs for fun:
he's sexier in his videos than he is in his photos. in his photos, something about his face just turns me off. in his videos, he's a beast. i'd suck his dick.
A younger and fresher Kris in highlights from his earliest BA photo shoot:
The Christmas Shoot with Kevin Warhol:
i would be a better couple with Kris ''^^
what this is a official thread man
I would love to see a scene with just Kris, Andre Boleyn and Adam Archuleta - three BA hotties who shoot MAJOR loads!
Kris is one hottie !!! I need more of him !!!
He looks better with longer hair. Is he still active? The last thing with him I remember was some document about making dildos, at least I think he was there, too.
You bet he's still active. Take a look: kris evans at Search Results at ******.com
he's just amazing and since he started has managed to bulk up loads so clearly works hard and plays hard
Kris is one of many "boys" that graces the videos of BelAmi. Perfect jock body, and that BelAmi boy trade mark uncut cock that delivers money shots glory.
not leather don't turn me on Kris^^
For me Kris + leather = nothing


text: UMW News BureauMontana Western came from a 20 point deficit to edge Rocky Mountain College 21-20 in a Frontier Conference football game. By Wally Feldt The University of Montana Western beat Rocky Mountain College 21-20 in a come from behind Frontier Conference football win. With the win the Bulldogs move to 2-3 in the conference and 2-3 overall. The Battlin' Bears drop to 0-5 in the Frontier and 1-5 overall. Rocky jumped out to a quick to a lead, scoring their first touchdown less than five minutes into the first quarter. UMW had three first half turnovers which lead to two Rocky touchdowns. Battlin' Bears kicker Bejorn Nelson missed the extra point after Rocky's third touchdown, which proved to be decisive. The Bulldogs trailed 20-0 at the end of the first half. The second half belonged to Montana Western, both offensively and defensively. After being held to 90 yards of total offense in the first half, the Bulldogs exploded for over 250 yards in the second half. After trading punts Bulldog quarterback Michah Mamiya connected with wide receiver Kahai Sevilla on a 40 yard touchdown pass, for Montana Western's first score of the game with 3:21 remaining in the third quarter. After a defensive stop the Bulldogs got the ball back and drove in an 11 play, 66 yard touchdown capitalized by senior linebacker Chad Schira out of the Bulldogs muscle package. On their next possession Mamiya led UMW on the game tying touchdown. Freshmen kicker Aukkarapong "Yim" Sribenjakul extra point proved to be the game winning kick. On their next drive Rocky looked to be driving for the go-ahead score when Bulldog cornerback Andy Roberts had other ideas. On consecutive plays Roberts had a pass deflection and an interception at the five yard line to snuff out the Rocky scoring opportunity. "It was a big win for us." Montana Westerns head coach Rich Ferris said, "The kids showed a lot of heart in the second half, coming out and not letting their heads down. There was a lot of little plays that helped us pull it out. The interception by Andy Roberts was huge. No turnovers in the second half was also a very big part in the win." Mamiya was 25 of 42 passing for 275 yards for one touchdown and two first half interceptions. His favorite targets were Craigh Cornelius and Charlie Dotson with six catches each. Dotson also led the team in rushing with 54 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries. Defensively Colton Weber led the team in tackles with eight followed by Curtis Quigley with seven. Redshirt freshmen Nick Clark's interception and 40 yard return led to a Bulldog touchdown. Rocky's Kasey Peters passed for 334 yards three touchdowns and two interceptions. Brian Guisti led the Bears with 11 catches for 124 yards and one touchdown. Rocky linebacker Steffan Blume led the defense with 11 tackles. Next week the Bulldogs travel to Butte, Mont. to face off with Montana Tech while Rocky hosts Eastern Oregon. — MONTANA WESTERN —


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With modern cities, record-breaking skyscrapers, and expansive beach hotels and resorts, United Arab Emirates has become a preferred destination for global travelers.
