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Exhibition | Ah New Riddim: A Marked (Black) Axiological Shift at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space

Can the axiologies and stories oscillating at the margins mark the discourse of Western logic positioned at the center, and how might this marking register in visual representations of the urban?

Ah New Riddim (2023) is the third and final iteration of the multimedia series Constructs and Context Relativity (2019-2023) by interdisciplinary artist Christie Neptune. The installation and interactive documentary examines the spatial-temporal relationship of memory and place embedded within the implosion of dancehall culture in East Flatbush. The film utilizes 80’s dancehall archival footage, the quiet of black subjectivity, and concentric interactive storytelling to expound the relationship between black globality and dancehall in the American urban. In a pivot around her embodied experience as a black Caribbean American, Neptune considers the potential of black popular culture in marking space.

In Ah New Riddim, concentric storytelling registers a cacophony of black perspectives. Neptune’s subjective experience in the American urban and the migration stories of community members in East Flatbush pivot around dancehall home video of Neptune’s father. Research, writing, and art produced from this series work to frame an artistic intelligence around Marked Axiological Shifts, a concept introduced by Neptune in a recent essay that defines a new language in visual culture grounded in African world-making cosmologies.

Marked Axiological Shifts are nonlinear and interactive artistic approaches that register a perpetual reimagining of black futures across space and time. It marks the decorum of modern cinema and visual culture with the conventions of African temporality to foster multiple planes of perspectives and fields of movement within concentric forward moving narratives mapped across moving images, sculpture, performance art, and print. In this exhibition, six channels of video interface with scaffolded speakers made of mirror, LED monitors, and wood. The speakers, a re-articulation of the Caribbean Sound System tradition, add further nuance to the filmic encounter in space. As material, screen, haptic surface, and sculptural unit, the sound system transmits information that doubles the spectator’s spatial perception. Upon contact, the spectator experiences temporal disjuncture caused by the collapse of their point of view, embodied form, and projected media upon the unit’s reflective surface. The gesture fosters multiple fields of viewing within a single expressive form, an element integral to African frameworks of temporality.

Ah New Riddim demonstrates the potential of black popular culture within representational practices that speaks across both dominant and marginal spatialities. This new framework of understanding considers the agency of marked axiological shifts within discursive urban space, an intervention that superimposes a wide aperture of black subjectivity(s) upon the narrow plane of the American urban.

This exhibition draws from Christie Neptune’s research paper “Ah New Riddim: A Marked (Black) Axiological Shift Across Space and Time” [READ HERE]

August 04, 2023 to September 16, 2023 Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space Inside Essex Market, 88 Essex St #21, New York, NY 10002

Exhibition Link: https://www.artistsallianceinc.org/exhibitions/

Thank you to every supporter who contributed to make this exhibition happen:

Foundation of Contemporary Art, MIT Council of the Arts, MIT Art, Culture, and Technology program, Artist Alliance Inc., Cecile Chong, Emily B. Yang, Tariku Shiferaw, Larry Cook, Ayesha Charles, Jenna Charles, Terence Washington, David Freedman, Claire Watson, Mike Tan, Jodi Waynberg, Micaela Martegani, Jeff Swinton, Carl Hazelwood, Aisha White, Milk Spawn, Cari Sarel, Vivian Chui, Paul So, Camilo Alvarez, Kelsey Scott, Mike Brown, Darla Migan and Mary Lee Hodgens.

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Despite No Catches, Brenden Rice Impresses in Chargers Preseason Debut

It is tough to judge the results of the Los Angeles Chargers offense in their preseason loss since Easton Stick played terribly, but the ultimate guide and undeniable football metric will always be playing time. And rookie seventh-rounder Brenden Rice got a lot. Among offensive players, only offensive lineman Foster Sarell played more snaps than Rice, 47 to Rice’s 43. Only those two players…

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Chicago Bears 2021 NFL Draft Preview

Chicago Bears 2021 NFL Draft Preview

Chicago Bears 2021 NFL Draft Preview As we head into the 2021 season, the Chicago Bears are at a crossroads. Coming off of two consecutive .500 seasons, which way will the Bears proceed? Are they a contender, as they were with a brilliant 12-4 season in 2018? Or are they a mediocre pretender like they were in ’19 and ’20, finishing exactly 8-8 in each of the last two regular seasons? Worse yet,…

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What Is Foster Sarell Ethnicity? Parents And Girlfriend

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Denver Broncos Regular Season Game 7

Hawk Valley Regular Season Week 7 October 23, 2022

Denver Broncos vs Jets

Quick Review

The Broncos lost to the Los Angeles Chargers 19-16.

After the game, it seemed as though the Broncos were on the lookout for disgruntled players. It was noted that Gordon and Jeudy were seen talking together after Gordon was benched. Later in the week the Broncos claim they were receiving trade offers for Gordon, Jeudy, Chubb and the “Big O”. It could set the Broncos back a decade if they get rid of players that are not happy with a losing record and keep players that are. Notice that Gordon gets the start this week at running back (to increase his value to other teams).

A longer review

This game took place on Monday, October 17 at 6:15 pm MST in Los Angeles.

The first drive of the day honors went to the Chargers. They started from their 25 yard line. Justin Herbert #10 looked to pass on first down and he locked onto the receiver running a go route near the left sideline. His pass was incomplete, put there was a flag on the play. Damarri Mathis #27 was flagged for pass interference on the first play of the game. In the blink of an eye, the Chargers had gained 30 yards. On first down, Austin Ekeler #30 cut to the left side and gained eight yards. On second and two, Herbert rolled to the right in what I would call a naked bootleg, and then threw an incomplete pass. Dre’Mont Jones #93 and K’Waun Williams #21 were chasing Herbert on the play. On third down, Herbert threw another incomplete pass. On fourth and two, after only 50 seconds of action, the Chargers decided to go for it. Herbert’s pass to the left of middle was tipped by Matt Henningsen #91 and caught by Michael Bandy #23 for a four yard gain. On first down, Ekeler lost one yard. On second down, after a fake draw up the middle, Herbert threw an incomplete pass. Herbert was pressured by Jonathon Cooper #53. On third down, there was a flag on the play. Foster Sarell #73 was flagged for a false start. On third down, Herbert failed to complete a pass. On fourth and 16, J.K. Scott #16 punted the ball 18 yards.

The Broncos first drive of the game started from the Denver 21 yard line. On first down, Lloyd Cushenberry #79 was flagged for holding. On first and 20, Melvin Gordon #25 ran over the right side for two yards. On second down, Russell Wilson #3 found Courtland Sutton #14 for a nine yard gain. On third down, Cameron Fleming #73 was flagged for a false start. On third and 14, Russell threw an incomplete pass, but there was a flag on the play. J.C Jackson #27 was flagged for pass interference and the Broncos gained 21 yards. On first down, Russell found Kendall Hinton #9 over the middle for an eight yard gain. On second down, Russell rolled to the right and connected with Eric Tomlinson #87 for a sixteen yard gain on the right sideline. On first down, Russell threw a quick pass to Andrew Beck #83 and he gained seven yards over the left side. On second down, Gordon ran up the middle for one yard. On third down, Russell was sacked by Khalil Mack #52 for a four yard loss. With 7:20 left in the quarter, Brandon McManus #8 kicked a 51 yard field goal.

The second drive of the day for the Chargers started off with Zion Johnson #77 being flagged for holding. On first and 20, Ekeler caught a screen pass to the left for a nine yard gain. On second and eleven with 6:28 left in the quarter, the Chargers had their play of the game. Herbert threw a pass that hit the center in the back of the helmet. The ball then bounced backwards and hit Herbert in the face mask. The ball then fell to the ground through Herbert’s outstretched hands, incomplete. On third down, Herbert threw a swing pass to Ekeler over the right side for a six yard gain. On fourth down, Scott punted and Montrell Washington #12 muffed the catch and recovered the fumble.

