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Yeah. WTF does 'break the rock' mean? http://dieharddevil.com/articles/hammertime-the-complete-story-behind-the-new-sun-devil-sledgehammer/

I didn't realize that ASU had the permanent tribute to Pat Tillman on the unis so when I saw the PT*42 on the bumper of the helmets, I googled it and then found this extra bit. This is really cool. They updated in 2013 (so obviously this is old news) but I didn't see it till now and thought I would share for those that may not have seen it yet. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/arizona-state-footballs-inspiring-pat-tillman-tunnel-will-gi#.iaKKwlkEO

I just now realized why your wife thinks a dollar bill is nine inches long.

I didn't get to be 8 foot 3 inches tall by dumping that milk down the drain.

I buy them now and then but wait till they hit ebay at under half price for a new one. I like them and I like them that much more for that price. I too wear them golfing all the time.

[in my best Jeff Goldblum voice] Aaahhhhh yes but wouldn't the other networks fall under the same conundrum? One network moving to a subscription model and the others generally follow. They just have less skin in the game at the moment. So those sports may see a benefit to move but it would in theory just delay the inevitable. It would buy some time for the leagues to find revenue models that fit and succeed within the new subscription models.

I was just thinking this earlier. It's been driving me crazy lately when they post an article on the website with a video that has little to nothing to do with the article. Stats show that adding that video will draw more clicks but they have really gone down hill by skipping paying for the highlights and trying to add in their own talking head content. This has really driven my interest levels in their articles into the ground. The same goes with their daily tv programming...more talking heads speculating **cough* Chris Broussard **cough** rather than stuff I care about.

The author assumes that and I would have to assume that as well. I would think that they would get raked over the coals if subscribers had to pay for each individually.

Quite a bit of football happens on ESPN and a la carte TV is I thought this appropriate to post. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/espn-ala-carte-price-unbundle-unbundling-price-per-month-hbo The rest of the article breaks down each of the top sports and what the author believes is each fan base's ability to go without the network. Naturally people are gonna say that any number is "too much" because they don't truly think about what the item is actually worth to them. Considering all of the big production they do (airing of the various sports, putting on events like the ESPYs, SportCenter and News Shows, special feature pieces like 30 for 30, Coach 1K or the new 1 to 1 series) down to all of the little side or not-as-noticed production items (mobile app, Grantland and similar web publishings, gamecasts, web streaming, as well as staffing for big and small production pieces)...and how much of that content you consume... What is ESPN worth to you? Personally, I don't watch all that much of the primary daily content. I mostly just check scores on the app, only watch a couple handfuls of college basketball and college football games or the 30 for 30s type specials. Surprisingly though, there is still a relatively high value to me for those things considering the infrequent usage I get out of it. Is it worth $36 per month to me? Probably not but not far off HBONow, which I hardly care for even though I think they have some pretty high value programs.

The driver was clearly all talk... awful that it still resulted in the Officer's death. My thoughts and prayers to that Ofiicer's family.

I've been on the app for a few weeks (anxiety/depression) but haven't used it to it's fullest. From what I had read the pitch Taylor has been giving the concept is fantastic. I have concerns about the execution and Taylor's pitch to the media has been a jumble of incomplete thoughts. It's hard to tell if he just isn't good at communicating the message for the app or if he just had an idea, let someone else build it and still doesn't really know what he is talking about. The app itself so far appears to function very much like instagram and has a lot of the similar selfie style posts but also has a lot of those quotes/phrases posts (think sunset image with a quote in text overlayed). So far what i have seen is that it still follows in line with the self serving nature of other forms of social media and there doesn't really seem like there is a lot of that "support" aspect, which I perceive to be a crucial aspect to this apps concept. This likely is due to the fact that 1, even though there are quite a few users already it's still early in the apps development and it's still sort of finding it's true identity and 2) people either don't know how to truly use it or aren't finding their niche in this app to build that support circle. It's still early on though. As the user base grows, it will be interesting to see how the users and devs adapt.

I agree with this entirely. He said that?! Wow, that's fantastically ballsy. I tend to not pay attention to the mud slinging mostly because it's benign and uninspired but there is something to me about an exec who just comes out and says it like he feels. Now this is without having seen full context of the statement too. In my opinion, outside of soccer, golf is really the only area they have any clout left and even then I find myself drifting towards Nike and UA more often and it appears that is the direction those sports are heavily moving as well. I used to be an avid Adidas person too. i just had a thought. I am still into numerous sports (playing most) but soccer is not one of them (watch infrequently) so I am sorta out of the loop on that but I wonder what, if any, involvement brands (including adidas) have in the FIFA scandal? At this point you'd be hard pressed to say they would involve themselves with it but considering the kind of payoffs and the deep level it went you never know. I am not implying there was involvement but isn't it interesting to see that adidas still has such a firm grasp (am I over-reaching here?) over the international soccer world, especially with Nike being as prevalent as they are elsewhere and getting deeper market share. What is the adidas draw in soccer? Quality (that Nike maybe hasn't matched), style, tradition of being "the soccer brand"? Just gets my mind spinning with ideas, obviously some make more sense than others.

