Mild (5.5), but still freaky! Chandelier over the kitchen island is still swaying back-and-forth.
Pretty humorous…once the shaking stopped, the early warning alert on our phones went off telling us to take cover…. Way to be prepared California.

Hurricanes… earthquakes…

The end is truly near…






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Requiring masks and vaccines for students to attend class.

You have 0 medical freedom at Rutgers

Not much of a shock with this news: Florida Atlantic has named Casey Thompson as its starting QB.

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Slow start for the Thunderbirds high-powered offense in a win. Here are my thoughts on the commits and prospects in action. Hit the link…

I've just recently started to see video advertisements sprinkled in the various posts here. Is this new?

August 22
1642 - The English Civil War between supporters of King Charles I (Royalists or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads) began.

1775 - England's King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.

1787 - Inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

1846 - The United States annexed New Mexico.

1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to ride in an automobile.

1910 - Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.

1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war against Belgium during World War I.

1922 - Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.

1968 - Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.

1972 - John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile took seven employees hostage at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, New York, during a botched robbery; the siege, which ended with Wojtowicz's arrest and Naturile's killing by the FBI, inspired the 1975 movie "Dog Day Afternoon."

1989 - Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, California.

1992 - On the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver.

1996 - President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work from recipients.

2000 - Publishers Clearing House agreed to pay $18 million to 24 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations it had used deceptive promotions in its sweepstakes mailings.

2003 - Alabama's chief justice Roy Moore was suspended for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.

2004 - A version of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" was stolen in Norway.

2007 - A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard.

2012 - A mysterious glitch halted trading on the NASDAQ exchange for three hours.

2013 - Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak was released from prison and transported to a military hospital in a Cairo suburb to be held under house arrest. The day before, Mubarak was sentenced to up to 35 years in prison for leaking secrets.

2018 - The bull market in U.S. stocks became the longest one on record; it had been 3,453 days since the S&P 500 index had seen a drop of 20 percent or more.

2022 - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate until a neutral special master could be appointed. The attorneys asserted in a court filing, their first since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago two weeks earlier, that the sets of documents taken from the residence were "presumptively" covered by executive privilege.

Birthdays
27 - Lulu Antariksa (actress)
28 - Dua Lipa (singer)
30 - Ari Stidham (actor)
30 - Keith Powers (actor)
34 - Laura Dreyfuss (actress)
36 - Pac (professional wrestler)
37 - Jimmy Uso (professional wrestler)
37 - Jey Uso (professional wrestler)
42 - Aya Sumika (actress)
43 - Brandon Adams (actor)
44 - James Corden (talk show host)
48 - Bo Koster (musician)
48 - Jenna Leigh Green (actress)
49 - Kristen Wiig (actress)
51 - Rick Yune (actor)
51 - Richard Armitage (actor)
51 - Melinda Page Hamilton (actress)
52 - Giada De Laurentiis (TV chef)
55 - Ty Burrell (actor)
55 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (actor)
56 - Brooke Dillman (actress)
59 - Mila Mason (singer)
59 - Tori Amos (singer)
62 - Regina Taylor (actress)
66 - Paul Molitor (baseball player)
73 - Diana Nyad (swimmer)
77 - Steve Kroft (news anchor)
81 - Bill Parcells (football coach)
83 - Carl Yastrzemski (baseball player)
87 - Morton Dean (broadcast journalist)

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Today in Sports History - August 22

1851 - The U.S. yacht "America" outraced the British Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.

1950 - Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.

1951 - 75,052 people watched the Harlem Globetrotters perform. It was the largest crowd to see a basketball game.

1959 - The American Football League is officially named at a meeting in Dallas; charter members were the Dallas Texans (now Chiefs), New York Titans (now Jets), Houston Oilers (now Titans), Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers and Minneapolis-St. Paul Vikings.

1972 - Due to its racial policies, Rhodesia was asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games.

1989 - Nolan Ryan became the first major league pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.

2003 - Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals) went 0-5 to end a 30-game hitting streak.

2007 - The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored in a team in modern MLB history.

2018 - Ohio State suspended football coach Urban Meyer for three games; investigators found that Meyer had protected an assistant coach for years through domestic violence allegations, a drug problem and poor job performance.

Let's go VOKOLEK!!! 1 TD so far!!! Let's goooo Ravens!!!

They’re serving the media lunch again at Memorial Stadium on Friday!