The Broncos started their second drive of the day from the sixteen yard line. On first down Russell found Latavius Murray #28 for a two yard loss. On second down, Murray ran up the middle for eight yards. On third down, Russell found Greg Dulcich #80 on the left sideline near the first down marker and he gained five yards. On first down, Russell threw a quick pass to Washington on the right side for no gain. On second down, Russell threw a quick pass to K.J. Hamler #1 for a three yard loss over the left side. With 2:40 left in the quarter, Russell escaped a sack and then rolled right before connecting with Jerry Jeudy #10 for a gain of 37 yards. On first down from the 39 yard line, Russell Wilson connected with a wide open Dulcich for a Denver touchdown.

The Charger drive started with 1:45 left in the first quarter. On first down, Sony Michel #20 caught a pass for a three yard gain. With 60 seconds left, Michel caught a pass over the left side for eight yards. On third down, Herbert connected with a wide open Donald Parham #89 for a gain of 24 yards. That play ended the quarter.

The first quarter ended at 6:52 pm. The score: Denver 10, Los Angeles 0.

When play resumed, Ekeler ran a sweep to the left for two yards. On second down, Herbert called his own number and he gained four yards over the left side. On third and four, Herbert found Josh Palmer #5 for a six yard gain. On first down, Herbert threw an incomplete pass. On second down, Gerald Everett #7 gained five yards on a wide receiver screen to the right. On third down, Herbert threw a quick pass to Everett and he gained six yards. On first down from the Denver 24, Michel carried the ball for no gain. On second down, Herbert found DeAndre Carter #1 for a five yard gain. On second and five, Herbert connected with Everett near the first down marker. On first down, Ekeler ran up the middle for no gain. On second down, Herbert fired off a pass to Mike Williams #81 for an eight yard gain. On third and two, Ekeler followed Johnson up the middle for a touchdown.

On first down, Russell faked a hand off and then scrambled to the right for a one yard gain. On second down, the Broncos ran a trap play to the right and Gordon picked up four yards. With 7:50 left in the half, the Chargers launched a bull rush at Russell, he got the ball away, but it was tipped up into the air by Mack. Luckily nobody caught it. On fourth down, Corliss Waitman #17 punted.

On first down, Herbert backpedaled and then hit Ekeler for a three yard gain. On second down, Herbert threw a quick pass to Palmer for a six yard gain over the right side. On third down, the Chargers lined up in the I-formation and Michel ran over the right side for a four yard gain. On first down, Michel started to run towards the left side but cut up behind the right tackle for a four yard gain. On second down, Herbert was sacked by Matt Henningsen #91 for a seven yard loss. On third and 13 with 4:18 left, Mathis was flagged for pass interference again and the Chargers gained 36 yards. On first down, Johnson was flagged for holding. On first and 20, Herbert backpedaled and then slid to the left before hitting Parham down the right sideline for a gain of seventeen yards. On second and three, Ekeler picked up one yard running over the right side. On third down, Mathis was flagged for pass interference… The Chargers gained eleven yards. On first down, Herbert found Palmer for five yards over the left side. That play brought us down to the two minute warning.

When play resumed, Michel ran up the middle for two yards. Denver used a timeout. On third down, Ekeler ran over the left side for four yards. On first down, the Chargers tried a wide receiver screen that gained no yards. Denver then used their second timeout. With 66 seconds left in the half, Herbert was sacked by Baron Browning #56 for a seven yard loss. Denver then used their final timeout. On third and seventeen, Herbert threw an incomplete pass. On fourth down, Dustin Hopkins #6 kicked a 37 yard field goal.

With 53 seconds on the clock, the Broncos started this drive from the 25 yard line. On first down, Russell threw an incomplete pass, but Jeudy fell down. On second down, Russell connected with Hamler for a 47 yard gain. On first down, Russell connected with Jeudy for ten yards. The Chargers then called a timeout with 22 seconds left. On first down, Morgon Fox #56 was flagged for roughing the passer. The Broncos gained nine yards. With 12 seconds left, from the Charger 9 yard line, Russell threw an incomplete pass. Russell then threw two more incomplete passes. With five seconds left, McManus kicked a 27 yard field goal to end the half.

Halftime arrived at 7:36 pm. The score was Denver 13, Los Angeles 10.

Denver’s first drive of the second half did not inspire confidence. On first down, Murray ran over the left guard for seven yards. On second and three, the Broncos ran the same play, but Murray gained only one yard. On third down, Russell threw an incomplete pass. Waitman punted on fourth down.

The Chargers first drive of the second half involved Ekeler running behind Johnson and Trey Pipkins #79 for an eleven yard gain up the middle. On first down, Palmer caught a pass for five yards. On second down, Tre’ McKitty #88 was flagged for holding. On second and fifteen, Herbert rolled to the right and hit Palmer for a gain of fourteen yards. On third and one, Ekeler ran up the middle for a two yard gain. On first and 10, Herbert threw an incomplete pass, but there was a flag on the play. Bradley Chubb #55 was flagged for roughing the passer. The Chargers gained 15 yards. On first down, Herbert faked the hand off and then threw a quick pass to Palmer for a gain of fourteen yards. From the Denver 21 yard line, Michel ran to the right side for a gain of six yards. Then Michel ran up the middle and picked up three yards. On third down, Herbert threw an incomplete pass. On fourth down, Hopkins kicked a 31 yard field goal.

On first down, Russell threw a pass that was almost intercepted by Nasir Adderley #24. On second down, Murray ran to the right for five yards. On third down, Russell connected with Sutton for a five yard gain. On first down, Murray ran to the left for seven yards. On second down, Murray ran to the left and then turned up field for a four yard gain. On first down, Murray ran up the middle for one yard. On second down, Russell threw an incomplete pass. On third down, Russell rolled left and into a sack by Derwin James #3 for an eleven yard loss. With 5:20 left in the quarter, Waitman punted.

On first down from the Charger 30 yard line, Herbert threw a pass that could have been a pick 6 by Williams, but the ball fell to the ground incomplete. On second down, Herbert found Michel for a gain of five yards. On third down, Browning was flagged for a neutral zone infraction. On third and one, Michel ran up the middle for two yards. On first down, Herbert completed a pass to Parham for twelve yards. On first down, Ekeler ran tot the right for three yards. On second down, Herbert fired off an incomplete pass. On third down, Herbert found Carter over the middle for seven yards. With 51 seconds left in the quarter, Herbert threw a quick pass to Palmer for a gain of two yards. On second down, Herbert was pressured by D.J. Jones #97 and he threw an incomplete pass. On third and eight, Michel caught a pass for a six yard gain. That play ended the third quarter.

The third quarter ended at 8:22 pm and the score was tied at 13.

To start the fourth quarter off, the Chargers decided to go for it on fourth and two. Herbert threw an incomplete pass.

On first down, Murray ran up the middle for four yards. On second and six, Russell connected with Jeudy for a seven yard gain. On first down, Russell threw an incomplete pass. On second down, Russell scrambled to the left for nine yards. On third down, faked the hand off to Murray, then scrambled to the left for ten yards. On first down, Murray lost one yard. On second down, Russell scrambled to the left for three yards. On third down, Russell tried a shovel pass during a scramble, but the pass was incomplete. On fourth down, Waitman punted. The punt was twenty-two yards.

On first down, with 10:41 left in the game Herbert’s pass was intercepted by Browning. Browning was stripped by Palmer, but Browning recovered his own fumble.

On first down, Mike Boone #26 ran up the middle for one yard. On second down, Russell connected with Boone on a screen to the left for a three yard gain. On third down, Russell was sacked by Drue Tranquill #49 for a four yard loss. On fourth down, McManus kicked a 48 yard field goal.

On first down, Jones was flagged for a face mask. The Chargers gained 15 yards. On first down, Everett caught a pass and gained nine yards. On second down, Ekeler was stuffed for no gain. On third and inches, Michel ran to the left for seven yards, but there was a flag on the play. Mike Purcell #98 was flagged for unnecessary roughness. The Chargers gained 15 yards. On first down, Ekeler lost three yards. On second down, Herbert scrambled for five yards. On third and eight with five minutes remaining, Herbert threw an incomplete pass, but there was a flag on the play. Mathis was flagged for pass interference again. The Chargers gained ten yards. On first down from the fifteen yard line, Ekeler ran up the middle for twelve yards, but there was a flag on the play. Brenden Jaimes #64 was flagged for holding. On first and 20, Herbert connected with Ekeler for a gain of eight yards. Herbert then threw two straight incomplete passes. On fourth down, Hopkins kicked a 35 yard field goal.

