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Big boobed old lady say wha?
Suna's council was currently gathered in a huge dome like room with all the councilors and important politicians gathered around a circular table. The entire room was filled with a buzz as the council members present all talked about a rather interesting matter.
"What do you mean they already have another hokage?" One councilor asked in shock.
"I mean just what I said. Tsunade Senju is going to become the Fifth Hokage in a matter of days." Several councilors cursed under their breaths. They were all a bit thrown off by this. Yes Suna and Oto may have lost the battle but Konoha had taken just as much damage as them and everyone had been expecting the village to be in a state of disarray for a little longer. The fact that Konoha had not only repelled an attack by two separate nations, but that it was cleaning up and repairing itself faster than the attacking nations made Konoha look good. And for Sune to not even have a kage yet made them looke like a bunch of fools with their heads up each other's asses.
"Wait, wait. Tsunade Senju? As in Tsunade of the sannin? I thought she swore that she would never return to that place." One of the calmer and older councilors asked. A councilor to his right nodded.
"Well it seems that her old teammate Jiraiya, and some blonde kid, managed to convinced her to return somehow." That one piece of information set off alarm bells in a particular councilor's head.
"A blonde kid you say?" The interested councilor asked leaning forward in his seat with a worried expression on his face. The councilor that spoke before him nodded.
"Yes my sources say it was a blonde boy about the age of fourteen perhaps fifteen but they were unable to identify the boy." All turned to focus on the worried councilor who sat back in his chair and let out a ragged breath.
"Do none of you remember the description of the boy that defeated Gaara?" Silence reigned supreme in the dome like room for a few seconds as realization dawned on all those present. "Correct. According to Temari, who watched the entire battle, it was a blonde kid of roughly the same age that defeated Gaara. That was including when Gaara transformed into his full one-tailed state." A murmur of hushed whispers moved through the council room as all speculated what this could mean.
"But didn't the last Uchiha damage Gaara as well? Surely it was the combined strength of both the Uchiha and this blonde boy that brought down Gaara and not just that one boy." At this arguments broke out across the room arguing over who it was that truly defeated their supposed ultimate weapon.
"Silence!" The worried councilor bellowed bringing order back to the room. "We shall ask Gaara himself." All present went wide eyed and some became to appear nervous. Seeing their expressions he held up a hand. "Don't worry according to his sensei Baki the boy has calmed himself after losing." Though many protesting bringing the demonic boy in the order was sent out. Soon enough a short red haired boy with a pale white complexion and blue green eyes walked in. On the boy's back was a large gourd made of sand. Another noticeable feature was the kanji for 'love' written in a blood red color on his forehead. Accompanying the boy was a tall man with wearing the standard jonin apparel with the addition of a white turban that covered the left half of his face.
"You summoned us?" Baki asked. The worried councilor nodded and looked at Gaara.
"Yes we did. Gaara, would you please tell us whether it was the last Uchiha or the blonde genin…"
"Naruto Uzumaki." Gaara said in his usual monotone cutting off the councilor mid sentence.
"Excuse me?" A slightly annoyed tone in the councilor's voice.
"Naruto Uzumaki. His name is Naruto Uzumaki." A few of the council members glanced at one another with confusion written clearly across their faces. Clearing his throat the councilor nodded.
"Okay, well could you tell us who contributed more to your defeat?" Several expected the volatile youth to explode at the very mention of defeat however Gaara didn't even seem bothered by it.
"Uzumaki." One councilor stood up an almost angry look on his face.
"That can't be! Sasuke Uchiha learned Kakashi Hatake's signature jutsu, managed to severely wound you, and has unlocked the sharingan! This Uzumaki character is the bottom of his graduating class, a clan less orphan and has no proper training other than what the academy taught him!" Gaara's expressionless eyes swiveled in their sockets to focus on the councilor who was shouting at him. Remaining calm Gaara closed his eyes and shook his head.
"Uzumaki was the one that defeated me."
"Are you saying that Uzumaki has an attack stronger than the chidori?" Again Gaara shook his head.
"No." Getting frustrated at the boy the councilor was about to do something rather stupid when another councilor spoke up.
"Then how was it that Uzumaki was able to defeat you?" For a while Gaara said nothing just stood there as immobile as a statue thinking back over his battle with one Naruto Uzumaki. The 'hidden' kunai. The countless shadow clones. The summoning jutsu. The explosion of fiery red chakra. The look of absolute determination. Right as a councilor was about to speak Gaara opened his mouth.
"His will and reasons for fighting were stronger than mine." The councilor that had shouted out earlier was about to go off on another tirade but Gaara continued. "No matter how hard I hit him, no matter how badly I hurt him, no matter what kind of situation I put him in, Uzumaki always came back ten times stronger." The aggressive councilor scoffed and rolled his eyes.
"Put him in your sand coffin, that ought to stop anyone." Gaara's eyes snapped open to glare at the councilor freezing the man in his seat.
"I did." Even Baki went wide eyed at hearing about that particular detail of the battle. For a good long while no one said anything.
"H-ho how did the boy get out of it?" One man finally managed to ask. Gaara's gaze turned to the man but it didn't hold the hate it had when it had been focused on the other man.
"By summoning a toad. The toad wore a blue vest, had a scar over his eye, smoked a pipe, and carried a tanto."
"Gamabunta." An older councilor breathed causing the rest to turn to face him.
"Who?" A younger councilor asked causing the older one to snap out of his stupor."Gamabunta is the only toad I know of that fits that description and he is the boss of the toad summons." As if that wasn't enough to make the councilor's jaws drop the old man continued. "The only known summoners of this toad are Jiraiya the toad sage, and his student the Fourth Hokage. It seems he has taken on a new student who is already capable of summoning the boss of the toad contract." Gaara allowed the tiniest of smirks to cross his face for a fraction of a second before turning to leave. Baki saw him leave and decided to leave the councilors to their own devices. He never was one for politics.
"Team seven." A busty blonde lady said in a tone full of authority to a group of teenagers causing them to all pause what they were doing. The blonde one froze mid sentence. The pink haired girl momentarily stopped fussing over the raven haired boy who just lifted his eyes to focus on the blonde woman before him. "Meet in my office after Sasuke has gotten ready."
"Got it ba-chan!" The blonde loudmouth said with a mock salute before he could even blink a clip board slammed into his face. He froze with it stuck to his face for a few seconds before slowly pulling it off, his skin sticking to it like glue. When he finally managed to get the blasted thing off his face it revealed the three whisker marks on each of his cheeks and two piercing blue eyes. "AH!" Naruto shouted as he flopped onto the ground holding his face which was glowing a nice shade of red.
Sakura ignored the groaning moron and turned her attention on her long time crush Sasuke Uchiha. The pink haired girl chewed her bottom lip and opened her mouth to say something when Tsunade spoke up again.
"Come with me you brat!" The new hokage declared as she grabbed a handful of Naruto's hair and began to drag him out of the hospital room and down the hall. As soon as they were an ear shot away from the room they had been in the busty blonde released the younger blonde's hair.
"Oh what was that for ba-chan?" Naruto grumbled while rubbing his head and glaring at Tsunade. Ignoring the jab at her age for once Tsunade pulled out a roll of cash and handed it to Naruto.
"Here go get some of that ramen you love so much and be at my office when you're…" She paused about to say when he was done but recalled what her old teammate had told her about Naruto's ramen addiction. "… Just be at my office in thirty minutes." In a flash Naruto snatched the wad off money and was gone faster than Tsunade thought he could move. Sighing she shook her head before looking back at the room Sakura and Sasuke were still in.
"Sasuke-kun." Sakura said only to pause when the Uchiha seemed to ignore her and walk over to the window. "After the mission would you want to maybe go get something to eat with me?" Sasuke froze with his hand on the window and growled.
"Why would I want to go out with you? You're weak." Sakura looked down at the ground.
"I'm not that weak." Fully turning around the black eyed boy quirked an eyebrow at her.
"That so? I heard from Kakashi that you and Ino tied after doing a pathetic match. The only jutsu you used was the academy clone jutsu. Even Ino could do better with her family jutsu."