Would've had a 56 if he hadn't three-putted #18. +4 HDCP or not. I quit golf. LOL He's the guy hoarding all the aces we could be carding.

Allow Mike Rowe's eloquence to enlighten you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZhQLoYIbJ4

Ha ha! I wonder how long it will be before people can marry these things. How long does it take to ship to their houses? I'd say about that long.

So I can stand where ever I want to drop it (outside or inside the point of relief), so long as the ball lands within the club-length of the nearest point of relief. That makes sense, too. I asked my buddy who is a rules official. He said your club length radius circle is at the point of nearest relief and you can stand wherever so long as the ball lands within the circle and the ball can roll up to two club lengths before you have to re-drop. So yeah, you and Q got it.

Nice, hopefully that love for the game continues to grow. I don't remember specifics but my dad got me started in golf and I have a lot of great golf memories golfing with my dad. It's always been one of the places we could go where life didn't matter, we were always just in the moment. Really cool.

Water. But I had a glass of milk about an hour ago.

Well, that helps. I had used the standard input for a while and one round tried to learn the advanced while playing. I thought you hit the circle and picked the club you were just about to hit, not the one that got you to your current location. Then, I was really confused as to how it worked around the green. Question....when you start using this. Does it then start telling you your average distance with each club? I had the same issue at first. I never paid attention to club yardages on the app but it looks like it is keeping an average. That's a nice bonus.

From my perspective based on this scoring (without knowing the advanced details), I would start with the two or three bad holes and breakdown my shot selections, what didn't work and why they didn't work. Cut out the easy mistakes as much as possible, kinda thing. When I take a penalty from from trees it's because I hit a nasty hook/slice out of play, everyone gets them now and then, it's a matter of how I recover but also working on having misses that maybe draw or fade rather than hook or slice. Then add in a water penalty (before or after the tree penalty) on the same hole, which could be due to a mis-hit (long, short or left/right like the trees) or a poor club selection when water is in play. So then when there are two on the same hole you have to really think about did I approach the hole correctly and did I make the right choice when trying to recover, or was it just two bad shots that just happened to be on the same hole? For me, I like to think it's always because I mis-hit the ball, but usually its just because I never really make the smart play when I should. The rest of the holes though are where I glean the most beneficial information. Did I hit the fairways off the tee (depending on the course, that is important), did I hit the green in regulation, if I missed the green were my approach shots well thought out and well struck and then when I am on the green did i two putt at worst? There are more advanced situational questions after that but I these are a good start. Good input. Last night, I played the same 9 holes and this was my scoring: ME Par 5 6 (1 over) Par 3 5 (3 over) (3 putted) Par 4 5 (4 over) Par 5 5 (4 over) Par 4 6 (6 over) (Had a great drive and left my approach shot short and left me with a very difficult chip shot that ended up over the green on the fringe. My chip shot was compounded by a very difficult pin placement) Par 3 3 (6 over) Par 4 5 (7 over) Par 3 4 (8 over) Par 4 5 (9 over) 35 44 As you can see, my score was better and I was at least at my bogey golf that I would like to have as my upper limit. I still had those two bad holes. They just weren't nearly as bad as the prior round. Something I did realize after reviewing my Hole 19 app. Other than the one 3 putt, I 2 putted every other green. Now, I always have that as a goal of never 3 putting. And, I guess I'm being fairly good at that. But, it struck me that I didn't have any one putts. I'm going to have to pay attention to this and see if it is because I'm missing 7-10 footers or if I'm not chipping well enough and leaving myself 20-25 foot lag putts. If I can mix in some greens where I one putt, I would think I should be able to start seeing more birdies. I really would like to get to the point of using the advanced input function. It just seemed very cumbersome to use while I'm trying to play with other people. The thing that I struggle with is maintaining a consistent round. But then I have to remind myself that when you are swinging the club 36+ times every 9 holes, theres bound to be some miss hits. The big thing is minimizing the risk that those hits incur and then focusing on recovery. One putt holes are now my goal, seeing as I am pretty solid at keeping everything to at most 2 putts. In most cases, Like ColoradoHusk said, the focus here now shifts to approach and pitch shots. Now instead of just hitting the green, yardages matter, the type of shot you play matters, etc so then you can be aggressive to the hole and put the ball within a range of giving you a good chance to one putt. The advanced input option takes a bit to learn (the app could benefit from a short tutorial vid) and if you just downloaded the app on the first tee, i don't suggest trying that out yet, just stick with the standard scoring. When you have a second before a round to fiddle around with it, it makes a lot more sense. When you start your round, on the tee, the first thing you do is set the tee position by hitting the blue circle with the white tee icon (say in the case that the mens tee can end up on multiple tee boxes or have a large variance in distance) manually or by default. Then play your ball. Stand over it and hit the blue circle with the plus sign. The app adds the shot, marks distance and lets you select the club you hit to that spot and whether you hit the fairway/green or if you missed, where did you miss. Hit done, hit your ball and repeat. When you get on the green and indicate the shot that got you there landed on the green, the icon in the blue circle will change to a putter shape and ask you how many putts it took to hole out. This app doesn't record putt distances and I am not sure if the other apps do (if any, I think the GolfLogix one might). For chipping do you use one club, or different clubs depending on the situation? And by chipping I mean 50% or more of the distance is roll, rather than popping it up close to the hole without much roll. Which club(s) do you use for chipping? I'm still experimenting around. Sometimes I chip with my 7-iron. Sometimes my 8-iron. For short pitches with a little roll I like my 52 wedge. I use a 56 wedge to pop it close to the hole, and for balls in deep rough. I understand that you are speaking more specifically about a punch and run situation but I am going to speak more generally when I say I think it is good to start with a club that you feel comfortable with but if a player really wants to start scoring, then they have to really work through multiple clubs and shot types depending on the situation. Pitching from the long grass versus short grass, do you have to carry the ball 2 feet and stop it, 20 feet and stop it, 2 feet and let it run, 20 feet and run, is there an obstruction you have to go over, under or around, etc? Some may be few and far between compared to others but having the ability to pitch onto the green with nearly any club in the bag opens up way more options that may be better suited than what ol'reliable can provide. My favorites are when a player will pull out a fairway metal and pitch from say 10-20 yds off the green or even putt with it on the green. To me that shows that they are really feeling it that day because that is such an odd club to see played around the green.