From the 25 yard line, Murray gained 14 yards over the left side. On first down, Murray tried the middle and gained four yards. On second down, Russell threw an incomplete pass. On third and six, with 2:31 remaining in the game, Russell was bull rushed and sacked for a nine yard loss by Tranquill. On fourth down, Waitman punted and that play took us beyond the two minute warning.

Herbert completed a pass to Ekeler for no gain. On second down, Herbert went back to Ekeler for a five yard gain. The Chargers ran the same play on third down for a gain of five more yards. On first down, Herbert found Palmer for five yards. On second down, Herbert connected with Everett for a gain of four yards. Then Denver used their final timeout. On third and one, Herbert completed a pass to Zander Horvath #40 for no gain. The Chargers called a time out with one second left on the clock. Herbert’s hail merry was incomplete.

At 9:13 pm overtime started with the teams tied at 16 points apiece. The Broncos won the coins toss and McManus decided to start overtime on offense.

On first down, Murray ran to the left for five yards. On second down, Murray ran up the middle for four yards. On third and one, Russell threw an incomplete pass. The Chargers called a timeout. On fourth down, Waitman punted.

On first down, Johnson was flagged for holding. On the second first down, Herbert found Carter for five yards. Herbert then threw two straight incomplete passes from the Charger 15 yard line. On fourth down, Scott punted from his five yard line with 7:20 remaining in overtime.

On first down, Murray picked up two yards. On second down, Murray picked up one yard running up the middle. On third down, Russell threw an incomplete pass. Waitman punted with 5:44 left.

Herbert threw two straight incomplete passes from the Charger 19 yard line. On third and 10, Jamaree Salyer #68 was flagged for a false start. On third and 15 with five minutes remaining, Herbert hit Ekeler for a six yard gain. On fourth and 9, Scott punted. Washington muffed the punt and Deane Leonard #33 recovered the ball at the Denver 28 yard line.

Ekeler ran to the left and lost a yard on first down with 4:45 left in overtime. On second down, Ekeler ran the previous play and lost another yard. On third and 12, Herbert completed a pass to Mike Williams #81 for nine yards. Then Denver called a timeout. On fourth down, with 2:43 left in overtime, Hopkins kicked a 39 yard field goal to win the game.

The final score from Los Angeles, Broncos 16, Chargers 19. The game lasted three hours and twenty minutes.

Roster moves

The Broncos have signed WR Brandon Johnson #89 to the practice squad.

The Broncos have elevated QB Josh Johnson #11 and LS Mitchell Fraboni #48 from the practice squad

Bronco players that are out: LCB Essang Bassey #34, QB Russell Wilson #3.

Bronco players that that are listed as questionable include: RG Quinn Meinerz #77, ILB Josey Jewell #47, NT D.J. Jones 97, SS Caden Sterns #30, DE Deshawn Williams #99.

The Broncos have released TE Dalton Keene #86 from the practice squad.

Outlook

This is the third conference game of the year for the Denver Broncos. The Broncos are 500 in conference play with a +4 in net points. The Jets have played four conference games this year. They also have a 500 record. In their conference wins, the Jets have 28 points per game with an average net of +2.5. Those games have also been away games. In their conference loses, they have averaged 11 points per game with a net of -15.

Strength of schedule favors the Jets, but just barely. The teams the Broncos have played so far have won 44.12% of their games. The teams the Jets have played have won 44.44% of their games.

The Broncos have improved this season, but not as much as the Jets. During the first three weeks of the season the Broncos averaged 14 points per game. In weeks 4-6 the Broncos averaged 16 points per game. The Jets averaged 17 points per game to start the season, just a field goal of difference between the teams. In weeks 4-6, the Jets averaged 30 points per game. A massive improvement!

Brett Rypien gets the start, but to be honest, he didn't look good in the preseason. Here's to hoping a change at quarterback will bring in better results.

Next week the Broncos play in London. The game starts before you wake up on Sunday… 7:30 am MST.

Game Time

Sunday, October 23 @ 2:05 PM MDT

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NORE’S CHOICE : Origin of the Rom: MLP Fan Fiction : (Part 3 of 10)

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NORE’S CHOICE

Part ONE of the Origins of the Rom

ORIGIN OF THE ROM SERIES in reading order.  (will be completed as the stories are posted in linked form)

Part One : NORE’S CHOICE, which starts HERE

Part Two : WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA! which starts HERE

Part Three : FAIR AND UN-FAIR, which starts HERE

Part Four : ON THE ROADS OF EQUESTRIA, which starts HERE

Part Five : THE FIRST ROM HEARTHWARMING,  which starts HERE

Part Six : SANDO’S LAKE, which starts HERE

Part Seven : A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROM, which starts HERE

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© 2015 by Glen Ten-Eyck

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Writing begun 08/09/15

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Misry rimmed eyes saw where the others helped her back to her feet.  Drawing a breath that shuddered, not only with effort, he resolved, “This is the worst thing that I have ever done.  If I get the chance, I will support Nore or carry her.  I will not let her die while I live.”

With steps dragging from the fear that he would not be allowed to do what he could to remedy his awful errors of judgment, Sando set out after the band.

The heat was devastating.  The hot sand and stones shimmered in dancing waves, making footing even more treacherous.  Sando staggered.  

“It is easy to understand Nore’s fall back there!  I almost went down myself!”  

Slipping on yet another sandy hillside, Sando noticed, “The sand and rock beneath the surface are cooler!”  

Excited by the discovery, he scraped and dug a bit.  It only needed a little depth.  “It feels cool, actually!”

He rested in the cool spot he’d made for only a bit.  He eagerly began to trace the band.  

“I actually have something to help them!  Not enough.  Something is better than none …”

Rounding a gravel and sand hill, he nearly fell into one of the many arroyos that cut across the desert, making travel even more difficult and dangerous.  The tracks that he was following cut sharply south and disappeared.

Heart in his mouth with fear that he was too late, Sando approached.  There was a steep but manageable slope to the bottom.  Seeing by the tracks that the ones he was following were safe, Sando scouted the rim of the arroyo and found a place where its far wall could be safely climbed before he went to follow them again.

The footing of the slope was treacherous.  He felt his hind hooves go in a welter of sliding stones and broiling hot sand.  Nearly taking a tumble, he sat his rear in the shifting soils and spread his forelegs for balance.  He rode the small landslide safely to the bottom of the small canyon like cut.

He sat, panting away both his fear and resting a bit.  Regaining his feet, he followed the tracks around a bend.  The band was there, resting out the heat of the day in the shade of the arroyo’s rim.  Most were laying down.  Malit and Maina, standing, saw him and turned their backs to him, ready to kick if he should get too close.

He stopped and lowering his head in shame, said, “I do not blame you.  If you will let me join you, I can show you how to be cooler.  I can help Nore.  I injured her. It is just that I help her.”

Nore bitterly demanded, “What do you have to offer us now, Bucket Breaker?  Did you bring a well with you?”

Rom laid a gentle hoof on her shoulder and suggested, “He has offered us something of worth, if not water.  He sounds a different horse than the one that we left behind.

“How can you do these things, Sando?  Why should we trust you?”

Sando, keeping his head low, replied, “Try what I say and see if it does not help.  As for trusting me?  I would not either, in your place.  I was an arrogant fool.  The attempt of the Guard to murder me, like they did the family at the farm finally brought home to me how foolish I was.  

“You are right, Sarel. Leadership needs wisdom that I lack.  I will do as Rom says without question if you will have me back.  It may be that my strength can get a few of you to the other side of the desert alive.  At least, I can show you how to make a harness that will support Nore while her leg heals.”

