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First and 10: Eli Drinkwitz, Mizzou are giving recruits a rea$on to come to CoMo
Matt Hayes | 29 days ago
1. I don't want to get on a soapbox, but …
There are two ways to deal with the unruly beast that is name, image and likeness: complain or connect.
Eliah Drinkwitz, everyone, has decided to dance with the Boogeyman.
"We say it's important for these guys to play (in Columbia), and the opportunity they're going to have," Drinkwitz said when announcing his 2022 recruiting class.
A class that is better than any other in the history of Missouri football.
A class built on the foundation of the current coach and his 11-11 record in 2 seasons. That, and NIL cash for everyone.
Or as Drinkwitz so eloquently put it, "opportunity" for everyone.
As long as those in the Mizzou community give and give again.
"As a fan base, as business leaders, as supporters, we have to come through with those things," Drinkwitz said, and there was little doubt he was preaching to the Mizzou masses to reach deep into their hearts and wallets. "And make sure that these players know that playing at home is going to provide them with significant business benefits for their future in the game of football and outside of it."
You say distasteful, I say deliberate.
You say embarrassing, I say engaging.
When it was clear NIL had a place in college sports, the biggest complaint – outside of the old school grabbing onto the old ways like grim death – was the rich get richer.
If Alabama and Georgia and LSU and Florida can get elite recruits without paying players (insert your joke here), what happens when they can begin giving NIL opportunities to the best players in high school football and the best players in college looking to transfer?
Well, Drinkwitz isn't waiting for what happens.
He's not complaining like some coaches (hello, Dabo), or bemoaning the new world but still trying to play the game like many others. He's doing what most every coach typically does when given the outline or the rules: hard-charging down the road, searching for the smartest, quickest way to make it happen.
In that sense, Drinkwitz is reaching out to the Missouri community. It's time for those same fans and boosters who fill all the stadiums and ballfields on the Columbia campus to watch Tigers sports, who get in the ear of the administration when a particular sport or coach isn't necessarily working as they believe it should, to put up or shut up and invest.
And by invest, he means provide opportunity for current and incoming players to make money off their name, image and likeness. You want the elite of high school sports?
It's going to take more than love of dear ol' Mizzou.
Drinkwitz didn't make the rules, but he isn't going to sit around and hope something happens. He's going to make it happen.
"Adapt or die," he says.
So here he is, in the middle of the biggest, baddest conference in college football — when most everyone in the SEC has had a 100-year head start on Missouri – searching for a way to chase and catch and become relevant.
Gary Pinkel did it for a couple of years, and since then, Missouri may as well be Vanderbilt. Because if you ain't winning in the SEC, you're losing.
The next thing you know, the NCAA gives you a gift – a genuine get out of jail free card. It's called the NIL rule, and the NCAA doesn't know what in the world it's doing or how to regulate it (because they can't; it's illegal to do so), and they've thrown open the gates.
They've given Drinkwitz and every other coach at every other school that has complained year after year about the growing divide between the haves and have-nots, a chance to quickly gain ground on the Alabamas and Georgias of the college football world.
Frankly, it's coaching malpractice for Drinkwitz to not stand at the dais on the first day of the Early Signing Period and declare, without hesitation, that if you want a winner at Missouri, he needs help from the community.
You want to be part of future college football Playoffs? We're all in this together.
"This is just a start," Drinkwitz said. 'We've got to go wherever we can to find great players."
2. The common denominator
It has always been about players and how to procure a roster greater than any other.
Players win games.
Coaches that now make upward of $12 million a year want you to think that coaching is everything. They don't want you to forget that they're game-planning and motivating and calling the shots.
The players are just there on the field playing the game.
Those same players that are the difference between winning and losing, between explosion plays and 2-yard losses. Between preparing for the Playoff, or the latest iteration of a bowl game that's a mere amuse-bouche to the feed everyone is desperately trying to inhale.
And now the governing body of college athletics that used to sanction member institutions for providing recruits a bagel for breakfast, has wheeled out a 12-course meal available for all to eat.
You just have to figure out how to pay for it.
Understand this: Missouri's top 15 class was built on the work of Drinkwitz and his staff. He's a charismatic and dynamic coach. Young players connect with him.
But 11-11 only sells so much, and he knows it. Missouri also has to win games of significance to gain more traction in player procurement. Missouri will win games of significance when it has better players.
See the Catch-22?
That's why Drinkwitz stood at the dais and preached about opportunity, and how it could get more players like Luther Burden, the nation's No. 1 wideout and No. 3 overall recruit according to the 247Sports composite. Burden chose Missouri over Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma.
Those other 3 universities have combined for 13 Playoff appearances. Two of them are in this field together — again. The only thing Missouri had in its recruitment of Burden was Drinkwitz and geography: Burden's hometown of East St. Louis, Ill., is just over the Mississippi River from the state of Missouri, and about 3 hours from Columbia — on a good day on I-70.
There are elite players in the St. Louis area, in the state of Missouri. Most have left over the years for more successful programs.
Ezekiel Elliott. Montee Ball. Josh Freeman. And on and on and on.
Jameson Williams, the best receiver in the nation, is from St. Louis. He left for Ohio State, and then transferred to Alabama.
That can't happen, and Drinkwitz is trying to harness the power of the NIL to make sure it doesn't.
Because dancing with the Boogeyman is better than the alternative of not dancing at all.
3. Staying home
The biggest recruit for new LSU coach Brian Kelly wasn't 5-star QB Walker Howard, or 5-star OT Will Campbell.
Kelly convinced Myles Brennan, the forgotten one-time quarterback of the future at LSU, to leave the transfer portal and return to Baton Rouge for his final season.
Five years of injury and frustration, of disappointment and anger and every possible emotion. And Brennan isn't giving up, using his 6th season of eligibility to connect with a coach who has a history of developing quarterbacks – immediately.
— In Dan LeFevour's first season at Central Michigan with Kelly, he threw for 3,031 yards and 26 TDs.
— Ben Mauk played 3 seasons at Wake Forest and had 4 TDs and 10 INTs. In one season under Kelly at Cincinnati, he threw for 31 TDs and 9 INTs.
— In Kelly's first season at Notre Dame, he used two quarterbacks (Dayne Crist, Tommy Rees) who combined to throw for more than 3,000 yards and 27 TDs.
Brennan began his career at LSU in 2017 as heralded 4-star recruit. He looked overwhelmed (and weighed only 180 pounds) at times in the scant opportunities he was given. That led to coach Ed Orgeron to recruit over him, landing transfer Joe Burrow from Ohio State.
Brennan was Burrow's backup for 2 seasons and then got his shot in 2020, throwing for 1,112 yards and 11 TDs in 3 games before a core injury ended his season. A left (non-throwing) arm injury prior to fall camp then ended his 2021 season, when he was the favorite to win the starting job ahead of Max Johnson.
By the first week of November, with LSU's season in turmoil and Orgeron days from being fired, Brennan announced he was entering the transfer portal for his super senior season. Now he'll compete with Garrett Nussmeier and Howard for the starting job.
4. Playing big vs. the elite
The most intriguing battle in the Cotton Bowl CFP semifinal: Georgia OT Jamaree Salyer vs. Michigan All-American DE Aidan Hutchinson.
If the SEC Championship Game is any indication, Georgia might have the advantage with Salyer. That, more than anything, is a significant surprise.
Salyer had missed the previous 4 games (foot injury) before the loss to Alabama in the championship game. While he is Georgia's best NFL prospect on the offensive line, he has been far from an anchor at the most important position.
In fact, redshirt freshman Broderick Jones played well in the 4 games he replaced Salyer and was pressing for more time. Then Salyer went out and played his best game of the season against Alabama All-American DE Will Anderson.
"Really impressed by how light and quick he played on his feet," an NFL scout told me. "He's going against a guy (Anderson) that would get double-digit sacks in our league right now. He has strong hands, and a lower center of power to use those hands. If he plays well against Hutchinson, that's back-to-back strong games against guys who will be picked in the top 5 of the next two drafts."
5. The Weekly Five
There's no one left in the offensive analyst pipeline at Alabama. If OC/QBs coach Bill O'Brien leaves after the 2021 season for an NFL job, 5 potential replacements:
1. Dan Mullen, former Florida coach. A no-brainer. SEC experience, proven offensive mind and quarterback developer.
2. David Cutcliffe, former Duke coach: Yes, Cut has retired. But would he really turn down an opportunity to win on the big stage at Alabama?
3. Nick Rolovich, former Washington State coach: Imagine Rolovich taking the current Alabama system, and adding principles of the June Jones Run and Shoot. Fascinating (ask Auburn about those vaccine mandates).
4. Warren Ruggiero, Wake Forest OC: Architect of an RPO-based offense that has put up huge numbers, Ruggiero has turned down multiple offers at more high-profile OC jobs.