"I beat her jutsu!" Sakura shouted almost in tears trying to defend herself.
"What you did was allow your loud mouthed personality to beat her jutsu cause she was so poor at doing it." Sasuke scoffed at her before turning around and he would have jumped out the window had Sakura not spoken up again.
"So." She stated in an almost whisper that was so quiet Sasuke almost missed it. "If I was stronger would you go out with me?" For a while the raven haired boy tossed the thought around before finally giving up and sighing.
"Sure." Since his back was turned he didn't see her head snap back up. Didn't see the utter joy that lit up her face like a Christmas tree. Didn't see the hope that sprung to life in her emerald green eyes. Instead he continued in the same unemotional and detached voice he always spoke in. "When you can compete with me… and the dobe. Then I will go out with you but don't ask until then." With those final words he vanished out the window in a burst of speed.
What felt like an hour but was really just a couple of seconds passed by with Sakura doing nothing but staring at the space he had just been. Then she did a very Naruto like thing.
"ALRIGHT!" She shouted at the top of her lungs and started to bounce up and down giggling and squealing in happiness. After a nice long victory dance she started to walk out of the hospital so lost thinking up how to train that she didn't see the hokage watching her. Or take note of the content smile on the buxom blonde's face.
Flopping into the huge green chair her former sensei used to sit in Tsunade let out a sigh and leaned her head back.
"Alright I still have about ten minutes before the gaki shows up and Shizune is out running errands. Which means…" In a flash Tsunade pulled open the top left draw of her desk, lifted the fake bottom and pulled out a bottle of sake. Forgoing a saucer she tipped the bottle to her lips and moaned as the delicious liquid flowed over her tongue and down her throat. After drinking a good bit she set the bottle.
"Well your in a good mood." An overly familiar voice said to her right causing a tick mark to throb to life on her forehead.
"Jiraiya! Would it kill you to use the door?" She snarled though the toad sage didn't flinch in the slightest.
"It might. Never know when you might booby trap it, on second thought that might be nice." The sage finished with a lecherous grin on his face. Tsunade growled at him and was about to throw whatever happened to be in hand until she saw that it was her precious sake. Letting out a breath through her teeth she glared harder at her teammate who just held up his hands defensively. "Anyways what has you in such a good mood?"
"Hehe, read this." Tsunade said with a smirk as she tossed a scroll at the white haired old man sitting on the window seal who caught the air borne scroll without any effort. As he unrolled it his eyes scanned over the content searching for what would put his teammate in such a good mood. Black eyes came to a screeching halt before zipping back up the scroll and reading it over, and over, and over.
"What!" Tsunade chuckled and snatched it back.
"Yep! I haven't even been in office more thirty minutes and I already get to get back at the little gaki."
"Why him?" Tsunade just shrugged.
"Who knows, who cares?" When she saw the pensive expression on her normally carefree teammate's face she turned to face him. "Jiraiya, who cares?" The toad sage placed a hand on his chin and hummed thoughtfully.
"You might want to do this in a way that doesn't damage Sasuke's pride."
"Tch who cares what that brat thinks!" Jiraiya's eyes focused on her with a deadly seriousness to them.
"His rivalry with Naruto is a lot like mine and Orochimaru's was at one point." The good vibes went out of Tsunade in a heartbeat. "Rubbing it in his face that he wasn't chosen for this would not be advisable. Not if what Kakashi told me is correct."
"I see." Both were silent before Tsunade sighed and flopped back in her chair shutting her eyes. "What is it with you can always killing my good moods?" She asked.
"Eh? I just walked in the room how does that kill your good mood ba-chan?" Tsunade's eyes popped open to take note of three things. One was that her perverted teammate was gone. Two that Naruto was in the office looking at her like she was crazy. And a brand new bottle of sake with a pretty red bow was sitting on her desk with a note attached to it. Ignoring Naruto's question she lifted the note and read what her teammate had written in his usual sloppy hand writing. 'See ya Tsunade-hime! Enjoy the sake, got it fresh out of Kumo.' At the end of the writing was a crudely drawn picture of Jiraiya giving her a thumbs up.
Shaking her head she chuckled and tucked the note and bottle of sake away before Shizune could see it and confiscate it. Turning her attention back on Naruto she saw that the blonde boy's two other teammates were just now entering the room. "Ah good your all here."
"Excuse me, but where is Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.
"He will not be escorting you on this mission. You have been genin for a while its about time you learn to do things on your own. So from time to time you will be doing less dangerous missions on your own. With the village still in a bit of disarray from the attack we need all active ninja doing as much as possible." Reaching into a seemingly random draw the busty hokage pulled out a scroll. "Your mission is to go to the coordinates on that scroll and meet up with Team Sand Siblings which consist of: Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara of the Desert." Sakura went wide eyed and stepped back a bit. Sasuke's eyes narrowed and rage began to course through his veins. Naruto had the strangest reaction considering his last meeting with the sand siblings.
"Alright! We get to see Gaara again!" Both Sakura and Sasuke turned their heads to look at their ecstatic teammate who was jumping up and down. Sakura shivered at the memory of the young read head before smacking Naruto on the head.
"Baka! Why would you want to see that monster again? He nearly killed me!" As Sakura went on listing how horrid Gaara was she missed the flash of anger that turned Naruto's eyes blood red for a fraction of a second.
"Don't call him a monster." Naruto said in a low tone stopping Sakura mid rant. Standing up from the floor where Sakura's punch had left him. "Don't ever call him a monster. You haven't met a monster yet."
"Hn what are you talking about dobe." Naruto's eyes turned on Sasuke and the raven haired Uchiha didn't miss the flash of crimson red that flitted across Naruto's eyes. However before he could question it Tsunade spoke up interrupting the conversation.
"Anyways, once you meet up with them you are to split up into two different groups. Naruto, you will escort Temari and Kankuro back to the Leaf village. Sasuke and Sakura you two are going to be escorted to the Sand village by Gaara. For a month we will be exchanging ninja, Sakura and Sasuke will become Sand ninja for a month and Temari and Kankuro will become Leaf ninja for that month."
"Y-you mean we have to be teammates with that mon…" Sakura stopped when she heard a low and rather inhuman growl emanate from Naruto. "With him." She corrected and was surprisingly glad when Naruto stopped growling.
"Yes." Tsunade said before closing her eyes. "In the ninja world you will be forced to work with people you formerly considered your enemies, you will be forced to place your trust in those who attempted to kill you only seconds before, and you will be forced to fight against people you have thought of as comrades for most of your life. It is a harsh and cruel reality but its time you all face it. Dismissed." Team Seven nodded and went to walk out the door when Tsunade spoke up again. "Naruto, stay here for a second. You other two be at the gate in a hour."
Both Sakura and Sasuke looked at Naruto curiously for a second before Sasuke shrugged it off and marched out the door with Sakura following his lead. Sighing Naruto turned around and faced his 'grandma' who was looking at him with a rather serious expression on her face. The two blondes stared one another down for the longest time before Naruto caved.
"You me to explain don't you?" The blonde hokage just nodded her head. "The first time I tapped into it's chakra I got a huge rush of energy unlike anything I've ever felt, but afterwards… I don't know it was like someone plugged me into the sun. After I hit Neji's rotation…"
A huge explosion rocked the stadium as Naruto slammed his chakra encased fist into Neji's sphere of chakra. Both Neji and Naruto were sent hurdling out of the explosion in opposite directions each creating a trench with their bodies as they went. The entire crowd held their breaths as they waited to see which of the genin would manage to stand. Finally Neji staggered to his feet scratches and cuts scattered across his body and a trickle of blood running out of his mouth. Naruto still lay in the crater he made unmoving. Neji smirked and walked towards the unconscious Naruto confident he had won. With his bloodline inactive he never saw it coming.
