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LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Gov. Edward G. Rendell on Wednesday, Aug. 6, announced a $9 million state grant to support the Lewisburg Core Community Initiative, a joint venture between Bucknell University, the borough, Union County and several community-based organizations aimed at enhancing the downtown and the neighborhood connecting it to campus.
The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project (RACP) grant is one of the largest Rendell announced this week during stops around the Commonwealth and the largest ever awarded in this region.
"This will help Bucknell develop University facilities in an area adjacent to the college campus in a way that will help stabilize the core downtown area of Lewisburg, retaining and creating jobs in the community, while providing new facilities that will support the University's educational mission," Rendell said during a news conference in the lobby of the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on the Bucknell campus.
He also announced funding for a science center at Susquehanna University and three bridge projects in Union and Snyder counties.
The RACP program provides matching funds for facilities that will stimulate economic development and create jobs. The funds support all aspects of construction, including site development, design and construction.
Lewisburg Core Community Initiative
The grant to Bucknell will allow the Lewisburg Core Community Initiative (LCCI) to proceed with investments that will increase downtown foot traffic, revitalize the neighborhood bordering on the University and downtown, create new facilities to serve Bucknell and the broader community, bring additional tax revenues to the local municipalities and create new jobs.
One of the major challenges facing the community is preserving the integrity of the core area of the borough, including commercial and residential properties, borough and Bucknell officials have said.
"We share a common home, and we share common interests, in education, in economic development, in improving the quality of life for the individuals who make this community, this region and this University home," said Bucknell President Brian C. Mitchell. "Toward that end, we have worked hard together to build upon our common interests and set an agenda of growth and development that befits our core community."
The LCCI will be developed in several phases. The grant announced Wednesday is linked to the first phase of the project that includes:
Inn and business center
The inn and business center is an anchor building that will be located on the edge of campus nearest downtown Lewisburg. The 75-room facility will host campus and regional visitors, academic conferences and campus-based meetings, and University and community events.
A majority of the grant will be used to pay for construction of the estimated $16.1 million inn and business center, which will be supported by an adjacent University parking garage. The inn and garage will be built on University property, the value of which will be used to contribute to a match of the state grant. Significant additional funds to construct the facility will come from private investors and be supplemented, as necessary, by Bucknell funds.
A national hotel chain will manage the inn and business center, which will be taxable. The University plans for construction to begin upon the completion of all related arrangements with the chain and private investors, likely by the end of 2009.
Campus Theatre
The Campus Theatre is a historic neighborhood movie theater located in the center of downtown Lewisburg. Recently, problems with the air-conditioning system resulted in damage to the theater, causing it to close for repairs. The RACP funds may also be used to repair the heating and cooling system and make other interior improvements that will expand the range of uses for the theater. The state grant will be matched dollar for dollar with private funds.
The Campus Theatre will be part of a downtown arts district to be further developed at a later stage of the LCCI and could include performance and visual arts venues. Work on the Campus Theatre will begin as soon as the exact nature of the renovations is determined, likely during fall 2008.
University Bookstore
Working with a private developer, the University will relocate most of the functions currently provided at its on-campus bookstore to a new location on Market Street in downtown Lewisburg. This project, which will be financed with a combination of state grants and private funds, will create an anchor property on Market Street that will encourage more foot traffic for other businesses in the area and connect the University more directly to the community.
The facility, possibly to be run by a national bookstore chain, will remain a taxable property. The project is estimated to cost $8.5 million. Bookstore construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2009, with completion likely in spring 2010.
Other elements
Other elements of the LCCI could include relocating Bucknell administrative offices downtown, placing at least 60 workers in the Market Street area; locating a childcare center in an area adjacent to the campus and the downtown; creating incentives for rehabilitating residences in the area that borders the University and Market Street; establishing hiking and biking trails, greenways and stormwater management projects that link the University and the downtown to the broader region; and relocating the Bucknell entrance further north on Route 15 to create safer non-vehicular travel across that heavily traveled highway.
It is anticipated that future state funds may be available to support some or all of these projects as well.
University representatives will work with local authorities on management of the grant announced Wednesday.
Lewisburg and Bucknell have already worked together and with the Commonwealth in a number of ways. Lewisburg is participating in both the Main Street and Elm Street programs and has recently made significant traffic improvements in the downtown area thanks in part to a Home Town Streets grant. And a nonprofit community organization, supported by Bucknell, secured state and federal grants to preserve the Campus Theatre.
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2003 Football
HCAC players of the week
Owens and Craun named HCAC players of week
By Ben Risinger, SID
September 29, 2003
BLUFFTON , OHIO - Bluffton College football (2-1) earned two awards for their efforts on Saturday's win over Husson College 36-6. Sophomore Jared Owens (Van Wert/Crestview) and senior Pat Craun (Sidney/Sidney) have been named players of the week by the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Owens was the instrumental offensive threat for the Beavers on Saturday as he scored a total of four touchdowns. Owens rushed for touchdowns from 1, 10 and 4 yards out and threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Mark Gable. He finished the day in the air with 152 yards on 11 of 16 attempts. On the ground Owens had 11 carries for 72 yards. Currently, he is third in the HCAC in total offense, averaging 214 yards per game.
Defensively, Craun posted nine tackles in the contest. One tackle for a loss, one sack, and a pass break up were also among the linebacker's statistics. He helped Bluffton's defense keep Husson to only 236 total yards on the day. Craun has totaled 21 tackles in three games for the Beavers.
"I'm happy that the player of the week awards reflects on how our team played as a whole for the game," coach Greg Brooks said.
Bluffton will be in action this Saturday when they travel to Urbana University . Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

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The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial announced Tuesday that three Fridays have been added to the court calendar this month.
The trial, now in its fourth month, has typically been held Monday through Thursday most weeks.
Judge Sherry Stephens said three new dates and times have been added - all on Fridays. They include April 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., April 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and May 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez worked Tuesday to portray the defendant as a manipulative liar who "liked to play the victim" as he questioned a defense witness' contention that Arias suffered domestic abuse at the hands of the one-time boyfriend she has admitted to killing.
Psychotherapist Alyce LaViolette has been testifying for more than a week about her conclusion that Arias was a victim of both physical and emotional abuse by her lover.
Arias says the killing was self-defense and described during her 18 days of testimony how Travis Alexander had grown more abusive in the months leading up to his death, once choking her into unconsciousness. She says on the day of the killing in June 2008 at Alexander's suburban Phoenix home, Alexander attacked her one last time and she was forced to fight for her life.
However, no other evidence or testimony - other than Arias' accounts - have been presented at trial showing Alexander had ever been physically violent in the past.
Authorities say she planned the attack well in advance. Arias initially denied involvement, then blamed it on two masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she said it was self-defense. Testimony has been ongoing for more than three months.
She faces a possible death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder.
LaViolette has described for jurors Arias' volatile relationship with Alexander, portraying the man as a womanizing cheater who courted multiple women simultaneously, using graphic language to entice them into sexual encounters while berating Arias with derogatory names.
She said she came to her conclusions based on more 40 hours of interviews with Arias and reviews of thousands of pages of text messages, emails and other communications between Arias and the victim, as well as messages between Alexander and other women.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez pointed out how Arias lied repeatedly in the months after her arrest, asking LaViolette how she could be certain the defendant isn't still lying.
"I found the defendant to be credible," LaViolette said.
"Which means you found her to be truthful, right?" Martinez countered.
"Alright," LaViolette replied defiantly.
Martinez continued the heated line of questioning, asking the witness whether Arias "may have been less than truthful with you, correct?"
LaViolette dodged a direct answer and accused Martinez of taking her evaluation out of context.
"There is always reasonable doubt, Mr. Martinez," she replied.
"You didn't talk to Mr. Alexander, did you?" he snapped back.
"No, I did not," LaViolette said.
"You didn't talk to any other witnesses, correct?" Martinez prodded.
"No I did not," the witness said.
The judge then removed the jury from the courtroom as Martinez worked to introduce as evidence a video of police questioning Arias' father, William Arias, on the day his daughter was arrested. During the video interview, Arias' father says, "She's never been honest with us."
LaViolette said she was unaware of the statement by Arias' father. She said she would have only used it to come to her conclusions in the context of everything else she reviewed, including Arias' contention that her father abused her as a child.
"I would not take a soundbite of anything and make a decision on it," she said.
The jury returned to the courtroom, and Martinez moved on to another line of questioning, reminding LaViolette of a statement made by a high school classmate of Arias that the defendant "liked playing the victim."
"That was about high school," LaViolette said, explaining that she found no evidence of such behavior in Arias' adult life.
"The defendant is very manipulative, isn't she?" Martinez asked.
LaViolette again dodged answering the question directly and instead explained that Arias lied after the killing in an attempt to "feel normal," and that there was evidence she had been "flirtatious" with men, but the two traded barbs over the definition of the word manipulative as court adjourned for lunch.
