I'm pretty sure the first sports opinion I can remember expressing was over a bowl of Cap'n Krunch to my brother in our Livernois Ave kitchen when I claimed "I bet Billy Sims could jump over our fridge". Think he replied by just singing "Duh duh duh, another one bites the dust". AH. Jimmy "Spiderman" Allen does not get enough love
As someone who lives near Diablo Canyon I would disagree with this. The main reason Diablo is shutting down is because it makes no economic sense for the utility that owns and runs it, PG&E. It is PG&E's decision to shutter it. Do to massive solar installs in California, the day time price of electricity is almost zero and in many instances is actually negative. So the utilities here make their money selling late afternoon and night time power as solar goes offline. The problem with nuclear is that it can not be used as a peaker plant for just these times. So the expense of keeping the plant running all day everyday just doesn't pencil out. Nuclear doesn't make sense in sunny climates anymore.
Seth, when you write " It was our first chance since literally the season's first snap to see what the Gattis offense is trying to do.", are you sure about that? Last year in Gattis' offense, Tua rushed for 190 yards. Urban Meyer ran his offense last year with Dwayne Haskins rushing for 108 yards for the entire year. Where is the evidence that Gattis wants to run an offense that is centered on a rushing quarterback.
I live in rural California and we have radio base ISP. Here's the link to our local company just so you can see what I'm talking about technologically. http://www.ranchwifi.com/ 8 years ago satellite was the only option, but the speed and cost of this service is great. Plus it's a small locally owned company so very good about things like service and privacy. If this service does not exist in your area, consider it a start up opportunity as there is a big demand for this in rural areas as you know.
On the shore of Lake Huron sitting in a beach chair with cold Two Hearted in hand and digging for Petoskeys with my toes while listening to Khruangbin...official summer 2016 plans
Damn, Bellaire looks like a long pull from GR. But the Short's lineup looks legit. Are there any stores that are known for carrying fresh bottlings? Or maybe I can convince the wife that we should take the kids to Sleeping Bear Dunes then "mistakenly" end up at Short's.
Lived all over the city, favorite places for post 20's living are the following:
Glen Park: Best neighborhood with a BART station Bernal Heights: Like floating safely above the Mission Porter to Hill: Sunniest part of the city, also home to Anchor Brewing and 5 minute bike ride to giants games
Alpine Nelson, Russian River row 2 growler, New Glarus Raspberry Tart...and on and on....its Firestone fest weekend in Paso Robles....any mgoblog users happen to show up here I'm pouring for Green Flash...I'll hook you up with bonus pours..
Current D-line coach and was interim coach between Singletary and Harbaugh and ownership likes him. His presence on the staff is the biggest reason ownership and management are willing to burn bridges with a universally respected coach.
Just as side note, the idea of Harbaugh going to Michigan is not even a possible thought out here in the Bay Area. If it happens, it will be a complete WTF story here.
I know the internets love scheme, but Tom Herman didn't out scheme anybody on Saturday. A physically superior team steamrolled a physically weaker team. Sure some scheme was in place to keep the defense honest, but at the end of the day that was the much derided MANBALL right down Michigan's throat. Al Borges didn't out scheme anybody, the run blocking was good enough to keep Ohio honest and Gardner and the receiving corp did a fantastic job of beating people. I don't think Al pressed X Y and R1 at the same time to make Funchess vault some dude. Players make plays.
Michigan wants to win championships, looking at a list of past NCAA champions and I'm struggling to find the team the schemed it's way to the top. I see a lot of transcendant talent that won championships. At the ultimate level, becoming national champion, college football is honest offense against honest deffence, stronger more talented team wins. Bottom line, this staff has demonstrated the ability to attract the type of talent that at least gives you the chance to be elite and that is all that really matters. This year's team just did not have the talent or experience to be elite. Every college football fan has turned into Veruca Salt with a "I want it now" attitude. It's time to grow up and realize life comes in fits and starts This is not a video game, you can't play a season over the weekend. Building a championship team takes time, laying a foundation is hard work, but you have to be blind to not see it is coming into place. Can't wait for the bowl game, one more time to cheer for Team 134.
Weird that Breslin Center at MSU is not part of this. But it is really shocking that The James at Ohio is not a member. Wonder what the story is there?
I'm about 200 miles north of you in Paso Robles. My substandard Euchre skills get used once a year during summer vacations in Lexington. Sure the weather's nice out here, but no Bells distribution, no Euchre, and constant media reminders about how rad USC is...
Any word on why Delonte Hollowell get's no mentions when talking about secondary? He seemed to make enough of an impact in practice last year to burn his red shirt. Played decently against Nebraska and made a huge play in the Sugar Bowl. I was expecting him to be at least the third corner if not pushing for the 2nd spot. Then this spring has been crickets. Anyone have insight?
I wish my boss had this type of reaction to writing a letter.
"Don't look at my department, we've been busting our asses all month. We had to write and send that one letter. Had to stamp and address the evelope too!"