From my perspective based on this scoring (without knowing the advanced details), I would start with the two or three bad holes and breakdown my shot selections, what didn't work and why they didn't work. Cut out the easy mistakes as much as possible, kinda thing. When I take a penalty from from trees it's because I hit a nasty hook/slice out of play, everyone gets them now and then, it's a matter of how I recover but also working on having misses that maybe draw or fade rather than hook or slice. Then add in a water penalty (before or after the tree penalty) on the same hole, which could be due to a mis-hit (long, short or left/right like the trees) or a poor club selection when water is in play. So then when there are two on the same hole you have to really think about did I approach the hole correctly and did I make the right choice when trying to recover, or was it just two bad shots that just happened to be on the same hole? For me, I like to think it's always because I mis-hit the ball, but usually its just because I never really make the smart play when I should. The rest of the holes though are where I glean the most beneficial information. Did I hit the fairways off the tee (depending on the course, that is important), did I hit the green in regulation, if I missed the green were my approach shots well thought out and well struck and then when I am on the green did i two putt at worst? There are more advanced situational questions after that but I these are a good start. OK....I have started using Hole 19. I was using Nrange. Hole 19 is way more advanced. Have you tried the advanced input? Wow...that is a lot of data entry while you are playing. I would love to be able to do it though and see what it says over time. I really like the Hole 19 app. Like I said, I have been tracking scores on Hole 19, Swing by Swing, Nike and I added GolfLogix to the mix. They are all free apps and have some advanced statistical information. I don't have enough rounds on them for a good review but here are my findings so far. I like the Hole 19 app the best so far. It's user interface is fantastic and the user experience is right on par. It has GPS yardage on satellite imagery, advance stats and shot tracking and keeps track of some basic health info (steps, distance traveled, estimated calories burned). It does not auto calculate handicap. The only pay-feature they offer is video lessons. The only hiccup I had was trying to figure out the advanced input shot tracking (because your score doesn't display the same way) but that was resolved within a few holes of the next round and now I realize it's pretty easy to use. As with this kind of GPS, the yardages for the most part are pretty good but can be off. The Nike app is nice, simple and easy to use. It does not do GPS yardage. It doesn't have shot tracking but does allow input for Fairways hit, GIR and # of putts which is then reported with nice visual charts. It does have some training videos and even allows you to upload video of your swing and compare it to the likes of Rory and Tiger. This one also has a bit more of a social component to it such as "trophies" for accomplishments (making birdie after double bogey, scrambling, etc) and sharing/leaderboards with friends. You can easily download these first two at the first tee and start using them without any trouble. GolfLogix and Swing by Swing have fairly convoluted user interfaces and convoluted user experiences, and loading screens, oh so many loading screens. Stroke by stroke GPS yardages on satellite image maps, windage, "hole flyovers" (bit of a stretch but yeah), does shot tracking, some stats, HDCP calculation, multiple formats and even tracks bets and stroke play wagers. You can take photos and post them to parts of your round, add playing tips to specific parts of the course for later reference. It supports some wearables. Many of the standard advanced stats of the apps above (fairways, GIR, putts) plus some others, you have to buy a subscription to see. $14.99 per year or $.99 per round. GolfLogix has many of the same as Swing By Swing (minus betting). GPS yardages, HDCP calculation, shot tracking, stats, hole flyover, calorie counter, hole notes, free tips and photos. You don't have to pay for the advanced stats but there is a subscription that gets you daily pin positions, layup distances, club yardage tracking, yardage to front, center back of green, etc. or for an added fee GolfDigets training vids, golf news, social, Golfsmith pro shop discount through the app, and GolfNow tee time reservations with fees discounts at some courses. There's also DraftKings Fantasy golf functionality. In all I think that Hole 19 is probably the best app of the four simply because of the ease of use, stat reporting and how awesome it looks but (even though I haven't actually used the app yet) from what I have seen, I think GolfLogix may be the best for the advanced user even though the interface is a bit crowded and the loading screens can be a bear.