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Thelma J. Clark, 82, of 287 Spring St., Kane, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 at the Kane Community Hospital.Born Sept. 25, 1929 in Highland, she was the daughter of Roy E. and Edna J. Wickert Neely. On Aug. 15, 1955 in Baltimore, Md., she married James L. Clark, who died in 2000.Mrs. Clark worked at Stackpole Corp. in Kane for many years, and later at The Lutheran Home at Kane for several years.She was a member of the First Church of God and a Life Member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, both in Kane.Surviving are two sons, Edward J. (Vicky) Bliss of Kane and Daniel R. (Jody) Bliss of Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Linda J. (Dennis) Swanson of James City and Sandra L. (Melvin) Brinkley of Kane; a stepdaughter, Jackie (Robert) Pribble of Perham, Maine; a sister, Elizabeth Seaman of Ridgway; 14 grandchildren, Lee, Quentin, Bradley, Bill, Jim, Laura, Judy, Kim, Jeremy, Parker, Amy, Aaron, Coleen and Shannon, plus 21 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death, in addition to her husband and parents, by a son, David C. Bliss, Jr. in May of this year; her twin sister Twila Stevenson, and sisters Margaret in infancy, Helen Wayant, Rose Miller, Ruby Wolfe, Patricia Rapp and Clara Drake; and brothers Eugene Neely and Milton Neely.Friends may call at the Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m., at which time a service will be held there with the rev. Chad Troup, pastor of the First Church of God, officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to the First Church of God, P.O. Box 547, Kane, PA 16735.Online condolences may be expressed at www.ronaldmcdonaldfuneralhome.com.


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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Tomas Kundratek scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Dany Sabourin made 35 saves to help the HERSHEY BEARS to their seventh consecutive win on the road, a 4-3 decision over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Tuesday night at Webster Bank Arena. The game was also team captain Boyd Kane's 1,000th as a professional.
The Sound Tigers started the scoring at 3:39 of the first period, sparked by a scrap between defenseman Brett Gallant and BEARS forward Matt Clackson. Nino Niederreiter led a two-on-one rush by carrying down the left side and toward the goal line. He sent a perfect pass over a defenseman's stick and onto the tape of Johan Sundstrom for a one-timer that got by Sabourin.
The BEARS tied the game at 13:20, crashing the goal crease of Kevin Poulin. Zach Hamill backhanded a pass toward the top of Poulin's crease, where Clackson and Ryan Stoa were battling. Poulin sprawled to deny a chance, but Stoa got enough of the puck to slide it under the netminder and into the net.
Just 45 seconds later, Kundratek would take a faceoff win from Ryan Potulny and fire a hard slap shot that eluded Poulin inside the left goal post, giving the BEARS a 2-1 lead.
But before the period expired, the Sound Tigers evened the game. Casey Cizikas would flip the puck from the left corner toward a collection of bodies at Sabourin's net. The puck would bounce toward the open right side with Sabourin down, and Colin McDonald tipped it home at 17:03 for the equalizer.
Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the second period.
After surviving a four-minute power play for Bridgeport that was partially wiped out by a penalty assessed to Niederreiter, the BEARS would still find themselves back down by one goal. Sabourin denied McDonald on a partial breakaway, but the loose puck sat in the crease just long enough for Brandon DeFazio to stuff it home at 7:49.
Once again, the BEARS needed less than a minute to tie the game back up at 3-3. Jeff Taffe flipped a pass forward from neutral ice, and Evan Barlow used his speed to catch up to it, draw Poulin down and place a backhander under the crossbar for his second of the season at 8:21.
Bridgeport dictated the pace through the first half of overtime, but in the final half-minute, Kundratek's heroics sent the BEARS to victory. The defenseman chipped a puck out of the BEARS' defensive zone and up the right boards. Kundratek out-raced Sound Tigers defenseman Jon Landry, poked the puck passed him and completed his breakaway by tucking a backhander inside the left post at 4:34.
Sabourin earned the win to improve to 5-4-0. Poulin fell to 10-7-2, making 24 saves on 28 shots. The BEARS did not receive a power play in the game, and killed off all five Sound Tigers power play chances.
The BEARS return home on Saturday, January 12 to host the Connecticut Whale at 7:00 PM. The first 5,000 fans will receive an ice scraper courtesy of UGI. Tickets for this game and all home games are on sale at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.
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Ascent of Flat Top Mountain on 2006-07-06
Dennis Poulin
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Ascent Type:
Successful Summit Attained
Flat Top Mountain
10620 ft / 3236 m
Ascent Trip Report
I climbed beautiful Deseret Peak on July 5th, 2006 and then headed to her neighbor Flat Top Mountain. It's a relatively short drive between the 2 mountains, so I had plenty of time to get to the trailhead. I drove through Grantsville and the Tooele, stopped for a good hot meal and then continued out of town heading for Ophir.
Ophir seemed like a nice town. I continued through town following Dean Molen's directions to find the trailhead. I found his directions need to be updated because the road up South Fork Canyon has been blocked at Ophir Creek. How can this be? How can I get to the trailhead? I was concerned. I turned around and drove back towards Ophir looking for a way around the blockade. About halfway back to town I found a road that crossed the creek and headed south up the mountain. This road is narrow, very rocky, and steep. I could see tracks from quads on the road, but I didn't feel right taking my Tacoma up these tracks. My biggest problem now was I couldn't find a place wide enough to turn around. I continued up until I had climbed at least 1,000 feet before I could get turned around. I think this road continues up to the 8,000 ft intersection mentioned in other Trip Reports and Route Descriptions, but I didn't know if I was on private property or if the road indeed went all the way through.
I decided I would hike from where the South Fork Road was blocked, elevation 6,700 ft. There were no No Trespassing signs and I felt like I would at least be on public land. By now it was late afternoon and I had to find a place to car camp for the night. It didn't feel right to camp at the trailhead along Ophir Road so I headed back towards Tooele and found a nice place called Settlement Canyon next to a reservoir and a creek and they only charged me $5 for the night.
The next morning, I got up early and was at the Flat Top trailhead just as it was getting light. Ophir Creek was easy to cross and then I headed up the road. This is cattle country and there were lots of cattle on or near the road. They moved out of the way as I passed and I made good progress up the road. The hiking was easy and I found the road junction at 7,500 ft and went right. This didn't seem right since I could see Flat Top/Lewiston off to the left. I trusted Dean's directions and headed right.
Soon I reached the 8,000 ft intersection and turned left towards the mountain here. The road petered out soon and I had to look carefully to find the trail. As you come into the little clearing at the end of the road, the trail is on you left at about 10 o'clock. I erected a small 4 stone cairn to mark the spot, but it was probably knocked down by cows or hunters by the time I got back to my truck.
The trail makes several switchbacks up the hill directly east of the intersection and you gain about 1,000 feet quickly. Once on top of this first hill, the trail meanders around some knobs and then traverses on the south side of point 9654. The trail dips through a wet brushy area before switchbacking and coming back up to another little saddle east of point 9654 and west of Lewiston Peak. I didn't expect the trail to dip so much here and I think it dropped about 100 ft in elevation. Before the trail switchbacked up to this saddle I saw a cow elk with her calf. That was nice to see some wildlife at least.
Once up to the saddle at about 9,600 ft I left the trail and headed cross country directly up the ridge towards Lewiston Peak. I stayed on top of the ridge as much as possible following a climber's use trail of sorts. It could have been an elk trail also. The hiking was slower here but I kept at it and eventually came up to the summit of Lewiston Peak. I was surprised to find a nice register to sign on this summit.
I didn't stay long because I still had to head north over to Flat Top. Again I was following climber's or elk use trails down Lewiston and then along the ridge towards Flat Top. I stayed on the west side of the ridgeline, but when I got close to Flat Top, I got right on top of the ridge and surprised a large herd of elk that were just below the ridgeline on the east side. They didn't like me there and were soon moving downhill away from me. In about 20 minutes the entire heard of about 100 elk had disappeared far down the valley into a forested area. Now I know why the locals don't want anyone up here in their mountains. They want to keep all the elk to themselves.
On the summit, I rested, signed the register and ate lunch. I still had a long hike back down to my truck, so I didn't linger too long. I headed down the same way I came up. I skirted Lewiston Peak on the northwest side instead of heading all the way back up to the summit. The hike down was uneventful except that it was warm now on the South Fork Road and the flies from the cows were bothersome.
This 5 mile hike with 2,700 ft of elevation gain was extended to 12.2 miles and gained 4,400 ft hiking from the Ophir Road. It took me 7 hours for the full hike. This was my 7th hike in 7 days, all of them were P5k's. Tomorrow on to Mt. Nebo .
Summary Total Data
Elevation Gain:
4490 ft / 1368 m
Elevation Loss:
4490 ft / 1368 m
12.2 mi / 19.6 km
Route Conditions:
Road Hike, Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Open Country
Ascent Statistics
Elevation Gain:
4490 ft / 1368 m
6.1 mi / 9.8 km
South Fork Road
6130 ft / 1868 m
Descent Statistics
Elevation Loss:
4490 ft / 1368 m
6.1 mi / 9.8 km
6130 ft / 1868 m
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FORT MORGAN — — The Fort Morgan City Council last night authorized Mayor Terry McAlister to accept large state grants for both the runway replacement project at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport and a planned large stormwater project on South Sherman Avenue.
