Tinker:
I think Obama and the American military should indeed stay out of the middle east government power struggle and civil wars.
Under no circumstances should the American people involved their military in the middle east.
That is a no win catch 22 trick bag for the American people. And we better not become a jerk once again thinking otherwise by sending our manpower and wealth into the middle east cruel squabbles ever again.
Under no circumstances should the American people involved their military in the middle east.
That is a no win catch 22 trick bag for the American people. And we better not become a jerk once again thinking otherwise by sending our manpower and wealth into the middle east cruel squabbles ever again.
China is receiving Iraq oil after America gave the sacifise of their country's treasure and blood to rescue Iraq from Saddam Hussein. That is the reality of how the middle east feel about America.
That is a very serious lesson learned for everyone to study, America should stay clear of the middle east, never again.
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![Barack Obama signing a bill [file photo]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vnIl6sfCIpeecJPuhnmOKeVfSTfeJE-jhqX2UzqM3BPnhNggvwrWulXdBmGMyyphwxrsvzyXrH6F45aYlCy8WzAMTGDQjZovWRLRpYjgOcixiEYcHV22LM5tOT-bE=s0-d "Barack Obama signing a bill [file photo]")
Beset by three unrelated scandals as his incumbency’s last trimester steadily approaches, chances that Barack Obama’s presidency will be recalled as fondly as it was originally welcomed are diminishing.
Obama’s embarrassments may not mushroom into Watergates, but they are denting the reputation and sapping the energies of a presidency that arrived improbably, evolved haphazardly, and may well end anti-climactically.
The three revelations, one involving the Justice Department, another the Internal Revenue Service, and a third the State Department, are feeding suspicions that the administration is at worst immoral, at best poorly controlled, and in either case directionless.
News that in its quest to expose the sources of leaks, the Justice Department obtained lists of phone records from 20 Associated Press reporters’ and editors’ phone lines, made not only Republicans, but also a leading Democrat like Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy concede that the revelations left him “very troubled.”
A subsequent revelation that the Justice Department examined Fox News Washington correspondent James Rosen’s email and whereabouts, following his 2009 leak of a CIA report concerning North Korea, won Obama reprimand from his staunchest backer, The New York Times. The investigation resulted not only in a State Department security adviser’s indictment, but also in a request for permission from a federal judge to peek into Rosen’s correspondences because he was possibly an “abettor and/or co-conspirator” in the document’s exposure.
“Accusing a reporter of being a “co-conspirator,” admonished the Times, “shows a heavy tilt toward secrecy and insufficient concern about a free press.” Read more...http://www.jpost.com/Features/
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http://www.jpost.com/Features/
Foreign Affairs: Obama losing altitude
By AMOTZ ASA-EL
Barack Obama signing a bill [file photo] Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Seen through the Oval Office’s handsome bow windows,
the world that once unfurled as a celebration of cheer, flattery and
hope has now become murky with recrimination, anxiety and
disillusionment.Beset by three unrelated scandals as his incumbency’s last trimester steadily approaches, chances that Barack Obama’s presidency will be recalled as fondly as it was originally welcomed are diminishing.
Obama’s embarrassments may not mushroom into Watergates, but they are denting the reputation and sapping the energies of a presidency that arrived improbably, evolved haphazardly, and may well end anti-climactically.
The three revelations, one involving the Justice Department, another the Internal Revenue Service, and a third the State Department, are feeding suspicions that the administration is at worst immoral, at best poorly controlled, and in either case directionless.
News that in its quest to expose the sources of leaks, the Justice Department obtained lists of phone records from 20 Associated Press reporters’ and editors’ phone lines, made not only Republicans, but also a leading Democrat like Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy concede that the revelations left him “very troubled.”
A subsequent revelation that the Justice Department examined Fox News Washington correspondent James Rosen’s email and whereabouts, following his 2009 leak of a CIA report concerning North Korea, won Obama reprimand from his staunchest backer, The New York Times. The investigation resulted not only in a State Department security adviser’s indictment, but also in a request for permission from a federal judge to peek into Rosen’s correspondences because he was possibly an “abettor and/or co-conspirator” in the document’s exposure.