5. Phil Longo, North Carolina OC: Has coached and recruited in the SEC (Ole Miss), and developed Sam Howell and the explosive UNC offense for the past 3 seasons.
6. Your tape is your résumé
An NFL scout breaks down a draft-eligible SEC player. This week: Kentucky OT Darian Kinnard.
"I absolutely love him. He can be an All-Pro at either guard or tackle. The way he can use his hands, his strong base, and his ability to punish guys and extend, he's going to play outside. He's just one of those guys that mauls you. A tough guy. And he's an athlete. I don't want you to think he's just this big strong guy. He can move, he has great bend and knows how to leverage. You watch him on tape, and he punishes. He enjoys what he's doing, and runs to the next play, wanting more. I love offensive linemen like that."
7. Powered Up
This week's Power Poll, and one big thing: biggest loss to replace in 2022.
1. Alabama: WRs Jameson Williams and John Metchie III. Have you seen the young receivers on the roster? Iffy.
2. Georgia: The core foundation of the best defense in CFB the past 2 seasons: LBs Nakobe Dean and Nolan Smith, DT Jordan Davis, DE Adam Anderson.
3. Ole Miss: In the past 2 seasons, Ole Miss ran 1,726 plays. QB Matt Corral threw or ran the ball on 953 plays and accounted for 64 touchdowns.
4. Arkansas: WR Treylon Burkes: 66 catches, 11 TD. The other 4 Hogs WRs: 70 catches, 5 TD.
5. Texas A&M: DC Mike Elko. Aggies defense has been way underrated the past 2 seasons, when Fisher developed a team that could beat anyone.
6. Mississippi State: OT Charles Cross will be a top 10 pick in the NFL Draft, and was a stud protecting the blindside of star QB Will Rogers.
7. Kentucky: Three of 5 starters on an offensive line that has fueled the Wildcats' rise.
8. Tennessee: G Cade Mays. A terrific player, but a better teammate and leader coach Josh Heupel needs for 2022.
9. Auburn: A lockdown CB (Roger McCreary) and a hard-hitting safety (Smoke Monday), and an overall presence in the secondary.
10. LSU: CB Derek Stingley Jr. To be fair, Stingley hasn't been the same since his freshman season, but neither has the LSU secondary.
11. Missouri: The offense revolved around TB Tyler Badie, whose explosiveness and availability (he played injured) was wildly undervalued the past 2 seasons.
12. South Carolina: Gamecocks don't have a force off the edge and a player offenses have to game plan around like DE Kingsley Enagbare.
13. Florida: CB Kaiir Elam was caught up in the subpar play by the defense, and his lockdown ability was lost in the mire of mediocrity.
14. Vanderbilt: CB Allan George was good enough to earn All-SEC honors. He didn't. The Vandy secondary will take a significant coverage hit in 2022.
8. Ask and you shall receive
Matt: What's the most important thing Billy Napier needs to fix to get the Gators competing for the SEC Championship again? — Tracy Yavos, Chicago.
Tracy:
It's the quarterback position. Other than the 2 seasons with Kyle Trask, the position has been full of poor or uneven play, drama and/or poor coaching since Tim Tebow graduated in 2009.
This will all be on Napier, who will call plays and coach the quarterbacks. He will be the reason if uber-talented but oft-injured Anthony Richardson develops.
Emory Jones said he will enter the transfer portal after the bowl game, and that leaves the Gators with 3 options at the position: Richardson (see: injury history), and freshmen Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and Jalen Kitna.
Don't be surprised if Napier adds a quarterback from the transfer portal, probably one with starter experience. Because of Richardson's history of injuries, Napier can't go into the 2022 season with two untested quarterbacks behind Richardson.
9. Numbers
168.3 Cincinnati, Alabama's opponent in the Cotton Bowl CFP semifinal, is No. 2 in the nation in pass defense, giving up just 168.3 yards per game – with a TD/INT ratio of 10/18 and opposing quarterbacks completing just 53% of their passes.
Houston was the best pass offense Cincinnati faced all season, and the Bearcats gave up 250 yards and 2 TDs (1 INT) to QB Clayton Tune.
10. Quote to note
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher: "You live in vision, or you live in circumstance. We're living in vision. We see it, and I think it's right there. Now we just have to finish it."
TheRealcojones 4 weeks ago
Agree Napier has to figure out the QB position and only because AR 15 has been injury prone, not because of talent.
You mentioned Trask but left out Will Grier as another very good post Tebow QB. He was having a heck of a season before the suspension and who knows what could have been the following year if not for macelwain's stupidity
Dawggie Style 4 weeks ago
Are you feeling okay? You forgot to say something bad about UGA.
chomp-chomp 4 weeks ago
people forget how incredible grier was in '15. whooped top 3 ole miss and led the UT comeback in the swamp.
Sutpens100 4 weeks ago
While using PEDs.
Dawglb 4 weeks ago
He's right up there with Barry Bonds.
IH8BAMA 4 weeks ago
Pretty sure we won't see Jamaree Salyer vs. Aidan Hutchinson in the Cotton Bowl.
I am not sure Dan Mullen's ego would allow him to enroll in the Saban rehabilitation program.
JTF 4 weeks ago
Maybe Salyer and Hutch entered the portal and are transferring next week.
SSTIDE 4 weeks ago
Because they're playing against each other in the Orange Bowl.
Matt Hayes. Please note.
GeauxTigers8 4 weeks ago
If Stingley is LSUs biggest loss, then they are in great shape with who they have returning.
I'd argue that Damone Clark is the biggest loss.
Bama's WR in 2022 will largely be unproven. Might not matter, but then again it could hurt them more often than not when you consider who other teams return… LSU returns everyone including Boutte with the exception of Trey Palmer. Could the Tigers have the best WR room in 2022 outside of UGA?
Bama's OL and RB has shown they are not dominant like they used to be, but are still very good. As long as Bryce Young remains healthy, Bama is always a favorite to win it all.
UGA is losing a ton this off-season, so honestly, I do expect UGA, Bama, LSU to be at the top of predictions along with A&M.
Both divisions are improving so much that you can't just pencil in wins anymore within the SEC unless you're playing Vandy.
ImperialMajestyX02 4 weeks ago
Boutte is at LSU right now. Come this time next year, I have a feeling he will be back with the coach that recruited him, and he will be doing the Gator Chomp…
I doubt it. He'll stay home and have a great connection with Brennan.
engine 4 weeks ago
He will be preparing for the draft at this time next year. No way he stays in college four years.
Tiger TD 4 weeks ago
Your whole diatribe about Drinkwitz sounds like a pathetic butthurt fan of another team who feels threatened. Your passive aggressive tone with underhanded compliments is like offering us an umbrella while pissing on our heads. No one is saying that Drink's recruiting is "distasteful" or "embarrassing"…. what even possessed you to write those words? Drink is playing the game masterfully, but he's not doing anything differently from ANY OTHER COACH. Do you honestly believe that other coaches aren't pitching NIL opportunities to recruits? You're an absolute stooge. I'll tell you what's distasteful and embarrassing…. it's the blue chip schools who have been giving shady back-room deals to elite recruits for decades before it was permissible. Now we can all play that game, and I'm thrilled that Drinkwitz is playing to win.
Corch Irvin Meyers, New USC Trojans Corch (2020) 4 weeks ago
Hayes is nothing but a Floriduh 'turd s–t stirrer. He's garbage, and will lie about anyone to hurt any program he knows is a threat to FU, as evidenced by his vicious libel against Kirby Smart.
He never did retract that did he? Pathetic.
BamaTime 4 weeks ago
Did Missouri let you borrow a Tutor to help with your post?
jdhart0858 4 weeks ago
Well, if one went rogue and helped I sure hoped we learned something about self reporting…
Well it wasn't like Missouri would actually catch them with their compliance department…
They would have to turn themselves in.
Just continuing your joke, as it was solid and made me chuckle. Not everyone on here is out to get you.
I was continuing it as well as Missouri didn't catch them…
LizardLover 4 weeks ago
Thank you for that, BT. Right now, I'm LMAO. That was golden.
chr1781 4 weeks ago
I'm not sure how you can take offense to what the guy wrote, nothing about what he said was wrong. Drink fully admits that he went hard into NIL, and that really plays out into the success. Honestly how else was Drink going to point to recruits and get them in house. I think if anything he's treating him like an Elon Musk, you have thought his work is sacrilege five years ago if you've only ever driven a US made V8, but now all of the US car manufacturers are playing catch up. Drink should be given praise for taking a Mizzou (a team that can't sell out its stadium) and landing an amazing class, at the same time you have to acknowledge how he got there by taking advantage of the present rules.
Booches94 4 weeks ago
Jimbo said as much just last week, I mean he did a beautiful job of incriminating himself and other blue bloods about NIL and what has been going on all along anyway. It's no big deal now because it's legal, but he definitely wouldn't have said those things in the past.