Public Works/Engineering Director Brad Curtis told the council that this grant for the runway was only one piece of the money that the city would get for the multi-million-dollar project.
"This is one of the grants that's associated with the runway project," Curtis said. "All of the monies will come back at a later time once the federal grant, once they come through, but this is the state's portion."
The Colorado Department of Transportation awarded a grant of $345,998 to the city for construction of the new runway at the airport.
The grant is part of a collaboration between the city, state and federal governments, where the city and state pay almost equal shares of the project and the federal government pays for the bulk of it — more than $6.22 million.
The resolution the council passed also designated Curtis as the project director for the runway replacement.
"It's been a long time coming," Councilman Ron Shaver said before offering the resolution that the council passed to accept the grant, which was passed unanimously.
The council also accepted a Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant $489,997 for a large stormwater drainage project along five blocks of South Sherman Street.
"This is part of those stormwater projects, we're finding ways to get money," Curtis said. "Took me a couple years, but after a couple submittals we got approved for matching funds. This is planned to be just under a $1 million project, and DOLA will be contributing $489,997."
The city will have to match the DOLA grant, which City Manager Jeff Wells said would come out of city reserves.
Both projects are expected to start happening yet this spring and summer.
"I appreciate you keeping up with that. I know it was turned down once," the mayor said. "We needed that. South Sherman's been under water ever since I can remember."
"I'm excited to dry up that Lake Sherman when it rains," Curtis quipped. "It'll be a good project."
Like with runway, the resolution the council passed for the stormwater grant also designated Curtis as the project director for the that project.
Other action
The council also:
• Toured the Fort Morgan Museum's storage facility, the Armory Recreation Center and the Library & Museum as part of the city department showcases.
• Held a public hearing with no speakers and then gave final approval to an ordinance changing Fort Morgan Municipal Code regarding residential properties with two water taps; if the second is only for irrigation purposes, it now can be shut off for the winter without accruing base rates during that time.
• Held a public hearing with no speakers and then gave final approval to an ordinance changing the plumbing part of the city's building code, bringing it in compliance with state rules and allowing the city to continue conducting local building inspections for plumbing.
• Acting as the local liquor licensing authority, approved renewing the 3.2 beer liquor licenses for the 7-Eleven East and 7-Eleven West stores, located at 603 W. Platte Ave. and 703 E. Platte Ave., after hearing that what could have been minor violations had been resolved; the owner/manager of the stores, Andeep Saini was there, and the mayor urged her to make sure further violations, no matter how minor, did not happen.
• Approved spending up to $28,500 on a four-wheel-drive, half-ton Dodge Ram 1500 pickup and options and accessories from low-bidder Korf Continental in Fort Morgan for the utilities director for visiting the treatment plants and capital projects, heading to emergencies and going to regular job-related meetings on the Front Range and in Nebraska.
• Approved spending up to $140,000 on an insulated bucket truck and equipment options from low-bidder Custom Truck & Equipment LLC of Arvada for the Light & Power Department to replace a 1994 bucket truck that "has maintenance issues and a large number of hours on the engine," according to Superintendent Doug Linton.
• Approved spending up to $75,000 for a replacement/upgrade for the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system from NovaTech of Lenexa, Kan., for the Light & Power Department, which is the computer system that monitors the all parts of the city's electric system and notifies staff of problems; while NovaTech was not the lowest bid, it offered a regional service office and nonproprietary software, making it the better option for the city, according to Linton.
• Approved retaining Exponential Engineering Co. of Fort Collins for on-call engineering services for electric department projects, which Water Resources/Utilities Director Brent Nation said was the best fit for the city of the three candidates; "We want to have somebody we can call on as projects move forward," he said, adding that Exponential had worked for the city previously and had knowledge of city systems.
• Recognized Parks Department Foreman Jerry Reese as the City Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of 2013.
• Approved spending $33,750 to extend the contract with Magellan Advisors for completion of tasks related to the city's broadband economic development initiative.
• Approved on first reading an ordinance that would make amendments to the 2013 city budget, which would allow the city to avoid budget violations during the ongoing audit from unexpected and unbudgeted expenses in the city's Self Insurance Fund and Electric Fund; those included $1 million for flood recovery projects and increased health insurance costs, as well as $2.4 million in increased costs for purchasing wholesale electricity, which is being addressed by rate adjustments in 2013 and 2014.
• Approved the 2015 budget calendar, which guides the council and staff on the process of setting next year's budget.
• Approved renewing the memorandum of understanding between the city Recreation Department and Optimist Soccer, which had no changes from last year.
• Approved renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the city Recreation Department and the Marlins Swim Club, which included changes for financial transparency, as per new city guidelines for nonprofits receiving in-kind services.
• Appointed Ermalinda Dechant to the Senior Center Advisory Board.
• Approved the Feb. 18 regular council meeting minutes.
• Heard from Brenda Zion and Selena Wright about the proposed proclamation "affirming common values for a diverse community," as put together by the Community Relations Committee, and agreed to consider this at a future council meeting.
• And held an executive session to get legal advice from the city attorney on airport litigation.
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- Some engine do compress on the fly. For example the older idtech3 engine does that way. Textures are stored as JPEG files. At load time, the files are decompressed, and then either uploaded as-is on the graphic card, or recompressed on-the-flight and then uploaded.
thus, at the cost of some (significant) load-time waiting, the game performs with very fast and efficient texture based on the latest available texture algorithm.
As an example, this enabled Quake3 to benefit from the slightly more efficient (can also switch modes between blocks and has also some very efficient or higher quality modes) but less widespread (only 3DFx and Intel hardware) FXT1 texture compression, at a time when everybody else was only doing S3TC. It could also support the radically different VQ compression on DreamCast (powerVR) hardware. But it was slower to load on not top-of-the-crop hardware.
Games based on this and similar engines will auto-magically be able to use ASTC on hardware which support it with no or near to none modification to the current code base. (The openGL driver is responsible for handling most of the ASTC)
- Some games come with pre-compressed texture: As soon as S3TC started becoming popular, a "compressed texture CD" was released for Unreal back then. No much luck for ASTC then, except maybe modifying the engine to recompress-to-ASTC at load time. Which isn't that much useful: performance gain might be squeezed out due to more efficient ATSC compression. But it comes at a cost of longer loading time, and degraded quality (due to lossy decompression-recompression cycles).
(In the case of hardware not supporting compression: textures are decompressed at load-time by the driver and stored uncompressed on the graphic card.)
- Slightly more modern variation: textures aren't stored directly in S3TC on the disc, but into some pre-processed format which is both easy to recode into S3TC, but which also is nicely compressible by the CPU and stored in CPU-compressed container (like using LZMA compression). There are several such format which are popular with DirectX games.
CPU unpacks the file and transcode that output into S3TC. Thus the files are smaller (like the Jpeg method, thanks to the CPU compression) but the load time is shorter (no need for full decompression and recompression, unpacking the file already yields something which is close to- and eady to convert- S3TC).
- To just play a game which has its data stored into ASTC (or easily ASTC-transcodable format, say ASTC in a LZMA container): No new hardware is needed. In worst case, the driver can always decompress the texture in software and recompress it in whatever suits the hardware. (at the cost of longer loading times and degraded quality due to the lossy cycles of compression/decompression and probably slower performance because the other hardware-supported compression are probably less efficient).
- To benefit from the advantages of ASTC (namely more efficient or higher quality compression) you *NEED* hardware whose texturing unit supports ASTC (so it can directly load the smaller, compressed texture from videoram into texture cache). As ASTC is patent-free and has tons of advantages (efficiency, quality), it will very likely get picked up rather quickly by hardware constructors. Probably too late for the generation of hardware currently in development, but probably in the next generation after that. That means that in 1 year max. there will be hardware around supporting ASTC.
Also given the turn over of gaming machines, it means that in 3-4 years, there will be enough graphic cards around with ASTC support.
Which mean that developer who start writing games right now have in their best interests to include support for ASTC. By the time the game is out, ASTC will be hardware supported on some machines, and the other can go the software "ASTC-to-S3TC" route. Or they can even prepare different data packages for ASTC and S3TC using the same assets.


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August 2012
Preview 2012: Wrap
Eric assembles his OSU photos into a mosaic.
Hey! I'm tired. You may have missed some stuff in the annual "oh God it's the week before the season and I promised myself I wouldn't do this again" content blitz, so here it is again with extremely brief summaries attached:
Brady Hoke is the Real William Carlos Williams.
Quarterback: weeeeeeeee STOP THROWING INTERCEPTIONS
Running back: like a slavering pack of robot velociraptors, but fast!
Wide receiver: see "Quarterback"
Offensive line: bubble wrap these mofos
Questions and answers: SHOTGUN, fusion, Gardnecieving, short yardage
Defensive line: just take it easy, man
Linebackers: calmer than you are
Safety: calmer than you are
Question and answers: fumbles, short yardage, fire zones, and yes the DL.
Podcast: can someone tell me if the new "generic podcast feed" is working for them?
Special teams: meh? I love meh!
Heuristics and the official prediction: 9-3, man, 9-3.
