I will miss the 1st season since before Pete Carroll was HC for the Trojans to have a vote in the Coaches Poll, but it really only matters for this season and next. After that, people will only care about the AP and who the selection committee chooses for its final four.
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I'm still hesitant about the "selection committee." It works for college basketball since there are 68 teams. I'm not so sure about it working fairly with 4 teams selected. Personally I think it might have been better just putting the teams that finish #1-4 in the final AP poll in the playoff.
The Big East has reportedly hired Mike Aresco as it's new commissioner. Aresco is the executive vice president of CBS Sports and handled the network's negotiations for the NCAA basketball tournament and with the SEC. It's clear that the Big East was looking for someone with experience negotiating TV contracts as they prepare to negotiate a new TV deal this fall.
Maryland starting QB C.J. Brown tore his ACL and will miss the entire season. Brown was the only quarterback on the Maryland roster that had thrown a collegiate pass.
Maryland starting QB C.J. Brown tore his ACL and will miss the entire season. Brown was the only quarterback on the Maryland roster that had thrown a collegiate pass.
Maryland starting QB C.J. Brown tore his ACL and will miss the entire season. Brown was the only quarterback on the Maryland roster that had thrown a collegiate pass.
and by the wayyy its not like I'm at home doing voodoo hoping someone will get hurt, just if it was going to happen rather it happen to Edsall then Mike Leach
According to his father Tyrann Mathieu is in rehab in Houston and will not play football or attend school this semester. Mathieu is being mentored by former NBA player and coach John Lucas.
According to his father Tyrann Mathieu is in rehab in Houston and will not play football or attend school this semester. Mathieu is being mentored by former NBA player and coach John Lucas.
That "father" is actually his uncle who helped raise him. His biological father is in prison for life for murder. And his mother was never around from what I've read. He definately had a rough childhood. Hope he gets through his issues.
That "father" is actually his uncle who helped raise him. His biological father is in prison for life for murder. And his mother was never around from what I've read. He definately had a rough childhood. Hope he gets through his issues.
I was wondering about that because the Tuesday on SportsCenter Joe Schad referred to him as Mathieu's guardian but later in the day Schad (and seemingly every other media outlet) were referring to him as his father.
According to his father Tyrann Mathieu is in rehab in Houston and will not play football or attend school this semester. Mathieu is being mentored by former NBA player and coach John Lucas.
Synthetic marijuana, or "fake" pot, is nothing like the real thing. It's legal, and easily accessible to kids.
It's also a bigger threat to kids' health.
"Marijuana has been used for medicinal and recreational purposes for hundreds of years," said Dr. Jeff Lapoint, a senior toxicology fellow at New York University, Bellevue Hospital. "It's been abused, but no one really gets sick."
"Kids need to know that this substance is more dangerous," Lapoint said.
Popularly called K2, or Spice, synthetic marijuana is a chemical similar to cannabis that gives a marijuana-like high.
But there have been an increasing number of cases of people experiencing seizures, heart palpitations, fever, dehydration and some psychotic episodes after using the drug.
A more potent version of marijuana
Since 2004, K2 has been sold and packaged as incense or potpourri, in the guise of a mixture of herbs and spices. It sells for about $30 to $40 per 3-gram bag, comparable to the cost of marijuana.
Drugmakers can make hundreds of versions of the chemical compound, and it's easy to manufacture.
Although the Drug Enforcement Administration has taken steps to ban five chemicals sometimes found in K2, versions of the compound have multiplied, and increased in use over the past few years.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 11 percent of nearly 15,000 high school seniors surveyed reported using K2 in 2011.
That year, poison control centers reported handling nearly 7,000 calls about K2, nearly double the calls received in 2010.
One recent study suggests that K2 could increase the risk of psychosis, even among people with no history of a psychiatric disorder.
"K2 is a more potent substance than natural marijuana by its actions on the brain," said Dr. Ashwin Reddy, an author of that study and a psychiatrist at the Boston University School of Medicine. "It can cause an increased risk of paranoia, hearing voices, disorganized behavior and panic symptoms."
"Depending on the person, psychotic symptoms can last a few days to a few months," Reddy said.
Not intended for human use
K2 is sometimes reported as having originated in Europe, but was actually developed by John W. Huffman, a chemist at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Initially created as a medical treatment, the substance works on the brain the sameway as marijuana's active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
THC is the substance in marijuana that produces the "high" feeling of intoxication that pot smokers crave.
"This drug was never intended for people to use, just for use in a lab," Lapoint said.
But also disturbing is the unregulated amount of chemicals added in each package.
"You don't know how much of which chemical they put in each package so you don't know what you're getting and how your body will handle it," he said.
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got a negative balance for tuition so next sem. I'll have an extra 1400hung 
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