Gig 'em 4 weeks ago
We all know players have received illegal benefits in the past. Any program saying it's never happened at their school has questionable credibility.
In a multi-billion dollar business in which success depends entirely on recruiting "unpaid" students to your school over others, that's a natural consequence.
At least now, the playing field is level. It's much better for the players. Hopefully the programs are giving students business classes in how to handle themselves financially. That would be the biggest benefit to all of this.
Tigurrr 4 weeks ago
Hayes doesn't actually provide any evidence to back up his supposition, it's purely his imagination that somehow Drinkz at MU is "embracing" NIL more than other SEC campi.
Basic writer pushing poop, no actual corollary proof that Drinkz recruiting isn't just about Drinkz himself and has nothing to do with NIL.
Hayes is full of shyte.
I agree. Hayes is FOS.
Yeah I was agreeing with TigerTD's statement "… it's the blue chip schools who have been giving shady back-room deals to elite recruits for decades before it was permissible."
I should have made that more clear, and added that Jimbo backed up his statement recently too.
darthA 4 weeks ago
If you think Mizzu hasn't been doing back room deals for years I have a unicorn for sale. Every team cheats. Not every team but yours.
Of course we have, how do you think we got Henry Josey to flip from UTEP? duh.
Lol, yeah mizzou shelled out the big bucks for all those elite recruits we got the last 50 years!
If I rolled my eyes any harder they would've popped out of my skull.
I think DrinkMuch is cheating.
mlc0808 4 weeks ago
"Projection", anyone?
LaterGator 4 weeks ago
Lol what are you even mad about? He's giving credit to Mizzou for getting kids to commit there despite your guys' loser mentality, incompetent dork head coach, and complete irrelevance in CFB. With all that stacked against them, you can't fault a guy for being impressed.
CelticTiger 4 weeks ago
Probably has you asking the question "why do we have a losing record to a team with complete irrelevance in CFP?"
I don't think I've ever seen a person take a loss as personally as you have. It's a game bro, nobody insulted your mother.
Bro, I was giving you daps.
Sensitive or nah?
I really don't think there was a lot here to get upset about. Yes, it's been happening for years behind closed doors, but it's kind of like "those who live in glass houses" knowing about what went down with our basketball recruits in the 80's.
Hey Hayes, you biased 'turd homer garbage person, there's still time before this year is out for you to apologize for the vicious libel you printed here about Kirby Smart knowing about Adam Anderson before the Cocktail Party and choosing to play him anyway.
Do the right thing, Hayes. Apologize.
I bet there is numerous wrong, bull$h!t comments you have made… You should find all those and apologize for them since you're so passionate about truth and accuracy now.
I've never tried to intentionally harm or defame someone with an officially published piece as part of a journalistic enterprise.
Hayes has. It's called libel.
Well of course not.. Being a troll on SDS doesn't go on your resume. All you have to fall back on if flipping burgers at BK.
At least in your world I have a job. Better than being an unemployed Gump getting blown by your sister.
So in your world you don't have a job… Makes sense..
Site source. You keep demanding an apology and I keep asking you to site your source that proves anything. Either site your source or stop your noise.
And I and others have told you repeatedly that Smart and the Georgia Admin found out about Adam Anderson the same day Adam Anderson found out, which was the Monday after the game.
You know we can't post links here, so if you're too stupid and lazy to type a few words into Google, that's a you problem not a me problem, you stupid f–king Gump.
You have repeatedly stated your opinion. Your opinion doesn't make it fact. If you don't know how to put the title of the article that gives the information you state than that's on you. There is no way that Anderson wasn't informed of the allegations 2 days after they were made which is what you claim. Try again you stupid f-king r&cist.
Ajc.com. Kirby unaware of allegations. See how easy it is to prove your statement. Sorry you're to stupid to post that bit of info to prove you're right. BTW, that article doesn't say when Anderson found out. Just when Georgia was informed.
It's not my fault you're both stupid and lazy, you dumb Gump. It's extremely easy to find this information on your own. Also, the fact that you don't understand that when an accusation of this kind is made, the person accused is not immediately told until an actual investigation is launched is also incredibly stupid or at the very least ignorant.
I don't know what's more dumb, all that above or that you think me calling you a stupid f–king Gump makes me a r a c i s t. LOL. That has to be the dumbest thing you ever said here, and you say so many stupid Gump things.
Your name makes you a r&cist. You can call me dumb, stupid or a Gump. I was taught at an early age that if you don't respect a person there is no reason to respect their opinion. If a person is to stupid to say it's a voting block instead of a voting bloc why should I value your intelligence? You spew nothing but h&te and vindictive noise. What's worse is that you spew the same garbage without having the intelligence to vary your h&tefull posts. I guess you missed the IQ points required to make the educable mentally retarded list.
LeghumperU 4 weeks ago
Darth, I appreciate most of what you post and with all due respect it is a FACT that the story was published by Matt POS Hayes on this very website – SDS. Mr POS Hayes stated that he had an anonymous source verify Kirby knew about Adam Anderson's actions before the WLOCP yet still let him play knowing full well that r a p e charges would not be filed until well after the game. When Humper Nation revolted and insisted Mr POS Hayes provide source authentication and proof or retraction and apology, the article mysteriously disappeared from SDS. It was a great plan to cover up but unfortunately for SDS those who made comments on said article could still retrieve it for a while from the archives as I was able to cut and paste Mr POS Hayes comments for a short time after the watergate. They quickly deleted all linked posts as well when this uh oh was discovered.
Say what you will and jump on Corch all you want…Matt POS Hayes STILL owes an apology for the slander and there is not enough cover up in the world by his fellow SDS Staff brethren to make this go away…
Lol you guys are pathetic for covering up for him.
How so? Do you deny there was an article posted on this site?
Never mind, don't answer that, I forgot who I was talking to…carry on loathsome hobgoblin, your history post says it all…
Leg: I'm not referring to what Haynes wrote. I take it with a grain of salt when a blogger says he has an anonymous source. It's the same grain when a poster states a fact. That would be the crux of my problem with K3 coaches posts. I don't know when Kirby found out and I doubt anyone here really does either. The r&sist says that Anderson wasn't informed of the allegations until after they got back from Jacksonville. I know the incident happened Thursday and allegations were made Friday. What time? When did the team depart Athens? I can't find any of these facts in any story. So everything is just conjecture about the facts as far as the general public is concerned. I doubt Anderson found out a day or 2 after she went to the police. I also doubt Anderson would immediately tell Kirby. My personal opinion is that Kirby didn't know but my opinion uninformed. I do think taking something so personal about something that actually doesn't affect you is extreme. Still ranting about it is beyond stupid. What makes it even worse is you know if this would have been a Florida player the r&cist would crucified him & Mullen unmercifully. No facts needed.
If I go to the po'po this evening and claim you robbed and whipped me , but I didn't press charges or formally file a complaint until 4 days later, should your employer allow you to work the rest of this week? That's all I'm saying…and POS Hayes wasn't Acting as the hack blogger that he is, he was representing SDS as a journalist.
The dumb Gump is too stupid to understand that the timeline was such that the team had already left Athens for Jacksonville, and the detectives assigned to investigate the allegation first had to check out the validity of her story and they were not going to 1. Tell the Georgia Admin before they told Adam Anderson and 2. They were not going to tell him something like this over the phone.
Dumb Gumps are gonna Gump.
He correctly reported that Kirby Smart knowingly let a criminal play on his team for a game he was nervous and insecure about. Just let it go.
It involves the WLCP. He's obsessed with all things Gator. He will NEVER be able to let it go!
wrashall@yahoo.com 4 weeks ago
I don't have a dog in this fight, but I looked into it and the Georgia fans are correct. The only place it was said the coach knew before the game is right here. Every other article you find the timing shows no one could have known before the game. I understand Florida fans hate Georgia, but in this case it's not legitimate.
You lying POS. You think Kirby would risk his career to be beat the Gaturds whan he was already 3-1 against your clown coach.
It's laughable that you think a guy who hates recruiting would be No. 1 on Saban's list of OCs, but keep shilling for your guy Sideshow Dan the Clown, Hayes.
That's cause he is one of the greatest offensive minds in college football and also because in the last 4 years, Alabama's defense has only been bullied 3 times, Ole Miss in 2020, Florida in the SEC Championship, and Florida this year. Mullen's offenses have been a pain in Saban's ass so why not bring in someone like Mullen rather than let someone else take him and use him against you.
Alabama doesn't need their OCs to be elite recruiters. I'm sure Bill O'Brien has not recruited that well either. I bet you're still salty that Mullen gave O'Brien and Saban the blueprint on how to burn UGA's offense in SEC Nation…
"I bet you're still salty that Mullen gave O'Brien and Saban the blueprint on how to burn UGA's offense in SEC Nation…"
So dumb…
No one was talking to you… cu.nt
But I was talking to you b!t(h…
You and Gwhite need to get together with your blueprint noise. Florida scored 7 points against Georgia. That's a blueprint for disaster.