Ace draws the official game preview: predicts 31-20. Official MGoBrian prediction: Alabama, 22-15.
Ace FFFFs those bastards.
Brabbs on the ten year anniversary of Washington 2002.
The Daily has a great three-parter on the 2000 Orange Bowl. The feature is an oral history:
David Terrell, sophomore receiver: "It was the scariest night of my life."
"Y2K, man. You had everyone go out and get canned goods, bottled water. I didn't even know the world was going to be here in the morning when I got up."
Also they dig up their game column and talk Henson-Brady.
Matt Hinton has an Xs-and-Os post on Alabama versus running quarterbacks and Denard versus OSU that's worth your time.
Orson Swindle season kickoff post go.
Orson Swindle season kickoff post go.
Orson Swindle season kickoff post go.
Dallas? A Michigan Man's curiosity is like the noble albatross: ever soaring and observant, encompassing all without soiling its feet with the filthy soil of strange atolls--GADZOOKS I have stepped in expectorated tobacco remnants. LET US END THIS TOUR WITH HASTE AND RETURN TO OUR PULLMAN CARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Hype video:
Michigan will be Michigan again when Brady Hoke's recruiting comes home to roost, and that will be excellent since this version of Michigan seems like it wants to take advantage of the opportunities presented it. It's still not quite there. The lines are thin and the future NFL stars are hard to find. The shotgun rules and the quarterback can make you laugh just because he moves like so.
In the lull here we can pause and savor things. We have a moment to not have those crushing expectations, to look down and think Michigan can't do it but hope they can, hope they can write themselves into lore as champions.
Here between the trough and the peak there will be a moment in which "can't" becomes "did." Maybe tomorrow.
Go Blue.
Heuristics And Stupid Prediction
Previously: Podcast 4.0, the story, quarterback, running back, wide receivers, offensive line, defensive line, linebackers, secondary, Qs on D, Qs on O.
Turnover Margin
The theory of turnover margin: it is pretty random. Teams that find themselves at one end or the other at the end of the year are likely to rebound towards the average. So teams towards the top will tend to be overrated and vice versa. Nonrandom factors to evaluate: quarterback experience, quarterback pressure applied and received, and odd running backs like Mike Hart who just don't fumble.
|Int +
|Fumb +
|Sacks +
|Int -
|Fumb -
|Sacks -
|0.15 (41st)
|2.17 (67th)
|-.83 (104th)
|1.83 (57th)
|-1.00 (115th)
|2.33 (83rd)
|+0.54 (25th)
|2.31 (29th)
|1.38 (33rd)
I know you've heard it, so briefly: Michigan's recovered fumbles at a 75% rate and this is unsustainable. Move that to 50% and Michigan drops quite a bit, but does stay at or around zero for the year, which is a massive positive. How Michigan got there for reasons other than fumble recovery rate:
- dumping a bunch of carries on a to-date fumble-free Fitz Toussaint,
- coaching Denard to be more responsible with the ball when he's running, and
- getting a lot more pressure on opposing QBs.
None of those things should change. Michigan may not have much four-on-four pass rush but that didn't prevent Mattison from blitzing up a top-30 sack rate last year. Denard should also throw many fewer interceptions. He's a senior, he's in a second year in the offense, and Borges will have a better grasp on what leads to trouble. That should offset the fumble recovery rate regression and keep Michigan in a comfortable range near or slightly above zero.
Or, of course, it may do the exact opposite of all these things.
Position Switch Starters
Theory of position switches: if you are starting or considering starting a guy who was playing somewhere else a year ago, that position is in trouble. There are degrees of this. When Notre Dame moved Travis Thomas, a useful backup at tailback, to linebacker and then declared him a starter, there was no way that could end well. Wisconsin's flip of LB Travis Beckum to tight end was less ominous because Wisconsin had a solid linebacking corps and Beckum hadn't established himself on that side of the ball. Michigan flipping Prescott Burgess from SLB to WLB or PSU moving Dan Connor inside don't register here: we're talking major moves that indicate a serious lack somewhere.
There are a number of varying severity.
Here's a dossier:
- LG Michael Schofield moves to RT, which is actually undoing a position switch from last year. Fret level: none.
- LG Ricky Barnum moves to center, where he's reportedly doing well. Snapping is another burden, I guess, but fret level: minimal.
- QB Devin Gardner moves to WR, is still sort of a QB, and may be a QB again next year. Fret level: high. It could be that Gardner is undeniable at WR. It could be that Michigan is flailing for options.
- WDE Craig Roh moves to SDE. Fret level: minimal. Given last year, Roh's probably a better fit at the 5 anyway.
- WDE Jibreel Black moves to three-tech, moves back, may move back inside at points. Fret level: severe.
- SAM Brennen Beyer moves to WDE. Fret level: none. Beyer was supposed to be a WDE from the start, is now 252.
Concerns at WR and DL. Surprise!
An Embarrassing Prediction, No Doubt
Worst Case
Again, there's no bottom if certain critical contributors implode. Assuming disastrous injuries do not occur at QB and OT…
Denard chews up low-level defenses; combine that with a back seven not giving up cheap points and it's hard to see a threat from Air Force, UMass, Purdue, Northwestern, or Minnesota. None of those teams have defenses that will be able to slow down Denard enough, if at all.
The second tier of should-win games is small, though: Illinois and Iowa are the only other games it seems like they absolutely should win, and Iowa was a loss last year. Even in a dark world where things go all wrong, they'd take one of those two and probably swing another game from the Bama/ND/Nebraska/OSU group to get to 7-5.
Best Case
Michigan's going to implode in one game this year for reasons yet undetermined and must prove that it can teach its center to put his head up before he snaps the ball against MSU, but there isn't a game on the schedule other than the first one that seems like a true longshot. It's asking a but much of them to go to ND, Nebraska, and OSU and win 'em all, though. 10-2 is the reasonable ceiling.
Final Verdict
The defense will be fine, even if turnovers decrease. The line will be a surprise to the positive. By the end of the year we are all convinced that Michigan's DL coaching can turn virtually anyone into a serviceable player.
There's a lot of bend-don't-break on D as Mattison struggles to find a pass rush against teams with veteran lines that can pick up his blitzes and Kovacs and Gordon hew down dudes at the first down marker. This is generally effective. The defense is far from dominant but steady and not prone to doing stupid things to itself. Morgan and Demens both improve noticeably, Washington and Campbell hold up okay, and a lot of tackles shift from the DL to the LBs.
On offense, Borges + Denard will still be a problem as those two jigsaw puzzles aren't ever going to mesh smoothly, but there isn't much dropoff at the skill positions if Devin Gardner lives up to even half the hype—for all our hand-wringing, Hemingway had 34 catches last year. Having Toussaint firmly in the driver's seat will help RB productivity, and as a whole the line should be better than it was a year ago now that the guards know how to pull and the right tackle is a high-level performer.
TE remains an issue. Denard getting year two in the new system should easily overwhelm that. His numbers will improve, most obviously in the INT category, and there won't be more than one clunker this time around.
We're gonna die tomorrow, but whatever.
|@ Alabama
|Air Force
|Must win
|Must win
|Lean to win
|@ Purdue
|Must win
|Lean to win
|Lean to loss
|@ Nebraska
|Lean to win
|@ Minnesota
|Must win
|Must win
|Lean to win
|@ Akron State
|Lean to loss
Wisconsin, Penn State, Indiana
Add it up and you get 9-3. Not a bold prediction this time around, I know.
Preview: Alabama 2012
[Note for people who don't read who posts what: Ace posted this. You probably didn't read this either. DAMN YOUUUUU.]
Previously here: FFFF, Mini Program, monuMental Wallpaper, Six Zero Wallpaper, Three-Part Roster Comparison (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
Other stuff: MnB Q&A with Roll Bama Roll. Who Are You and Why Do We Care? Nick Saban vs. Mecha-Nick Saban. Know Your Foe.
Alabama season previews from Pre-Snap Read and Bill Connelly.
Previews from Maize and Go Blue, Maize & Blue Nation, Burgeoning Wolverine Star, and Holdin' The Rope.
|Michigan vs Alabama
|Cowboys Stadium, Arlington TX
|8 pm Eastern, September 1st 2012
|Alabama -13.5
|National on ABC
|sunny, mid-90s, roof expected to be closed so it doesn't really matter
[Image via Tower of Bammer]
It's the opening game of the season, so certainly the Wolverines have scheduled a directional Michigan school or similar creampu...
Michigan takes on defending national champion Alabama, which is ranked second in both preseason polls despite returning just 11 starters. There is good reason for this: Nick Saban has turned Tuscaloosa into an NFL talent factory, one that shows no signs of slowing despite the heavy personnel losses. Michigan's toughest test traditionally comes in the last regular season game; this year, it's the first.
