The first half was no fluke. You guys have a better goal line defense than Ohio State. And your tall receiver is a nightmare to cover.

Your young QB needs some time to mature. He has a big arm and can run. With luck he could develop into another Taulia Tagovailoa.

And after the game was over, it was heartening to see players from both teams being friendly on the field. Sometimes the players are more mature than the fans!

Good luck the rest of the year!

Go Blue

The kickoff will either be at Noon or 3:30pm and the game will be televised on BTN.

- HC of Columbia is Jim Engles - formerly of NJIT.

- This game is part of 4 team Exempt Tourney as Columbia will also play UMass Lowell and Sacred Heart in next 2 games- as will we.

- Surprisingly, Columbia only plays 2 P5 schools in their OOC Schedule - Us and Providence.

- Columbia's record last year was 4-22 and 1-13 in conference (Ivy).

- 3 of Columbia's top 5 scorers return this year led by Geronimo De La Rosa who averaged 12 PPG last year. Other returning scorers include Liam Murphy (12 ppg) and Josh Odanwa (9 ppg).

- Columbia appears to be a small squad with only 3 players who are 6'9" and taller.

Sorry if this has been covered, but does anyone know if we need to show proof of vax and/or wear a mask at home games this year? Thanks in advance.

Assume the over under is 2.5. Based on current information,

I say over at 3.

Group C is the Group of death

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That’s the good. The bad is Greg is just an awful game day coach. The onside kick, for instance, puts this on full display. After the blocked punt, the whole team was on a momentum high but the air was quickly taken out of their tires and on the other hand, Michigan got a some needed confidence. Blocking a punt for a TD is one of the biggest momentum turns, yet Michigan quickly capitalized on this huge error.

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Think Rochelle running the wildknight is a sign of things to come. May be back up to GW or add a new dimension to our O.

Also, is Ledgister making progress as a WR....he has the SPPED- can he get separation / catch?

JUST WONDERING.

MO

After last year's 3rd busiest tropical season ever, with 21 named storms, including 7 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes, many of which wreaked havoc for numerous locations in the Atlantic Basin and the US, with 8 tropical systems making US landfalls, including, of course, Henri and Ida, which brought record rainfall and flooding to parts of our area, both CSU (Colorado State U, home of the late, great Dr. Gray, who pioneered seasonal tropical forecasting for the Atlantic Basin nearly 40 years ago) and NOAA are predicting a somewhat to well above average tropical season in the Atlantic this year. This is just two years after 2020's record smashing tropical season, featuring 30 named storms, 14 hurricanes and 7 major (cat 3 or higher) hurricanes. Busy cycle we're in.

CSU's prediction is for 20 named storms (vs. the 30-year average of 14.4), 10 hurricanes (7.2 avg) and 5 major hurricanes (3.2 avg), while NOAA issued their forecast 2 weeks ago and it's a little bit lower than CSU's, but still somewhat above average with predictions of 14 to 21 named storms, of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes, including 3 to 6 major hurricanes. see the graphics and links below. They do ranges, unlike CSU, but the midpoint of their ranges is reasonably close to CSU's prediction, i.e., 17.5 named storms (20 from CSU), 8 hurricanes (10 from CSU) and 4.5 major hurricanes (5 from CSU).

https://tropical.colostate.edu/Forecast/2022-06.pdf

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2022-atlantic-hurricane-season

Both groups use much of the same combination of analog-based forecasts (looking back at key tropical indicators, like El Nino and tropical Atlantic sea surface temps (SSTs) for past seasons with similar indicators) and forward-looking dynamical/statistical global weather models and both cite the neutral ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation indicator) state, which is expected to continue (El Nino conditions inhibit tropical activity) and current warmer-than-normal subtropical Atlantic SSTs as keys to their forecasts.

We'll see soon, but keep in mind that the CSU group, in particular, has been far more accurate (near 70%) with their above normal, normal, below normal predictions than simple climatological guessing would be (1 in 3, on average, if guessing). If RU4Real were still around, he'd have a prediction contest...

And we're about to have tropical storm Alex named as our first storm of the season, after this low pressure system inundated much of South Florida with torrential flooding rains over the past day or so (but it didn't have enough tropical characteristics to be named yet). It's heading ENE towards Bermuda and won't strengthen much (50-60 mph, tops).

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#One

Collinsworth- I really think they believe he can be special.

I am hearing from many sources that Rutgers is in really good shape with him and that there will be some exciting announcements in 2023 about the efforts Rutgers is making overall in Senegal and neighboring countries. The kid is a player and while there are student visa workarounds with foreign kids like billboards in their country,they are few and far between and hence it seems not to be an NIL issue with him.

With all of the craziness involving the Nets, I am having a hard time with why so many people are getting crazy and are against the Nets possibly hiring Ime Udoka.

Unless a lot more comes out against Udoka with respect to abuse or anything close to it, I do not see why the Nets shouldn't hire him.

I know that Udoka was suspended this whole year because the Celtics have a zero-tolerance policy that employees are not allowed under any circumstances to have affairs with co-workers. I get that, and they have to come down hard on a coach who disobeyed a team rule.

But, not justifying his actions, how many people in the work force would lose their jobs if they were caught having an extra marital affair with a co-worker? I am sure there are many on this board who might have done the same thing over the years.

I know he is wrong, but it seems to me that the woman he had an affair with is probably just mad that he might have cut it off or something to that way and she claims verbal abuse or something like that to get back at him. It really is his wife who should be pissed.

My point is that he is a good coach, had a transgression, and unless there is much more to the story, he should be able to coach again.

Your thoughts?

Best of Luck,
Groz

Was Juwan Howard in the tunnel after last night’s Michigan State / Michigan football game?