Naruto shot up from the ground right in front of Neji and delivered a power packed punch to the brown haired boy's chin that sent him into the air. Before Neji could even start to fall Naruto spun and rammed a heel into his side launching the air borne genin across the ground towards the stadium wall. However before he got to far Naruto vanished in a surge of blue chakra and reappeared in front of Neji's form. Bringing his fist down on Neji's head Naruto slammed the boy into the ground so hard he created a crater twice the size of the one his shadow clone was still laying in. Standing up and watching with glee written across his face and not a scratch on his body as his shadow clone dispersed Naruto laughed.
"Where is your fate now? I thought you were fated to defeat me since I am nothing more than a dropout who is fated to lose this match. If your fate decides everything then get up!" Naruto shouted. The only response he got was a groan as Neji's body went limp. The blonde genin scoffed and in a single leap landed back into the waiting box where the other genin contestants were watching. As he landed they all took a step back, all except Gaara who was showing emotion for the first time either of his siblings could recall. And it wasn't blood lust.
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"When I tapped into the fox's chakra I felt like brand new, when I stopped using its chakra I only grew stronger. It was almost scary that I had more chakra than when I started the match. When I used the fox's chakra against Gaara it was the same way I was stronger than before." Tsunade nodded but raised an eyebrow.
"But what about the change in attitude?" For that Naruto didn't have an answer. All he knew was that ever since he tapped into his inner demon's chakra he had been a bit more aggressive and a bit more... bloodthirsty. He had seen a bug crawling across his floor the other day and instead of wanting to flick it away the urge to pick the bug up, look it in the eye and slowly squash it, had been almost irresistible. Instead of telling his adoptive granny about that Naruto just shrugged.
"I don't know I just don't like them calling Gaara a monster. He holds the one tailed something or other doesn't he?"
"Raccoon actually."
"Well if holding that makes Gaara a monster then what does holding the nine tailed fox make me?" Naruto asked dejectedly.
"It makes you a baka. Your not the fox and Gaara isn't the raccoon you two just have your quirks. Gaara randomly kills people by squishing them with his sand. And you cant shut up, annoy the living crap out of everyone you meet, eat more ramen than I drink sake, and have a frog wallet. I cant tell which is worse." Naruto glared at her for a second before shaking his head as she laughed at him.
"Whatever you old hag I gotta go meet Sakura-chan and the teme soon." Waving at her as he ran out the door Tsunade chuckled and shook her head. Shizune walked in a second or two later with a confused expression on her face.
"Why was Naruto-kun running down the hallway screaming about seeing raccoon face?" When her mentor burst out laughing poor Shizune was left even more confused than when she had walked in the door.
"Oh. Hey they beat us here!" Naruto shouted to his teammates as they dashed through the forest with their destination a few meters ahead of them.
"How can you tell that dobe?" Sasuke asked though before Naruto could reply they cleared the final tree line and came to an interesting sight. The forest stopped at the exact same spot that the desert began to stretch on endlessly to the horizon. Three individuals were standing on the sand with their toes inches away from the first blades of grass that marked the end of the endless desert. None of the three sand siblings had changed since Team Seven saw them last yet the air was different. Instead of the bloodthirsty and crazed aura that usually came off Gaara in waves was diminished to almost nonexistent. Temari seemed more relaxed and at ease while her brother Kankuro seemed to actually be enjoying himself.
Sasuke and Sakura landed on the grass on guard and ready to fight. Naruto landed behind the two before walking past them to stand directly in front of Gaara.
Gaara extended his right hand outwards slowly as sand surged up from beneath his feet turning his right hand and shoulder into a massive arm. Naruto however didn't even seemed fazed by it. He may not have mastered the rasengan but he sure did nail the part where you summon a ungodly amount of chakra in a flash. Pumping chakra into his right arm to the point that his arm was encased in a blazing blue inferno of chakra Naruto shook Gaara's hand. For a second the two just stood there with Naruto's chakra lashing about and Gaara's sand doing the same.
And then a bloodlust Temari and Kankuro were more than familiar with spiked to inhuman levels. Temari's left hand moved to the base of her fan. Kankuro attached chakra strings to the two puppets he had attached to his back. Sasuke activated his sharingan. Sakura noticed everyone tensing but had nothing, nothing at all, that she specifically used to fight with. Settling for reaching for he kunai holster the pink haired girl focused on Gaara as the sand on his arms shifted. It transformed into a vicious looking claw with several blue lines that looked like veins running through it. The final part of Gaara's transformation would be how his right eye changed from blue green to a golden yellow with a four pointed pupil with small black circles between each of the points.
'You gonna let the one tail show us up fox?' Naruto mentally asked the demon caged within him. His response came in a surge of chakra easily twice what he used in the stadium against Neji. If Temari and Kankuro had been nervous before they were scared witless as the unsuspecting blonde genin pumped out more killer intent and bloodlust than even Gaara. The blue inferno on Naruto's right arm transformed into a blaze of orange that extended further outwards from his arm and curved out around his back. Sasuke felt the curse mark on his neck throb to life in the presence of all the demonic chakra that was freely flowing through the area. Restraining it Sasuke glared at the two furious at how those two had access to some sort of ultimate power.
Naruto's eyes shifted from calm azure blue to a burning crimson red. For a few seconds the two demon carriers stood there, arms locked and chakra warring with one another. And then as if some unspoken conversation came to a close it stopped. The sand fell from Gaara's arm, Naruto's chakra calmed and slowly dissipated, and the ungodly amount of killer intent and bloodlust slowly tapered off to regular levels.
"Good to see you Mr. Raccoon." Naruto said with a smirk on his face.
"Same Fox." Gaara replied in the same monotone he always spoke in though Temari and Kankuro both picked up on the tiny upwards curl on their brother's lips. Stepping back from the red head Naruto clapped his hands.
"Alright well then you take the teme and Sakura." Aforementioned pink haired girl's eyes widened at the loss of the affectionate suffix that usually was attached to her name. "And I take the guy walking around wearing his hot sister's makeup and the hot sister." Temari blushed at being complemented, even off handedly. Kankuro grumbled about how it was war paint. Gaara simply nodded before turning around and beginning to walk back into the desert with Sasuke and Sakura silently following him.
"Take care of my family Uzumaki." Gaara said without turning around as he walked off. Both of the sand siblings froze in their tracks at being referred to as family by their younger brother. The same brother that not a month ago threatened to kill them. The same brother that more times than they could count told them explicitly how he never considered them family. The same brother who for the longest time cared for nothing more than proving his existence and killing others. "Especially Kankuro, he needs it." Were the final words Gaara said before dashing across the desert.
"Did, did he, did he just, did he just make, a joke?" Kankuro asked bewildered. Naruto burst out laughing and pointed at the two sand siblings.
"Haha you should see the looks on your faces!" Wiping the imaginary tears from his eyes Naruto straightened up. "Well I say last one to the Leaf has to buy the others ramen so see ya!" With that Naruto did a chakra powered back flip back into the tree line. Temari took one final look out over the desert trying to catch a final glimpse of her brother before taking off into the trees behind the enigma that was Naruto Uzumaki. Kankuro took a good three minutes for his mind to compute that his younger brother had in fact made a joke and for him to realize that he had been ditched by his other two traveling companions.
"Hey get back here!" The puppeteer shouted as he began to run through the forest in hopes of catching up to the two blondes.
Sitting in the trees hidden from view by the shadows two figures sighed, finally releasing the breaths they had been holding.
"I thought they were going to fight for a while there." The man with the left half of his face covered in a white cloth. Beside him the man with a leaf headband covering his right eye and a mask covering the lower half of his face just shrugged.
"Eh, Naruto would have won again. Now I better head back before the team misses me." As the silver haired jonin got up the other man did as well and shook his head.
"Aren't you always late anyways?" A infamous eye smile was the only reply he got before Kakashi vanished in a shushin.
Temari and Kankuro were out of breath. They had both arrived at the gate around the same time and both had been running as fast as possible the entire way there without a single break. Yet they had never seen hide nor hair of the blonde boy that was supposed to be guiding them here. A loud and obnoxious sound like that of slurping caught their attention. Sitting in the guard box with a stack of ten ramen bowls sat one Naruto Uzumaki.