Rom thought over what he had heard.  He nodded slowly, face grim.  “We will try what you suggest for being cooler.  If that works, we will let you rejoin us. Understand that we do not trust you at all.  We have no food or water and are like to die from that want.  I hope that your ideas will work.

“How would you make us cooler?”

Sando replied, “Use the digging stick or your hooves.  Mark out the resting place for one of you and dig it out five or ten centimeters.  The soil UNDER the surface is far cooler.”

Nore took the digging stick and scraped industriously, quickly producing a mare sized crater.  As she smoothed the bottom, she looked up in surprise.

“He was right!  Lay down, Sarel.  Try it!”

Soon the rest of the band were all resting in their own craters.  Rom made Nore take the last one that she dug.  Looking at Sando, he asked, “How will we manage, Sando?”

“It is not as easy, Rom, but we can scrape ours out by hoof.  Let me help you.”

“No, Sando, this one is yours. It is the duty of the leader to see to those he leads.  I will dig mine last.”

Downcast, Sando looked about at the small canyon’s walls of layered clays, gravel and stone.  “I promised to follow your orders, Rom.  You are right.  However, a leader should not be unwilling to accept the help of those he leads. Let us both dig your hole.  I will lay down with an easier heart if I have helped you even if it is only in a small way.”

They dug together quietly until Rom’s place was ready.  Sando laid down first and then Rom.  

Nore looked across the rim of her earthen crater to where Sando was settling down at last.  

With half closed eyes, she offered, “Thank you, Sando.  The cool ground does help.”

Her eyes closed.  Her soft snores joined the others of the resting band.

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I was leaning into the pull, wagon heavy behind me.  The only thing really helping, was the high quality of the Royal Road.  The hard packed gravel made a continuous almost musical crunch under the iron tires of the wheels.  I was nearing the Red Branch cutoff.  That would lead me into the Maze.

It was getting late.  The whole Maze canyon complex was no place to be after dark.  I pulled into an abandoned share-cropper place to spend the night under cover.  The old barn was barely big enough for my trade wagon, cover and all.

Why put the wagon indoors if it has a cover?  Ground Nest and his other local pegasus buddies.  Gang, really.

The roof of the barn was split shakes.  The house had been thatch.  In the course their ‘pranks’ Ground Nest and his little gang of pegassi drove old Mayhaw out.

Ripping up his roof and dropping rain on him was only the beginning.  He was finished when they sneaked in at harvest and stole over a quarter of his crops and set rain on the rest.

Ground Nest and his buddies laughed about it openly down in Haulmarket but nopony did anything to stop them.  Mayhaw was just an old donkey and who cares about donkeys, or goats for that matter?  Me for one.  

When asked, I always haul out a small mirror, look in it and retort, “Goodness! I certainly do seem to be a donkey!  From the look of it, I appear to be old Marchhare! Guess that settles it, doesn’t it?”

Almost all of the pony run farms in the whole Red Branch District, or any other really rural District either, pretty much depend on the donkey traders and their wagons of seed grain, hardware, woven goods and small tools.  Without our farm to farm services, they tend to go under.  Paying ponies to do those errands is expensive.

Edict of Equality or not, the ponies mostly look down on us.  Pranks that would cause outrage if they happened to a pony?  Who cares, really?  He/she’s just a donkey.

That is why I put the wagon out of sight.  Like most of the traders, now, I do not trade in the Red Branch District.  I am just passing through, as quickly and with as little notice as possible.  Some of the farmers are waking up to just how bad the situation is.  Not enough of them.  Not soon enough.

Things stowed safely from aerial view, I took the time to inventory the load again.  That was a satisfying if potentially misleading way to spend time.  Counting coins that are not yet in your purse and all that.

It was all food and top quality grains for planting or eating.  “Two chests of dried fruits, spendy, those.  Two Gold, five for them alone.  A chest of soft-bagged nuts. Five chests of the best grain in three varieties. The rest of the load was ten bales of the best clover hay with the flower tops.”  Those were all wrapped tight against moisture.  

Past experience with Ground Nest and his buddies explained the precautions.  Slashing expensive wagon tops and drenching the donkey’s load is one of their favorite games.

Inventory done, I settled down by my wagon and made a funny looking reach.  Funny looking because my hoof, up past the hock disappeared from view.  When I completed the reach, I had a smallish orb of pale transparent green, a couple of inches across.  It was mounted to an ornate black three legged stand with a motto scrolled around it.

Few nowadays could read that motto.  The written language has changed a lot from those ancient days when I first invented the art of writing.  Reflected in the surface of the orb that could not show any untrue thing was an elderly blue unicorn with a mane and beard gone white.  Staring back at me was my real self.

The reflection of De Writer, the long banished foster father of the twin Princesses of the Realm stared back at the magically disguised Marchhare.

I whispered, “The Future is Forbidden.”  Scenes came and went, observed in the Orb of the Ages. It can see any Past event with perfect accuracy.  That past can be anything from fractions of a second ago, almost to the creation of the World of Equestria.  I was scanning for threats to the safety of the Realm and my still precious foster daughters, Princess Luna and Princess Celestia.  I found nothing new to worry about.

I cast my view ahead, along my route, up the Red Branch, past the huge new irrigation project dam that was nearly done, and on, up into the Maze.  I checked the only safe route over the Sunset Divide and down to the Desert of Celestia’s Anvil, arguably the hottest, driest desert in the world.

I was following my past explored route to Gyptia and the lands of the Godolphin.  As always, I was looking widely ahead trying to find a safer, easier or faster way to cross that wasteland.

What I did find broke my heart. There were seven Gyptian horses attempting to cross the Anvil.  They were cast out slaves by the look of the headstalls that they all wore.  Their ribs stood out like barrel staves.  There were too many such dying in Gyptia and nothing that I could do about any of them.

These?  I tracked them back to Tadast’s Wells.  There was no way that even my supplies could get them back to the town.  They were already too far into the desert. Besides, there was the matter of some of the Godolphin’s Guard.  If they did get back, it was death by starvation and thirst or death by spear.  If they continued to try crossing the desert, they were going to die too.

I looked up from the Orb of the Ages.  My cart of supplies might have a better use than feeding a wealthy Court that would survive without it.  I might be able to bring these slaves into Equestria.  I lay there and figured it as well as I could.  It would be a close thing.  At least a few of them should make it.

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Better, worse or same? Lamar Jackson and Ravens' O look more dangerous

6:00 AM ETOWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens have been the NFL’s highest-scoring team in Lamar Jackson’s first two full seasons as a starting quarterback.So, why did the Ravens' biggest free-agent additions and their top draft pick address offense?Baltimore, which has averaged 31.2 points in the regular season with Jackson, has totaled 32 points in Jackson’s three postseason losses. After a 17-3 divisional playoff loss in Buffalo, the Ravens signed guard Kevin Zeitler and wide receiver Sammy Watkins in free agency and drafted wide receiver Rashod Bateman in the first round.With training camp starting July 28, are the Ravens better, worse or the same on offense?Here is a position-by-position analysis for 2021:

Quarterbacks

Additions: NoneLosses: Robert Griffin IIIReturners: Lamar Jackson, Trace McSorley and Tyler HuntleyBetter, worse or the same? Same, even though there will be a new primary backup to Jackson.The Ravens didn’t re-sign Griffin III, who was the least effective of Baltimore’s reserve quarterbacks. McSorley and Huntley showed more big-play potential in limited playing time. So, the upside of McSorley and Huntley cancel out RG3's experience.It’s uncertain at this point who will win the battle between McSorley and Huntley, and the Ravens will likely keep only two quarterbacks on the season-opening 53-man roster for the first time since 2017. This is a calculated risk for Baltimore, which didn’t want to use limited cap space on a viable veteran backup, especially because Jackson has proved to be more durable than many expected.Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Running backs

Additions: Nate McCraryLosses: Mark Ingram IIReturners: J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill, Ty’Son Williams, Patrick Ricard (FB)Better, worse or the same? SameThe loss of Ingram isn’t much of a loss. A Pro Bowl runner in 2019, Ingram was a healthy scratch in six games last season, including both playoff games.Dobbins and Edwards form one of the league’s best running back tandems. During Baltimore’s season-ending five-game win streak, they totaled 762 yards rushing and eight touchdowns.The bad news for AFC North defenses is the Ravens’ running back situation should remain the same for a while. Dobbins and Edwards are under contract through 2023.