Get important tips about traveling to the United Arab Emirates, from how to dress to where you can drink alcohol. Not to mention the temperature in Dubai.
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Emily as located historian: the Camel Lady narrates a history of discovery without 1788
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Emily Kame Kngwarreye series, 22 August 2008
Historian Ann McGrath discusses paintings as agents of history, bringing history into the present. She looks at the work of Emily Kame Kngwarreye to investigate how paintings tell different stories depending on where they are presented.
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- 'Why do those fellas paint like me …?' Emily Kame Kngwarreye symposium welcome and introductionDennis Grant, Dr Margo Neale and Agnes Shea
- The impossible modernist: an 'outsider' viewProfessor Akira Tatehata, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
- The possible modernist: an 'insider' viewDr Ian McLean, University of Western Australia
- Late-style modernist: a 'boundary rider' viewDjon Mundine, Campbelltown Arts Centre
- An artist first and foremostChristopher Hodges, Utopia Art Sydney
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye: her place in Australian artSusan McCulloch
- A new ritual in contemporary Aboriginal artDr Sally Butler, University of Queensland
- Emily as located historian: the Camel Lady narrates a history of discovery without 1788Professor Ann McGrath, Australian National University
- Emily Kngwarreye's practice of painting: an international perspectiveProfessor Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh, United States
- Japanese responses to the Emily exhibitionChiaki Ajoika, Hitomi Toku and Mayumi Uchida
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Yesterday was tax day and as in previous years, Tea Party activists rallied across the country on the movement's most significant organizing day since it exploded on tax day 2009. But as observers wonder if the movement is waning in popularity, a ThinkProgress analysis found that in many cities, turnout was significantly lower at this year's rallies than those on tax days in 2010 and 2009.
Moreover, there seemed to be fewer rallies this year than last. A listing of events on the umbrella group Trea Party Patriots' website for Monday and Friday showed a total of 145 events — the same listing shows 638 events on tax day 2010. Notably, there was also no tax day tea party rally in Washington, DC this year, unlike in years past.
And in dozens of state capitals and major cities across the country, turnout at rallies on Monday and Friday (the typical tax day of April 15) was down precipitously from last year, as a small sampling from ThinkProgress' analysis shows:
– Albuquerque, NM: From "thousands" in 2010 to "dozens" in 2011.
– Boston, MA: From "several thousand" in 2010 to 300 in 2011. While last year's rally featured Sarah Palin, this year's featured Tim Pawlenty.
– Chicago, IL: From "at least 1,500" in 2010 to "[s]everal hundred" in 2011.
– Columbia, SC: From "more than 1,000" in 2010 to "a paltry 300" in 2011, even though this year's rally featured Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) while last year's featured disgraced former governor Mark Sanford.
– Denver, CO: From 2,000 in 2010 to "hundreds" in 2011. Friday's rally was "nothing like the thousands who mobbed the Capitol lawn in previous years," the AP noted.
– Des Moines, IA: From 700 in 2010 to 340 in 2011. 2009′s rally drew 3,000.
– Hartford, CT: From 1,200 in 2010 to 700 in 2011, even though Hartford was the only city hosting rallies this year, while there were rallies in three Connecticut cities last year.
– Indianapolis, IN: From 2,000 in 2010 to "hundreds" in 2011.
– Lansing, MI: From "more than 1,000" in 2010 to 300 in 2011 in front of Michigan's Capitol. In 2009, a rally at the same spot drew 4,000.
– Pittsburgh, PA: From 2,000 in 2010 to 500 in 2011.
– Sacramento, CA: From "2,000 to 3,000" in 2010 to a "light turnout" of several dozen. 2009's tax day rally at the Capitol brought out 5,000.
– St. Paul, MN: From "more than 500" in 2010 to "dozens" in 2011.
– Tulsa, OK: From "several thousand" in 2010 to "less than 30" in 2011. "The turnout was a far cry from the 5,000 who showed up to a similar event on April 15 two years ago outside the Capitol," the Tulsa World notes.