"Oh hey guys I was wondering when you were gonna get here." Naruto said as he stood up and stretched before walking out of the guard box and tossing the now empty bowl onto the stack of nine others. "Since you took so long I already went ahead and ate. Hope you don't mind." For a second the sand sibling gawked at him.
"THE HELL?" Temari shouted while pointing at Naruto. "How on earth did you beat us here, eat all that ramen, and still be that smug?" Naruto flashed a fox grin.
"Cause I am just that good." Even the guards still in the guard box sweat dropped at that. "Now shall we go see ba-chan and report a mission complete?" When he got two nods as a response Naruto turned on his heels and started to walk to the hokage's office with a pep in his step.
"He isn't human." Temari whispered to her brother who nodded.
"I don't know who's scarier. Gaara or this kid with limitless stamina with an appetite of ten men." His blonde sister nodded and both sped up a bit to keep pace with the energizer bunny from hell that was their tour guide. In almost no time at all they had reached the office doors of Tsunade Senju, the current hokage. Instead of knocking and awaiting permission like the sand siblings expected Naruto just barged in unannounced.
"Yo ba-chan! We're back!" A sake bottle to the face was his reward.
"Brat! How many times have I told you not to call me that?" Peeling the bottle from his face Naruto shrugged.
"Don't know how many times have I been hit by one of your sake bottles?" Both blondes glared at one another for a good long while before eventually breaking down into a fit of laughter leaving two very confused sand shinobi. A sigh from behind them caught the confused siblings' attention and they turned to see a black haired lady carrying a stack of papers with a little pink pig walking beside her.
"Forgive them those two are always like that." Shizune muttered as she walked around the desk and dropped the massive stack of papers. Upon seeing the huge pile of white paperwork Tsunade sighed and sobered up rather quickly.
"So everything went safely?"
"Yep!" Naruto cheered before pumping a fist into the air. "Mission complete!" As Naruto cheered a devious smirk spread across Tsunade's lips.
"Oh but not quite Naruto. You and Temari have a nice, life long mission ahead of yourselves." Naruto's victory dance came to a screeching halt as he cocked his head to one side.
"Huh? What are you talking about ba-chan?"
"It seems that Suna wishes to make the relationship between our villages a bit stronger." Wheels and gears were beginning to turn inside Temari's head as all the extra classes she took as a kage's daughter suddenly came to the front of her mind. Something about the way Tsunade was talking sounded familiar but Temari just couldn't quite place it.
"I know that, isn't that why we traded teammates for the month?" The grin on Tsunade's face would have made a cheshire cat green with envy.
"That was done for other reasons. I didn't have to make Sakura and Sasuke go to Suna, or even bring Kankuro here for that matter. All I need is you and Temari to be together. Till death do you part." That did for Temari. Her face went pale as snow, her breath froze in her throat and her pulse quickened.
"Political marraige?" She whispered so quietly that almost no one heard it. Almost. The blonde boy standing to he left with demonically enhanced senses heard it loud and clear. If humanly possible Tsunade's grin grew even more as she saw realization dawn on Temari's and Kankuro's faces and a second later Naruto's. Lifting her fingers to her hears to protect her from the incoming apocalyptic outburst Tsunade shut her eyes and waited. She didn't have to wait long.


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This Week's Obsession: How Big Ten is Your Schedule?
Michigan's history in the Big Ten is full of win
If you've been away for a month, meet our new regular feature, a roundtable of sorts where we have the MGoStaff answer questions about stuff on the fan mind. With the future Big Ten schedules getting announced I thought I'd use this week to pull the one we had to cut (for space) from the HTTV Roundtable, wsg Craig Ross, author of The Obscene Diaries of a Michigan Fan. The schedule (home games in bold):
9/24: @Craig Ross School of Obscure Historical Facts About Michigan/3:30p/BTN
10/1: ACE ANBENDER AGRICULTURAL*‡/7:30p/ABC-ESPN
10/8: ---bye week---
10/15: @ Seth Fisher School of Arts & Letters*/3:30p/BTN
10/22: @ College of Blue in South Bend*/TBA/BTN
10/29: MATHLETE UNIVERSITY*†/3:30p/BTN
11/5: @ Heiko Yang College of Medicine and Constraint Plays*/12:00p/BTN
11/12: BRIAN COOK COLLEGE OF SNARK/12:00p/ABC-ESPN
* Big Ten Game
† Homecoming
‡ Night Game
And the question:
How many conference games do you think are ideal?
Seth: Let me throw out some stats. Since coming back to the conference in 1918 Michigan has won 69.5% of its conference games, and 72.2% of its nonconference games. If you narrow it down to games since Bo and take out the bowl games those numbers are 76.8% of Big Ten games and 76.5% of non-conference games. Michigan tends to beat Indiana just as regularly as it does its MACrifices, so for us at least it's not a big deal to add conference games. For the record…
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Nine conference games in a 13-game season is 69.2% of all games. Ten of 14 (including the B1G championship) is 71.4% of the season. So nine is technically the same proportion we're used to.
Ace: I'd like to see the Big Ten eventually move to ten conference games so there's home/road balance, fewer crummy non-conference games, and enough cross-divisional games for us to remember that, yes, Wisconsin is in fact in the same conference as Michigan. Nine is fine for now, though, and moving to ten wasn't much of an option with programs locked into future non-conference games.
Craig: There is no ideal under the current no-conference-at-all hoo-haw. Like Curly, I prefer to be burnt at the stake (as opposed to having my head chopped off) because a "burnt steak is better than a cold chop." So, I guess I vote for 10 with two meatball pre-season games. Nine is a joke. 5/4 then 4/5? That sucks. And we get to play Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin three of every seven years? Some years a team in the East may not see any of the three? And another team might see all of them?
Mathlete: Ideal for what is the question? If Michigan is continuing to schedule mediocre Pac-12 teams there probably isn't a ton of difference between 8 and 9 games, unless Wisconsin or Nebraska is the extra game and they are having an up year. The ninth game probably helps Michigan and OSU the most in the conference since in any given season they are most likely to have the best team and the more games the less likely a team makes a lucky run at a title. In terms of national championship it all depends on how the other conferences react. I have my doubts that anyone will give real weight to a Big Ten team that plays a nine game slate versus another conference that plays eight. So if the Big Ten is one of few it's probably a slight negative. If a bunch of other conferences are doing it then its probably a benefit to the Big Ten because the middle and bottom of the conference is typically not as good as others. Especially compared to Bob Stoops' Big Twelve, their bottom half is national championship caliber.
The final question is how do teams schedule non-conference. If this is an excuse to schedule three cupcakes then its probably all a wash. If teams are still pushing for at least one quality game then it's at least a bonus for season ticket holders.
Seth: Ten. Unlike Dave Brandon I can live in a world where Michigan has just seven home games per year, especially if I'm trading an $85 UMass ticket for a road trip to Evanston or Madison. I admit that under such circumstances Indiana might never see another bowl game, but I don't care. Scheduling real opponents is only going to become a tougher challenge as other leagues expand their conference games and crack down on any Vanderbilts who might be undermining their marketing. This probably messes with Notre Dame's need to maintain two of their "odds be great" rivalries, but sending their echoes back to bed is not our concern. Right now it's a major coup just to get a date with Oregon State or Cincy; if it's all the same why can't we just ask out Iowa?
Brian: At this point? 12. If Michigan's going to actually play a big name, then I guess ten. To me that means getting the ND series back or actually scheduling home and homes with power programs again. None of this neutral site/Arkansas business.
Hello From The Future: Jon Runyan Jr.
Do you feel old today? I feel old today, because Michigan picked up a commitment this morning from Philadelphia (PA) St. Joseph's OL Jon Runyan Jr., son of former Michigan All-American lineman Jon Runyan (1993-95), one of the first Wolverines I distinctly remember watching*. Runyan picked up an offer during last week's technique camp and from that moment was expected to be the first 2015 commit; kicker Andrew David narrowly beat him out in that regard, pledging to the Wolverines last night. For the second straight commitment post, we start with a quote about Michigan, Dream School ($):
"It's my dream school and I really don't want to play anywhere else," said Runyan Jr., who is heading into his junior season at St. Joseph's (Philadelphia, Pa.) Prep. "I just can't play anywhere else. I couldn't see myself playing anywhere else."