“Accusing a reporter of being a “co-conspirator,” admonished the Times, “shows a heavy tilt toward secrecy and insufficient concern about a free press.” Read more...http://www.jpost.com/Features/
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Tinker:
The
best out of a three game series, or the first baseball team to win 2
games thereby winning the Super regional steeping stone to Omaha
Nebraskans college world series 2013.
This Oklahoma baseball team was picked by the
ESPN talking head as having the best dark horse college baseball team in
the super regional who just might have the raw ability necessary to
make it into Omaha Nebraska.
So this weekend the LSU tigers hopes of advancing
forward is depending on the fighting spirit of this year baseball team
that has up until now had a very successful 2013 baseball season.Now LSU ether wins the next two out of three baseball game, or they will have a long wait for another chance to advance next year.
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Only 1 team stands between LSU and Mecca... the Oklahoma Sooners. Let's learn a little more about our opponent this weekend.
FYI--Super Regional announcements are sent out at 10pm tonight.
Record: 43-19
Big 12: 13-11, 4th
Non-Conf: 23-8
Home: 25-6
Road: 9-10
Neutral: 9-3
OU has been a very streaky team this year with winning streaks of 10 and 13 games in 2013. They also ended the regular season losing 9 of 12 games before sweeping through the Big 12 Tournament and the Blacksburg Regional.
They played 10 games during the regular season against teams who made the NCAA regionals and went 6-4 in those games.
RPI: 27
vs Top 25: 4-2
vs Top 50: 5-3
vs Top 100: 20-12
Avg Runs scored/game: 5.6
Avg runs allowed/game: 3.7
Pitching:
Team ERA: 2.94
The Sooners have had 2 dependable weekend starters. Everyone knows about Jonathan Gray, who is expected to be a Top 3 draft pick when the names are called this week. The number 2 guy is Dillon Overton, who has compiled a nice 10-2 record with a 2.91 ERA. Their 3rd slot has been a rotating cycle this year with Adam Choplick having 10 starts on the season, but Choplick has been ineffective with a 5.35 ERA. Head Coach Sunny Galloway seems to have settled in the last few weeks with Senior lefty Jake Fisher as his 3rd starter. Fisher got the victory in the Sooners' regional clinching win over Virginia Tech on Sunday.
Pitching matchups for this weekend should look like this:
So. RHP Aaron Nola (11-0, 1.82 ERA, 109.0 IP, 76 H, 22 ER, 17 BB, 111 K, .195 OBA)
Jr. RHP Jonathan Gray (10-2, 1.59 ERA, 119.0 IP, 78 H, 21 ER, 22 BB, 138 K, .188 OBA)
Jr. RHP Ryan Eades (8-1, 2.81 ERA, 96.0 IP, 98 H, 30 ER, 30 BB, 77 K, .269 OBA)
Jr. LHP Dillon Overton (9-2, 2.91 ERA, 86.2 IP, 84 H, 28 ER, 22 BB, 76 K, .253 OBA)
So. LHP Cody Glenn (7-2, 2.41 ERA, 82.0 IP, 70 H, 22 ER, 16 BB, 37 K, .234 OBA)
Sr. LHP Jake Fisher (3-2, 2.53 ERA, 53.1 IP, 57 H, 15 ER, 14 BB, 50 K, .282 OBA)
Relief Pitching:
The Okie's top reliever comes in Jacob Evans who has been solid this year recording 9 saves and a 1.92 ERA in 30 appearances. Other key relievers include Ralph Garza (23 APP, 2.79 ERA, 58.0 IP), Kyle Hayes (16 APP, 3.14 ERA, 28.2 IP, 2 Saves), and Robert Tassin (15 APP, 3.29 ERA, 13.2 IP, 2 Saves).