Run Offense vs Alabama
Jesse Williams shifts from end to nose tackle; this should not be a problem
The Crimson Tide defense posted one of the most dominant seasons in collegiate history in 2011, allowing ten yards per game fewer than any other team in the country. A look at their run defense, game-by-game, reveals their numbers could have been even better if not for one obvious outlier:
|Kent St.
|Penn St.
|North Texas
|Mississippi St.
|Ga. Southern
FCS school Georgia Southern was the only team to crack 3.6 yards per carry against Alabama, and they more than doubled that figure. Flukes are flukes, however, and a triple-option FCS team managing that kind of output against that defense screams irrelevance unless Al Borges breaks out the flexbone tomorrow. The rest of the year, Bama allowed more than three ypc just twice, to Penn State (still boasting Silas Redd) and LSU (first matchup—the second didn't go so well).
This isn't the same Alabama outfit, of course; they lose nose tackle Josh Chapman and a pair of All-American caliber linebackers in Dont'a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw. The Tide can replace that talent effectively, sliding 320-pound end Jesse Williams down to the nose and inserting former blue-chip recruits Trey DePriest and Adrian Hubbard into the lineup at linebacker, but replicating last year's success will be difficult.
Then again, Alabama ceded just 2.4 yards per carry last year en route to crushing the entire universe. Giving up a full yard more per carry would've still placed them inside the top 25 nationally—there may be regression, meaning the extent of their destruction is limited to merely our own galaxy. Williams reportedly bench-pressed 600 pounds(!!!) over the summer—as a JUCO transfer who originally hails from Australia, he's just beginning to reach his potential. Starting ends Damion Square and Ed Stinson each played in all 13 games last year (Square started all 13) and weigh in at over 280 pounds. The Tide carry a reputation for being strong up the middle and that should not change this year.
At linebacker, Nico Johnson and C.J. Mosely combined for 11 TFLs in 2011 and should greatly improve on that output now that they're out from under the shadow of Hightower and Upshaw. Johnson is listed as the co-starter at both MIKE and WILL, while Mosely will stick to the weak side. You may remember DePriest from his recruitment, when the five-star out of Springfield, Ohio, appeared to favor Michigan at one point before choosing to head South. He tallied 25 tackles as a true freshman last year and is a star in the making. Strongside linebacker Hubbard functions more as a defensive lineman in Alabama's 3-4 defense.
On the Michigan side, their performance in this regard may hinge on the status of Fitzgerald Toussaint [UPDATE: forget that]—it takes a dynamic runner to be effective against this defense, and Thomas Rawls and Vincent Smith do not fit that bill.
If Toussaint isn't available, Moving the ball on the ground will be a difficult proposition, especially since Alabama can then key on Denard Robinson without having to fear the guy next to him.
As long as there are no injuries along the offensive line, the Wolverines should hold up in the trenches. The pressure will be on Patrick Omameh—who's struggled against bigger, stronger linemen—and new starter Elliott Mealer to not give any ground; if they're getting knocked into the backfield, the efforts of Taylor Lewan and Michael Schofield will be for naught.
If, as expected, Toussaint is not available, it'll take a monster effort from Denard for Michigan to consistently move the ball. He's capable, of course, especially against a defense facing its first full-speed test of the season. As detailed in FFFF, it usually takes misdirection to find running room against the Tide, so we'll see if Borges gets creative to try and get Denard into space on the edge.
Key Matchup: The interior line vs. Jesse Williams. As I said, Lewan and Schofield could dominate and it won't matter if Omameh, Mealer, and center Ricky Barnum can't keep Williams from getting a push up the middle. If the interior line can fight Williams to a draw there's a chance Denard and the backs can put together a few decent runs, perhaps (please?) by running some inverted veer, which Auburn (and Cam Newton) ran with great success against the Tide in 2010.
[Hit THE JUMP for the rest of the news. Which is mostly bad.]
Clark, Toussaint Out For Alabama
Statement from Head Coach Brady Hoke on running back Fitzgerald Toussaint and defensive end Frank Clark:
"Fitzgerald Toussaint and Frank Clark have been suspended for one game and will not make the trip to Dallas for Saturday's game.
"The decision was not easy, but I feel it is in the best interest of this program and for these kids, and those always will be my priorities. We have choices every day, and you have to be accountable to this program, your teammates, your family and the University of Michigan.
"These are our sons. These are real lives, and I think too often many people forget that. It's not always just about football, or a football decision. It's about teaching life lessons, and if this helps these kids or someone else make a right decision later, then we've won. That is ultimately what we are here for, to help them grow and mature to become better sons, fathers, husbands and members of society.
"They are good young men who made poor choices, and we will continue to support them as members of our team and family."
Both will be back for Air Force. Thomas Rawls, Vincent Smith, and Dennis Norfleet(!) will have to pick up the slack at RB, with some possibility Stephen Hopkins will also get RB snaps. Black and Beyer will likely handle DE with some possibility Mario Ojemudia gets in as a rush specialist.
Preview 2012: Five Questions On Offense
Previously: Podcast 4.0, the story, quarterback, running back, wide receivers, offensive line, defensive line, linebackers, secondary, Qs on D.
1. We're clear about this shotgun thing, right?
The number one question about last year's offense was how much it would play to Denard's strengths and how much it would settle into Borges's comfort zone. The answer was mostly the former. While the first real test against Notre Dame was a rocky one and Michigan's under-center experiment against Iowa—against a Hawkeye defense that had just been plowed for a game-winning touchdown by Minnesota—was an outright disaster, those were outliers in a season that saw Michigan hardly budge from its shotgun-oriented ways under Rodriguez. The Sugar Bowl was a big fat raspberry at the end of things, granted.
What they ran from the shotgun was a lot different, but when it came down to the most important game in Brady Hoke's career to date—Ohio State—Michigan's primary gambit was the single most prominent spread play in the game today: the inverted veer, which marries power blocking to spread principles and gets you a lot of carries where Denard is charging hard upfield. The result was 170 rushing yards, a 167 yard, 14/17, 3 TD, 0 INT day passing, and 40 points against Oho State.
That seemed to work pretty well, right?
This blog tracked Michigan's success in various formations all year, and it wasn't even a debate except when the opposing defense was entirely theoretical (think EMU). Against mediocre defenses, the shotgun was far superior. Against good defenses, the shotgun was far superior. Various examples:
- Michigan averaged 10.6 YPC from the gun against WMU, 6.8 from under center. (Note that all these numbers excise goal line and short yardage carries as distorting.)
- It was 7.5 gun, 2.3 under center against ND.
- It was 6.4 gun, 3.4 I, 2.3 ace against Iowa.
- It was 5.8 gun, 3.9 under center against Illinois, and before two garbage-time runs from Toussaint Michigan had –1 yards on 8 carries from under center. The blocking on those wasn't even good: "On the first he cut to the backside of the play on a power, which rarely goes well; on the second he had to dodge three tacklers on the backfield on an iso and bounce all the way to the sideline before finding open grass."
You get the idea. For the season Michigan averaged 3.9 YPC from the I and 6.7 from the gun. While ace (not that Ace) actually bested the gun's performance at 7.4 YPC, less than ten percent of Michigan's snaps were from that formation and they were heavily biased against good Ds—no ace snaps against ND or MSU, big chunks against Purdue and Iowa. One 59-yard Fitz run against Purdue explains most of that number, and that was some pretty inexcusable D combined with Fitz being awesome.
When the I worked it was usually due to opponents screwing up…
Three defenders to the left of center vs four blockers plus a FB = 8 yards
…or the tailback making chicken salad out of chicken despair, as in the clips from the Illinois game above.
SHOTGUN SHOTGUN SHOTGUN SHOTGUN SHOTGUNNNNNNNNN. Consider the line: Lewan, Mealer/Kalis, Barnum, Omameh, Schofield—all Rodriguez recruits who can move save the LG. Consider the QB: Denard. Consider the RB: Fitz Toussaint, space jitterbug. Consider the TEs: 404 file not found. Consider the FB: Stephen Hopkins, a guy who can reprise some of the MINOR RAGE if attention is drawn away from him and he's free to run straight at one guy. You've even got leftover RR slots in the WR corps. Just let it ride, man.
Next year is the year you flip over to your multiple pro-style whipsaw offense, next year when Denard is gone and maybe Toussaint heads for the draft and Kalis/Miller/Bryant is your road-grading interior OL and you've got TE depth and a panoply of different rushers for different situations. This year, stick with it and refine what works.
The spring game, which was almost all RR-at-WVU déjà vu 3WR 2RB shotgun set, indicates that's what the coaching staff thinks, too, as does the buzz I've gotten from The Fort. Now about using it a little more smoothly.
[after the JUMP: Borges fusion cuisine, yet more on DG at WR, stupid predictions.]
Preview 2012: Five Questions On Defense
Previously: Podcast 4.0, the story, quarterback, running back, wide receivers, offensive line, defensive line, linebackers, secondary.
1. Is the defensive line going to survive?
Son of a bitch. I told you not to ask that. I don't know, man. I don't know.
On the face of things it's not completely dire. Michigan starts two seniors and two juniors. They're big. The backups aren't freshmen, for the most part, and when Michigan's in the nickel package they'll lift the dodgiest parts of the line for what promises to be a stunting, slanting, pressuring Ryan-Roh-Black-Beyer/Clark group. The starters are all touted recruits save Black. Meanwhile, Michigan has three DL coaches and coached Will Heininger up like whoah last year. BONUS: If you squint it kind of looks like "QWash" looks like "quash."