"My dad (thought) I was going to commit the whole time. I have been telling him my whole life that I want to play football for Michigan. He wasn't surprised I committed. He was just happy and relieved. He feels awesome that I am going to Michigan."
I don't think there will be any concerns about a future decommitment.
*Yes, now I probably made you feel even older.
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247 is the only service that's ranked 2015 prospects; they bestowed Runyan with an early three-star rating just a couple days ago, so that's likely based on very limited scouting for now. Rivals and 247 both list Runyan at 6'4", 250 pounds, while ESPN pegs him at 6'3", 240. (Scout does not list his height/weight.)
The elder Runyan was listed in the NFL at 6'7", 330, so it's entirely within reason that his son is still growing—which would be nice, since he needs another inch or two to project to tackle. As for adding weight, it appears he's already doing so, according to The Wolverine ($):
Although the younger Runyan isn't quite dad's 6-9, 300 pounds, the 6-3, 250-pounder has good bloodlines, a tenacious attitude, and the ability to put on weight quickly (he's about 30 pounds heavier than he was last we checked).
That was from last week's camp, so those height/weight figures (at least for Junior) should be accurate.
Scouting on Runyan at this stage is mostly limited to last week's camp appearance and his sophomore highlight tape. On the former, here's GBW's Josh Newkirk on Runyan's Michigan camp performance, which stood out among the linemen in attendance ($) [emphasis mine]:
Jon Runyan Jr., 2015 OL, St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.)—The son of former U-M offensive tackle, Jon Runyan Sr., Runyan Jr. was offered by the Wolverines' today after a strong two day performance. Part of the reason behind his offer was his strong showing in the 1-on-1s each day. While he's not as big as his father, Runyan Jr. comes in at 6-foot-3, 245-pounds, and still looks like he's growing. He showed good feet today and was able to stay in front of his opponent in the trench battles. He'll need to add strength, but has two years to add bulk before college.
According to The Wolverine, Runyan measured up well against the other linemen at the camp, including 2015 Top247 prospect Chuma Edoga, who's still waiting to hear about a Michigan offer of his own ($):
A few 2015 players showed out along the offensive line as well. Powder Springs (Ga.) McEachern offensive guard Chuma Edoga and Philadelphia St. Joseph's Prep tackle Jon Runyan Jr. both looked strong in the competitive portion of the day. Neither holds a Michigan offer, but it's possible that changes after camp.
Runyan earned an offer before Edoga, obviously; that's likely because Runyan projects to tackle, while Edoga is an interior prospect, an area where the Wolverines have more depth.
As for Runyan's film, 247's Clint Brewster broke down the tape and came away very impressed with his technique ($):
A pure technician, Runyan Jr. does everything right with flawless technique, the right feet, the right hand pop and the ability to handle himself well against all types of pass rushers. He is quick off the blocks with plus athleticism and won't be out-hustled by the high motor types. Runyan Jr. does a great job of getting out of his stance and downfield when pulling or on screens.
Areas for improvement include size—which, in this case, may actually be improved aside from just adding muscle mass—and playing with more aggression and physicality, which should come with the added size. Runyan has a long way to go in that regard, though with more than two years before he suits up in a Michigan uniform he has plenty of time to develop.
Michigan was Runyan's first offer. He also visited Ohio State (camp) and Penn State (junior day) and fielded interest from Arizona, Maryland, Miami (YTM), Michigan State, and Virginia, per 247.
Though his family lives in New Jersey, the state Runyan's father represents in Congress, Jon Jr. goes across state lines to attend school at Philadelphia St. Joseph's Prep. While St. Joe's hasn't produced a four-star prospect in the Rivals era (2002-present), they did develop a fine Michigan player in linebacker Victor Hobson, a 2002 all-conference selection who spent six years in the NFL. This is Google's mini-profile for Victor Hobson:
He's aged gracefully, I guess.
Lineman, no stats.
None of the sites list a 40 time, which is largely irrelevant for an offensive lineman anyway. Runyan's athleticism comes in for high praise, so he should be fine here.
Sophomore highlights:
Like Brewster, I'm impressed with Runyan's jump off the snap and quick feet. I would also like to see him bury a few more guys into the dirt.
I see Runyan as a player who could take some time to find a home positionally. He's got the long, lean frame of a tackle—he looks like he could easily pack on 50-60 good pounds over the next few years—but as of right now lacks the ideal height for the position. As said above, there's a good chance he grows into that tackle height. If he doesn't—or if he comes to campus still too skinny to play on the line—the coaches have discussed another possibility ($):
Currently, Runyan Jr. comes in at 6-foot-4, 250-pounds, and says he is being recruited to play multiple positions once he gets to Ann Arbor.
"Coach Funk says he sees me as an offensive tackle," Runyan Jr. said. "And coach Ferrigno says he wants me at tight end. So I really don't know, but I probably will play offensive tackle."
If I had to guess a career arc for Runyan, I'd go with a slightly shorter version of former Buckeye Reid Fragel. Fragel came to Columbus as a 6'8", 250-pound tight end, and played that position during his first three seasons on the field, essentially as an extra tackle (he caught 14 passes in three seasons). For his senior season, Fragel moved to right tackle, starting all 12 games there last season and earning all-conference honorable mention while weighing in at 310 pounds. With the offensive coaches looking to throw a bevy of different looks at opposing defenses, I wouldn't be surprised to see Runyan utilized as a blocking tight end until he fills out.
As for the outlook on the line, the projected tackles on campus when Runyan arrives will be current redshirt freshman Erik Magnuson, incoming freshmen Chris Fox and Logan Tuley-Tillman, and 2014 commit Juwann Bushell-Beatty, plus perhaps another tackle in both the 2014 and 2015 classes. Runyan seems very likely to redshirt; from there, he'll compete for a spot on the depth chart.
As I said in the Andrew David post, it's far too early to give an accurate figure about scholarship availability in the 2015 class, though at the moment it's expected to be a small group. Runyan helps fill a pressing need at tackle, though I'd expect the Wolverines to go after at least one more in both the 2014 and 2015 classes.
It's become tradition for early Michigan commits to take charge and recruit their classmates, and Runyan told The M Block that he's looking to help out the coaches like Shane Morris and Michael Ferns before him:
Recruiter: "I think I'm up for the challenge to recruit other guys. I was talking to Michael Ferns last night. I think I can do it. We were just talking about Michigan stuff. I saw the t-shirt thing he did on his Twitter, but we didn't really talk about it though. I don't think I can top that." (Laughs)
Don't be surprised if the Runyans get a crate of shirts shipped from St. Clairsville, Ohio, before too long.
Hello From The Future: Andrew David
Michigan picked up their first* commitment of the 2015 class last night when Massillon (OH) Washington kicker Andrew David pledged mere hours after receiving his Wolverine offer. David worked out for the coaches recently and clearly impressed the staff with his ability. For their part, the coaches didn't have to do much to convince David, a lifelong Michigan fan, that Ann Arbor is the place for him ($):
"I grew up a Michigan fan," David said. "My wardrobe and my carpet in my room are maize and blue. It was a lifelong dream to go there and now it's coming true. It's awesome."
David is now joined in the class by PA OL Jon Runyan Jr., whose commitment post will be up later.
*Sort of: current grayshirt commit FL DT Brady Pallante will join the team in 2015, as well.
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Yes, the kicker from the future is unranked on the sites that pay attention to kickers only after they commit. For a better idea at what Michigan is getting, we look to Chris Sailer Kicking, which ranks David as the #6 kicking prospect in the 2015 class; he's the only committed player on the list, and interestingly the lone Midwest kicker to crack the top 50.
For the sake of comparison, Sailer ranked 2013 preferred walk-on J.J. McGrath 68th in the 2013 class. Make no mistake, David is a big-time prospect at his position.