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Offense:
Team BA: .286
Team OBP: .362
Team SLG: .398
The Sooners biggest threat at the plate comes from Junior Matt Oberste who leads the Sooners with a .376 average, 18 doubles, 4 triples, 11 homers, and 60 RBIs on the year. The only other player hitting over .300 on the OU roster is Max White at a .313 clip. Craig Aikin leads the team in stolen bases swiping 16 bags in 22 attempts and is hitting at a .286 average for the season. The next biggest power bat behind Oberste is Jack Mayfield who is 2nd on the team in home runs (7) and total bases (105).
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Defense:
OU field's at an adequate .972 mark.
Blacksburg Regional
Record: 3-0
Team BA: .322
Team ERA: 2.10
Team FLD%: .971
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Roster
Schedule (via Warren Nolan)
NCAA Baseball Stats
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By CODY WORSHAM
Tiger Rag Editor
Cody Glenn has served his time.
After head coach Paul Mainieri suspended his sophomore starting pitcher for last weekend’s Baton Rouge regional for a violation of team rules, Glenn is back in the LSU active roster.
Glenn, who is 7-2 with a 2.41 ERA in 14 starts this season, will be in the Tigers’ 27-man roster for this weekend’s Super Regional vs. Oklahoma in Baton Rouge
.
“Cody has been returned to active status on our roster, and he will be eligible to participate in the Super Regional,” Mainieri said. “He delivered a sincere apology to his teammates, and they voted unanimously to have him back with us. We’ll move forward with Cody as a part of our team and turn our attention toward Oklahoma.”
Without Glenn, LSU won all three of its games in the Baton Rouge regional over the weekend, defeating Jackson State, Sam Houston State, and ULL to advance. Senior lefty Brent Bonvillain got the start in Sunday’s title game against ULL in Glenn’s place, allowing just one run on three hits in 5.1 innings pitched.
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The heat is on now so any delay of one of the tiger family fold, stopping to relax with something else, will simply be left on the side of the road that this Lsu baseball team leave. Because this LSU baseball team is fighting whoever is in front of them, between them and Omaha...http://www.youtube.
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BATON ROUGE -- The best-of-three NCAA Super Regional series between
No. 4-seeded LSU and Oklahoma will start Friday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN,
it was announced early Tuesday morning.
G1: South Carolina vs. (1) North Carolina, noon (ESPN2)
G2: (1) North Carolina vs. South Carolina, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
G3 (if nec.): South Carolina vs. (1) North Carolina, noon (ESPN)
at Raleigh, N.C.
G1: Rice vs. NC State, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
G2: NC State vs. Rice, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
G3 (if nec.): Rice vs. NC State, 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
at Fullerton, Calif.
G1: UCLA vs. (5) Cal State Fullerton, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
G2: (5) Cal State Fullerton vs. UCLA, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
G3 (if nec.): UCLA vs. (5) Cal State Fullerton, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
at Baton Rouge, La.
G1: Oklahoma vs. (4) LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
G2: (4) LSU vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
G3 (if nec.): Oklahoma vs. (4) LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Bracket 2 (Start Saturday, June 8)
at Nashville, Tenn.
G1: Louisville vs. (2) Vanderbilt, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
G2: (2) Vanderbilt vs. Louisville, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
G3 (if nec.): Louisville vs. (2) Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
at Tallahassee, Fla.
G1: Indiana vs. (7) Florida St., 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
G2: (7) Florida St. vs. Indiana, noon (ESPNU)
G3 (if nec.): Indiana vs. (7) Florida St., noon (ESPN2)
at Charlottesville, Va.
G1: Mississippi St. vs. (6) Virginia, noon (ESPN2)
G2: (6) Virginia vs. Mississippi St., 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
G3 (if nec.): Mississippi St. vs. (6) Virginia, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
at Corvallis, Ore.
G1: Kansas St. vs. (3) Oregon St., 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
G2: (3) Oregon St. vs. Kansas St., 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
G3 (if nec.): Kansas St. vs. (3) Oregon St., 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
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posted: Mon June 3, 2013;
One reason Gary Patterson has been able to sustain such a high level of success in his 13 years as TCU's head coach is that he always prepares for the worst. "When everything's going great is when he starts to think about everything that could possibly go wrong," said his boss, athletic director Chris Del Conte. So in January 2011, amid the euphoria following the Horned Frogs' 13-0 season and Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin, the Rozel, Kan., native issued a dire yet colorful warning to his staff.
