Saturday, March 9, 2013

Television - Is it TV that has broken down our society, or mostly the bad parents fault?


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Careless television programing and bad parents, take a bow, because its all coming back on you now. They are the real villain in our American society today that almost no one is talking about. Guns, mental patients,
organized crime, corrupt politicians, dishonest businessman, ect.  All these problems are thoroughly talked about at length on television. And the answers to our social problem remain generally neglected. Nothing of real substance is ever said about bad parents, and the careless people working on the TV Networks. Why is Washington DC leaving out the obvious?

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I think that our problem with TV programing started right from the get go. Everyone was so taken by the great television technology of bringing moving pictures images through the airway for free. That the American people became willing to just about over look all the pitfalls of the television networks. Who seemed to be  making up their own TV rules, and regulations. The back and forth between government and the television companies became a behind the scene backroom secret deal. That the general public had very little say so about. The control of television was conducted by and large between the TV Networks and the government.

Now after a half a century of television broadcasting history we the people can take a much more educated look. Seeing what kind of harm television is causing our American society, and just when and where we can begin to fix what is broken?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg

It is my suspicion that TV and mostly bad parenting is the true reason that our society has broken down? Because crazy people seem to be walking around us unattended...Shooting a classroom full of kindergarten children tell me that something is very wrong with the way these crazy people are walking around us. Because so many people are really enabling them to live out their fanatics. To simply kill someone. That means the parents are guilty of accessory to murder?

There is a disorder for every reason these days, It is never this generation's fault. Even automobile companies are recalling some new cars that the auto workers have made. The new cars are starting up by themselves. What going on around here? Be very careful ladies and gentlemen. Stay home because too many people are truly turning into mindless Zombies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqrxW-pEq3Q
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Spring preview: Cameron's influence

March, 8, 2013

By Gary Laney | ESPN.com


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Cam Cameron's NFL experience is likely to help the LSU Tigers.
As LSU prepares to begin spring practice March 14, GeauxTigerNation will take daily looks at aspects of the spring camp. This is the fifth in the series:

BATON ROUGE, La. -- With LSU bringing in a new offensive coordinator in Cam Cameron, the question is, how will it affect the offense?

Over the years, Tigers teams under Les Miles have had strikingly similar offensive identities. The power running game has been a staple. The downfield passing game has usually been there. Since defensive coordinator John Chavis brought a dominant defense to town in 2009, the willingness to play conservatively and exchange field position with superior special teams has been part of the identity.

With Cameron and his Air Coryell background things might be tweaked. Cameron made his name as the offensive guru of the San Diego Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens and served as head coach of the Miami Dolphins and Indiana University.

Here are some common threads that might continue to be traits of his offense at LSU:

Quarterback development: Under Cameron, quarterbacks have generally flourished.

When he was offensive coordinator with the Washington Redskins, Gus Frerotte made his only Pro Bowl appearance. As head coach at Indiana, he tutored future NFL wide receiver Antwaan Randle-El into one of the all-time great dual-threat college quarterbacks. At San Diego, he guided Drew Brees into stardom before Brees left for New Orleans, then helped Philip Rivers peak. At Baltimore, he coached Joe Flacco.

Does this mean he'll turn Zach Mettenberger from an ordinary quarterback to an All-SEC candidate? It likely depends on how quick a study Mettenberger can be. Cameron will be the fifth offensive coordinator of Mettenberger's college career.

Pass-catching tight ends: At San Diego, Cameron had Antonio Gates. At Baltimore, Dennis Pitta had 61 catches this season.

In a Cameron offense, the tight end is a passing game weapon.

That hasn't been the case in recent years at LSU. In 2012, the tight end was almost non-existent in the passing game with just 16 combined receptions. Before that, DeAngelo Peterson had a couple of seasons of underwhelming production, especially considering he was a converted wide receiver. One has to go back to Richard Dickson to find the last time the Tigers had a tight end productive in the passing game.

Will it happen this year? Logan Stokes, a junior college transfer, was underused in a junior college offense that struggled in the passing game. Scouts, however, like his agility and ball skills. Dickson's younger brother, Travis Dickson, made some catches in limited opportunities last season.