I'd love for a more video talented member to make a reel of Carvin's tackles. He and Cam both had a nasty mentality to me when making hits. Sadly Cam would bounce off or fall down due to poor technique. I forget exaclty which game it was, but I rember Carvin getting credit for a sack because his hit blew the quarteback behind the LOS. He also had that get up quick and swagger about him after hits that showed how much he wants to hit. That to me was one of the biggest elements missing in our defense. That desire to blow people up. Carvin's got it, and thanks for the data to back it up. Dude was an undersized true freshman. He's gonna be a true beast.
On a side note, I love how someone can post some previously discussed pointless topic on the board with a grammatical error and get 40 responses in 10 minutes. This dude spent hours and hours putting together something actually useful and has 4 comments hours later. Wow.
The people who seem to doubt that Denard can, you know, be an actual QB, claim he could only hit bubble screens and shorts to the flat. Yet if you look his stats for big 10 play only, he led the league in yards/attempt at 9.3. I have always been led to belive that yards/att directly relates to generally how far downfield most attempts are. This makes me think we was actually hitting people downfield. I can't find YAC adjustment stats for college, which would settle the argument. But just wanted to get feedback on my understanding of yards/att.
In my opinion, the best west coast QB of all time, Steve Young, was just a tad over 6' and was not as great a passer as Joe Montana was. But he was able to make the 5-15 yard passes, and his scrambling/running ability was what truly made that early 90's 49ers offense the best in the league. He would generally take off 4-8 times a game. If Al Borges can work with Denard on picking his spots to scramble, design some roll outs where he can choose run or pass, I think Denard can be extremely dangerous in the West Coast. Remember, it is the THREAT of running not just his actual running that makes him such a dificult QB to defend. But above all, Denard has the one trait that is most important for all great QBs. His improvement from freshman to sophmore could only be accomplished by someone who has that elite internal drive the pushes one improve. He's got that.
Also if he no longer has to worry about making reads on every single run play as well as pass plays, it seems to me that the West Coast may be a bit simpler for him to run. Is that crazy talk? I mean, in the RR offense, Denard had to learn and make the proper read on every single play. In a pro-style, he can just hand the ball off roughly 50% of the time. Wouldn't that allow him to concentrate more on pass reading during practice, thus allowing him to develop even more as a passer?
I think that is the obvious next step. I might put together a look at the lineman at Wisc and MSU and see what it looks like. My guess is start big, get bigger.
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I'm pretty sure the first sports opinion I can remember expressing was over a bowl of Cap'n Krunch to my brother in our Livernois Ave kitchen when I claimed "I bet Billy Sims could jump over our fridge". Think he replied by just singing "Duh duh duh, another one bites the dust". AH. Jimmy "Spiderman" Allen does not get enough love
As someone who lives near Diablo Canyon I would disagree with this. The main reason Diablo is shutting down is because it makes no economic sense for the utility that owns and runs it, PG&E. It is PG&E's decision to shutter it. Do to massive solar installs in California, the day time price of electricity is almost zero and in many instances is actually negative. So the utilities here make their money selling late afternoon and night time power as solar goes offline. The problem with nuclear is that it can not be used as a peaker plant for just these times. So the expense of keeping the plant running all day everyday just doesn't pencil out. Nuclear doesn't make sense in sunny climates anymore.
Seth, when you write " It was our first chance since literally the season's first snap to see what the Gattis offense is trying to do.", are you sure about that? Last year in Gattis' offense, Tua rushed for 190 yards. Urban Meyer ran his offense last year with Dwayne Haskins rushing for 108 yards for the entire year. Where is the evidence that Gattis wants to run an offense that is centered on a rushing quarterback.
Makes no sense the Eagle being the California act. Should be Metallica as all the founding members except for Lars were born in California.
http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=6200141#/L4
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Does that rhyme with Stroh's? I wish that was stilled brewed with Detroit River water, and not made in Los Angeles. Just for old times sake.
Luckily bringing the Yukon XL on this mission, shopping list is getting big
Ah, Tampa. Made friends with Wayne, the brewmaster for Cigar City at the Firestone Walker Invitational this year. Rediculously good beers!
Nice, thanks for the Hopcat advice, now obvious lunch/ happy hour spot to hit up
Noted. Having a beer called chillindamos makes this an obvious must vist!
Damn, Bellaire looks like a long pull from GR. But the Short's lineup looks legit. Are there any stores that are known for carrying fresh bottlings? Or maybe I can convince the wife that we should take the kids to Sleeping Bear Dunes then "mistakenly" end up at Short's.
Glen Park: Best neighborhood with a BART station
Bernal Heights: Like floating safely above the Mission
Porter to Hill: Sunniest part of the city, also home to Anchor Brewing and 5 minute bike ride to giants games
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Current D-line coach and was interim coach between Singletary and Harbaugh and ownership likes him. His presence on the staff is the biggest reason ownership and management are willing to burn bridges with a universally respected coach.
Just as side note, the idea of Harbaugh going to Michigan is not even a possible thought out here in the Bay Area. If it happens, it will be a complete WTF story here.
I was always confused about Hoke's talk about violent hands, I'm less confused now after watching Frank.
I can't find a pen right now myself, and Fred Jackson is not walking through that door into my office.