They're unproven, and the lack of playing time last year is a cautionary note. Defensive linemen rotate, and rotate a lot if their coaches have faith in them. Washington hardly existed last year. Campbell did, though, and to a lesser extent so did Black.
A potential problem is the swing in strategy Michigan has to undertake as they transition away from the best penetrating nose tackle at Michigan since NTs ballooned into the 300 pound range. Quinton Washington may turn out all right; he's not going to be Mike Martin. This means the linebackers have to take big steps forward, beat guys who are (hopefully) releasing late after Washington and Campbell shove them back, and fill impeccably. The linebackers' jobs should actually get easier since Michigan has a pair of guys who can demand doubles (hypothetically); they'll have to make a quantum leap in consistency if the rushing defense is going to tread water.
Add to that a non-nickel line that looks like it's not going to get anywhere near the quarterback and you've got a recipe for frustration, or at least a lot of bending as Kovacs and company make tackles to extend drives and the front four tries to put opponents in passing downs.
Verdict: meh, but no worse.
[After jump: more defense, more Mattison, more PANIC?]
Mailbag: DL Moving, CHLPA, Hokepoints Exposed
I'm guessing you have received various emails about this subject, but I'm wondering if you are read anything into Coach Hoke's comment in his 8/21 presser regarding BWC practicing at 3-tech? Do you think this is an issue of Campbell not producing at the 1, or is it Pipkins showing that he can play immediately? Is it more related to issues with Beyer (assuming Clark is out of the picture for the near future) or Black forcing a complete reshuffling of the line? Or am I completing overanalyzing as I haven't seen an honest to goodness live Michigan football game in over 8 months? Is it best to seek therapy or self medicate with bourbon? Have I asked enough questions, or did you stop reading after the first 3?
My hope is that it is Pipkins practicing well and a realization among the coaches that he is a talent that needs to be on the field now. Hopefully this would take some pressure off of BWC, who I think most would agree is the key to D-line play this year.
Anyway, thanks for all your work, you truly provide both great writing and pertinent information for all levels of Michigan fans.
Here's the quote in question:
Well, we've been throwing Will a little bit more at the three-technique … Richard Ash and Quinton Washington and Ondre and Ryan Glasgow have been playing a lot of the one. We felt we needed to -- Jibreel's going to be able to play the three. At times you're going to need a little heavier package in there, bigger guy, and Will gives you that. So we've kind of been trying to get as multiple as we can.
I read that as a short-yardage/goal-line/MANBALL offense package. In those types of GRAARGH plays Black's size is proving a liability and they want a couple of fire hydrant types at those DT spots.
Pipkins may be forcing that move, but remember that one of the surprises of the spring game was Richard Ash popping up in the backfield to blow up running plays a few times:
Richard Ash made a couple nice plays, which I was not expecting. One was an excellent string-out on a stretch play that forced the tailback to awkwardly cut behind him. I was beyond not expecting that. I don't think John Gasaway will get on me if I say I was shocked. Yeah. Later he showed up two yards in the backfield directly in the path of an iso; he got blocked from the side but the bounce he forced saw Marvin Robinson chop poor Vincent Smith down for a one-yard loss.
It's not out of the question that he turns into a player—as a recruit he briefly had big time offers. He's got a chronic medical thing that has slowed him, but if he's finally rounded into shape he retains the body type to be a quality nose tackle.
A darker possibility: Black is not cutting it and Michigan is preparing a backup plan in case an Alabama lineman sits on him for the entirety of the first drive. Any and all of these are possibilities.
CHL union business.
Would this have any effect on the NCAA hockey schools in terms of making the CHL more or less attractive to prospects? Further, whether the CHLPA succeeds or not, what kind of precedent could this set for NCAA athletes to do something similar? It seems the CHLPA's argument for more pay, etc, is pretty similar to what NCAA athletes could claim.
A semi-related question: Would you be for the Big Ten breaking off from the NCAA in hockey and forming their own semi-pro league similar to what you have proposed for baseball? I hate the NCAA, and Big Ten hockey is more competitive than Big Ten baseball, so I think they could actually make more money via BTN and other endeavors.
Go Blue from Cairo,
If a CHL union does get off the ground and forces the owners to pay them a reasonable amount, that could do any number of things to the NCAA's efforts to recruit against them. More money obviously makes junior more attractive, but if the end result of all this is some sort of strictly-enforced cap on how much any particular kid could get that might help the NCAA with the top end kids. Even if there isn't a hard cap, CHL teams forced to pay third-liners some variety of wage would have less to spend on the
Troubas Jack Campbells of the world.
Unless it's a lot of money I don't see it making a big difference. CHL kids are gambling that their hockey career will pay the bills; NCAA kids are betting the education they get is more valuable than whatever stipend they would get in junior.
I don't know what the NCAA's argument is re: the CHL, but they probably have a better leg to stand on because they're affiliated with nonprofit educational institutions instead of out-and-out businesses. IANAL.
About Big Ten breaking off in hockey: what? There are only six Big Ten teams, and going semi-pro only increases costs. Who would they play? Why would they make more money as semi-pro teams (more high profile players I guess, but I'm skeptical)? It only makes sense in baseball because NCAA baseball is stacked against Northern teams so insanely. Playing the first month of the season on the road and never ever getting a Southern team to come to your place is a handicap you just can't overcome. There are no similar problems in hockey, and it's tight-knit enough that Michigan has rivalries with North Dakota, BC, Notre Dame, and to a lesser extent others. I award you no points for this idea.
LOInjury. That's LOI, not LOL.
With all the early offers out there, this seems like it is a discussion worth prepping for. what happens if a commit who has not yet signed his LOi has a career ending injury prior to joining the team? Would UM honor the commitment somehow even if he cant play? Is that allowed by NCAA? Is there a track record of this? Formulate a response now and pray we never have to use it.
We'll get to see how Michigan responds to this next year when Austin Hatch does or does not join the basketball team. It seems like a pretty easy solution: sign the guy and medical him as fast as possible. If you have to carry the guy for a year, that doesn't seem like a huge burden—most of the time you're just throwing that scholarship to a walk-on anyway.
Pointing origins.
In his interview with Grantland, Coach Hoke revealed his music tastes. "To this day, those records are the ones I still listen to — Hall & Oates, early Stones, REO Speedwagon, Aerosmith. I love Hall & Oates. "Rich Girl" and "Sarah" can bring a tear to my eye."
It's now clear who Hoke learned his epic point from:
Coincidence? I think not.
Go Blue!
Jake, on the other hand, gets sixty-seven points.
Pick Six 2012
Just a note: Writing your picks in the comment section is NOT a valid entry. You must enter your picks using the form below or at this link. Feel free to discuss your picks here, but you must submit the form in order to enter the contest.
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After a great first year of Pick Six on MGoBlog, we're back by popular demand. Unfortunately, we never had a results post in order to honor the original creators . (The MGoBlog summary will be posted after Blue-Gray Sky releases their results from 2009) This year I will be handling the technical details but we are going to have somebody else write the recaps. If you are interested in the job of writing the weekly summaries send an email to [email protected].
Onto the contest. Here's how it works.
1. We divide the top 25 into 5 groups of 5 based on the preseason AP Poll: 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, etc. For this year's poll, the groups are:
- A: Southern Cal, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon
- B: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina, Arkansas
- C: West Virginia, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Clemson, Texas
- D: Virginia Tech, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, TCU
- E: Stanford, Kansas State, Florida, Boise State, Louisville
2. Before the season starts you pick one team from each group, plus one unranked team. You're trying to pick the teams you think will finish highest in the final AP poll (after the bowl games).
3. Each week we'll try to update and publish the standings in a spreadsheet so you can track the progress of your teams. You get 25 points for having the #1 team, 24 points for the #2 team, on down to 1 point for the #25 team. Unranked teams get zero points.
4. The winner is the person with the most points (i.e. the highest ranked teams) after the bowl season. The midseason standings are only for entertainment purposes. Only the final AP poll counts.
5. And the grand prize? I will personally give the winner 10 meaningless upvotes. Plus, last year some guy named Brian offered a small prize.
Throughout the season someone will hopefully give regular updates on the progress of the contest in the Diaries.
That's it for the Pick Six: short, sweet and simple. The entry form closes on Thursday August 30 before the first kickoff, so get your picks in now. Good luck!
Preview 2012: Special Teams
Previously: Podcast 4.0, the story, quarterback, running back, wide receivers, offensive line, defensive line, linebackers, secondary.
Rating: 3
There was no greater example of Brady Hoke's ability to manufacture something out of nothing using only smirks, confidence, and home remedies from back at Yellowstone than the one-year transformation wrought in kicker Brendan Gibbons. When last we saw Gibbons, he was doing this and I was captioning like this:
Hoke put CONFIDENCE in his BRAIN in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER, and brunette girls did the rest.
A year after going one of five and doinking an extra point, Gibbons hit 13 of 17 field goals and won the Sugar Bowl. His leg wasn't severely tested and it seemed like Michigan was going out of its way to avoid long field goals, but long field goals are for saps anyway.