DeSean Smith, a true freshman who is a true hybrid in the Gates mold, won't arrive until after the spring semester. Until then, it'll be interesting to see how the current tight ends get used in the passing game.

Productive, versatile backs: The irony of Cameron's firing from the Ravens was that he was criticized for not getting the ball to Ray Rice enough.

One of the traits of Cameron offenses has been consistently productive play from his running backs.

Both LaDainian Tomlinson and Rice were not only productive rushers, but prolific pass catchers under Cameron. Tomlinson had a 100-catch season in 2003. Rice had just under 70 catches a season in his last four Ravens seasons. Even with Randle-El dominating the offense at Indiana, Levron Williams had a 1,401-yard rushing season in 2001. And as bad as the Miami Dolphins were in Cameron's one season as head coach, Ronnie Brown had an outstanding season.

So what does it mean for the run-heavy Tigers?

Probably not much, considering the Miles Tigers have always demanded extraordinary running back production. If there's one tweak, it'll be with more production from backs in the passing game. A year ago, LSU running backs accounted for 35 pass receptions (38 when figuring in three catches by fullback J.C. Copleand). Expect that number to go up.

When healthy, Alfred Blue showed good ball skills last season, catching seven passes before injury ended his season in the third game. Look for Blue to be used out of the backfield this season.

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LSU's Mettenberger has most to prove

March, 8, 2013

By Chris Low | ESPN.com

LSU's Zach Mettenberger is the quarterback in the SEC with the most to prove to this spring, according to the fans.

With nearly 7,000 votes cast in our SportsNation poll, Mettenberger received 31 percent of the vote. Florida's Jeff Driskel was second with 27 percent. Auburn's Kiehl Frazier was third with 20 percent followed by Missouri's James Franklin with 12 percent and Tennessee's Justin Worley with 10 percent.


Mettenberger came on toward the end of last season and played three of his best games in November against Alabama, Mississippi State and Ole Miss. But he still wound up 12th in the SEC in passing efficiency and completed just 58.8 percent of his passes. As important as it is for Mettenberger to have a big spring and offseason, the people around him need to play better, too. The LSU receivers need to make more plays and not have as many drops, and the Tigers also need to do a better job of protecting Mettenberger. They gave up 32 sacks in 13 games last season, which was 10th in the league.


It's a similar story with Driskel, who was up and down throwing the ball last season. But he didn't get any help from his receivers, and the Gators were last in the SEC with 39 sacks allowed in 13 games.


Franklin is coming back from an injury-plagued season, while Frazier and Worley will both be locked into fierce battles for starting jobs this spring.