Wide receivers

Additions: Sammy Watkins, Rashod Bateman, Tylan Wallace, Deon Cain, Devin GrayLosses: Willie Snead IV, Dez Bryant, Chris Moore, Antoine Wesley, DeAndrew WhiteReturners: Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Miles Boykin, Devin Duvernay, James Proche II, Jaylon Moore, Binjimen VictorBetter, worse or the same? Better, and the Ravens are banking on it.The Ravens signed Watkins to a one-year, $5 million deal and used the No. 27 overall pick on Bateman after their wide receivers ranked last in catches and receiving yards for the second straight season. Baltimore was so desperate last season that the team signed Bryant, who hadn’t played in the two previous seasons.This group can improve even more if Brown, a first-round pick in 2019, can deliver some consistency. He finished last season strongly (six touchdowns in last six games), and he just participated in his first full offseason. Boykin and Duvernay, two former third-round picks, can earn more playing time with a strong training camp and preseason.The Ravens need to help Jackson by producing more big plays. Baltimore’s wide receivers totaled 38 catches of 20-plus yards, which were tied for third fewest in the NFL.

Tight ends

Additions: Josh Oliver, Ben Mason, Tony Poljan.Losses: NoneReturners: Mark Andrews, Nick Boyle, Eric Tomlinson, Eli Wolf, Jake BreelandBetter, worse or the same? BetterAndrews, who has 17 touchdown catches the past two seasons, really impressed coach John Harbaugh with his improved route running this offseason. Heading into his contract year, Andrews is set to cash in with another big season.The return of Boyle makes the Ravens and their running game even stronger. Boyle, who is considered the top blocking tight end in the league, missed the final seven games last season with a knee injury.One of Baltimore's more underrated moves was trading a conditional seventh-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Oliver. He flashed at times this spring and looks like a raw version of Darren Waller, who began his career with the Ravens.The NFL season is almost here. Check out one last offseason move for all 32 teams: Read more » • Full 2021 schedule | Depth charts » • Transactions | Injuries | More NFL »

Offensive line

Additions: Kevin Zeitler, Alejandro Villanueva, Ben Cleveland, Michael Schofield, Ja’Wuan James, Greg Mancz, Adrian Ealy, Foster SarellLosses: Orlando Brown Jr., Matt Skura, D.J. FlukerReturners: Ronnie Stanley, Bradley Bozeman, Patrick Mekari, Tyre Phillips, Ben Powers, Trystan Colon, Ben Bredeson, Andre SmithBetter, worse or the same? Better, at least the Ravens hope so.No group underwent more changes on the Ravens than the offensive line. There is no starter returning to the same spot from last season’s playoffs.Stanley, a first-team All-Pro in 2019, is expected to return at left tackle at some point in training camp after suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Week 8. Bradley Bozeman, a two-year starter at left guard, has moved to his more natural position at center, which was a major trouble spot for Baltimore last season.Zeiter, the team’s biggest free-agent addition, should provide some Marshal Yanda-type stability at right guard. The Ravens made a bold move of trading Orlando Brown Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs and replacing him at right tackle with Alejandro Villanueva, the former left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers.The major question mark is at left guard. Rookie third-round pick Ben Cleveland appears to the be the frontrunner, although he’ll have to beat out Tyre Phillips and Ben Powers. Read the full article

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Stanford might be college football’s most predictable program, but 2019 is a mystery

Can David Shaw’s Cardinal overcome inexperience and take advantage of a home-friendly schedule?

Bill C’s annual preview series of every FBS team in college football continues. Catch up here!

Football is a messy, small-sample activity that rarely leaves us with crystal-clear answers. You lose games to lesser teams, you beat better teams, and because we’re dealing with a 12-game regular season and not, say, 82 or 162, we learn to live with the lack of transitive clarity.

Stanford has become a rather interesting exception to the rule. Since 2013, David Shaw’s Cardinal haven’t lost to a team that finished with a losing record. They also haven’t beaten all that many particularly good teams. Over the last five years, they’re 9-17 against teams that finished with nine or more wins and 39-2 against everyone else.

The 2018 season was particularly stratified. Stanford whipped up on bad teams, beat decent teams, and lost to good ones. The defense stopped bad offenses and got gashed by good ones, and quarterback KJ Costello did great against bad defenses and was merely solid against good ones.

Stanford vs. teams ranked 31st or better in S&P+ (0-4) — average score: Opp 37, Stanford 25 | yards per play: Opp 6.3, Stanford 6.0 | average percentile performance: 58% | Costello’s passer rating: 143.7

Stanford vs. teams between 32nd and 75th (6-0) — average score: Stanford 24, Opp 14 | yards per play: Stanford 5.7, Opp 5.4 | average percentile performance: 64% | Costello’s passer rating: 158.4

Stanford vs. teams ranked 76th or worse (3-0) — average score: Stanford 42, Opp 23 | yards per play: Stanford 7.0, Opp 5.4 | average percentile performance 58% | Costello’s passer rating 166.9

At first glance, it appears that Stanford began the season on fire (4-0), hit a mid-year funk (1-4), and finished strong (4-0). Really, though, the Cardinal were mostly the same team — the funk just happened when the best teams on the schedule showed up.

This is about as predictable an existence that college football offers. Is it a happy one?

Just more than a decade ago, with Shaw on staff, Jim Harbaugh pulled off one of the starkest program-building jobs of the 21st century. He inherited a Stanford program at one of its lowest historical ebbs — the Cardinal had averaged just 3.2 wins per year over the previous five seasons and had finished ranked just three times in 29 years — and got the foundation laid in just a couple of years. From 102nd in S&P+ the year before he arrived, he improved them to 78th in 2007, 60th in 2008, 35th in 2009, and fourth in 2010.

Harbaugh left for the NFL, but Shaw has kept the house intact. Stanford has established itself as a constant top-25 caliber program that plays more physically than you do and recruits better than its admissions standards would lead you to believe is possible. When they keep their starting QB healthy, the Cardinal win a lot of games. When they don’t, well, they still win quite a few games.

Their S&P+ rating has also acted like a house settling into its foundation — on average, it sinks slightly each year.

Stanford has, per S&P+, gotten at least a tiny bit worse in six of the last eight seasons. They are projected to make it seven of nine seasons this fall.

This is an odd place to be. A decade ago, only ranking 32nd, as they are projected to this fall, would be a cause for celebration. And based on basic long-term health indicators — investment in the program, proximity to eligible recruits, etc. — it’s still a hell of an accomplishment. But when it is demonstrated that you can do more than that, it still feels disappointing.

Costello was rock solid last fall, carrying an offense that got a massively disappointing contribution from its run game, but he’s nearly the only known entity returning on offense. His top running back (Bryce Love), top two WRs (JJ Arcega-Whiteside and Trenton Irwin), top tight end (Kaden Smith), and four of five line starters are gone. It’s Costello, all-world left tackle Walker Little — admittedly not the worst starting point — and a lot of mysteries on offense.

The defense should improve after fielding an uncharacteristic number of freshmen and sophomores, but will it improve enough to offset offensive regression? Is Costello good enough to avoid that regression altogether? We can assume that whatever level Stanford establishes, the Cardinal will beat the teams below that line and lose to the teams above it, but where might that line be?

Offense

This is not the radar one would expect from a team that had a running back drafted in April:

The Cardinal headed into 2018 with maybe the scariest running back in college football and a massively experienced line. They proceeded to rank 107th in Rushing S&P+ and eighth in Passing S&P+. Over 24 percent of their non-sack carries were stuffed at or behind the line.