Also…press conferences this week will be Tuesday at approx. 11:30 a.m. with Satterfield + 3-4 offensive players and Friday at approx. 10 a.m. with Rhule and then players available around 12-12:30 p.m.

Dang!

Nebraska added another big name to its 2024 class Monday afternoon with the pledge of SS/RHP Pryce Bender. The 6-foot-3 Oklahoma native is rated as a nine out of 10 on the Perfect Game scale. That means PG thinks he has the talent to become a top-10 round pick.

According to PBR, Bender had his FB max out at 88 mph at an event in June. His slider was clocked between 79-82 mph as well. Those are the only two updated numbers.

He's also a QB on the Edmond North football. He threw 55.6% last season in 11 games for 2,520 yards with 17 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.

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Big Ten Preview: Can Penn State or Ohio State stop Michigan?
by Paul Myerberg, USA Today

The power in the Big Ten has shifted in the last two seasons with Michigan supplanting Ohio State as the league's top team. This comes after the Buckeyes had ruled the conference for the previous four seasons and Penn State for one season before that, giving the East Division seven consecutive wins in the conference championship game.

Those three teams will enter the season ranked in the top 10 of the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, but that doesn't mean there won't be a competition from the other division. Wisconsin is optimistic about a fast turnaround while breaking in a new coach and quarterback. Iowa is another potential contender with Michigan transfer Cade McNamara finally giving the Hawkeyes a leader on offense that can put up points consistently.

A breakdown of the top contenders entering the season.

EAST

1. Michigan
Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines firmly believe the 2023 team will win the whole thing. The pieces are in place, particularly on the offensive side. Explosive running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards return and will again be working behind an outstanding group of blockers. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy also returns. There will be new starters along the defensive line and in the secondary, but veterans Junior Colson and Michael Barrett will be joined by Nebraska transfer Ernest Hausmann to form one of the nation’s top linebacker units.

2. Ohio State
It’s easy to forget the Buckeyes could’ve, or even should’ve, topped Georgia in the 42-41 semifinal loss. This year’s team will have to stand up to Michigan’s toughness but is built to win the title. Scoring points should not be an issue, even with a new signal-caller – likely Kyle McCord or Devin Brown – taking over for C.J. Stroud. Marvin Harrison Jr. will lead an elite receiving unit that also features tight end Cade Stover. J.T. Tuimoloau looks to be next in the long line of highly drafted Buckeyes rush ends, and Tommy Eichenberg will again be the linchpin at linebacker.

3. Penn State
The Nittany Lions took care of everyone on their schedule not named Michigan or Ohio State in 2022. Obviously, they’ll have to change that. The keys to the offense belong to prized prospect Drew Allar. His primary targets are talented but unproven at the Power Five level. But they’ll have help in the form of Nicholas Singleton leading a deep running back corps and a veteran line featuring Olu Fashanu at left tackle. The defense, which was the best in the Big Ten in several categories, must replace some key parts, but edge Abdul Carter is back to lead what should be a formidable pass rush.

4. Maryland
Mike Locksley has started talking about winning a Big Ten championship, and it’s easy to see why. The Terrapins have put together a consistently strong offense and just need depth and experience on defense to possibly take the next step.

5. Michigan State
The baseline should be set at six wins. But would just reaching a bowl be enough to get coach Mel Tucker’s tenure back on track after a disappointing 2022? It’s good to see the talent Tucker has accumulated on the defense, but how this offense will fare is almost anyone’s guess.

6. Rutgers
Getting projected starting quarterback Gavin Wimsatt on track isn’t the only item on offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca’s to-do list. As he gets set for his turn under Greg Schiano, Ciarrocca also has to help Rutgers identify two or three new receivers and rebuild things in the trenches.

7. Indiana
After winning just six games the past two years, Indiana has hopes of getting back to a bowl but they hinge on toss-up games that mostly come on the road. While drawing Rutgers and Michigan State in Bloomington, the Hoosiers will play at Louisville, Maryland, Illinois and Purdue.

WEST

1. Iowa
The offense could, in fact, get worse -- Iowa could average, say, one touchdown a game instead of the normal two. But could the Hawkeyes be better? There's almost no doubt. Look for Michigan transfer quarterback Cade McNamara to build up this underachieving group.

2. Wisconsin
Wisconsin will be home to one of this college football season's most intriguing mixes. New head coach Luke Fickell is trying to blend the Badgers' normal physicality with an offensive scheme containing Air Raid principles. Offensive coordinator Phil Longo is maybe the most impactful new assistant in the conference.