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Zach Mettenberger lack of mobility really rocked me back from the very first game that he started QB for LSU vs North Texas. He looked like a wet noodle running around. Looking like he was about to collapse at any given moment. And his play recognition was sorely amateurish. As the LSU football season progressed, Zach never really did much of anything efficiency. He couldn't even make a first down when LSU offense needed it the most. So if Zach does show real signs of improvement I will be very relieved. If not, I hope that the LSU coaching staff doesn't wast any more valuable time on him?
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All crap talking aside.....if Mettenberger can lead this LSU offense as good as he did in the final month of the season (delete the bowl game from memory) then this time will challenge for the SEC West. If he can't, then this is a December bowl team once again. 
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I think its driskel because mettenberger actually showed signs of improvement, driskel is inconsistent, but now he has some experience under this system and if he improves then UF is a NC contender
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Feel like this should definitely be Missouri - not even a question. LSU was a good team last year and Auburn and Tennessee, even though they had bad seasons, have have been extremely successful in the SEC in the past. Missouri is still trying to prove themselves as a team and since their spread offense requires an extremely talented quarterback - w/o injuries - to be successful it would make sense that Franklin (or Mauk) have the most to prove, as they have an entire team on their shoulders. ...more
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Im seeing some LSU fans are happy to see that Mettenbooger was voted most to prove. How does that make you happy? Thats not a good thing. I think Driskel has more to prove because of how physically gifted he is and that he doesnt have the playmakers Mettenbooger has. But its not a good thing that they have a lot to prove and its not anything to be happy about. I think some of you just get excited when there is an article about your favorite team.
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Guess florida, auburn, missouri, and tennessee fans just don't have the expectations that LSU carries since their QB's don't have as much to prove. It's obvious that Mett has the most to prove, he's a senior in the winningest program in the SEC the past 8 seasons. Excitement about the new season leads to expectations which obviously these others QBs and teams don't have.
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He was the obvious choice here. Driskel has already proven he is not elite.
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And Mettenbooger has shown any signs of being elite? HELL NOO!!!!!
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He was like 18-24 for 300 yards and 2 TD's vs Bama... he's flashed potential but still has to put it all together. He has also only played college ball for 1 year, and his supporting cast didnt do much too help him. Our WR's struggled, and the OL was a work in progress due to major injuries throughout the season
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I'm just hoping they open up competition at the spot. In no way is he deserving of an unchallengeable 1st string spot like a Murray, Manziel, etc. he needs a fire to be lit under his you know what.
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Preferably someone with some mobility.
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I'm really anxious to see Jennings.
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Who else is on the roster to compete with? I'm not familiar with LSU's depth chart there. Anybody you think could realistically beat him out?
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Rivers and Bolden. I don't know if they could beat him out because we haven't seen much of them in serious situations (i.e. not when LSU is up by 21 with 2 min to go). I don't even remember seeing Bolden play this year.
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That's right I forgot the Penn St. guy went there
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Im sorry but Bolden was not good at PSU.
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And Mett hasn't been that great either.
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Yeah Mettenbooger has been bad but Bolden is awful. You didnt watch the PSU vs BAMA game?
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While head injuries and repeated concussions are known to dramatically increase the likelihood of long-term cognitive injuries, the underlying cause of that long-term impairment is still being speculated upon. And one group of researchers thinks that it might be due to an immune response — which mean some injuries could be suppressed by something as simple as a pill.

According to Popular Science magazine, Jeffrey Bazarian, a physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center, says jostling of the brain which doesn’t qualify as a concussion may trigger an autoimmune response that attacks the brain. A paper Bazarian recently co-authored found incidental evidence immune cells harm the brain, although it wasn’t set up to prove that thesis.

The data doesn’t “really prove causality, so that’s why more work needs to be done, but I still think it’s provocative,” said Bazarian. However, if the theory did come to something, the implications for the treatment of brain injuries could amount to a quantum leap. “We could talk about, ‘How do we block this part of the immune response with some kind of immune suppressant?’”

Bazarian’s theory revolves around a protein called S100B, which is often found in the brain of those who are known to have suffered head injuries. When S100B is introduced into the bloodstream the body also creates antibodies to attack the protein, which eventually may be introduced to the brain. However, Bazarian cautions that last part is just speculative and needs investigation.

Other theories of the mechanism behind head injuries include actual damage to cells from hits, and the stress put on neurons during their repair by proteins.

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Tide's AJ McCarron shrugs off the pain

March, 8, 2013

By Chris Low | ESPN.com


Quarterback AJ McCarron embraced his role last season as one of the vocal leaders on Alabama’s national championship team.
And in his world, if you’re going to talk the talk, you had better walk the walk.


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McCarron did just that by playing through a painful rib injury during the final part of the season.
For obvious reasons, Alabama didn’t publicize how much McCarron was hurting. But his teammates knew, and McCarron wasn’t about to come out of the lineup.


“You’ve got to knock me out to get me out of the game,” McCarron said. “I’ve got to really be hurt. That’s just the way I’ve always been.”


Dealing with the pain of having his ribs popping in and out of place was one thing. But McCarron said the hardest thing for him was not being able to throw as much during the week.

“We made it through, though. That was the main thing,” McCarron said. “My offensive teammates and receivers knew I was playing with a lot of pain, but I knew they were dealing with their own stuff. When you have that kind of support, it just helps you push through everything.


“We play for each other at Alabama.”