Love was battling knee and ankle injuries from basically the first snap of the season, and the line didn’t have a single guy who started all 13 games. Love was never a particularly efficient back — Stanford’s 2017 success basically came from waiting around until he exploded for a 50-yard gain — but in 2018 he lost most of his explosiveness too. He had 30 rushes of 20-plus yards in 2017, then just eight last year.

Backup Cameron Scarlett was a bit more efficient than Love but was even less explosive. Youngsters Trevor Speights and Dorian Maddox offered nothing in either category.

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K.J. Costello

With a worthless run game, Stanford slowly opened things up. Costello averaged 28 passes per game in September and 38 per game through the rest of the regular season. And despite this one-dimensionality, he completed 65 percent of his passes and finished 16th in overall passer rating. Arcega-Whiteside, Irwin, and Smith became the rocks that Love couldn’t, and Stanford somehow finished 26th in Off. S&P+, only 10 spots worse than 2017.

So was it Costello or his receivers? Was he making them look good, or vice versa? The answers to those questions will determine whether Stanford can withstand attrition.

Costello does get tight end Colby Parkinson back; the junior and former blue-chipper was easily the most explosive of the primary targets (16.7 yards per catch), but he was far less efficient, too. He was an all-or-nothing weapon in a corps of constants, and he’ll need to become more consistent this fall because Costello might be leaning on him a lot.

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Colby Parkinson

Shaw has recruited remarkably well in the receiving corps. Parkinson is a former top-40 recruit, and Stanford currently boasts six four-star freshman, redshirt freshman, or sophomores at wideout. Sophomore Osiris St. Brown looked the part in a small sample, gaining 204 yards in just eight receptions. Three more young blue-chippers (Michael Wilson, Connor Wedington, and Simi Fehoko) combined for 24 catches as well, but this isn’t much to lean on.

One assumes that Shaw and offensive coordinator — pardon me, Andrew Luck Director of Offense — Tavita Pritchard will strive for balance if at all possible. Can Scarlett carve out an efficiency niche with the turnover up front?

Granted, Little’s not alone; three others (juniors Devery Hamilton and Dylan Powell and sophomore Drew Dalman) have combined for 21 career starts up front, and sophomore blue-chipper Foster Sarell could figure things out at any moment. But the line still has a lot more to prove than we would normally expect of the Stanford line.

Defense

Shaw has pretty consistently fielded an elite unit on either offense or defense. He has never managed to field two in the same year. He has had three offenses finish 16th or better in Off. S&P+, but Stanford averaged a Def. S&P+ ranking of 46.3 in those years. He has had four defenses rank 12th or better, but his offense averaged 44.8 in those years. Very strange.

Last year was the first under Shaw in which Stanford had neither a top-16 offense or defense. Granted, that might have been different had Love and the O-line remained semi-healthy, but either way, the defense was a mediocre-for-the-talent-level 43rd.

This was almost encouraging. Stanford actually improved ever-so-slightly on defense (from 44th) despite massive youth. Eighteen defenders made at least 13 tackles last season, and nine of them were freshmen or sophomores. This probably explains why defensive coordinator Willie Shaw Director of Defense Lance Anderson played so conservatively: Stanford was 39th in marginal explosiveness but 87th in marginal efficiency and 61st in overall havoc rate. That’s awfully bend-don’t-break.

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Paulson Adebo

Maybe it’s encouraging, though, that those nine freshmen and sophomores made over half of Stanford’s havoc plays (tackles for loss, passes defensed, forced fumbles). One of those youngsters, Paulson Adebo, was maybe the best cornerback in the Pac-12 last year despite his redshirt freshman status.

Paulson Adebo headlines the strong group of cornerbacks returning for action in the Pac-12 this year. pic.twitter.com/qpjyBG1ufA

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Even with bend-don’t-break rules applying, Adebo defensed 23 passes (second in FBS, behind only Virginia’s Bryce Hall) and recorded 3.5 tackles for loss and three run stuffs as well. Adebo, junior Obi Eboh, and sophomore Kendall Williamson give Stanford maybe the most exciting CB corps in the conference despite the loss of starter Alijah Holder. Safety Malik Antoine returns, too, though there’s not another experienced safety on the roster. With these corners, Anderson might get the itch to be more aggressive, but we’ll see if the safety situation allows it.

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The defensive line returns mostly intact, too. Seven linemen recorded at least two tackles, and six were freshmen or sophomores. Junior-to-be Michael Williams was the leading tackler up front, and despite lining up mostly as two-gappers — intended to be more block-occupiers than play-makers — ends Jovan Swann and Thomas Booker combined for 11 tackles for loss and eight sacks.

The major turnover comes at linebacker, where four of last year’s primary seven are gone. But Jordan Fox, Gabe Reid, and Casey Toohill (Stanford’s most active linebacker, recording seven havoc plays in seven games but missing six games with two different injuries) are still back. But they were all OLBs last year. Stanford has a lot of exciting defensive talent, but it has to be disconcerting that the backbone of the D — namely, the inside linebackers and safeties — is where most of the turnover occurs.

Special Teams

Maybe we should call future Stanford special teams coaches the Pete Alamar Director of Special Teams. Alamar came to Stanford as special teams coordinator in 2012 and has brought spectacular consistency to what is generally the least consistent unit on the field.

Stanford has ranked eighth or better in Special Teams S&P+ in each of the last four seasons, and with the return of place-kicker Jet Toner, he’ll have a chance to make it five straight. He has to break in a new punter and punt returner, however.

2019 outlook

2019 Schedule & Projection Factors

Date Opponent Proj. S&P+ Rk Proj. Margin Win Probability 31-Aug Northwestern 57 8.3 68% 7-Sep at USC 29 -3.2 43% 14-Sep at UCF 27 -4.2 40% 21-Sep Oregon 20 -1.3 47% 28-Sep at Oregon State 105 17.0 84% 5-Oct Washington 15 -5.1 38% 17-Oct UCLA 63 9.5 71% 26-Oct Arizona 52 7.1 66% 9-Nov at Colorado 68 5.8 63% 16-Nov at Washington State 36 -1.3 47% 23-Nov California 60 9.1 70% 30-Nov Notre Dame 12 -6.6 35%

Projected S&P+ Rk 32 Proj. Off. / Def. Rk 37 / 39 Projected wins 6.7 Five-Year S&P+ Rk 17.9 (12) 2- and 5-Year Recruiting Rk 21 2018 TO Margin / Adj. TO Margin* 3 / 0.9 2018 TO Luck/Game +0.8 Returning Production (Off. / Def.) 54% (45%, 63%) 2018 Second-order wins (difference) 8.4 (0.6)

This is an odd time for Stanford. The Cardinal have indeed been inclined to regress slightly for most of Shaw’s tenure, but they still have plenty of upside, and they might be starting as few as one senior on each side of the ball. Depending on which underclassmen go pro, they could be building toward something massive in 2020.

Thanks to home-road splits, though, now’s the time to overachieve. The three most highly-projected teams on the Cardinal’s schedule (Notre Dame, Washington, Oregon) all visit Stanford Stadium, and while they are projected underdogs in six games, all six of those games are projected within a touchdown.

If some young receivers step up for Costello, and if the aforementioned defensive backbone is just sturdy enough to allow exciting edge defenders to make plays, then every game on the schedule is winnable. Of course, if neither of those things happen, then about nine games are losable, too.

We won’t have to wait long to get our answers about this team. Of five projected top-30 opponents, three show up on the schedule in the first four weeks, and that’s after a visit from defending Big Ten West champion Northwestern.

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Largest placement battles for each and every Major twenty five staff

A different soccer year is proper all-around the corner, but the Major twenty five teams however have decisions to make. Even defending champ Clemson has to come to a decision if Kelly Bryant is all set to choose over at QB.

In this article are the essential placement battles for the top teams.