ThinkProgress could also find no media reports of Tea Party rallies this year in several cities which hosted large rallies last year, such as Houston, TX and Atlanta, GA, which saw rallies of 6,000 and 3,000, respectively, in 2010.
ThinkProgress could find only a few places in which tea party rallies were larger this year than last, including one in Boca Raton, FL, which saw a large rally this year headlined by potential presidential contender Donald Trump, but witnessed no notable rally last year. But even in places with big headliners, like Madison, WI and Columbia, SC, which featured tea party favorites Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), respectively, turnout was lower than expected.
Meanwhile, in stark contrast to previous years' rallies, Tea Party activists were met in numerous cities by counter-protesters opposed to cutting government services and demanding corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share.
– With research from ThinkProgress intern Kevin Donohoe.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - For the second time in less than a week, there's been an escape from a Lexington prison.
Investigators say 49-year-old Willard Wilson and 38-year-old Donnie Johnson walked away from the Blackburn Correctional Complex Sunday night, and they're still on the run.
Police say one of the inmates who got away in the most recent escape did have a prior charge of escape. The inmate who walked away last week was caught just hours later.
Corrections leaders say the number of escapes from Blackburn this year have already equaled the number of escapes from all of last year, and people who live near the prison say they're fed up.
"With these people breaking out of the prison all the time here, we're getting more and more concerned about it," says Greg Plunkett, who lives near the prison. "Who don't know who it is. You don't know what their motives are. You don't know if they're trying to stealing something. They've just gotten out of prison, you don't know what they're up to."
In regards to what security setting inmates are fit for, the Department of Corrections told us they have a rating system, based on the severity of the crime, disciplinary history, age of the offender, and severity of prior incarcerations.
For inmates, like Wilson and Johnson, they fit the minimum security criteria.
Inmates must also be 48 months within completing their sentence or from seeing a parole board. These two men were about a year from parole eligibility.
A spokesperson with the Department of Corrections also tells us they are reviewing their current security policies while conducting a critical incident review. This is the third escape incident this year.
We're told Johnson is serving a 13-year sentence for robbery and receiving stolen property convictions in Kenton County. Wilson is serving a 22-year sentence for burglary, firearm, and escape convictions in Boone and Kenton Counties.


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The Dolphins have Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams on their draft radar.
There have been, in fact, reports that when the Dolphins went to Fayetteville, Arkansas and worked out both Williams and quarterback Ryan Mallett, that it was Williams who was more intriguing to the team. I don't exactly know if I buy that.
But I know the Dolphins can use an upgrade at tight end. And Williams would be one. And that's why Williams has been the focus of much Dolphins personnel work and attention.
On Tuesday, Williams spent some time with me on my Armando and the Amigo radio show in South Florida. I asked Williams if he's noticed extra attention from the Dolphins?
"I want to say yes, but I don't want to sit there on draft day and hear, "the Miami Dolphins select," and they don't pick me. So I'll just leave it there," Williams said. "They have shown me interest, I will say that. We had a good time and had lunch with [offensive coordinator Brian Daboll] and everyone else when they worked us out."
At one point during that private workout in Arkansas, Williams volunteered to play the piano at general manager Jeff Ireland's wedding anniversary party.
"I figured, why not?" he said.
Williams said Tampa Bay, the Vikings, and the Texans are among the other teams who have also shown a high amount of interest in him.
So what will an NFL team get from Williams?
"I'm going to try to be the best the NFL has seen," he said.
Williams fits the Miami mold. He's 6-2 and 250 pounds, he's productive, he comes with a resume of having played in the Southeastern Conference, and he's a good man. Remember last year the Dolphins showed they want to add solid citizens to the roster.
Williams is an inspiration. As a child his mom was involved in an abusive relationship with his father in Texas. It got so bad his mom had to move the family to a shelter in the same state. Not far enough away, apparently, from the abuser so she changed her plans and decided to leave the state.