McCarron jokes that he still gives former Mississippi State linebacker Cam Lawrence a hard time for injuring him. Lawrence leveled McCarron late in the third quarter on a sack, causing a few of McCarron's ribs to pop out of place.


“We still keep in touch, and I tell him he didn’t have to hit me that hard,” McCarron said. “I was really hurting, but tried to get up as fast as I could. You have to no matter what. You can’t ever let them see that you’re hurting.”

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Well, no one could really tell that he was indeed hurt, because he did such a good job. Wow! I wonder how good he could play if he is injury free?
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Alabama chasing more than just history

March, 8, 2013

By Chris Low | ESPN.co

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Nick Saban and Alabama are going for a third consecutive crystal football this season.

They’re all chasing Alabama, and not just in the SEC.

Oregon, USC and Ohio State are. Ditto for Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Florida State.

The Crimson Tide have pocketed three of the past four national championships, including the past two, and are dead-set on winning a few more.

Remember offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio's proclamation after the 42-14 blistering of Notre Dame two months ago in the Discover BCS National Championship Game?

“We’re going for it next year again ... and again and again and again,” Kouandjio said.

It’s the way they roll at Alabama, particularly since Nick Saban’s arrival in 2007.

But while everybody else is chasing the Crimson Tide, they’re involved in a chase of their own.

Some might say they’re chasing history. More precisely, they’re chasing a standard, one that is handed down year by year and cuts to the very core of what Saban’s “process” is all about.


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Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAJ McCarron is 25-2 since taking over as the Crimson Tide's starting quarterback.

“That’s why one of our famous sayings at Alabama is, 'We don’t play football. We live it,'" said quarterback AJ McCarron, who has a chance to win a fourth national championship ring.

“That says a lot about our program and the way Coach Saban handles the guys on our team. You’ve got to be able to handle success, and best way to do that is that every time you step out onto the field, you’re pushing for greatness.”

That pursuit started all over again about 48 hours after Alabama’s players and coaches returned home from South Florida back in January. It resumes in earnest on March 16 when Alabama opens spring practice.

The Crimson Tide will almost certainly start the 2013 season ranked No. 1. No school has won three consecutive outright national championships since Minnesota all the way back in 1934-36, according to the NCAA's official website.

And while the Alabama players have been well-trained to live (and play) in the moment, they’re well aware of what awaits them next season.

The expectations, not to mention the pressure to collect another crystal football, will be enormous.

But they seem to like it that way.

“It’s like Coach Saban always says, ‘We created this beast, so you don’t complain about it,’” said McCarron, who’s 25-2 as a starter. “We set the standard this high. I think it brings the best out of you as a player and as a person on and off the field. You have to carry yourself with that much more pride.

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“It doesn’t matter if you’re on the field or off of it. Everybody’s gunning to beat us, and everybody’s watching us. All eyes are on us at all times. It’s one of the best things about playing here. Everybody expects greatness.”

Linebacker C.J. Mosley, like McCarron, decided to come back for his senior season after considering a jump to the NFL. In a lot of ways, he’s to Alabama’s defense what McCarron is to the offense.

“We go into every game expecting to get that team’s best,” Mosley said. “We look at it like the regular season is 13 national championship games for every opponent we play, so we know that we’re going to have to play our best every week.”

For the most part, the Crimson Tide have found a way to do that during their historic run.

Still, they’ve needed a little help along the way and have managed to make clutch plays at key times.

They rebounded from a November home loss to Texas A&M last season to reach the BCS National Championship Game after previously unbeaten Oregon and Kansas State both lost the next week. A week earlier, they pulled out a win over LSU on the road thanks to a last-minute touchdown drive.

Had Ohio State not been on NCAA probation last season and ineligible for postseason play, Alabama probably would have been left out of the BCS National Championship Game.

In 2011, the Crimson Tide got a rematch with LSU in the BCS National Championship Game despite not even winning the Western Division title and losing at home to LSU during the regular season.


C.J. Mosley Ronald Martinez/Getty Images "We go into every game expecting to get that team's best," C.J. Mosley said. "... the regular season is 13 national championship games."