3. Minnesota
Minnesota wants more balance on offense but may have to lean more on projected starting quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis given the big changes underway along the interior of the offensive line. If that group rounds into form, look for Western Michigan running back transfer Sean Tyler to challenge for 1,000 yards after hitting that mark in each of the past two years.

4. Illinois
Illinois' addition of former Wisconsin interim coach Jim Leonhard could be an under-the-radar factor in determining the Big Ten West. His experience in the league and track record on defense will undoubtedly give the Illini a big boost.

5. Nebraska
The Matt Rhule era begins with long-term optimism but realistic expectations for 2023. While Rhule and his staff would love to get the Cornhuskers to the postseason, that depends on the play of new quarterback Jeff Sims and whether the defense has the personnel to run the new 3-3-5 scheme.

6. Purdue
New coach Ryan Walters will leave the offense to coordinator Graham Harrell and take charge of a defense that needs his help. After turning Illinois into one of the best units in the Big Ten last season, Walters will lean on defensive line transfers from the SEC to stop the run.

7. Northwestern
Pegged for a last-place finish even before this summer’s coaching shake-up, Northwestern could find it even more difficult to rise out of the cellar under interim coach David Braun. But he’ll bring this defense up to speed after four very successful seasons running that side of the ball for Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse North Dakota State.

2023 College Football Picks, Predictions by Conference
by Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Writer
Just when it looked like college football was settling down for the final season of a four-team playoff, conference realignment shook up the sport once again.

UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024, along with Oregon and Washington. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are jumping to the Big 12, leaving the Pac-12 on life support.

What else has changed? Matt Rhule is coaching Nebraska, Deion Sanders is at Colorado, Hugh Freeze is back at Auburn and Luke Fickell will be on Wisconsin's sideline.

What hasn't changed? Two-time defending national champion Georgia is still the team to beat in the FBS. The Bulldogs, 29-1 the past two seasons, will attempt to join Minnesota (1934 to 1936) as the sport's only teams to win three national titles in a row.

Before the 2023 season kicks off with seven games Saturday, here are predictions heading into the year.

BIG TEN

Predicted Finish

EAST
1. Michigan (11-1, 8-1)
1. Ohio State (11-1, 8-1)
3. Penn State (10-2, 7-2)
4. Maryland (7-5, 4-5)
5. Michigan State (5-7, 3-6)
6. Rutgers (4-8, 2-7)
7. Indiana (3-9, 1-8)

WEST
1. Wisconsin (9-3, 6-3)
1. Iowa (9-3, 6-3)
1. Minnesota (8-4, 6-3)
4. Illinois (7-5, 5-4)
5. Nebraska (7-5, 4-5)
6. Purdue (4-8, 3-6)
7. Northwestern (2-10, 0-9)

Champion: Michigan

Offensive Player of the Year: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State (WR)

Defensive Player of the Year: Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois (DL)

Freshman of the Year: Bai Jobe, Michigan State (DE)

Impact Transfer: Tanner Mordecai, Wisconsin (QB - from Southern Methodist)

Comeback Player of the Year: TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State (RB)

Coach of the Year: Luke Fickell, Wisconsin

Coach on the Hot Seat: Tom Allen, Indiana

Coordinator Who Will Be a Head Coach: Jesse Minter, Michigan (defensive coordinator)

Nonconference Game of the Year: Ohio State at Notre Dame (Sept. 23)

Conference Game of the Year: Ohio State at Michigan (Nov. 25)

THREE PREDICTIONS FOR THE BIG TEN

1. Michigan beats Ohio State again
The Wolverines believe this season might be their best chance at winning their first national championship since 1997. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy is entering his second season as the undisputed starter. Tailback Blake Corum is back after running for 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns last season. So is Donovan Edwards, who ran for 991 yards with seven scores in 2022. Stanford transfers Myles Hinton and Drake Nugent and Arizona State transfer LaDarius Henderson will provide experience and depth up front. The Wolverines will fall at Penn State on Nov. 11, but they'll rebound to beat Ohio State, again, at the Big House on Nov. 25.