GatorFanAlways 4 weeks ago
He's not talking about the how the Gators played Georgia, he's talking about when Mullen used the Tennessee offense as an example of how Alabama could beat Georgia when he was a guest on the SEC nation show before the SEC championship game.
Which is dumb… So you have a "blueprint " but your own team got ran out of the stadium?
BamaHeel 4 weeks ago
But didn't he use Tennessee game clips on SEC nation?
Lmao must suck that Dan Mullen slept with your wife.
Keep it going fellas. I haven't stopped laughing today.
TruVol, we see you.
BillBrocius 4 weeks ago
In Dan's defense, he he had to sleep with somebody….his wife was too busy with all the players.
CrankE 4 weeks ago
I'd personally be glad to see David Cutcliffe come back to Tennessee as some sort of Offensive Consultant. I think David is done with the big stage and the stress and such. Just let him do his thing, make observations, help your players, and most importantly help the coaches to get better.
Cutcliffe understands the importance of doing the little things right. As much love as Fulmer gets, he wasn't much without Cutcliffe.
I would think whoever gets Cutcliffe in any decent capacity will have a leg up on getting Arch. It's no secret how much the Manning Fam likes and respects him. Sure he's retired, but I bet darn near every SEC head coach understands this and is trying to woo him already.
This is a good point. Right now, I'd say LSU is in pretty good shape to get Arch.
I think Saban's age works against him and I don't think Kirby's personality, such as it is, jives with the Manning clan. Clemson has the most need, but a program built on staff stability just had its staff blown up by head coaching opportunities.
If Sark can turn things around next season, Texas is the dark horse.
As a hs coach for 30 yrs, I always enjoyed talking with Coach Cutcliffe. He's a very classy guy. He would be a great "off field get" for UT, but he might feel it's time to step away totally.
LSUSMC 4 weeks ago
Why don't you just ask him and then let us know.
davestwin 4 weeks ago
Which big time coaches think this way? None of them that I've ever heard or read about.
Drinkwitzya 4 weeks ago
"Well that's a great way to get started, and I haven't even won all my games yet." -Brian Kelly
There's currently a very strong trend in the national sports media to bash coaches and coaching whenever possible as irrelevant, inconsequential and no-value-added … and to react with downright glee when any of them get fired. Coaches aren't perfect, and I know few who pretend to be. Everyone knows it's the player's game.
However, it is especially facetious to take this perspective when it comes to football. This isn't a value judgement — no sport is objectively 'better' or 'worse' than any other — but football relies much more on coaching input than any other sport and football coaches have an order of magnitude more impact 'in game'.
The US Basketball Dream Team didn't really need a coach. But the Pro Bowl doesn't look like cheeks just because the players aren't trying … it's literally impossible to 'just do some football' and be competitive. Everything about the game requires specialization and organization beforehand.
It's often been said that frustrated athletes turn into good coaches.
I also believe those who fail to find a profession 'in' sports often take to writing about it … and the 'sour grapes' perspective is a natural by-product.
Bcreek 4 weeks ago
The days of coaches making multi million dollar salaries with guaranteed buy outs are going to end. The players are going to get all that money. You won't even need to be a good coach soon. Only the richest schools will be relevant. It will only matter to those schools who will be the champions because 98% of the other schools won't be able to compete. It will come to be most of us won't care anymore.
I would sincerely hope that's not the case, but Saban warned of this very same thing several years back. It will end up tarnishing the game that we all love as fans.
A little bit of an overreaction I think.
1.) Recruiting is coaching. The guy who organizes and executes the effort to bring the talent in will get paid. In fact, the emphasis on recruiting is what is driving the current coaching salary arms race.
2.) "Only the richest schools" or only the schools with the richest boosters willing to spend the most money? Because, and I can't believe I have to keep repeating this, NIL money does not come from the schools. As an example, just imagine what T. Boone Pickens could have/would have done during NIL …
3.) "Necessary, but not sufficient". You will always need a good fundamentals/X's and O's coach. The oft cited 'Blue Chip Theory' describes what it is necessary to compete for a national title (i.e. talent), but even it's creator states that alone is not sufficient, and that the BCR is no indicator of what happens when those teams play each other. No one can have ALL the ONLY kids out there with ANY ability. It's too big a country and there's only 85 spots on the roster.
Alatide 4 weeks ago
You're explaining something that no one is debating. No one thinks the NIL money comes from the schools. Are you a foreigner? Guess who attracts bigger NIL deals? Big, rich, historic schools. Ok? Sorry we went ahead and made that leap assuming everyone got that, but I guess you were still lost in the parking lot on that one. Also, when people mention rich schools, they're talking about top shelf facilities, boosters, best coaches (who recruits want to play for), etc. And if you can't look at the recruiting data and see that only a handful of schools are gobbling up all the talent you're blind.
Have you considered that your theory – that 'historic' schools will use NIL to get whichever players they want – doesn't explain Mizzou's and A&M's recruiting classes, or that the #1 player in the country is going to Jackson State? Because of its history and facilities, right?
No. It was NIL.
NIL is less than a year old and it's already reshaped recruiting. You don't seem to grasp what else is possible. Money talks, the state of Alabama has by no means a monopoly on that, and there will be schools that rise to prominence from nowhere because of it (just like the rise of Floridas now major programs occurred at a time when there was a massive demographic shift and population growth in that state … before that, bupkiss). Recruiting is not a closed system.
Talent is hyper-concentrated at a handful of schools now because the 4-team playoff has happened to feature the same core group of teams each year and the current kids don't remember anything else. When the major bowls mattered, and there was more variety in the single title game, talent was more spread out.
If 'things mostly always stay the same' I need an explanation of why Miami, USC, and Nebraska stink on ice now and why Bama stunk for a decade+ between Bear and Stallings and then AGAIN for nearly a generation between Stallings and Saban …
Back to the original post: millionaire coaches aren't going anywhere. Money is pouring in – not out – of CFB, and the people pouring that money in through NIL will have a say and will want more visibility for their efforts, thus expanding the playoff, widening the base of teams playing in the biggest games and thereby spreading out the talent to more than '2%' of schools.
Recruiting is typically a reflection of coaches and Mizzou (which recruited at the exact same level as last year) got a bump from their new coach (Drinkwitz) and Texas A&M has been recruiting in the top ten for years now as a result of Jimbo, not to mention the fact that both schools benefited in recruiting from moving to the SEC. The idea that one player chose to go to Jackson State is some kind of massive shift is laughable. Guess who Jackson State has: Deion Sanders, a HOF, international superstar. You think that might have had something to do with it? As I said, recruiting is about coaches to a large degree. You think that player goes there if Joe Smith is the coach?
NIL is small potatoes to a recruit like Travis Hunter who will make much more than that when he goes pro. No high level recruit is making career decisions based on NIL money. You think Bryce Young cares about his NIL deal when he's about to make 10x that in a couple years? I mean it's a nice safety net in case everything goes wrong, but ultimately these guys are thinking about their NFL deals, not this small time NIL stuff.
And your idea that the playoff shaped recruiting is just complete ignorance of history. Saban had been dominating recruiting long before the playoffs, and guess what happened after the playoffs were instituted? Saban is still dominating recruiting. Ohio State, Georgia, Bama, Oklahoma have all always historically recruited at a high level. Nothing has changed.
The reasons programs go through periods of decline is not because they suddenly forgot how to recruit, it's because they made the wrong decision on coaching. You get the right coach, recruiting goes up. You make the wrong decision at coach and recruiting goes down.
You're hyping NIL too much. The idea of expanding the post season has been debated long before NIL. Notice how all the attempts to make changes (NIL, playoffs, transfer portal) doesn't change outcomes. Bama still dominates and the usual suspects are still at the top.
Alatide:
You're detached from reality when you characterize a team that barely beat several 6-6 opponents by a single score – as well as taking a solid loss – as 'dominant'.
Alabama teams have certainly been dominant under Saban. Thus far this teams body of work has not been.
Similarly, your contention that the addition of unlimited, legitimate money (illegitimate money is always inherently limited because the higher it goes the more likely it is that you'll get caught) will have no significant impact on recruiting or individual recruit's decisions is laughable.
"It's the history!!! … I mean mostly the facilities … I mean totally the coach!"
That's a pretty inconsistent line of argument.
You're either just being contrary, or you actually don't know what you think beyond 'Me luv Bama!'
You keep assuming that an NFL career is a given for every decent recruit, Saban will live to 100, and nothing ever changes in CFB.
History shows you're very, very likey to be wrong on all counts.
But, you know, keep on with the "RTR! We've never lost a game and never will!" if that's what floats your boat.
You're criticizing this year's Bama team for not being more dominant? What does that have to do with anything? This Bama team just won the SEC, again, won a Heisman and beat an UGA team that everyone believed was a historically dominant team. What else can we do for you, sir?