So the ball has bounced Alabama’s way each of the past two seasons. But once on the big stage, the Crimson Tide have proved emphatically that they were the best team in college football.

Getting there may again be the tricky part in 2013. There’s the showdown with Texas A&M in College Station the third week of the season, and there are some key holes to fill on both defense and offense.

Three starters on the offensive line are gone, including All-Americans Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack. The Crimson Tide will also be looking for reinforcements in the defensive secondary. There’s very little depth at cornerback.

“We still have a lot of guys coming back who’ve been in those big games and have the right experience,” McCarron said. “But at the same time, we’re going to need some of these freshmen coming in and some of the sophomores and redshirt freshmen to step up and make some plays for us.

“We’re going to find out who’s ready to do that. You always need new guys to emerge, every year. We’ve got to have guys who can do it on a consistent basis and know that they’re going to be there week in and week out. Nothing’s going to be given to us, and nothing’s going to be easy. We know that.”

If Alabama can get past Texas A&M on Sept. 14, the schedule isn’t too daunting from there. In fact, the Crimson Tide have to leave the state to play only twice more after that -- at Kentucky on Oct. 12 and at Mississippi State on Nov. 16. What’s more, they avoid Georgia, Florida and South Carolina in the East next season.

Of course, good luck in getting anybody inside the Alabama locker room to admit that they’ve even thought about looking that far down the road.

But as the chase ensues in 2013 -- on both fronts -- the specter of a potential three-peat will loom large across the entire college football landscape.

“There’s a lot of work to do before anybody starts thinking about that,” Mosley said. “We’re still trying to get a feel for some of the younger guys. We working on putting the standard in their heads and making sure they know what Alabama football is all about.”

Judging by how crowded the trophy case at the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility is getting, they tend to learn quickly at the Capstone.
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LSU's Les Miles dismisses Twitter hoax

By Michael Carvell

If the people behind the Les Miles’ Twitter hoax were trying to get a rise out of the LSU coach, they failed.

Miles wasn’t even aware of the hoax until three days after it got out. And, even then, Miles wasn’t impressed.

“Yes, I don’t pay much attention to those kinds of things,” Miles told the AJC. “It’s just one of those things, I guess.”

Last Saturday, Miles was trending on Twitter after Sam McGaw, a Western Kentucky broadcasting student and Bleacher Report contributor, tweeted: “There are rumors that LSU head football coach Les Miles will step down on Monday after allegedly having an affair with a student. Hmm...”

McGraw said the rumor started on BamaOnline, the Alabama message board for 247sports.com. McGraw went from 268 Twitter followers to more than 30,000 in a few days, according to a Deadspin.com article you can read HERE.

Back to Les Miles: He has 102,000 followers and is, well, one of the most entertaining personalities to observe on Twitter.

Miles doesn’t tweet often but when he does it’s a “thing of beauty.” He gave play-by-play commentary during the Super Bowl and a recent Miami Heat game.

“I’m an inconsistent tweeter, in general,” Miles said. “For instance, the Super Bowl and the Miami Heat game, those were two events where I had nothing to do but watch. Know what I mean? The time before that was the College World Series when South Carolina was playing Arizona, and I tweeted a couple of innings from one of those games.

“What I do when I do it, this Twitter thing, it’s a self-entertaining piece for me. I certainly enjoy the acknowledgements, letting people know spring ball is getting start and that Johnny Jones is doing a great job in basketball. Those kinds of tweets are the real information but the fun stuff for me is pretending to call a game a live. I think Twitter for that is a little self-entertaining.

Even though virtually every big-name recruit is on Twitter, Miles says he hasn’t really taken a hard look at it for those purposes. He should, because when Miles makes one of his witty and candid remarks, it is often retweeted by prospects.

“I got to be honest, I don’t know what role Twitter plays in recruiting. I really don’t,” Miles said. “I can only tell you it’s entertaining, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of other things you’re doing. If you’re consumed by getting onto your electrical Social Media, it can be a problem.”

 LSU signed 26 recruits last month, led by Marietta quarterback Anthony Jennings.
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