In 2012 Gibbons should produce the same steady Garrett-Rivas-like production, pounding him a bunch of field goals under 40 yards and not taking many longer ones.
Rating: unfathomable, or bad and then 3
After being suspended for five of his last six games, Will Hagerup returned against Minnesota and proceeded to thunder two punts off his leg for 75 yards each. Wait. That's not an average. 37.5 yards each. Against MSU two weeks later he pounded seven punts for… 31.8 yards each. In the Ohio State game he immortalized himself with a now very funny but still-not-too-good-for-his-job-prospects GIF:
After Hagerup shanked two Sugar Bowl punts for an average of 25 yards, Michigan finally had enough, inserting freshman Matt Wile for the remainder of the game. Season total: 29 punts for 36 yards each and one muff-induced torrent of profanity from section 44, row 16. Brendan Gibbons 2010 == Will Hagerup 2011.
Despite all that, Hoke announced he'd won the starting job a few days ago. Hopefully Hoke has executed the same sort of mind-meld with Hagerup that he did with Gibbons last year. Early signs to keep an eye out for:
- expressing preference for redheads
- or starting to look like Spuds McKenzie
- or starting to look like Lynyrd Skynrd
- or kicking the everloving hamburglar out of the ball
A return to Hagerup's freshman year performance—second only to Zoltan The Inconceivable for best all-time at M—would be worth almost eight yards a kick, and Hagerup has upside even beyond that, as a 72-yard bomb against Purdue would attest if New York copyright nazis acknowledged fair use.
Reaching that is a matter of recovering his freshman chi. That's unpredictable. Think of the Gibbons.
If Hagerup doesn't Michigan will be okay. Sophomore Matt Wile's 17 punts a year ago averaged 42 yards each. He's got a big leg—he also handled kickoffs—and was an Army AA kicker and all that. The bottom here is average.
Kickoffs and Return Units
Rating: 3
Norfleet, Wile
We'll start with the kickoffs since it's uncertain how much they'll matter. The Mathlete predicts that half of all kickoffs will now be touchbacks, and I think it may be even higher as coaches decide on the safe start at the 25 over a small shot at something better.
This may be good for Michigan in the short term. They were terrible at kick returns last year, averaging just 18.4 yards an attempt. That was good for 117th. That's not a huge surprise when your top two returners were Martavious Odoms and Vincent Smith, who no one will confuse with top-end athletes. Odoms is gone now and Smith seems to have lost the job to Dennis Norfleet, who is Smith except quicker than neutrinos, and Josh Furman, who is probably the fastest guy on the team not named Denard. Furman might not have much wiggle but he can fly. Michigan should improve here, for as much as it matters.
When kicking off Michigan was average a year ago and figures to be again.
Hoke also worked his juju with Jeremy Gallon, who went from this…
Jeremy Gallon special teams error limit: determined. It is ten billion. I'm obviously on the tolerant side of the scale when it comes to coaching errors (outside of obvious game theory errors, about which I have an Al Qaeda level of zealotry) but JESUS GOD RICH RODRIGUEZ WHY DID YOU LET JEREMY GALLON RETURN KICKS AND PUNTS FOR TEN GAMES.
…to a solid, error-free returner. Michigan got punt returns up to 53rd nationally (9 yards each) and last season is notably free of ALL CAPS moaning about fumbles and punts left unfielded. I'm vaguely hoping we see a second guy back there, probably Dileo, against teams that go to the rugby style spread punt, but am not banking on it. This, too, should be a blank.
There is some possibility that having a dedicated special teams coach will let Michigan block some stuff or get creative on a return or finally go to the max gunner style most teams are running these days, and not HOLDING ON TO THE DAMN BALL is a constant threat. The likeliest outcome is meh all around, which fine.
Thursday Recruitin' Lives On The Field Or Dies Trying
Today's recruiting roundup covers Cass Tech's Hell Week, the latest on the Technician juniors, Maurice Hurst's surprising versatility, and more.
All Cass Tech Everything
Dick's Sporting Goods was on hand during Cass Tech's "Hell Week" to chronicle their preparation for the season. Part one is above and you can find the rest of the videos at their YouTube page. Jourdan Lewis features briefly in episode one. Head coach Thomas Wilcher does not seem like the type you'd want to cross, to say the least.
The star of Cass Tech's opening week victory, junior corner Damon Webb, currently has a top four of LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State (no order), according to ESPN's Jared Shanker ($). Webb will check out the Michigan State-Boise State matchup this weekend and plans to head to games at each of his top schools; expect him to visit the Big House multiple times this year.
Matt Pargoff continues to compile highlights from last weekend's action, and junior LB William White's tape is well worth a watch. White is #6 in, er, white, though you won't have to look hard find him—he's the heat-seeking missile:
White got a little too focused on laying big hits in the middle there, trying to lay guys out with his shoulder instead of wrapping up, but that's an easy fix. If he can learn to play more controlled, Big Ten offers await. According to Tim Sullivan, White is already hearing from Michigan State and Ohio State ($)
Pargoff also has highlights of junior LB/RB Deon Drake from Saturday; he did most of his work on offense and was a load to bring down, even for MSU commit Jon Reschke.
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With singer Freddy Cole (Nat King Cole's brother) singing them down the aisle at their celebrity-studded wedding in 2007 at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center, Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap officially became the jazz world's piano powerhouse couple.
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The advent of free and cheap media tools has created many opportunities for minority music and media makers. Young social media gurus such as the Persian background and Orange County born Mazy Kazerooni (Track.by and Digital Hustler for L'il Wayne) have leveraged popular artists and platforms like Ustream to create thriving businesses and relationships with advertisers.
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Canterbury Cathedral, Greyfriars Chapel, St Andrew's Church, St Augustine's Abbey, St Clement's Church Knowlton, St Dunstan's Church, St Martin's Church.
Canterbury Norman Castle, Canterbury Roman Museum, Herne Bay Museum and Gallery, Whistable Castle, West Gate Towers Museum, Rupert Bear Museum, Museum of Canterbury, Rupert Bear Museum, Canterbury Tales.
Castle Arts, Bay Art Gallery, Sidney Cooper Gallery, The Royal Museum and Art Gallery.
Barnsole Vineyard, Badger's Hill Farm & Cidery, Elham Valley Vineyard, Rough Old Wife - Cidery.
Espression - Interactive Art Studio & Cafe, Essentialy Hops, Kingsmead Leisure Centre, Canterbury Historic River Tours, Canterbury Punting Co, Canterbury River Navigation Company, Reculver Country Park & Reculver Towers.
Dane John Gardens, Druistone Park, Goodnestone Park Gardens, Herne Bay Memorial Park, Mount Ephraim Gardens, Sandwich, Westgate Gardens.
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(Assumptions:- You know how to open up a terminal and run as root.)
If any of you are like me and write directly to HW devices it looks as
though many distros are now dropping the OSS......
......audio related devices. :(
Be aware...
Debian 6.0.0 has done so and Lubuntu 10.10 also. :-\
PCLinuxOS 2010.12 still has them however. :)
I wanted to run "xoscope" a dual channel sound card real time
AC coupled Oscilloscope which needed the "dsp" device and
needless to say Debian doesn`t have it anymore. :-\
To check if you have them just open a terminal and type......
ls /dev<RETURN/ENTER>
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If they are not there then you probably need OSS compatibility.
Just install from the repository......
sudo apt-get install oss-compat<RETURN/ENTER>
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Residents in Calderdale are set for plenty of sunshine for the remainder of this Easter Weekend.
Today (Saturday), there will be lows of 5C and highs of 12C.
It will be even warmer on Easter Sunday with lows of 9C and highs of 14C. However there will be showery spells from 9pm onwards.
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"The issue is the possible endangerment of children by having an open flame in the classroom," School District representative Lauren Roberts said. "That is definitely a safety issue. And then also the issue of the actual burning of a flag and the symbolism of that is highly offensive to many people. And could there have been a better way to have demonstrated those concepts to those students without going to that extreme?"I'd say you've already screwed up your effort to prosecute him for the fire violation. The man, Dan Holden, has been teaching since 1979. He was trying to get the students excited about free speech. He could have just said something inflammatory, like "I hate the American flag and everything it represents." But real fire does excite kids, and it probably did spice up a subject they were inclined to think of as dull. But, I think, the retribution against their teacher is an even more attention-getting lesson.
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HOPE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says northern Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille is seeing a rebound in kokanee. The Coeur d'Alene Press (http://bit.ly/TEAKdw ) reports that about 200,000 of the land-locked sockeye salmon have returned to Granite Creek to spawn this winter.
That means that next year will mark the first time since 1999 that fisherman are able to keep some of the kokanee they catch. Workers with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game use a fish trap at Granite Creek near the town of Hope to harvest the kokanee eggs.