Surprise! The evaluations start with... Chris Sailer, who's already updated David's profile since his commitment:
Andrew is a great young kicker. A fine athlete with a strong leg. Field goals are outstanding. He is smooth, technically sound, and consistent. Kickoffs are solid and will only continue to improve. Also shows punting ability. Makes great strides each time we see him. Is going to be a top kicker in this class for years to come. Has the right attitude and excellent work ethic. Great prospect. Nice early pick up for Michigan!
Don't get thrown off by the 4.5-star rating (by Sailer's system, between a D-I and D-II prospect), as that's the highest rating he's given out for the 2015 class thus far — those will obviously be updated after the next round of camps. A further explanation of why Sailer's rankings are relied upon so heavily comes from a local news article on David:
"If you're in the top 10 with Sailer, then you should be a scholarship kicker at the BCS level," [Scout's Bill] Greene said. "That's how important that is."
One of the reasons why kicking gurus like Sailer are important is college head coaches really don't know what they're getting in a kicker.
"A ranking like Sailer for kickers is actually bigger than the Elite 11," Greene said. "Those college coaches get a kid on campus and they know what they want in a quarterback. Coaches have no clue about kickers. Urban Meyer knows about quarterbacks. ... Coaches know they don't know more about kicking prospects than Sailer.
At the Sailer kicking competition last winter, David finished second in the highlight event, "Last Man Standing", connecting on a 55-yard field goal and just missing a 58-yarder in the final round.
David burst onto the scene as a freshman at Massillon, when early in the season he faced a 46-yard field goal into the wind and drilled it—despite thinking he had mis-hit the kick:
"Every kick's got to be the same," David said this week. "I knew there was some wind gust. I knew if I hit it right and hit it straight that I have the power to get it there. I followed through, kept my head down and hit it."
Even with all of that, he admitted to not knowing whether he had put it through the uprights. In fact, to him, things just didn't feel right when the ball left his right foot.
"At first, I really didn't think it was going in," David said. "I turned around and got my stuff. I was pretty mad, then I heard everybody start to cheer. I couldn't believe it. I didn't really think I hit it that well. I got it off the front of my foot, but I got it."
When working out for Michigan's coaches, David showed off his power and accuracy in earning an offer ($):
"They had me kick off the ground, not with the tee, and I hit 14 of 15 kicks from 50 yards," David continued. "It was a great workout and I felt I did my best. My kickoffs were strong also, and I thought they would offer, although I didn't know it would be this soon. For me, there was no reason to wait, because Michigan is the only school I've ever thought of attending. This is a definite dream come true for me and my family."
Even for an elite kicker, this is early for a player to be that proficient at kicking without a tee; this should allow David to be more college-ready than most incoming freshmen at his position.
Michigan was the first school to offer David a scholarship. Given his Wolverine allegiance, I'd expect they'll be the last, too.
Massillon Washington is one of Ohio's most storied football programs, claiming 24 state championships and nine national titles. Michigan's recent history with the program has been, well, a little rocky: their marquee commit from the Tigers was 2009 five-star bust Justin Turner, and in the 2013 class Gareon Conley made a well-publicized flip from Michigan to Ohio State.
From FridayNightOhio.com:
David is 6-of-11 on field goals of 40-yards the last two years of varsity football. That includes a 46-yarder as a freshman that he drilled at InfoCision Stadium in a game against Hoban. He is 88-of-95 on PATs and 13-of-24 on field goals.
He was better as a sophomore having converted 56 of 61 PAT kicks and he hit three field goals in a win against McKinley last year. He scored 13 points in that game.
As important is his booming kickoffs. Of his 74 kickoffs, 31 went for touchbacks.
He's a kicker.
This video from a Sailer camp shows all of two kicks, but it gives you an idea of David's leg strength:
If you're really curious, the "David Andrew" Hudl page features remarkably extensive highlights from both his freshman and sophomore seasons.
When David gets to campus, both Brendan Gibbons and Matt Wile will be gone from the program, leaving him to compete with 2013 walk-on J.J. McGrath (and perhaps another walk-on or two, as well) for the starting job at both placekicker and kickoff specialist. Since we're talking about the fickle position of kicker here, I won't bother to make any attempt at a prediction about David's career; being a top-ten prospect nationally is a good start, though.
The 2015 class, at this point, is projected to be very small (like, <15 players), but with a year-and-a-half until their signing day any number put forth right now is certain to grow. We do know this: Michigan has their kicker and are done recruiting at that position, both for the 2014 class (at least as far as scholarships go) and 2015.
Hokepoints: B1G Bowls and the Michigan Difference
The Game 1974 via Bentley
With the new bowl lineup I thought I'd delve into the conference's history with the things this week. Chart of sane bowl names is here.
The beginning
We whomped Stanford in 1901 so bad they canceled bowl games for a decade.
Rose or Bust.
For a time there was only the Rose Bowl. Then others began to pop up and the Big Ten wouldn't let teams go (Ohio State snuck over to Pasadena after the 1920 season but that was it). Then they said only one team may take a bid from the Rose Bowl.
It's been nearly 40 years and yet any Michigan fan over 50 still shakes with anger at it: In 1973 Michigan and Ohio State met in one of the more epic battles in that epic ten-year war. After Michigan missed three field goals in the 4th quarter the game—and thus the Big Ten title race—ended in a tie. In the process the Wolverines' starting quarterback Denny Franklin was busted up. Woody Hayes, never a particularly classy individual, made an uninformed remark to the media that he's sorry Franklin wouldn't be able to play in the bowl game. In part because they believed Michigan would be without Denny, the conference's athletic directors voted to send Ohio State to the Rose Bowl.
The following year Michigan did make their game-winning field goal, but the officials missed it and there was no replay, and Ohio State again went to Pasadena. Since the Big Ten wouldn't let its teams attend any other bowl, both times a more deserving Michigan had to stay home. Overall Franklin and the Wolverines managed to go three years (1972-'74) without a bowl game despite going 30-2-1 over that span.
The whole concept was as mind-blowingly ridiculous as it seems, and the following year the conference finally got rid of the rule that had become outdated due to...
Bowl Expansion
The conference deigned to allow its teams to go to bowls again only after WWII, and then it was "you can only go to the Rose Bowl if they invite you." Once the Big Ten released its members it sparked a new round of bowl expansion (click to inbigmatate):
Note the Y axis is "Bowl Teams" not games—divide by two to get # of games. Some oddities: Michigan wasn't in the Big Ten from 1907 to 1916, not that it made any difference. Having one yellow dot in the bowl picture looks ridiculous. Michigan State went to an Orange Bowl before joining the conference. Penn State and Nebraska obviously went to plenty of bowls before they joined. Ohio State turned down its Rose Bowl bids in 1960 and '61 because of academics(!); Minnesota went in their stead.
Michigan's Placement
Since the bowl field expanded, the Big Ten's tie-ins have gone through a series of confusing shifts, order only recently having been brought into the process. Owing to its TV draw and instant draw the bowls have typically taken Michigan almost as soon as they're allowed to. As a result when you look at the conference's bowl history you can see Michigan tends to go early even in its rough years.
This is ordered by selection (starting from the left). Historically Michigan has been selected higher than its standing in the conference, the more so the lower down we get. For example in 1984 Michigan received an at-large Holiday Bowl bid—effectively the conference's third selector after the Rose and then the
Cotton Peach took Purdue as an at-large—despite finishing behind Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and tied with Michigan State, whom we lost to that year. Since then there have been progressively more stringent so-Michigan-State-won't-cry rules placed by the conference on the bowls for which teams they can select. Before it was they have to be within 1 or 2 losses of each other. Under the new system there's a tier:
The New Lineup and the Golden Vagina:
1. Teams selected by the playoff committee go to the Golden Vagina Playoff.
2. If the champion is still around they go to the Rose Bowl (vs Pac-12 or at-large), or the Orange Bowl (vs SEC or at-large) in years the Rose are the playoff hosts (2014 and every three years after).