"'I don't know how many of you grew up in the Midwest,'" Patterson told his assistants, "'but the Rose Bowl is like an 85-degree day in January in Kansas.' They looked at me like I was crazy. The bottom line is, if you have an 85-degree day, the worst storm of your life is coming."
The two and half years since the Rose Bowl have had their hiccups, but they've hardly been catastrophic for TCU. On the contrary, they've included several more important milestones. Still, a storm is an apt description for the rapid torrent of change the program has recently experienced. Its stadium went through a two-year, $164 million makeover. It left the Mountain West for the Big East and then -- before ever playing a league game -- decided to join the Big 12.
In February 2012, just as the Horned Frogs ramped up for their first season in a power conference, a campus drug bust led to the arrests and dismissals of four players, three of whom were starters. Four games into the season, star quarterback Casey Pachall -- who had previously failed a team drug test ordered by Patterson shortly before the police sting -- was arrested for DWI and left school to enter a rehab program for drug and alcohol addiction. TCU also lost its top three running backs either before or during an eventual 7-6 campaign.
In both a concession to the adversity they overcame and a sign of respect for Patterson's program, the Frogs, despite coming off their worst season since 2004, are widely expected to contend for the Big 12 title this fall. They were the highest-ranked team from their conference in Andy Staples' post-spring Top 25.
"Just go back and look at all the different changes. There were a lot of reasons for everybody to throw up their arms here in the last year and a half," said Patterson, who has gone 116-36 at the school. "... I think TCU showed that the foundation of the university and the program were pretty strong to fight through it and get back to a bowl game."
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.
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The talking head said Miles sounded cowardly by not wanting to play Florida every year.
Hello? Did you see the pictures of Miles hanging his $4.3 million per year patootie off the side of one of Baton Rouge’s tallest buildings Thursday?
Anyone willing to do that — outrageous as it might seem to the rest of us — is not afraid of playing Florida every year. Or anyone else.
LSU doesn’t want to do away with permanent opponents out of fear. LSU wants to do away with permanent opponents because it’s the right thing to do.
It’s right for everyone in the SEC to play each other within a reasonable time frame, say every three to four years. Every six years, which is how often LSU would play everyone in the SEC East besides Florida under the current 6-1-1 schedule format, isn’t right by any means. Neither is LSU having to play Florida and Georgia this year, two legitimate SEC East contenders, while Alabama gets Tennessee and Kentucky, who will be fighting for space on the SEC East cellar floor.
Of course, there is wanting and there is getting. For LSU, getting the conference to change its football scheduling format going into this year’s SEC Spring Meeting seemed about as likely as getting the folks in Destin, Fla., to pave asphalt over their sugar sand beaches.
That was before the SEC presidents and chancellors got together in Destin on Friday and decided the argument from Miles and LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva had some merit. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
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Getting To Know The Opponent: Oklahoma Sooners (Posted on 6/3/13 at 8:53 am)
Only 1 team stands between LSU and Mecca... the Oklahoma Sooners. Let's learn a little more about our opponent this weekend.
FYI--Super Regional announcements are sent out at 10pm tonight.
Record: 43-19
Big 12: 13-11, 4th
Non-Conf: 23-8
Home: 25-6
Road: 9-10
Neutral: 9-3
OU has been a very streaky team this year with winning streaks of 10 and 13 games in 2013. They also ended the regular season losing 9 of 12 games before sweeping through the Big 12 Tournament and the Blacksburg Regional.
They played 10 games during the regular season against teams who made the NCAA regionals and went 6-4 in those games.