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text: Meta Rate My Team PokéBase - Pokémon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat What is a good moveset for Furret? 3 votes 34,420 views Mine holds a Razor Claw to make Cut more powerful. It knows: Cut: This is the only Pokemon that I have that knows Cut. I am not getting rid of this move. It has saved me too many times. Amnesia: Greatly increases Sp. Def. Sucker Punch: Attacks first, good power, high accuracy. Charm: Greatly lowers the foes Attack. Furret Learnset movesets furret asked Jul 19, 2010 by trachy edited Jul 1, 2011 by DarkTyphlosion Furret (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Frisk EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Trick - Cut - U-turn - Brick Break commented Feb 17, 2012 by trachy What Gen set is that? commented Feb 16, 2014 by SparkyBlaziken Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 10 Answers 5 votes A mediocre Base 50 Power HM move has saved you? On MANY occasions? You must have one damn good Furret, hahaha. I suppose if you really like an attack on it, I won't recommend a change. cough RETURN OR SLAM. cough* Amnesia isn't necessary, but if you want to keep it, it won't be a bad thing. If you are looking to changing it, I would replace it with a coverage against Rock-types, like Dig, Brick Break, or Iron Tail. Sucker Punch is a great idea on a Pokemon on Furret. Although in-game, it can take a bit of prediction, due to the random attack choices from typical trainers and their stupid AI. Still, it gives priority and coverage against Ghosts, so kudos! Finally, Charm is a great idea on Furret. A sharp Attack reduction is extremely useful on these typical Field-bound Normal-types. All in all, this is a pretty awesome moveset for Furret. It gives a combination of power and protection, which should be the strategy on every Normal-type Pokemon. answered Jul 19, 2010 by ~-~WILL~-~ I'll replace Amnesia with Brick Break (I love this move.) My Furret is powerful, it beat the Elite 4 and Red without being defeated. Cut is such a powerful move on this little guy. For Sucker Punch, I only have it to fight my friends (AI, using Poison Gas after my Pokemon is already poisoned.) commented Jul 19, 2010 by trachy HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, that Poison Gas bit was hilarious! Mostly because it's true. Oh, Team Rocket, and their stupid Koffing! commented Jul 20, 2010 by ~-~WILL~-~ Please log in or register to add a comment. 2 votes Gen V Furret (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Frisk EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) Cut (or Return if this isn't a reminiscent moment) Trick Sucker Punch Brick Break Frisk your foe and see their item, that way you don't Trick yourself a Choice Specs or something when you trick your Band onto the foe. However, Furret also seems to be using an offensive EV spread, doesn't it? That is because if the item isn't to your liking, you go on the offensive. Cut/Return provides STAB. Cut is just there for me, because as my below story shows, I have fond memories. Return is for you other people. Sucker Punch provides priority, and Brick Break coverage. answered Jun 18, 2011 by trachy edited Jul 9, 2011 by trachy Show 6 previous comments While I was training my (whatever the evolution of cyndaquil is named in English) I also had flame wheel. Also flame wheel is one of the not so many fire attacks that are physical without recoil or bad effects. That move was outclassed from Gen IV on I guess. commented Jun 18, 2011 by dr_clock DT, Flame Wheel on Quilava/Typhlosion I assume? Now for the best story of my Cut Furret, the one that truely engraved it into the legends. I was battling against one of my friends when they brought out their Ho-oh. Furret was my last Pokemon, and because I was using it for ingame, it had Cut. Now then, using just Cut, I managed to take down Ho-oh in just two hits (glad he used Toxic first, he must have been expecting Sucker Punch.) I know the same thing would have happened with Return, but I'm just like that. commented Jun 18, 2011 by trachy Wait, did I make a pun through "engraved it into the legends". Cut on a legendary? Cut your initials on a tree? Cut? Yay! commented Jun 18, 2011 by trachy thumbsup.gif, trachy! I myself had a lot of legendary moments with my Porygon-Z and Magnezone's Zap Cannons 8D commented Jun 18, 2011 by dr_clock Success! Less than 5 hours and then you changed cut! commented Jun 18, 2011 by dr_clock Please log in or register to add a comment. 2 votes FURRET [email protected] FOCUS SASH or LIFE ORB ability -- KEEN EYE evs -- 252 ATK, 252 SPEED, 4 HP ADAMANT nature HONE CLAWS --- the set wouldn't work without it! =D DYNAMIC PUNCH --- gets slightly better accuracy with hone claws AQUA TAIL --- accuracy boost from hone claws IRON TAIL --- accuracy boost from hone claws i would use STAB but this thing has horrid stats, and neutral hits aren't very likely to KO just about... anything. answered Jan 17, 2012 by G0LD edited Jan 17, 2012 by Mewderator Please log in or register to add a comment. 2 votes Hi, I'm new to this site. My favorite Pokemon is furret, and here is its moveset(sorry if this Pokemon has been...dismissed) Anywho, here it is: Furret w/toxic orb (frisk) -Trick -Facade -Sucker Punch -Brick Break EV's: Atk 252, HP 79, Spe 177 Basically, the aim of this set is to be poisoned(to power up facade), and then poision another Pokemon. Use frisk to check the opponents Pokemon item (see if there's a choice band to power it up even more.) Brick break and sucker punch are coverage moves that are good in various situations. Again, I am new here and I am sorry that I am answering this a year after the last answer was posted answered Jun 22, 2013 by Pink Furretz Hello Pink Furretz and welcome to the site! Thanks for your concern about "bumping up" a post. However, Moveset questions stay open forever, no need to worry about this particular post! BTW, nice idea. commented Jun 22, 2013 by Poke'slash Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Furret (M) @ Life Orb Role: Special Sweeper Trait: Keen Eye EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) Ice Beam Thunderbolt Hyper Voice Hidden Power [Flying] Bolt Beam provides great coverage, Hyper Voice Is nice STAB And of Course, HP Flying is Super Effective on Fighting, Bug, And Grass. For Extra Super Effective Coverage. Which of Course, Being Super effective, is what it takes for Furret to do damage. answered Aug 25, 2011 by Josh tsk tsk 45 sp.atk that tops 207 commented Aug 25, 2011 by Tysonyoshi As I always say, Life orb makes everything better. Maybe not good, but still Better. commented Aug 25, 2011 by Josh furret cant take a hit with life orb well thats a suicide sweeper then commented Aug 25, 2011 by Tysonyoshi Thats why he's called, a " Sweeper " Hyper Voice having 90 Base Power, along with STAB + Life Orb, Can OHKO in the NU Tier. And a " Suicide Sweeper " is a sweeper that kills itself with Recoil moves such as Flare Blitz and Head Smash. commented Aug 26, 2011 by Josh Furret's Special Attack is a lot worse than Attack, so use Thunderpunch instead. commented Apr 17, 2016 by Liew Soon Hao Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Double/Triple Battle Furret (M) @ Focus Sash Trait: Keen Eye EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Helping Hand - Swagger - Super Fang - Follow Me/Cut I'd just use Helping Hand to help out your team. Swagger is used with Own Tempo Pokemon. Super Fang can weaken a Pokemon for a finishing hit by an ally. Follow Me allows you to protect your teammates, having a useless Pokemon be taken down. Cut can also be used because it is awesome. answered Jan 22, 2012 by trachy Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes X/Y Moveset Furret (F) @ Choice Band Trait: Keen Eye EVs: 6 HP / 252Atk / 252Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Sucker Punch: Helps Furret to contend with Ghost and Psychic types. - Giga Impact: With a choice band it hits like a truck, often removes that big threat in one hit. - Brick Break: Hit steel/rock/ice types hard particularly Steel and Rock who resist Normal type attacks. - U-turn: Not essential really but since Furret lacks any Flying type moves U-turn lets Furret switch out. (If you run the Frisk Trait you could set Trick instead of U-turn) answered Nov 17, 2014 by Astralwyrm Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes This is for a double team. I am just learning how to build a double team. So this could suck. Furret Trait: frisk Item: burn/toxic orb 252Spe,252attack, and 4hp Move-set Trick Follow me Knock off Super fang Trick is to switch the opponents item. Then you use knock off for when you don't want to use trick. Then super fang to cut the opponents HP in half. Then finally use follow me so another Pokemon finishes up. answered Jul 14, 2015 by Billur Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes This moveset is for Gen II. What I did was I levelled up my Ursaring to learn rest, snore and slash and bred with my Sentret. The offspring Sentret hence has these moves: Defense Curl Rest Snore Slash I want to teach it Thunderpunch and let it forget Defense Curl. Please comment! answered Apr 17, 2016 by Liew Soon Hao id get sleep talk and forgert snore but IMO id keep defense curl commented Apr 4 by pokeman guy Please log in or register to add a comment. –1 vote I decided to do a sentret because idk :P no suggested movesets for it yet Sentret @ Eviolite Ability: Frisk EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Surf coverage - U-turn who doesnt love u-turn? - Thunder Punch coverage - Shadow Claw coverage coverage answered Feb 11, 2017 by Fil Sentret has no moveset here because it's just really bad. Also you don't even have a STAB move, and you have Surf despite being Adamant natured. commented Feb 11, 2017 by PX ™ Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions HG: What Pokemon should I replace my Furret with? In the Pokemon anime, why is Furret considered ground type? Should I chose Raticate or Furret? Can you find Furret in Mystery dungeon explorers of sky? Are Ledyba or Sentret worth training? 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