2. Two Big Ten teams make the College Football Playoff
Ohio State fans will be steaming mad about a third straight loss to Michigan in The Game, which will be the Wolverines' longest winning streak since taking three in a row from 1995 to 1997. The Buckeyes will get over it when they're one of two Big Ten teams to make the four-team playoff. The Buckeyes have to replace quarterback C.J. Stroud; coach Ryan Day still hasn't picked between sophomore Devin Brown or junior Kyle McCord. Regardless of who starts under center, the offense is going to be loaded with Harrison and receiver Emeka Egbuka and tailbacks Miyan Williams and Henderson coming back. The offensive line will have to grow up fast, and the defense will have to play better than it did a year ago. With road wins at Notre Dame and Wisconsin and a home win over Penn State, the Buckeyes will have enough meat on their resume to make the CFP even after losing to Michigan.

3. Wisconsin wins the West
It's probably a toss-up between Wisconsin and Iowa, but I'll go with the team that won't have to try to win every game by holding opponents to 10 points or fewer. The Badgers are going to look completely different on offense under first-year coach Luke Fickell, Tanner Mordecai threw for 3,524 yards with 33 touchdowns and 10 interceptions at SMU last season. New offensive coordinator Phil Longo is implementing his version of the Air Raid offense. Top receivers Chimere Dike and Skyler Bell are back, as is tailback Braelon Allen, who ran for 1,242 yards last season. If the Badgers can survive an early trip to Washington State, they should be 5-0 heading into an Oct. 14 home game against Iowa.

Some additional thoughts from Rhule and myself after yesterday’s podium time:

I did a Q&A with Boiler Upload, the Rivals site that covers Purdue, and linked it to our site. How'd I do? Specifically on the issues against Purdue, was I fairly on the money?

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and folks are freaking out…

Best keep an eye out for Tesla, and Prius drivers clocking 12 miles an hour on the freeway whilst still managing to get into an accident…most likely caused by distracted driving while attempting to get some epic storm footage photos for Instagram.







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August 21

1680 - Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1831 - Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion, and Turner was later executed.

1858 - The first of seven debates took place between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia. (It was recovered two years later in Italy.)

1940 - Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City.

1944 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.

1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.

1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state.

1983 - Corazon Aquino's husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos's chief political opponent, was assassinated.

1991 - Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

1991 - The hardline coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.

1992 - An 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.

1993 - In a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.

2000 - Rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.

2010 - Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.

2013 - Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning was sentenced at Fort Meade, Maryland, to up to 35 years in prison for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets. (The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to up to 35 years in prison, but the term was commuted by President Barack Obama.)

2013 - The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions showing how in one of its surveillance programs, it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years.

2015 - A trio of Americans, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler, and a British businessman, Chris Norman, tackled and disarmed a Moroccan gunman on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.

2020 - A former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims and family members in a Sacramento courtroom that he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders.

Birthdays
24 - Maxim Knight (actor)
31 - RJ Mitte (actor)
34 - Hayden Panettiere (actress)
35 - Kacey Musgraves (singer)
36 - Cody Kasch (actor)
37 - Brooks Wheelan (actor/comedian)
37 - Carlos Pratts (actor)
37 - Usain Bolt (track & field athlete)
39 - Melissa Schuman (singer)
40 - Brody Jenner (TV personality)
48 - Alicia Witt (actress)
53 - Carrie-Anne Moss (actress)
61 - Cleo King (actress)
64 - Jim McMahon (football player)
67 - Kim Cattrall (actress)
71 - Glenn Hughes (singer)
72 - Harry Smith (broadcast journalist)
74 - Loretta Devine (actress)
78 - Patty McCormack (actress)
78 - Willie Lanier (football player)
82 - Jackie DeShannon (singer)

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Today in Sports History - August 21

1901 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching & spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in previous day's 5-2 loss to Detroit Tigers; lifetime suspension reduced to 12 days.

1929 - The Chicago Cardinals traveled out of town for training camp. They were the first professional football team to do this.

1931 - Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to achieve 600 career home runs.

1971 - Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United State's Women's Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament.

1984 - Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game.

2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 725th career homerun.

2008 - The United States defeats Brazil 1-0 in extra time to win the gold medal in women's soccer at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

2009 - The Dallas Cowboys played their first game at their new stadium in Arlington, TX. During the preseason game, against the Tennessee Titans, the Titans' kicker hit the scoreboard hanging in the center of the stadium.

2016 - Kevin Durant scores 30 points to lead the United States men's basketball team to a 96-66 win over Serbia to win the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2020 - Scottie Scheffler becomes the 12th player in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59 in a PGA event (he shot the score in the second round of the Northern Trust at TPC Boston).

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