RPI: 27
vs Top 25: 4-2
vs Top 50: 5-3
vs Top 100: 20-12
Avg Runs scored/game: 5.6
Avg runs allowed/game: 3.7
Pitching:
Team ERA: 2.94
The Sooners have had 2 dependable weekend starters. Everyone knows about Jonathan Gray, who is expected to be a Top 3 draft pick when the names are called this week. The number 2 guy is Dillon Overton, who has compiled a nice 10-2 record with a 2.91 ERA. Their 3rd slot has been a rotating cycle this year with Adam Choplick having 10 starts on the season, but Choplick has been ineffective with a 5.35 ERA. Head Coach Sunny Galloway seems to have settled in the last few weeks with Senior lefty Jake Fisher as his 3rd starter. Fisher got the victory in the Sooners' regional clinching win over Virginia Tech on Sunday.
Pitching matchups for this weekend should look like this:
So. RHP Aaron Nola (11-0, 1.82 ERA, 109.0 IP, 76 H, 22 ER, 17 BB, 111 K, .195 OBA)
Jr. RHP Jonathan Gray (10-2, 1.59 ERA, 119.0 IP, 78 H, 21 ER, 22 BB, 138 K, .188 OBA)
Jr. RHP Ryan Eades (8-1, 2.81 ERA, 96.0 IP, 98 H, 30 ER, 30 BB, 77 K, .269 OBA)
Jr. LHP Dillon Overton (9-2, 2.91 ERA, 86.2 IP, 84 H, 28 ER, 22 BB, 76 K, .253 OBA)
So. LHP Cody Glenn (7-2, 2.41 ERA, 82.0 IP, 70 H, 22 ER, 16 BB, 37 K, .234 OBA)
Sr. LHP Jake Fisher (3-2, 2.53 ERA, 53.1 IP, 57 H, 15 ER, 14 BB, 50 K, .282 OBA)
Relief Pitching:
The Okie's top reliever comes in Jacob Evans who has been solid this year recording 9 saves and a 1.92 ERA in 30 appearances. Other key relievers include Ralph Garza (23 APP, 2.79 ERA, 58.0 IP), Kyle Hayes (16 APP, 3.14 ERA, 28.2 IP, 2 Saves), and Robert Tassin (15 APP, 3.29 ERA, 13.2 IP, 2 Saves).
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Offense:
Team BA: .286
Team OBP: .362
Team SLG: .398
The Sooners biggest threat at the plate comes from Junior Matt Oberste who leads the Sooners with a .376 average, 18 doubles, 4 triples, 11 homers, and 60 RBIs on the year. The only other player hitting over .300 on the OU roster is Max White at a .313 clip. Craig Aikin leads the team in stolen bases swiping 16 bags in 22 attempts and is hitting at a .286 average for the season. The next biggest power bat behind Oberste is Jack Mayfield who is 2nd on the team in home runs (7) and total bases (105).
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Defense:
OU field's at an adequate .972 mark.
Blacksburg Regional
Record: 3-0
Team BA: .322
Team ERA: 2.10
Team FLD%: .971
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Schedule (via Warren Nolan)
NCAA Baseball Stats
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Glenn returned to active status
June 3, 2013 - © 2013 Tiger Rag
Teammates unanimously vote for sophomore pitcher’s reactivation
By CODY WORSHAM
Tiger Rag Editor
Cody Glenn has served his time.
After head coach Paul Mainieri suspended his sophomore starting pitcher for last weekend’s Baton Rouge regional for a violation of team rules, Glenn is back in the LSU active roster.
Glenn, who is 7-2 with a 2.41 ERA in 14 starts this season, will be in the Tigers’ 27-man roster for this weekend’s Super Regional vs. Oklahoma in Baton Rouge
.
“Cody has been returned to active status on our roster, and he will be eligible to participate in the Super Regional,” Mainieri said. “He delivered a sincere apology to his teammates, and they voted unanimously to have him back with us. We’ll move forward with Cody as a part of our team and turn our attention toward Oklahoma.”
Without Glenn, LSU won all three of its games in the Baton Rouge regional over the weekend, defeating Jackson State, Sam Houston State, and ULL to advance. Senior lefty Brent Bonvillain got the start in Sunday’s title game against ULL in Glenn’s place, allowing just one run on three hits in 5.1 innings pitched.