In terms of NIL money, the high level 5 star recruits (who decide championships, and if you don't believe that just go look at who's won natty's and where they recruited prior to the natty) are making decisions about how they can maximize their NFL draft stock because that's their expectation and that's where the money is. If you think they're going to risk that future over a short-term NIL deal, you're high.
And you're goofing on me for citing the array of issues that go into recruiting (facilities, coaches, history)? You may like the simpleton approach where you boil it down to one issue, but that's just a failure to understand the complete picture.
I can see that you're angry that Bama has been so dominant for so long, and like many fans, you're extra angry that your transfer portal, NIL, playoff expansion ideas didn't bring down Bama. Saban tried to warn all of you that these things would only make programs like Bama stronger and now you're seeing it play out. You don't have any sound arguments on how anything has changed. I've shown you how Bama (and the other usual powers like Ohio St, Oklahoma, Clemson and UGA) has dominated and continues to thrive and you have no reasoning on how that is changing. You are just lashing out and making ad hominem attacks about me being a fan because you have no substance. You're just hoping that somehow things are changing, but I'll just be here waiting as Bama strolls into another playoff.
In the near future we're going to see the talent spread out more than it is now, the most concentrated that it's ever been (and a significant departure from the norm over the history of the game).
There was a similar effect after the 85 scholarship went into effect (i.e something changed, there was an effect).
Talent reached its current distribution due to the impact of the playoff, as previously described (i.e. something changed, there was an effect). I understand you disagree, however many college coaches are on record describing the situation as I have.
NIL and free transfer, both less than a year old, will also impact the landscape. Again. you disagree, but my assessment is in line with the public statements of many coaches.
None of this has been done with the intention to 'get Bama!' None of it.
I actually like and admire Coach Saban. He is, without any serious argument, the greatest college football coach of all time. But his reign is much closer to the end than the beginning.
And nothing in the history of the sport supports your repeated arguments that nothing ever changes and Bama will dominate forever.
So your whole argument boils down to "you've heard some coaches opine that things have changed". But you can't logically explain how any of the changes have actually impacted things. Recruiting was dominated by Bama before playoffs, and they still dominate afterwards. Where's the change? And again, it's not just Bama, the traditional powers have continued to dominate and thrive.
These changes have absolutely been driven by the public tiring from all the Bama domination. The idea was that if you open it up to more teams then one team wouldn't dominate. Then they thought if you let the talent that can't get on the field at Bama go transfer out then other schools would benefit, but now we see that while mediocre schools get Bama's bench players, we get their superstar players. It's become clear that the transfer portal has created a minor leagues for the top shelf teams like Bama.
And I still don't get the idea behind NIL. You realize schools like Bama also get to benefit from their guys getting NIL deals, right? The only way this would change things is if they didn't allow players on teams like Bama to get NIL deals, but because they can, why would a recruit go somewhere else when they can still get a top shelf NIL deal while at Bama, plus they get to play on the biggest stage with the most superstar cast around them? I'm not seeing how this logically works out well for smaller schools?
I hope you also realize that guys like you claiming that Saban/Bama were nearing the end have been saying that for many years now. Just ask Joel Klatt about that. I mean, if you say it enough I guess eventually you'll be right, but at least have some good arguments in the meantime.
Class of 98 4 weeks ago
" Because if you ain't winning in the SEC, you're losing."
Uhhhhhhh….. I'm wracking my brain trying to think of what the alternatives to winning may be in other conferences, other than losing.
I got nothing.
Figures all you can think of is losing, you are a UGA fan after all
Must really suck to be a 'turd then.
All you have to cheer is what you ALMOST won.
What have you won lately, Corch? A couple cocktail parties and one SEC title almost five years ago?
1980, pal. 1980……
So your comeback is to point out Florida has a NC 38 years more recent than UGA?
That's sad really…
Math is hard, 'huh Gump?
A typo is easy… You not making yourself look dumb is impossible…
I'm not anti NIL. I will point out that people usually said the only reason why a team was successful was because they cheated and payed the players. The rich boosters paid for the team. Now they say that NIL will even the playing field. How is legally paying or illegally paying going to change the fact that those that spend the most will be those that win the most?
I'm not anti NIL, but for it to "work"there should be a limit while in college. "Rich" schools with wealthy alumni will eventually dominate the landscape of college sports. Great players will transfer from one program to another for a bigger, better deal. Saban warned several years back, "be careful what you wish for."
PillsburyThrowboy 4 weeks ago
Big swing and a miss on UK's biggest loss to replace. How about the entire defense? 10 out of 11 starters are seniors. Especially concerned about our secondary.
I'm pumped that Mizzou got it done on early signing day, but I don't feel like Kentucky is getting enough credit for their class. Mark Stoops is still silently killing it in Lexington.
MUTiger1 4 weeks ago
When you connect Mizzou's recruiting to NIL: Missouri only has one major university in the state. Missouri has more population than six (seven when you include Oklahoma) SEC states. Mizzou is located in a city of 130,000, while many SEC teams are in smaller markets. Florida and Texas are larger markets, but have multiple major universities to divide the market NIL up.
antediluvian 4 weeks ago
"Amuse-bouche"? Francophonics and football do not mix.
AlltheSEC 4 weeks ago
I really haven't kept up with the whole NIL thing. That said, was there any consideration give to limiting how much a player could make in a single year and over a four year period?
There has been a legal distinction made between their "school time" and their "extracurricular time." The schools can't pay them to play football, that hasn't changed, but at the same time they can't prevent them from earning money based on their status as football players. So Base don that distinction I don't think anyone can limit how much they earn annually. However, as I think Gig 'Em had pointed out, I hope someone is teaching them how to save that money wisely. A Porsche is cool, but most college athletes do not go on to the pros, and that money could really come in handy down the road if saved and invested wisely.
I love autocorrect. SDS, why can we still not edit our comments?
virtualkelly 4 weeks ago
Okay, whatever. What most don't realize here is whom Drink is talking to. Considering most of the Walmart-Walton family attended, adopted or lived near Mizzou,(Lauries still have horse farm near Columbia) this is the caliber of donors he's hinting to.
Several Waltons/Lauries own many of the pro teams in the country as well. If they are engaged in a marketing, acquisition and/or a pro-credibility level, it's a multi-wammy — as combined, the Walmart family is still richer than Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos individually, and they didn't attend another SEC school, despite the company's Bentonville headquarters. They are Springfield/Versailles/Columbia folks.
So Mizzou has some alumni who can even the playing field, if willing, if money is the object and they are willing to follow the path of Sam and Bud's Mizzou-loving offspring. If nothing else, he can tell recruits those pro owners are watching them, and they are.
Unclenutz 4 weeks ago
I don't want to get on a soapbox but…this column sucks every week
bayou tiger 4 weeks ago
Only sensible thing I've read in this thread.
Hayes is a garbage idiot.


The Pound Australian Dollar exchange rate was hit by heavy losses last week as opposition to a draft Brexit agreement saw Theresa May lose two of her key Cabinet members.
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October 2015 Health24; Mpumalanga Health MEC Gillion Mashego should step down with immediate effect. That is the call from the DA in the province who said MEC Mashego has failed to show decisive leadership in his department and under his watch, the condition of the health department has reached crisis point as a result of financial mismanagement.
"As long as MEC Mashego is at the helm of the department of health, the department will continue its stay in the intensive care unit and the people of Mpumalanga will continue to suffer," said DA MPL and spokesperson on health and social development, Jane Sithole in a statement on Thursday.
She pointed out that a Social Cluster Portfolio Committee Meeting on Wednesday revealed that in the 2014/15 financial year, the department failed to meet even half of its set targets. "It only managed to achieve 41.7% yet it spend over R8.8 billion (98.3%) of its R9 billion budget."
Sithole said the department also continues to struggle in meeting the National Core Standards in the health facilities which remain at 0% achieved and Emergency Medical Services continues to achieve 0% of its set targets.
The department failed to upgrade 18 hospitals as planned. The DA blamed this on the lack of leadership and a delay in appointing key personnel.
Sithole added that it is not uncommon to hear reports of people who have had to wait hours and sometimes even days for an ambulance to arrive after it has been called.
"What is alarming however is that the Department of Health has spent its entire budget for Emergency Medical Services yet it has failed to achieve even one of its set targets."
The DA said that department failed to spend the full R608 million that was meant for Health Facility Management and the full R543 million that was meant for payment of capital assets, leading to an underspend of almost R250 million.
"This gives an indication as to why so many healthcare facilities are either under equipped or are forced to operate in crumbling and dilapidated facilities," said Sithole.
She said that Mashego should admit his failure by stepping down. "[H]is continued failure to lead is wedging a gap between the people of Mpumalanga and their ability to access quality health care".