"We were sitting there in Dallas and my mom wanted to move further away," Williams said. "She pulled out a map and told me, 'Where are we going?' I just put my finger on a spot. I was young at the time, I didn't know what I was doing. I put my finger on the map and it landed in Little Rock, Arkansas, so we packed up and left. We lived in a shelter there for a time and pretty much worked our way up from there. We're in a good spot now, living nice."
Williams freely recounts his tale. He says his experiences have colored the person he is today.
"I was young but you always have that feeling that something's not right. I witnessed a lot of stuff going down between my parents. Just tthe fear and all that in my mom's eyes, you just know something's not right.
"But I wouldn't change anything because it's made me who I am today and it's made my family stronger. In life and even in football, adversity is going to come and it's how you respond that matters. It's like sandpaper. It's going to rub on you, but if you stay in it, it'll get worn down but you're going to come out smooth."
We asked Williams for first-hand information on Mallett, the quarterback the Dolphins also have on their radar.
You can hear the entire Williams interview, including what he said about Mallett, on the Armando and the Amigo podcast right here.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Season's Greetings from the M Zone!
10 comments:
- 616goblue said...
Lord, during this season where we celebrate the birth of your son. We honor this blessed event with a gift giving season. Today's post is another case where the fruitful bounty of the season is more than expected. Us Mzoners are blessed to receive such bootyful bounty via the interwebs (not to mention healing pictures, scantily clad co-eds and the ever popular series "your life vs college life) from Yost, Andy and T9 on a regular basis.
We are blessed here in the Mzone and this picture is a gift that keeps on giving.
Thank you.
- December 22, 2010 7:10 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
best wallpaper yet
- December 22, 2010 11:17 AM
- phil said...
Some guy got paid to put that set together and arrange the models so he could take that photo. He got PAID. Once again, a guy got PAID to do that photo session. He got money for doing that job. Damn him. I hate him more than tUOS.
P.S. i am available to be his assistant.
- December 22, 2010 12:12 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
one of the MANY career options about which my guidance counselor failed to inform me.
- December 22, 2010 1:48 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
I'm sure the photographer is gay. He probably gave them hair and makeup tips too.
Life isn't fair.
Nothing more to see here.
- December 22, 2010 2:30 PM
- dtw2phx said...
See, YOU guys are the reason I keep coming back. Always love the comments. LOL :-D
Merry Christmas, fellas!!
- December 22, 2010 2:47 PM
- TitleIX said...
Yes, all is well here in Hooterville.
Enjoy the Nog(s)!
- December 22, 2010 5:30 PM
- GoBlueBob said...
Math final exam.... create a formula based on this photo.
40 / 2 = 20
Number of breasts / 2 = number of girls
- December 22, 2010 8:21 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Thank you for bringing this blog back. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...
- December 23, 2010 1:24 AM
- Andy said...
No free tattoos here
- December 23, 2010 11:21 AM


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High School Students Start College While in High School
Seven prospective teachers have started their college careers early this week by enrolling in the Teacher Academy at the Floyd County Schools College and Career Academy. The institution partners with both Georgia Highlands College and Georgia Northwestern Technical College to offer a variety of college-level courses. The Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce is also a partner in the charter schools venture.
The high-school students take four semesters of education courses, studying at the Teacher Academy for the first three semesters and at GHC for the final semester. For students who want to become teachers, the program gives them a leg up on their college career. First-year students take courses that introduce them to the profession. They also go into Floyd County elementary and middle schools, where they get practical experience.
Second-year students receive a more in-depth classroom experience by completing a rigorous internship in county schools. They have the additional option of taking college classes for credit. And that means that when they enter college they are better prepared.
The goal of the Teacher Academy program is to improve the pool of teachers available to staff the Floyd County classrooms of the future, and Georgia Highlands has enthusiastically joined in the effort. GHCs role is overseen by Darrell Sorrels, associate professor of education. He works with students from Coosa, Model, Armuchee and Pepperell. The program is in its third year.