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TigerGumbo on Your comment June 4th, 2013 3:46 am
The heat is on now so any delay of one of the tiger family fold, stopping to relax with something else, will simply be left on the side of the road that this Lsu baseball team leave. Because this LSU baseball team is fighting whoever is in front of them, between them and Omaha...http://www.youtube.
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Baton Rouge Super Regional Starts Friday Night
Published: June 04, 2013, 12:15 AM (CT)
by Todd Politz (@tpolitz), Director of Digital Media
LSU (55-9) swept three games at Alex Box
Stadium last weekend to win its 20th NCAA Regional, while Oklahoma
(43-19) went to Blacksburg, Va., and knocked off top-seeded Virginia
Tech to complete regional play 3-0.
Game 2 of the series will be played Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
Game 3, if necessary, is set for Sunday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
NCAA Super Regional Pairings
All Times Central
Bracket 1 (Start Friday, June 7)
at Chapel Hill, N.C.G1: South Carolina vs. (1) North Carolina, noon (ESPN2)
G2: (1) North Carolina vs. South Carolina, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
G3 (if nec.): South Carolina vs. (1) North Carolina, noon (ESPN)
at Raleigh, N.C.
G1: Rice vs. NC State, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
G2: NC State vs. Rice, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
G3 (if nec.): Rice vs. NC State, 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
at Fullerton, Calif.
G1: UCLA vs. (5) Cal State Fullerton, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
G2: (5) Cal State Fullerton vs. UCLA, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
G3 (if nec.): UCLA vs. (5) Cal State Fullerton, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
at Baton Rouge, La.
G1: Oklahoma vs. (4) LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
G2: (4) LSU vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
G3 (if nec.): Oklahoma vs. (4) LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Bracket 2 (Start Saturday, June 8)
at Nashville, Tenn.
G1: Louisville vs. (2) Vanderbilt, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
G2: (2) Vanderbilt vs. Louisville, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
G3 (if nec.): Louisville vs. (2) Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
at Tallahassee, Fla.
G1: Indiana vs. (7) Florida St., 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
G2: (7) Florida St. vs. Indiana, noon (ESPNU)
G3 (if nec.): Indiana vs. (7) Florida St., noon (ESPN2)
at Charlottesville, Va.
G1: Mississippi St. vs. (6) Virginia, noon (ESPN2)
G2: (6) Virginia vs. Mississippi St., 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
G3 (if nec.): Mississippi St. vs. (6) Virginia, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
at Corvallis, Ore.
G1: Kansas St. vs. (3) Oregon St., 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
G2: (3) Oregon St. vs. Kansas St., 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
G3 (if nec.): Kansas St. vs. (3) Oregon St., 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
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posted: Mon June 3, 2013;
After tumultuous 2012, TCU ready to compete for Big 12 title
TCU coach Gary Patterson will look to lead the Horned Frogs to their ninth straight bowl berth in 2013.
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One reason Gary Patterson has been able to sustain such a high level of success in his 13 years as TCU's head coach is that he always prepares for the worst. "When everything's going great is when he starts to think about everything that could possibly go wrong," said his boss, athletic director Chris Del Conte. So in January 2011, amid the euphoria following the Horned Frogs' 13-0 season and Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin, the Rozel, Kan., native issued a dire yet colorful warning to his staff.
"'I don't know how many of you grew up in the Midwest,'" Patterson told his assistants, "'but the Rose Bowl is like an 85-degree day in January in Kansas.' They looked at me like I was crazy. The bottom line is, if you have an 85-degree day, the worst storm of your life is coming."
The two and half years since the Rose Bowl have had their hiccups, but they've hardly been catastrophic for TCU. On the contrary, they've included several more important milestones. Still, a storm is an apt description for the rapid torrent of change the program has recently experienced. Its stadium went through a two-year, $164 million makeover. It left the Mountain West for the Big East and then -- before ever playing a league game -- decided to join the Big 12.