If the Buckeyes system to air it out this year, they will want to settle on the targets quarterback J.T. Barrett can trust. City Meyer stated the receiver efficiency remaining anything to be wanted a yr ago, which sets up a challenge for the likes of Johnnie Dixon, Binjimen Victor, Terry McLaurin and other individuals competing for participating in time. — Dan Murphy

Considerably of the target has been on changing operating again Dalvin Cook dinner, but the Seminoles have a large gap on the offensive line to fill, as well. Left deal with Rod Johnson, voted the ACC’s very best lineman the earlier two seasons, is gone, and as it stands proper now, Josh Ball is the leader to switch him, but that could improve dependent on what happens in follow. Supplied the ups and downs Florida Condition had on the offensive line final year, it is really critical that the Seminoles get this placement squared away speedily. — Andrea Adelson

Bo Scarbrough, Damien Harris and the Alabama backfield are loaded. But what about receiver? Calvin Ridley is as fantastic as it receives, but he wants a sidekick with ArDarius Stewart and O.J. Howard gone. — Alex Scarborough

Is there a QB controversy at Alabama? Can FSU correct its offensive line? Will Clemson endure its brutal opening routine? August is approaching, and even the Major twenty five teams deal with some lingering concerns.

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Kelly Bryant has a lot of enterprise this summertime. He is making an attempt to stick to Deshaun Watson and get the Clemson QB career, which tends to make him a person of the gamers with the most to confirm on his Major twenty five staff.

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The hardest gap to plug defensively will be at defensive deal with, exactly where Stevie Tu’ikolovatu was relied on closely final year. Candidates to switch him consist of Josh Fatu, Malik Dorton, Kenny Bigelow Jr. and accurate freshman Marlon Tuipulotu. In all likelihood, all four gamers will be applied as portion of a rotation. — Kyle Bonagura

Locating a spouse for safety Marcus Allen in the center of the secondary would solidify a fantastic secondary for the Nittany Lions. Ayron Monroe, Troy Apke, Nick Scott and Garrett Taylor are all in the operating for the career. — Murphy

With Ramon Richards sliding over to safety, the Pokes never have a one cornerback who has commenced a sport for them. Clemson grad transfer Adrian Baker should really nail down a person of the open commencing places. But the other will be up for grabs, as Rodarius Williams, Madre Harper and A.J. Green will seem to phase into the void. — Jake Trotter

Dabo Swinney has taken care of all over the winter and spring that Kelly Bryant is in the very best placement to choose over for Deshaun Watson at quarterback. But the level of competition will intensify in the course of slide follow, when Hunter Johnson and Zerrick Cooper make a further force to get the commencing career. Swinney has performed various quarterbacks right before (he did so with Watson and Cole Stoudt in 2014), so never rule that out as a probability in the early heading. — Adelson

With Dede Westbrook gone, the Sooners are making an attempt to discover a new go-to receiver for QB Baker Mayfield. OU has quite a few intriguing solutions, which include senior Jeff Mead, juco transfer Marquise Brown, tight conclude Mark Andrews and Kentucky grad transfer Jeff Badet. All four, amid other individuals, will be making an attempt to confirm to Mayfield this camp that they can be dependable in large moments. — Trotter

The secondary is an evident team to pay attention to, but the Huskies also want to switch move-dashing linebacker Joe Mathis. Connor O’Brien took over that part for the second fifty percent of the year after Mathis was shed to damage, but he skipped the spring due to damage. Benning Potoa’e and Myles Rice are in the combine there. — Bonagura

The fantastic news is that Auburn is loaded on the offensive line. The problem is figuring out how all the pieces will fit. An exciting struggle is brewing in between Darius James and Prince Tega Wanogho at remaining deal with. — Scarborough

Redshirt junior Jacob Maxwell commenced the initial seven online games of the 2016 year at offensive deal with for the Badgers. A shoulder damage finished his yr early and put him in jeopardy of losing his place. He’ll have to struggle redshirt freshman Patrick Kasl, who had a reliable spring follow. — Murphy

With Duke Riley and Kendell Beckwith each gone at within linebacker, there are some critical holes to patch on Dave Aranda’s protection. Donnie Alexander is again, and transformed tailback Devin White is an intriguing solution, but never ignore Jacob Phillips, the No. 3-rated within linebacker in the 2017 class. — Scarborough

The Bulldogs return ten starters on protection but are however looking for a commencing nickelback. The fantastic news is that Georgia has the equipped bodies to fill that placement right before the initial kickoff of the year. Leaving spring, sophomore Tyrique McGhee and freshman DeAngelo Gibbs appeared to lead the way at the placement. Fifth-yr senior Aaron Davis confirmed some flashes there as properly this spring. All 3 enhanced their inventory at the placement this spring, but none of them has significantly encounter there. — Edward Aschoff

The Wolverines graduated two top-notch cover corners who permitted them to be a person of the most intense defenses in the country final year. There is a lot of youthful expertise at the place with David Long and Lavert Hill leading that team. They have yet to lock down a commencing pair. — Murphy

The preseason most loved to get the Coastal Division has just about just about every piece in place to make a run — all except a starter at quarterback. Freshman N’Kosi Perry can take his initial snap for Miami the moment slide follow commences, exactly where he will contend with top challengers Malik Rosier and Evan Shirreffs. Rosier is the only a person who has commenced a sport, but you will find a purpose coach Mark Richt remaining the level of competition open right up until Perry arrived. — Adelson

The Cardinal shed a pair of top-ten picks in Christian McCaffrey and Solomon Thomas but shed only four other gamers who had been outlined as starters headed into the Solar Bowl final year. The final result? This staff is fairly established. It will be exciting to see if incoming freshmen offensive linemen Foster Sarell and Walker Minimal can gain their way into the rotation. — Bonagura

Stacy Thomas returns as a stalwart at linebacker, but there is level of competition at a person of the exterior places. London Iakopo, a transformed safety, is atop the preseason depth chart, but he will be locked in a broad-open level of competition with Malik Staples. It will be exciting to see how the level of competition performs out, especially mainly because Staples spent time as an within linebacker. — Adelson

The Wildcats must switch their overall top team of linebackers. Trent Tanking is a weighty most loved to choose over in the center for All-Big 12 alternative Elijah Lee, but the exterior places seem additional unsure. Complicating issues, K-Condition typically performs just two linebackers, so remaining to battle for fundamentally a person place are junior Sam Sizelove and senior Jayd Kirby, who provide encounter in the K-Condition program and sturdy enjoy on special teams, talented juco transfer Da’Quan Patton and sophomores Justin Hughes and Elijah Sullivan. It may possibly not get sorted out before long. — Mitch Sherman

The biggest issue the Bulls are struggling with in camp is developing depth alongside their entrance seven. In certain, depth at linebacker proceeds to be a bring about for problem. Further than Auggie Sanchez, nobody has commenced a sport. There is a lot of potential, with superior anticipations for gamers these kinds of as Jimmy Bayes and Nico Sawtelle. But building excellent gamers guiding them is an complete priority. — Adelson

Remarkable enjoy at cornerback considerably solidifies the overall protection in coordinator Tony Gibson’s plan. The Mountaineers uncovered it final yr with Rasul Douglas. Who’s next? Potentially Elijah Struggle is all set to choose the torch, but the other place remains an open level of competition. Mike Daniels performed a reserve part final yr. Corey Winfield commenced for two several years at Syracuse right before arriving as a grad transfer. Hakeem Bailey and Fontez Davis incorporate intrigue as newcomers out of junior university. — Sherman

Still again, it is really the quarterback placement. The Gators have not had steady QB enjoy in almost a 10 years, but coach Jim McElwain not too long ago stated that he feels a lot additional self-assured in his quarterback room. Redshirt freshman Feleipe Franks remaining spring atop the depth chart and had a terrific offseason. Nonetheless, he’ll straight away struggle additional mobile and additional knowledgeable Notre Dame grad transfer Malik Zaire, alongside with former starter Luke Del Rio and classmate Kyle Trask. — Aschoff

For the second straight year, Virginia Tech has uncertainty at quarterback. With Jerod Evans gone, the level of competition proceeds amid Josh Jackson, A.J. Bush and Hendon Hooker. Mentor Justin Fuente does not have a timetable to name a starter, though Jackson could have the edge mainly because he has been in the program longer. — Adelson