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The mayor's Student Housing Task Force got a statistical breakdown of the number of apartments — both traditional and student-based — that are currently here, are under development or remain in the planning stages.
The mayor's Student Housing Task Force got a statistical breakdown of the number of apartments — both traditional and student-based — that are currently here, are under development or remain in the planning stages.
And from the numbers, Tuscaloosa has about all it needs for this and possibly next year.
Based on data compiled by Rock Apartment Advisors, a consulting firm specializing in apartment markets across much of the South, there are more than 12,200 beds available among "the most significant developments" of private traditional (rent by the unit) and student-based (rent by the bedroom) apartments.
Set to come online by fall 2014 are 1,496 bedrooms in new traditional or student-based complexes and another 3,020 bedrooms are planned for 2015 or beyond.
Currently, the University of Alabama's growth of about 1,000 students each year since 2007 has led to an occupancy rate of 97 percent.
But according to David Wilson of Rock Advisors, that percentage of occupied spaces could soon change.
"Tuscaloosa is the envy of all other (apartment) markets across the state," Wilson said. "This is a healthy market, but changes are coming."
He said some student-apartment complexes are reporting occupancy rates of below 90 percent — a sign that these developments are not successful, according to Wilson — and more apartment managers offered concessions to lure renters in fall 2013 than last year.
For example, 11 traditional apartment complexes and five student-based developments offered some sort of rebate, prize or another kind of lure to bring in tenants in fall 2013.
The year before, just three traditional complexes offered an incentive to rent while no student-based development offered something.
The increase in concessions could mean that property managers are growing more and more desperate to bring up occupancy levels.
And as more apartment complexes open their doors, that desperation will only grow.
"You have a healthy market now," Wilson said, "but it's getting weaker."
The task force also voted to define what has come to be known as "The Box," which is a geographically defined area near the University of Alabama where, ideally, student-based apartment complexes would be concentrated.
After much discussion, this "box" was defined as areas south of the Black Warrior River, north of 15th Street, west of McFarland Boulevard and east of Queen City Avenue.
Also adopted was a definition of a "mega-complex," which the task force is defining as any development with 200 bedrooms or more.
The task force voted unanimously to adopt this mega-complex definition and used it to amend one of four recommendations it approved during its last meeting for the City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to follow.
Now, instead of recommending no more land be rezoned for multifamily housing within the city limits until an updated comprehensive plan for Tuscaloosa's development is in place, the task force wants to limit this unofficial moratorium to rezoning requests for mega-complexes only.
The task force also voted to forward one more recommendation to the council and planning commission.
It wants an amendment to the housing zoning codes that were developed as part of the Tuscaloosa Forward process repealed.
In July 2012, the City Council voted to allow up to four unrelated people to live together in areas zoned MX-5. Prior to this vote, only three or fewer unrelated residents could share a living space, and the task force wants that limit restored.
The City Council approved the change at the request of developer Robert W. Buchalter, who needed it to move forward with what is now The Lofts at City Center, a $100 million residential and planned retail development that was constructed on the former 13.5-acre site of Wood Square shopping center on McFarland Boulevard.
Should the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council go along with the task force's recommendation, The Lofts at City Center will be the only development to take advantage of the amendment that allowed four unrelated people to live together in the MX-5 zone.
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Casa Grande High School's girls basketball team not only shocked Montgomery, but cost the Lady Vikings a share of the North Bay League championship Thursday night.
Playing at home, the Lady Gauchos squeezed the Lady Vikings with an ever-tightning defense to record a 44-41 victory. The Casa win avenged an earlier loss at Montgomery and finished the Lady Vikings at 11-3 in league play, a game behind Santa Rosa's title-winning Lady Panthers, a 70-49 winner over Cardinal Newman Thursday night. Casa Grande finishes at 9-5 in third place.