3. BCS bowls can extend an at-large bid.
4. Citrus Bowl (SEC), Outback Bowl (SEC) and Holiday Bowl (Pac-12). Those bowls will unofficially switch off who gets first pick but really the conference will be sitting there negotiating who gets which school with the goal of rewarding better teams and changing things up a bit. Said Delany:
"Someone will obviously select first, but they may or may not get the team they want because that team may have been in that region two years in a row. We're trying to make sure there's freshness. It's hard when a team goes to say Florida five times in six years to get them really excited."
5. Gator or Music City (SEC), San Francisco (Pac-12), and Pinstripe (ACC). The first two switch off with that bid.
6. Heart of Dallas or Ft. Worth Armed Forces Bowl (Big 12), Motor City Bowl (TBA)
The only way the Big Ten champ will play the Pac 12 champ is if both are seeded as such in the playoff, or both miss the playoff. I am guessing it will not happen very often. The tier system is a rather eloquent method of handling the problem of Michigan State's blubbering over bowls falling over themselves to avoid them. See? You're on the same tier. Everyone on the same tier is the same.
Still Broken
The new system does have its problems:
- Not all of the payouts on each tier are equivalent right now—that seems like it can be negotiated.
- In a scenario where Michigan State beats Michigan in the regular season, thus winning the tiebreaker to get into the Big Ten Championship Game, and MSU subsequently loses that game and is no longer BCS eligible because they're ranked too low now, and Michigan is still ranked high enough for a BCS bid and gets one, Michigan State will still cry.
- In any given scenario, Michigan State will find a reason to cry.
2013 Opponent Preview: Minnesota
The narrative so far:
- Aug. 31: Devin Gardner is still really good! High five.
- Sept. 7: If Michigan wins, I would be totally okay with listening to Pop Evil.
- Sept. 14: Oh hey, DeAnthony Hardison. What's up.
- Sept. 21: Still predicting 14-6. U mad, bros?
- Sept. 28: Bye.
Nobody puts Jerry Kill in a corner.
Last season
Minnesota went 6-7 overall and won just two games in the B1G. For a team that inspired GopherQuest: Worst Big Ten Team Ever the year previous, that was pretty good. Even the way they lost was much better. You saw glimpses of promise -- like maybe in three years they'll be a Purdue when Purdue was decent or a Northwestern. They fell to Texas Tech 33-31 in the Texas Bowl, which was still a pretty impressive overachievement, if only for the fact that they made it to a bowl game in the first place.
Please be complete please be complete
Minnesota has clarity and reason for optimism at nearly every position on offense except for maybe quarterback. There is a lot of potential, though, and as rebuilding processes go, that's a pretty good place to be. Kill and offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover have a golden opportunity to build some momentum for the program if they can take the offense to the proverbial next level. It might be worth keeping an eye on the Gophers; this season will probably determine whether they become the next Northwestern or if their shadows force them back into hidey holes for 6 more weeks of Winter. However that analogy is supposed to work.
Sophomore QB Philip Nelson will be the guy under the microscope. He's coming off a true freshman campaign in which he beat out MarQueis Gray midseason for the starting job. While his stats through seven games aren't that shiny (49%, 873 yards, 8 TDs, 8 INTs), he performed well enough to beat Purdue and Illinois and clinch bowl eligibility. That's something, I guess, and there's not a lot of shame in playing poorly against Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
So we'll see if he makes the sophomore leap. Nelson has a nice veteran supporting cast around him, so chances are he will. I mean, he gets all five offensive linemen back. From left to right: Ed Olson, Tommy Olson (Ed's brother), Zac Epping, Caleb Bak, and Josh Campion. In more useful terms: 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3, 6-5, all 300+ lbs. #B1G! Ed, the elder Olson, is the only senior in this group, which means their O-line continuity will span another season. Plus the fact that O-line seems to be Limegrover's thing … Be afraid, B1G West Division. Be very afraid.
The running game should be much improved with RB Donnell Kirkwood returning. The 5-10, 230-lb bowling ball almost eclipsed 1,000 yards rushing last year with a 4.2 ypc average. Smart money says he breaks the barrier this season. RB Rodrick Williams, another bowling-ball sized object (5-11, 230 lbs), will be a solid backup. He didn't get too many carries last season, but he made them count, averaging 4.6 ypc on 51 carries.
Of note to Michigan fans, Braylon's little brother Berkley joins the Gophers roster as a freshman and will be pushing to be their version of Dennis Norfleet, excepted more utilized.
As far as receiver goes, well. This appears to be a touchy subject. Late last season the team's No. 1 wideout A. J. Barker called it quits and blasted the coaching staff via the internet on his way out. That was not ideal, I guess. And Jerry Kill seems like such a nice guy.
Whether Minnesota's passing game truly took a hit after that, no one knows because no one was really paying attention. But more to the point, playing Nebraska and Michigan State to close out the season can make any passing offense look bad. The Gophers didn't have the best day through the air against Texas Tech, either -- not that they needed to with their running game that gained over 200 yards -- but it looked like there was a lot of reason for optimism. Well, there was one reason for optimism: Senior wideout Derrick Engel had himself a 4 catch, 108 yard day. He's now a bona fide deep threat.
Regardless, the wideouts should be just fine in 2013. Veteran contributor Isaac Freuchte (19 rec, 256 yards, 2 TDs) saw his production fall over the course of the season but is still an able body with a sweet name. The rest of the bunch has a lot of size, speed, and potential -- their development should be on the upswing with a more experienced, non-Freshman quarterback.
Let's block this guy next time.
They have one! Kind of? Sort of. They have Ra'Shede Hageman, and he's probably the only name to know. Hageman is a 6-6, 310 lb nose tackle who came up with 6 sacks and 7.5 TFLs last season. Hageman probably should be playing either 3-tech or 5-tech, but when you're Minnesota I guess you can't afford to be so particular. Anyway, he's very active and very good, not just by Gophers standards.
DT Cameron Botticelli returns on the interior next to Hageman. You won't recognize his name (or anyone else's) because he doesn't do a whole lot other than exist. Having 21 tackles as a starting defensive tackle without any for a loss usually means that opposing running backs ran into him 21 times by accident.
The defensive ends will be dudes who have taken occasional snaps here and there, but unless one of them blows up at the beginning of the season, they're not really worth keeping an eye on. I mean, really, the strategy here is clear: successfully block Hageman, earn $$$.
Minnesota can probably get by with a one-man show on the D-line if the linebackers are competent. That's hard to predict at this point. The only returning linebacker is senior OLB Aaron Hill (74 tackles, 4 TFLs, 2 INTs). They've got a converted running back and a pair of JUCO transfers competing for the interior spots. Word on the internet is that the JUCOs are good.
The secondary should theoretically be able to hold their coverage long enough for Hageman to do something. There's plenty of experience. CB Derrick Wells (74 tackles, 10 PBUs, 2 INTs) will move from safety to replace departed star CB Troy Stoudermire. CB Martez Shabazz (6 tackles, 3 PBUs, 1 INT) was a backup last year but made clearly made some nice plays with limited opportunities. Brock Vereen (64 tackles, 9 PBUs, 2 INTs), and Cedric Thompson (43 tackles, 2 INTs) will form a nice safety blanket. The secondary overall was pretty good at limiting big plays against crappy Big Ten quarterbacks, so it's reasonable to expect them to maintain status quo.
You know, Minnesota could actually field a pretty decent defensive unit. Player development will be key as always, but already the Gophers are in much better shape than the other B1G bottom feeders.
This team is kind of like: Remember the girl you never noticed in high school? Her name is Minnesota, and she drives a Kia.
Vs. Michigan: Over the last two years, Michigan has had a habit of destroying opponents in their B1G opener. Minnesota fell victim in 2011, and it's hard not to see that being the case again. Not that I'm predicting a 58-0 blow-out, but anything less than a multiple touchdown win margin would be kind of disappointing.
This is primarily because of that quarterback issue: the Gophers can grind it out all they want with the running game, but it's going to be a tall order for their offense to try to keep up with what an experienced Devin Gardner is going to do against their defense. A mediocre non-mobile sophomore QB probably won't cut it against Mattison's defense in Ann Arbor.