Once you get to the point where you are confident in your abilities, I think it comes down to situations and learning how to score. That means just putting yourself in that situation more. Once I get my swing (somewhat) under control, I like to play actual rounds as much as possible. Even if that means 3-6-9-18 holes at a time. There is a big difference between hitting balls on the range and getting the ball in the hole. You just need to condition yourself to the nuances. Adrenaline, wind, uneven lies, OB left, etc. If I am gearing up for a tournament, I will shut down all swing thoughts approximately two weeks before and just play as much as possible. This and for me, maintaining shot focus. It's easy to get into that sort of "driving range" mentality where you just think, "oh man that shot sucked. I will just pull another ball from the bucket and remedy it." When you get into the round the pressure is up because now you only have that one shot attempt (unless you go OB and get another try with a provisional! ) So then putting yourself into enough similar type situations and getting the experience with the one shot in the one situation will smooth out the rough patches. For me specifically, I don't necessarily need to take more time but I need to slow down and think about the best shot for the situation, how to miss, etc, rather than just step up, feel out a good practice swing and then let it rip. When I do that I tend to be cleaner with my stroke because now I am feeling the swing for the situation rather than just say, the swing for the max distance of the club. As a result the fairways and greens now seem a lot larger and I am hitting them more often. For instance, a couple weeks ago I dislocated my thumb playing league softball. Long story, shortish, I took some time off and when I came back, I hit some range to feel it out and it was still in rough shape but I played through. It forced me to have to think about the shot, if my hand would have any affect and adjust. Taking that little bit of extra time to think through minutae and feel the shot (while not swinging aggressively so as to reaggravate it) allowed for me to have a more productive swing. After shaking out the nerves with an okay bogey on the 1st, I went birdie, par, par, birdie, with the two middle pars having mid-range birdie putts that were near misses. Unfortunately, I lost focus, missed the green on the par 3 next hole and bogey-d out with two penalties and one swing on the 9th that hurt my hand pretty good and sent my ball way right into a hazard. Each time I recovered pretty well but it's that little lapse in focus that did me in.

If you put that on your record player, I bet it sounds like this: If you play it backwards I bet it sounds like this:

Losing Maxx Williams and David Cobb is gonna be a big hurdle for the Gophers to overcome. They have a couple guys that can fill in but will be different types of players at each position. Will help having a decent returning QB. That article has it pretty straight as I can see. Defense should be able to keep them in games until the offense comes around.

A lot of people I heard, said they didn't like ghosts for that reason. They liked running and gunning and hated the fact that they would die so much quicker. But I loved it. I started FPS gaming later than a lot of my friends (I picked up a PS3 and Black Ops a couple weeks before MW3 came out) and they were all really good, I was forced to take my time working around maps so I actually had a chance to kill someone rather than always being the bait. As I got better, I got used to the run and gun style a bit but my style always defaulted to the strategic play. I felt that I would just let the rest of my team run around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off and then I would try to be that sneaky ass ninja that goes around all the action and behind enemy lines to squeeze out the guys hunkered down. Which typically worked really well with the players we would have. Then Ghosts came out and it forced everyone to have to do play more strategically so when everyone was having to re-figure out that strategy, my learning curve was a lot smaller and I was able to take the lead and dominate. When AW was announced I stopped playing altogether for a number of reasons. 1) A lot of my gaming friends were jumping to PS4 (and eventually the new game) and I didn't have the money to do so at that point. 2) Rather than doing other things I enjoy outside, I was spending a lot of time each night playing, which harbored a lot of bad habits and at times further enhanced my anxiety/depression. 3) I was becoming more involved in Special Needs Hockey and Special Olympics Basketball which I felt deserved more of my time. 4) I sort of figured that I wouldn't like the new game (especially the jumping) and it felt like a logical place to jump off.