The Department of Health in Mpumalanga received a qualified opinion from the Auditor General (AG) for the 2014/15 financial year, despite a turnaround strategy implemented after it was placed under curatorship.
Sithole said the DA will continue its bid to have the department placed under curatorship in order to improve access to quality healthcare in the province.
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Sharp Objects (HBO, 9 p.m.): The last time Amy Adams was on TV, she was on The Office's"Booze Cruise," trying and failing to get in the way of Jim and Pam. Several years and blockbuster films later, Adams returns to the small screen to star in Sharp Objects, adapted from Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn's novel, and directed by Big Little Lies' Jean-Marc Vallée. Vallée made a huge splash for HBO last time around with that series, which involved a murder that tears apart a close-knit Monterey community. Sharp Objects appears to go much darker still, as Adams plays Camille, a reporter recently released from a mental hospital who is investigating the killings of pre-teen girls in her rural hometown. Laura Bogart is on the case and will be offering episodic reviews over the next eight weeks.
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Straight out of the Rabbit's Hole: Could it be that the 49ers made the right decision on April 23, 2005?
Straight out of the Rabbit's Hole: Could it be that the 49ers made the right decision on April 23, 2005?
Disclaimer: This isn't an attempt to argue Alex Smith is a better player than Aaron Rodgers.
What I'm asking myself as I write this is the following: what if Aaron Rodgers had been selected #1 overall by the San Francisco 49ers back on April 23, 2005? What if Rodgers had been plugged into the starting lineup in week five of his rookie season against the pass-rushing duo of Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney? What if Rocky Bernard's 308-pound frame had sacked him on September 30, 2007, just seconds after snapping the ball, and separated his shoulder? What if Mike Nolan had thrown him under the bus? What if Rodgers had gotten a different offensive coordinator every year? What if Rodgers' career had been as unbelievably mishandled as Smith's coming into this season?
I guess my question is: would Aaron Rodgers still be here? It's hard to say.
It takes a unique human being, an incredible personality, and unfathomable work ethic to fight through everything Smith has battled through in order to achieve what he has done this season. Take a pay cut in 2009 to come back to a team with Jimmy Raye as the offensive coordinator? Why not? Then a year ago, after yet another season of up-and-downs with this franchise, Smith seemed destined to finally start over elsewhere, yet Jim Harbaugh gave him hope that his goal was still attainable: turn his career around with the same team he had struggled with so much.
Who in their right mind does that? Jay Cutler looked for a way out of the Broncos in 2009 as soon as he heard he was being included in trade talks. Even before draft day in 2004, Eli Manning, the consensus number one overall pick, refused to play for the Chargers, the team atop the draft order that year . Most recently, we have seen NBA players such as Chris Paul force his way out of his original team and Dwight Howard seems to be destined for that same route. Smith's career approach is rare and remarkable, and at this point the best story kept secret in the NFL.
So again I ask: what if Aaron Rodgers had been the first name called that spring day at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center? I can't help but think he would have been gone after the 2008 season, and would be a success by now with some other team.
And where would the 49ers be at that point? Who would they have benched Shaun Hill for on October 25, 2009 against the Texans? Nate Davis? What about last season, would the 49ers have been able to bring a better QB than David Carr? Or would they have ridden the Troy Smith Trolley? And even this season – would Colin Kaepernick have been able to lead the 49ers to where they are right now? The sample size on him is minimal, but it's hard to believe we would be here today.
I didn't think I could ever say this, but maybe, just maybe, the 49ers lucked out selecting Alex Smith with the 1st overall pick in 2005. Otherwise, with the way they handled a young quarterback's career for the following six seasons, the 49ers would have waited a lot longer to be back in the playoffs.
Last offseason I graded Smith's career with the 49ers with a "C-". I think it's time to review that grade, don't you? What grade would you give him now, at this point, regardless of the outcome of next week's game?
Comment: I think u do in the game, what u do in practice. On that note it is hard to grade Alex at this time due mainly to the run heavy offenses he's had to endure through. With thee exception of what Norv Turner presented as oc of the niners. However my grade would have to be A at this point because Alex has endured 8 systems n 7 seasons when it takes at least two years to fully grasp one; we are just now adding the hardware around him to even be judged as an NFL qb.
Comment: Great read as always Rabbit. It looks like this really is the year where he turned the corner. I'd like to see him in more no huddle offenses to see how could fare against the Bradys and Rodgers and Brees'. Until then i'm damn happy he's our QB.
Comment: I have supported Smith from draft day on. I have to agree that his development was stunted due to various reasons. Smith is tough in the mind. Character prevails in big time games. I was not at all surprised by Alexs performance against the Saints. I do not feel Alex is an elite quaterback but he is now a good quaterback. I give Alex a B- on his career so far. He still has a ways to go before that A grade.
Comment: I give Smith an A-. The minus only because of past struggles. Not his fault. I posted a comment around week 4 when 9ers fans were skeptical of our first season under Harbaugh. I kept hearing, when will we open the offense? When will Alex Smith take control? I stated, like Bill Walsh, Harbaugh is the captian and he will open the sails when he is ready. Just believe! Look now. Look up the 1981 49ers. Joe Montana, the defense. It's almost scary. Smith has been better than Montana..... 6 comebacks, 5 INT'S all season. That's amazing. Best of all, the new Bill is his biggest supporter. Harbaugh found his Montana.. Alex Smith. Embrace it.
Comment: I'd say Smith has earned a B with room to improve to an A. Week over week, he seems to unleash a new facet to his game. His heroics Saturday will be remembered for years. Great read, amigo.
Comment: I'd say he's elevated to a B at this point. I think his play this year has been much better than at any other point in his career thus far. So if he was a C before this year, then a B is more than reasonable. His accuracy is much improved this year, and I think he had his first sack-fumble of the year on Saturday, so he's done really well with taking care of the football. He hasn't wilted in big game moments- 6 fourth quarter comeback wins this year, game-winning plays. With the offseason to work with the offensive squad more in the system, and draft/free agency to get another offensive weapon or two, I think the sky is the limit for what he can accomplish.
Comment: Great read. We'll never know the answers to most of these questions, but we do know that Alex is one of Harbaughs Mighty Men. Coach has, and values, character and work ethic.
Comment: Justin S....couldn't have said it better myself. Living in San Diego, I had the opportunity to watch Smith and Bush play HS football together. He excelled in college and his college coach, an offenses Guru by nature, told us to give him time. As a former JuCo QB and can only imagine what it would be like to have two knucklehead defense minded coaches and 7 coordinators in 7 years. I always did think he had the potential. As it relates to Green Bay, I was actually hoping we'd play them. Everything you stated below was being ignored by everyone from Wisconsin further East to conneticut and ESPN. The recievers are older, no o-line and lousy pass protection get you what they got Sunday. Beatin by the better, more aggressive, mistake free fundamentaly sound team. The G-men will be a handful. But I know the 49ers are up to the task. Aaron will live on. It's the issues they need to consider.
Comment: God Bless you Diego but this is "Straight Out Of The Jackass's Hole". Rogers would be our QB and McCarthy would have been promoted from OC to Head Coach. No more Nolan, No More Singleberry = Superbowl.
Comment: If SF wins the Superbowl you have to give him an A for his career regardless of his previous disappointments. A championship trumps all. SF would not be where they are now, but for Alex Smith. You could make the case that Rogers, Brees, Brady or Manning might have been able to bring this team to this point, but it is clear that a lesser QB could not have.
Response: would be hard not to give him an A if he wins the SuperBowl, but what about TODAY? What is his grade?
Comment: joseph k. so according to your theory(which is completely incorrect) alex smith doesnt deserve his teammates based on the drops that they have had this year? no, the green bay packers have the deepest wr core in the NFL. all the media and analysts talked about teams coming to lambeau and having trouble with the cold. turns out the packers had the trouble. every wr on that team would be a starter on any other team. rodgers was flustered, he missed multiple targets that were open trying to force passes. the giants were opportunistic in their takeaways and the packers could not establish the run, or stop eli, their wrs, or running game. their defense has been suspect all year. the packers lost to a better team, and they would have lost to the niners if they played them. 15-1, only playing 5 teams with a winning record, 2 that were against the lions, almost lost to them and almost lost to the giants in the last game. rodgers and his recievers were great this year, not playing against top defenses. they were exposed when they played good defenses, and couldnt handle the pressure when they did.
Response: so, no word on my actual piece?
Comment: The questions posed are very legitimate. And as much as I preferred Rodgers to Smith, I was resigned to the selection made at the time. After that I was hoping Smith became a decent qb. His foibles under pressure were too common to ignore.He also showed flashes of brilliance under Norv Turner but utter disarray under Singletary. But being smart and a good guy convinced me to await results of Harbaugh's experiment. In fact I was not discouraged when he missed certain throws. I just hoped he made the next one. God helps those who help themselves and God is on his side because he hepls himself.