I know the internets love scheme, but Tom Herman didn't out scheme anybody on Saturday. A physically superior team steamrolled a physically weaker team. Sure some scheme was in place to keep the defense honest, but at the end of the day that was the much derided MANBALL right down Michigan's throat. Al Borges didn't out scheme anybody, the run blocking was good enough to keep Ohio honest and Gardner and the receiving corp did a fantastic job of beating people. I don't think Al pressed X Y and R1 at the same time to make Funchess vault some dude. Players make plays.
Michigan wants to win championships, looking at a list of past NCAA champions and I'm struggling to find the team the schemed it's way to the top. I see a lot of transcendant talent that won championships. At the ultimate level, becoming national champion, college football is honest offense against honest deffence, stronger more talented team wins. Bottom line, this staff has demonstrated the ability to attract the type of talent that at least gives you the chance to be elite and that is all that really matters. This year's team just did not have the talent or experience to be elite. Every college football fan has turned into Veruca Salt with a "I want it now" attitude. It's time to grow up and realize life comes in fits and starts This is not a video game, you can't play a season over the weekend. Building a championship team takes time, laying a foundation is hard work, but you have to be blind to not see it is coming into place. Can't wait for the bowl game, one more time to cheer for Team 134.
GO BLUE!
Weird that Breslin Center at MSU is not part of this. But it is really shocking that The James at Ohio is not a member. Wonder what the story is there?
I'm about 200 miles north of you in Paso Robles. My substandard Euchre skills get used once a year during summer vacations in Lexington. Sure the weather's nice out here, but no Bells distribution, no Euchre, and constant media reminders about how rad USC is...
I can't help myself, sometimes I just gotta hold that bower bro!
Any word on why Delonte Hollowell get's no mentions when talking about secondary? He seemed to make enough of an impact in practice last year to burn his red shirt. Played decently against Nebraska and made a huge play in the Sugar Bowl. I was expecting him to be at least the third corner if not pushing for the 2nd spot. Then this spring has been crickets. Anyone have insight?
The front 7 consists of 5 dudes with 5-Stars. Only GERG could turn that cupboard bare.
I wish my boss had this type of reaction to writing a letter.
"Don't look at my department, we've been busting our asses all month. We had to write and send that one letter. Had to stamp and address the evelope too!"
But after dealing with 50 replies arguing if the Dude had crashed the plane into the god damn mountain or not, I was just happy to tally anything.
Yeah I skipped the pressure on Swanson cause I knew he might snap under the pressure. But big Nate needs that fire under his ass you know.
I just want people to predict who they think will make "the leap" next year. It's Feb and a fun and simple exercise.
I hope I get more than ten people willing to do this.
I'd love for a more video talented member to make a reel of Carvin's tackles. He and Cam both had a nasty mentality to me when making hits. Sadly Cam would bounce off or fall down due to poor technique. I forget exaclty which game it was, but I rember Carvin getting credit for a sack because his hit blew the quarteback behind the LOS. He also had that get up quick and swagger about him after hits that showed how much he wants to hit. That to me was one of the biggest elements missing in our defense. That desire to blow people up. Carvin's got it, and thanks for the data to back it up. Dude was an undersized true freshman. He's gonna be a true beast.
On a side note, I love how someone can post some previously discussed pointless topic on the board with a grammatical error and get 40 responses in 10 minutes. This dude spent hours and hours putting together something actually useful and has 4 comments hours later. Wow.
The people who seem to doubt that Denard can, you know, be an actual QB, claim he could only hit bubble screens and shorts to the flat. Yet if you look his stats for big 10 play only, he led the league in yards/attempt at 9.3. I have always been led to belive that yards/att directly relates to generally how far downfield most attempts are. This makes me think we was actually hitting people downfield. I can't find YAC adjustment stats for college, which would settle the argument. But just wanted to get feedback on my understanding of yards/att.
In my opinion, the best west coast QB of all time, Steve Young, was just a tad over 6' and was not as great a passer as Joe Montana was. But he was able to make the 5-15 yard passes, and his scrambling/running ability was what truly made that early 90's 49ers offense the best in the league. He would generally take off 4-8 times a game. If Al Borges can work with Denard on picking his spots to scramble, design some roll outs where he can choose run or pass, I think Denard can be extremely dangerous in the West Coast. Remember, it is the THREAT of running not just his actual running that makes him such a dificult QB to defend. But above all, Denard has the one trait that is most important for all great QBs. His improvement from freshman to sophmore could only be accomplished by someone who has that elite internal drive the pushes one improve. He's got that.
Also if he no longer has to worry about making reads on every single run play as well as pass plays, it seems to me that the West Coast may be a bit simpler for him to run. Is that crazy talk? I mean, in the RR offense, Denard had to learn and make the proper read on every single play. In a pro-style, he can just hand the ball off roughly 50% of the time. Wouldn't that allow him to concentrate more on pass reading during practice, thus allowing him to develop even more as a passer?
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I think that is the obvious next step. I might put together a look at the lineman at Wisc and MSU and see what it looks like. My guess is start big, get bigger.
I keep having to move him on my spreadsheet!!!
Duely Noted. Much appreciated