New coach Tom Herman has been making an attempt to instill a competitive mind-set in his staff all offseason. But his level of competition at quarterback trumps all. Incumbent sophomore Shane Buechele is the mind-boggling most loved to get the career over freshman Sam Ehlinger. But the Longhorns will be in a little bit of a keeping sample right up until Herman officially names Buechele the starter. — Trotter

The Broncos return a very clear No. 1 solution in receiver Cedrick Wilson but have to discover a way to switch the production from final year shed by the departures of Thomas Sperbeck (80 catches) and Chaz Anderson (thirty catches). A.J. Richardson and Sean Modster each start out the yr atop the depth chart, but they put together for just ten catches final year. — Bonagura

The Cougars stated goodbye to two of the very best receivers in college record, Gabe Marks and River Cracraft, and quite a few gamers will be in the combine to assistance make up for the shed production (142 catches in between them final year). Tavares Martin Jr. could develop into an all-convention caliber player, although quite a few other individuals are in line for more substantial roles, which include Dezmon Patmon, Isaiah Johnson-Mack, Kyle Sweet, Robert Lewis and, quite possibly, Renard Bell. — Bonagura

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Stanford: OTs Foster Sarell and Walker Little the top newcomers to watch in fall camp - Dave Lombardi (ESPN)

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Stanford secured a commitment from the nation's top offensive tackle on Saturday, as Foster Sarell pledged to the Cardinal.

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College football National Signing Day 2017 outliers: Who’s surging, and who’s not?

For the most part, recruiting doesn’t change much from year to year. Here some exceptions to that rule.

Recruiting class rankings tell part of the story of program-building. A more complete picture comes when you combine them with recent years’ rankings to get a better idea of which way a team is trending. One year can be misleading.

But in a vacuum, outlying recruiting classes are, if nothing else, interesting things to point to as far as how individual teams are doing from one cycle to the next. The 2017 recruiting cycle had a few of them, so let’s look at them. Class data is from the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.

The good outliers

Stanford: As far as the class ranking is concerned, Stanford’s No. 14 finish in the Composite wasn’t terribly out of the ordinary. What’s attention-grabbing is the high-end quality of the class. The Cardinal signed three of the six highest-rated players they have ever brought to Palo Alto, including the best player at two different positions (No. 1 pocket passer Davis Mills and No 1 TE Colby Parkinson). They missed out on the best OT, but signed Nos. 2 and 3 (Foster Sarell, Walker Little) at the position, and I’d say that makes up for it. (Many evaluators do have Little as the No. 1 tackle.)

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Elite OL Walker Little tosses a DL at The Opening

Elite offensive lineman Walker Little literally tossed a dude at the Nike Football Opening. He's a top Texas Longhorns target.

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Maryland: despite losing four-star RB Cordarrian Richardson, who originally committed FROM OUTER SPACE, the Terps signed the best signing class in school history. There is a lot of talent in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas, and for DJ Durkin to land the No. 18 class speaks volumes about his skill as a recruiter and what Maryland can actually be when it’s humming.

Colorado: The Buffaloes had an Olympic middle distance runner delivering Signing Day correspondence and she repeatedly came in with extremely good news.

That moment when Olympic medalist & DMR world record holder @trackjenny delivers #NSD17 goodness! #NewEra http://pic.twitter.com/Lu6HyHUzq1

— Colorado Football (@RunRalphieRun) February 1, 2017

Coach Mike MacIntyre landed a class that ranked No. 34 in the team Composite rankings. For a team that typically finishes in the 60s and 70s of the recruiting rankings, this is a coup to build on a Pac-12 South-winning 2016 season.

Washington State: Best signing class in at least a decade at No. 44, but what Wazzu is doing goes to show that the second tier of the Pac-12 continues to improve. Well, most of it does, that is. (More on that in a bit.)

FAU: Don’t let Lane Kiffin’s extremely hungover-looking promo video distract you from the fact that the Owls just landed the best recruiting class in school history.

Our new coach needs a hype man http://pic.twitter.com/82cBML1NFa

— Rev. Eric Dunn (@ericvdunn) January 30, 2017

The best player is former Florida State QB De’Andre Johnson. For a Conference USA team, that in and of itself is a coup. The Owls also landed a top JUCO receiver whom UCLA had really wanted, in another example of punching above their weight.

UTSA: The Roadrunners had never finished higher than 101st in the Composite team rankings in the program’s short history, but this year vaulted to No. 73. The Frank Wilson effect is real. Wilson finished No. 5 in the nation in 247Sports’ coach recruiting rankings in hist last year at LSU. His first full class in San Antonio shows his prowess with prospects.

Navy: The service academies don’t give out NLIs, so while the number of 48 committed recruits is going to turn some heads, it’s a bit of a misnomer. There is quality in that quantity, relatively speaking. Navy’s recruiting class ranks No. 83, the second year in a row they’ve finished better 100th. Despite getting twice the number of kids to commit in comparison to a normal FBS program, the average player rating is still 78.47 (close to the three-star line of demarcation, which is 80).

Not so good outliers that deserve some more context.

Clemson: On the surface, it’s a little troubling that the national champions finished No. 16 in the Composite rankings. Digging deeper, you see that they finished with only 14 commits, and things become clearer. The Tigers just didn’t have a ton of space to take kids. They also aren’t out here signing two-stars. They’re bringing in in two five-stars, including QB Hunter Johnson.

Ole Miss: If the NCAA actually did nail Ole Miss to a cross, the program is yet to resurrect itself. Two top-10 classes and four top-20 classes since Freeze arrived in Oxford have given way to a No. 30 class this season. Three four-stars is the fewest since Freeze’s transitional 2012 recruiting class as well.

He described this class in a weird way.

“We’ve suffered penalties. This recruiting class: it was a penalty. To be under the cloud we’re under.”

Marshall: A typical class in the 60s and 70s ends up at No. 93 in the Composite this season. But the Thundering Herd are likely not done on the recruiting trail. They will typically add a few non-qualifiers here and there later in the year, because Conference USA allows them to do so. A non-qualifier is an athlete who doesn’t meet grade or SAT/ACT requirements to immediately sign an NLI. They have to take a year off of competition, and it counts against their eligibility clock. But, they can earn the year back on the backend if their grades are high enough. Marshall may add a few of those players and boost this class later in the summer.

West Virginia: Not a great Signing Day season for the Mountaineers. A class ranking that typically sits in the 30s absolutely tanked this season, falling all the way to No. 57. To make matters worse, they lost arguably the staff’s best recruiter. Florida hired RB coach JaJaun Seider away from Morgantown.

Extraordinarily rough transitional recruiting classes.

Your first recruiting class as a head coach is usually not so great. Think about it; first, you get hired in December or so, with two months or less to get a recruiting class together. Oftentimes you’re coming from a different state and you have to do the other things to get your program together like — oh, I don’t know — building an actual coaching staff of assistants around you. We don’t judge transitional classes terribly harshly, but some are notable in their eye-catching deviation from the norm.

Texas: Horns fans, I know times are tough with a recruiting class you’re not happy about. Texas’ class ranked No. 26 and that’s not great. We talked on Signing Day about why it’s probably fine, though.

There is also the fact that Texas’ team is stocked with talent as it is, and a team like Texas can afford a down class. As of last season, the Longhorns still had the No. 11 five-year recruiting ranking. Yes, that will change after this year, but the talent on the roster currently is still good enough to have the requisite blue chip ratio required to win a national championship. And most of it is coming back to Austin next season.

Texas is No. 6 in returning production next season bringing back 82 percent.

Temple: Geoff Collins is a gifted recruiter, but this transitional recruiting class is nearly 60 spots lower than last season’s at No. 112 in the Composite. It’s about 40 spots below the Owls’ usual pace over the last decade.

Cal: Well, it wasn’t a great day for the Bears. They have enjoyed a couple top-20 classes in the last decade, but typically settle in the 30s. They, uhh, did not do so this recruiting cycle, with a No. 70 signing class. It’s a transitional recruiting class for Justin Wilcox, but it certainly isn’t a good one.