In February 2012, just as the Horned Frogs ramped up for their first season in a power conference, a campus drug bust led to the arrests and dismissals of four players, three of whom were starters. Four games into the season, star quarterback Casey Pachall -- who had previously failed a team drug test ordered by Patterson shortly before the police sting -- was arrested for DWI and left school to enter a rehab program for drug and alcohol addiction. TCU also lost its top three running backs either before or during an eventual 7-6 campaign.
In both a concession to the adversity they overcame and a sign of respect for Patterson's program, the Frogs, despite coming off their worst season since 2004, are widely expected to contend for the Big 12 title this fall. They were the highest-ranked team from their conference in Andy Staples' post-spring Top 25.
"Just go back and look at all the different changes. There were a lot of reasons for everybody to throw up their arms here in the last year and a half," said Patterson, who has gone 116-36 at the school. "... I think TCU showed that the foundation of the university and the program were pretty strong to fight through it and get back to a bowl game."
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.
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Rabalais: LSU gets early score on scheduling, but has long way to go
Some national radio talk show host with too many hours to fill and too little to say took LSU coach Les Miles to task Saturday for wanting to take permanent opponents out of the Southeastern Conference football schedule formula.The talking head said Miles sounded cowardly by not wanting to play Florida every year.
Hello? Did you see the pictures of Miles hanging his $4.3 million per year patootie off the side of one of Baton Rouge’s tallest buildings Thursday?
Anyone willing to do that — outrageous as it might seem to the rest of us — is not afraid of playing Florida every year. Or anyone else.
LSU doesn’t want to do away with permanent opponents out of fear. LSU wants to do away with permanent opponents because it’s the right thing to do.
It’s right for everyone in the SEC to play each other within a reasonable time frame, say every three to four years. Every six years, which is how often LSU would play everyone in the SEC East besides Florida under the current 6-1-1 schedule format, isn’t right by any means. Neither is LSU having to play Florida and Georgia this year, two legitimate SEC East contenders, while Alabama gets Tennessee and Kentucky, who will be fighting for space on the SEC East cellar floor.
Of course, there is wanting and there is getting. For LSU, getting the conference to change its football scheduling format going into this year’s SEC Spring Meeting seemed about as likely as getting the folks in Destin, Fla., to pave asphalt over their sugar sand beaches.
That was before the SEC presidents and chancellors got together in Destin on Friday and decided the argument from Miles and LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva had some merit. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
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Lunchtime links
June, 3, 2013
By
Edward Aschoff | ESPN.com
I seriously can't believe it's June already. Time flies when you're having fun, right?
- The SEC plans to ask fans why some of them are staying home instead of going out to games.
- Will there be a rematch between Alabama and Georgia in this year's SEC championship game?
- Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin makes it clear that the Aggies are no longer concerned about the Texas Longhorns.
- Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long is "deeply troubled" by Ohio State president Gordon Gee's recent comments about Razorbacks coach Bret Bielema.
- ESPN 150 tight end Kevin Crosby commits to South Carolina over Alabama and Clemson.
- Don Kausler of Al.com previews Alabama for the 2013 season, while Kevin Scarbinsky wonders how long it will take for Auburn to win the Iron Bowl again.
- Former Auburn receiver Shaun Kitchens pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery for his role in a robbery committed with teammates at an Auburn trailer park in March 2011.
- Georgia offensive lineman signee DeVondre Seymour is likely headed to prep school this fall.
- LSU gets an early score on scheduling, but still has a long way to go, writes Scott Rabalais of the Baton Rouge Advocate.
- Tennessee is building on the brick theme.
- Missouri defensive tackle commitment DeQuinton Osborne is a huge achiever.
- Kentucky's incoming freshmen are making their own recruiting pitches.
2014 CLASS RANKINGS
| Rank | College | Commits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan Wolverines | 11 |
| 2 | Texas Longhorns | 14 |
| 3 | Florida State Seminoles | 10 |
| 4 | LSU Tigers | 9 |
| 5 | Texas A&M Aggies | 11 |
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