The result means that Casa Grande gets an immediate rematch with Montgomery Tuesday night in the first round of the North Bay League Tournament involving the top four finishers. Cardinal Newman and Santa Rosa will repeat their game at Santa Rosa.
Thursday night's game at Casa Grande was all about defense and Casa's ability to limit the damage done by 6-foot, 3-inch Montgomery center Claire Donnelly, while sealing off the Lady Viking outside shooters, who did so much damage to Casa in the team's first meeting.
Donnelly, under constant defensive pressure from Angela LLaverias and Dayna Dolcini, still scored 15 points, but had to work for every basket. No other Lady Viking scored more than seven.
Brooke Santander with 11 points, Lyndsey Murnin with 10 and Lexi Schloetter with nine led the Lady Gauchos.


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SOUTH BARRINGTON – Wellness Place Cancer Education and Support hosts its fourth annual Wellness Place Community Cancer 1 Mile Walk & 5k Run May 19 at The Arboretum of South Barrington.
The walk and run events will be followed by a ceremonial balloon release celebrating survivors and providing poignant remembrance to those whose lives have been lost.
Opening ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. followed by the 5K run and mile walk. The event is family friendly and includes children's activities, DJ, and baskets for raffle. Cost is $30 for adults and $15 for 16 and under. Participants receive a T-shirt.
Proceeds generated benefit Wellness Place cancer-related counseling, education and support programs which are provided free of charge to survivors, families and caregivers. For information about registration and sponsor opportunities, call LeeAnn Atwood at 847-241-5973 or visit www.wellnessplacewalkrun.kintera.org.
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|John DeRocker
Solution provider Stratos Management Systems has signaled its intent to become a global partner for customers with overseas operations with the appointment of a long-time VAR executive to manage its international vendor and distribution management.
Atlanta-based Stratos, formed early last year with the acquisition of Nexus by an equity firm, has promoted John DeRocker, the former president of Nexus, to the newly created position of senior vice president of worldwide channels.
Paula Winkler, who was most recently vice president of leadership and organization for Aeritae Consulting Group, a technology consulting company headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., in March took over as Nexus' president.
[Related: Stratos Acquires Computex, Builds $100M IT, Managed Services Solution Provider]
DeRocker is also responsible for engaging with new manufacturing partners and net-new customers to get them started with Stratos.
The international push stems from the fact that multinational customers are more and more likely to centralize their purchasing decisions, DeRocker said.
"In the past, most international customers gave purchasing responsibility to their local offices," he said. "Today, that's changing. The mother companies want control of standardization and pricing with local delivery."
In the past, if a U.S. company had an office in the U.K., Belgium and Germany, it might work with three international solution providers to handle the IT requirements in those countries, DeRocker said.
"Now I work with a central office on specifications and pricing, and then work with local companies to deploy the solutions," he said.
To make this work, DeRocker is spending a lot of his time in face-to-face meetings with the overseas offices of Stratos' distribution partners and many of its manufacturers. While Ingram Micro has become very important to Stratos because it distributes products worldwide, DeRocker has to work with a variety of distributors depending on which ones partner with Stratos' vendors.
"I talk a lot to international manufacturers and distributors to understand how things are done," he said. "There are so many moving parts from the customers, distributors, and manufacturers. All three need to coincide or this will not work."
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CULPEPER, Va. — More details are emerging on the use of deadly force by two deputies with the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office.
State police say the deputies shot 59-year-old Harold Lee Daniels on Thursday night after the Rapidan man pointed a gun at the deputies. The deputies were attempting to arrest Daniels after his vehicle was clocked going more than 100 mph and he fled in his vehicle after a deputy conducting the speed checks attempted to stop him.
State police say that deputy and a second deputy later traced the vehicle and Daniels to a residence in Rapidan. Investigators said Daniels pointed a gun at the deputies as they attempted to apprehend him. He died at the scene.
Neither deputy was injured in the deadly encounter.
A state police investigation continues.
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