Unless Philip Nelson plays out of his mind. We'll have an idea of whether he has that ability when Minnesota plays Iowa the week before; not that Iowa is any good these days, but it'll be their first competitive game all season (Way to go scheduling the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks.) We'll also get a good look at their receivers when they play Iowa. There's a lot of unproven talent in that group, and they may given Michigan's secondary some trouble with their size.
Either way, the Wolverines should have a field day on offense. Minnesota doesn't have the athleticism to match up well against Michigan's skill players, and questionable defensive line play will not last 60 minutes against two of the best tackles in the conference. The interior line just needs to keep Hageman blocked, and we'll have a good idea of whether they can do that after the Notre Dame game.
Outlook: 6-6 overall, 2-6 B1G.
- Wins: Entire non-conference schedule, Iowa, Indiana.
- Losses: Michigan, Northwestern, Nebraska, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State.
Monday Recruitin' Doesn't Believe In Touchdowns
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
The recruiting services are split on the #1 overall prospect in the 2014 class; Rivals and 247 give VA DE Da'Shawn Hand top honors, while LA RB Leonard Fournette earns that distinction on Scout and ESPN. Michigan is among the top contenders for Hand, of course, and Fournette is a lock to stay in the SEC, either at LSU or Alabama. Unless...
LSU and Alabama are the teams to beat for five-star New Orleans-St. Augustine running back Leonard Fournette.
Except Fournette says it isn't so.
"That's not accurate," Fournette said Thursday, insisting he doesn't yet have any favorites among a list of offers so long he's stopped counting.
Well, then. The article by al.com's Mike Herndon names two other schools Fournette has visited—Florida State and Texas—as well as a certain program he's strongly considering for an official visit; yes, Michigan:
"You could say that (top prospects) pay attention to where other guys go," Fournette told Rivals.com. "I like Michigan. School-wise, they're more focused on grades than football. That's what I like about them. I think Jabrill made a good choice."
This is not happening. I refuse to believe this is happening. I will refuse to believe it even if Fournette makes it to campus, and will cease disbelief if—and only if—Fournette's name is signed in ink on a LOI faxed directly to Schembechler Hall in February. At that point, I'll still consider the whole thing a cruel hoax until Fournette actually suits up in a Michigan uniform.
[watches highlight tape again]
[counts plays before Fournette is tackled]
[loses count]
Apologies in advance for him committing to LSU and all of us feeling sad.
[Hit THE JUMP for the latest round of underclassmen #JPTTA, updates on several top 2014 targets, and more.]


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Midsized companies do a better job protecting their customer information than that of their own employees or their internal intellectual property, a new study found.
Nearly one-third of companies and organizations with 100- to 2,000 employees in the US, Canada, India, Australia, Japan, and Malaysia, say they don't regularly encrypt their employees' bank information, and 43% don't always encrypt human resources files. Nearly half say they don't routinely encrypt employee health information, according to the Vanson Bourne survey conducted on behalf of security vendor Sophos.
And at a time when the US and other governments are trying to nip cyber espionage for economic gain in the bud via talks with China--one of the main offenders of that practice--nearly one-third of midsized organizations aren't routinely encrypting their financial data and 45% say they don't always encrypt their intellectual property.
Encryption remains a big missing link in many data breaches, and apparently, in many organization's security practices. The study found that 44% of midsized companies say they widely deploy encryption, while 43% do so at some level. US companies encrypt the most (54%) and Malaysia (26%), the least. And overall, just 38% of smaller organizations (100- to 500 employees) encrypt widely, while half of larger ones (from more than 500 to 2,000 employees) do so.
Certain vertical industries of course, such as financial services, adopt encryption more widely.
"That companies are prioritizing customer over employee data is not surprising. But it is surprising how much employee data is exposed out there. And [that they are] leaving intellectual property and financial data unencrypted was just shocking to me," says Marty Ward, vice president of product marketing at Sophos.
While some 84% of respondents say they're worried about cloud security, about 39% are encrypting all files they send to the cloud, and 47%, some of their files.
Despite the counterintuitive practice of not widely protecting employee and internal organization data with encryption, there are signs of improvement and gradual adoption of encryption as a routine best practice. "Two years ago, the number of them not encrypting was in the 75% range. The fact that we're going toward the 50-50 range is actually an awareness of their part that they don't want to be [the organizations] in the press" hit by a big breach, Ward says.
And the move toward file encryption versus pure disk encryption is also a positive development, he says.
So why are so many midsized organizations still not encrypting all the (sensitive) things?
Nearly 40% cite budget constraints; 31%, performance tradeoffs with encryption; and 28%, lack of encryption deployment know-how. About one-fifth say they don't have legal or regulatory requirements for encryption, and 19% say encryption isn't effective for locking down sensitive information.
The performance and complexity hurdle arguments are "myths that have been busted," Ward contends. "Encryption is a lot simpler" than it once was, and in many cases, invisible to the user, he notes. But given some of the respondents come from smaller firms with few security resources, the complexity argument isn't surprising.
Meanwhile, the good news is that most of the organizations say they do have plans to more widely encrypt their data in the next one- to two years, the report says.
Kelly Jackson Higgins is Executive Editor at DarkReading.com. She is an award-winning veteran technology and business journalist with more than two decades of experience in reporting and editing for various publications, including Network Computing, Secure Enterprise ... View Full Bio
The cybersecurity profession struggles to retain women (figures range from 10 to 20 percent). It's particularly worrisome for an industry with a rapidly growing number of vacant positions.
So why does the shortage of women continue to be worse in security than in other IT sectors? How can men in infosec be better allies for women; and how can women be better allies for one another? What is the industry doing to fix the problem -- what's working, and what isn't?
Is this really a problem at all? Are the low numbers simply an indication that women do not want to be in cybersecurity, and is it possible that more women will never want to be in cybersecurity? How many women would we need to see in the industry to declare success?
Join Dark Reading senior editor Sara Peters and guests Angela Knox of Cloudmark, Barrett Sellers of Arbor Networks, Regina Wallace-Jones of Facebook, Steve Christey Coley of MITRE, and Chris Roosenraad of M3AAWG on Wednesday, July 13 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss all this and more.


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Playstation Vita Games
Trophies for Hustle KingsHome / Playstation Vita /
This page contains Hustle Kings Unlockables for Playstation Vita called "Trophies" and has been posted or updated on Feb 23, 2012 by Hoppy.
Boxshot & Details
- Developer: Voofoo Studios
- Publisher: Scea
- Genre: Sports
- Release: Feb 21, 2012
- ESRB: Everyone
To unlock the following PSVita Trophies, complete the following tasks:
|How to Unlock:
|Beat the Fish (Bronze)
|Beat someone at snooker who already has this trophy.
|Career Complete (Silver)
|Finish career mode.
|Career Victory (Bronze)
|Win a career mode game.
|Century Break (Silver)
|Make a break of 100 or more in snooker.
|Hustle King! (Gold)
|Earn 100 million HKC hustling online.
|License to Hustle (Bronze)
|Finish training mode.
|Luck is an Art (Silver)
|Beat someone else who has this trophy.
|Maximum Break (Gold)
|Get a 147 maximum break in snooker.
|Online Hustler (Bronze)
|Hustle a player online.
|Online King (Silver)
|Win 100 online games.
|Skill Player! (Silver)
|Pot a ball using each of the 4 different skill shots: jump shots, swerve shots, bank shots and plant shots.
|Skill Shot! (Bronze)
|Swerve or Jump to pot a ball.
|Snooker Champion (Silver)
|Win the snooker tournament.
|Snooker King (Bronze)
|Win 10 online snooker matches.
|Snooker Loopy (Bronze)
|Snooker your opponent 5 times in a single fram of snooker.
|Speed Freak (Silver)
|8-Ball clearance in under 40 seconds.
|Trick Shot Wizard (Bronze)
|Finish all trick shots.
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