Response: hard to say his teammates don't deserve him when just a season ago they all won a super bowl together. Also hard to say they would had won if the WR's and OL had had a better game, that defense still couldn't stop the Giants, never mind the fact that Rodgers had a fumble himself on a play where displayed minimal if any pocket-awareness.
Comment: Lots of great questions. I was screaming at the TV on draft day 2005 RODGERS! RODGERS! RODGERS! I was angry that we picked Smith and I was upset for the next 6 years. Even with the terrible handling of his career by the organization, Alex still progressed slowly. There was 5 yard passes he would miss by a mile and those types of things have nothing to do with coaching. I commend the man for sticking through everything and fighting to become a good QB. im halpy for the team and happy for the fans but Im most happy for Alex Smith. He deserves this attention now and hes playing like a legit NFL QB.


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'My last two years at Terra Nova School were the most fun for me. I had a great relationship with some of my teachers as they had taught me for a long time and I definitely think they got the best out of me. When I moved to The Grange at 13+ it wasn't a big deal, I think this was partly because of the confidence I gained being at the top of TN.'
Joseph K, now Year 9 at The Grange
'Millfield is a huge school and I would have found going to senior school completely overwhelming at 11. I think TN prepared me for senior school really well plus I loved being Head Girl. But my favourite thing about TN in Yr 7&8 were the friendships we made, we've met every holiday since we left and I know some of these friends will be friends for life.'
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Consider a business scenario where we have to send deliveries or call any third party for each customer records in batches. There is no straightaway activity provided by Adobe Campaign that can break the record set in batches of a predefined size followed by looping through those batches separately. This blog provide a configuration constructed using existing Split, Test & Wait activities within Adobe Campaign to solve this business need.
Lets assume we are not aware of the total record count (X) of our record set but certainly know the record count in a single batch. Say N (an integer value ) be the predefined size of our batches.
Check if total record count (X) is more than our batch size (N) i.e.
Make a split for N random records and parallel generate the complement. This complement would act as base record set for next iteration. Thus, we every iteration, our base record set starts decreasing and so it Complement record count.
So, over here, we are checking if our input record count from query is greater than batch size. For smaller record count we obviously can't do splitting, thus all records are processed in a single go. Other way round, if we can build batches from record set, we would try breaking then using Random sampling. Do check "Generate Complement" option here to generate left over records. We have to do this splitting on Complement till our record count for next iteration doesn't become zero.


That will work but the a/c will only work with the key on. If you want it to cool while charging etc it will have to change. Also the system will trip out on low temp really quickly if the blower fan isn't going (evaporator will turn to a block of ice) and you won't get good cooling on your pack. Maybe have the battery system feed in after the thermostat?
I would say parallel would be best, or after if you really have to be in series. I think that once the refrigerant has gone through the heat exchanger it won't have anything left to give for the poor people in the car.
The compressor/condenser should cope fine with the extra load from a parallel system and you can use lockout solenoids to isolate each part of the system for maximum cooling where you want it.
Just found another error on the new A/C wiring diagram - the diode as placed initially would prevent the fans from turning on.
So the right place to put it is just before fuse 18 and 17.
I managed to buy an automotive grade DPDT relay (30 A rated) for the interlock. Why have two relays when one will do?
I also realised that everything will be operational through the OR gate, including pumps, fans, relays etc. So that calls for a fairly hefty pair of diodes.
I also picked up a few 10 A diodes, so I should be able to solder a few in parallel to satisfy the currents we'll see coming from the blower/AC/fans/pumps etc too.
2 10A diodes in parallel do not give you 20A capacity.
Diodes have a negative temperature coefficient. This means that as the diode gets hotter the forward voltage drop gets less. This means that of the two diodes takes slightly more current than the other which causes it to heat up more. This causes a lower forward voltage drop which causes the hotter diode to take a bigger share.
To avoid this you can put some series resistors on the diodes which reduces this effect.
Well I don't expect them to take a huge amount of current, but the compact nature of the diodes is convenient.
I'm still trying to get my head around why the diodes are wanted in the first place.
It's the blower motor which drove the decision for a high current diode. If I am supplying power to the auxiliaries when the car is charging, it needs to have enough power to run relay coils etc as brendon mentioned. But the blower motor is not powered by a relay - it's powered directly from it's source (IG2B). I watched it add a cool 15 amps to the 12 V load by turning it up to 4 on the dash. So the diode will be wearing this load as well as the various relay coils.
I'm guessing the diode pr are Schottky diodes. We use these quite a bit running around 40 amps through them and they do require the heatsink to dissipate the waste heat. We use a tunnel heatsink with a fan and 2 thermostats to keep 2 x 100 amp DC solid state relays cool and happy so we already had the heatsink available. This could be mounted in the air stream from the blower motor, much like they do with the resistors for the different fan motor speeds.
Well that clears that up then. The CanEV adaptor plate definitely won't work.
The Prelude has the B20A6 engine and the matching manual gearbox (left) was completely unique. A more common B series engine (right) has the starter motor in the rear and a completely different dowel spacing.
... everything will be operational through the OR gate, including pumps, fans, relays etc. So that calls for a fairly hefty PAIR of diodes.
A solid state relay is overkill in this case as bidirectional isolation isn't required.
And a diode is simple but makes a lot of heat.
Can I suggest an LM5050MK-2/NOPB and N-channel Mosfet?
Even with a 10mR Fet this would keep it under a few watts of heat.
Only mentioned the solid state relays and heat sink we used for cooling because we already use them in our battery management systems, they are for solar control and sometimes mains or DC to DC control if there is not another available method such as voltage control of the piece of equipment being used.
Spent some time designing the PCB for the charge control box and drive interlock. Turns out I can fit the thermal management system in there too.
The Zeva BMS main unit will have to mount in another box, along with a few other bits and pieces. PCB design makes these tasks so much neater.
This afternoon I traces out the shape of the gearbox adaptor plate and will try and get this shaped up before the weekend. All the accurate measurements can come later.
Plan is to cut the basic shape out, then using this start to clock the dowels and the shaft. I should be able to come up with some fairly reliable numbers this way.
I've ordered a slab of 40 mm thick aluminium, big enough to make three adaptor plates (minimum purchase was 1200 mm x 600 mm). So if anyone wants some let me know.
The goal is to machine it out as a single part with motor PCD on one side and gearbox bell housing on the other. I have the dowels and centre shaft properly measured now so it should all start to come together. So while that's all underway I finally got a chance to get back to the air conditioning wiring.
The Arduino will switch a relay should it read a temperature greater than 26'C or something. This will provide unswitched +12 V power to the Aircon control relay in the glove box, which runs the compressor. All of the safety and thermal control features remain in use, but as before, it relies on the blower being set to 1 or 2 to prevent it from icing up. It should only run for a little while, until the battery is at or below 26'C.
Then I realised what's wrong. The second relay which is designed to switch the A/C system to ground and power it up is also being powered by the ignition +12 V supply. I still need to take the +12 V supply from the Arduino thermal management system and use it to power the grounding relay so that all of the thermal protection sensors are in series.
Added the diode and it works a treat As I mentioned earlier, it means the power of the blower motor is being drawn through this diode when the vehicle is being charged, but on the lowest setting it's about 6 amps - well within the ratings of the silicon (10 A).
The chap who bought the old engine let me go up and take some measurements, and it was a good chance to offload the fuel tank and a few other bits and pieces. I came back none the wiser though, as the engine face plate was difficult to take measurements from. I later went past Mike's place and picked up the gearbox for a couple of reasons - I can use it to trace out a plan for the adaptor plate aluminium, and so I can mount it back in the car, without the motor for an indication of how much depth I have to work with for things like the inverter, charger, vacuum pump, DC/DC converter and two battery modules.
I ended up taking better measurements from the gearbox anyway. I think a combination of transfer punches, accurate measurements and a bit of good fortune will make the plate work.
The hub can be bought from CanEV, but between the time zone differences and the lack of reply emails, I have decided it's easier to just make one here. Simple design really - 63 mm PCD for the threaded bolt holes, 39 mm long, 80 mm at the flange, standard 28.5 mm inner diameter and 6.3 mm keyway.
I lowered the gearbox into place so I can work out how much room I have available for mounting all the other components. Looks like there's a fair bit of space, but without the motor attached I'm still sort of guessing. I will try and mount the aircon compressor somewhere close to the original A/C compressor - lower front LHS. At least this way the plumbing is pretty close.
The other thing I realised is that the engine mounts are going to be a bit of a headache - only the RHS transmission mount and rear diff mount are still attached to the gearbox, while the other two main mounts were fixed to the block. I can devise something for the LHS engine mount to come from the rear of the motor easy enough - I'm going to have to since the intermediate shaft needs it's bearing block to be fixed to something. Likewise the front block mount will need some kind of attachment points on the adaptor plate.
Easter Monday and nothing is open, so I spent the afternoon working on the heater plumbing since it's a bit more straight forward than the battery plumbing.
Well, until you realise that without some specific U-turns and 90 degree bends, it's starting to look a bit comical. I might try and find some elbows and car-specific rubber hose fittings. Lest it start to look like a pretzel.
Preferably 5/8" hose because that still fits the heater without too much slop, but 3/4" is way to big. As usual, the pumps are 3/4", the heater is 1/2" and the Prelude heater core is 5/8". A T-piece will be needed so I can take it up to a header/surge tank.
The hose fittings were all available from an engineering mob is outer western Sydney back when I was doing engine transplants in various vehicles. They could make up any combination of pipe sizes, angles and 2, 3 or 4 way fittings, all machined out of brass and not very expensive. No idea if the mob still exists because this was back in the late '90's but the fact they could make them up means just about anyone good with a lathe could do the same. Each pipe fitting was silver soldered into the base block and the block size depended on just how many connection had to come out of it.
As far as the drive coupling, I'm guessing you will attach the flywheel to the motor shaft, but do you plan to use a clutch plate and pressure plate? I saw the clutch fork and bearing in the gearbox so I'm guessing you are. Don't forget about the spigot bearing required to support the gearbox input shaft, you need the space machined into the flywheel mounting boss to hold the roller or ball bearing.
I found some Holden heater and bypass hoses, seems to work reasonably well. Not 100% comfortable with the heater unit inlet, as the hose clamp was done up pretty tight to stop it from sliding around, but I can't do much else but make sure it doesn't leak. I will find a surge tank and test it tomorrow.
Terry- yes the plan is to mount the original flywheel to a new hub which is fitted to the motor shaft. Clutch, pressure plate and everything else should all remain in place.


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Contra was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America on February 1988. This version was produced in-house by Konami and features several differences from the arcade release in order to better suit the NES's hardware. The game can be played by up to two players, but due to the graphical limitations of the NES, Bill and Lance lost their individualized character designs. Instead, they are both depicted as shirtless commandos distinguished by the colors of their pants (blue pants for the first player and red pants for the second). When one player loses all of his lives, he is given the option to use the other player's stock to keep fighting.
The NES version consists of eight stages, which are structured a bit differently from the arcade game. Stage 1 (the jungle) starts similarly to its arcade counterpart, but the level is longer and there's an added segment where the player must jump over a couple of bottomless pits just before reaching the gate. Stage 2 combines the first base stage and the subsequent battle in the core of the base into one level, whereas Stage 4 does the same for the second base and its core. Both base stages no longer have a time limit and feature a completely linear layout compared to the maze-like designs of their arcade counterparts. Stage 3 (the waterfall) is also longer and has a different boss at the end: instead of destroying a sensor, the player fights an alien statue that shoots fireballs from its mouth and limbs. Stages 5 through 8 are based on the various areas that composed the final stage of the arcade version (a snowfield, an energy zone, a hangar and the alien's lair). Each of these stages end with a showdown against an enemy boss.


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Thanks for the prompt reply. I should wait for the Amazon stated one month shipment time and, if they do not deliver, go to Alibris as a second option, seeing as they have already jacked the prices up to the level it was before OEB reprint.
Anyhow, this discussion reminded me that it is almost two years since the last time I re-read the Quartet. Time for a refresher.


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In this episode of "Justina's GaRAGE" you can watch me replacing the KingSong 18L tyre and inner tube, with a complete disassembly without touching important parts.
You can do it yourself at home. We will still honour your warranty!
At least 2 tyre levers.
Start with opening the pedal, then gently unstick the pads. Keep the adhesive side clean. Don't loosen the screws yet.
To protect your shell from scratching, apply 2 layers of the isolation tape at the bottom of each LED cover.
Unless you've got a proper prying tool, wrap a flat screwdriver with the isolation tape as well.
Gently pry the LED cover open from the bottom, and slowly pull the LEDs module, releasing all the hooks from the bottom to the top.
Then, simply unplug the LEDs module. Do the same on the other side.
Now, loosen all 5 screws on one side, just a little bit.
On the other side, first loosen the screws a bit, while pressing the shell with your other hand. Next, unscrew them. And these 5 on the other side, too.
Now it's time to remove the remaining 5 screws.
Next: Gently detach the shell. Be careful with the LED wires!
Loosen all 6 large screws.
Remove all the screw washers.
Unstick the black supports. Unplug the motor power connector.
Put some padding under the pedal. Now let's repeat everything on the other side.You can remove the pads later, it doesn't really matter. The only difference is to unplug the motor signal cablee that little white connector right here.
You need to pull the whole casing upwards, while managing the cables on both sides.
Now it's time to deflate the tyre.
Use the tyre levers to pry the tyre open in two spots. I'm using the Continental levers from our store.
Slide one lever around the tyre. Keep it parallel to the motor, the closer the better.
Let me show it to you in real time.
Now grab the tyre and "roll" it towards you.
Clean up the rim, inner tube and tyre. Even one sand grain can puncture your tube over time.
Tyre lever will help you at the end.
Now the inner tube. Start from the valve. Make sure you don't roll the tube. It must lay flat. Roll the tyre in the opposite direction, to make it pop into the rim. Tiny steps :-) And as always: use the tyre levers.
It's time to inflate the tyre. Valve nut - remember!
And again - slide the casing onto the wheel, while managing the cables on both sides! Be gentle!
Lay the unicycle on the side, and connect the white plug first. Align the wires in place, and put the supports back.
Now put 3 big screws with washers in place, and tighten them a bit.
Then put the other 3 screws in place and tighten all 6.
Now the other side. Connect the power first. Align the cables, and put the supports back. Repeat the steps, but this time tighten the screws all the way. Lift the unicycle and tighten the 6 screws on the other side. Completely.
Attach the shell. Remember to put the LED cables through.
This time start from tightening the 3 screws at the top and 2 at the bottom. Put the pads back in place and close the pedal.
Now tighten all the screws under LED modules, just a little bit!
Now tighten them all completely, while constantly pressing the side of the shell.
Do the same on the other side and finally connect the LEDs.


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Siponimod
Also known as: BAF312
Pharmaceutical Company:Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG
Route and Dose of Administration: Oral (once daily)
Type: Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1R) modulator; immunomodulator
Emerging Treatment for: Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Status: Completed phase III clinical trials
Siponimod belongs to the same class of drugs as fingolimod (Gilenya) and works by entering the central nervous system (CNS) and binding to specific subtypes of the sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor. The S1P receptor is found on the surface of specific immune cells called T cells and B cells that play a role in causing damage to the CNS in MS. By binding to the S1P receptor, siponimod prevents these harmful immune cells – specifically B cells and both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells – from being activated and released from the lymph nodes and thymus gland into the blood circulation and, hence, the brain and spinal cord.
EXPAND: Phase III Trial
The safety, tolerability and efficacy of siponimod in participants with secondary progressive MS was explored in the EXPAND study, a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled clinical trial. The study enrolled 1645 people from 31 countries between the ages of 18 to 60 with SPMS and an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 3.0–6.5. Participants were randomly assigned to once daily 2 mg of oral siponimod, or placebo for up to three years, or until specific evidence of disability progression was observed. Data from EXPAND showed that siponimod met its primary endpoint of reduced risk of three-month confirmed disability progression (CDP) by 21% versus placebo. Siponimod also resulted in reduced six-month CDP by 26%. On imaging measures, siponimod slowed the rate of brain volume loss by 23% and decreased T2 lesion volume by approximately 80% over 12 and 24 months. Other results that were reported include reduced annualized relapse rate by 55%, however, no difference in the Timed 25-Foot Walk test and MS Walking Scale was observed.
Adverse Effects Reported
The most common adverse effects reported for siponimod in the EXPAND study included low white blood count, increased liver counts, slow heart rate at treatment initiation, macular edema, high blood pressure, varicella zoster reactivation (shingles), and convulsions.
Kappos L, et al. Siponimod versus placebo in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (EXPAND): a double-blind, randomised, phase 3 study. Lancet. 2018; 391(10127):1263-1273.
Gergely P, et al. The selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator BAF312 redirects lymphocyte distribution and has species-specific effects on heart rate. Br J Pharmacol. 2012; 167(5):1035-47.
Kappos L, et al. Siponimod (BAF312) for the Treatment of Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Design of the Phase 3 EXPAND Trial. Neurology (Meeting Abstracts), 12 Feb 2013.
Kappos L, et al. Siponimod (BAF312) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: Design of the phase 3 EXPAND trial. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2014; 3(6):752.
Lewis ND, et al. Circulating monocytes are reduced by sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulators independently of S1P3. J Immunol. 2013; 190(7):3533-40.
Selmaj K, et al. Siponimod for patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (BOLD): an adaptive, dose-ranging, randomised, phase 2 study. Lancet Neurol. 2013; 12(8):756-67.